Whimsical Wednesday Challenge #22~~ "Scrapping School Memories"

Good Morning Everyone!

It is time for another Whimsical Wednesday Challenge!!

This weeks challenge is " Scrapping School Memories"~

Create a scrapbook LO with a school theme BUT it must include a chipboard element.

The Design Team was lucky enough to be given a few files from Regina over at The Cutting Cafe to work with. Thanks Regina!!

Regina is also our sponsor this week and the lucky winner will receive Any 3 Files from her store!

If you have yet to visit The Cutting Cafe you really need to hop over there. She has just about everything you could possibly want....cut files, PDF files, boxes, bags...well you get the idea!

Oh so my project for this challenge was made and then I added the pictures when my boys went to school yesterday for their first day.

It was great to have the LO completed and then know what pictures I had to take :)

Here is my completed LO....There are few items I create that I say "Wow, I really love this....this is one of them!! I love how this turned out!!

Here is the LO before I put pictures in and added the year with white chipboard numbers

I don't have very many chipboard pieces in my stash so I decided to make my own!

The bus numbers~which is actually my boys school bus is from numbers I picked up last year at Target.

They sure came in handy!!

The "Waiting for the Bus" is The Cutting Cafe~The School Years Printable Stamp Set

I printed and cut the stamp out then attached to a piece of inked chipboard and matted it on blue cardstock.

The same was done with "1st day of School"

You cant tell but it really gives great dimension!

Love the little boy~ He is from Paper Doll Dress Up and I used PKS~491 Everyday Character Faces

Again used the same technique and made my own chipboard pieces from the same set over at

The Cutting Cafe

The border is another set from The Cutting Cafe~School Day's Printable Set.

The extras added to this LO are:

Trendy Twine in Peppermint Twist

School Bus cut from Stretch Your Imagination at 3 1/2"

Yoyo Yellow ink from SU

White gel pen for extra doodles :)

Border punch from EK Sucess

Paper from DCWV~ The Grade School Stack

So I hope you like my LO and will join us this week over at Whimsical Wednesdays!!

Remember you have 2 weeks to link up for a chance to win 3 Files from The Cutting Cafe!

Can't wait to see what you all create and thanks for stopping by!!

Have a very crafty day :)

Im also entering this into the following Challenges:

Cooking w/Cricut~School Dayz

The Paper Variety~ Stamping

Amanda's Crafts and More: Getting Scrappy Challenge #16

"Three Times a Charm"~ Whimsical Wednesday Challenge #19

Hi everyone!

It is time for another Whimsical Wednesday Challenge!

Our fellow DT member Amber~ Staying Crafty chose this weeks challenge....which is

 "Three Times a Charm". We were to create a project using 3 cuts, 3 colors only and 3 of the same embellishments.

When I read the challenge requirement I thought "hey this doesn't sound to difficult" but when I sat down to create I was stumped!

I ended up going through all my stamps and found a dollar bin one that is the inspiration for my card.

Ok so I had this stamp and I knew there was a cut on the Preserves Cartridge with a pear on it but when I looked at the booklet there are 3 cuts per pear so I got out my handy dandy gypsy and began playing with the two base cuts.

I was able after much manipulation weld the bottom layer and the next layer. Tada...all I had to do was cut the top layer out twice and I had my pear cut ~~I actually cheated and made 4 cuts..but don't tell anyone :)

I did pop one of the top layers up to give it some dimension.

Alittle inking around the layers also...I just love how it adds so much more to a cut.

My color choice for this was brown, green and pink. Love those colors together and the pattern paper was perfect for this...brown with pink stripes

I embellished with 3 glittery brads and stamped my sentiment with brown memento ink.

Ok so I hope I have inspired you to create a project for this weeks challenge.

There is a great prize for the winner....

The Nursery Rhymes Cartridge.

Remember you have 2 weeks to enter...plenty of time to create!

Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you all over at Whimsical Wednesday!

Whimsical Wednesdays Challenge #17~~ Humor LOL!!

Morning Bloggers!!

