Children put the Magic in Christmas

Hello again, I know it has been a few days now, but as I promised as soon as the sun shined I would post the layout I had from before Christmas. I also have another one for the Rusty Pickle DT, for the January sketch. That will probably post tomorrow, since it will be back to normal for everyone, work, school, our normal everyday daily lives. My daughter Crystal who is in the US Army left to go back today at 4am. She missed her flight yesterday while waiting in the security line. So two trips to the airport in two days has not left much time here, although when the sun shined, I was like MY PICTURE!! So here it is: Love the sketch, thanks Beggahuna and Swirlydoo's. The pics are of Colten, Cooper, and Colby Christmas 2007. TFL! Dawn
PRODUCTS USED:

• SwirlyDoos kit for December see kit HERE.
• The sketch is by the talented Beggahuna see here blog HERE
• Just to list pp included in kit are: Webster pages, The Paper Company Studio, Basic Grey
• Stickles by Ranger
• MM Tiny alphas ledger
• Prima flowers, and flourish
• Kreinik very fine thread red
• Judikins diamond glaze
• ultra fine glitters
• K&Co. rhinestone red (on deer)
• ribbon and ink
• Cricut Gypsy welded MAGIC from StoryBook
• Cricut cart. Christmas Cheer for the trees -cut at 2 3/4, 3 1/2, and 4
• Cricut cart. Christmas Noel for the star.
• Cricut Gypsy welded (Children put the in) from Ashlyn's Alphabet
• Wire and beads
• Tattered Angels glimmer mist

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Spells and Potions

Hello everyone I made this Spells and Potions books for the challenge over at My Minds Eye create any home decor using either Spider's Web collection or Boo to You collection. I used Spider's Web collection using almost the whole pack but two pages. The children really liked it.
I even printed off some so called spells from Flikr, to be realistic. I have a pretty long list of supplies. See below. Thanks for looking and Have a WONDERFUL Day. Dawn
Products Used:

1. Paper Mache Book
2. My Mind's Eye Spider's Web collection (Haunted Parlor, Halloween Night, Cauldron Bubbles, Witches Lace, Toil and Trouble, Spider's Silk, Spider's Web accessory sheet, and Scaredy cats)
3. Bat die cut from Sizzix yellow die
4. Quickutz frog and Goosebumps embosser
5. Cricut Paper Dolls spider web cut at 7 3/4
6. Cricut Blackletter cut title at 2 1/2 , 2 1/4, and 2.
7. Cricut Storybook cut at four
8. MM black paint, Rusty Pickle buttons, keys, ribbon, Tim Holtz ink weathered wood, and antique linen,moss, computer font calligraphy.
9. Heidi Swapp ghost bird XL
10. Zva foam dots
    

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St. Patrick's Day Cards ~Rusty Pickle~

Hello everyone, I know you are thinking what?? St. Patrick's Day cards....well it was like this I only had a few things with me when I was in the car, and I thought I could make these cards and kinda put them together when I got home. So while I was waiting at the bus stop for the kiddos I put together these simple cards. I say simple because if you know me, I don't do simple. Of course the ones with die cuts I did when I got home. I also am making a card holder for my daughter who is in the Army and always needs cards to send to family and friends and this was a start.

Products used:

• Rusty Pickle Lucky pp
• Rusty Pickle cardstock coupons
• Rusty Pickle trims
• Cricut Storybook
• Martha Stewart loopy punch
• Copic markers
• Hampton Art stamps
• Spellbinders nestibilities
• Prima flowers
• K&Co. bling
• Rusty Pickle buttons
• Martha Stewart branch punch
  
• Momento Ink
• Bazill cardstock

Thanks so much for looking and have a wonderful day!! Dawn

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Simply Irresistible

Hello everyone I know I have been MIA....well I can explain. I had this lo done last week but left for Georgia to complete the Copic certification class and was unable to post. I did this lo for the Scrap and Stamp Saturdays the whole idea is to use at least one stamp on your lo. Well I used two. It really was nice because I was a stamper long before I ever scrapbooked.....and here lately I hardly ever stamp....and believe me it is not because I am short on supplies..lol!! So when I came across this challenge via Chef Pamela Young I was like yeah!! I really need to incorporate more stamps in my los. Thanks Pamela!!!
Products Used:

