Basketball Scrapbook Page

Hello Delightful friends and family,

I'm sharing a page I did this evening for my niece, Darby.  I try to do a few pages for her high school scrapbook for her birthday and this is one of those pages.  Her team, coached by my brother Dustin ended up playing in the post season and did extremely well.  So proud of them!  Dustin went on to get coach of the year for the Humboldt-Del Norte league.  Now that basketball is over it's on to the baseball field for my brother who also coaches the varsity boys baseball team at McKinleyville High School.

This custom high school paper is made by Laserline.  I've used two different patterns.  The card stock is Bazzill and the "basketball" is cut from a piece of textured basketball paper made by The Paper Store.  I cut out the circle with a Spellbinder Nestabilities Circle Die and the lines were drawn by a Sharpie pen.  The #34 is an EK sticker that I trimmed down.  I kept the layout CAS without embellishments, I didn't want it too busy and take away from the photos.

Two points scored! Nice shot, Darbs!

Thanks for visiting! 

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.   James 1:5

Cute As a Bug!

Hello Delightful friends and family,

Here is a layout I did for NSD, well actually it's for Tucker Lynn's scrapbook!  But I used stamps to embellish the layout.  The stamp set is the cutest!  It is called Happy Bugs from the Sweet Stamp Shop.

I stamped (Memento, Tuxedo Black)  the 3-dimensional lady bug 4 times.  Once on the green Bazzill card stock, twice on red Bazzill card stock and once on white Neenah card stock.  I colored the one stamped on the Neenah using my Copics (T8) I cut out the red (2) and added Spica Pens to the dots for a little glimmer. They were all glued down with the last red body only partly glued and the wings tilted up. The two other ladybugs were stamped 3x.  Once on red, once on white and once on the green for placement.

The Designer paper (ADORNit)  was a 12x12 piece that was in my "goodie bag" from NSD at Scrapper's Edge.  The ribbon was in my stash.  I've also used the Upper Crest Border punch from Fiskars.  Sorry about the shadows, I guess I need to get onto the guys in my family to make me a light box.

Tucker Lynn is just cute as a bug, I can say that, she's my youngest granddaughter!

Thanks for visiting.

I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for peace and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. " Jeremiah 29:11

Fall Colors, masking technique

Happy Saturday to you!! Welcome back Delightful friends and family!!

I'm on a roll, three layouts in the month of September (whoo-hoo!!) AND they are of each grandchild, no favorites shown here!! :-) I'd best get busy because another one is due the first week of November!

This layout is for the challenge at Christian Paper Crafts by the Scrapbook Specialists. Each month will be a different technique to try. This month is MASKING. So I punched out some leaves (embossed leaf punch made by Marvy Uchida) and "masked away" using a Adirondack Dabber (Hazelnut) and a paint brush to blend a bit making the bottom border of my layout. Then I added the buttons (Foof a La Bag of Buttons) in a sequence to give the border more of a finished look, I've strung them using hemp cording (Darice). The Designer Paper is from BoBunny called "U Bug Me Dot" and the cardstock is either Bazzill or Paper Accents (or both!)

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The Alphas are by The Dream Street Papers Company

Close up of the border and also I've handwritten (Zig black pen) the journaling because I think it personalizes it - I don't always do this but probably 90% of the time I do. I love seeing my grandmothers handwriting so I think it will make it special in the future. The metal leaf brads I've had for a while and I'm sorry I'm not sure who made them.

Well, I think that's it for the day. I hope you have a wonderful weekend. Please remember the Lord's Day and spend some time enjoying the fellowship with other believers as you worship the King of kings and take time to love the Lord with all your heart!! To God be all the glory!

Thanks for stopping by and I love reading your delightful comments!

Scrappin' some Attitude

Hello Delightful friends and family!!