It is time again for another Whimsical Wednesday Challenge.

Ready for this one....Challenge #17 is...

"Sense of Humor"

For this challenge you must include something funny, whether a funny photo or image and/or include some wording related to humor such as laugh, giggle, chuckle, funny, hysterical.

You get the picture...right. Lets make the DT laugh :)

So alittle background before I share my LO.

I posted awhile back about going to a birthday party with my son and the party having Nickle City Reptiles as their entertainment.

Not only do the kids LOVE seeing all the animals that Jeff brings...the adults LOVE listening to how funny Jeff is.

I attached a video link so you can see a small glimpse at how funny Jeff is.

He goes around locally and does birthday parties, the fair and school events~~ BUT~~ he also is a pretty regular Late Night with Jimmy Fallon guest.

Cool huh...so for my LO I did one of "Rockey" ~  the American Alligator

When Jeff brought Rockey out it was not funny :)

The kids were excited but screamed also. Not many of us get to see an alligator up close.

It just so happened that Rockey was in the mood to perform that day.

Doesn't it look like he is smiling?

The letters were cut with my cricut from Cuttin' Up and I added some white gel pen doodles

This picture cracks me up...LOL.. it really looks like he is laughing :)

Crazy that Jeff was able to put Rockey on his back and tickle him....actually I think he was just rubbing his belly but it looks like he is being tickled.

I added a couple of info circles as my journaling using my 2" circle punch.

I inked around the outside with coffee bean pigment ink.

The rub ons are from DCVW~ Safari Kids

Here is my alligator from Create a Critter. He is too cute not to put on this.

I embossed him with my Tiny Mosaic cuttlebug folder.

So there you have it :)

Do you think this is funny?!?!

Hope so and hope you will join us this week over at Whimsical Wednesdays  for our "Sense of Humor" challenge.

Remember you have 2 weeks to enter. Don't forget to check out the other DT's LO's. I know they are all so funny and so very inspirational.

Thanks for stopping by!



Whimsical Wednesdays Challenge #14~~Some Interactive Fun~~

Good Morning Bloggers!!

It is time for another Whimsical Wednesday Challenge!

This weeks Challenge #14 ~~Some Interactive Fun~~

Create a LO with movement...whether it is a pull out tag, slider, waterfall....anything that will move.

This is my project

My son was chosen as 1 of 4 kids to play in the Minor League All Star Game. His team~the Nationals~ was such a well run team and the coaches so helpful thoughout the entire season that Parker not only learned so much about baseball but his skills improved greatly! I was so honored that they chose Parker to play and after talking with the coaches...they chose him because of his improvement and all the skills he learned throughout the season. His love for baseball has gone as far as wanting to try out in September for the Clarence Travel Team~9U. They are an intense travel team...practicing all winter and then playing throughout the spring and summer.....We will see when tryouts are here :)

I was so excited and so very proud of him, his team mates and the way they played in the All Star game that I had to make my LO right after the game and preserve that memory immediately :)

My movement for this Challenge are the tags. I made 2 using my gypsy~ Tags, Bags, Boxes and More Cartridge and the Sports Mania Cartridge.

I made my tag base and then welded a shadow Baseball to the top.

I then cut the baseball layers and attached them to form my tags.

Before attaching the baseballs, I stamped journaling lines

Here you can see my journal tags

Up close of the tags....I added in my white gel pen the stats of the game...some highlights of the day.

I love how this came out and Parker loved it so much it is already hanging in his room.

Some extra details about this LO....

The "My All Star" cut is a free SVG file I found over at SVGCuts.com. It was jsut perfect for this LO.

The embellishments are from EK Success.

I used my white Sakura Gel Pen for the journaling.

The paper is from Carolees Creations & Company and was one of the packs I picked up at the CKC Convention. The great thing about this paper...it was only $1 for 6 pages :)

So I hope you will join us over at Whimsical Wednesdays for this week's challenge!

Make sure to stop by the Whimsical Wednesdays blog to see all the DT imspiration and to welcome the new DT members.

