Valentine's Day - CSI # 24

Happy Monday blogging friends!

Did you have a great weekend? I had a very busy one and I

have a very busy week ahead. I am the Director for a Girl Scout camp

every summer, and camp starts today! So I will be a little scarce this week.

We have 140 people at camp this year, so I am pretty excited to get started tonight!!

Today I have a layout I made for the CSI Challenge #24 - this weeks colors were a little 

out of my comfort zone, I don't normally use red, except in little bitty splotches, and I had

 to search my room pretty hard for some greys to meet the criteria!

Papers: Reminisce, Design Originals, Echo Park and Teresa Collins/ Cardstock: Bazzill / Punches: Jenni Bowlin, Martha Stewart / Ink: Tsukineko, Smooch / Bling: Queen & Co, Prima, Kaiser Craft / 

Embellishments: MS Crafts/ Prima, Fabric Supply, MME, Twinery, Craft Supply, Jenni Bowlin / 

Adhesive: Scotch ATG, Scotch Quick Dry. Beacon 3 n 1, Helmar 450, Glossy Accents / 

Other: Claudine Helmuth paint, Viva Decor Pearl Pen, Glitter, Sewing machine, Tiny Attacher

I am all about punching paper right now. Which is a goof thing, considering 

that I have 3 drawers full of punches!

The sketch I used Sketchabilitiies had a cloud right by the banner, but for some reason 

two butterflies holding up the banner popped into my head. Which also went with the clues

from CSI, add a silver accent, and the color of pure white.

Sooo, I have had this little chipboard accent, since, like, FOREVER. It came in a set that was one of the very first things I bought about 100 years ago. I have been waiting to use it. 

I painted it with Claudine H's paint, gave it a couple of accents with a pearl pen and sprayed with Smooch.

Here is the CSI case this week

Very cool, yes. You should join in if you have not already. There is still time. 

Here is the fabulous sketch I have used as well

Be sure to check out these great blogs.  They are two of my faves!

Thanks for stopping by today!

If you haven't checked out the Frosted Designs Craft Spaces Blog Hop be sure to do so - there are 

lots of fabulous craft space goodness on there to see.

Anita

Disney World Lollipop

Howdy blogging friends!

How did my weekend go by so fast?? 

Tonight I have a layout I made with the fabulous challenge over at C.S.I. - I really

like the format of the challenges there. If you have not been by to play along, you

should go check it out. Lots of fun over there!

I have also used the sketch at Lets Get Sketchy - I just found this blog and 

I loved the sketch they had up this week.

Here is a look at my layout

I wanted to use this beautiful die cut paper, but I needed a smaller size. So I carefully cut the center section out, then cut the corners of the outside pieces at an angle. I trimmed the inside down to the size I needed, and pieced the outside scallop back on, trimming out a small section on each side to make it fit. 

I had this little poly clay accent made by a fabulous artist on Ebay several years ago - I 

cannot remember her name! She is so talented and I ordered quite a few unique accents for pages 

I planned on making someday! The little butterfly is a Jenni Bowlin punch which I inked, sprayed 

with Glimmer mist and added a glitter middle to.

Papers: MME, Fancy Pants,, Cardstock: Core'dinations,, Ink: Tsukineko, Tattered Angels,,

Die Cuts: Authentique, C.S.I. Printables,, Punches: MS, Jenni Bowlin,, Flowers: Prima, Queen and Co,, Brad: MME,, Glitter Pen: Viva Decor,, Transparency: MME,, Hand Made Poly Clay Accent, 

Bling: Prima, Teresa Collins,,

Here is the challenge from C.S.I. 

 This was such fun - and this weeks printables were to die for!!

Thank you Debbie and Team!!

And here is the fabulous sketch I used from Let's Get Sketchy

As you can see, I flipped the sketch over on it's side. And no title - I have decided

that every page I do does not need a title. I journal on every page, and that is enough for me.

I am tired of trying to come up with a title for every single page!

Thanks for stopping by to visit - please leave me a comment so I will know you were here!

Thanks! Anita

Done!

Hello Blogging Friends! 

I am back from convention, I survived and I am finally unpacked!

I have all my new goodies put away and am ready to scrap again.

I had such a good time, took some really good classes and bought way too much stuff!!!

Today I have a layout of my DD2 on her last day of freshman year of college. 

We finally had the car packed up and we were at lunch with her roommate.

I was so happy to have her coming home again!!

I have used the fabulous sketch from Sketchabilities for my layout today

I have used papers from Jenni Bowlin, along with: 

Die cuts: Jenni Bowlin,Creative Imaginations, Washi Tape: Queen & Co, Bling: Queen & Co, Recollections,Teresa Collins, MAMBI and other, Lace: Offray, Ink: Tsukineko, Punches: Jenni Bowlin and EK Success, Flowers: Prima, Stick Pin: My own creation, Paint: Jenni Bowlin and Inka Gold, Chipboard, From my stash.

Here is the fabulous sketch

I am also linking up at:

Stuck On U Sketches - Summer Die Cutting - (Butterfly Punch)

and I have used the colors and prompts from CSI

Thanks so much for stopping by today! 

Have a fabulous humpday :o)

Anita

My Birthday Girl - CSI #14

Howdy fellow bloggers!

How is everything in your world?

Spring is whizzing by where we are - I so love spring. 

The spring flowers are the most beautiful in my opinion.

I love the roses in the summer, but the peonies and the irises in the spring

are pretty hard to beat~! I want to share with you a couple of photos of my

German Irises - these are just about the most glorious of all the irises.

I got these from my moms old house many years ago. They grow without fail every year.

A spectacular display. I have them all over the yard, front and back.

Just to give you an idea of how big these really are - I do not by any means have dainty hands!

These things are HUGE flowers. Sadly they do not make very good cut flowers, so I have to make

do with enjoying them in the yard. 

Sooo, onto my layout. Today I have one I made using the Bo Bunny Friday sketch. If you haven't 

given them a try over there, they are lots of fun. 

I have used Bo Bunny papers for this - I have had these Timepieces papers a while - I swear I am going to use up the stuff in this room!!!!!

I also use a few flowers, some Tattered Angels spray inks, some random chipboards, the little swirl on the paper strip to the upper left was made using VersaMark and my Pebbles Chalk. I have also used Tsukineko inks and my sewing machine. 

Here is the sketch

For my color inspiration, I used  the palette and prompts over at CSI

If you haven't given them a try over there - lots of cool happenings going on.

You need to join up ASAP!

There is a Box in my sidebar that will take you straight there.

Thanks so much for stopping in today.

Hope you are having a great week and looking forward to the weekend.

If you get a minute - stop by the Maya Road Facebook Page - they have a mini album of mine featured!

Anita

Bubble Fun

Happy Easter everyone!

I hope you got lots of eggs :o)

Today I have a layout I made with the great colors over at 

CSI , which is a really fun challenge site. If you haven't been over there to check it

out you should go.

I used Prima papers. I was shopping one day and there was this stack and I just had to have it right now,

you know how that goes! Anyway, that was months ago and I have just now got around to using it.

I sure did need it bad, didn't I????

I have also used some Prima flowers, Websters medallions, some twine 

and a few things from my stash. The journal page is from Making Memories. 

I did some embossing and spraying, but it is so dark here and you can't see it in the photo :o(

Here was the Challenge I used

This site is a lot of fun, not only is it a color challenge, but there is other criteria to

along with each week too. Be sure to check it out HERE

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great week

Anita