• Basic Grey Indian Summer line
• Prima felt embellishments
• Fall Butterfly from Michaels (last year on sale)
• Prima flowers
• Autumn Leaves stamps
• Zva pop dots
• Cricut Jasmine and Home Accents and Storybook
  
• Stickles
• Tim Holtz crackle paints
• SU pearls
  
• Crafters Workshop stencil
• Martha Stewart heart punch
  

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Bird's Eye View ~Rusty Pickle~

I have FANTASTIC news....On Friday June 5th I found out I was one of the finalist for the Rusty Pickle Amazing Race for the Design Team positions, look HERE . See all the wonderful creations and the wonderful finalist!!! Congrats ladies!!! We now are having a race for the final 6. I'm seriouly nervous here.
Here is my entry my lo. This lo was created using Rusty Pickle's Lucky line....which I am convinced maybe my fav. The pic is of Dusty. I feed the birds and everyday in the morning Dusty goes to the window to look. He just loves it and when I ask do you wanna go watch the birds he goes right for the window. Wanted to always have this special memory. The journaling reads: Dusty you have been watching these birds since you were about 5 1/2 months old. I would at first hold you up to look, then you would sit up and Colby and Cooper would hold you to look, now you view on your own. Dusty ALWAYS enjoy the birds. Love ya, Momma
Click on image to view closerThis is the pic of Dusty that is hanging up at Ritz Camera, I was honered, I signed the back of the photo...and they gave me my copy for free.I was thrilled!!
Products Used:

• Rusty Pickle Lucky Trim PT23
• Rusty Pickle PP The Emerald Rose RP 765
• Rusty Pickle PP Irish Brigade RP 769
• Rusty Pickle PP Fitzpatrick's RP768
• Rusty Pickle Nine Fine Irish Men RP770
• Brown Chocolate cardstock HG504
  
• Art Paste
• Rusty Pickle buttons
  
• Rusty Pickle CB47 ChipBoard Swirly-Whirlie
• Melisa Frances Vintage Frames
• EK Success Branch punch (which my Dear Friend Brenda sent me) Thanks Brenda!!!! :)
• Cricut Stretch your Imagination cut the leaves on Silhouette pg. 48 cut at 2.
• Cricut Stretch Your Imagination for the tree cut at fit to page
  
• Cricut Storybook the title cut at 2 with shadow and accent/frame
  
• Wings Paper Artsy
• Ink, sewing, ultra fine glitter, cloth wire, wedding roses, clip art see blog or scroll down on left side vintage images (love these two sites)

Thanks so much for viewing.

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S.E.I. Lifestyles has put my Layout on their blog......SO EXCITED!!!!!

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Okay Everyone this is sooooo exciting for me!!! I was so thrilled. Check it out.......http://seilifestyle.blogspot.com/2009/06/cut-it-out.html
Description: Hello everyone.... This is my butterfly (papillon meaning butterfly in French). This is Alexis in 2006 her senior pics.....now in the end of the second year in college....boy was that a time of change...going from my sweet innocent dd to a grown women. I so love this pic. Products used:
~S.E.I. papillon chocolat pp, cherie pp,
~MM note worthy pink half circle.
~Bazzill pink cardstock
~MME 29th St. "fresh Mother" pp background
~Cricut Storybook Pg. 67 Marquee3 for the fit to page frame.
~Cricut George for the circle flowers cut at 2 3/4, 2, 1 1/2, and 1. Distressed part of the challenge.
~Title cut from Stone Script Cricut at 1 1/2. I used Coredinations cardstock oh my I love that cardstock I then sanded the title..(do this on the mat with out pulling your paper up)
~Quickutz Revolution for the 4x4 die 3-d butterfly ....love this I then added wire and beads.
~Hand sewed the butterfly train (stamped first then sewed)
~Pop dots, ribbon, the brown ribbon was actually a belt I had sometime ago, ricrac, Fancy pants strait pins. Needle and thread brown DMC floss. Thanks so much!!!

