What I've been up to... Plus 25% off my etsy shop!

Hi everyone, I haven't been on blogger as much anymore... I've been spending a lot more time over at my fanpage on Facebook

All my projects have been posted over there and I haven't had a chance to put them up on here yet, so I'm going to show you what I have been doing the last month :)

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Her very first time standing on her own and it's on camera!! I was sooo excited! Too bad this costume only lasted long enough for pictures, by the time Halloween came around it was too small for her!

I used the Baby's first Halloween pattern set from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs for my title and for my little bear in a pumpkin

I added a little bow and finished her off :) She is also for sale on my etsy under Scrappin' For Kenzie Creations. And if you visit my Facebook first and click on my etsy shop at the top then you will get 25% off everything in my shop!!

Cut from Lacy Labels

This is definitely a favorite pattern of mine from LSHD called Slice of Summer. So fun to put together and is sooo cute! These photos were taken over the memorial day weekend, she loves her some watermelon!

This pattern set is also for sale on my etsy :) Made to order so completely customizable.

This Noah's arc set is a combo of the Noah's arc file and the zoo/safari pattern sets. I love this sooo much I saved it until I could figure out what I wanted to do with it.. I think it turned out sooo cute! This whole set is also for sale and with 25% off it's only 14.99 for the whole arc including animals! All papers used were from Best Creations Safari Boy for the patterned papers.

up close of my little zebras and lions

...and monkeys and elephants...

...and last but not least the super cute giraffes

I took a teeny bag and wrapped some twine around it, used a circle stamp and a circle punch to make this little button and used it as a jounaling envelope.

Please visit my fanpage on Facebook, by clicking on the link, or by clicking on Like at the top left of this page and visiting my page from there :) TFL!

Happy Scrapping!

LSHD Challnege - Christmas in July

This week over at Little Scraps Of Heaven Designs we are celebrating Christmas In July! I used pics from last Christmas when Kenzie met Santa at Bass Pro Shops and from our christmas party. I thought these 2 files went perfectly together and even more perfect with the pictures since she was dressed as a little Santa's Helper! :) (And there is a sneak peek of a moose, or deer of some sort behind them in the picture) lol

I used the Merry Christmoose title file found HERE

And I also used the Christmoose Santa and Elf found HERE

I also used a freebie file for my journaling tag that I love, found HERE

Hope you will join us in our Christmas In July celebration!!! Lots of new files going up and also some freebies!

HAPPY SCRAPPING!

Room Decor with LSHD!

Last week the Little Scraps Of Heaven Designs blog challenge was Anything Goes.. I was still stuck on the week's before of Once Upon a Time so I chose to continue on with the princess theme and start my daughter's room decor. I bought all 6 letters at Michaels for 3.99 each. They measure about 9 inches tall. I used the Sleeping Beauty file for this letter and I absolutely love it! I can't wait to make the rest!

Here is my princess Rose. I used the dress from Dress Me Like a Princess and the hair from Girl with Slingshot instead of the hair and dress from this file because I liked her hair down, and her body facing forward.

I think this dragon is the cutest thing ever!

My little fairies were soooo hard to put together.. I made them about an inch wide, so they are very small and hard to detail with chalk and highlighting, but once they were finished I thought they were so cute!!

Thanks for looking!!

HAPPY SCRAPPING!

Journal update for EMILY!!

Hi everyone! It's been a while since I had a journal update for you, but she posted today on her Caring Bridge! Here is her most recent entry:

7-8-12

Written 52 minutes ago by Sean Ziemathis

Helllllllooooooo everybody!!! It's been a LONG time since writing on here but I made it through my time away from home!!! And guess what?.....I'm back now and feeling very well! My body responded really well to my most recent completed phase and everyone is SO glad it did.....and so am I. Although I'm taken great care of when I am away, I miss being back and as the say "there's no place like home". School is out now so I get to play with my brothers and sisters all day long which is the best because I get bored when I'm all by myself ;0) i hope everyone enjoyed their 4th of July. I did. I got to go outside and see fireworks, eat BBQ, and play with my family. And guess what else? I even got to make s'mores in my own backyard!!! Have I told you all how much I love camping?! Well that's one of the best parts! Eeewy gooey chocolate s'mores...... Hee Hee. I highly recommend you take time this summer to make one (or two) yourself and eat it ever so slowly. You won't be disappointed. Well I gotta go 'cause tomorrow is another chemo day but I appreciate each and every one of you and can't wait to say hello again. Oh, and thanks for keeping some cards going for me! I LOVE getting them and it makes me smile!

P.S. HI MRS. Maretich!!!!!!!!! ;0)

I'm glad you are still sending her cards! Keep 'em coming!

Her address is still in my left hand column! :)

HAPPY SCRAPPING!

Special Delivery :)

I just finished up another layout for my daughter's first album used LSHD patterns!

Most of my papers are Authentique Baby Girl. Background pink is DCWV and the large square mat is K&Co. The tiny fingers tiny toes chipboard tag and 2 little chipboard hearts are MAMBI.

My baby and stork pattern are from LSHD "Be my baby- Babies Collection" cut at approximately 7"

"special" is made out of chipboard thickers, and "delivery" is October Afternoon chipboard letters that I covered with the Authentique Baby Girl paper to match my layout.

