Tanya-Challenge One for June

This is my take on the challenge at Trail Makers.  We were to create a Father's Day card using June's kit!  I love how easy this was to create!  The kit includes all the right elements for making a beautiful hand-made card for the special dad or guy in your life.  I love the combination of ribbon, buttons, stickers (that all coordinate) and PAPER! 

June's Kit--Debut Project

June's Kit for (Paper)Trail Makers goes hand in hand!  What a perfect stash of goodies to create wonderful Father's Day projects.  The possibilities are absolutely endless! I found a photo of my husband from last year's Father's Day spent at a nearby lake!  I knew instantly that this kit would be perfect for this photo.  The only product I used that wasn't included in the kit is the alphabet letters.  Thanks for looking---I can't wait to see what you all create!

May 2 Color Combo Challenge-Trail Makers for the love of Scrapbooking

Color Combo Challenge!!

Trailmakers

Here we go...I love color combo challenges.  Your challenge is to create a layout or project using the colors below. 

Nikki Sivils Rainy Day paper is the perfect match for this combo!  It is also especially fitting for the rainy spring that we have had!  For this challenge you must at least use the 3 colors shown and you may use black, white or craft paper.  Here are my 2 cards that I created!  Have fun!  Post a link to your project in the comments!

Paper Trails May Kit!

May's kit over at Paper Trails  is such a great mix of beautiful papers that can be used for elegant or fun scrapbooking!  I adore the bird paper-mainly because my oldest daughter's nick name is Hailey Bird.  I couldn't wait to scrap some photos of her with these adorable birds.  Aside from the fantastic papers, there is high-end chipboard-I kept this natural and love how it works on the page.  Other products not included in the kit are twine, buttons, ric rac and alphabet stickers. 

Challenge #2~April Showers Challenge~Week 2

This spring has been a perfect photo-op for rain, splashing, umbrellas, rain coats and boots!  It sure has been soggy here!  April's kit couldn't have been a more appropriate fit for our very wet spring.  I love this picture of my daughter jumping in a puddle!  I altered it to black and white to really showcase all of the cute Crate Paper extras.  I enjoyed layering some of the sticker borders from the kit and adding some of the fun elements to the page.  

Items used not included in the kit are the buttons and alphabet stickers. 

Tanya~Week 2~Banner Challenge

There is a great challenge this week Trail Makers challenge blog.  We are to draw inspiration from the blog banner and create a project.

  The possibilities with this are endless, you could use it as a sketch to create a layout/card or you could use the colors, swirls, ribbon as embellishing inspiration!  Get creative and make something inspired by this banner.  I chose to create a card purse using a template from Krisis Kreations.  Here's a teaser for it!  What a great idea for all of those beautiful cards!  It's also a perfect gift box if you create a lovely card set for someone. 

I created my card purse using the blog banner as inspiration AND using Trail Makers April Kit filled with deliciously, springy Crate Paper! 

All items except for the ink can be found in the Trail Makers store!

Fun in the Neighborhood Blog Hop!

The time is here!  How much fun is this...we are having a progressive dinner at Trail Makers!  Please join along for great fun and inspiration.  Have you ever gone on a Progressive Dinner?  Here is how it works. There is a group of people who would love to have dinner together.  The entire group travels to each other's houses.  The first house hosts the salad, second the main dish, third drinks, forth side dish etc.  Our wonderful leader, Sandi, pulled inspiration pictures for us to have a "Progressive" Scrappy Dinner.  Below is a list of the different hosts.  Please stop by for a visit-take on the scrappy challenge and win a prize and make friends!

If you've made it this far, you are ready for the entertainment :)  We are going to use this picture to inspire us. 

Here is my inspirational layout. 

I used mostly April's Kit for this layout with an addition of some Clear Snap ink and BG pearls and extra buttons from my stash.

Here is how I was inspired:

circle table:  large circle on LO

pleated curtains:  pleated sticker border

playing cards:  tags from Scrap Matters (our sponsor this month)

If you started here your next stop is Trail Makers Challenge Blog. 

Please leave a comment and a link to your "card playing" layout/project to be entered in for an RAK!