SOUS - My First Truck

First I want to say Thank You to all of you for the many emails and comments left on my blog.  I appreciate all your well wishes and concerns.  I am on the mend and feeling better and will be back to scrapping more...Soon! :)  Thank you!!

This was a really fun layout to do.  I love the look of the aluminum foil border embossed with the tread plate embossing folder...perfect for a male layout.  I really like how deep of an embossed image you get with the foil.  I did put 3 layers of foil together to give a little more sturdiness.

I just happen to have the perfect "manly" brads to set everything off.  Base Camp Cricut cartridge was used for the font.  I plan to add a second page to this and show better pics of his truck.  He looks sooooo small standing next to it. :)

Check out all the fabulous layouts Here at Stuck On U Sketches

Thanks to all for the wonderful comments.  

I found the brads at Hobby Lobby and it was just posted that some Michael's have them too.

The diamond tread plate is a Cuttlebug embossing folder.

The foil is just regular Reynold's aluminum foil...tear a a good size sheet and fold it several times to add layers for sturdiness.  I folded mine three times...then run through embossing machine.  Of course you have to keep moving your embossing folder down and running back through the machine until your entire strip of foil is embossed. 

Update and Bedford Falls

WOW...that's about all I can say as I feel like such a stranger to my blog and creating projects.  Life got really crazy this fall and my family suffered many losses.  It got to the point that attending a funeral service was almost as regular as church on Sunday.  Sometimes you just don't understand life, but God does get you through.


Once life began to get back to normal I started getting sick and have been battling severe ear infection and dizziness for weeks.  It makes it hard to function much less think about getting creative.   I am once again on medication, but just can't seem to kick it.  If not way better by Monday I will be calling the doctor again.


On a lighter note...Bedford Falls...Kathy and I are STILL planning to do Bedford  Falls...Yea! : )  However, it turned out to be a much larger project than either one of us expected.  Rather than rushing through it and throwing it together...we both decided it would be better to wait and do it right.  So what better time to do a Christmas project if not at Christmas...July...Yes, Christmas in July!!  This will give us plenty of time to do it right and give all of you plenty of time to recreate it for next Christmas.  See you in July! ;) 


In the meantime... A Big Thank You to all of you that continue to stop by and support my blog even when it's slow!  I hope to feel  better soon so I can get back to creating and having fun.  

Tuesday Treats - Let It Snow Layout

I was very happy to get the opportunity to design a project for Tuesday Treats.  Of course this is such a busy time of year for everyone so I decided to keep it simple and do a one page...one Cricut cartridge layout.  I wanted to show how a simple layout with a few Cricut cuts could be brought to life with some quick and simple embellishing.  Be sure to visit Tuesday Treats to get all the details and see lots more pictures.

SOUS - Home for the Holidays

Switching gears to a more elegant layout for the SOUS challenge was so much fun.  I Love the swirly tree from the Christmas Solutions cartridge.  The ribbon bow and tiny gems set it off.

The poinsettias and reindeer are from Joys of the Season.  The scallop circle frame is from the Sugar & Spice Cricut Lite cartridge.

Would you believe I can't remember which cartridge the snowflakes are from???  I'm sorry I guess I was playing with too many cartridges.  Gosh, remember the good ole' days when we had 10 or 15 cartridges to choose from, LOL!

Paper is a mix of K&Company and DCWV

Be sure to check out all the other layouts at Stuck On You Sketches

Wishing everyone a safe and happy holiday season filled with health, happiness and friends.  Merry Christmas everyone!

SOUS - Snow Fun

This week the challenge for Stuck on you Sketches is to use some wonderful die cut paper paper that was donated to us by Floren over at Generations Crafting.  I chose the pretty glittered purple scallop paper to frame my "snow fun" layout.  To see lots more fun scrappy goodies visit Floren..... Here. 

The title for this layout is cut from the Cuttin' Up Cricut cartridge and shapes are cut from the new Jolly Holidays Cricut Lite cartridge.

To create snow on the snowman's hat and sled I used liquid applique and a heat embossing gun.  Love that stuff. : )  To give his little nose some sparkle I used orange Stickles.

I love this little branch on Jolly Holidays cartridge.  To add a real winter touch I added glitter and glossy accents.  Snow on the black paper is a Stampin' Up! background stamp and white ink.

I know you can't see in the picture, but the tree in the photo is covered in ice and there is lots of snow on the ground.

Bedford Falls - Sneak Peek

Can you believe it's almost Christmas once again! It's already time for your first sneak peek of Bedford Falls...remember the project  Kathy over at Paper Phenomenon and I are teaming up to do. Well here it is...Gower Drugs.

I will show you more of this when we present...Bedford Falls.  In the meantime here is a sneak peek of Kathy's project...George's home.  Now how Amazingly Awesome is that!!!  To see more  visit her  Here

Lots more to come!

SOUS - Newman Jets

I had fun doing this weeks layout for Stuck On You Sketches.  These are the first cheer pictures I've scrapped of my daughter and I especially like the picture of her partner stunting on one foot, suspended straight up in the air in her coaches hands...yikes! : )

 

To see other takes on this sketch be sure to visit SOUS  Here

Scallop circle is from the Mini Monograms Cricut cartridge and the megaphone is from Everyday Paper Dolls.

Wishing their team a great season...Go Jets!