Swap Layout

Ok ladies after seeing my layout all done up and on this blog I would have to say I am not happy with the end result - I feel its just to plain for what I want to send out to my swaping sisters, so keep your eyes open for the newer photo coming soon (working like a mad lady - hoping to have it look right to go out!)

Swap Spoiler - Male Child

So this is the layout I did for the Male Child. Now I am not a big gun person but when we went to the dollar store for my son to spend his first allowance (all $4 lol) he decided he wanted to be a police man. So ok suck it up mom, and relize that some of his preschool friends are into things far worse than wanting to be a police man! Ok so he got his sticky dart gun. Well the rule was that he could only shot it at the window or at his ABC chart on the wall. He could be the ABC cop! Well it did not take long before his two teen sisters got into the act. As you can see by the dart stuck in the middle of his eye protection. HEHE!

The paper I used was Hooligans

Lagoon and Black for embellishments

and Added Mike on there from a disney card I borrowed from my buddy Jenn

Cards 5/24

Layouts 5/52

Helen 1

CFC 24

Swap Spoiler layout #2 Spring

So this is the layout I did for our Spring part of your Funky Swap. I used the new Sophia papers. The 3-d flowers are crumpled flowers (I sprayed them with a touch of starch to hold their shape with shipping.) The spirals are from the Shopia stamp set - I guess I am really enjoying that set ...lol! I also used the new Bohemian Alpha.

I hope you enjoy!

Swap Spoiler - feb 26/2011

I wanted to start posting some of my swaps for my funky swap #3. This layout was done for a Adult female. The title states - you are so Wonderful. I used Veranda paper, Juniper ribbon, colonial white brads, and Juniper Waxy flax. The stamp set used is Sophia - from the WOTG. Layout if from the Magic book

Sweetheart Card

Another card down! WHEW! But I think I need to take a break for just a bit and work on my layout swaps that are due very soon. YIKES! I had fun making this card, it is another wishes pattern - page 35

Paper used - Sweetheart
Stampset - Piece of Cake - CTMH

Thanks for dropping by:

card 5/24
Layout 4/52
Helen 1
CFC 24

Card # 4

Anyone who has been to my blog before knows that I HATE making cards - it just is not something that comes natural to me. I stress and fuss and end up hating what ever I create. I took on a card challenge to push myself, and was still feeling frustrated! I figured this is nuts I don't have this much trouble when it comes to layouts..What can I do to make this move more smoothly.

So I did things a little differently, it was time to actually plan my card this time. This is total forgein to me, usually I decide on a layout and just start creating, and making decisions on the fly. Not this time!

What I did was go through all my stamps and pulled out the ones I truly loved to use. I then took my wishes book, some markers and a notebook upstairs to watch some T.V. As I sat there I picked cards out of the wishes book that would best work for me, then I started looking at the stamps that I had pulled. When I was happy I started sketching and coloring in - I did not use really colors just different colors so I would know what was different B&T etc. When I had four or five sketches completed I went downstairs and started to create.

Here is the first card I came up with from one of those sketches would love to know what you think!

Pattern comes from Wishes page 78

I used Lagoon and Sky CS and Inks

I used CTMH waterpen

Sweet leaf ribbon

and opaques Licorice

And used my Cuttle Bug to emboss the background

Card 4/24

Layout 2/52

Helen 1

CFC 18

Card challenge

Well I will have to say it has been awhile since I have posted, and I feel like I am really falling behind in these challenges. So here is a Card I came up with it is pretty simple but still cute I think, I hope you like.

I used:

Veranda

Cherry-O

With the new Dreams come true stamp set

Cards 3/24

LO 2/52

Helens 1

CFC 12