SEM Birthday Bash Mini-Crop is Here!

Hello and welcome to the SEM Birthday Bash Mini Crop!

I am hosting Challenge #6, the Inspiration Challenge. 

My challenge is to use this photo below as your inspiration:

(bijoulovelydesigns.com)

Can I just say how much I love this quilt?? Love all those bright colors set off by the black and white...and that triangle pattern is awesome!!!

This is what I was "inspired" to create:

*I also love that I could use a bunch of my patterned paper scraps...what a great idea!!

AND NOW...I can't wait to see what you create!

You have the rest of September to play along at the Scrapping Everyday Miracles Blog.

Link to the side bar inlinkz on the SEM blog and mark the Challenge #6 in the title with your name. 

As for here on my blog there is a chance to win some BLOG CANDY....a $10 gift card to Paper Issues...

Just play along with my challenge and then leave me a comment here on my blog!

(I'll post the winner here on October 1st)

And also be sure to look back all the fun challenges that SEM has for you this month--our September monthly challenge--and all the 6 Birthday Bash Mini-Crop Challenges, and play along with one, two or all!! Have fun creating this month!!

September SEM Challenge Pages to Share

I created this layout for Scrapping Everyday Miracles using the sketch below from Bev Code.

Paper from Doodlebug Designs.

Then I made a coordinating layout based on a PageMaps sketch.

Paper and Stickers from Doodlebug Designs.

Be sure to check out our SEM September challenges and play along!

Two for You!

I did samples for both the card and layout challenges this month at Scrapping Everyday Miracles that I'm excited to share with you.

This is the card sketch.

And here is the card I created:

Used Pebbles "Happy Day" line

Here's the Layout sketch:

And here's my take on it:
I loved creating this layout about when we got to have Ellie's classroom pet for a weekend--Madrasha the guinea pig. 

Used Elle's Studio "Everyday Moments" line plus a fish-mash of other fun embellishments. 

With a close-up:

Love You Card

Here's my latest card for Scrapping Everyday Miracle's April challenges...you can check them out here: April SEM Challenges.

Here's the card sketch from Design Team member Bev Code.

And here's my take on it...

Nearly all the products I used are from Pebbles, other than the enamel dots (from MME and Target) and the twine (Darice).

Purrrfect Day Card

This summer Ellie and I got to take a fun trip to visit my friend Mendi and her 2 daughters in Vancouver, WA. We had the best time and I so enjoyed getting to scrap in her awesome scrapbook room. She convinced me to try my hand at a call for cards at Paper Crafts Online. I used some of her cute stamps to create this Cat themed card, and although I didn't get chosen, I still wanted to share my card:

Stamps by Paper Smooches

SEM Card Challenge Cards

Scrapping Everyday Miracles blog is back up and running and I'm so happy to be continuing on with the Design Team...this will be my third year with SEM!

 We kicked off with a Mini Crop in September, and now we're back to our monthly Challenges in October.

Here's the October Challenge Card sketch by Bev Code...

Here's my October Card Sketch sample:

You have the entire month of October to link up to any of our challenges...hope you join us!!

Here's my sample for the Mini Crop back in September.

Based on this card sketch by Bev Code (I just rotated the sketch for my card):

Summer Layouts

It's my daughter Ellie's 9th Birthday today!!! I LOVE YOU Ellie!!!

To celebrate her, I wanted to share a few fun "Ellie" layouts with you today...

This first layout was scrap-lifted from Scrapbooks and Cards Today magazine (Summer 2014 Issue). 

(scrap-lifted from layout by Amy Coose)

My Ellie girl and one her best friends, Gracie. They always have so much fun together.

Here's the corresponding page...