My PHutch Sketches Design Team is up!!

I'm so excited to announce my first ever PHutch Sketches Design Team!!! I'm thrilled to have such AMAZINGLY talented ladies on my team.

Check it out here.

AMM May Kit Sneak Peek!!

It's that time again....here is a sneak peek at the A Million Memories MAY Kit. Hurry...this one will sell out!!!

CHECK THIS OUT!!! New classes at AMM!!!

I am SO excited. A Million Memories is going to host ONLINE CLASSES!!! The first one is hosted by DT Member Karen. She is amazing....check it out!!!

The cool thing is you can buy the class and use your own stash...OR...you can by the Limited Edition kit to go along with the class.

Welcome Spring Kit at AMM!!!

Check out this GORGEOUS kit by the fabulous BECKY HEISLER available now at A Million Memories.

Includes full color instructions with various photos and template for making your own flowers.

• 6 Fancy Pants Papers
• 1 Hambly Butterfly Paper
• 1 pack American Crafts Poolside Thickers in Pink
• 1 Jenni Bowlin Transferware Rubons
• 1 Creative Imaginations Scalloped Wooden Sign
• A few Maya Road Chipboard Piecs
• A few gold buttons
• 1 yard of pearls
• 1 sheet scalloped paper

All for only $25.99. You can grab the complete kit HERE or just the instructions HERE.

My AMM Design Team Entries!!

Can you say, YAAAAHOOOO!!!!!! I made the Design Team again at A Million Memories. I'm SOOOO excited. The talent this time around was amazing and I am honored to be a part of the team for another term!!!!

~Thank Heaven for Little Girls~
-Mix of MM Noteworthy and Garden Party with a touch of Websters Pages. Handpainted, glittered embellishments.







~Yum-o ~ (like Rachel Ray says it!!)
- New Basic Grey "Sultry", Crackle Painted Title Tag, cute daisy trim and Hot pink MM glittered Letters.










~Watch Us Grow ~
- Custom made acrylic album (Christine Peneflor RAK), K&Company "Wild Saffron", lots of ink (of course), bling, Hambly, MME, felt, vintage trim, masking, and lots of hand cut embellishments.

The DESIGN eXperiment!!! Challenge#.

Here is my layout for The Design Experiment - Challenge #4.

Head over to The Design Experiment blog to check out the rest of the team's entries!!

I mixed the new BG Boxer and Sultry PP. Journaling card (behind title) is Prima, title is Tim Holtz Grungeboard and Crackle Paint (Aged Mahogany), Felt accent is American Crafts, Brown trim is Fancy Pants, Font is AL Worn Machine.

Journaling:It's only a few months until I turn FOURTY-FIVE . The last few years have been a fog but this year is going to be better…much better!

-I love that most people can't guess my age.
- My kids think I can sing.
- I'm working out 5-6 days/week.
- Mike and I are married 13 years and together 20!
- I'm almost in my "skinny" jeans.
- I think my freckles are cute.
- I'm hooked on Teavana Jasmine Tea.
- I've been teaching Aerobics for 20 years and still going strong.
- I "bleed green".
- I love to make people laugh.

AMM April Kit Projects!!

Well....I finally had enough light outside to take pictures of my projects!!! I know that every month I say "This is my favorite kit" but this ONE IS!!!! It's just gorgeous...and I didn't want it to end. The paper was gorgeous and the embellishments and thickers...a perfect match!!

~pure beauty~
I can't get enough of this little face. When I saw this kit I knew these pictures would be perfect. For the letters I used Tattered Rose Crackle paint. Then like 2 or 3 different colors of Distressed Ink to make it "messy". The flower embellishment is two layers of PP cut with the Sizzix "Blazing Sun" die, inked and crumpled. I added an (inked) flower from the kit, a Prima and an MM brad. The brown CS border at the bottom is a Fiskers punch (which I got at Target while looking for the Treading Water punch).





~nessa~
My girl can pose!! I just love this shot and how her hair is to the side and how you can see the blue in her eyes!I only used one piece of PP here. Then I added the cardstock border (using the SU! border punch). I added LOTS of stickles and Primas. Bling brads are Deja View (Michael's). The journaling block is the backside of a piece of PP in the kit. The stamp is from the March kit.






~10 Things I love about YOU - Mini Album~
Just a fun little mini with current pics of the family unit. I wanted it to be simple so I just used PP and stickles on each inside page. On the cover I used Distressed inks with a Heidi Swapp butterfly mask. I used Peeled Paint crackle paint on the frame, added stickles to the CB letters and about 3 colors of distressed ink on the flower. Wooden button is Deja View (Michaels).














~Happy Birthday MOM!!!~
My Mom's Bday was on Sunday so this card was perfect timing!! I added the SU! border punch.


~Matchbook Mini Album~
This was made from the scraps I had left from the kit. When I sorted everything out, there seemed to be a bunch of equal sized square pieces and one long piece of PP. I thought OH!!! MINI ALBUM. Then the matchbook idea came to mind. (It's really just like the Basic Grey ones they used to make). I stapled the inside pages in and then used my xacto to cut a little notch on the front. I added the bling swirl, rubon and lace trim to the front. I think I'll use it for quotes or just some random pictures. Seriously...it took about 10 minutes!!!

The DESIGN eXperiment!!! Challenge#3.

Here's is the layout I did for challenge#3 over at The Design Experiment. It's all digital. Everything is from Jen Wilson Designs except the title letters...they are Little Dreamer Designs.
Thanks for looking!

~FULL CIRCLE~