Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Winter Banner using Tickled Pink

 I am really excited to share this banner with you!  I made two actually, one for myself and one for my son's girlfriend.  I used an older paper I have been "saving" called Tickled Pink.  I also used Miracle paper.  The rosettes were made with my Sizzix and Tim Holtz die Minni Rosettes. The stamps were : Jingle Borders,Urban Alphabet, Share The Magic, All Decked Out, and Pair-A-Phrase. I used my CTMH 1 1/4 circle punch, and of course my Art Philosophy Cartridge. The bling was from Hobby Lobby.

 I wanted to show you my scrap space.  This project not only took over the kitchen table but also all the kitchen counters. LOL I had to glue the rosettes together and then put some weight on them while I waited for them to dry.


Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from my family to yours!   God Bless You. Scrap Happy Brenda

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Pear and Partridge Christmas Card

This is my other Christmas card. I actually made these for the Son-Life Camp crop and used the rest for Christmas.  The paper is Pear and Partridge.  The stamp is Holiday Wishes. I love how the bird on the ornament matches the one on the paper. I cut the ornaments out with my Art Philosophy cartridge. I also used Stickles glitter on them.

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Belive Christmas Card

So I have been frantically trying to get my Christmas cards done.  I can not take full credit for these.  I got the idea for the December 25th from the Internet.  The paper is Believe. The stamps are Let It Snow, and Capture The Date (November SOTM) I cut the 25 out with my Art Philosophy Cartridge. I also used stickles glitter on them. I am wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a crafty one.

Monday, December 17, 2012

Golf Card with Cruisin

 This card was made for a guy at work who was off but loves golf.  I always have a hard time making guy cards but I knew this guy likes golf so I tried to find something along that theme.  The paper is Cruisin and the stamp is Card Chatter- Sympathy.  I used a Cricut Cartridge called Sports Mania. Thanks for stopping by.  Brenda

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Cards with Lucky

I made these cards a while ago when I needed some cards for guys.  I have a hard time coming up with new ideas for guy cards. The paper is Lucky.  the stamps are: Card Chatter-Sympathy, Art Philosophy stamp, and Tool Time.  I sure do use the stamp sets a lot! Happy Holidays and Scrap Happy Brenda

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Fall Layout using Fall Favorites stamp

 I made this 8x8 layout using dome scrapes from other projects. I had already colored the scarecrow in with my new alcohol- based markers. the burlap is from the stuff I bought at Hobby Lobby. The twine is from Maya Road. The stamps were Nature's Vein and Fall Favorites. I just love that stamp.  The tag I cut with my Art Philosophy cartridge. Thanks for stopping by. Brenda

Monday, December 10, 2012

Route 66 layout

This layout was made using a Route 66 level 1 paper pack. (thats an old one huh)  The stamp set is 10 Things. I still have to do the journalling on this page but i wanted to write about how much we missed these people and how happy we were to get to visit them. They live far away so we miss a lot.  Hope your day is going well.  Scrap Happy Brenda

Friday, December 7, 2012

Pirate banner with Cruisin paper

 Well I can not say that I am ready for snow (I may never be)  but I am trying to get into the spirit of things so I changed my blog and am listening to Christmas music. Another banner! I know. I have been banner crazy and I am still not done. I have a couple of girls to make some for yet!   These banners were made for my nephews who LOVE pirates and one has a pirate themed room. I hope they like them because I put a lot of work into them and I had some help from a friend. ( see picture below)

 I used my Art  Philosophy cartridge and my CTMH Scallop punch. Next I cut the border on the top with a sizzix die called Alterations On The Edge by Tim Holtz.  I cut the ends off so it would fit on top. The paper is Cruisin and Happy Travels (by Glitz from Hobby Lobby) The stickers are La Petites from the Paper Studio. The keys are Metal Art from K &Company and lastly the burlap was from Hobby Lobby. I searched for quite a while to find some pirate themed stuff.  What do you think. Does it look like it could go on a pirate ship? How are your Christmas crafts going? Better than mine I hope. Scrap Happy Brenda


Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Tinkering Layout

When my daughter was in 6th grade I got to go to camp with her.  I was so proud of her for all the new things she tried.  This layout shows her accomplishing one of those things. Making it to the top of the rock wall. The paper is Tinkering.  I also used CTMH rub-ons All-Out Adventure and the Poster Board Alphabet stamp. It is so easy to make these letters. Just stamp them on pattern paper and cut them out.  You can make any letters match your layout this way. Scrap Happy Every Day!

