Meet the Kerlin's

It's my 20th anniversary this year -- so I've decided to save my wedding pictures from the sticky album. They look so sad in there! 

My husband & I having our first picture taken together.  I made the flower out of scrap fabric. 

Products:

Bazzil Cardstock

Basic Grey -- Wisteria

Martha Stewart border punch

Prima pearls

Michaels -- journaling block

Cosmo Cricket tiny type clear

Hand made Flower

Friday Sketch -- Day 355

Trying to play catch up -- here's a simple card based on  Friday's Sketch.  

I used the cracked glass  technique on the stamp.  And the papers are all scraps.

Tim Holtz distress ink -- black soot

Stampin' Up Bird stamp (2005)

Stampendous Thinking of you stamp ($1 bin at M's). 

TFL

Wednesday Sketch -- Day 353

Sadly I have fell behind this week & I so love sketches.  So let's see what I can get done today.  

Here is Wednesday's sketch -- I turned it into a 5.25 x 5.25 card and went with a St Patrick's Day theme.  Think this one may be for hubby since he is Lucky to have me!!  LOL

Products --

Little Yellow Bicycle --- Lucky Me Blue Geometric

Little Yellow Bicycle Lucky Me Stickers

American Crafts Cardstock

Michaels Gems

Pencil LInes Sketch -- Back Po Man.

I had fun with this sketch from the pencillines.com blog.  Everyone seems to be into banners right now.

And here's what I did with it.  

This is my son Brian back in the summer of 1998.  He absolutely loved construction equipment and would tell everyone he was going to be a "Back Po" Man.  So glad I got an opportunity to use that in a title.  So don't worry -- it's not a typo.

Products:

Background -- Kraft Paper

Pink Paislee -- Starlight Collection Glow

Pink Paislee -- Old School Collection Prep School

Jillibean Soup -- Kraft Corrugated Alphabet

Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type - Black

Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Pumice Stone

Foam Dots

Thanks for looking

Some random lo's

Here are some lo's that I recently completed.  I'm a random scrapper -- I jump from decade to decade.  Here they are from 1966 -- 1999 -- 2010.  

Card Recipe -- Day 348

Today we were given a card recipe:

5x5 card

2 ribbons

3 buttons

patterned paper

sentiment

stamp (rubber or digi)

Once again --- I only used scraps to make my card.  TFL

Rinches

Day 344 -- Rinches

One inch round circles or "rinchies".
The challenge was to use at least 3 on a card.  I kept this a very general card -- again all scraps.  The doily has been in my stash for quite a while.

Products:

My Mind's Eye -- Ooh La La

Color Box Chalk Ink

Creative Memories 1 Inch circle punch

Misc Scraps

Thinking in Thirds

Day 347 -- Thinking in Thirds

The challenge was to create a card in 3 parts without any part overlapping the other.  Once again, my card is all scraps.  The flower is from a tutorial I found on Helen Croft's Scrap A Little Blog.  

http://www.scrap-a-little.com/2011/01/new-flower-tutorial.html

Feeling Like a Rock Star

Day 345 ---

The challenge was to add some "rock star" to a card -- here's what I came up with.  Being the Mom of 2 boys -- I always think what would they like.

Products"

Basic Grey -- Origins

Bazzill Red

Making Memories Metallic Eyelets

Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type

Indie Art Cricut Cartridge

Little Yellow Bicycle -- Generation X(or Y) Rubons

Scraps

TFL

Day 343 -- Super Sketchy Sunday 

Products:

Basic Grey: Green at Heart Collection

Moss, Basil, Seedling

EK Success Retro Flower

EK Success Extra Large Flower

American Crafts Ribbon

Spare Parts Button Brad

Doodlebug All Mixed up Rub ons

Snow Men

Here are my boys enjoying the snowstorm that we had on 12/26/2010. I love Eastern NC snow.  It was all completely gone in 2 days!  My kind of snow.  

I don't use a lot of glimmer mist -- but I tried my hand at using it today.  I punched out some snowflakes and laid them on the white paper and then sprayed the top. I'm pretty happy with the results.  I received the cute little snowman in a swap of winter items.  

