Choooo- Choooo All Aboard!

Hi everyone!  Do you have or know of a little boy who loves his little blue engine? 

I just finished this album to hold pictures of my son and his favorite Thomas trains. I was so happy when I saw this file because I bought Thomas the Tank Engine paper years and years ago waiting for the perfect time to make a layout or album for his pictures.

 The file is called Funny Trains and can be found  HERE at Too Cute By Jessica.  There is a sale right now and the file would only be $1.13 (with current sale)!! I am not sure when sale ends.  

 

My beloved Peachy Keen Stamps came to the rescue with their 4" face stamps.  I made the album large so I could make it big enough to hold 4x6 photos and lots of other goodies.  Didn't realize I made it so big for the face stamp that I picked out to fit!! I have a bad habit of doing that.  But I remembered I had my 4" PKS stamps and let out a sigh of relief.  I used PK-490-3 Everyday Character 4" face stamps for the face of the train.  Kinda like a smarty pants smirk which pretty much sums up my son! lol  He was full of energy and love! I think this would also make a great gift!

Happy Crafting!

Die-Cuts and Punches

Good morning everyone!  I am happy to be hosting a challenge over at the 

Sisterhood of Crafters for the next two weeks.  The challenge is to use Die-Cuts or Punches.  I have to say once I started looking at my stash the ideas kept rolling in.  It was hard to decide on one.  What I love about using punches or die cuts is the fact it makes it a great way to use up your scraps. 

I found some scraps from a project I made recently and came up with this tag.  Everything (including paper and ribbon) on this project was made from leftovers and scraps.  The paper was from MY Mind's Eye Kate & Co. and the sentiment was from PaperTrey Ink.

I punched out several butterflies to fill the scrap size of paper that I was using.  I popped up a couple of the butterflies to give it some dimension. Then I darkened up the edges with some Tim Holtz Vintage Photo.

 These are the punches that I used.

I sure hope you stop on by and craft along with us at the Sisterhood.

Happy Crafting!

Christmas in July PKS/KBD hop

Hey everyone!  We are having a super fun Christmas in July Facebook Fanpage hop with Peachy Keen stamps and KaDoodle Bug Designs.  Today is the last day of the four day hop.  You don't want to miss out since there are some amazing prizes be given out.You can find day one of the hop on Facebook HERE .

I wanted to make a small gift for the holidays to hold these Christmas cow pens that I have in my stash.  I tried to turn the Golf Bag from SVG Cuts Fun and Games kit into something that resembled a barn.  To add some detail I used some Sizzix and Tim Holtz embossing folders.  I was gonna keep all the contents inside but last minute I thought they would look cute sticking out.

After taking the photos I went back and added some detail to the cow with paint.  It was to dark to take all new pictures so I took a close up and included it, just slight details to make it pop. I got a little help and the idea from an amazing friend! 

The items I used were:

Christmas Cows: http://kadoodlebugdesigns.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=4&products_id=235

PKS Face stamp" PK-1357 Sweet on you Face assortment -http://www.peachykeenstamps.com/shop/january-2014-release/pk-1357-sweet-on-you-face-assortment/

CB-08 Mooey Christmas sentiment -http://www.peachykeenstamps.com/shop/country-bumpkin/cb-08-moory-christmas/

PP-1407 Christmas Trees and Foliage Pieceables -http://www.peachykeenstamps.com/shop/peachy-pieces/pp-1407-christmas-trees-foliage-pieceables/

Celebrating birthdays

Hello everyone!  I am here to share with you my project that I made for the new challenge being hosted by my fellow Sister Darlene over at the Sisterhood of Crafters. It's all about Birthdays! The challenge is to make any project that is based around BIRTHDAYS.

Since I always have the best intentions to get my cards out on time somehow I am always behind. So I thought I would use a Belated birthday stamp. Sadly I think I need a bunch of these in my stash!! I used this super fun Cupcake card that made it fun to use my scraps. I am going to go back and make a bunch more because these cards are too cute not to and a great way to use my scraps!

A little birdie told me that our Sister Darlene's birthday is next week.  So if you can drop her some love for hosting a great challenge as well as leaving her some birthday love!

Have a great day and HAPPY CRAFTING!

Supplies Used:

Cupcake card:  KADOODLE BUG DESIGNS

Stamp: CRAFTIN' DESERT DIVAS

Paper: Graphic 45 & various scraps
Tag Punch: Stampin' Up!
Ribbon: LoveBug Creations

Be Inspired with Craftin' Desert Divas

I was honored to be a Guest Designer at Craftin' Desert Divas this month. All month I featured a newly released stamp set called BE INSPIRED.  I had so much fun working with these and they stamped perfectly! 

For my last project I made two box cards that I thought fit the sentiment perfectly. I used the Just Breathe and Hang In there sentiments. Love the fact that these fold flat for mailing.  I think these would hopefully lift someone's spirits.

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Be Inspired Stamp set - Craftin Desert Divas

Paper: Echo Park - Sweet Day

SVG Cuts - Box cards

Happy Crafting!

All American!

I finally finished up the last of my Red, White and Blue projects I have been working on.  This adorable baseball hat/box is from SVG Cuts Fun and Games kit.  It is sooo cute and super easy.  I saw the sentiment from Craftin' Desert Divas Snips & Snails set and knew that the "A Star is Born" sentiment would be perfect for it!! How cute would these be for party favors for Showers, birthdays etc.  I simply cut the sentiment to give it a pennant kinda look. 

 Perfect to stuff with a gift!  

There is one more day left to link up to the Craftin' Desert Divas linky party, I made it just in time.  You can too! There are tons of prizes. Click HERE for the Craftin' Desert Divas linky party.

Baby Boy Block Card

Hello everyone!  I hope you are all enjoying your weekend so far.  I finally am feeling like myself again so I am determined to get caught up.  Not only on cleaning but in my craft room.  I am trying to do things that I have pinned or bookmarked.  I found this super fun and cute Block card on youtube by Papercrafter45.  It is so fun and simple to make.  The coolest part is it folds flat so you can ship it. I will add a tag to the back so I can write a message to the person I am sending this to. 

The papers I used are by Graphic 45's line By the Sea. The adorable puppy is from KaDoodle Bug Designs Salty Dogs file that you can find HERE. And right now there is a sale so the file would only be $2.63! The sentiment I used is from Craftin' Desert Divas SNIPS & SNAILS stamp set which you can find HERE.  They are having a Red, White and Blue linky party so I am gonna link this up to it since I think it fits the bill.