Pretty Please - With a Cherry on Top??

Here is an layout of my precious daughter that I completed based on a sketch over at Twisted Sketches. The twist on the sketch was to include at least one transparency on your layout which I did in the top left corner - the hearts.

Loving the playful papers and chipboard embellies by K & Co's Berry Sweet collection! So fun!

I also managed to tie in a few other challenges with this layout - hey, gotta maximize my scrap time right?? Scrap That! has an amazing forum with tons of challenges, tutorials - even an online store with a heap of fantastic scrappy stuff. I completed one of the Design Team Challenges where you were to use fruit somewhere on your page!

AND just found a totally new challenge blog - Pile it On - where the theory is to create cards, scrapbook pages or even altered items using MORE THAN ONE challenge! How perfect is this concept?? Its about time! Their current challenge is to use at lease 3 embellishments and then of course, to combine other challenges when completing your layout!

Materials Used:

Patterned Paper: row of icons (Heidi Grace Designs)
Patterned Paper: Berry Sweet Collection (K & Co)
Chipboard Stickers: Berry Sweet Collection (K & Co)
Black Cardstock
Gel Excel Black Journaling pen (Marvy)
Alpha stickers: Offbeat/Nanoset (Basic Grey)
Paper Trimmer: 12 inch portable trimmer (Fiskars)

Another Toot, Toot!!

Just wanted to share with you all that NINE of my layouts (Mama's Boys, Tree Hugger, Scared, Stuck Between a Rock and Hard Place, Delightful You, Stop and Smell, My Sunshine, Wonder Boy and My Life) have been published in the June issue of Scrapbook News & Review!!

Toot Toot and Some ATCs

Just wanted to announce that my layout - "Age of Innocence" was voted the SECOND place winner in the Traditional Layout Category for June 2009 over at Scrap'n'Win!

Secondly, I just wanted to post a few ATCs that I completed a few days ago for a challenge over at Scrapbook Star. It was actually my very first attempted at these little things and once I got the hang of them, were actually quite fun to do! An awesome way to use up your scrap paper for sure, ATCs (Artist Trading Cards) typically measure 3.5 x 2.5 inches and can be used alone, attached to cards or as embellishments on your layouts.

I tried to stick with a vintage, musical theme. What do you think??