Cut it Out Challenge!

Happy weekend everyone! I wanted to drop in and let you know that the The Cut Shoppe is having a fun Cut it Out July challenge and there's a fun prize for you to win!!

Here are the details:

- Create a layout using at least one of the Cut Files, that can be purchased from The Cut Shoppe Etsy Store.
- Come back to this post at The Cut Shoppe blog, and leave a link to your layout.
- Make sure you leave your link by midnight CST on July 31st.

A random winner will be selected for a $10 cut file shopping spree, and announced on August 1st!

Every week there are new cut files in The Cut Shoppe store. Here are two of the new files that were released this week, which you can find in the store.

Feeling Inspired?  Stop by The Cut Shoppe store to see their whole selection of fun cut files .

I hope you will play along with the challenge!

American Crafts NSD Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the American Crafts National Scrapbook Day 2014 Blog Hop!  I hope you'll be inspired to by the amazing design team today and play along with each one of the challenges!

My Challenge: Is to make a background out of die cuts for your layout!

Sweet by Gina Lideros

How to:  Using Gelatos and a watercolor paintbrush spread white gelatos all over the background of your layout.  Dip watercolor paintbrush in water and use to blend in the background.  Die Cut stitched hearts using stitched heart die from Studio Calico.  Add some machine stitching with a sewing machine and adhere to background.  Add photo, title and ribbon.  Finish by adhering buttons and embellishments.

Supplies: 
SC Wanderlust 6x6 paper pad, SC heart stitching die, Daydreamer Wood buttons & epoxy heart,
SC LemonLush vellum labels, AC cardstock - Shamrock, Amy Tangerine Cut and Paste epoxy bows,
Crate Paper Oh Darling clothespin & vellum ephemera

A giveaway you say?  Of Course!  Leave a comment on this post by Saturday May 10th 2014 and I'll randomly select a winner to receive this fun prize pack that I put together:

giveaway prize pack includes: 

1 Amy Tangerine Cut & Paste daybook

DIY shop washi tape (gold & silver)

DIY thickers

6 cork hearts

Here is the full hop list in case you get a little lost along the way.  Make sure you go through the entire hop, leave a comment on each blog, then visit the American Crafts blog to win an extra super ginormous prize!

Paige Evans

Allison Waken

Patricia Roebuck

Lilith Eeckels

Ashley Horton

Katie Ehmann

Elizabeth Gardner

***Gina Lideros***

Diana Waite

Janna Werner

Heather Leopard

Meghann Andrew

Erin Stewart

Becki Adams

Angie Gutshall

Madeline Fox

American Crafts

Next on the hop is Diana Waite!

Happy National Scrapbooking Day, hope you are doing something fun with your day!

Crate Paper - August Creative Challenge

Hi There!

This month I decided to take part in a fun challenge on the Crate Paper Blog which is all about Navy Blue and sequins.  I was recently given these awesome photos by good friend  taken of her sweet daughter Sierra.
They come to visit with us often and were just here to stay with us a a couple of weeks ago.  Whenever we get together we always do fun photo shoots of the kids.  Suzy recently took these photos at a train station near her house and when I saw them I knew right away I had to use them on a project (or two).

Anyways, on to my layout.  Since the challenge was all about Navy blue and sequins I thought these photos of Sierra were perfect since she was already wearing a Navy blue dress.  I built my layout around that using a mix of Crate Paper collections and embellishments. So fun!


Lovely Lady Layout

This layout came together quickly once I decided to stitch a vellum pocket with lots of sequins inside.

I love this Ephemera die-cut collection pack from the DIY shop collection.  I loved all the vintage looking pieces that went along with my layout.  Those fun doilies are a punch from Martha Stewart that I bought recently and they are quickly becoming a fun staple of mine to use on all my projects.  Anyways, that's my layout that I put together for the challenge, I love the way it turned out and I hope that Crate will like it too :)


supplies:
Crate paper: The Pier collection papers, Ephemera die -cut collection pack - DIY shop, Flashcard Thickers, Fox Glitter Foam Thickers, photo overlays - DIY shop, The Pier layered stickers - Standouts, Studio Calico - Atlantic sequin mix

August Sketch Challenge

Hi there!
I hope you all are enjoying a nice start to your weekend.  Today is the day to share with you my first Sketch Challenge over at Life.Paper.Scrapbook.  I am a little excited and giddy about this because it is my first project that I have created for LPS, and it was totally fun!

I have been eyeing the Sweet Shoppe collection from Lily Bee for awhile and finally decided to break down and purchase a few pieces.  I love the way the patterns in this collection compliment my black and white photos of my kids goofing around and sharing a few jokes at the park.  My layout started out true to the sketch with a large circle behind my photos.  But then it took on a whole new direction.  Does that ever happen to you?  lol.  After moving my photos around I decided to go with a large vellum square piece as my backdrop instead.  I still kept plenty of circles on my layout with my Lily Bee sweet shoppe stickers and Atlantic pieces.

Here is what I created..

Love You Berry Much layout

supplies:
Lily Bee Designs Sweet Shoppe circle tags and stickers, lollipop pattern paper, licorice whip pattern paper, lemon drop pattern paper, jelly bean pattern paper
Freckled Fawn: wood chips
Studio Calico: Atlantic sequins, gold stars, wood pieces, brad, die cut arrow
American Crafts: Jute twine - Natural

Wanna play along with this fun sketch?  Head on over to LPS to check out the details and play along for your chance to win this awesome prize.

The prize this month is an assortment of 5 sticker packs from our friends at Skipping5.

Skipping5 has generously given us a coupon code to share with our readers.  Visit Skipping5 and enter coupon code LPS15 at checkout to receive 15% off your order.

I hope that you play along with the sketch this month and share your amazing creations!