For today's Mother's Day card, I took a challenge from Elizabeth Kartchner's 52 More Scrapbooking Challenges book.  Challenge #3 was:  Life a design idea from a home-decor item.  In our living room, we havea tan colored chair that has dark-brown and blue pillows as seen above.  So hence the card: First I cut my card to size, then ran it through my Sizzix Texture Boutique to emboss the card front.  After that, I used Tim Holtz Broken China and Vintage Photo distress ink on the front of the card.  Next I stamped the sentiment with Dusty Concord Distress Ink and inked the edges on the sheet with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.  And that was it, a really nice and simple Mother's Day card.

Happy Scrappin'!

-NJ

Ali Edwards Week In The Life Project ended for me last Monday.  This week, I've been working on putting my album together.  In the past I've done 12x12 as well as 8.5x11 Albums.  Out of the two I liked the 12x12 album better.  I felt that when I did the 8.5x11 Album that things seemed a bit crowded and cluttered.  I don't know maybe I just put too many items into my album. 

So this year, I decided to embark on a new idea and go with an 8x8 album.  So far, so good.  I've enjoyed putting the album together.  I decided to go with the 8x8 album, because I felt as though I might not collect as many items as I have in past years - this assumption turned out to be correct.  I still focused on a brief synopsis of my day as I did in my 8.5x11 Album in 2010, and I also have focused on Observations, Favorite Moment(s), Food and Gratitude(s).  Today I printed out my photos and look forward to completing this album.

If you've never participated in this album before, I highly encourage it.  I've been doing it since 2007 and I still enjoy going back every once in a while to look at these albums and see how much things have changed over the years.  So on that note, I think I better go back to working on this album!

Happy Scrappin'!

-NJ 

Although I have a tool to make things a lot easier for this technique, I must say I still had a hard time debating on which Embossing Folder to use.  First I picked out my cardstock and then selected my embossing folder before sending it though my Sizzix Texture Boutique Embossing Machine.  After embossing the card front, I used my craft sheet and applied Tim Holtz Dusty Concord Distress Ink to the card.  Lastly I finished the card off with some embellishments I had on hand and stamped the sentiment onto the embellishment.

I will have the materials used to make this card and Monday's card up tomorrow, so

My first card for Scrappy Monday is a Mother's Day card I made using some scraps and some Embellishments that I had on hand.  I really just picked five pieces of scraps I had in my scrap bin.  Cut them down to the size of the card and topped them off with some embellishments.  I had a good time making this card, it was quick and easy.  So go to your craft spot and pull out those scraps and make a card for a special Mom in your life. 

See you tomorrow where I will showcase a card for Technique Tuesday!  I wonder what time of technique will be discussed........

Happy Scrappin'!
~NJ

First off, I hope that everyone had a wonderful Cinco de Mayo Weekend and a great and productice National Scrapbooking Day!

This week we're going to throw in a little this and that.  I will be putting together my Week In The Life 2012 Album (so I will be sharing my thoughts on that process), as well as keeping everything all about Momma!  Meaning each day this week I will be presenting a Mother's Day card.  So if you haven't all ready either go out and purchase a card for your Mother's  or other Mother-Like figures in your life, or create a card for them.

First up on Monday, we'll call this Scrappy Monday - let's purge through our Scraps!!!!  I will be focusing on a card using scraps from my scrap bin. 

I hope this week you will be inspired by something on my blog.