A New Look....

No, I'm not talking about my blog!! lol
Over the past couple days I've been working hard on a "new look" for my photos!! I'm NOT a photographer, so taking photos of my projects have not been easy!! The lighting has never been right, the backgrounds have been horrible...I just flat out don't have the slightest clue on what to do!! But after doing some research and the help of my scrappy friends I'm hoping that will all change!! I've been busy trying out new things with my camera throughout the house!! Where is the best lighting at certain times of day, what is the best color background, and most of all...a little "staging"!! I played around with this particular card for quite awhile, but in the end was very happy with the results!! Hopefully my upcoming cards will also look nice!! lol

Cuttlebug Challenge & Cosmo Cricket

This week's sponser over at Cuttlebug Challenge was Cosmo Cricket!! I absolutely LOVE Cosmo Cricket!! Have you seen their brand *spankin'* new lines?? If not, you should head on over to their website and take a look!!

So, the challenge this week is to create a back to school set, gift set for a teen, for their locker, or for your desk, or as a gift to someone. I created a pen/pencil holder with a matching pen...and of course a little note pad!! The notepad was created using blank index cards. Now is the time to go get some, with all the "Back to School" sales!! I picked up 2 packages for .98!! I used my bind-it-all to bind it all together and VOILA!!



Also...the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog will be turning 1 in September!! So in honor of it's birthday we are throwing a HUGE birthday bash!! I hope you will join us...it will be LOADS of fun and stocked FULL of inspiration!!!

School is almost here!!

Countdown: 6 days!!
I'm beyond excited to get back into my normal schedule!!
So, in honor of my son going back to school...I decided to make a "teacher" card!!
I'm sure I'll be handing this "thank you" card out very soon!! Hopefully this year we won't have so many meetings with the teacher after school!! ;)

I used Kazan's #33 Sketch over at 2 Sketches 4 You for this card!!




Supplies:
Paper: Bazzill Basics Paper, Cosmo Cricket, Making Memories
Stickers: American Crafts
Button: Creative Cafe
Twine: Darice
Punch: Fiskars
Other: Pencil

Hoo's the little Cutie??

Happy Wednesday!!
Have you been over to
Cuttlebug Challenge today?? The challenge this week is extremely fun!! Create a scene card!! So here's what I came up with! I used one of the newer lines from Crate Paper and the fabulous pens from Sakura of America!! Have you tried these amazing pens? They are a "must have"!! I also used the White Wash collection from Coredinations...another "must have"!



thanks for looking!! :)

Butterfly Flurries...

What an interesting weekend!! Whew...so glad it's over and we are all back to normal!! I hope each and every one of you are having a wonderful day!!

I had just a couple minutes to myself earlier today...doesn't happen much with the kids out of school so I thought I would take this opportunity to get my card done for the challenge at ICSketches!! My fabulous and dear friend Tricia made up the sketch for this week, so of course I couldn't pass it up!!

So, here's my card...you can't really see the embossing all that well. :( The wind was NOT cooperating with my and made it really hard to get a good shot!! But I used the wonderful Swiss Dots embossing folder for the Cuttlebug! And I've been having so much fun with these little "bugs"...made by The Paper Company!! They are on springs which gives them that extra dimension!