MCM#93 & MME

This week's Monday Card Madness sketch over on the Scrapbook Steals blog is:

I used the awesome My Mind's Eye 'Meadowlark' collection and completed a card for their July challenge.

Just love the black and white color combo! :-)

The Cutting Cafe - free choice week!

I thought free choice week would be nice and easy - but believe me - it wasn't! There are so many great cutting files and printable stamps over at the Cutting Cafe that it took me AGES to choose! 

I decided to make a card for my sisters birthday (12th July):

Cutting Cafe products used:

Bingo card month set - printable stamps

Birthday tags - printable stamp set (here is a close up of 2 of the tags):

Other products used:

Teresa Collins Carolina Breeze 6x6 paper pad, bakers twine

Hope you like it! I'll be back again next week with another great set. Don't forget to check out The Cutting Cafe blog for more inspirational projects and prizes!

Awesome giveaway on Northridge Publishing site!

For more details on this awesome giveaway (loving this collection!) check out the Nothridge Publishing site here.

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Oakley Rodeo

So, this was a first for us - a rodeo! We have never been to one before, and whilst my parents were here we decided that it was a must! My dad desperately wanted to see one, and it is not something you get over in the UK! So we headed over to Oakley and had a blast! (I personally think you've got to be COMPLETELY nuts to get on the back of a bucking horse or bull!)

 I combined 2 sketches for this layout. The left hand side is using a sketch from BoysRule Scrapbook kits:

 and the right hand side is using a sketch from Creative Scrappers (#215):

I thought the 2 sketches worked well together. Sorry the photos look at bit wonky and different colors (I can assure you they are straight in 'real life' and the daylight today is dreadful!)

The paper collection is from Pebbles and is called 'Let Freedom Ring' - a new collection which I must admit is pretty awesome!

I am also entering this layout into Unique Crafters challenge #5 where the theme is 'patriotic'.

The Cutting Cafe - flip flops!

Another week at The Cutting Cafe and this week's theme was flip flops - perfect for the summer! I decided to make my daughter's teacher a present and card (yes - this was made a few weeks ago - how organized am I???!!!)

I used:

 Flip flop laundry line printable set - for the pail (colored with prismacolor pencils and then cut out) and the sentiment on the card

Hershey kiss bottoms printable stamps - school and everyday sets for the bottoms of the chocolates

Other - Bella Blvd papers, recycled flower pail, variety of ribbons and twine, flip flop stickers (on card)

Hope you like it! I'll be back again next week with another great set. Don't forget to check out The Cutting Cafe blog for more inspirational projects and prizes!

Doodlebug Buttons!!!

I was so excited when Kristy Lee from Scrapbook Steals asked me to 'create' with some Doodlebug Design striped buttons, and even more excited when they arrived in the mail and I saw the fun colors and designs. My mind was racing with ideas! Scrapbook Steals have the best scrapbooking supplies in their online shop, with daily steals at 9am and 9pm MDT, and lots of inspiration, ideas and challenges on their blog.

My first idea was to create a plain and simple card, with the Doodlebug designs striped button as one of the main focuses.

 I love the black, white and pink color combo, and thought the green button in the middle really made it 'pop'!

My second project was a gift bag. Again I decided on a plain and simple approach, using the Doodlebug buttons to represent balloons. I matched the colored twine to the balloons and used a simple sentiment stamp to finish it off.

These Doodlebug Designs Striped buttons are so versatile and can be used to represent so many different things.

Go and check out ScrapbookSteals today for your very own 'steal' - these buttons really are worth it! :-)

Happy stealing x

The Cutting Cafe - star box

Another week at the Cutting Cafe and this week I decided to try out the star box! I decided to make a baby gift bag as a friend of ours has just had a baby girl. This was the perfect size for a gift card and small present. I also made a matching card using the star border that comes with the set.

I used the Star Box template - cutting file. The single star on the card is the insert from the centre of the box, and the star tag is cut from one of the stars on the border. The sentiment on the tag is the 'that's what little girls are made of...' printable stamp.

I used Pebbles 'Country Picnic' collection of papers, image from Bugaboo stamps, and bakers twine.

Hope you like it! And don't forget to check out The Cutting Cafe blog for more great inspiration and tutorials, and make a comment on one of the post to be entered to win sets from the store!

Have a great week :-)