The little ones..

The challenge this week at The Paper Variety is for the itty bittys!

And you will love this week's prize from NIKKI SIVILS!

I made a scrapbook page (as did ALL of the designers funny enough - check them out!!)

I used this sketch from My Minds Eye, with their prompt "It's a _______ thing!"

My hubby is a computer guy and so is his coworker's son. At age 3, he knows A LOT about computers, technology, and how things work. He was showing ME how to use his dad's new ipad. How cool!

 

It's definately a "techie" thing! He even puts a pen behind his ear like the other guys hehe. It can't be a techie layout without something techie! I used computer keys for part of my title, recycled from a broken keyboard my hubby had for parts. I'm SURE this is what he intended for it... hehe ;)

 TGIF!!

It's beginning to look a lot like...

... Christmas!! That's my title inspired by holiday song challenges at Scrappin-n-Chattin, Crafting with Cristina, and Frosted Designs. And let me tell you, if you love Christmas you NEED Echo Park's Everybody Loves Christmas!!

I used this Let's Scrap sketch for my double page layout.

One of the things that I love about this collection are the adorable stickers and tiny type alphas! They make bringing a layout together so easy. I embellished my tree with gems (and you'll see a sticker and another gem as the "topper"). I matted it on black and popped it up too. Since, after all these are tree decorating pics ;)

The sketch featured 9 squares bridging the 2 pages together. As hard as it was, I cut into several of my 12x12 sheets for the grid look (don't worry I'll end up replacing them! lol), outlined them in black pen and popped up a few ornaments for added interest.

I cut my title with my Storybook cricut cartridge and also outlined them in black pen.

Here are my finished pages! 

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Merry Christmas! :)

Not All Who Wander Are Lost

Part of planning our anniversary trip to San Francisco was planning the scrapbook pages, too :) I got Basic Grey's Wander collection and a bunch of embellishments as well. It was SO hard not to tear into them until after we got back and had pictures printed. I knew I wanted the word "wander" on one of my layouts. 

I found the quote "Not all who wander are lost" and thought it would be a neat title. I created this 2 page layout of our photos traveling from Pennsylvania to San Francisco. The first page is us at the airport getting ready to board the plane. 

The second page features an 8x10 collage print of a bunch of photos - us on the plan (me - reading, my hubby - playing with his phone lol), the screen showing our flight was delayed, the inside of the airport, a view from above and then San Francisco airport at night when we landed.

It's a bit busy, but I still love how it turned out.

Thanks for visiting! 

Designer Fridays at Precocious Paper!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at my house :)

Jaxon just loves watching us put the tree! It is his favorite place to lay during the holiday season.

I am ahead of the game and have a few of my gifts wrapped too. Can you spy some Precocious Paper flowers?!

It's Designer Fridays at Precocious Paper and I accented two of my gifts with Tessa's beautiful felt and fabric flowers. I bought this tin at Walmart and made it my own by adding a strip of patterned paper, threading water punched border, and a matching embellishment from the Autumn Splendor Bouquet! 

 I used one of the new flowers from the Holiday Tree Bouquet to accent my ornament doodle.  I drew it on a blue cardstock band, where I also stamped a sentiment.  The fun colors really complimented my wrapping paper!

Head over to the Precocious Paper blog and check out what fellow designer Heidi created. Gorgeous projects! Then stop by the shop and treat yourself :)

TGIF!

Cricut Cardz - Mini Card/Tag Challenge ;)

Mary has another fun challenge posted at Cricut Cardz! 

Make a set (2 or more) of mini cards or tags. Tis the season! :)

I chose to make a set of tags using my favorite cut from Plantin Schoolbook. I cut the ornaments on my cricut too, using Sure Cuts a Lot.

I just love kraft, red, and white together! I'm so pleased with hose these turned out and can't wait to make more.

We put our tree up tonight, so I couldn't resist the opportunity to take a picture of my tags hanging.

Hope to see you join the fun at Cricut Cardz!!

Tic Tac Toe !! :)

Are you ready for another fun challenge at The Paper Variety! Lots of possibilities with this TIC-TAC-TOE game. Just create a project with 3 in a row :)

 I picked these 3 elements: 

CARD - HOLIDAY THEME - CRICUT

This is a "Z" fold card using Create a Critter cartridge. Check back at The Paper Variety later this week for a card tutorial on how to make it ;)

You are definitely want to get in this game, because look at this prize !! Yumm-O! Our sponsor is Tidbitz in Time, a monthly kit club. 

Hope to see your project at The Paper Variety! :)

DT Call and Giveaways! :)

Hello friends!

The Paper Variety is seeking creative crafters who would like to join our Design Team! We're looking for 4-6 new smiles to share their love of paper crafting and inspiring others - artists of all styles and experience levels. If you love paper and enjoy using it to create a variety of projects, then we invite you to apply! :)

Applications will be accepted until December 17th midnight. The announcement of the new team will be posted on December 22nd! :) 

Also..  we're giving away a Crate Paper "Snow Day" collection kit - just help us spread the word about our new design team.

We're also giving away the Snow Day 6x6 paper pad and a $25 gift certificate to The Scrapbooking Cottage!

Sweet, huh?

Visit The Paper Variety to see all DT app information and giveaway details.

Hope to see you there!!