Create a Womanly Themed Project

This should be easy right? I am a woman! Well it wasn't. Probably because I am always kid oriented in my scrapping. Just Buggin' was a challenge. Card stock and paper is from my stash. The cute dress and word art was cut from the Paisley cart. There are so many cute things on this cart. Butterfly stamp was from my friends stash.

SPCC #40/Sketchy Thursdays

Can't believe how long it has been since I have posted. But I went to a crop over the weekend to get myself back into the swing. Samantha at SPCC had a cool color combo for Challenge #40 and I thought of Hawaii right away. I've never been but my daughter went last year with her high school swim team. I also went to Sketchy Thursdays to get some layout motivation. The paper was part of stash that I had along with the frame. I painted the wavy chip board brown then sprayed orange Tattered Angels on it. Flowers and buttons from Making Memories. Hawaii is from Life's a Beach cart. Thanks ladies for the inspiration.

Bon Voyage

Just Buggin' posted a challenge #27 to use a card feature on any cartridge. My parents are getting ready to go on a cruise and my mom is a little nervous given that their port of departure is Santiago, Chile. So, I thought this card was just perfect. I used the Life's a Beach cartridge and made the card at 5" and played around with the cruise ship cut(including layers) until it fit over the card feature. The title was cut at the 41/2" Fit to Page and then cut apart. I offset layered the white and blue for the title and the waves. I also added some Patina stickles in the windows. A little personal sentiment inside along with a prayer and off they go to South America. Bon Voyage!

Blog Candy from Jennifer

Jennifer has been chosen to become a design team member at Above Rubies. Congrats. She is so excited that she is giving away some awesome blog candy. Follow her here for rules and a chance to win. Good luck.

SEI giveway at Obsessed

Joy is giving away a beautiful paper pack by SEI called Claire. You can go to Obsessed with Scrapbooking to get chances to win this paper. You have until March 7th. Joy has beautiful layouts and cards at her site too so look around. Just follow all the guidelines and good luck.

Love the Target Dollar Spot

A few months back I was at Target and found these cute Hello Kitty playing cards and ribbon. Wasn't sure what I was going to do with them (my daughter is past that age) but they were too cute to pass up for a buck. Shortly thereafter, my daughter came home with a cat. "But Mom, somebody just dumped these kittens. And they can't find a home for this one." That's what happens when your daughter's friend works for a vet. Anyway, all dressed up for the dance she wanted to take a picture with her kitty. Here it is with the cards, Hello Kitty Greetings cuts and some ribbon. Aahhh.

BBTB2 and the cutting Cafe

Bitten by the Bug 2 and The Cutting Cafe have set up a spring challenge that must have orange in it. So I found this excellent paper pack at Joann's by DCWV called Flower Shower Spring Stack. Then Monique at Monkey Doodle Cricut said we could scraplift from her flower power layout so I tried my hand. Cuts are from Paisley, Walk in My Garden, Home Decor(swirl), and Hello Kitty Greetings. I love all the spring colors. Solid cardstock is from my stash. All the above mentioned blogs are amazing. Check them out.