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Mother's ~Colour Create Week 16~

Hello Everyone I have been so busy on a project I have hardly had any time to do my challenges. I created this card for The challenge at Colour Create to use the colors sky blue, tan and ecru. The image is for inspiration. I had pulled this stamp set out to make a Mother's Day Card...but as things go didn't quite make it. I still wanted to make the card anyway.....I still think it would be a great card for a new mother. I used the stamp set from SU Maternal Instincts 2004. Colored with Gamsol Prismacolor. Layered using DCWV Nana's kids stack, Bazzill cardstock. Prima flowers, Fancy Pants straight pin, trims, rhinestones, and the Cricut used Storybook for the marquee on side, the flourish are Home Accents. Cuttlebug embossed. The inside reads God could not be everywhere, and so He created mothers. Such a great sentiment. TFL!!

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Dragonfly Card ~Tutorial~

Hello everyone here is the card I made using the dragonfly tissue paper technique. See below I created the card using K and Co. Blue Awning, Cricut Storybook Accent/frame Pg. 72 cut at 5 1/2. The silhouette cattail was cut from Wild Card cut at 5 1/2. The stamp is from Stamp Oasis. I used alcohol inks to cover a clear acetate sheet using, green , blue, pearl, and white with the extender. I backed acetate with bown cardstock. You may click on picture to view closer. tfl.


Step 1


Gather supplies needed Pearl Ex, mica powders, glitters, Diamond glaze, gold or silver tissue paper, heat resistance transfer paper, stamps, black ink. Stamp your stamps onto a plain sheet of white typing paper using the darkest black ink you have. Using the white sheet of stamped paper run it thru your copier (darkest setting if you can adjust) using the transfer paper that it is being copied to. Allow to dry.

Step 2




Now using the same side that the print was made on (usually the rougher side) cover with the Diamond Glaze sprinkle on the mica powders, and the glitter.



Step 3


Now taking the tissue paper cut to fit may over lap ball up tissue paper in hand then open back up and place on your image. pressing.


Step 4


Now this what you should have, place on tissue side up to dry...I usually let it dry overnight or all day.

Step 5





When completely dry you may cut out image.



Step 6




This is another finished dragonfly ready to go on a page or a card, or any project. This was my first tutorial. Thanks for looking, hope this helps.

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I AM SO LUCKY TO BE YOUR MOM

Description: Hello everyone I just completed this last night, I had worked on it for the March Rusty Pickle Blog Challenge
http://rustypickle.typepad.com/
Using a sketch from Beckie Dreyer , Please check it out..They also now have a store so if you can't find the paper you are looking for from RP check it out:
http://rustypickle.com/ I know several times I had a hard time finding certain packs of pp from RP......which I have been a big fan of for sometime now.
I used Anna Caughlin's RP767, Kitty O'Shea's RP 766, The Emerald Rose RP765, Fitzpatrick's RP768, Irish Brigade RP 769,and Nine Fine Irishmen RP770, The word Lucky came from one of the cardstock coupons CC10, The Challenge was to use the sketch, use RP rub-ons which you can see I did, may I add they do slide on like butter!!! The two hearts are also RP rub-ons above us in the pic. The buttons are also RP, and the Beautiful overlay is RP. The Journaling is behind the pic with a RP tab to pull out.
Journaling:
A wee Bit a Heaven dropped from above this precious little angel I call Dusty who was chosen for me to be his mother. So Beautiful and full of life you are the answer to a prayer, a wish upon a falling star. For you Dusty are my little boy and I am so LUCKY to be Your Mom. Hugs and Love, Momma 2009 Written by Dawn Gallop
Other products used are Karen Foster scrappers floss, MM tiny alphas, Colorbox ink, tiny prima flowers, MM eyelets, MS punch, pop dots, The Cricut was used to do the title from Storybook cut at 1 1/4. The flowers were made using the pp Nine Fine Irishmen RP770 and the EK Success flower bunch which I saw on Bobears lo and it inspired me to use my punch..I really like the look you get. See Bobears http://www.scrapbook.com/galleries/137711/view/2015397/-1/0/1.html she had seen it on PaperJunkies place. The pic is of me and Dusty taken March 11, 2009. The cardstock are Bazzill blue and brown, TFL!!!!