I'm blessed you've come by for a visit, this is a long post with pics and I don't know if you are even interested in the different techniques I've done on this layout but I'm going to share anyway ;-)

First I do want to share that this is a challenge for the CHRISTIAN PAPER CRAFTS new scrapbooking monthly challenges. So be sure and head over there and check out all the other fantastic layout challenges! This one is called "A Bit Of This and That" Here is the recipe for this fun challenge:

1 - 12 x 12 cardstock

1- 9.75 circle pattern paper

1 - 9 x 7 pattern paper

1 - 5 x 7 pattern paper

1 - 1.5 x 12 pattern paper

Chipboard flourishes

Flowers

Alpha Title

Journaling spot

1- 4 x6 picture

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All patterned (designer) paper is from the Girls Paperie line called Paper Girl, the base cardstock is Bazzill and the pink altered flowers are punched with an EK Success blossom punch and the paper is from DCWV, pastel cardstock. Most edges were distressed with my handy dandy Heidi Swapp edge distresser. There is a small border of pink that was made with a Taylored Expression scalloped eyelet die.

"Mostly" handmade flowers.

The base of these flowers is a store bought white flower (Making Memories) and I used Tattered Angels "Glam" in Organic Garden to give them the green glimmered look. The blossoms were first punched out using a large scallop circle (Marvy Uchida) then I cut the circle into a "spiral" and begin to roll up starting on one end working your way to the end, let it relax and see the blossom develop, I added Glossy Accents to adhere in a couple of places and to adhere to the green flower base. To the very center of the flower I added a "glob" of the Glossy Accents then add the pearl (ColorStories brand) There are some great tutorials out in blogland for handmade flowers so the sky (or garden) is the limit!

Be sure to click to enlarge to see the detail on the flourishes. I didn't have any chipboard flourishes so I had to improvise. I found a couple of stickers (BoBunny, top; Basic Grey, bottom) and attached them to a piece of chipboard and very patiently (maybe) and meticulously cut them out. The next steps were trial and error but I liked the result. I painted each of the flourishes with Claudine Hellmuth's Studio paint, blank canvas (aka white!), dried with heat gun to speed up the process, so much for my patience ;-) then painted with Distress Crackle Paint (old paper), heat gunned to dry, then "glammed" with the Tattered Angels Organic Garden Glam, heat gunned to dry again. I used the sanding block around the edges then distressed with ink, (aged Mahogany). Finally, I attached to the layout with Glossy Accents and dimensionals.

Down the homestretch!

EK Success blossom punch shaped this flower. I used the Victoria embossing folder then sanded to bring out the white, then used Distress Ink (aged mahogany) around the edges to "antique it" the green leaves are actually a large flower I "glammed" and cut apart to look like leaves. The center of this flower was made with a small scallop circle punch (Marvy Uchida) and two circle punches (EK Success). I attached the two circles with glossy accents and the darker color had been "glammed" and made "glossy" with the Glossy Accents just for a little interest.

Bless your heart if you made it to the end!! I hope that you've gotten a little bit of inspiration! This layout was made with love and the picture was taken almost a year ago, so my little granddaughter Addy has changed quite a bit! I really need to get some updated pics off of my computer and into my hands!
Hope you'll leave a delightful comment!

Riley Ann - Too Cool & Scrapbook Specialists!

Hi there Delightful friends and family!

Here is a layout I did of our sweet little granddaughter Riley Ann. This was taken a year ago August after the County Fair, we are in the car heading home and she is having some fun with the sun glasses! I can't believe a year has gone by! She is now talking up a storm and will be three in December!

I want to invite you over to Christian Paper Crafts for our fabulous NEW SCRAPBOOK CHALLENGES, the team of SPECIALISTS are doing a fantastic job in getting the creative juices flowing! I promise you'll be inspired! They are making the challenges a month long so it's going to be fun seeing all the creations pouring in from all over blogland. I'll be back later with the weekly challenges - be sure and check us out for inspiration and encouragement!

Thanks for looking and hope to read a delightful comment - they are so sweet!

God bless!

Ingredients for the layout:

Designer Paper, diecut paper & journal tag: My Minds Eye "Sophie"; Bazzill cardstock; Maya Arts Crochet Ribbon; Robin's Nest Dew Droplets;

All Pout No Tears? And Welcome Baby!

