I Remember Those Two Letters It Will Be OK

When I heard that Ronda was going to restart the challenge’s for One Little Word I smiled.
It’s one of the challenge sites that I turned to for inspiration.
For that little spark.
The new word was “Celebrate” and I had all intention of playing along.
But the days have been busy and all that I had was the word cut, using my silhouette cameo.
I decided to stop the clock for a moment
and played, to create this page

I used pieces from the November Cocoa Daisy kit(s)

adding some other bits and pieces that made me happy
Some new Heidi Swapp stickers
Some SODAlicious papers
and a little crafter’s workshop masking, texture paste, mist and doodling

some resin flowers from D-lish Scraps
Some flair/badges from Ormolu, Sasha Farina, Greatest View and Purple Pumpkin

some wood veneer pieces from Studio Calico 

add some photo corners, washi tape, dymo labeller and some new Sn@p alpha stickers

See, so much comes from one little word!!

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Pink, Brown, Yellow, Orange And Blue I Love You

The challenge Mandy shared, at the Fall Cocoa Daisy Crop, was a recipe challenge
And it inspired me to create this page

Love my Crafter’s Workshop stencils and texture paste

love the colours that are in the “Navy Pier” kit and add ons

I threw in one of my flair badges from Sasha Farina 

and wrote up my journaling

Can’t tell you how much I love this kit
I am off to play with it some more, that might give you an idea of how I like it!

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It Sends My Future Into Clearer Dimensions

I’ve put together a little video for FabScraps 
Showing how I create a Textured and Layered background using some scraps and recycling an envelope 

Here is the page I created with the completed background

a close up of the texture and layers

Love the FabScraps buttons
Mixed in with a flair from Greatest View (Happy Birthday) and one from Sasha Farina (Say Cheese)

some doodling and some stamping (using Cocoa Daisy stamps)

and my journaling

Items used to create this page:
FabScraps papers: Organic Kitchen, Classic Black Stripe, Classic Black Lace and buttons.
X-Press It: double sided tape and foam tape.
Studio calico wood veneer shapes
Cocoa Daisy stamps
Mist: Dylusions and Maya Road
Flair: Greatest View and Sasha Farina
Chipboard alphas: American Crafts
Alpha stickers: Lily Bee Design
Ink: Tsukineko
Distress Ink and paint : Ranger
Photo corners: Scrapbook Adhesives

Other: Gesso, staples, machine stitching and tag

 

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Throwing Out Your Frown

The gorgeous Emma Stafrace has given my blog a huge facelift.
If you are ever looking for someone to redesign your blog Emma is VERY VERY good at it!!
You can check out her blog designs here or she can make you something unique, like she’s done for me.
Go have a look and tell her I sent you.

This month the Scrapmatts team were given two challenges
The first was a sketch, from the lovely Anne Patterson
You can see the sketch, and play along, in the Scrapmatts forum

Here is my take on her sketch

I have been looking, for a while, for some of the Studio Calico wood veneer stars
Finally found some, everywhere seems out of stock, at Polka Dot Creative

I played with a Crafter’s Workshop stencil and texture paste
Love the Greatest View flair and this one was perfect for my page

and I also love LOVE Sasha Farina’s flair, also perfect for my page

I’ve had this Scrapmatts “DAD” plaque for a while now
and was excited to finally use it

to say something important

The other challenge, for the Design Team, was to create a page using Scrapmatts but using them in a “different way”
So I created this page

I cut up some Flourishes and Nested Shapes to create some moustaches

This week I received some of the VERY cool SODAlicious papers, I’d buy everything they make! LOVE LOVE LOVE!
I purchased them from the lovely Georiga Heald’s store Paper Stories

Another flair from Greatest View

and some journaling, along with some more playing with texture paste,
this time with the Hexagon stencil from Crafter’s Workshop

The tape is also new, from Glitz Design (also found at Paper Stories)
It’s a little different to washi tape, in that it is more paper like. I love the texture and how workable it is.
Hope you have a wonderful weekend
We are going to hunt down some new sneakers for 2 girls tomorrow
and Sunday afternoon will see one at a Choir performance.
They are just two of the weekend highlights for our household, how about you?

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