I really like how soft this layout is, and how much it really showcases my little girl when she was just 2 weeks old :)

I used this sketch (sorry do not know who it belongs to)

I actually flipped it around like this and forgot to flip it back when I uploaded it.... Ok I was just too lazy to go back and flip it back around lol

Enjoy and as always 

HAPPY SCRAPPING!

LSHD Challenge - Once Upon A Time

Welcome to a new challenge over at Little Scraps Of Heaven Designs!!

This week our challenge is "Once Upon A Time"

Make a 1 or 2 page layout using any of the Storybook Series files!

I used a file that is not exactly in that series, but fits the challenge perfectly!

I used the Dress me like a Princess file, My Angel Girl, and the Castle file.
(HURRY UP AND GET YOUR DRESS ME LIKE A PRINCESS BEFORE IT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE!! It is retiring soon!) I also used Lacy Labels cricut cart for my journaling tag. My title is from a DCWV vellum title pack.

I used My Angle Girl for her hair and face and arms, the Princess files come with bears so I just used the dress to make my own Pretty In Pink Princess :)

Hope to see your layouts over at LSHD!

HAPPY SCRAPPING!

LSHD Challenge - Recipe Card

The new challenge this week over at Little Scraps of Heaven Designs is to create a recipe card! I have never done this before so I had a lot of fun with it :)

For the base of my card I put the Freebie file, "Recipe Cards" into my SCAL2 and welded two of them together to make a folder type card.

I printed a picture from online, of a food that I have been wanting to make ever since I moved out of the house I lived in with roommates. They used to make these and they were so delicious! They are called Kibbeh, and they are a meat and spices filled ball made out of bulgar wheat, with onions and pinenuts inside.... mmmm so good! I found TONS of recipes online so I chose one and printed it out. I made a label for my card and used EP as a photo mat. My little chef is from the LSHD Kiss the Cook file.

Here is my folder recipe card opened up.. you can click on it to make it larger..

In case you wanted to read and try my recipe here is a close up of the top page...

And a close up of the bottom page.

I found my recipe HERE..

After I made these using this recipe, I have to admit, the meat was DELICIOUS and exactly how I remembered it, but something about the crust was just not right and I don't know maybe I got the wrong wheat or didn't fry them right but I have to find what works best for me... When I had them before, a very experienced middle eastern woman was making them (my roommates mom) so I understand there could be some major differences.. but I swear by the meat! :) YUM!

Stop by our challenge blog and play along for your chance to win $20 in free patterns! 

HAPPY SCRAPPING!

Child's Play Guest Designer!

This week I am a guest designer over at Child's Play Challenges!

The challenge this time is to use a popular board game called Rush Hour, where you move the cars around in straight lines only and try to get your little red car out of the parking lot. I have only played this game on the computer but it is so addicting!

I took my inspiration from the way the cars are smashed together in different orientations and I laid my pictures to imitate the cars in the middle of the page.

My pictures are of Kenzie, all from age 4 months to about 6 or 7 months where she would always have her tongue out. It was so cute! :)

Here is my layout:

I started with white cardstock for my background and misted with pick and purple and then "smashed" all my pictures down and finished with banners and stickers :) 

The stickers are from EP Little Girl collection.

I used all scraps for my banners from Echo Park Little Girl Collection and a little bit of Country drive (flower strips)

This page was so fun! Thank you so much for looking! :)

HAPPY SCRAPPING!

Mr. & Mrs.

So, I'm still working on my friend's wedding album, tying to keep the fantasy fairytale theme going, so you be the judge and tell me what you think :)

I used Little Scraps of Heaven Designs "Kissing Bride and Groom" pattern and I was going to use a picture of the kiss but they didn't give me one! They have it on video, so I chose a picture of them outside underneath a garden arch. I chose the black and white one so it would go better with the colors in the papers, the color of her dress was a purpley white, I just didn't want it to clash. I also used Graphic 45 Le Romantique paper, and I think it looks SOOOO PRETTY! I really love this page and how pretty it is :)

I used MAMBI dimensional stickers for my title, that went with the browns and tan colors of the whole book

a close up of my kissing couple.. also for sale HERE on my etsy :)

I fussy cut all the roses from one page of the G45 paper and I used Prima Say it in Crystals for some bling accents on my page :)

Let me know what you think and if this strays too far away from the Once upon a time theme for their wedding album :)

HAPPY SCRAPPING!

LSHD Challenge - Card Sketch Challenge - Father's Day Card

Today is Little Scraps of Heaven Design's, Design Team Monday! This week we have another card sketch for you! I made my bio dad a father's day card using this sketch and he just called me today and said how much he loved it! Success!! :)

Here is my card:

(sketch will be at the end of the post)

I used LSHD Biker Bear pattern, Graphic 45 Gentleman paper, and a prima flower, misted with Smooch Spritz in gunmetal, veryyyy sparkly! :) This pattern was sooooo fun to make and definitely a challenge to get all the pieces to line up perfectly but it came out so awesome!!

For the inside of my card I used a Melonheadz digi stamp, this one was a freebie I found on her site so go check her out! She makes the cutest digis!

Sketch:

Winner gets $20 in free patterns so come play with us over at LSHD!

Challenges:

LSHD - Sketch

More than Favors - Father's Day

DYSU - Men

HAPPY SCRAPPING!