Welcome to Delightful Details!
I've been having a wonderful time using the Gina K Design products this month. All of the Design Team at Christian Paper Crafts are having fun creating! Just want to start by saying thank you again to Gina for being our sponsor during January 2010, it has been such a blessing! Today is my turn to share a project or two or maybe three!! I've been "sitting" on these projects for about 3 weeks and it's been so hard keeping these to myself!

Project #1

(I hope you'll click to enlarge I love this picture of Addy! My youngest granddaughter) This page is a two page layout but I don't have any GKD product on the second page so I'm not posting it. (I guess I don't have to explain but I usually journal on my pages and that is missing on this page.)

The heart stamp is from the set called How Sweet It Is! I have sprayed the white flower (Karen Foster) with Pink Taffy Glimmer Mist from Tattered Angels (I was inspired by StampTV get creative and embellish my flowers!) For the flower center I used my very first Nestabilities!! (Label One) Whoo-hoo I'm stepping up in the crafting world!

I glimmer misted the pink border and if you enlarge the photo I think you'll be able to see it. That was the easy step!! I embossed the stamped heart with clear embossing on the green patterned paper and then I cut out the heart that was a bit more tedious and after cutting it out and adhering it I poured Glossy Accents from Ranger into the cut out section to give it more of a dimensional look. I apologize the pic doesn't really do it justice.

This pink scalloped paper is from Bazzill and it is heart shaped and originally white. I first embossed with clear embossing powder from Ranger, then using my blending tool I added Distress Ink (worn lipstick) for color over the entire heart scalloped cardstock.

Here's a list of ingredients not mentioned: Paper: Bazzill cardstock; Die Cuts With a View, Nana's Nursery pattern paper; White buttons are from Gina K Designs; Pink buttons and felt flowers from Making Memories; Sentiment is computer generated and I used the Waterfall font. Pink Ribbon is American Crafts.

Project #2 Baby Card Plaid (5.5 x 4.25)

Here is a list of my ingredients:
Cardstock : Gina K Designs, Pure Luxury (cream, chocolate, kraft)
Designer paper: unknown (such a cute plaid with no markings on it and I got it on vacation!)
Stamps: Gina K Designs "How Sweet It Is"
Inks: Archival Ink (coffee : image and sentiment) Distress ink (broken china blended around scallop oval and sentiment box)
Prismacolor pencils: true blue, orange, deco yellow
Ribbon: American crafts
Button: Gina K Designs

Tools: Marvy Uchida Scallop Oval punch
Technique: I paper pieced the blanket sling the stork is holding



Project #3 Baby Card Star Embossed (5.5 x 4.25)

I used basically the same layout but there are some differences. I used a circle scallop punch from Marvy Uchida and an EK Success corner rounder. The other main difference is that I used my Cuttlebug and star folder and distress inked the paper (cardstock: Gina K Designs Pure Luxury, cream-colored) with Broken China Distress Ink from Ranger. Antique Linen Distress Ink was used to blend around the circle and sentiment.

Other ingredients I used:

Design Paper: DieCuts With A View, Nana's Nursery (boy) Ribbon: American Crafts; Buttons: Gina K Design; Hemp cord: Craft jewelry; Prismacolor pencils: deco yellow, orange, sienna brown.

You are a delight for visiting!! Thanks so much!

Grammie's Girl

Here is my second sketch from Scrapper's Edge: (#010810). Isn't this a fun one! Sondra said she is having fun creating these sketches and she already has another one posted on the the blog, so guess what I'm going to be doing.... (I'm so behind in my grandbabies scrapbooks this is just the push I needed!!)

I chose some fun products that I WON from participating in Melanie Muenchinger's 2nd Anniversary Blog Hop (she designs for Gina K Designs). Allison Cope from http://www.sosketchy.blogspot.com/ sent me two kits from WeScrap.com I was so blessed by her generosity!! Thank you again, Allison! I loved the Fancy Pants Designs paper that was included in one of the kits, so I got busy right away and everything from this one kit (minus black cardstock) is used in this layout.

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Here is the recipe of incredients for my card (thank you for coming by today, I'm delighted with every comment that is left!)