ALSO~~~

This week Kimberly from My Craft Spot is our sponsor. She has donated a $15.00 gift certificate to her store. Thank you Kimberly.

Thanks for stopping by...I hope to see all your creative "Interactive" projects!

"Swinging" in with Some Exciting news ~ and a Birthday Card :)

Morning Everyone!!

Well it is the start of the Holiday weekend and we are getting ready to spend it at the lake. The weather is going to be nice so that should make for a fun filled weekend!

But I have some EXCITING news to share! Stephanie over at Whimsical Wednesdays has asked to me stay on the DT for another term. I am so excited and so very grateful! I just love this challenge site...we have excellent challenges, amazing projects linked up every week and the sweetest DT members! Make sure to head over to the Whimsical Wednesdays Challenge Blog to meet the new DT, say hi and enter our Get Well Challenge for Angelo.

Also on Friday July 8th Whimsical Wednesdays is having a Blog Hop!! Another chance to swing by all the DT's blogs and check out all of our projects. I know there will be some excellent blog candy up for grabs as well as!!

I want to share a card I made for my Nephew's 1st birthday. It is today and yesterday I posted the canvas wall hanging I made for him. This is the card to go along with his birthday present.

I used paper from DCWV~The Playtime Stack and Changito Bday Stamps.

I used 2 pieces of the same paper from the stack, one for the base and then cut the monkey from the other. I attached him on top of the base with foam dots.

The sentiment was stamped on the same paper and also attached with foam dots. I added stitching around the sentiment to match the monkey and vines which were already on the image.

There are some candi's in the corner in green which lucky for me are the same color.

I love how this turned out....a simple cricutless card for my favorite little monkey :)

Thanks for stopping by....have a WONDERFUL and SAFE holiday weekend! I will be back on Tuesday to say hello and check out all your great weekend projects!



~~Whimsical Wednesday Challenge Day~~

Good Morning Everyone!

It is time again for another Whimsical Wednesday Challenge!!

This week both card team have come together for our challenge, to make get well cards for a very special little boy. Angelo, who is the grandson of Margie from Bella Bug Creations, is going through a very difficult time right now. He underwent brain surgery last week and will begin chemotherapy next week. You can read more about Angelo at this post over at Margie's blog http://bellabugcreations.blogspot.com/2011/06/angelo.html. We hope that you will all join us and make a card for Angelo too.

Angelo is such a sweet little boy and I know he will LOVE all the Get Well Cards we send him.

For my card I used the Create a Critter Cartridge for the cute Whale.

He was cute at 3".

His body was embossed with my cuttlebug for alittle texture.

I then attached him with an Action Wobble...he looks like he is swimming :)

The sentiment was computer generated by me.

I added eyelets to the corners as well as to the sentiment and then threaded some ribbon through the two on the sentiment.

I hope Angelo likes this and can't wait to bring alittle happiness to his cute face!

Please join us this week over at Whimsical Wednesdays for this weeks challenge and put a smile on a little boys face!



~Red/White & Blue ~~Whimsical Wednesdays & Catch the Bug Challenge Card

Hi everyone!

I have a card to share today to enter into a few challenges.

Since it is still baseball season at my house~we are just getting into the playoffs~ and the 4th is fast approaching I decided to incorporate the two for this card.

The paper is Bo Bunny~Liberty Fireworks.

Image is Bugaboo Stamps~I love all their stamps and always have such a hard time deciding which to purchase...but I think this one is an all time favorite!

Stars are a border cut from the Stand and Salute Cartridge at 5" I used the inside cut as well and attached a sparkly brad and foam tape to give it some dimension.

Ribbon is American Crafts and I used 3 Candi's in the bottom corner. I just LOVE these embellishments! They have a sparkle to them that the picture does not show to well.

I colored the image with my copics but in a very easy and simple way. I used 2 markers~B26 and R24.

There is not blending or shading...just straight color :)

I am going to enter this into the following challenges:

Whimsical Wednesdays~Let's Get Patriotic (remember you have 2 weeks to enter)

Catch the Bug Challenge~Red/White/Blue & Ribbon

Hope you like my creation for today...It so makes me think of summer!

