Doily Challenge

Another card featuring one of my favorite color combos, this time using some doilies and an embossed sediment.  This card is also for the Trail Makers challenge.

:)  Jessica

Rolled Flower Card

Just a quick post to share this little rolled flower card I made for the Trail Makers challenge.  I love the colors, one of my favorite combos.

:)  Jessica

Card Details

PP - My Mind's Eye
Cardstock - Die Cuts with a View
Letters - Cosmo Criket
Other - Organza, ribbon

Baby Faces

Make that THREE posts today!  I am pretty sure that is a personal record!  I created this LO with some pics of Jameson that I just love.  He is such a ham and loves to smile and make silly little faces.

Enough from me today!

:)  Jessica

LO Details:

Paper: My Mind's Eye

Buttons: Bo Bunny

Other: cord

Summer Means...

Two posts in one day?!  Wowzas!  I am on a LO roll this weekend!!  I created this LO for the Trail Makers blog challenge, use paint and create a flower.  I used some acrylic paint on the base page, then layered on top of it.  I love the unusual color combo, peaches and grey.

One of my favorite things about summer is walking barefoot and feeling the grass on my toes.  This year my son Jackson is walking so we got to experience it together.  Aren't his little toes cute?!

...a close up of the journaling

Thanks for looking, hope you are having a great weekend!

:)  Jessica

LO Details:

PP = My Minds Eye

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, Flower Power

Pearls - Recollections

Punch - Martha Stewart

Letters - American Crafts, Cosmo Criket

Other - paint, felt, tulle

Flowers Forever

Good Morning!  I wanted to share a LO I did for the PageMaps My Little Shoebox contest.  I stuck pretty true to the sketch with this one. I love the bright cheery colors of Crate's Neighborhood collection, went perfectly with my bright cheery pictures!

When I saw the sketch I knew immediately what pictures I wanted to use.  These pics are when we went to the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm.  We had a great time, and the weather was beautiful!  Jackson loved the flowers.  There were so many that the fields seemed to go on forever!

Thanks for looking!

Jessica :)

Layout Details:

April Trail Makers Kit

Solid Brads - Bo Bunny

Cloud Brads - Recollections

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist - Flower Power

Ink - Studio G

Other - Cord, Gel Pen

So Happy With You

Hi!  I just wanted to share a LO that I have been working on for a while, I was just waiting for the right alphas to complete it.  I used an April 2011 Pagemaps Sketch.  I really love making the little accordion flowers I put on this LO, I think that they are super cute, and not so girly.  (I love girly flowers too though!)

Hope you are all having a great week!!

:)  Jessica

Challenges:

The Paper Trail Makers - Create your own flowers

Layout Details:

Kraft - Recollections

Patterned Paper - Little Yellow Bicycle, SEI

Letters - Sassafrass, cosmo Cricket

Journaling Spot - My Mind's Eye

Mist - Tattered Angels

Other - Buttons, twine

Our Little Family

Whew, I am feeling a little more caught up...still working on getting my projects posted though.  I wanted to share a LO that I did for my LSS, Stacy's Scrap Shack.  If you haven't already..check out her store and blog!

I have never done a layout like this before, and I gotta say I really like the way it turned out.  I even have some hidden journaling on the tag behind the picture.  I also did some masking wth glimmer mist.  I was not so sure what to do with the flower at first, but I worked with it a little and it looks great.  I love the pop of color it gives the LO!

LO Details:
Kraft Paper - Recollections
Flower - Petaloo
Paper Doily - Recollections
Mini bag - Canvas Corp
Ink - Ranger
Mist - Tattered Angels
Crochet Doily - Debbie Bakk
Letters - Cosmo Cricket, Sassafrass
Mask - Ideaology
Other - Twine, Scrabble letter, tag

Challenges - The Paper Trail Makers - Use a Doily

Frosted Designs - Guest Designer

I am so excited and honored to be this weeks guest designer at Frosted Designs.  This weeks Fabulous Friday Challenge is ribbon or twine.  I use ribbon on my layouts pretty often, so I wanted to think of a way that I could use it that I did not use everyday.  I really wanted to challenge myself, I mean it's called a challenge for a reason right?!  I had seen some weaving done with strips of paper that were about the same size as this ribbon and thought I would give it a try.  I chose to use two patterned ribbons and three solid color ribbons.  I knew I wanted to use a patterned paper and I did not want to overwhelm the LO.  It was a little trickier than I thought it would be, but once I got it down it worked well.  I finished my LO with some accordion flowers, a stick pin, and some letters.  I love the way the LO turned out, and I have to say it is one of my favorite to date.