Paper: Fancy Pants: Dancing girls line:Dancing Girl, So Cute, Hip Hop

Cardstock: Bazzill

Alphas: Doodlebug Designs: Shin Dig, Beetle black glitter (cute!)

Ribbon: Maya Road, light purple velvet ric rac

Pearl: Kaisercraft

Flower: Imaginisce (white)

Tools: Marvy Uchida, (half a circle) scallop circle punch and small blossom punch, Ek Success: scallop photo corners punch

Bracket: Hot off the Press template

Nestabilities from Spellbinders, Labels One (Cuttlebug)

Have a super day and be a blessing to someone today!!

Hooray it's Friday!! "Distressed" layout

Thanks for taking a peek at my blog!! I hope you find some inspiration and encouragment here!

Hasn't this week flown by, I can't believe it's already Friday. Everywhere I read I'm reminded that school is just around the corner. Well, I don't have to be concerned with getting kids ready for school anymore but when I think of school starting then I realize Christmas is just around the corner!! Yikes!!! I don't even want to think about that!! Summer is just starting here!! I can finally have my cup of coffee on the back porch and not have to put on a jacket for crying out loud!! Enough whining for now....

I've been wanting to do a scrapbook page for quite awhile and over at Christian Paper Crafts http://www.cpcmag.com/ there was a challenge on Saturday to use the following Scripture from Joshua 10:25 "And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies against whom ye fight." (thanks to Mary Collins for choosing a great verse to use this week!!)

Now even though this is a challenge there is no deadline to get this done, so I encourage you to join in the fun and share your creation. Just remember when you "upload" your picture in any gallery be sure to label it as CPC SS003. (Shae: did you catch that???)

I've been wanting to try more distressed paper in my layouts and I'm getting braver!! Here is my layout - distressed paper and a flower!! I'm really getting out of my comfort zone, but I'm stretching myself to try new things all the time. You'll have to click on the pic to get a close-up of the distressing. I used the Heidi Swapp Distresser.

This is my husband Kerry praying for Jakob during the dedication. Kerry is not only Poppa but Pastor!

Close-up of the paper flower and Scripture, I've printed it out on a transparency and the font I used is "The Blue Cabin"

Here are the ingredients to my layout:

Paper: DCWV (Nana's Nursery); Bazzill Cardstock; Bo Bunny buttons (Abbey Rd. line); misc eyelets from my stash; Pink Paislee Alpha Stickers (love 'em!); Tools: Crop-a-dile Big Bite!; Heidi Swapp Distresser; transparency from Staples.

Have a great weekend and be strong and of good courage for the battle is the LORD's!

Layout: Sketch 54 from Triple the Sketch

Thanks for stopping by!!

I'm taking a break from cardmaking tonight and I did a scrapbook layout of Jakob. I was inspired by the sketch at http://www.triplethesketch.blogspot.com/. I had a series of pictures that were so sweet of Jakob looking out the front room window waiting for Poppa to come home from working at the mill. He still has the rosy cheeks from his nap and is holding his best bud, Lambie.

The title is from a song called "Jesus Loves Me"

I took the bottom three pictures and reduced them 50% to fit the page better. This is a very simple layout and I just love the papers and colors.
Here are the "ingredients"
Bo Bunny: Abbey Road line, patterned paper
Bo Bunny: Abbey Road line: buttons & bling
Queen and Co.: green pearls
Bazzill: brown card stock
Pink Paisley: Alpha stickers - Enchanting line
Scrapbook Adhesive runner
Yes! Paste, all purpose glue (I love this stuff!)
Tools: EK Success: photo corner scallops; Fiskars, trimmer.

Hope everyone has a super excellent Tuesday!

We love Him because He first love us. 1 John 4:19

I'm Back! Don't Worry, Be Happy!

Hello friends!

I'm so excited to be back in the blogging world!! My guest room/scraproom/office has been vacated and I can now create!!! Yippeee!!! I felt like I was going through withdrawls.... that's not a good sign, of course I'm joking, but I can see my tendencies to overdo! I consider myself a pretty balanced person so it was an eye-opener! Moderation, moderation, moderation! I enjoy this so much (scrapbooking, writing, being inspired by other bloggers, etc.) it's my "getaway" from my busy life. I just don't want my priorities getting skewed.

