Play and Water Fun & a Winner

Hello and good morning...

Today I'm up over on the My Scraps & More blog.
If you haven't gotten a chance to check out the Spring into Summer Crop that is going on right now over in the My Scraps & More forum.. you better get over there and check it out.

For my summer challenge, I wanted to do something with water. Summer to me is all about getting wet, staying cool, and relaxing in water. Anything from the pool, to going to the beach, or just running in the sprinklers. For this page I focused on water and blues:

I used the Simple Stories Vintage Bliss and pulled all the blues out of it.
I also used blue misting to create a "watery" feel.

For my Spring Challenge, I went with the idea of something NEW and something OLD. Spring is always about new growth and new beginnings, and at the same time, leaving the OLD melting snow, and long days.
This photo of Austin, the one with the sun glare on it, is one of my FAVES from last season. I just LOVE the kind of "dreamy" feel of it.

I used the Simple Stories Urban Traveler Collection, on a non travel page. I thought the patterns and colors were perfect for a sports page. I LOVE using themey papers with NON themed photos.

Make sure to join us at the crop, it's not too late.

Also I have a winner from the My Scraps & More blog hop from last week...

Random org choose this winner:
 

Karen AKA SoccerboyzmomApril 22, 2013 at 10:48 AM

Fabulous job Wendi. I love what you did with the layout. I have been a follower of yours.

***CONGRATS KAREN!!!!! please email me your addy to: wenjer1120(at)msn(dot)com. +++

Have a wonderful day!!!

Hello Card.

Hello and good morning...

Monday again, already!!!!! but this week is going to go by fast, so I'll deal with Monday today.. LOL

Here is a card that I recently made that I wanted to share:

I just LOVE the fun wood veneer sayings that they have out right now.

I played along with the Scrapbook Circle challenge #51 Springtime Hues and used the April kit for the card.
I also used the sketch from Crafty Steals Thursday challenge.

And if you want to get in on a fun giveaway, my lil sister Katelin has recently started blogging and has her first giveaway... so check it out HERE.

Happy Monday people!!!!

GDTproject for Just Imagine Crafts

Hello and good afternoon...

Today is my last day up as a GDT over at the Just Imagine Crafts blog. I've really enjoyed being able to work with their punches and share some of my projects using them.

For today's project, I used my 907 4 in 1 punch to punch out a border strip.

I saved the left over triangle shapes from punching my border strip to use on my page for later:

Here is my finished layout:

  I use the leftover triangles and layered them to create an arrow focal point leading up to the word strip:

I also used my circle cutter to cut out half circles and added them to the top and bottom part of the layout:

 Thanks for letting me share with you today.....

Day 118: Super Sketchy Sunday

Hello and good morning...

Happy Sunday...

It's a new week and a new sketch to play along with at 365 Cards Challenge blog.
Here's the sketch:

And here is my card with it:

and I just LOVE the sentiment:

I used some leftover scraps for this card. I have LOVED the blue and yellow heart paper and used it all up:(

I'm also linking up with Simon Says anything goes challenge.

Don't forget to stop by the other DT's blog and see their super sketchy sunday work:

 Rose

Annie

Erin

Jenny
Janice

Hope you have a wonderful week!!!!!!

Day of Love

Hello and good evening...

I am sharing with you a layout of my lil sister's wedding back from last September... I know I have scrapped SEVERAL photos from it, but I took soooo many photos, they never end.. LOL

Here is a page:

I used the Practical Scrappers April layout sketch for it.
I added a couple of border punches, and some stitching..

and used several wood pieces:

Here is the sketch in case you get the chance to play along:

Hope your weekend is going great...

i Love you.

Hello and Happy Saturday!!!!

It's finally the weekend, and we only have one game to be at today and then off to a family birthday celebration..

Today I am sharing a page that I created to play along with the Inspiration Elevator challenge #12. The challenge was to pick a DT member and lift their page.

I chose to lift my scrappy buddy Lisa M. She always has lots of stitching, some paint splats, an embellie cluster, and fairly clean style. So here is my page:

I added some stitching:

some paint splats:

my cluster:

and here is Lisa's page that I lifted, from this post:

Thanks Lisa for the inspiration...

Happy Saturday to you all...

Summer Days

Hello and good morning...

Today I'm up over on the Original Scrapbook USA Expo blog sharing with you a summery layout. I was super excited to get to play with one of Fancy Pant's latest lines... Down By The Shore.  This line totally screams my name. I'm a summer chick, a beach lover, and water kind of gal. The fun patterns in this line are super playful.

For my layout, I used Brag Pad, which is a 6x6 mini album that you could almost use by itself to add pictures and journaling. I decided to tear out some of the pages and used them as papers on my page.

I also used the sticker fundamentals for my alphas on the title work.

I used a couple of the tape strips and the label stickers through out my page.

And how fun is this lil guy??? I fussy cut him out of one of the pages.

This line is perfect for all those summer photos you'll be taking soon enough.

Have a great day...

Wendi

Other supplies used: Mister Huey mists, machine sewing, pop dots, and Sharpie pen.

Sisters. My Scraps & More sketch #26

Hello and happy Friday...

Today is Friday and that also means the Spring into Summer crop is going on over at the My Scraps & More forum... so make sure to head over and check it out.

