Up-cycled gift card mini album challenge

Here is another challenge I did for Absolutely Alter It NSD mini crop.

If you're like me, you get a lot of gift cards over the holidays.  Usually, they get used, and then thrown away.  Did you ever wonder what to do with them, instead of throwing them away?  How about making a mini album out of them?

On this little mini, I used papers from  Kaisercraft "Nan's Favorites" collection.  Give it a try, and you might be surprised what you can come up with!

Kate's Distress Tag With Water Challenge

Here is the tag I made for Kate's "Distress tag with water challenge" over at Absolutely Alter It.  I was unsure of how it was going to turn out at first because the color looked like heavy bruising.  After dropping water on the tag, and stamping the images, I think it's lovely.  Thanks, Kate!

NSD Twisted Sketch Challenge #1

  

Here is my first layout, which took me forever!  This is Challenge #1 from The Scrap Room, and is called Twisted Sketch challenge.  It sure tied me in knots!  Ha, ha!  The challenge was to do a layout using the sketch and punch.  I punched the edge of patterned paper.  I struggled with this a bit, and resorted to blatant product vomit.  I'm not crazy about it, so it's on to the next one!

Happy NSD!! I'm getting my scrap on!

Here is my layout for the May sketch challenge at The Scrap Room.  I loved the sketch, but only only had two larger photos that would fit in a column. 

I also used this as an inspiration for another challenge over at Absolutely Alter It to do a layout about motherhood.

The paper and embellies are from My Mind's Eye Follow Your Heart "Be Amazing" collection.  I love them!

Birthday card

Anton went to a friend's birthday party last weekend, and I decided to make the boy a card, since I have all this paper and stuff at my disposal.  I used the Echo Park "It's a Boy's Life" collection from last month's Paper Lovelies kit, which is perfect for projects like this. 

National Scrapbooking Day mini crop!

Tomorrow, May 5th, is National Scrapbooking Day!  Please join us for a mini crop at Absolutely Alter It message board.  We will have challenges, games, and maybe even some prizes! 

Feeling Punchy!

Challenge #2 this month at Counterfeit Kit Challenge is to use your punches on a project. I have plenty of punches, but don't use them as often as I'd like. This was the perfect opportunity!

I decided to use my Martha Stewart Butterfly punch on an ATC I made for another challenge. Jess posted a challenge at "Absolutely Alter It" to make an ATC and to purposefully use "Product Vomit" on the ATC. This is not hard to do, since the cards are only 2 1/2 X 3 1/2. I tried to squeeze as much stuff on there as I could while still attempting to make it look attractive.