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Simply Soft and Adorable

Description: Hello everyone, I had completed this a day ago but we have had rain for like six days straight so I was so happy to get a sunny day!!! :) This lo is of Dusty just a few days back. The pp was sent to me by Betty it is brand new My Minds Eye connect the dots, I love it!!!! thanks Betty You are so sweet!! :) The sweater was made by Bobear, It is adorable. The Simply is Quickutz Sophie Classic lowercase. Soft is Hello Kitty Font cut at 1 1/2 and embossed with cuttlebug folders swirls. The bottom border is from Accents essentials cut at 1 1/2. Adorable is a brand new dimensional sticker from the baby safari By little yellow bicycle also from Betty!!!!! Storybook was used to cut the branch on flip at 2 3/4. The cut flowers are BG Oh baby boy. The trims are MM fresh aNTHOLOGY. tHE Journaling is on a tag on far left behind the lg. pic it reads:
Dusty on March 10, 2009 you received this wonderful little sweater jacket handmade in the mail. So soft and BEAUTIFUL, from a very special lady whom I have never met but feel as if I have known for sometime. She put her heart and hands to work to make this simply soft piece of wearable art just for you and to keep you warm and cuddled in love. Bobear being her online name, aka Bobbie had learned to make this sweater at a very early age all from memory from her mil for you to have a treasure forever. So on March 11, 2009 I took these adorable pictures of you wearing your precious jacket. The flowers were in bloom and you were amazed at the yellow blooms. We will always treasure your little jacket made for just for you. Love you, momma 2009
Oh yeah the daffodil was cut at 2 from walk in my garden. TFL!!!!

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My Pot of Gold

Description: Hello everyone, wanted to get this posted before St. Patrick's Day which coming up quick. It is raining here today, so sorry for the dark pic. This lo is of Dusty, i have that hat and outfit for several years now and was glad Dusty fit into it. I handmade the rainbow, the shamrock boarder was cut on Paper Dolls at 2 , and the pot of gold on pd also at 2. The mushroom which is sooo cute was cut from Tink at 2 and the one on the right was cut at 2 on the flip. The title was cut from Storybook at 1. I used a MS punch stars for the matting on large pic. Stickles for the rainbow and a few tiny prima flowers. The funny story was when I was taking these pics a lady bug actually landed on his arm and head (another lo) ..I love ladybugs. Have a WONDERFUL ST. Patrick's Day!! TFL.

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Description: Hello eveyone...it has been a while since I was able to craft......moving from a single wide trailer to a three story house has been a job. Nov. is the last time I got to craft other than my scrappack (which I love). It has made so happy to be able to make this page and hopefully be back into the groove....lol! I miss you guys here.... This lo I did is a mall photo of Amanda and me, my 15yo daughter. She is the one daughter who is most like me. I used the black tie collection paper from Paper wishes, MS punch and Fiskers scallop scissors. Cricut expressions Wild Card cart. Pg 67 for the Heart frames cut at 6 3/4, hitting the space key fro the heart bookmark tucked in behind photo with the journaling. Thickers for the YOU, Ki memories for the pink gel candy ME. Storybook from Cricut pg 64 the & cut at 3/4 on shorty. Ek success Phrase cafe girl epoxy stickers-daughter. Mother is a rubon unknown. MM vinyl stickers black and white flowers. Rhinstones and ribbon from Walmart. Thanks for looking!

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PROM

Here is a lo I did for the Nov. Scrappack. The pic is my dd going to her senior prom. The items used to complete the lo are sent to you and you are only allowed to used paper and ink, paint, chalk and journaling. tfl.