Whimsical Wednesdays Color Challenge

Morning everyone!

It is time again for another Whimsical Wednesdays Challenge!

This weeks challenge is a Color Challenge!

Your inspiration for this challenge is to use the colors Red and Yellow and you can choose another color or colors from the photo.

Isn't this such a fabulous craft room? Wish mine looked like this :)

So for my project I made a "sweet" card

My card is a standard A2 size and I used paper from Jillibean Soup~Chilled Strawberry Soup Collection in Whipped Cream.

I just LOVE this paper and the fun polka dots.

My cherries were cut at 4" using the Preserves Cartridge. There are 2 different red papers for the cherries and 2 different green papers for the stems/leaves. Both were scrap from my stash.

The sentiment is from Emma's My Creative Time ~~This and That~~ stamp set. This is such a great stamp set with great everyday sentiments.

Not too long ago I watched a video on how to make your own skittles. I gave it a go and made a bunch in different colors using Tim Holtz alchol ink.

I used some watermelon ones for the embellishments on this card.

I also used my favorite white gel pen for some added details on the cherries.

Hope my card, the DT's projects and this great craft room photo gives you lots of inspiration to join into this weeks challenge. Remember you have 2 weeks to link up and join in on the fun!

Make sure you check out the Whimsical Wednesday Challenge Blog for all the other great ideas!

Have a GREAT day and happy craftin' :)

Whimsical Wednesday Challenge #1--Scrapbook LO w/Critter or Bug

Hello blogging buddies and welcome!!

Today is our first Whimsical Wednesday Challenge ! We will be having these challenges every week with each challenge staying open for two weeks!! This will give everyone LOTS of time to create and link up. You will love all the themes... they are so fun, and first up is a scrap booking challenge! They will be the first Wednesday of the month.

This weeks Challenge #1 theme is :

“ Make a Spring or Easter themed scrapbook LO, adding a critter or bug on it”

Here is my project...a cute and fun Easter layout.

I tried to keep this layout simple...yet every time I wanted to I thought it needed something else LOL! What do you think?

SO here is  what I did..I made the cute bunny with the Create a Critter Cartridge ( I think this is my favorite cartridge). He is cut at 5" as well as all of his layers. I also cut the basket from the same cartridge. I did run the basket through my cuttlebug for some added texture.

I cut some eggs..actually ovals with George and Basic Shapes using some scraps I had when I made my patchwork bunny card. I added some glossy accents to the eggs for the shiny effects.

Both of my mats are cut from George and Basic Shapes at 4X6".

I made the cute banner and  ran the paper through my cuttle bug again. The letters are from Cuttin' Up. I put eyelets in the corners of all pieces and strung the whole thing on some twine.

The sun is a circle again from George and Basic Shapes and cut and folded outward to make the sun. I just recently watched a tutorial on this and when I find the link I will post it here. (or if you remember please let me know so I can give the blogger the credit...because it was NOT my idea..I just borrowed it)

I added a journaling mat as well which is a stamp I recently picked up on my last Joanne's run :)

You can't really tell from the photo but the bunny is up on foam dots, the flower is up on foam dots and so is the banner. There is alot of dimension to this layout

I can't wait to fill this page with our Easter celebrations this year.

Now, make sure you go visit the Whimsical Wednesday Blog  to link up your entry and check out the sneak peeks of all the other DT's projects! You are sure to find tons of inspiration and get all the details for the Challenge #1 ! You have two weeks to link up! Can’t wait to see all your projects!

Whimsical Wednesday Design Team---Mini Album in the Works

Good Morning Happy Bloggers!

I have some exciting news to announce. I have been chosen to be on the Whimsical Wednesday Design Team.

I am so excited to be a part of this design team and share my projects with you :).

And I will be designing for both the scrapbooking and card making teams.

I will be  designing scrapbook pages the first Wednesday of every month.  And then the card teams with be designing the rest of the month, alternating between Team A and Team B. It is going to be a BLAST!!

