Something New I Tried

So I told you all I would share what made for DH for our anniversary, he really liked it and so did I to be honest. It was a fun lil' project to make and my plan is to make lots more. Thanks so much to Betty Anne and Tracy for the well wishes on our day!

Here's the altered frame I made for him:


DH has his favorite dog around here and here she is with him. He calls her the best hoond and I have been wanting to create something documenting that. I think the frame was all of $2 and most of the materials I used were scraps or things I have had in my stash for a long time.... love that! My mission lately has been to use up what I have.


I used Maya Road chipboard...my favorite...and jazzed them up. The letters were glittered glazed, meaning I mixed my glitter with some Diamond Glaze and then painted it on. This is oh so helpful in getting the glitter to stick and giving it a nice sheen along with the sparkle. The heart was just glittered to leave it more sparkly. On the tree I used some Ranger Crackle paint to give the appearance of bark and then inked over it.

This butterfly was made the same ways as the letters and then I just clustered some other favorite things there. I am totally falling in love with twill ribbon and am so excited I have been able to find it in a variety of widths and colors for cheap!

I'm going to save sharing the card I made for him since it features A Walk Down Memory Lane's featured manufacturer for September and well, it's not September yet...LOL! Here's a sneaky peek for you tho'!


Can you guess what manufacturer is up for the spotlight?? I'll be back tomorrow to share with you all who it is.

Have super days everyone, God bless!
Scarlett

It's my Anniversary!!

Happy Sunday Everyone!! Today is DH and I's Anniversary! I feel so blessed to be spending my life with my best friend and the man who completes me. We have been through a lot so far in our marriage, because of my health and all the change having lupus brought about, but we are making it and growing closer everyday because of it!

Here's a picture of me and my man

Aren't we cute?? I love my Mostacholi!! (he's Italian and that's one of my lil' nicknames for him!)

So with it being my anniversary and all, I thought it would be appropriate to share the card I made for the K challenge at My Sketch World.

K is for Kiss

Although I am sure I will give this to DH at some point.... this was not the card I made him for our anniversary. He was out of town this weekend and got home this evening, so I was able to give him his gifts and I'll take pictures of that stuff tomorrow to share with you all!

I mixed some Prima and K&Co. goodness for this, with a Little Yellow Bicycle journal tag thrown in for good measure.

Thanks so much for stopping by to see me. Be sure to let me know you were here so I can come and visit you too!
Be blessed and have a happy scrappy night!
Scarlett ( I really need to learn how to get a siggy....can anyone help a sistah out??)

Still Plugging Along

Well, the last challenge has been posted for the My Sketch World ABC crop, don't fret you could still get in on all the action since you have until midnight September 6th (PST) to get at least 15 challenges to be considered for the Grand Prizes. I know I'll need it! LOL!! I do have 16 challenges done, so that's WAY cool and I have stuck to my true OCD nature and gone in order (insert some rolling eyes here please..laugh)

Onto my projects....

I is for inky - Create a card using inks, easy enough, right?

Welcome Baby


The colors are a bit off on this due to the time I took the picture, but you get the idea. I used some Tim Holtz mask letters to create the ABC background and sprayed with a few colors of glimmer mist, then decked it out in some Sassfras Lass goodness.

J is for Jiminy Cricket - Create a LO using some bugs or other lil' critters

Dragonfly

Can you tell I have been in a getting messy mood lately?! I am loving adding paints, inks, using masks, etc. on my projects. I got the idea to crochet around paper from the LollyChops blog. I really love all the different types of projects she does. Thanks to her, I was pushed to teach myself how to crochet. Thanks Lolly!!

Couple Close Ups

I again used some Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists along with some Shimmerz Spritz. I created my own dragonfly mask using some Tim Holtz masking sheets.... love these for real!!! If you would like some of your own you could purchase them from A Walk Down Memory Lane.


This has certainly been a year of dragonflies around here. They are by the 1000s each night! It is amazing and soo beautiful! This little guy got caught in my DHs windshield wiper and was injured because of it. So we had a great time holding him and checking out his amazing lil' body.

Thanks for stopping by tonight. I hope you have had a blessed day!
Happy Scrappin' ~ Scarlett

Some Creations to Share

Well, my hope of keeping up daily with the ABC crop at My Sketch World has been blown out of the water LOL!!! With DSs football practices and DDs soccer and softball practices, I am an under paid taxi driver at the moment!! I do love they are soo active and will be happier when games start. Even though that means more running, I love watching my kiddos play their sports! It's ok to be a bit behind in the crop though since there is still LOTS of time to scrap and that will be my plan for this weekend! We are up to 60+ NEW members playing along with the oldies, but goodies! WOW! And another WOW goes to the new DT teams Lucy just announced the other day! YAHOO, I still get to be a card diva! Love Lucy's sketches and I am sure you will too, so make sure you check them out! Ok, enough gabbin' on to the projects.

Here is what I created for G and H:

G is for Girly (use girly green color on a card) - Happy 'Bird' Day

I have been working REALLY hard to use up my ginormous stash of patterned papers and other items lately. These papers are from an older K&Co. line and so is the glittery flower and bird.

H is for Hot (use colors red, yellow, and orange on a LO) - Corny Cousins

I used my stash again and was able to use almost all the last little bits of my Lime Rickey stuff from Basic Grey. What I have left now will go to some cheery cards or DD!
Close Ups:




Thanks so much for visiting me! Hope your evening is wonderful!
Happy Scrappin' ~ Scarlett

Fun with Unity Stamps

Happy Monday Friends! I am sitting here having my morning beverage and can I just tell you it's actually cold here this morning! It's only 56 degrees..... much welcome relief from the heat and humidity the past weeks, but geesh talk about drastic!

Well, it's the time of the month for me to share some more creations I did for A Walk Down Memory Lane. The stamp manufacturer of the month is Unity Stamp Co. and let me tell you I was thrilled to be working with their delightful stamps!! I love how clean and crisp the images you get from their stamps are and the all the fun designs makes it really hard to choose. Lucky for you the Unity Stamp Co. stamps are 25% off right with an additional 15% off that!!!! Talk about a great deal. Make sure you head on over to the store to take advantage of this.

On to the projects. I made quite a few things so I will share a few today and save the rest for another day of bloggin'.

What's Moo

I must say this is my favorite creation. I just love cows, so this stamp from the Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety Unity Stamp set made me oh so happy!

The word 'moo' is also from the set.

Hi

I just really love this little cow stamp! I had to add a bit of bling to this one!

And one more for today:

Handmade Just For You tag

I think this is just perfect for putting on all those jars of strawberry jam. I sprayed the doiley with some Simmerz Spritz, just wish you could see from the photo just how sparkly it is!


Thanks for stopping by today and remember to head on over to A Walk Down Memory Lane's store so you can take advantage of all the great sales going on right now and pre-order some CHA goodies!!! Also, for those of you on Facebook head on over to the A Walk Down Memory Lane spot and add us to your likes! There are lots of great bits and pieces there for you to find!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be blessed!!
Happy Scrappin' ~ Scarlett