Kiwi Lane meets Close To My Heart

Well, we all knew eventually this day would happen.

My new obsession with Kiwi Lane has met my old obsession with Close To My Heart!

I am entering another sketch challenge:

...Using Close To My Heart paper and stamps! Here is what I came up with:

Sorry for the less-than-amazing photo and editing, but I only have 8 minutes!

Visit their site HERE to see everyone else's cute stuff!

Wish me luck!

April Layouts

Last Saturday was my fun scrapbook group!

 This month we made two layouts using the Chantilly paper pack. Here is layout number one:

We used the matching Chantilly Textiles fabric to make really cute flowers and added a bit of bling with pink sparkles. 

I LOVE this frame stamp set that coordinates perfectly with the Close To My Heart Cricut cartridge! It makes perfect journaling spots!

And here is layout number two:

Yes, it really is the same paper packet! We used mostly the "B sides" of the papers with some Dimensional Elements Hearts to make a St. Patrick's Day page... or just a lucky page... either way, 4 hearts together covered in green paper make excellent shamrocks!

Thanks for stopping by :)

Kiwi Lane Addiction

Yay! Photos on my blog!

Forever thank you to Tresa Black for answering my emails and teaching me to shrink my pictures! She is amazing, by the way, visit her blog HERE.

So! Kiwi Lane! 

For some reason there is always a crowd around this booth and I always miss it at the expo... but I definitely found it this time! 

I got SUCKED IN!!! 

Kiwi Lane is amazing! They have these see-through templates for 12 inch borders, 8 inch borders, cards, photos, shapes, etc... And they use a concept they call "framing" to build scrapbook pages... just go visit their site HERE, they can explain it better than I can!  

I admit, I was scared to use my few templates once I got home. What if I did it "wrong"? What if I ended up hating it? What if it made things super hard instead of easier? 

And then I saw a sketch challenge at their blog...

It was a sign! And I would LOVE to win a $25 gift certificate...

So here is what I came up with:

Holy crap these templates are awesome!!! They are great to work with! The most time-consuming part of this page was choosing paper!

I used the Paisley Place 12 inch borders, Big Floral, Little Floral, and Little Wildflowers (might not be the actual names... but close) The sketch uses different templates, but the Kiwi Lane people are nice and let you adapt to fit what you have!

This giant flower is my favorite!

Check out the actual Kiwi Lane blog post HERE to see what everyone else did.

So now you know my newest scrapbook obsession! I love that it isn't brand-specific and doesn't rely on other tools. You literally need scissors, glue, and paper. Gosh I wonder if I have any paper... ;) 

Good to be back!

Technical Difficulties...

Ok!

So you may have noticed I haven't posted in... awhile...

Turns out my photos are HUGE and my free blog space is already used up. Yep. Who know you had a limited "free" space?!

Anyway, I think I have found a solution!

Look forward to an actual blog post with actual photos actually soon!

Pun'kins

Going into The Wood Connection was NOT a good fiscal decision for me!

I already had a big wooden pumpkin from a class forever ago, but it was lonely. So I bought it some friends:

Luckily, I am OCD and save all my scraps! So years later my little pun'kins match perfectly. See? Never know when your are going to need those! 

Just a little close up of the paper flowers and leaves on top. Lots of glue on this one...

Happy Fall!

Romantic Pumpkin

Ok, the pumpkin itself is not romantic... but it was made out of a 25 cent romance novel!

My awesome upline Blythe has instructions to make your own cheap romantic pumpkin on her blog HERE. It's really not that difficult. Just destroy one book and add some fluff!

I want to make more! 

"Thanksgiving" tree...

..ha ha! Psych! It's a Halloween tree:

I found this awesome little wood-cutting store just around the corner with really good prices! Visit their cute blog HERE and make your own stuff :) 

In the store this tree was labeled "Thanksgiving Tree" and the sample was all done up in fall colors with leaves and hearts... but I thought painting it black and sticking bats out of the top would be better! Never been much of a cutesy-heart person.

The tree part I painted silver and crackled black over the top. If you have never used the "weathered wood crackling medium" at your local store, now is the time to get some and play. 

The bats are glued to hanger wire and stuck into holes kindly drilled by my husband into the top of the tree. I learned that fine glitter does not do well when sealed with ModPodge! Spray it with a shiny finishing spray instead. And then add googly eyes. Everything is better with glitter and googly eyes!

I gave this to my mother-in-law for her birthday. Yes, she did actually request a Halloween tree decoration! And yes, she liked it. 

Since I ended up using all neutral colors (black and grey) I can enter my tree in Heart2Heart's neutral challenge! Go visit their blog HERE to enter the fun weekly challenges. 

Happy 2 days after Halloween!