You can hop over to Stephanie's Blog- Always Crafting and see all the other VERY creative ladies that are joining me on the DT,

 as well as Erika over at Cricut Love who will be teaming up with Stephanie to help run the this fun challenge blog!

So mark your calendars and get ready for the Grand Opening Blog Hop on Friday April 1.

Hope to see you all there!

Now onto my project...I have been working on a mini album following along with Creations with Christina as she does a step by step tutorial. I have not caught up yet with her tutorial but I am getting there. I am making a 4x6 mini using Bo Bunny papers I found at AcMoore.



my 6 pages with the Bo Bunny paper...all inked with Worn Lipstick




one of the completed pages. a simple matted page for a picture




A fun journaling page with decorative trim up on pop dots



This is the front of the book. Im not sure what I am going to do here yet.

So there is the start of my mini...I will update when I complete more.

Have a GREAT day and see you all tomorrow....maybe later with some animal pictures from the birthday party :)

Christmas in March? Layout forhristmas 2010

I have been working on this layout for a couple of day to enter it at Always Crafting- Whimsical Wednesday Challenge. This weeks challenge was to make a layout winter related. It can be anything, even the holidays. I have two great pictures of my boys from this Christmas so it was a perfect excuse to make my layout that I have been putting off.

Hope you like it!

Be back tomorrow....so until then have a great night! I am busy with a PTO meeting tonight..it's a late one but we have been told it wont be a long one. We will see :)

Whimsical Wednesday Guest Designer :)

I am so excited that Stephanie over at Always Crafting has asked me to be a guest designer for this week's Whimsical Wednesday Challenge. Being so new to the blogging world her blog was one of the first I began following. Her work is truly amazing so go and check out all the wonderful and creative projects she has to share.!
This week she is calling it "I'm So Stressed Out!" I know we all have those kind of days....right?!?! For this challenge she wants any type of project but it has to include some distressing in it. This can include but is not limited to inking, tearing paper or whatever other kind of distressing technique you want to use. I have not tried any of these yet so I blog searched for ideas, googled distressing and everything came back to the ever famous Tim Holtz! Again I had not one item of his so off to Michael's I went (just an excuse to scrapbook shop) for some distressing ink. I came home with the ink as well as some paper stash in Retro Grunge. I knew I wanted to make something other than a card or layout and I had an Altoids container waiting to be altered so this is my "I'm So Stressed Out" project.

I used the paper and covered the front, back, sides and inside..distressing the edges with Vintage Photo, Frayed Burlap and Peeled Paint Distress ink. I also tore a piece of paper, crumpled it and then layed it flat and inked. We just recently got a new phone book and it wass sitting in our recycle bin..does anyone use a phone book anymore?!...I took out a page of the white pages and cut 3 flowers at 2" from the Pagoda Cartridge. I crumpled them up, inked the edges and used my hot glue gun to attach to the tin. The pewter tiles are Making Memories alphabet charm that I hot glued also and inked as well. The butterfly was a charm I had in my stash.

So now it is your turn! Head over to Always Crafting and show us how you can distress. I can't wait to see what you come up with! I think distressing is my new favorite :)! You will also want to stop and visit Margie at Bella Bug Creations for some more inspiration. She has an amazing blog as well!

Thanks for stopping by and I would LOVE it if you become a follower here at  Chick-n-scrap :)
Until tomorrow....

Always Crafting- Whimsical Wednesday Challenge- Layout

With Spring hopefully right around the corner, I thought I would make a layout for something I can't wait to start...my garden!!

I got the nursery rhymes cartridge when Michael's was having a clearance sale. For $9.99 I couldn't pass it up but when I got home I thought when would I use this...it would probably just sit. And it has...until now :)

So I left spaces for 3 photo's which I will put int start of the garden...the progress of all my hard work...and our rewards.

I also made this to enter into the Always Crafting- Whimsical Wednesday Challenge. Stephanie's Challenge is a color challenge using the following picture.

So until tomorrow....have a great night!