Welcome, Baby Hailey!

This is a card that I made for my friend, Shannon Tomkins. She and her hubby just had their first child last week, a beautiful little baby girl, named Hailey Amber. A huge congratulations to them, I know they'll be wonderful parents! :)

I love these Making Memories papers for making baby girl cards - they're so girly looking and I thought for something different I'd stamp the baby bundle onto a piece of this dp and then cut it out and glue in onto the white one that I'd coloured with my Touch markers. I think it makes a sweet receiving blanket. :)

This is the past Mojo Monday sketch that I followed for my card.I have a card scheduled for tomorrow. It's the challenge card that we have for our monthly stampin' group. You'll be able to see it at 7 pm when our group is scheduled to meet. :) Then, I'll have tomorrow's projects to show you soon, as well. Stay tuned for those...

Thanks for stoppin' by! :)

Supplies:
Stamps: Baby Bundle (Paper Inspirations), Welcome Little One (Studio G)
Cardstock: Pink Pirouette (SU), True Thyme (SU), Flat White (Staples)
Patterned Paper: Brooke Narr Stripe (Making Memories), Brooke Paisley (Making Memories)
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), Blush Touch Marker (ShinHan Art Int'l Inc)
Tools: Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Classic and Scalloped Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), 1/8" Dimensional Squares (EK Success), 2-Way Glue Pen
Embellishments: White Jumbo Brads (Dollarama)

Back to normal...

Well, after a lot of fooling around, I've managed to get most of my sidebar items put back in. I still need to add a few things and tweak things a bit, but I'm not pulling my hair out anymore so that's good! lol :)

Tomorrow is a busy day with sadly no time for crafty play, but I'll be back soon with something new to show you.

Thanks for stoppin' by! :)

Updating My Template

Please excuse the mess I've made with my blog...I changed the template and lost all my side bar items...I'm in the process of updating everything now. :)

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Enter to Win a new EZ View Desktop

I was blurfing tonight and I came across this gorgeous desktop case giveaway on Andrea Walford's blog, Sunny Stampin'. It certainly would look beautiful in my studio to organize my loose mounted stamps! Below are the rules on Andrea's blog as she's the one giving this away, not me!

There’s several different ways to enter the draw to win the EZ View Desktop. The more options you choose the greater your chances of winning:

• Visit The Original Scrapbox website and choose your favorite product. Once you’ve done that come back here and leave a comment and tell me what your favorite is and why you would like this product.
• Post about this contest on your blog. In your blog post you need to post a photo of the EZ View Desktop by right clicking on the image and then selecting “Save As”, this will allow you to upload the photo on your blog post. You may use photos of the desktop from my blog or The Original Scrapbox. Feel free to copy and paste the information above into your blog. Please link back to my blog and also to The Original Scrapbox, and of course come back and leave me a comment in the comments section of this post with a link back to your blog post.
• You get 5 extra entries for each friend you refer who then posts about the contest on their blog. Just have your friend post an entry, come back here and leave me a comment with a link to your friend’s entry that says something like, “I told Becky about this contest and she posted it on her blog (include blog post link)”. This friend will also be entered into the contest according to contest rules.

Good luck! :)

Mojo94 Sketch Challenge

I'm a little late to play along in last weeks sketch challenge, but I liked the sketch so much that I thought I'd make a card using this sketch anyway. I've been hoarding this gorgeous butterfly paper for a while and wasn't quite sure what I wanted to use it for. Well, I decided to use it for a birthday card to be sent out to a friend...I guess you'll have to see if it's for you! :)

I don't think I've ever used so many Basic Grey papers on one card! I do think they should change their name, though. The name Basic Grey really just doesn't do them justice to their gorgeous paper and embellishment line. There's nothing basic about them...I think they should be called Extraordinarily Grey! What do you think? Anyway, enough of my foolishness! lol :)

You know me and my obsession with butterflies...well, I couldn't help showing you a close up of this gorgeous butterfly! It came from an old sheet of all different kinds of butterflies that were printed off a website that's no longer in business. I thought the colours went well with the Basic Grey paper.

This is the sketch that I followed - another awesome one by Julee Tilman! We all love her, don't we?
OK, I'm off to bed early since I was up til 3:30 AM last night for some reason...I just couldn't sleep. I'll be heading to the post office in the morning to mail this card off. Keep an eye in your mailbox to see if you get it! :)

Thanks for stoppin' by! :)

Supplies:
Stamps: Retro Happy Birthday (Stampendous), Flourish from 97998 DD - Flourished Butterfly (Inkadinkado)
Cardstock: Jet Black Linen (CRS), Ivory (Staples)
Patterned Paper: Ambrosia - Winsome (Basic Grey), Scarlet's Letter - Recognition (Basic Grey), Archaic - Rusty (Basic Grey), Sugared - Golden (Basic Grey)
Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine) Tools: 1 1/4" & 1 1/2" Circle Punches (Creative Memories), Scissors, 1/16" Black Pop Dots (MultiCraft)
Embellishments: 1/2" Silver Satin Ribbon (Michaels), Printed Butterfly (RAK from Deborah)

Altered Butterfly Frame

I had a lot of fun altering this frame tonight. I was thrilled to find the frame today at Zellers on a clearance table for 70% off the lowest yellow ticketed price! That meant I got it for $1.93! What a screamin' deal! lol :)

Altering this frame ended up being a lot harder than I had anticipated, but I like how it turned out and it'll make for a different frame to have around the house to hold a pic of my two daughters. :) I took this picture on their first day of school last Fall.
This is what the frame looked like pre-altered. A nice frame, but it was beat up a bit, hence it being on clearance. But, in my mind, that just made for an opportunity for it to be altered! Yes, I will alter pretty much anything! lol :) The frame measures 8.5" x 10.5" and the photo insert is 4" x 6".

Well, I have to get up early to go get my hubby at the dockyard so I better call it a day. I'll be back soon with more to show you. Until then...

Thanks for stoppin' by! :)

Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Wild Saffron (K&Company)
Tools: Kraft Knife, Mod Podge - Mat Finish (Plaid), Pencil, Ruler, Foam Brush, Scissors, Alfred Sung Frame (Zellers)

Win $1000 at The Cuttlebug Spot!

Have you heard? The Cuttlebug Spot is looking to get 1000 Followers by the end of July and in celebration they're giving away a $1000 gift certificate to Custom Crops to one very lucky winner! So, pop on over to spread the news and for your chance to play along in the fun! It'd put new meaning to the phrase Christmas in July, wouldn't it?! lol :) Good luck!

I found a screamin' deal on a picture frame on clearance today. I'm in the midst of altering it right now, I'll post it soon for you all to see. Stay tuned...

Thanks for stoppin' by! :)