But today Tammi has a wonderful new sketch up on the My Scraps & More sketch blog to play along with.

Here's my layout with it:

 I used the Simple Stories Vintage Bliss line which is perfect for this girlie page. Sydney was holding Chorley and playing with her, it was super cute. It's sooo fun to watch the kids play with Chorley and interact with her.
I layered on the sticker strips :

and distressed and added some stitching..

Here is the sketch:

To win the April prize of the "Sweet Notes" papers by Webster's Pages, complete at least one layout from sketches 23. 24. 25.or 26. The deadline to complete and link up your page for this sketch is May 2, 2013.

Happy Friday!!!!

Ms. Bookworm

Hello and good morning...

Having a hard time getting up and going today, but I've got lots of things to get done today and a son to watch at the baseball fields tonight, so need to find that energy boost in there somewhere.. lol

Here is my take on the latest 2 page sketch from Tiffany from Sketches in Thyme:

and here is the sketch:

Here's the left side of my lil cutie who just LOVES her books:

and the right side:

I used a Valentines kit from the My Scraps & More store, since the colors worked with her lil sleeper.

Hope ya have a great one!!!!

Watching You Play

Hello and Happy Hump Day!!!

I think Wednesdays are becoming a new favorite day for me.. Not because it's usually my laundry day, which takes ALL day long.. ( I only do laundry for everyone once a week, unless an emergency comes up) but because of Survivor!!! we are soooo hooked and this season has had some amazing tribal councils!!!

Here is a layout that I got done yesterday. My little one is playing with her toy station and just totally entertained by it:

totally in her own lil world, I LOVE to watch her during these moments

I punched several circles and just scattered them through out the page. Also using up my Crate's Emma's Shoppe line.

I played along with the Scrapbook Steals Amber sketch #9.
and playing along with the Boys Rule challenge to use at least  5 PPs on a layout.

so are YOU watching Survivor this season? who do you want to win?
Have a good one...

You Melt My {heart}

Hello and good morning.

Today I'm up over on the My Scraps & More blog.
One of the lines that I drooled over ever since CHA releases was the Fancy Pants Park Bench collection. I  was instantly drawn to everything about it. Most of the time I love BOLD patterns and colors, but every now and again and softer collection calls to me.

I created this page of me holding my lil one, who was in the ER at the time, and had finally fallen asleep. I asked my husband to take a couple photos so I could remember how precious time is, and little ones are.

I used several of the border sticker strips on this page, some of them I cut and formed arrows, and one of them I just used as is

I'm also a huge sucker for the doilies in this collection and fussy cut out several of them from the Pond paper.

Make sure to check out the collection in the My Scraps & More store HERE.

Have a wonderful day!!!!

My Scraps & More Spring into Summer Blog Hop

 Hello and good morning...

Welcome to the My Scraps and More Spring into Summer blog hop and crop. Hopefully you have come here from the ever talented Audrey's  blog. If not start the beginning of the hop here . We are springing into things with a blog hop starting today and the official crop will kick off on Friday April 26 on the message board. You will be springing over to each of the design team members blog and seeing a creation they have made using one of the recently released Winter CHA lines.

As you Spring from one blog to the next make sure you take note of the paper line each design team member used. At the end of the hop you will have a list of 6 design team members and paper lines. Email your list to info@myscrapsandmore.com. A random winner will be drawn from all list received. Everyone is welcome to play, if you live outside the US you will be responsible for shipping cost. You have until Sunday, April 28 at midnight EST to complete the hop. Here is the prize you are playing for, the Fancy Pants Hopscotch line.

I chose to use Fancy Pants Trendsetter collection.  

To me it's a great mix of both spring and summer. It has bright fun colors and patterns, and is happy and playful all at the same time. You can find it in the My Scraps & More store HERE.

I used a photo of the kids at the splash park from last summer.

I used the chipboard embellies for a banner and the coordinating buttons and stickers:

I also added some white misting on the black cardstock since it was a water themed photo:

Now that is not all. I am also giving away a RAK. All you have to do is leave a comment and become a follower of my blog (and I'm also on Blog LOVIN) if you are not already and I will draw a random winner at the close of the hop.
Here's what I'm giving away:

If you get lost along the way here is the order of the hop.

Tammi - http://www.tjsmemoriesblog.blogspot.com/
Tracy - http://ascrapatatime.blogspot.com/
Lisa - http://lisasscrappyhideaway.blogspot.com/
Missy - http://www.littlenuggetcreations.blogspot.com/
Audrey - http://audreysreflection.blogspot.com/
(you are here----->)Wendi - http://scrappydayinparadise.blogspot.com/

***Now that you have stopped by and commented on all the blogs email your list of paper lines to: info@myscrapsandmore.com***
Thanks for stopping by!!!!

Earth Day Page...

Hello and good evening...

Tonight I am sharing a layout with you all about Earth Day.. On the Just Imagine Crafts blog, all the layouts are Earth Day themed and this is what I came up with.

I choose a picture of a spring tulip that I took a few years back, and since we are in spring, I themed the page to go along with it.

I used the Kreaxions Circle Cutter to cut multi sized and layer for a great flower:

  and also used Kreaxions Punch #906 for the borders:

 How will you be spending Earth Day? Are you doing anything for it?

Have a great night...