Just popping in

Just popping in to say hi!

**the card is missing because it is going to be in the April issue of Cards**

Supplies: Patterned paper, chipboard (Fancy Pants), Bling (Heidi Swapp), Die cut title (Quickutz)

Unfortunately I have nothing fun to report.
Just been working like crazy this week because I am down a therapist {she & her son have the swine flu...lovely}.
Is it only Wednesday??

Ugh.
Anywhooo, I made this card for the challenge over on the Fancy Pants blog this week.

You know it is World Card Making Day on Saturday, right??!

So the challenge is to make a greeting card.

Easy!

So make one yourself and have a chance to win a prize!

:)
Two more days until the weekend.

Sweet!

Have a good one!
:)

gretchen

Challenge!

It is my week to put up a challenge over on the KI blog.
{scroll down past all the fabulous Wicked projects to get to today's post}
My challenge this week sounds really boring but I promise it is much more fun than it sounds!
The challenge is to "Go Non-traditional!"
{boring, I know}

But what I mean is use some traditional holiday products (like KI's new Good Tidings or Wicked lines) to create non-traditional, non-holiday projects.
Take my layout for example.
I used supplies from the fun Wicked line on this one.
Wicked is a Halloween-themed line, so you would normally use it to make Halloween decorations or scrap your pictures from Oct. 31st, right??!

Well not in this challenge!!
Instead I used the Halloween-themed products to create a layout about how I hate scary movies.

(Supplies: Patterned paper, 3D stickers, Epoxy alphabets, Rub-ons all from the new Wicked line from KI)

So what else can you do with your traditional holiday supplies??
I challenge you to use your holiday stuff differently and create something non-traditional with them!

I would love for you to play along!
{Hey, use your favorite KI holiday products but play along even if you don't have any of the new KI stuff! And link me up if you make something! I wanna see it!}

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And since we are talking challenges, here's another one...

I made this one for Jen Johner's challenge to "Think BIG!"
It's been awhile since I scrapped a big ole picture so this was fun!

(Supplies: Party paper pad, Flourish lace cardstock pack, glitter alphabets, chipboard accent, starry lace cardstock all from KI Memories)

Happy Monday!!
:)

gretchen

Interesting

My Little Shoebox + Hero Arts

This month the My Little Shoebox team got to play with some Hero Arts stamps.

I have to admit that I am not much of a stamper so this was a fun little challenge for me.

I had to knock the dust off a few ink pads and dig up the clear blocks!

I got to play with these stamps:

{and a great butterfly stamp but I cannot find a link for it}

And this is what I made...

This one was totally inspired by Katie and her mad journaling skills!

Supplies: Patterned paper, chipboard letters, die cuts (My Little Shoebox), Border stamp (Hero Arts), Markers (American Crafts), Brads (KI Memories)

This is Lee and his brother on a trip they took to the Smokies earlier this summer.

Supplies: Patterned paper, die cuts, foam alphabets (My Little Shoebox), Woodgrain stamp (Hero Arts), Brads (Basic Grey)

You have seen this card before but here is that great butterfly stamp that I cannot seem to find on the Hero Arts website along with the border stamp.

Supplies: Patterned paper (My Little Shoebox), Border stamp & butterfly stamp (Hero Arts), Markers (American Crafts), Brads (KI Memories)

Be sure to check out the My Little Shoebox blog over the next few weeks to see what the rest of the team has done with other Hero Arts stamps!
And thanks for looking at mine!
Have a great weekend!
:)
gretchen

Check it out!

It is going on over the KI blog tonight!!

There will be projects with instructions to get you ready for Halloween!

Of course there will be prizes!

And the design team members will be popping in to chat during the evening!
YAY!!
I hope to see you there!

{check it out here}

4 generations

It is no secret that I have a thing for My Mind's Eye.

Their patterned papers might be my favorites ever!!

Anyways, because of my undying love I cannot resist the challenges that they have been doing over on their blog lately.

The latest challenge is to use these U2 song lyrics to create a layout:

“Every generation gets a chance to change the world”

Those lyrics made me think of this picture where there are 4 generations of family members.

{grandmother, her 3 sons, 6 grandchildren, and 3 great grandchildren...pretty cool, huh?!}

And here is the layout I made.

Supplies: Patterned paper, ribbon, flowers, die cut (My Mind's Eye), Bling (Heidi Swapp), Chipboard number (Basic Grey), Brads (American Crafts), Die cut title (Quickutz Spicy Chicken font), Bookplate (Junkitz)

The challenge ends on the 24th so you still have time to make a layout too!

Thanks for looking at mine!
:)

gretchen

Old pictures

I am loving old pictures lately!
Remember this layout about my grandfather & all the albums/scrapbooks he put together?

Well my grandmother let me have a few of them & I have thoroughly enjoyed looking through them.
I mean, looking at some of the outfits I tried to pull off is entertaining enough!

So you may be seeing a few layouts come from good old pictures I find in these albums.

Like this one...

Supplies: Patterned paper, transparency, alphabet stickers, die cuts (My Little Shoebox), Brads (KI Memories), Kraft cardstock (DMC, Inc.)

Check out the shorty shorts on my dad!

{hehehe}
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By the way, I survived the weekend.

It is just best that I not talk about it.

{however, the weekend wasn't a total waste because I skipped out on the Saturday night's festivies-aka dinner and oh so exciting scavenger hunt-to hang out with my great friend Brooke}

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And what's the deal with all the rain?

I feel like I am in Forks or something.

:)
gretchen