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Check out this amazing sketch from Pagemaps by Becky Fleck.


It's totally different, I know,... and I love it!
This sketch was chosen to be this month's sketch challenge at Birds Of A Feather.
I chose to place my photos in the bottom corner instead of on the banners so it turned out a bit different. That's what's so great about sketches, right?

This awesome cork-looking paper is from one of my favorite retired companies, Dream Street Papers.


I had fun digging through my stash and scraps to complete the page. I also used plenty of rhinestone stickers from the wonderful, Creative Charms.

Till next time!

Oh Happy Day with Practical Scrappers

Today at Practical Scrappers we are featuring projects with black matting. Here is the layout I created for the showcase.
I got my inspiration for this layout from the fabulous Heather Leopard. One of the challenges at Birds Of A Feather this month is to scraplift a project from the gallery, this one caught my eye for sure.

Since the challenge is to do matting in black I chose to outline several of my elements with a Sharpie marker. I love the way it turned out - nice and crisp.

Its been a while since I used my Cheery Lynn Designs dies, I love these things!



Have a scrap-happy day!

This Smile *Birds Of A Feather*

Happy Sunday everyone! Today is my last DT post for Birds Of A Feather Kit Co. I absolutely love Amy's kits and I LOVE all the gals on the board there. If you haven't checked them out, pleas do! We need to keep these great small businesses in business.

For these projects I used supplies from the BOAF January kit.

I know we can all agree that there is nothing like seeing our kids smile. My Sidney girl has a cute one. ;)
I decided to make some cute, accordion flowers along with the flowers provided in the kit. The kit comes with a huge handful of white flowers just waiting to be altered in some way. I sprayed the large flower with blue and yellow Spritz from my stash, I love the way the multi colors came out.

Finally a simple card.

These papers from Authentique are just the cutest!!! Who doesn't love polka dots? I added a center to the butterflies using a few brads folded in half.

That's all for today.

Happy Scrapping!

Fun with the Birds Of A Feather January kit

Hello all! I want to share a few layouts I made using the adorable January kit from
Birds Of A Feather.
Here is the kit I will be playing with this month. Isn't it cute??


Good Friends


Oh My Cuteness



I posted a tutorial on the Birds Of A Feather BLOG showing you step by step how to make these cute mini ruffled flowers.


Oh by the way, Birds Of A Feather is having a DT call right now and there are only a few more days to get your apps in. Good luck, its a GREAT team to be on!

Here comes Santa Clause...here comes Santa Claus

...right down Candy Cane Lane! Ho! Ho! Ho!
This month's kit from Birds Of A Feather includes a 6x6 Tim Holtz Grungebook with 12 pages. That's alot of pages, hugh?

I decided to theme my album around the kids' visits with Santa. The pictures on the left are from 2010 and the pics on the right are this year's Santa photos. It is so fun to see how much the kids have grown in just one year. (Not to mention how Santa has changed. LOL!)


What's more appropriate than making the Santa cover look like Santa.
The hardware and felt are from my stash but the rest is from the kit.

Inside Cover


Mason


Parker


Sidney


Makenzie


There are 5 kits left in stock so go get yours!! You'll love it!

Traditions with Birds Of A Feather

Hellloooo!
Today I have two layouts to share with you using the beautiful December kit from Birds Of A Feather.
My theme for both of them are based on traditions.
Every Christmas time we go to Temple Square in Salt Lake to see the beautiful Christmas lights. The lights are beyond gorgeous and the atmosphere is always joyful and exciting.




The fun glitter cuts from Fancy Pants are great! You can tuck them in anywhere and they look good. ;)
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My next tradition is all about the gingerbread houses. We either buy a kit or make our own every year. The kids love making them!





What are some of your holiday traditions??

Joy

December is upon us, can you believe it? Where has the year gone?
I just got done playing with the FABULOUS November Deal of The Month from Creative Charms. If you love bling and ribbon (who doesn't?), this packet of goodies really has all you need for your holiday projects and what a deal!!
I made this layout using an old T-shirt stretched inside of an embroidery hoop.


I added a few sparkling snowflakes from the Winter Medley. The red, green and diamond brads worked well to look like sparking ornaments and string of lights.

The pretty ribbon included in the Deal of The Month worked perfect for my background and it gave my layout plenty of color.

I also made this simple Holiday card by cutting out a doily using my die cut machine. The "berries" and bow really turned this doily into a pretty wreath.


Other papers and supplies used on these projects are from the fun Birds Of A Feather December kit.

Happy crafting!

Christmas Sleigh with Birds Of A Feather

Check out the new December kit from Birds Of A Feather, it is so festive and just plain gorgeous!

I am having a blast with it so far.
I bought this wooden sleigh at a local thrift store several months ago and I have been waiting (almost impatiently) to alter it. This kit I got in the mail is PERFECT for it.
I painted all of the sides bright red before applying the paper and ModgePodge to give it a finished look.

For the presents I wrapped wooden blocks from my stash with cute Christmas paper and finished them off with a bow, tag and a poinsettia.

Want to know how to make this tree?

Step 1. Cut out 7-8 green circles ranging from 1 1/2 inches to 4 inches.

Step 2. Fold each circle in half, then in half again and again until you have 4 points.

Step 3. Poke a hole in each circle large enough for a 1/8 inch wooden dowel to poke through. Poke them all through starting with the smallest to biggest. Use your hot glue gun to attach each circle to the dowel so they don't slip off.

You're done! You can add ornaments to your tree or add some sparkly faux snow.

Thanks for looking! :)

Last of the Birds Of A Feather NOV kit

I just got my December kit from Birds Of A Feather in the mail and its full of wonderful Christmas bliss. But before I jump into that one, I need to share with you the last of my projects using the November kit. There is still one left by the way.

Its been a while since I made a round LO, it was about due. :)

Together



I added a few Cheery Lynn Designs on here as well.

Our Heritage
This is my cute hubby with his beautiful mother. I did planty of fussy cutting on this layout. Its always a nice, easy way to fill in space.


This jounaling tag is the new color resist journaling tag from Pink Paislee. They are so fun. Simply spray it with your favorite spritz spray and the design shows through.

Finally, the kit included a full sheet of Bo Bunny chipboard. I used the largest clock on the sheet for this card. I had a cool screw-looking brad in my stash that worked perfect for the center of the hands.

So Grateful

It was love at first sight when I opened up my November kit from Birds Of A Feather. Its not that I knew of all the great pictures I would scrap with it but I looked at it as ONE BIG CHALLENGE. Its all so pretty but this is not the kind of paper I usually buy so I was excited to see what the outcome would be.



Sweet babyhood only lasts a precious, short time so the clock theme throughout the kit worked well. This is my cute nephew, Oliver. Isn't he a doll?

I cut the flowers out with a brand new Sizzix die I bought this week ( oh, how I love a new toy.) I painted the petals with Shimmers which is included in the kit.

This season is the perfect time to reflect and express what you are thankful for so I thought a "grateful" card would be appropriate.


This Bo Bunny flower was a bit dull to start out with so I added a pearl to the center and more Shimmerz to the petals.


And finally... every month on the Birds Of A Feather forum we have about 4-5 challenges. One is always a sketch. This month we are using the brand new PageMaps sketch. I flipped it upside down to make it work for me.




This is my older brother with 2 of his youngest daughters. I met them for the first time this year...they are precious little cuties.

There is still time to get your kit HERE

Have a scrap-happy Monday!!