Challenge #9 (with Laura and Lynn)

Welcome to Challenge #9 with my good friend Laura and my new friend Lynn!

And lest you read it elsewhere, I will be the first to admit that I am indeed the one who delayed this challenge, and yes, I do feel guilty about it. Guilty enough that I finished this page today even though I didn't even feel like even looking at my scrapbook studio, much less standing around in here trying to be creative! Guilt is a powerful motivator. But then again...maybe it wasn't guilt, maybe it is in fact, "dedication!" Yes, I like the sound of that...

So, dedicated scrapbookers unite! And do our challenge, won't you? All you need are:

1. Glitter - love the look, but not the mess...

2. Die-cuts or die-cutting machine - I am loving my Cricut!

3. Scallops - scallops are still the rage, right?

4. Pink - my biggest collection of patterned paper is pink, and I'm blaming that on Sadie!

Here's my layout:

I used the this super cute patterned paper from the We R Memory Keepers Heart Attack line. The pattern is all ready arranged in four different patterned blocks, so if you wanted, you could slap your photos down and call it done! I wanted to change it up a but, so I cut apart the blocks and mounted three of them on white cardstock. I exchanged the fourth pattern for a square of red and white polka dots (in the lower left corner) from Doodlebug Design Inc.

The large blue heart is a die-cut from Provo Craft's George and Basic Shapes. I used my Cricut Expression to cut it from both chipboard and cardstock, then I layered the two and added Stickles glitter. I cut a second heart from red cardstock and attached it with stitching. The flourish, cut from yellow cardstock, is a design from the Home Decor Solutions cartridge.

Here's a closer look at my little photo collage. At the center, I layered a chipboard heart over two vellum circles cut with my Cuttlebug using 2 x 2 Circle Dies. I highly recommend these if you have a Cuttlebug and use a lot of punched circles for your scrapbooking and cardmaking. I was having a lot of problems getting my hand punches to cut a clean circle. Especially with thin material like vellum, but these little dies work perfectly!

My journaling is printed on vellum, which I attached with stitching. And I thought this adorable chipboard bunny deserved a close-up:

And these two adorable people obviously deserve a close-up:

Thanks so much for looking! Be sure to take a peek at Laura's adorable layout HERE and Lynn's classy layout HERE! Hopefully, between the three of us, we've inspired you to get out your supplies and scrap something glittery and pink this weekend! :)

Supplies: Patterned Paper: We R Memory Keepers, Doodlebug Designs; Chipboard: Doodlebug Designs; Die-cutting machine and cartridges: Provo Craft

Comments

[Lovely Cee.]

i love your page:)and the title!!!! glittery but not messy:) you are the title queen:) i checked the other girls and they're cool too. and im jealous of your cricut:)

but i see... i see that i am in your LinKWithin- i love that little gadget:)

[laura vegas]

i just LOVE this layout mary! i am a big fan of that WRMK paper ... love the ones that have the 4 squares on them, since they're so easy to use. your title square is gorgeous ... love the layered hearts and that fun chipboard piece. and your journaling is perfect .. i love how you print it on vellum and stitched it. and of course ... your beautiful family!

[Lydia Jackson]

Great job, with really using the quad. paper to is maximum potential. Love it!

[Heather M.]

You know, if you weren't so nice and such a good friend, it would be really easy not to like you. ;) everything you do is magic. seriously, I don't know how but it's always perfect.

[Dani]

Mary! Everything you do is just adorable! I'm sure I've asked before, but can I be you when I grow up? :)

[Sandi N.]

Mary

I found my way here from Laura's blog. I so love how you used the Cuttle bug and Cricut. You do a great job with die cuts and chipboard.

Thanks for sharing this layout.

Sandi N.

[Sara Rossi]

Mary you DO inspire me! Love everything about this! I just love how you use vellum--especially in the journaling! I need to remember that!