Hey there! Happy Holidays! Speaking of holidays, I'm on the  Paper Issues blog today with a project for the Light the Candle challenge. This challenge has my name written all over it, especially this time of year. We celebrate Hanukkah in our home so there are plenty of opportunities to light candles. 

This year I'm so excited to have PhotoPlay Festival of Lights Hanukkah papers and ephemera  to play with. The papers have several fun patterns, including one with candles and menorahs. Couldn't have been any easier to choose that one. 

I do a lot of paper straight across the page and thought why not do something different. So it's at an angle instead.   You know Ive talked about frames before right? Well guess what I used again? That's right, frames! I just love to use them to house all kinds of embellishments. Having some themed pairs today really made this page really was a piece of cake to put together. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Check out all of the December Challenges in our Facebook Group. You can grab all of your Holiday paper needs in the Paper Issues shop. Use Devra at checkout for 20 % off your purchase. See you next time. 

Mis-BeShaving

Hey there and good morning! I'm on the Paper Issues blog today sharing this project for the Get Messy challenge. Yep. I got messy. It's not something I do in a big way. Nope. Paint scares me just enough that I will splatter it, but not take out a brush!  I do have to say, this was fun and different for me. 

I will say, this page was made way too easily because of this photo of my son with shaving cream all over his face.  The first thing I thought of was bubbles! White bubbles! We even have this awesome Bubbles cut file! Guess what I did to it?!? I painted it with some blues and grays using the new Amy Tangerine Watercolor set.  I bet you'd never guess the papers and ephemera are the new PhotoPlay Snuggle Up Baby Boy collection. Oh Yes I did. It's not just for babies! I love the masculine colors. All I did was flip the papers over to the 'B' sides and voila, they were exactly what I wanted for this page.  

Now for the rest of the messiness....I dipped the lid of my paint bottle into the white paint, then 'stamped' it onto the page, with some splatters too of course. I added bit of A Flair for Buttons flair for some color. It was looking a little to flat and too grey. We can't have that can we? 

My son can't shave himself so this has become a weekly Father/Son 'bonding' experience. Or adventure. Whichever word you prefer. He's a pretty good sport about it most of the time. Other times he has a severe case of Mis-Beshaving....

Thanks so much for stopping by my creative view today. Head over to our Facebook Group where you can find this and all of our March challenges. There is so much good new stuff in the Paper Issues shop. Get some of this PhotoPlay or something else that catches your eye. It's always 20% off when you use DEVRA at checkout. 

Crazy 8

Hey there. I'm on the A Flair for Buttons blog today. I have a really simple project to share, but I have to tell you, the flair made all the difference in it!

Yes, I'm still working my way through my holiday photos. I love this Happy Hanukkah paper collection by PhotoPlay. The colors are wonderful, the patterns are fun, but it doesn't have a lot of embellishments. Let me tell you how thankful I am to have this completely incredible Hanukkah Flair set! My page is very linear. The flair not only gives it dimension, but they made the whole page pop!

My husband and I got into the Pajama Party spirit at my work holiday party. Matching PJ's were the way to go.  Comfy and Crazy for sure!

Look how well the colors work together! The star and gift flair are a fantastic match to the papers.

This flair set is great and can be used for more than just Hanukkah.

Thanks so much for stopping by my creative view today. Come back again soon, I will have more to share!

Happy Hanukkah

Hey there and good morning! I', out on The Cut Shoppe blog today sharing a fun holiday project. I used Happy Hanukkah portion of the FriYay Freebie Celebrate the Season cut file. 

This file is so fun I wanted it to shine on its own. I used Photoplay Happy Hanukkah paper, cutting it it pretty large using as both a title and embellishment. Cutting it in darker paper then backing it in lighter paper really makes it stand out! Lastly, I used pop dots so it really looks like its jumping off the page. The rest of the page is really simple. A few PinkFresh embellishments and a piece of hanukkah A Flair fir Buttons flair and it's finished. I love it. 

I love that he still likes spending time with his grandparents. And that he likes to travel by himself. It was a pretty special hanukkah for both of them. 

Thanks for stopping by my creative view today. Share your project  with us in The Cut Shoppe Scrap Spot facebook group. We love to see what you are creating with cut files! 

Scooby Who?

Hey there! I have a project to share today for Paper Issues and A Flair for Buttons. I think Paper Issues has some of the best free electronic cut files. Like this one that I used today. It's the Inner Circle cut file, it's new, and I couldn't wait to use it. But how?

Well, all it took was finding this photo. Scooby Doo and this cut file go hand in hand! At least in my head they do. So I pulled out some PhotoPlay Boys Rule and got busy. Guess what. It worked! Navy and green, wonky patterned paper, small little clusters let this cut file be the star of this page, after the photo of course! The finishing touch for me is flair from the Super Hero set. It was perfect for this!

