Halloween time!

This is my oldest daughter, Evie, carving pumpkins with Daddy and I a couple of years ago. She was so cute, and we had such a good time :)



You can find this super cute Bingo card set here at The Cutting Cafe. Regina has created some SUPER CUTE Halloween and fall themed printable stamps and cutting files. Head over and check them out!

Let's Celebrate With the Flamingo!

October brings the second anniversary of Flamingo Scraps! Keep an eye on their blog and find them on Facebook to see some fantastic prizes, contests and giveaways! The layout below was created using the Graphic 45 Steampunk Debutante line, purchased from FS, of course. They have a wonderful Vintage/Steampunk Grab Bag chock full of old and new lace, metal parts, trims, and more. The lace and metal watch parts on my page came from the grab bag. It's kind of hard to see, but I misted Iridescent Gold Glimmer Mist around a square mask in the center of my page.



October also brings my turn as the Guest Design Team! I'm so excited. Fellow DT'r Diana and I were introduced on the blog on October 1. Diana will be guest blogging on Tuesdays and I will be posting photography and Photoshop tips on Thursdays.

New Cutting Cafe Layout!

For this design, I used two new templates fromThe Cutting Cafe; "That's what little girls are made of" and the "circle scallop set." I printed them on patterned paper, hand cut, and then mounted using foam tape.

Guest DT!

i'm so excited to announce that I'll be joining flamingo scraps' guest design team for the month of october!
you can check out the official announcement here, and their awesome ebay store here. i'm truly honored to be asked to participate, and i'm really looking forward to the ride!

Summery Fun!

I used an image from the Birthday Fun printable stamp set from The Cutting Cafe. I colored it in using Photoshop, and also added three more candles...since it's my big girl's seventh birthday!


I used the Summer Fun background stamp set from The Cutting Cafe. I printed the outline design onto a sheet of patterned paper to use in my background. I love how this turned out, so summery!

it's been a while...

My first Cutting Cafe projects!

I made this birthday card for my mom. The scalloped circle with sentiment is a printable stamp from The Cutting Cafe, the Birthday Fun set. Super simple--I just printed it out on the cardstock I wanted to use and hand cut it out! I sewed along the borders of each block of pp and then decided it needed a bit more. Since my hands weren't going to stitch any more, I doodled the border. :)


This layout was made for a challenge on scrapbook.com. It had to be a two page layout featuring something sweet with a primarily chocolate color scheme. The Cutting Cafe's Birthday Fun set was again the perfect match. I re-colored the scalloped circle to white and then resized the cupcake and cut it out. I used Stickles to put a border on the circle and to "color" in the cupcake. I love how it turned out! (This design is based on a layout in Scrapbook Trends magazine).