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Skate Layout

This layout was made with older paper from my stash.  It is called winter Stripes from Fiskars and Pressed Petals from Heidi Grace.  The letters are from Ki Memorie- Alphabet Soup-(color) Blueberry Bisque.  Two winters ago we got to skate on my mother-in laws pond at Christmas time.  It was so much fun and I took tons of pictures. I also wanted to add that this layout followed a page from Carla Creates blog.  Have a great day.  Scrap Happy Brenda

Saturday, December 1, 2012

New While Supplies last Deals!

Hello everyone.  I just wanted you to know there are some new items for sale on the While Supplies Last list. Dreaming paper and Harvest Charms for 4 dollars, Mischief paper and Midnight Magic Felt shapes, and Stuff that goes with the Lucky paper are just a few.  Have a Great Day.  Brenda

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Birthday Bash Layout

I have been working on using up some older paper. ( So I can buy more!) This layout was made using a level 1 paper pack called Birthday Bash. The letters were cut with my Sizzix- Round-A-Bout Sizzlits set. I would love to hear your thoughts. Scrap Happy Brenda

Monday, November 26, 2012

Moon Doggie layout

So another layout from our trip to the graduation.  On of the family had a beautiful house and pool and that was where the party was. The kids had a great time swimming. wish it was nice enough to go swimming right now! The paper is an older paper called Moon Doggie.  I also used the stamp set Paradise and Crandberry Gros Grain ribbon.  Thnaks for stopping by.  Scrap Happy!

Friday, November 23, 2012

Lucky Layout

 So as you can see I am a little behind. It is a cold and windy day today so it is a great day to work on summer pages right? These pictures were taken two summers ago! We were lucky enough to be able to go to the boy's brothers graduation party and see a lot of their family.  Some we have not seen in a long time and some we finally got to meet for the first time after hearing so much about them for all these years. What a fun and nice family. We had a great time.  For this layout I used Lucky paper. The stamp sets are Powder Heaven( thanks Tricia for letting me borrow it), Family Love, and Enjoy Life.  I normally do not use a lot of orange so I was kind of excited about the adding this color.  I also made a 8x8 page for both boys books.

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Notebook layout second page

So this layout was made to go with the one from the last post.  The last one was made from a sketch but it was only one page so I made this one to go with it.  The paper was Notebook and the twist ties were from my stash.  I made my notes for this page on the same piece of paper as the last one and I lost it. Sorry  i do not remember the name of the stamp set I used to make the stuff in the center.  Scrap Happy!  Brenda

Monday, November 19, 2012

Notebook layout

I used the Notebook paper pack and Disigner Ribbon Rounds- Twilight Collection for this page.   I copied a sketch form the internet but I lost my notes for this page so I don not know where I got it from.  Sorry.  Thanks for stopping by!

Friday, November 16, 2012

Fun Definitions

So this has been another crazy busy week.  Krista has swim meets two days a week and i have been working 12 hours the two other days.  By Friday I am whipped. Last weekend we had a bunch of girls over for Krista's birthday and the boys both had their girlfriends visit.  So It was a Scrapless week! What does the word Scrapless mean?  I will tell you.
         Scrapless (adjective)
                 Not having time to scrapbook and/or craft. Can be accompanied by sad and gloomy feelings.
          Scraphappy (adjective)
                   Happy feeling you get when you are able to spend some time scrapbooking, crafting, shopping for scrapbooking supplies,and sometimes even looking at your scrapbooking supplies.
          Scraptabulous (adjective)
                   The estastic feeling you get when you look over your finished products after scrapbooking. You are so amazing! Review projects regularly to increase scraptherapy. ( see below)
          Scraptherapy (adjective)
                   Scrapbooking treatment  intended to relive stress.
          Stampbooker (noun)
                   One who creates works of art by combining their love of scrapbooking and stamping.( borrowed from the http://www.stambooker.com)

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Altered Picture Frame

 I got this Clip Board on clearance at Michael's for 50 cents.  I used Roxie paper, Recollections adhesive Rhinestones, and black gross grain ribbon to fix it up.  I also used the stamp set Picture Perfect.  I plan on putting a picture in it and hanging it up on the wall.  I made the mistake of showing Krista it and then I had to make two because she thought it was cute and wanted one.  Well I an glad she liked it.  We put post-it notes on hers.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Birthday Bash layout

