Girl or Boy?

Hello All!  I wanted to share a LO I did for Scrap that Baby.  The challenge is ultrasounds, and let me tell you I have had plenty of those in the last two years!  With both of my pregnancies my husband and I chose not to find out the sex of the baby ahead of time.  I wanted to do a LO that depicted this, so I thought I would scrap half of the page girlie and the other half boyish.  I also wanted the two halves to mirror each other.  I really like the way it turned out!


Thanks for looking!


:) Jessica

LO Details
Cardstock - Core'dinations
PP - Little Yellow Bicycle, Making Memories
Ribbon - JoAnns
Brads - Bo Bunny
Flowers - LYB, MM
Stick pins - JoAnns
Letters - American Crafts, SRM Stickers, My Mind's Eye

New Favorite color combo...

...has to be gray, chartreuse, and white.  Maybe throw in a bit of pink.  I love it, my sons have many outfits with this color combo (minus the pink) and they are my favorites.  I wanted to use these colors in a project, and I started with this card.  This card was made for the current challenge over at Frosted Designs, use a bird or butterfly on your project. 

The polka dot butterflies are stamped and embossed and then I inked them and wiped with a tissue. 


Enjoy!


:)  Jessica

April Showers - Water Challenge

Hello!  Below are two projects I made foe The Paper Trail Makers current challenge "April Showers".   I decided I wanted to scrap some summertime photos of my son.  I have been meaning to scrap these for a whil so this was a nice opportunity. 

  

Next is a card I made.  I have seen a lot of umbrellas being used with Springtime, so I decided to give it a try.  I used some glossy accents to make raindrops.

Thanks for looking!!


:)  Jessica

Stylish Blogger Award

I'm SO excited and honored that Angela, over at Krafting with Kings has awarded me the Stylish Blogger Award.  Thank you so much Angela, I am honored!

There are some rules when a blog receives the award:

1. Thank and link back to the person who gave you the award.
2. Share 8 things about yourself.
3. Give the award to 8 bloggers that you have recently discovered.
4. Contact those bloggers and tell them about their award

THANK YOU AGAIN ANGELA!!  Be sure you stop by Angela's blog and check out all her awesome craftiness.

8 THINGS ABOUT ME:

1.  I was born and raised in Oregon.
2.  I have known my husband my entire life.
3.  I have two sons.
4.  My sons are two weeks shy of a year apart.  (Yes, it is crazy at times!)
5.  I really got into scrapping when I was pregnant with my first son and put on bedrest.
6.  I love coffee, I need coffee...I am addicted to coffee.
7.  I have a sweet tooth that is a little outta control.
8.  My favorite color is pink, but I rarely use it in projects because I have two little boys.

Here are 8 blogs that I have recently found with very talented crafters, so please take a minute to visit these ladies.

 I am passing this award on to you, congratulations!

1.  K Andrew at Getting Cricky with K Andrew
2.  Karen at The Paper Trail

3.  Jenny at Party of Five

4.  Lydia at My Life Upside Down
5.  Cassie at Glue Meets Paper
6.  Fern at Ferns Creations
7. Jazmin at Jazzy's Cards
8.  Brenna at Brenna's Blitherings

Thanks,
Jessica

Silly Boy

Hello,

I have another post of a LO I finished this weekend.  This one is also my son, using some pictures taken when he was almost 12 months old.  They were taken in the woods behind our house by my awesome (soon to be) brother in law, who is a  photographer.  You can check out his blog, Dan Mooney (dot) come here.  I loved all the pics that he took that day, and hope to scrap more of them.  I used a sketch from the Frosted Designs Sketch Along Tuesdays April 5th Challenge, and will be entering it in the Fabulous Friday Challenge, Brads, as well.
I really wanted to stick close to the sketch so I tried to use a more masculine looking flower.  I used some spray mist in place of the dots on the sketch.  I am really happy with how it came out.

:)  Jessica

Frosted Designs Sketch by Diana:

My take:

 

Challenges:
Frosted Designs - Fabulous Friday Challenge: Brads
Frosted Designs - Sketch Along Tuesdays

LO Details:
Cardstock - Recollections
Patterned Paper - My Minds Eye, SEI
Letters - Sassafras
Cord - JoAnns
Flower - Precocious Paper
Ink - Ranger
Punch - Fiskars
Brads - American Crafts
Mist - Tattered Angels

Sweet Baby Boy LO

Hello,

I wanted to share a layout I finished up this weekend using a older pic of my son.  It was taken in the studio by our wonderful wedding photographer, Jennifer Lewis.  I made this LO for The Paper Trail Makers challenge, inspired by their blog banner.  I used the shape of their logo, ribbon, and polka dots.  I really like how simple it is because I really wanted the focus to be on the picture.


Thanks for looking!!


:)   Jessica

 LO Details:
Cardstock - Core'dinations
Patterned paper - SEI, DCWV
Letters - Fiskars
Border punch - Fiskars
Ribbon - JoAnns
Brads - American Crafts

A Couple of Cards

Happy Wednesday!!  I wanted to post a couple of blank cards I made.  I love the, they are so simple, and quite easy to make.  I really love the way kraft paper looks so I have been using it a lot in my projects.  I did not put a sediment on them, but I could easily add one as needed.  

Have a great day!!
:) Jessica

Card Entered in Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday Challenge "bling".

Card Details:
Cardstock - Recollections
Ribbon - JoAnn's, Recollections
Embellishments - Precocious Paper