To Mom... with Love

Created for the card challenge at Scrapping the Moments.
This is a photo of my mother, taken in the 50's, when she was pregnant with me!! She loved to craft and was always making things with, and for, us. In fact, I still have a little Zoo book she made - I will post that later this week.
I believe that I got my love of making things from her.

Spring photos

Out and about with my camera. Took these photos...

Basic Grey Challenge

I used Kioshi to create my BG Easter card. Love the soft colors of this line!! The chick and doily ribbon are also Kioshi. The pink letters are Thickers and I created the "straw" for a nest from a blue scrap I had.

Artiscape 2011 ATC

And the title pretty much says it all - lol!!! This is the ATC I created for Artiscape this year. Cutting the image out was the hardest part - luckily I only had to make 4 of them; this ATC was just for the other women I went with. We had our own little trading session in Columbus.

"My Core'dinations Creative Frenzy"

Core'dinations cardstock + sanding = Fun!! I have been busy embossing and sanding Core'dinations cardstock all week.
My first layout has an embossed banner and leaves. I just love this photo of my great-nephew Milo. The colors of the cardstock match wonderfully with his gnome outfit!!
I really like the effect I got with the red flower on the card I made. No embossing on this one. I just sanded the edges and I love the worn, soft look it got. It looks like red velvet to me.
My last layout has a sanded background with embossed squares that the photo is mounted on. This layout features one of my favorite pictures of my daughter at the zoo.
I love using Core'dinations cardstock!!!

Scrap Our Stash

The challenge for April is to do a layout with a sunny theme. Here is the layout I did.... check out what the rest of the DT did at http://www.scrapourstash.blogspot.com

Basic Grey Challenge

Found a new blog - you use Basic Grey in a project or a sketch, two times a month. I have soooo much BG that I decided maybe this would be a good place for me to play along. This time, something recycled had to be included in the project/layout. So I used a piece of cardboard, painted it, stamped on it, added BG scraps from Ambrosia, Boxer and Marrakech. Plus some blue tape and the large sticker letters from Marrakech. It was a fun project!!