Okay 3's A Charm....Last Post For Today.....CD Photo Ornament

Last year I made everyone in the family a photo ornament with a CD.....how much more fun is this year going to be since I have my cricut!!! This one is for my older sis. I use one pic for the ornament....one side has a 5x7 photo, I used my centerpoint cut @ 4 3/4" with the Plantin circle cut for the photo. I added some holly from Stretch Your Imagination and of course stickles and pearl paints. The bells and top hanger were 1 piece. I cut the bells off and added them to the bottom, the photo does not do it justice....but I am too silly to wait til tomorrow for outside pics...LOL! All the papers are applied with scrap glue stick but the heavy embellishments....hanger, bells snowflake, bow are all attached with hot glue.

Once again I used Home Decor for the branch and 50 States for the birds. Some red ribbon, white fiber and a snowflake button.

I use 3 wallet size copies of the photo on the other side...b/w, color and sepia.... These are lined up across the bottom and then the excess trimmed off.

I cut the paper with the same Plantin circle cut I used for the large photo. I personalized this one with red birds....as I mentioned earlier my sis loves them.....I think I'm going to add her name and the date along the Christmas ribbon.....thanx for looking.....I'll post more as I get them done....the family loves the photo ornaments and I can do so much more personalizing this year....hope you like it!!!!!

Naughty or nice?*****Second Post Today******

This is a layout for my sister, another Christmas gift. I took this pic of her and played with it in photo impact....so much fun. I used a DCWV background paper from the rustic stack. She adores red birds so I cut these from my 50 States cart. I added some black paint to bring out the details, gold stickles for the beaks and a little pearl for the eyes. The large scalloped circle is cut from Stamping from some black glitter paper. I used the same paper to cut the title, it is from Blackletter. The grey branches are cut from Home Decor.

I again used my 50 States cart to cut the pinecones and needles. I added some distress stickles to accent the cones. The holly is from Stretch Your Imagination.

The snowflakes are all from A Child's Year. I cut 2 sizes and used one small one to accent the center of the large one....then some stickles for some glitz!

A couple of more close ups of the birds. I used white pearl paint to add bits of 'snow' around the layout.

Thanx for stopping by again.....love each and every comment.

Heaven Sent

These two beauties are my niece Codie and her daughter Carsyn, such lovelies....I snapped this pic on Thanksgiving. I Decided to make the photo b/w and add a bit of color to Carsyn's eyes and cheeks. I love how the photo turned out, they truly look Heaven Sent. The background paper is from the DCWV sweethearts stack. I used my new Stamping cart for the leaves, pink flowers, scalloped circle and title. Plantin for the little white flowers an Home Accents for the rose layers. I also added some delicate white ribbon, the bird cut from Indie are and some buttons, bling, and a few feathers.

The rose is cut 2 layers each of 4, 3 1/2 and 3 inches and then pop dotted together and scrunched and scrunched. I added some waterfall stickles to the edge of the petals.

This fun little flower was made with the paisley cut from Stretch Your Imagination cut at 1 inch the top layer and the shadow, I cut five petals for the flower and just added a button to the center....I really like the way they turned out.

Hope everyone is enjoying this busy season......thanx for stopping by!

Flower Tutorial @ SOUS

I recently used this flower on a layout and promised a tutorial....

I made a holiday version of the flower so hop on over to Stuck On U Sketches to check it out~

Feeling Especially Blessed

I'm simply feeling especially blessed today!!! Just my thought....to keep the Christ in Christmas.....

Oh holy night....

He is our first Noel.....

Just silly little me wishing each and everyone of you a joyful day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank FULL 4 You

Full hearts, full house and full tummies....LOL...I am so full of thanks for my family!!!! For this layout I used a background paper by K&Co and the rest are just simple card stock. I used a Fiskars corner punch to punch brown card stock, added the gold behind and fastened my corners with these fun brads.

You know when I got my new Sweethearts cart the first thing I went for was the flower...I cut the layers in three sizes 1, 1 1/2 and 2 inches....I layered 2 of each for the large flower and then 1 of each for the smaller version and then scatted various 1 and 1 1/2 inch ones throughout the vine cut from Paper Doll Dress Up... I added some mini buttons, bling and a few xtra leaves from A Child's Year, I also used this cart for the mat, hat and turkey.

Sweethearts was also used for the marquee, flourish, and Thank You. I used Lyrical Letters for the 4 and FULL. I added some pearl paint to the title and flourish.

A few buttons and stickers.....

Thanx for dropping by...you know how much I appreciate you....have a fabulous day~

Two Posts Today....SOUS and Practical Scrappers

This layout is of my sweet son Morgan...he was in NICU at 10 days for over a week...it was a very scary time and he is a true miracle as are all children...a true gift from God. This layout is from another beautiful Aymee Gandy sketch. I did some paper tearing and distressing. The little peek a boo cuts reveal hints of my strong faith and there is an angel watching over at the top because I know there was one watching over him...and me as he fought for his little life. The clock is set at 12/17 Morgan's bday...he will soon be 17....It also has the signs of time passing with the carriage and the clock in opposing corners.

I got truly festive with this Practical Scrappers challenge....this week it was to sew on a project and I am once again blessed to be there guest designer. I stitched everywhere I could think of...all the mats all the ribbon and lace and some faux stitching on the little heart. It features a pic of Mcauley last Christmas Eve as he prepared his plate for Santa...he is such an enabler for his mom...LOL....details posted below on both layouts....please scroll down......