Thursday, June 19, 2014



Weekly Challenge 14-24
Birthdays

Hi everyone, Doris here with some
Pocket Page layouts for Cuttin' and Stampin'.
 
For this week's challenge, we're celebrating birthdays,
and I used some papers from the
Jillibean Birthday Bisque Paper line and stamp set.
These products and so much more are available at




My daughters know that when it's their birthday, I'm
going to take their pictures, no matter how old they get,
and this year was no exception.
The first is from my oldest daughter's
surprise 30th birthday party which had
an Irish/Scottish theme and was held in an Irish Pub.

Next is for middle daughter who asked for an
ice cream cake this year, and milk :)


And last but not least is the baby of
the family who asks for the same thing
every year - a big bowl of chocolate dirt cake!


As you can see, I used lots of bits and pieces of the
Jillibean Birthday Bisque paper and die cut elements
for each of the cards - this is a great set!

Come on over to Cuttin' and Stampin' and show us
your birthday projects by June 23.
Go HERE to add your project





Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Favorite Holidays Blog Hop


Hi everyone, Doris here with a new challenge for you,
and this time there's a fun twist - it's a

BLOG HOP!

You should have come here from the super talented Sharon,
but if you get lost along the way, the whole line up is below.
 
Our challenge theme is Favorite Holiday
and I have two projects for you today.
I chose to make projects  involving Valentine's Day. 
It may be a commercialized holiday,
but it's just another excuse for me to remind those I love,
that I love them :)

My first project is made with this adorable
Cupid Turtle image from The Doodle Pantry

I have a "thing" for turtles, so as soon as I saw this image,
I knew it was the one for me :) 

My next project was made using
Valentine's Day Better than chocolate

Chocolate and Valentine's Day go hand in hand, so I
couldn't resist this great colored image.


Next, I'd like to send a great big THANK YOU to our
THREE generous sponsors


http://doodlepantryblog.com/
http://fred-she-said-store.blogspot.com/

http://www.disdigistamps.com

Ok, here's the twist: if you enter a project at Crafting by Designs
HERE you're eligible to win one of the prizes from our first two sponsors
BUT if you hop thru each of the blogs and leave a comment and
your email address at EACH blog, you're also eligible to win
a prize from our third sponsor Di's Digi Stamps.

Now go break out those holiday images and enter your
projects HERE by June 24 to be eligible to win
some crafty goodness from The Doodle Pantry or Fred She Said.
Your next stop is to Leeann's blog
 
If you get lost along the way, here's the
entire line up of the blogs to visit:
Sharon - Scrap Happy
Doris - Mom's Been Scrappin <-------- strong="">YOU ARE HERE
Leeann - Paper Doll's Creations<------>GO HERE NEXT

 
Happy Hopping!

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

It's a Birthday Challenge!

Hi everyone, Doris here with a new challenge
for Cuttin' and Stampin'.
It's still June, and it's still birthday month in my
family, so I was so happy our new challenge this week is
Birthdays!
Weekly Challenge 14-24
Birthdays
The Design Team used the Jillibean Birthday Bisque Paper
line and stamp set. These supplies and so much more are available in the




Now for my little project:
 
I did some fussy cutting with one of the DP from the set and used
some washi tape as a divider between the stamped image and the
rest of the card.  On the inside I used a small piece of DP to
add a little pocket to hold a gift card (but for some reason I can't load that picture).
 
And there you have it - a clean and simple birthday card all ready to go.
Come on over to Cuttin' and Stampin' and enter your birthday
card project for a chance to win some wonderful goodies!
 
Go HERE to add your birthday project.

 
 



 

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

It's a Birthday Bash at Crafting by Designs

Hi everyone, Doris here with
a brand new challenge at Crafting by Designs.
It's a Birthday challenge!
I don't know about you, but I have LOTS of birthdays to celebrate
in June, so I like to keep lots of birthday cards in my stash.
 
Our sponsor this week is the wonderful Sami Stamps
to make a project to share with you today.
 
 
 

 
I couldn't get a picture in some natural light so the colors look
a little funny to me, but this was such a fun image to color.
I added some stickles to the shamrock and it just pops off the page.
 
I hope you'll join us with a birthday project for your chance
to win a $12 voucher to Sami's Etsy store.
Go HERE to enter your project before June 17.


Thursday, June 5, 2014

A Pocket Page for Father's Day


Cuttin' and Stampin'
Weekly Challenge Orange Team 14-22
Father's Day
This week the Orange team is making Father's Day projects, and used
Lawn Fawn Float My Boat stamps and Authentique Anchored paper line.
These products and much more can be found in the


Hi everyone, Doris here to share a few
quick filler cards I made for a pocket page layout.
Even though the Authentique Anchored paper line
has a nautical theme, the papers worked great for this layout.
This picture is from my daughter Amy's wedding this past
December during the father/daughter dance.
My husband was just dreading this part of the wedding,
and they both got emotional as soon as the music started.
How could it be that she was all grown up
and not the little girl who used to hold his hand?
Where's my tissue?
I used three images from the Silhouette store for
the layout to keep the cards flat - I love that mason jar!


This layout took no time at all - hope you like it!
Head on over to Cuttin' and Stampin' to enter your
Father's Day projects for a chance to win
some lovely crafty goodies !
You can add your project HERE
 
 


Wednesday, June 4, 2014

June Anything Goes Challenge

Hi everyone, Doris here with a
new challenge at Crafting by Designs:
June Anything Goes!
We have three great sponsors and
I've made two cards to share with you.
 
This first card was made
using My Heart Pieces - I Love You 1
from Stitchy Bear.
 
 
I did some paper piecing with this image and printed it on some
blue velumn for the base, colored the fish with some
Copics and stickles, and paper pieced
the fancy paper straw and strawberry.  Then I
wanted a fruity drink with a fancy straw and strawberry :)
 
 This next little card was made
using Old Pump from
Beccy's Place
 I chose this image because I have a water pump like
this on my patio that I just love.
 
Hop on over to Crafting by Designs and enter your
Anything Goes projects for your
chance to win some crafty goodness from one of
our three sponsors!


Tuesday, June 3, 2014

A Father's Day challenge

Weekly Challenge Orange Team 14-22
Father's Day
This week the Orange team is making Father's Day projects, and used
Lawn Fawn Float My Boat stamps and Authentique Anchored paper line.
These products and much more can be found in the


This was such an awesome paper line to work with!
I kept this card very clean and simple and
added just a bit of red/white bakers twine for
a pop of color.  Later in the week I'll share
a pocket page layout using this paper line
as well.


 
You can add your project HERE