TGIF; Thankful Friday #425

Happy Thankful Friday! This week I'm thankful for Back to School activities. Yup, it's that time and this year even Jhené starts school.

The two younger ones and I participated in Chalk the Walk at both of their schools. Along with other parents, students and members of our fire and sheriff offices, we drew happy pictures and positive sayings at the school openings and sidewalks. It was over 100 degrees but it was fun.

Grades this year:  11th, 1st, and preschool 

Going Old School; Cutting Out Photos

Remember that pretty much all we did was cut around the people in photos? Me too! And I haven't done that in years! Well there's a first for everything.

I love, love, love how this layout turned out. It's like what's old is new, but edgier!

What do you think?

Deadpool embellishment is print then cut from the Cricut.

Papers and acrylic pieces are from Close To My Heart

My Sweet Prima Products; JS

I received the most beautiful items in my Design Team shipment from Jenlee Schoolcraft for the month of August. I received the following items:

My Sweet Paper Pad and Prima Flowers by Prima Marketing along with a beautiful roll of ribbon from American Crafts called Ruban Premium.

As soon as I saw the paper, I knew I need to create a card that focused on the patterned paper. I found one.

It's called a divided card and this is how you make it for a standard A2 card:

The card base is 4.25x11 scored at 5.5

You'll cut two 4x5.25 pieces of patterned papers or cardstock and then cut one of them as below:

The second one without any cutting/scoring will be adhered to the card base first and then place the top and bottom cuts to the card.

This was an easy card to make as long as you cut correctly. I took an easy way out with the embellishments by sticking to the paper to create a tag.

Jenlee Schoolcraft is a budget friendly craft supply company that has both new and gently used items for sale in their webstore. The variety of items vary but you can certainly fill a shopping cart and not spend a fortune. And to help with that, use code, Dorlene for an additional 10% off your entire order!

TGIF; Thankful Friday #424

TGIF and Happy Thankful Friday! This week I'm thankful for Mother/Daughter trips. We're actually on one right now!

Whoever said these trips were good for your soul, we're 100% right!

If you're interested in seeing photos, check out my IG account @3sons_and_astar

Splatter D Canvas

Last month I took my niece and nephew to a splatter room and we made really cool canvases with our initial.

We'll, I decided to dress mine up a little. Honestly, I'm not sure if it was an improvement but it was fun doing some doodles and I enjoyed the process. 

I filmed a little different video today. Just a peek into my set up prior to actually filming. I hope you enjoy it and remember...if you don't like it, change it!

Because this is how it ended up!

Eek Layout

When I first saw this sketch I just wasn’t feeling it. Didn’t know what I was going to do. Then instead of circles, I thought...pumpkins! Then it just came into play and worked out great!

I struggled a little with the mitered corners but was able to cover up a thick seam with sticker embellishments. I used an Echo Park collection called Ghouls and Ghosts. So cute!

The sketch is from Scrapbooking the Day Away. If you love to scrapbook, you've got to check out this site. There's a free and paid membership. See which one works best for you.

Be sure to watch my YouTube process video:

TGIF; Thankful Friday #423

TGIF and welcome to another week to be thankful! This week I'm thankful for our local library. Not only is it a place to borrow books, they are always hosting events. 

This week we enjoyed Diggery Diggers and learned about dinosaurs. 

What are you thankful for this week?