So Scooby Doo is like a right of passage for kids right? My son LOVED (and maybe still does) it. He had stuffed animals, blankets, books. You name it. When we went to Great American and he saw Scooby stuff all over he went nuts. He insisted on playing games so he could win more Scooby! When he saw what we call Big Scooby, he made Dad play until he won. He was so excited it was hard to say no. He carried him to the car just like that. 

Thanks so much for stopping by my creative view today. Check out all the Free Cut Files. Shop the many new paper collections in the Paper Issues shop today using DEVRA at checkout or 20% off your purchase. 

Dont Be Such a Blockhead

Good morning!  I'm sharing a project with Get It Scrapped , Paper Issues Pinspire Me challenge and A Flair for Buttons today. Titles are something I think we all had debates about. Does every page need one? Is it important?  For me. the answer is YES! I love a good title. It's an entrance to my page. Check out the Get It Scrapped blog today as we take titles to a new level by talking about Title Orientation. This is when you play with words, letters or angles to add to your story and/or photo.

The mood of the page is playful and I wanted the title to fit in with this too. Choosing a long title enabled me to play with font, color and orientation. I gave emphasis to the word 'block' by using a contrast color, red, using a serif font and finally by placing the letters into a square or blocked shape. Doing this ties the title directly to both the photo and the story of the page.

In keeping with the playful mood, I chose PhotoPlay Boys Rule. In case you haven't noticed, I have a thing for bright colors. The energy of the patterns connects with the energy of my boy playing. The square headed robot sticker was a must use. How could I not? Lastly, to soften all the square lines in the page, I added some circles, particularly the camera flair. Reminding me its a photo moment. 

My son received a set of stacking boxes as a gift. His way of exploring and playing with them was to knock them down, then put them on his head. Then he's laugh and do it all over again.

Thanks so much for stopping by my creative view today. Check out the Pinspire Me inspiration in the Paper Issues Facebook group. Head over the the Get It Scrapped blog to learn more about title orientation, and everyone needs a bit of Flair on their pages!   

Supplies: Cardstock and alphas-American Crafts, Patterned paper, stickers-PhotoPlay Paper, enamel pieces-Kaiserkraft, Bella Blvd, Simple Stories, Basic Grey, Flair-A Flair for Buttons, pen-EK Success, adhesive-Recollections, EK Success

Too Cool

It's New Years Eve! And It's also Scraplift Sunday at Paper Issues. Today we are lifting our fearless leader Cassie! Look at all he layers in her lovely wintery page!

I grabbed PhotoPlay Boys Rule today for my page. I love the bright colors and fun patterns. Let's not forget the incredible sayings on the stickers and die cuts. So I cut into some of the papers, layered up some stickers and die cuts, created some small cluster with flair. I moved the twine, but that's all I changed. Easy peasy!

My son is a character. I was cooking his dinner and turned arid to find him like this. the look on his face said, "hey Mom, speed it up would ya'! with all the attitude a teen can have!

Thanks so much for taking the journey through my creative view this year. I hope you will follow along with me next year as well. 

Shalom

Good morning! It seems this month is all about the Holidays everywhere you look.  Get It Scrapped is no exception. Holiday letters are a great jumping off point for a scrapbook page. This approach is the inspiration for today's blog article.

I don't send a holiday letter and have no plans to send one in the future. I would however consider doing a scrapbook page like this again next year. It's a nice easy way to sum up the year on one scrapbook page. The challenging part for me was coming up with a story to tell that involved all of us. To comquer that, I wrote an actual holiday letter.

I started with a design that could accommodate long journaling. Then I grabbed Happy Hanukkah by PhotoPlay to establish and support the holiday theme. 

This could also be a great way to write journaling from the perspective of each person in a photo, holiday themed or not. I would consider doing that in the future as well. 

A lot can happen in a year's time. I shared what is currently happening in each member of our family's life. For my children it's what's new for them in school this year. For my husband and I it's career changes.

Thanks so much for stopping  by my creative view today. Come back again soon, I have more to share. Check out the blog today for more Holiday letter scrapbook page ideas. 

Supplies: cardstock-American Crafts, Patterned paper and stickers-Photoplay Paper, printer-Epson, adhesive-EK Success, Recollections

Happy Hanukkah!

Hey there! I have such exciting news to share! I'm Guest Designing this week for PhotoPlay Paper featuring their brand new fabulous Happy Hanukkah collection. It's been several years since anyone created a line for hanukkah. It's so nice to be included in this years holiday release.

I started with a layout, well, you know, that's what I do best. I grabbed a few photos that to me best describe the holiday as a whole. I used all three of the papers, including cutting apart some the 3x4 cards into embellishments. I am so pleased with the selection of stickers I want to use so many! In the end, I used ones that went with my title.