I've been reading a lot of other blogs and there has been a theme of making lists of what makes you happy, so I'm going to get on the bandwagon here before I post my layouts...

First, I want to share a scripture from Proverbs 16:20
"He who heeds the word wisely will find good, and whoever trusts in the LORD, happy is he."

So, here goes!
#1. The LORD

2. My family (husband, kids, grandbabies - not always in that order - ha!)

3. Reading the Bible and coming to a Scripture that really ministers to me for that moment of time so I know the Lord is speaking to little 'ol me! Just makes me want to shout with joy - if you've never experienced this - there is nothing like it! It makes me realize that this book just isn't written by mere man but is inspired by the Holy Spirit.

4. First sip of coffee w/cream in the morning! (I say "Ahhhhh")

5. A finished scrapbook page

6. any chocolate (as long as it's without coconut)

7. playing the piano (by myself no audience but One)

8. Opening up the boxes of freight at Scrapper's Edge and seeing all the new scrapbooking "stuff" it's like Christmas every week!!!

9. good harmony in a song

10. a good fitting pair of pants that make me look smaller (ha!) haven't found one of those in awhile! Of course it may not be the pants....... blahhhh!

11. A CLEAN HOUSE (that should have been up in the top 5)

I'm going to stop there! Cause I could go on and on and on and bore you to tears!! But I do want to say that the word "happy" for me is determined by what's "happening" so I'd rather have "joy" that is from a contented spirit - and I truly have that and it's a wonderful gift from the Lord!

So here's what I've been working on (and it makes me happy because it's pics of my grandson Jakob's birthday one year ago) what doesn't make me happy is that it's taken this long to get to it!!

This is before I attached anything - I took a picture because there were a lot of layers and I wanted to get it back in the right order: The layout is from a sketch from CMK's Friday Formula 3/6/09. http://www.createmykeepsake.com/ (sorry the pic is so busy, but that's what my table looked like!)

ALL the pattern paper comes from PINK PAISLEY's Captivating line. http://www.pinkpaisley.com/ Isn't it beautiful!

Here is page 1 of a 2 page layout:

Here are some of the Delightful Details:

On the next image I had a "swirl" of chipboard in my stash so I traced the design onto cardstock so I could have duplicate images. I like to repeat designs, color or embellishments on my layouts, it's just what I do! After cutting them out, I painted them Expresso (Making Memories) and then sprayed them with Tiger Lily (Tattered Angels) Glimmer Mist. It's hard to see but they do "glimmer!" It's more noticeable on the other pictures at the end.

Obviously I've used buttons to embellish but I did add a blue ribbon and brown rickrac (American Crafts) underneath for the layered effect. I LOVE my Xyron Create-a-sticker for attaching my ribbon!!! The blue "celebrate" came from my stash and it's metal.

"Fun" I did on the computer at the church and I'm not sure of the font, I forgot to write it down, sorry! But it's on a transparency as is all the black writing on this layout. (except my own journaling with I did in my own handwriting) The blue cardstock was cut out from a Marvy punch. Can you see the glimmer on the swirl?

Here is the second page to the layout: Again the PINK PAISLEY Captivating line and the alphabet stickers are from that line as well. I outlined them in black because they were hard to see. It says "Babycakes (left) So Sweet (right) The "Happy Birthday" is a transparency I did on the computer. The blue scallop I did on my Cricut and I used the Celebration cartridge. I inked the edges with Tim Holtz's Antique Linen Distress Ink, then added a little tail of ribbon from American Craft, I wanted to highlight the birthday cake. It was so cute!

Here are the two layouts together and hopefully will soon be in an album!

Have a great weekend and I'm going to head back to my craft table!!!

