Amethyst #7 b

I hope you had a glorious Resurrection Sunday. I know we did. This year we roasted Cornish Game Hens. They turned out absolutely perfect. Sigh*** But it's back to the grind of school now and the fun of blogging this weekends scrappy creations!!!
Kyla was this months guest sketcher at Scrapbook Steals. She did a fabulous job coming up with sketches for our Wednesday Mojo fix. Check out here ideas here. This is a companion page to saturdays post about my eldest daughters birthday. I used the same technique for the bracket/stencil shape.

Show me your....

The base page for this L/O is Authentique; Splendid. The photo mats are made from Authentique foundations wrapped with Doodlebug Design Twine. The flowers are Imaginisce and Creative Charms. The gems are Recollections. The alpha is Girls Paperie and Thickers. The liquid pearls, by Ranger, are Key Lime. The ink for the edge is Color Box and for the stencil is CTMH.

~charity becker~

Cake Face

There comes a time in every Mom's life when she has to finally admit it, her baby is growing up. Today is this cuties birthday. Just after 7a.m. she turned 11 years old! What better way to commemorate her birthday then with a reminder of her first birthday cake?

CAKE FACE

I began with a sheet of Authentique Loyal for this L/O then started layering ink and other goodies. I made the stencil by tracing a diecut onto a piece of white cardstock and then using the negative after cutting it out. The ink and stamp are CTMH and the chalk is Color Box. The Embossing powder is Stampendous and the twine is Doodlebug Design. The alpha is Thickers and the flowers are Imaginisce (from Scrapbook Steals). The picture mat is CTMH card stock and Authentique Loyal.

~charity becker~

Today...

Paper Secrets had lots of challenges for their birthday bash. This is the Tic-Tac-Toe challenge posted by Doris Widder. I chose to do a project with Patterned Paper, Brads, and Handmade Flowers.

The background sheet and flowers are from Echo Park: This and That, the pink is Authentique as is the sentiment, and the brads are CTMH. The chalk is Color Box and the flower centers are by Duncan. I used a EK Success punch for the flowers.

~charity becker~

Many Thanks

 I've gotten tons of mileage from Echo Park: This and That. I've been contemplating how best to use, "wooden nickel" and then Amy Heller solved that problem for me with a card sketch on the EP blog.

Included with papers and alpha from my Graceful kit is a couple of CTMH brads, some Jillibean Soup twine, colorbox chalk, and washi tape. Just ordinary washi tape??? No,no, no, this washi tape is all the craze in my FB group Crafty Enablers and it's from Target. At $4 for 4 rolls one can hardly refuse!!! (Find it in the stationary aisle.)

~charity becker~

Amethyst #6: DINOSAUR

Today my Authentique: Loyal came in the mail! I was so excited to have my new paper in hand that I whipped out my Amethyst #6 sketch from Scrapbook Steals and set to work.

I'm being swallowed by a ...
DINOSAUR

The majority of the supplies for this page come from the Loyal kit. The twine is from Doodlebug Design, the brads and buttons are Basic Grey, and the washi tape is Up & Up from Target.

~charity becker~

Paper Secrets Card Sketch

The inspiration for this card came from the March Paper Secrets Card Sketch Challenge. I flipped the sketch and used a vertical format rather than a horizontal one.

Thanks

The papers I used for this card are Webster's Pages: Sunday Picnic and Everyday Poetry (6x6). The twine across the width of the card is from The Twinery, and the sentiment is a Clear Art Stamps with CTMH ink. The vellum is from Hobby Lobby.

~charity becker~

The Paper Girls Challenge: Explore

Today Kyla is hosting a recipe challenge. Get the details on the blog and check out the fabulous DT samples. Then whip up one of your own and link it before the deadline. http://www.thepapergirlschallenge.blogspot.com/

For my photo I chose one of my three kidlets at a park in Spokane. My journal cards are from Kaiser craft. My trim and twine is by WP, The Twinery, and Doodlebug Design.  All four of my stamps are CTMH, including the embossed title using Stampendous embossing powder. Instead of 5 individual embellies I used 5 types of embellies. They are buttons (Basic Grey), Stickles (Ranger), Liquid Pearls (Ranger), Metal Tabs (CTMH), and the blue chalk on the L/O edge. The patterned papers are WP and the coral lace I used to make the butterflies is stash.

I did a little detail trimming on the bicycle to slip the photo underneath. I also blinged out the tires. I used Eucalyptus, Stickles on the tires and WP trim as well as Basic Grey buttons on the hubs.

~charity becker~