alter this

I sent in an idea for an altered item to Scrappinmoms for it's September issue and got the go-ahead to give them the instructions. I felt that the design (Easter) of my altered bottle wasn't appropriate, so I decided to alter another bottle, more in keeping with the holiday season. While setting up my materials, my DD Nikki was quite the eager beaver and couldn't wait for me to get started - so I delegated all photography to her. I have had to re-do the bottle twice, but at least it turned out quite the way I envisioned it.

Needless to say, both my kiddos couldn't resist but ask for kisses, of the chocolate kind, of course, haha! They are definitely their mother's children! *wink*

Supplies: PP: CBX; CS: Bazzill and KMA; Mod Podge; Inkpad: Encore in gold; EP: Top Boss clear; ric-rac; ribbon; Die-cuts: QK and Sizzix; Stamp: EK Christmas

scrap projects

Here are some of the pages and projects I worked on this weekend... I had so much mojo I didn't sleep a wink from Saturday morning all the way to Sunday 11pm! And even then, I had to force myself to sleep because I still had a SB high!

Nikki helped me out with the altered bottle project - she put in the chocolate eggs and helped wash my sponge brush. Thanks, babe! :)
Supplies:
For the Easter bottle: Sola bottle, Bazzill cardstock for the paper-piecing, KMA patterned paper and cardstock, SBW patterned paper for the flower center, satin flower ric-rac, gingham and printed satin ribbons, mod podge, Sizzlits oval tag die, Zig marker, pink chalk

For the recipe card: regular cardstock, Provo-Craft patterned paper, satin flower, button, satin ribbon, Sizzix file folder die

For the birthday card: KMA cardstock, K&Co patterned papers, Sizzix bookplate die, Stampendous and EK Success stamps

Here are some LOs I was able to complete... not so happy with the one of Nikki - it looks too plain to me... I really need to learn some more SB techniques :) I likewise don't like the fact that I spilled some pink paint on the right side of my LO! grrrrrrrrrr!! I scrubbed it and wet it a bit and then it started to look worse! I decided to just stamp floral patterns near the title to cover up my boo-boo! Sketch is by Becky Fleck (hmmm... not sure if I did it justice as I omitted the scalloped paper matting, lol! whatever)

And.... here are my very first attempts at digi scrapping :) (hey, I could get the hang of this! I really enjoyed working on these projects - digital scrapping is not as messy as paper scrapbooking and it's faster, too! haha! However, holding paper and embellishments in my hand gives me a high which is difficult to explain... don't get me started on my long-term love affair with paper!)

I don't have any photoshop programs on my mac, so I just used the keynote program - it worked! Nothing fancy, really, but at least I was able to add some of the elements included in the kit which was given out during the crop! I also used some elements by Gina Cabrera and Ztampfsampler


Here's something I worked on last thursday night - G needed a card for his golf buddy, Joppy, who is currently at the MMC ICU because he suffered from a stroke while driving along SSH - I hope that he will be able to recover soon! He wanted me to incorporate their group photo into the card and here's what I came up with:
Supplies: cardstock, sbw patterned paper, Cuttlebug swirl embossing folder, Colorbox dark brown ink, Cricut Base Camp font, 3M double-sided foam tape