Award Time!!!

I want to send out a big hug to a dear Studio Calico friend Caz Hancock from Plymouth New Zealand, who just award me the Liebster Blog Award!!!! Caz is the sweetest girl ever & a fabulous scrapper!!!!Please check out her gorgeous work at the Studio Calico Gallery  and her blog!


 The Liebster Blog Award is awarded to show appreciation of smaller blogs (under 200 followers) and to help with readership. As part of the tradition, the award is to be passed along to five other blogs that have motivated and inspired me.

To accept the Award you must:

1. Thank your Leibster Award sender on your Blog;

2. Link back to your sender on your Blog;

3. Copy and paste your Leibster onto your Blog;

4. Present the Leibster Award to 5 other Blogs with 200 or less Followers that you feel deserves some attention and recognition for awesome stuff;

JEN - This amazing mom of 5 and wife to a Navy Pilot rocks the fabulous art of embellishing and layering her layouts that inspire me!

TEKA - Here is another fabulous mom with some mad scrappin skills!!!  Unlike me, she scraps the whole page and it truly inspires me and I just may lift one of her layouts and link it up on my blog!

JULIE - I love a the thought to the little details she adds to her layouts! Also she is one of the nicest girls always leaving kind comments and taking part in discussions in the SC Community!

CHERYL - This girl has some serious talent!  From layouts to mini books, her style is refreshingly creative, bold and bright!!!

MAISA - Has the most artistic gorgeous style!!!! She fills each page is so much eye candy, you can't stop looking!!!!

Please take a few minutes out of your day to check out the amazing talent each of these ladies has! They will truly inspire you! (click on their names and it will take you to their blogs!)

My Thoughts For You

This is a layout using I made using a kit from Scrapbook Circle.  The moment I saw this kit, I knew I had to have it & the add on too!  It was packed full of MME Follow Your Heart - Be Amazing! I just love all that blue & turquoise!!! Be still my heart!  

 I started off my rounding the corners of my paper, then inking the edges with Distress Ink - Pumice Stone.  Next I did a few splatters on the background using Mister Hueys Custard.  Then I stamped the circular image using Studio Calico's Plano Stamp and Prima Chalk Ink in Teal Demask. 

 Here you can see the pops of yellow I added.  I also used the Smash Date Stamp and the Fiskars border punch in Notebook.

Other Supplies

Scrapbook Circle Kit & Add On

Mister Huey's Ink - Custard

Distress Inks - Pumice Stone & Scattered Straw

Fiskars Note Book Punch

October Afternoon Mini Market Alpha's

Studio Calico Stamp - Plano

Prima Chalk Ink - Teal Damask

PP & Embellies - MME Follow Your Heart

Blast Off!

Good Morning everyone! Today I have a new layout of Mr. Liam....The photo was taken last September. He was sitting on the couch playing with Auntie Cherika's cell phone....I thought it was the perfect photo to use with the October Afternoon Miscellany!  

 Before I started my layout, I inked the edges of the cardstock with Distress Ink in Pumice Stone (my favourite).  Then I splattered the background with some Mister Hueys.  Next I stamped the Circle using Studio Calico's Plano Stamp with some Chalk Ink. I used POW Glitter Paper in Pacific for the clouds and the stars.  I am not a paid sponsor, but I highly recommend the POW Glitter Paper....its gorgeous, its thin, and the glitter does not rub off!!!

 I heat embossed the rocket and the Thickers  with some 

blue embossing powder.

Other Products

Studio Calico Kit - Paper Moon

Studio Calico Add On - Ray Gun

Studio Calico Stamp - Plano

POW Glitter Paper - Pacific 

Jenni Bowlin Punch - Tab

Smash Date Stamp

Fiskars Cloud Punch - Medium

Distress Ink - Pumice Stone

Prima Chalk Ink - Farmers Jeans

Mister Huey's - Custard, Overdue, Heirloom Blue

Basic Grey Alpha's - Life of the Party

October Afternoon Space Cowboy - Miscellany

October Afternoon Space Cowboy - Patterned Paper

Emily's Rainy Day

Hi Everyone! Danielle here with my latest creation using

Heather Valentin's -Emily's Rainy Day.  

 I hand cut the rainbow and sun from some patterned paper and used foam dots behind them to raise them off the page to give a 3D effect.  I also did the same to the little bird on the ground.  

 I coloured Emily in with my watercolour pencils and then 

added some Stickles to her eyes and to the 

background to make it look like rain. 

 I used one of my border punches on the grass

 then edged it with some Chalk Ink

Other Supplies

Patterned Paper - Kaisercraft 78 & Sunny

Patterned Paper - Lilybee Double Dutch

Glue Glider Pro Gun

Foam Dots

Stickle - Diamond Dust

Fiskars Border Punch - Bumpy Road

Prima Chalk Ink - grass

Thanks for taking the time to view my work!  Have a wonderful weekend!