Serenity

Happy Friday! What a great day...not only is it reveal day at SOUS but here in SE KS we have a snow day! One of the many rewards of working in the field of education....LOL!
This wonderful sketch is by Aymee Gandy. When I saw the layout of the pics I knew I wanted to do something unique with it. This is a pic of my son sitting in a Japanese garden. I printed it @ 8x10 and then cut the photo apart cutting the sizes appropriately, matted each of them, added foam tape doubling the thickness on the largest photo. I love the finished effect of the photo! These are once again beautiful papers by K&Co from the Que Sere Sere stack.

The tree is from Happily Ever After. I added some white pearl paint to the center of each flower. I love using different textures in my projects and adore the look of fiber so I have wrapped some around the bottom of the page.

The flower is once again Happily Ever After, bamboo and leaves are from Life's A Beach. The leaves are cut in two sizes and the layer is set a bit off, I liked that look. I cut the circle from Plantin in two sizes...one in brown one in the patterned paper...distressed the edges a bit with an emery board as well.

The title is from Life's A Beach...I cut some xtra bamboo leaves and added those to the title cut. My dragonflies are from Stamping and are cut in both brown and patterned papers with pearl paint added to the body.

I hope you enjoyed your visit to my blog and will stop back by soon...I love all the wonderful comments you leave...they truly brighten my day...thanx for that!

Click HERE to check out the sketch and the creations of the other talented ladies, and if you have time...we'd love to have you join in on the fun!

Toilet Paper Roll Mini Tag Book

I decided to try one of the tp albums that are so popular right now so here is my take on this unique project! The papers are K&Co and Paperbilites. I love these roses, they are so fun and easy to make so a big thanx to Gabi and Tim Holtz for the great tutorials. The gold garland I found on clearance and took apart for craft project. I've added lots of fiber and ribbon and a little prima flower. I distressed the memories tag and attached it with some mini brads.
Stamping has some fun borders which I used for the heart and inserted 3 tags to hold pics...I embellished them with the flourish from Home Decor. The beautiful bridal ribbon always adds some fun, K&Co stickers, a little 'LOVE' heart charm, and the xo's from sweethearts...you can see the back of the pink heart paper clip attached to the tag....LOTS of bling on these pages. All of my tag cuts are from my Sweethearts cartridge.

I used some of the left over hearts from the border cut, added a circle from Stamping, and a butterfly sticker. Another fab rose accented with stickles...the key and heart are also from Sweethearts some rub on transfers by Could 9 add a little more detail.

The 'love' sicker is another K&Co find. I made some page jewelry from charms and wire that reads 'be here now'...the tag on the right will lift out of the window...more room for pics or space to journal. The little angel is a button. I used some ribbon to attach the button to the flower on the opposite side of the tag.

The butterflies are all from stamping...I used the border and then added some smaller cuts from book pages. The cuts from Home Accents on the tags say 'live, laugh, love'. I added some puff paint to the larger butterflies...not thrilled with how it dried but it will do for now.

The back of the book has another sticker with xoxoxo's and reveals the back of the last tag with the 'adventure' 3D sticker and some pretty off white lace.

The tags are very simple as I wanted to leave room for pix and to journal...hope you enjoyed my take on the tp album...now start collecting those empty rolls and create some beautiful fun!

Follow The Paper Trail To Haiku Tuesday

I am so blessed to have so many friends through my blogging experience. One of those special people has done something so generous for the students I work with...

Most of you know that I am an ESOL Paraprofessional. I work with students K-5 and adore my students and my job. I work with a remarkable woman, Melinda. Melinda is the ESOL teacher, she has a huge heart and is so very important to our students success not only in education but in all aspects of their well being.

Of course I have to say that the children are the most important part of this program. They bring a light to my life that is beyond words. They remind me daily of what is most important with their smiles, hugs and constant encouragement. I hope someday they will realize what an inspiration they are to me and what an impact they have on my life.

Sandi (aka CelticWoman) is an incredibly talented and generous soul. Her blog is about creation from within and without. She shares a piece of herself with us through her talent in crafting and her remarkable spirit. Sandi has added some wonderful bloggy fun with her recent addition of Haiku Tuesday. When I told Sandi that my 4th and 5th graders had recently done a poetry section and written a Haiku she did not hesitate to send an email and ask for some of those to highlight on her blog. I am not sure that Sandi fully understands how much this meant to the students, Melinda and myself. The children are super excited about this awesome opportunity....they are published authors thanx to Sandi!!!! What an awesome gift to give to these wonderful kiddos.

