Craftin's Hard Y'all!

Thank god for Basic Grey chipboard files... without them this project would not have been possible. It took three days... and some hand cramps... and to be honest, I don't know why I decided to make it. Just for "fun" I guess. But it wasn't very fun. It was boring and took way too long. I would call it a labor of love... but that would mean I loved the process right???

Anywhoo... here it is in all it's glory. The sunshine mobile....

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Chipboard by Stampin' Up' (and me)... Paper by Daisy D's, Love Elsie, Fancy Pants and K&Company. Ribbon and twine by Martha Stewart Crafts. Vintage Buttons.

I stitched the faces on to the paper by hand before I affixed it to the chipboard.

Each chipboard piece was hand sanded and sponged with white craft ink.

The buttons were stitched prior to affixing them to the chipboard with Scotch Quick Dry adhesive. The holes were created with a crop-a-dile and secured with eyelets.

Don't Worry!

I hope I didn't scare you all with my digi posts! I haven't gone all digi... just SOME digi! :) To be honest I do NOT really know what I am doing in the digi realm... which is why scrapblog has really gotten me excited... it's so easy! (and no... I am not being paid to say this! lol!)

Anywhoo... I figured I should post some of the non digi stuffs I have been working on... I have been working, but not on Design Team work. For now I have had to drop out of all my teams to focus on family.

I love this line Wonder Years by Daisy D's. This line was designed by the wonderful artist Stephanie DosReis of "A Little Deer".

When I was in a funk Stephanie of the Living Room Floor sent me the cutest pack of tags. Isn't that the sweetest! She totally brought back my mojo!

Stamped on 12X12 watercolor paper and colored with Peerless watercolors.

Paper was bleached to create the background design... then painted with acrylics.

A Japanese book on paper crafts was the inspiration for this layout.

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Another digi page from scrapblog... I am having a blast with this!

I am Coming Back!

Slowly but surely... I have been playing with Scrapblog... and so should you! Here is one of my first digi layouts... Don't be scared... it's not a movie really... cause it's just one page long. To be honest, I am still figuring things out there.

Learn along with me!



Stay tuned for more!

I live!

Sorry everyone... I know I have been absent from my blog. I just wanted to pop in and say that I am okay, I just have some personal extended family stuff going on.

I have actually taken some formal personal time from my Design Team duties. I do have some amazing projects to share soon... some things I created a few weeks back. I will also be back soon with card challenges again... I guess we will have to play catch up with the 52 cards a year challenge!

Also, thanks to all of you for your kind emails and cards!