CreatE Blog Challenge: Rolled Paper

This week's challenge for the Create Blog was to create a card with rolled paper.  Here's my take; inspired by all the wreaths and paper cones you are seeing in paper crafting.

Love the look on a card!

Supplies used:

My Mind's Eye Patterned Paper

Kraft Card Stock

Stampin' Up Doily Sizzlit

Stampin' Up Ribbon and lace

various flowers and buttons

Martha Stewart Punch

October Afternoon Rub ons

Thanks for taking a peek!



Clustering on Layouts and Cards

One of the newest trends in the paper crafting world is clustering your embellishments!  Super fun and I think I have always done it...nice to fit in!

Check out clustering on layouts and cards with Practical Scrappers

Again...a huge thank you to Leah for sharing her precious boys with me.  Seriously, they are too cute!



Popping Paper

A fun and unique challenge over at Practical Scrappers today...popping paper!

Check out the link here:

challenge-me-tuesday-popping-paper

Some very creative ways to add dimension to your projects!

Sorry for the crooked pictures, just couldn't get a great shot anywhere in the house, no sunlight makes for not so great shots and why it is so crooked...I don't know!



I used MME Lost & Found 2 Sunshine...love it!

Thanks to Leah for sharing her precious boy with me...what a gorgeous picture!



Another Card for Casual Friday

Couldn't sleep last night, so I made another card for the Casual Friday Challenge.

Casual Friday Blog

Thanks for taking a peek!



Casual Friday Challenge

Playing long with Casual Friday's challenge....clean and simple using chipboard.

Really a truly challenge for me to create clean and simply!

Here's the link to the challenge and the blog.

Casual Friday Blog

Fun Challenge on the Create Blog

Playing along with the challenge over at the Create Blog from Northridge Publishing!

http://create.northridgepublishing.com/

Definetly a challenge this week..create a card using 1 bird, 2 butterflies and 3 flowers.  Wow!  Very fun!

Here's what I came up with...

supplies used:

Bazzill Black card stock

Patterned paper from Basic Grey & Quick Quotes

Rub ons from Glitz and October Afternoon

Ribbons and Lace from Fancy Pants

Flower from Petaloo

Marshmellow & Pink Punch Glimmer Mist

Random buttons

Sizzlit butterfly embosslit from Stampin' Up

Thanks for stopping by!

Ready, Set, Go...Practical Scrapper Layout Contest

I really want to encourage you to enter Practical Scrappers

Layout Contest.

Layout Contest Details

Check out the link above and send in one of your favorite layouts (tell them Cathy sent you).

It is an amazing opportunity with tons of great prizes...but the best part of the challenge is to step out of the box and truly find your creativity.  I can never thank Christine Meyer, the owner of Practical Scrappers, enough for inviting me to enter the card contest, the challenges to create and really design.  It was an amazing journey and continues to be!

I have tons of creative friends and customers...I got to see your talent on a daily basis and I miss that...so show it off in this contest!

You won't regret it!

Ready, Set, Go!

2 New Layouts

Winter/Snow Layouts over at Practical Scrappers..great inspiration.

http://www.practicalscrappers.com/

Pink Paislee, Core'dinations and KI Memories were the supplies used for my layout!

And this one was created for One Story Down...girl vs. scrap.

http://onestorydown.com/2012/01/girl-vs-scrap-1-12/

Check out the link, if you take the challenge,

 (you have until the end of the month)

you receive a free mini digital kit!

Pretty cool!

Challenge Me Tuesday at Practical Scrappers

Wonderful new post over at Practical Scrappers...the hottest trends of 2011.  Take a peek,

Challenge Me Tuesday, 2011 trends

Send in one of your layouts or cards featuring one of 2011 trends to Practical Scrappers for a chance to be featured on the blog.  Details are in the link.

My layout features banners and flags, along with wood grain.  I can't wait to find out what the hottest trends of 2012 will be.

All supplies used are October Afternoon!

Thanks for stoppin by!



Practical Scrapper's Winter Cards

Sharing two cards I created for Practical Scrappers...the theme, winter/snow cards!

Both were created with October Afternoon products, including the mist, which is one of their Sprinklers...so fun.

A little machine stitching and some fun twine from The Twinery.  I love the little pom pom that I made from the twine...so cute!

Check out the rest of the beautiful cards here:

Practical Scrappers Winter/Snow Cards