they ADORE you

My Minds Eye gave their blog a face lift and started a new round of challenges and prize opportunities. This month they are challenging participants to use hexagons. (Check that out here.) This idea was super easy to combine with the bonus challenge at Paper Secrets that is sponsoring Sketch Inspiration this week. Sort of a three for one deal!!!

~they ADORE you~

My daughters class visits an assisted living center once a month. They have activities with the residents and write letters to them on the inbetween weeks. Lori's two penpals are cousins and think the world of her. As far as I can tell the feeling is mutual.

This page made from MME: Sweet Caroline, Follow Your Heart, and Stella and Rose, with the exception of the CTMH ink that edges the layout.

~charity becker~

Paper Girls Challenge: Chiny-chin-chin

Paper Girls Challenge posts a new challenge this week and announces the winner of the last challenge. Rush on over and see what's up! http://thepapergirlschallenge.blogspot.com/

Chiny chin chin

The patterned paper for this L/O comes from Authentique:Genuine. The checker board pattern and the photo frame are made of Up&Up washi tape. The alpha and border strips are also A: Genuine as is the title card. The twine is Jillibean Soup and Doodlebug Design. The L/O is edged with CTMH ink. 

~charity becker~

318 Main

This month the Once Upon a Sketch challenge includes a sketch and the subject "Home". I immediately thought of the first home we owned. We spent MANY hours on the front porch just watching the world go by. I tried to recreate the feeling of leisure and endless summer with my paper and embellishment choices.

318 Main

Papers and Brads by My Minds Eye: Miss Caroline. The jute is also MME. The spiral flowers are made from Authentique: Loyal papers and Recollections fibers. The inks are both CTMH and Color Box. The photo frame is Webster's Dictionary. The border punch is EK Success. The alpha is Thickers.

~charity becker~

MWM: Amethyst #7a

The sketch that inspired this layout had room for four photos and the perfect place to tell the story of a man and his camera. My husband takes his time setting up for the light. We oblige by making faces for each adjustment. Eventually he's ready and we take that nice family photo. But what to do with all those funny faces we so painstakingly offered his lens? Kyla answered that question with the sketch she drew up for Scrapbook Steals.

Making Faces

I took the opportunity of putting my new EK Success punch to good use for this layout. These hydrangea blossoms are punched from Authentique: Genuine, inked with Colorbox pigment ink, and centered with a drop of Baby Blue Liquid Pearls. The twine wrapped 'round the ticket is Jillibean soup and the diecuts are from the Genuine collection.

The background paper for this layout is another piece of A: Genuine as are the photo mats. The yellow twine is MME, and the copper butterflies are CTMH. The ink for the L/O edges is also CTMH. The brads are Spare Parts. The flourish beside the photo is Liquid Pearls. The alpha is more A: Genuine.

~charity becker~



Naturally Elegant

I had some rather trying days last week and as always, turned to scrapping to soothe my mind. I like to say that Fussy Cutting is one of the best ways to work out frustration. As you can see, this project is ALL about the fussy cutting!!! Things are working themselves out, as they usually do, but my peace of mind was greatly enhanced by working on Sketch # 202 from Creative Scrappers.

Naturally Elegant

The orange paper is K and Company and the fussy cut frame and boarder is Webster's Pages. The jute is MME from the Follow Your Heart line. The blossoms are all Petaloo; the gems are CTMH and EK Success. The chandelier diecut is K and Company and the ink is CTMH.

~charity becker~

Egg Dye...It's not just for eggs!

My amazing scrapping group is onto a new past time. This one is super messy but SO fun. I couldn't be left behind so I assembled the "right stuff" and got started making my own hand dyed ribbon.

Ingredients:

One Egg Dyeing kit (I used Paas, Neon)

Individual plastic containers

yards and yards of white ribbon, lace, or seam binding

Instructions:

Follow the egg dyeing instructions using the ribbon (etc) instead of eggs. Leave the fabric in the dye for aprox. 2 hours. The time depends on your particular fabric.

This has to be figured out by trial and error.

Just have FUN with it.

Hang outside to dry...

Throw it into the dryer for about 10 minutes to make sure it is completely dry.

Roll into bunches and package with snack size ziplocks.

These "new" ribbons won't be acid free so use for cards or projects if you are concerned about photo damage.

I'm not sure what happened to the purple, but every piece turned out like that.

Definitly tye-died looking. I love it!!!

~charity becker~

Lucky: MCM #78

Scrapbook Steals has had such FABULOUS steals lately. Not only have they had stupendous deals on past collections, we've been getting the NEW collections at a discount also! This card is made from MME: Miss Caroline-Fiddlesticks, using a Kristy Lee card sketch.

The contents of this kit are so fabulous that with a little fussy cutting and a swipe of CTMH ink I had my card ready to go!!!

~charity becker~