Life Under a Rock...

Charlotte has been spending HOURS this spring lifting up rocks and digging in the dirt in our gardens in search of WORMS.  She also finds lots of other bugs, which for some reason, she calls "squigs"...I have no idea where she got that word from, but I love it!  :)

I used this weeks sketch from Skissedilla.  I was inspired so do some stamping (which I don't do enough of) and ink splattering and painting on the background.  I kept the design simple to focus on the photos.

I had to use something brown and squiggly to remind me of worms, and this twine from Lawn Fawn was perfect!  The other embellies are from Pebbles Lakeside collection and LYB Naturals collection (which was given to me by a sweet lady by the name of Lisa Swift!  :) ).

Little Yellow Bicycle sketch challenge!

I am so happy that I can continue using some of the Wonder & Wishes line from Little Yellow Bicycle for their sketch challenge this month.

This wonderful sketch was created by Liz Qualman. In addition to the LYB blog, check out her sketch blog, HERE.

I used some leftovers of the Wonder & Wishes line for this Christmas layout. 

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This coat belonged to my sister in law and she wore it when she was a little girl.  It is over 30 years old!  Her daughters wore it (one of them wore it at my wedding), and now my daughter gets to wear it!  She looked so adorable in it! 

I picked up on the grey and plaid in the coat and used papers that completmented those colors and patterns.  The plaid border is actually the canvas tape that I taped to some cardstock and then cut the scallop shapes out.

You can join in this sketch challenge at the LYB blog by creating a page using ANY LYB collection and linking it up to the blog!! 

Little Yellow Bicycle Cycling Team reveal! Wonder & Wishes...

I am THRILLED to be sharing some projects with you from the Wonder & Wishes line!  When I received all the wonderful goodies that go along with this collection, I kept asking myself, “OK, do I want to photo of the tree? Stockings? The kids with Santa?  Our Christmas villiage?”  Truth is, this line is so versatile that you can scrap any holiday tradition with it!

My dad just visited recently and brought along some old family photos (by request, of course), so I decided to use some of the old Christmas ones that he had.

This first page is a photo of my grandparents from 1942 with their first born, my Uncle (they ended up having 5).   What struck me about this photo was all the tinsel on the tree!  I haven’t seen tinsel on a Christmas tree in years!  So I decided to go with the silver inspiration.  I splattered some silver metallic paint on my page and made some silver flourishes with some silver fabric wire.  For the rest of the page I wanted to stick with a pretty simple green and red color combo and this was the result!  I love the diecut paper pieces…perfect for adding just the right shapes to your page.

Another old photo for my 2^nd page, too.  Not quite sure about the date but probably around 1950.  I  splattered some white paint on the kraft paper and added some machine stitching here and there.

This card kind of happened by accident.  I had laid the paper circle garland down on a piece of paper and it fell into a shape that reminded me of a tree, and voila!  I love the sentiment stickers…they are great for doing quick and beautiful Christmas cards.

The bright green corrugated cardboard elements add such great contrast against the deep red.  Here is a quick and simple card.

Lastly, I really wanted to use some of the canvas tapes and highlight them on a simple package.  I used some fabric glue to glue the little pom-poms on the ends of the twine to create a cute bow.

I want to thank everyone at Little Yellow Bicycling for having me as part of the cycling team! 

Wonder & Wishes Supplies:

Christmas Back Then

Patterned Papers: Christmas Text, Simple Stripe, Decorative Edge Cardstock

Chipboard Stickers-Words, Fresh Verse, Favorite Pieces

Journaling Cards

Clear Cuts Shapes

Stick Pins

Paper Flower Kit

Flower Button Dots

Jewel Stickers

The Stockings Were Hung
Cardstock: Bazzill
Patterned Papers: Home For Christmas, Little Red Hot Dot
Chipboard Shapes
Corrugated Alphas
Twine Spools
Cardstock Stickers

Merry Christmas Card
Confetti Garland
Clear Stickers
Cardstock: Bazzill

Joy Card
Patterned Paper-Red Flourish
Corrugated Shapes
Paper Flower Kit

Gift Box
Mini Pom-Poms & Twine
Canvas Tape