Generations

The wonderful ladies over at Stuck On U Sketches have another amazing sketch this week by Becky Fleck from Page Maps. I used a picture from my grandmothers 93 birthday party! It was a surprise party and believe it or not, it is the ONLY birthday party my grandmother has ever had!!! A side story for you... my mother took my grandma for her very first facial that same week!! Can you believe it?! 93 and so much she still has not done!!

So, in this picture, are both of my sister with my mom and grandma... I know, you may have to look closely, my baby sister looks a LOT like me!! She's a little taller, but people mix us up all the time!! And all of our relatives that I had not seen for years, kept reminding me how much I look like my mother... what do you think?! A little family resemblence?!! heehee!! You will probably be seeing some more LOs in the future from grandma's party because there are a lot more pictures I want to scrap.... I might just have to make a mini album!!

I also tried something new on this LO.... after checking out the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog, I decided to play along there too. The challenge was to make "crackled glass" using heat embossing. I tried this technique on the tag with our names on it and love the way it turned out! It is always fun to try something new!

Supplies used on this LO:

Cricut - Home accents, Stone Script

Embellishements - Prima Flowers, metal accents from Making Memories, Clock from Heidi Swapp

Papers - DCWV Neutral Stack, My Mind's Eye Wild Asparagus

Cuttlebug

Various inks and glimmer mist
Clear  and Gold Embossing powders

Thank you to all of you who take the time to comment... I really enjoy your feedback!

Barb

Kristin 09

This LO is actually the second page to a different LO that I have not been able to post yet. I will be posting the first page in a few days (It is a challenge at Frosted Designs...)

Anyway... I was out working on my design team challenge at Frosted Designs using the senior pictures of my daughter, Kristin when I realized that I could do a second page using the sketch from Stuck On U Sketches this week. They have a sketch from Amyee Gandy that is sooo great! You need to stop over and check it out!! Anyway... I wanted to do a page where I could use some of her favorite senior pictures all in one place... and this is what I came up with!!

The butterfly and 2009 was made using a masking technique with my Glimmer Mist... I have to say... I am lovin' this these days. I love the way they turned out and in the right light, you can see just how shiny they are!!
Supplies used:
Papers: GCD Studios - Whoop De Doo stack, DCWV Neutral stack
Metal embellies: Tim Holtz and Making Memories
Glimmer Mist - Coffee
Various Inks
Cartridges: Blackletter, Ashlyn's Alphabet
I am also able to enter this in the Practical Scrappers challenge this week which is inks and chalks!
Thanks so much for stopping by to visit and taking the time to leave such kind words of encouragement!! Stop by next week and see page one of the LO!! Barb :)

Family

Well... it's Friday and there is a new challenge over at Frosted Designs. The challenge this week is to use plaid and polka dots in a card/layout/project. And I have to admit... this was a challenge for me! I couldn't seem to get the combination of papers that I was going for, so I ended up altering my yellow polka dot paper. It had big white dots on it and they just weren't working... so I inked them all pink! Much better!! (At least I think so!! heehee!)
The picture is of my family last Easter. And yes... I do realize this is not the best picture of all of us... after all, my son looks like he desperately needs new jeans!! But... it is a picture of ALL of us... not an easy task when you have one living on her own, one away at college and another who thinks his social life is all that matters!!! Yikes! But enough about the fam....

Stop over at Frosted Designs and see what my talented design sisters have created!

Supplies used:
Papers - DCWV Sorbet stack
DCWV Nana's Kid Stack
Prima Flowers
Marha Stewart Glitter
Cuttlebug
Recollections Pearls
Cricut Cartridges: Easter and Home Accents

Thank you so much for stopping by to take a closer look! I would love to hear any comments you have! Barb :)