Next I made a couple of 3D dreidels using cut files from the Silhouette store. I covered them with more patterned paper and the 4 Hebrew letter stickers that correspond to the Dreidel game. In all my years of Papercrafting, this is the first time I've ever had Hebrew letter stickers too use. 

Next us are a couple of cards I  made. I try really had to be a great card maker, but the reality ism the ideas don't come to me as easily as they do for layouts. I do have to say, though, I'm pleased with myself with these two. 

It is currently the week of the High Holidays, which include the Jewish new year and Day of Atonement. This first card means Peace, which is entirely appropriate for this time of year. How nice two be able to use this collection for other things other than Hanukkah. 

This card was so easy to put together using the 3x4 cards, some paper and one sticker. It's simple, but says exactly what it needs to say.

Hanukkah is a celebration. We play games as part of the celebration. Lastly, I created a Bingo board. I designed the card on my Silhouette. I used all the small stickers I could from sticker sheet. I also cut some pieces out of the 3x4 cards. The Bingo Pieces are all cut up from the Shalom paper. 

Thanks so much for being here with me at my creative view today. I had so much fun playing with this collection. If you are in the need of something like this, I highly recommend it. You can buy Happy Hanukkah in the Paper Issues shop now! Bonus, you can get it for 20% off using code DEVRA at checkout

Supplies: CS-American Crafts, Paper Accents, PP, stickers, -Photo Play, Silhouette, Silhouette Store, Bling-Queen & Co, Alphas-American Crafts

Beggars

Well, hello again! I love busy weeks like this. It means I have to make time to play with paper. Today is Pawsitively Pets day at Paper Issues. Now, this isn't any old 'scrap your pet' challenge today. Nope. This month it's all about the naughty things our pets do!

 the most part, my dog isn't that naughty. When he is, I'm not usually taking pictures of him! But while visiting family recently, he and his cousin were caught begging for food while we were cooking dinner!

I wanted this a little energetic. PhotoPlay Freestyle papers had the right colors and patterns I was looking for. I cut a few strips, then layers them. It looked a little flats I added some chipboard frames from my stash. Since it is a page about pets, it still needed to be a bit silly. I found a fun font in the Silhouette store to create the title. 

Thanks so much for stopping by my creative view today. I hope to see you playing along with all of our challenges this month. You can find them all here in the July Challenges album 

Supplies: CS-American Crafts, PP-PhotoPlay, stickers-Photo Play, MAMBI, Studio Calico, Flair-A Flair for Buttons, Silhouette, enamel pieces-KaiserKraft, Fancy Pants, Mist-Studio Calico, Heidi Swapp

Party Like a Mother

Hey there and good morning! Well, I have to say its been fun having so much to share this week. I should do this more often! I'm up on the Stuck?! Sketches blog today share my version of our 9/15 sketch. This is also my last reveal. I've enjoyed my time and look forward to seeing what the new team creates!

Just Nick is one of our birthday celebration sponsors and I used the Flower Burst2 cut file, then stitched all around it. So, I greatly exaggerated the circular element behind the photos. I needed to mov everything around. My photo was facing the other way. This sketch is so simple but can be used in so many ways. I already have 2 other pages I could create with this sketch!

I have an incredible group of friends. We call ourselves "the squad". We get together almost weekly, for Happy Hour, and on this night, a movie. BAD MOMS.  Oh. My. Goodness. This movie was hilarious. We all laughed so hard. I used a combination of paper lines, having to do with daily life and GNO. They were perfect, and so was the evening!

Thanks for stopping by my creative view today. I have more creating to do which means more to share. Come back again soon

Supplies: CS-American Crafts, PP & Stickers-PhotoPlay, Echo Park, flair-Fancy Pants, enamel dots-Freckled Fawn, Must-Heidi Swapp, Cut file-Just Nick, Silhouette, thread-DMC, alpha-Webster's Pages

Momo's Loves

Hello there! Just a really quick post today sharing a little something I created Super Bowl Sunday for a variety of challenges, including Scrap Our Stash for the Book inspired stash challenge.  

I really struggled with this cover. In the end, I went simple. I liked burst coming from behind the 'animal'. So here I used a bold striped paper coming out from behind the photos. The theme of the page is family love so the hearts were a great embellishment choice. 

I've had these photos for several years. They are the last I have with my Grandfather. I think that's why it's taken so long for me to scrap them. Although it was getting harder for Momo to get around, he could never say no to any of us. We enjoyed a beautiful winter day with a walk on the pier together. 

Thanks for stopping by my creative view today. I've got some exciting things coming up so check back here again this week.

Supplies: CS-American Crafts, PP, stickers-PhotoPlay, alpha-Thickers by American Crafts