Blessings,

Natalie

PS. I hope to get in another post before I leave for Nashville on Tuesday for the Minister's Wives Event! I'll be gone for almost a week counting my traveling days... I think I'll be too busy for withdrawls :-)

Winter Layouts

(my family minus son-in-law, Ray who took the pic)

As excited as I am about springtime, I must admit we did have a good time playing in the snow one afternoon for a couple of hours! Did you notice that: 1 afternoon, couple of hours. That's about my tolerance for the cold. I just don't have the clothes for it! I've been told that makes all the difference. However, what I detest more than playing in the snow is driving in the snow. I've had two (not so great) experiences in the last five years that brought me to tears because of driving ALONE in the snow without chains.... not fun but I can honestly say I certainly got close to my Lord during that time and as usually He saw me through (why do I doubt!).

So, while I'm thinking about snow I thought it would be a good time to post this years "snow fun" layouts.

Brrr... I honestly think the temp just dropped in the house.... I'm serious!

(I didn't take any close up shots of any of the details on these for some reason!??!)

I think this was Riley Ann's first experience in the snow, she took some really cute pics. All the papers and embellishments are from Scrapper's Edge's monthly kit. This is the January kit.

Here's me and my Ker-Bear! I have so many layers on I could hardly move!

SO Looking forward to Spring!

Blessings to y'all,

Natalie

Guess who is teething?

Hi Y'all,

(remember this Calif. girl is heading to Tennessee soon - got to practice! I'm so excited!!)

If you read yesterdays post you know how excited I was to be "grounded to my craft room."

Well, that didn't happen... even after I made Kerry read my blog BEFORE we went to breakfast! I thought for sure he'd get the hint how I wanted to spend my day but I should know better than that. (Even though I'd like it to be all about me, it's not!) I won't go into the details but suffice it to say I didn't get back to my little crafter's haven until almost 8p.m. And inspite of the lack of creativity in my little room I did manage to piece together a layout (Praise the Lord!) and almost finished it by 10p.m. only to be interrupted AGAIN! This time being "challenged" to a game of bowling on the wii by my dear hubby! Who of course, beat me 3 out of 3 games because he's been rated as a "Pro" now... (yada, yada, yada) You know I should challenge him to a scrapbook layout contest! That would be quite interesting, although knowing him (he's very artistic) before long he'd probably be published! So, I'll forget that idea, not that I'm afraid of a little competion.... anyway, I did finish this one today and here is my little granddaughter, hands in mouth! We were celebrating my birthday with dinner at Cinnabar Sam's in Willow Creek and this picture was taken after dinner. There is another picture of her with a carrot that is adorable but it didn't quite fit into this layout so I'll save it for another day.

I adore this paper: the company is Imaginisce and it's brand new pattern paper just released! I used two pieces and they are doublesided. The line is "Fairest of Them All" isn't that the cutest!! One is Sweet Satin Ribbons and the other one is Magic Meadow which is my base piece of green with the pink flowers - so deliciously cute!)

I caught the progression of fingers to hand to fist in mouth! These pictures of the l/o were taken between rain showers in the backyard so I'm sorry the quality isn't the greatest.

I did a triple mat on this with pink c/s, pattern paper, lime c/s. The photo corners are from Paper Shapers : photo corner scallop (two designs in one punch)

I like to repeat patterns, elements or color just for interest. There is a decorating saying that I use even when scrapbooking and that is "one is nice, two is better, three is dramatic" and even when using a contrasting or accent color I use that same principle. Not always, but I do it a lot in my layouts. The flowers are from my stash so I'm not sure what company and it's the same with the flower stamp. Although, I'm pretty sure it came from an all occasion set from Inkadinkadoo. It kinda matched the "o" in "who" in the title: remember my repeat "thingy" I do. The title "Guess who is teething" took me forever to decide on!! Ahhhh!! And there are so many cute fonts out there but I chose this one called "Rebekah's Birthday" which I downloaded from http://www.kevinandamanda.com/ which has a lot of neat FREE fonts! Whoo-hoo we like free!! Thanks Kevin and especially Amanda! Well, it's after 9p.m. and I really, really, want to start another layout but dishes are calling me, ugh! However I may post some layouts that I did last month if I have time!

Hope you had a wonderful day and were able to be in fellowship with God's people and spend some time in God's Word and worship!

God bless!

Natalie

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching. Hebrews 10:23-25