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SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT

Description: HELLO FRIENDS,
I DID THIS LO FOR THE http://noelmignonchallenge.blogspot.com/
CHALLENGE!!!!!! USING THE BLUE SKIES KIT.
HAMBLY OVERLAY...BUT AN UNDERLAY IN THIS ONE!
THE PP IS FANCY PANTS MULTIPLY. THE LEAVES ARE SENIC ROUTE CHIPBOARD COVERED IN FOIL USING FOILING GLUE. I USED THE CRICUT TO CUT THE BLACK BIRD FROM 50 STATES USING WYOMING ON THE FLIP. CROW FROM STORYBOOK AND THE FLOURISH. THE PIC IS OF COOPER LAST SATURDAY. I ALSO USED BRILLANCE COPPER INK. TFL!!!

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A WISH CAME TRUE

Description: I made this lo for the August scrap pack challenge. All we can add are the items sent to us..and paper, pics, paint, ink, chalk, and journaling...the adhesives have to be not seen.
the contents are:
24 acrylic skittles- in the doilie lace for centers and in the flowers.
Maya road acrylic arrow-pointing to the baby and w/the title.
doilie-cut apart and made to look like lace running across bottom and side of photo.
4x10 sheet shrinky dink plastic- colored blue and cut in to stars and shrank...... (a Wish upon a star)
5 round re-enforcement labels-on flowers and the acrylic arrow.
beaded fringe- made onto the fishing line and put behind stars to make for a shooting star.
2 yards of fishing line- used on the shooting stars and painted black for the whiskers on the bunny.
fringed material- cut up and used to make flowers and put across top of photo.
4 split rings- used to make corner circles around photo.
cardstock quote shapes- painted aqua and used by photo.
mulberry square- made to make bunny to hold title.
the story behind the photo is that me and my husband would go for a walk in the late evening and when we would see a shooting star we would make a wish...well one night we both saw two different stars and wished for the same wish..and you can guess what we wished for! tfl!

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CLOSE TO YOU

Description: HELLO I DID THIS LO FOR THE AUGUST SONG CHALLENGE W/QUAY...IN AUGDescription: HELLO I DID THIS LO FOR THE AUGUST SONG CHALLENGE W/QUAY...IN AUGUST 1970 THE CARPENTER'S SONG CLOSE TO YOU WAS #1...SO WE WERE TO CREATE A LO WITH CLOSE TO YOU IN THE TITLE...WELL AS SOON AS I READ THE CHALLENGE...THIS PIC POPPED INTO MY HEAD...SO I SEARCHED AND FOUND IT!
IT IS ME AND MY MOM SUMMER OF 1970...I TRIED TO MAKE IT 70'S. ALSO FOR THE AUGUST BOUQUET CHALLENGE TO USE 8 FLOWERS ONLY. I USED THE CRICUT FOR THE DAISYS FROM A WALK IN MY GARDEN CART.AND THE MARQUEE IS STORYBOOK..STITCHED AND DISTRESSED. WHITE RICK-RACK AND THE BUTTERFLIES ARE MARTHA STEWART. TFL!! :)UST 1970 THE CARPENTER'S SONG CLOSE TO YOU WAS #1...SO WE WERE TO CREATE A LO WITH CLOSE TO YOU IN THE TITLE...WELL AS SOON AS I READ THE CHALLENGE...THIS PIC POPPED INTO MY HEAD...SO I SEARCHED AND FOUND IT!
IT IS ME AND MY MOM SUMMER OF 1970...I TRIED TO MAKE IT 70'S. ALSO FOR THE AUGUST BOUQUET CHALLENGE TO USE 8 FLOWERS ONLY. I USED THE CRICUT FOR THE DAISYS FROM A WALK IN MY GARDEN CART.AND THE MARQUEE IS STORYBOOK..STITCHED AND DISTRESSED. WHITE RICK-RACK AND THE BUTTERFLIES ARE MARTHA STEWART. TFL!! :)

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