 Well is this paper old or what!  This is a level 1 Birthday Bash pack.  I got it in a mystery box.  I have been trying to use some of my older paper up.  I also made an 8x8 layout for my son's book.  I also used he stamp sets Life is Tweet and one that comes with the Art Philosophy cartridge.  So these pictures were taken two birthdays ago.  I am just a little behind. LOL Thanks for stopping by.  Brenda

Friday, November 2, 2012

Miracle layout

 I have a lot to share today.  First I was able to go to the Son-Life Crop last weekend so I will be sharing some of the stuff I did there.  We had a blast as always and since there was a small group we all got an entire table to our self.
 Second is the great deal this month!  If you spend enough to get the STOM (50 dollars plus 5 for the SOTM) you can get another stamp for 50% off and CTMH will donate to the victims of hurricane Sandy! I am going to do some shopping this month!  http://brendamckerchie.ctmh.com/

Lastly I have a layout to share.  I used Miracle paper and the stamp sets Paradise, and Just Chilling.   I also used Kraft color ready borders and the circle chipboard shapes. The sandcastle is a Sizzlet die cut.  Lastly used a sketch by Susan Stringfellow  www.sketchSavvy.blogspot.com .  Thankyou so much for stopping by and as always I would love to hear your thoughts.  Scrap Happy Every Day!  Brenda

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Tinkerin layout

 The paper I used for this layout is Tinkering.  I used the It's Your day stamp set to make the dots on the title.  I used Spare Parts- Brads, Vellum "sayings"stack  A guy Thing and I used Sketchabilites sketch(June 15)  http://sketchabilities.blogspot.com  . I also used CTMH rub-ons All-Out Adventure, and my Art Philosophy Cartridge.    I am happy that I used up a little of my older paper and stuff.  In addition I made an 8x8 page for my dad's book and I used the negative to make my t because I ran out of T's.  These are such fun pictures that I did not want to take to much attention away from them. Thanks for stopping by.  Have a safe and fun Halloween and try to stay dry.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Star Dust Layout

I found this older paper and discoverd I had not even cut into it yet! I think I got it on a clearance deal a while ago but decided I really need to use some!  I used Star Dust and Dotty For You  paper on thislayout.  The stamps are: You Are ( april SOTM), and Paradise.   I also used white gross grain ribbon, Tiny Tabs, Blue Button Assortment, and Topiary-My accents.  I added my cheater twin from Maya Road.  I love how the stamping looks around the pictures on the far right.  I decide these pictures needed something more and added itat the last min.  

Monday, October 22, 2012

Twitterpated Layout

I used Twitterpated paper for this layout.  I love this paper!!! I also used an older stamp fro Will'n Way.  I colored it with my new CTMH alcohol- based shading markers.  I think these are my new favorite thing from Close To My Heart.  I can not wait for more colors to be avaliable. You get two for $ 5.95.  I alsused Dimensional Elements inclor-Organic.   I hope  you are having a good week so far.  Scrap Happy Every Day Benda

Friday, October 19, 2012

Bunch of cards for scraps

 I did not get as much scrapbooking done on my vacation as I was hopeing but I did do alot of house and yard work. I  mowed the lawn, cleaned the oven, put hoses away and got the yard ready for winter as well as cleaned my son's bathroom downstairs.  That makes me feel a little better.  Here are a bunch of cards I made with scraps I had around fro other projects.
 This card was made with Typeset paper and Live Out Loud September 2011 SOTM.

 These two were made with Roxie paper and the Card Chatter-Sympathy stamps. I also used the cheater paper ( zebra stripe) I made for the girls layout that I stamped over.  I got this paper at Hobby Lobby.
 This one used the stamp set Potential (march SOTM)
This last card was made with Cruisin paper and the workshop on the go stamp to match. I love hearing from you and thanks for stopping by.  Scrap Happy Brenda

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Elemental thankyou card

The paper I used is Elemental. The stamp is Life is Tweetz (June SOTM), and Thoughtful Tidings  I got this paper on the While Supplies Last list but, so sad, it is gone now.  Scrap Happy!