Thanks for stopping by to check out my LO.  If you have to joined in the challenge over at
Frosted Designs, head over!  There are always great prizes to be won!!

:)  Jessica

Layout Details:
Cardstock - Coredinations, Die Cuts With A View
Patterned Paper - Little Yellow Bicycle
Ribbon - American Crafts, Joann's, Michael's
Letters - American Crafts
Buttons & Brads - Bo Bunny
Stick Pin - Joann's

Nana's Frame

Hello Blog World!  I wanted to share a super cute frame that I made for my mom as a Mother's Day gift.  I got this idea over at the Lucky Girl Crafts Blog where they are having a Friday Fun Day Challenge that goes until the end of the month.  I am also entering this in a challenge over at Frosted Designs, Flowers.  I love the colors because chartreuse happens to be one of my faves right now!  I found the frame, covered it in paper, and added all my embellishments!  Now the tricky part is getting a picture with both of my sons looking at the camera!!

 Challenges:

Frosted Designs - Flowers

Lucky Girl Crafts - Friday Fun Day Challenge

Project Details:

Cardstock - Coredinations

Patterned Paper - Colorbok

Banner Sticker - Crate Paper

Letters - American Crafts, Sticko

Twine - Jillibean Soup

Flower, Sweet Spot - Precocious Paper

Another Mother's Day Card

Hello, just wanted to post this card real quick.  I am having some computer issues, and am now a little backed up on my posts!  We are also going on a trip this weekend, so I am getting packed up for that which leaves only a little time for crafting!

Here is another card I made for Mother's Day.  I love this color combo of a mustard yellow and fuchsia.  And there is that crepe ribbon again, LOVE IT!!  I created this card with a challenge over at the Trail Makers blog in mind, use a flourish. 

Thanks for looking!

:)  Jessica

Card Details:
Cardstock - Recollections
Patterned Paper - ??
Ribbon - Creative Impressions
Sticker - SRM
Other - Stickles

Frosted Designs Quick Scrap

Just a quick post to show a card I made for the Frosted Designs Quick Scrap.  My favorite part of this card is the fabulous crepe ribbon.  I got it at my LSS, Stacy's Scrap Shack.  I have a couple more Mother's Day cards in the works, so I will post again later.


:)  Jessica

Card Details:
Cardstock - Recollections
PP - My Minds Eye
Sticker - SRM
Ribbon - Creative Impressions

Month Long Crop at Trail Makers

Over at The Paper Trail Makers Blog there is a super fun month long crop happening right now!! You should swing by and check it out!! Here is what they posted:

For the Love of Scrapbooking Month Long Crop in May

May is National Scrapbooking Month, so we decided to change it up a bit this month here at Trail Makers.  It's also one of the busiest months of the year for us with baseball, soccer, school ending, so we created a way for you to be able to have the whole month to work on challenges and deal with your busy schedule.   There will be 6 challenges posted throughout the month.  Sometimes there will be 2 challenges per week and sometimes only 1.  You'll be able to post your work all month to Mr. Linky's with the matching challenge.  Every challenge will have a prize listed that you could win.  We'll also have some Friday Fun for you(games!!!), Wednesday WOW's (where we showcase your work from the challenges) and Tuesday Tips and Techniques that we want to showcase for you using our projects throughout the month.  And we'll also be showcasing our sponsors to let them know how much we appreciate their kindness!

For all those who love to plan....

Here's a few dates that you will want to mark on your calendar to start planning out your month!

On May 1st make sure you stop by to see The Paper Trail Debut projects from the DT with the May Kit.

May 2nd...Challenge #1 posted

May 4th...Challenge #2 posted

May 6th...Friday Fun posted

May 8th...Challenge #3 posted

May 11th...Wednesday WOW's posted

May 12th...Challenge #4 posted

May 13th...Friday Fun posted

May 18th...Wednesday WOW's posted

May 20th...Friday Fun posted

May 22nd...Challenge #5 posted

May 25th...Wednesday WOW's posted

May 26th...Challenge #6 posted

May 27th...Friday Fun posted

May 31st...all challenges due by 11PM EST

June 2nd...winners announced

Now just stop back and see what the challenges are going to be and what great prize you'll be able to have a chance at! We can't wait  to see what you create for the challenges.  It's going to be a fantabulous month where you can show your love of scrapbooking at Trail Makers and we'll share ours with you!!!