The students are in the process of creating their own blog in the classroom (uber fun). We will be publishing all of their Haiku projects on that blog. If you have a moment pop in and see what the students have done so far. Click here to visit our classroom blog. I hope you will hop on over to Paper Trail and take a look not only at Sandi's creations....but at the creations of the students who's lives she has so graciously touched.

I also want to send out big cyber hugs to the fantastic 4th and 5th grade teaching team who made this a fun, creative, learning experience for all of the students. I thank each of them for their dedication and determination. Our students and district are fortunate to have educators who care so much.

We will be sharing any comments left with the students.

Haiku-A Japanese lyric verse form having three unrhymed lines of five, seven and five syllables, traditionally invoking the feeling of nature or seasons.

Wanted To Share This Heartfelt Message

Lisa is one of the most phenomenal paper artists out there in scrapland. I love her work and love to look to her for inspiration. While doing my little blog hop to see what's been up with everyone this am I was so touched by this post I could not help but share it. It's about sharing our gifts and the originality of projects....I hope you will take a look at it. Lisa is a blessing to this scrappy world.

That said....if anyone wants to 'scraplift' anything they see of 'mine' I would be nothing but honored.

Birds Of A Feather Scrap Together.....SOUS.....

TGIF....and I mean that with all my heart...so happy to see the end of the week. Today is reveal day at SOUS and we have another Beggahuna sketch that is just fabulous.....I adore her work. This page is dedicated to my scrappy girls....Leah, Sandi and Nanne. Since they are a very important part of my life I realized I had to do a scrappy tribute to them. This way my family will know how much I enjoyed being a part of this fabulous DT and blog.

My flowers are the cut from Sweethearts cart...I cut both paper and tulle and alternated the layers, they are fastened with a brad in the center. I would suggest a new mat when cutting the tulle. I used a 2 1/2, 2 1/4 and 2 inch cut of the flower. I used the large cut in paper for the base and a med cut in paper in the middle...the tulle is cut 2 times in all sizes and make up all the other layers. My sweet little birds are from Lyrical Letters and sport a flourish tail from Home Decor. I added a pearl eye, some stickles and some pearl paint to accent them. You can see a peek of some more of the butterflies from Stamping cut from the page of an old book, inked and some adhesive pearls for the bodies.

I know how much refuge I find in my paper art and we are all artists...it truly does wash away the dust from the day. I love my little K&Co frames! The 3 'crystal' butterflies are actually from a floral pick by Modern Romance...I got them on clearance at M's in the bridal aisle.

My World has a fence I love to use on my layouts, it is embossed and distressed with ink. The flowers, leaves and branches are all from my Home Decor cart cut from a reversible paper by Paperbilities. I love the earwig font to add computer generated pieces of my title printed on off white paper in brown ink. I added some pearl paints to the edges of my flowers.

My circle and font is from Lyrical Letters, the scallop mat from Stamping and the mat behind the pix from A Child's Year. I placed my pix on the mat, tore the mat in half, punched holes and then laced the ribbon through...the ribbon continues into the branches on each side of the layout. I also added some pearl paint to the scallops on the mat.

K&Co Life's a Journey designer papers

DCWV Be Mine Stack (birds)

Paperpilities pink reversible papers

card stock in green, off white and tan

Modern Romance floral picks

Offray ribbon

Favorite Findings Golden Treasure buttons

Polymark white pearl iridescent paint

Ranger diamond stickles

Plaid water base craft stain in cherry for inking

Misc...brads and adhesive pearls

Cricut Carts:

Stamping

Lyrical Letters

A Child's Year

Home Decor

My World

Thanx for taking the time to stop by and take a look at this weeks challenge...hope you will hop on over to SOUS and see what the other DT members have created.

Hello & A Sneaky Peek!

This week has been a whirlwind! I have not been able to get out and about this week and leave comments in bloggy land and on the cricut mb so just wanted to send a hello to all of you. This is a sneaky peek of what I am working on for the SOUS challenge on Friday. I can't wait to get out there and see what all of you have been up to. In the meantime.....sending hugs your way! Hope you are all having a fabulous week....cya soon!