The scallop is hand cut using a punched heart -- I love the unevenness of it.  

Products:

Bazzill Whie

DCWV Blue Jean Paper

Don Juan Cricut Cartridge

Martha Stewart snowflake punch

Tattered Angels Blue Skies Glimmer Mist

TFL

White Space -- Day 340

Today we were given this sketch --

The decorations were to be kept to the blacked out areas.  

Products:

 Echo Park Life is Good -- Simple Stripes

Bazzill Basics Feather Boa

Cricut Cartridge -- Mother's Day Bouquet

American Crafts Premium Ribbon

Color Box Chalk

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder -- Swiss Dots

Other papers -- unknown scraps

TFL

Cats Love Christmas Too

Here is my sweet Pumpkin at Christmas.  He loves the tree and to play in all the gift wrap.  Sadly he had o presents under the tree.  I cut the borders using a heart punch.  There is a hidden journaling tag tucked on the right side.

I wanted to use Christmas colors without using typical Christmas papers.

TFL

Ad Inspired -- Day 337

An ad was given to us for the 365 card challenge -- 

Here it the inspiration:

And here's what I came up with.  

Products:

Basic Grey Nook & Pantry - scraps

Jenni Bowlin -- Embellished Butterflies

Wordswoth Happy Birthday Stamp

Tim Holtz Distress Ink -- Frayed Burlap

Zing Embossing Powder -- Clear

Marvy Heat Embosser

Making Memories Distresser

Cricut Cartridge -- Mother's Day Bouquet 

TFL

Cat Nap

I came up with this lo of Kevin & our cat Pumpkin based on the lo.  The challenge was to use negative space on the lo.  This is New Years Eve 2010 -- while I'm running around cooking & getting ready for company -- here is Kevin helping!!

Products --
Basic Grey Cupcake (background & pp)
Mothers Day Bouquet Cricut Cartridge
Ek Success Donut Chain Punch
Machine Sewing
Misc buttons & brads
Title font Feeling Groovy Cricut Cartridge

I also added a cartoon that we've had on the bulletin board for about 2 years.  It seemed erfect for this lo.

Day 338 -- Sponsored Inspired

The Challenge was called SRM.  Sticker -- Ribbon -- Masking.  

Once again I was able to use all scraps for this card.   

Products --

Paper -- all scraps

Jolee's sticker -- Heart

Feeling Groovy Cricut Cartridge

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Worn Lipstick

Crafters Workshop Mini Bricks 6x6 template

Color Box Chalk - Rogue

Making Memories Color Staples

TFL

Scarecrow

My son is very creative & is always busy doing something crazy.  Every year as part of spirit week at school they have one day called -- Character Day.  Where they can get dressed up as a character from a movie, literature, pop culture.  You get the idea.  He told me he was going to be "Scarecrow"; of course, I thought he meant the sweet & lovable scrarecrow from Wizard of Oz. 

Oh NO!  He busied himself designing the mask & gloves -- he sewed them completely by himself.  I had no idea who he was supposed to be when he walked downstairs in a jacket & tie.  But then he showed me the pic from the movie.  (top photo)  I think he did a pretty good job.

So I wanted to do this lo justice.  I think I had as much fun as Brendan.

Except for the blue -- everything here is scraps.  I have no idea what the brand of pp is -- it's been in my stash for a while.  The square is brown kraft paper -- which I love working with.  I distressed it using Making Memories Edge Distress & then inked the edges with brown cat eyes chalk ink.  I added some scraps of paper which I also distressed and a bit of burlap.  I twisted several pieces of twine -- brown & blue and stapled it done on the ends.  

I was really happy with the title (well to be honest, not at first).  I used my deep cut blade to cut out the letters in cardboard.  They didn't cut very throughly, but I like the ragged look.  I inked them with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo & Black Soot.  The font is Feeling Groovy - one of my favs.   

I love the white Signo pen for journaling.  

Everyone loved Brendan's costume & I so proud he did it all by himself.  What a catch he's gonna be!

TFL