Photo Inspiration

This week at Frosted Designs we have a really cool challenge going on!  We are taking this photo and we are using it to inspire a layout card or project.

You can be inspired by the colors, textures, design, etc. of the photo, but use it to make some sort of project.  I used the flower design and texture of the flower to inspire my layout.  I also made sure to use both green and purple.  I had so much fun making this layout. 

Shoes!

Who doesn't love shoes! I know I do.  This week at Frosted Design we are supposed to create a project that has a shoe on it in some way.  Head over to Frosted Designs and see all the great projects created by the rest of the design team.  Now I will be the first to admit that my project was a bit of a stretch, but hey...my Bombshell stamp IS wearing boots and boots are a kind of shoe.  I really just wanted an excuse to use my stamp.  Love those things.

 I used the April Little Red Scrapbook kit for this card. 

One of my favorite things and some catching up.

It has been awhile since I have updated my blog.  Bad of me, I know.  Life just gets crazy sometimes.  I wanted to take some time to update you all with some recent projects that I have created.  The first one is a layout I did for scrapbook.com's National Scrapbooking Day All week challenge.  For this challenge we were supposed to scrap a picture of a thing.  No people or pets allowed.  I knew the photo I wanted to use immediately!  I realized this Hanukkah that I didn't have ANY photos of the gorgeous menorah that my grandmother gave to me.  I made it a point to take a photo of the menorah on the 8th night of Hanukkah so it would be full of candles burning bright.  This menorah is very special to me and definitely one of my prized possessions.  My grandmother gave it to me when I moved out on my own and she picked one for me that so perfectly fits my style.  I think it it beyond beautiful.  I used the Basic Grey Ambrosia line for this layout because it is one of my favorite paper lines.  I thought mixing favorites was fitting.

  Next I wanted to share a layout that I did for Frosted Designs 2 weeks ago!  This was for their sanding challenge.  We were supposed to use sand paper on our project to distress it.  Sanding is a great distressing technique, but I never seem to remember to use it.  It was great to be given the excuse to do it.  I sanded many of the printed papers and also the main photo's edges.  This is a layout about my niece's 6th birthday.

 Finally our project this week at Frosted Design is to make a project using the colors of the rainbow.  I felt that Basic Grey's Lime Rickey line was perfect for this challenge.  It has every color right there in the paper.  Plus it is just so bright and fun!

Color Challenge

We have another great color challenge going on at Frosted Designs.  This week we are using another of my favorite color combos.  Brown, lime green and aqua!  I love those colors together.  For this challenge I did another trash the dress layout.  I kept a base of brown, pink and green (to go along with my other layouts in the album), but I added aqua accents.

Masking

This week at Frosted Designs our challenge is to use masking.  Head over and check out all the really great projects!  For my project I did a layout about my dog, Bruno.  One day it was particularly cold out and Bruno was shivering after coming inside.  I wrapped him in his blanket and he looked SO pitiful.  I used Graphite Glimmer Mist and a Glimmer Screen to mask on the background of this layout.  For this layout most of the products are from the March Little Red Scrapbook Kit.  It is such a fun and beautiful kit I was so glad to finally break into it. 

Tree Project

This week at Frosted Designs your challenge is to use a tree somewhere in your project.  Check out the great examples by the design team!  For my project this week I made a card.  I used some Stampin' Up stamps for my tree.  The trees are embossed with zing metallic embossing powder.  I just love the look it gives it!

Also last week at Frosted Designs our challenge was to use the word Dream on your project.  I did another layout for my client's Honeymoon album. 

Color Challenge and some catch up.

This week at Frosted Designs we are having a Color Challenge!  Head over and see all the great DT work and share a project of your own.  Our colors this week are to use hot pink, lime green and black on a project.  I personally love this color combo.  It is so bright and fun and can really be so sassy!  This week I decided to alter a journal.  My husband and I found this beautiful handmade journal at Barnes & Noble on clearance after the holidays.  The cover is such a beautiful lime green print that I knew I had to use it for this challenge.  I added some random Basic Grey scraps that I had and I used a stamp from Bombshell Stamps.  The letters are Thickers with Black Diamond Stickles on them.  I love how it turned out and can't wait to get writing in it.

 Now for the catching up.  I have been pretty busy lately working on my clients' album so I have done a lot, but not posted much.  Here is one of the many layouts I have done.  Last week at Frosted Designs our challenge was to use a transparency on our project.  The glittery reeds on this LO are transparencies.  I used Cosmo Cricket Paper, random buttons I had, Tuscan Sun Glimmer Mist, and lots of distress inks on this layout.  

Finally March is also FULL to the brim with Birthdays in both my and my husband's sides of the family.  I was a busy girl making tons of cards.  Below are some of my favorite cards from the 10 or so that I made. 

Can you tell I am just loving these Bombshell stamps I got!  They are so fun and they satisfy my love of pin uppy stuff.  Here is another one with Bombshell Stamps.

 

And finally this last card (along with the top one were made using items in the March Little Red Scrapbook Kit.  The kit was so perfect for all the cards I needed to make this past month.

Anyway I hope everyone has a wonderful Holiday weekend.  We will be busy celebrating both Passover (for me) and Easter (for my husband) this weekend. 

Pesach Sameach and Happy Easter Everyone!