Fiskateers Birthday Club Online Crop...cont'd

Here are the rest of the projects I created for the online crop.

BCC #5 - Make a birthday themed project featuring presents.

BCC #6 - With July 4th around the corner make a red, white & blue birthday themed project.

BCC #7 - Challenge was to name your best birthday. The extended weekend trip to Niagara Falls was my favorite. Also, the 1st trip album I completed. Here is a link to a few of those pages. Niagara Falls Butterflies

BCC #8 - Make a birthday themed project using 3 Fiskars tools and Fiskateer scissor colors - orange & green.

BCC # 9 (GAME) - Was a name game for crafting items. Spell out HAPPY BIRTHDAY in a chain like fashion. So, H - Hand Punch then A - Adhesive....etc. Around and around it goes.

BCC #10 - Create a birthday card that incorporates a "peek-through to the inside" element via some sort of window on the front.

 Front of Card (Outside)

Inside

BCC #11 - Create a card the doubles as a gift card holder. I RAN OUT OF TIME! PLUS NOTHING POPPED IN MY MIND, CREATIVITY WISE!

BCC #12 - Make a birthday card for a special male in your life - man or boy!

Used a Platinum Staz-On --- I wanted to go back an add embossing powder to the tires and bike itself. BUT I like the look AND don't want to screw up what I got!

I did stamp the image on a scrap piece that I will have to TRY this technique of adding embossing powder to areas. I have only really tried it before using an outlined stamped image. So I only had to fill in the outline...pretty much like you would coloring.

Fiskateers Birthday Club Online Crop

I got a late start on this weekend's Birthday Club Online Crop, but I am glad I am getting some of the challenges done! Got to build up my birthday card stash!!!!

Here are the cards/projects I created for the Online Crop:

BCC #1 - Make a card with cake and candle(s) on it. Can be a cupcake, slice of cake or entire cake.

BCC #2 - Make a birthday card using only scraps and your base card. 

BCC #3 - Make a (birthday themed project) for Belated Birthday.

BCC #4 - Make a birthday themed project that is NOT a card or a Layout and use at least on Fisker *tool* other than paper cutters and/or scissors.

Used a Circle lever punch and a hand punch for the hole the fibers go through!

Happy Father's Day --- One card done!

I had a package of goodies to mail out to Family in NJ...So, I made sure I got my Father's Day card done and sent out with it!
My brother & sister-in-law got their belated birthday cards, My Mom got her Mother's Day card and a bunch of pics from our family photo shoot & daughter's birthday. Plus, a bunch of artwork from my kids to Whoever claims it first!

Here is the Father's Day card I created for my Dad.
Cut out the cattails from Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge. I used some flocking on the cattails and inked up the grass with the edge of the ink pad.
Cut out the boy fishing and sign from A Child's Year Cartridge. Created the fishing hole using some pearlescent paint with some Stickles. I haven't done this technique before...with the paint!

Scrap Our Stash - Challenge #4 - I heart those Guys!

I actually made 2 layouts for this challenge.
When I copied the challenge down the first time it never had in the details to scrap about the "Guys in our life." Yes a DUH moment on my end! Even though it was titled "I heart those Guys!" I still didn't put it together.

Anyway, click on over to Scrap Our Stash and see those details. You have the whole month to create your layout and link up for a chance to win the prize!

So, Here is what I created using pictures of my daughter smelling the daffodils after the finally bloomed. She was so excited when she first saw the leaves popping up out of the fall leaves on the ground. So, each morning we would go investigate their progress. I had some cute flower brads in my stash I have been wanting to use. They are tulip like but they work perfect!

I used a border cut from the Cricut. I cut one in a large size and another smaller, inked them up and added the brads.

Digging into my stash I found some old alphas I never used. Matted them on yellow because they got lost on the lattice background paper. Used another sticker ".....in full bloom" from an flower paper kit.

Matted the photos with some white and added the little girl with the wheel barrow...ta-dah!

 Just need to tag the dates for each photo.

Liftateers Year 4, Week #23

I couldn't wait to get my pictures back from the Photo Studio. We got a family portrait done and as soon as I saw this weeks lift I knew what pics I was using. NOW, it was just finding which tree to cut out!
I ended up going with one from Stretch Your Imagination Cartridge:

After I cut the tree out I loved how the negative cut looked so I used that as my background cardstock and matted a tan paper to the back.

I wanted to add some leaves over top of the cut out leaves in the negative, but the punch I had is too small. SO, I have one that I am going to borrow off a friend OR just cut them out with the Cricut. I am going to add the members of our family tree. Mainly immediate members...in relation to my kiddos! So, that 8 to start with us & Grandma/pa, Nanny/Poppy. I will have to see if there will be enough room to add aunts/uncles & cousins. (11 leaves) 

Of course thinking up the title was simple:

I used Close To My Heart - Token Alphabet Stamps

After I figure out the placement of the leaves. I want to add from the roots. When started dating going up the trunk "Our marriage date" and on the left branch with the two leaves the kids birthdates. 

Card Lifters, Year 3 - Week #27 & #29

Here is my Week #27
Made this one for my mom and just reversed the placement of the flowers/sentiment.

Week #29

I loved the saying so much that I went with it and sent it off to an old friend.

Scrap Our Stash - Sketch #3 & pre-made flowers

Another page I finished while at the retreat I went to last month.
Here is a page I have been wanting to scrap for awhile now!
I had the apple paper and flocked vine paper pulled out with the pic, but had no spark of inspiration/creativity.

Using a marker in a close matching brown I scribbled across the background paper first. I liked the look of it on the sketch below, but I didn't have any chalks with me.

Found the apple slide mount loved how it looked with the page and theme. So, I used it for my title which I placed on the opposite side as the sketch shows. But that gave me the chance to have a large tag which pulls out under the mat to show my journaling. I added a bird sticker I had.

TIP: If you want to add a sticker such as I did, if you rub baby powder to the exposed sticker back it will cover the glue and allow it to lay against the papers without sticking.

Here is the Sketch we were given:

Remember over at Scrap Our Stash we have a prize up for grabs! Check out the Stash Challenge and Sketch Challenge for two chances to enter to win the prize!

Scrap Our Stash - May Stash Challenge #3

This month over on Scrap Our Stash the May Stash Challenge is up.

Here is mine called:

In the Title I used: Rub-ons - October Afternoon - Cherry Hill Vintage Type & Close To My Heart Pennant Alpha Stamp Set

Other Rub-ons Used: Fancy Pants - Trick or Treat

Going to see if I can get a better shot. I used 3 different Pattern Paper Collections. I had a collection of Holiday Papers from an unknow Manufactcturer, a mat pack from Target & a Paper Pad that has been in my stash forever.....Also used a Adhesive Candy Corn Border from K & Company.

My daughter popping candy from her Trick or Treat endevor as she showed "The Boys" (aka: our dogs) Which turned into The Candy Chase. You can see one of "The Boys" in the bottom corner pic just behind her hand. 

Head over to Scrap Our Stash and check it out a get busy to enter this month's prize.

Here is what you need to do:

Create a layout using 3 or more patterned papers. THREE of your papers must be from different collections.

AND from your stash: Rub ons