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This is from my 14th birthday when we traveled to NYC a mear day trip all the time.

Influence came from creating keepsakes december issue where most of this inspiration comes from.  I really loved the purple influence of the dat picture i took that really plays up all of the colors throughout.

All purple is from mitten weather by cosmo, butterflys are from tim holtz w/ vintage photo, background is basic grey basics, pink letters from heidi grace.

a few simple pictures with having the color play up the scenery.

Mitten Weather ornament

a quick and easy holiday fix! 

a semi flattened ornament from michaels that is plastic and swirled the paint within it and drained out the excess.  I then decorated with ready set chip and some dashed lines for the mitten strings. 

A great package topper or gift!

Peace Frame

This quick easy project is a great way to remember the holidays.

Using cosmos mitten weather I covered a chipboard frame with the paper and edged it with vintage photo.  I added some cutout pieces, and lace to the bottom.

I finished it off with "peace" from a hero arts small font stamp set.

quick and cute!

A Gift Tag

This is a sure fine easy gift tag!

I took a regular manila tag and covered it with soft green cardstock and some patterned paper from cosmos mitten weather.

I added a tag sticker from the sticker sheet  to easily put this together.  At the seem of the two papers I added a simple button border. 

A cute easy embelishment that I found was taking a piece of doiley and inking over it with fired brick from tim holtz.  A great color flash is simply added this way.

valley

I love to horseback ride,  anything with animals and the connecting like this that you are able to have with them is undeniable.

Cosmo mitten weather is always some sort of highlight latley, of course design team would be calling. ahh I just want to know who is going to win!  I really love this color combo and I did not expect it turning out aswell as I like it.

Backround red is from jenni bowlin that has a little black distress it really mimics the demask red from myminds eye.  The faint purple polka realy adds a contemporarty depth without overpowering the other papers.

The sketch comes from creating keepsakes and I mimicked from their christmas issue, let me know if you are able to find which one it is!

Embelisments include me and my big ideas tape ribbon, michaels resin leafs (normally the button ons)  recollections kids horse stickers (they were adorable and could not pass the not too cutesey stickers up!)  and as always there are some simple buttons. 

I love love this, again letting the pictures speak for themselves.

Beyond Words

A real layout redo!

The top one was way too traditional for my liking, and I just needed to change it!

Cosmo mitten weather to the rescue!  There is probably every color of the rainbow in here, but I love the unexpected twist. 

An orange base really set these colors off, I then layered some kraft with other mitten weather pieces.

I embellished with some lace, ready set chip, and sassafras stickers. what fun pops of color with traditional supplies!

Joy tag

This was a quick and simple tag that could dress up a great layout.

It is a regular size tag that I ran through my textile cuttlebug folder and inked with fired brick distress ink.

There is a piece of paper that runs right behind my paper cutout, I love that allover patter and it was a perfect cutout!  Also layered is a suede green leaf and funky punched heart out of craft with mikes studio 18 letter stamps in black sut.

I added a piece of ready set chip that was inked and finished it off with a few pieces of ribbon in festive colors.

A New Present

These pictures come from when I was 3 months old at my first christmas.  I thought the bow made the title fitting say that i was a present.

Background creme and red paper is from bazzill basics. it is accented with some mitten weather paper on the sides.  Embelishments mostly include mitten weather chip board pieces.

Title is cosmo readyset chip,  colorbok letters and I gold embossed inkadinkado letters. Some micheals ribbon and basic grey basics piece finished off this quick layout!

Love to You

Another cosmo card coming your wayy!!  I love this mitten weather collection and how versatile it is!

The background kraft base is stamped with the start stamped pictured and embossed with UTEE to give a mute yet patterned background my new favorite technique. 

The holly paper was probably my favorite from the entire stack and the reverse is the versitile polka dot.  To create a border a scalloped circle punch with some garden variety paper simple yet the colors pop!

The card is finished with rounded corners a ready set chip deer (my favorite piece) and a woodware usa sentiment.

Ride Now

I have been going bananas with this cosmo cricket mitten weather.  Bet you never thought you could use it for other things?!

I love these pictures of me riding, this is the last horse show I was in over a year or so ago I think?  I love to show, and i still currently ride Rico (horse).

Background black paper is from Jenni Bowlin, its almost a little washed so its not a true black.  I felt this was a great accent to the frosty greens.

I combined Cosmos Joy ride collection (green polka dots)  with the mitten weather collection (frosty green with white print)  I love the play of how perfect these two are together, its a fun fresh retro inspired look. LOVE! I accented inbetween with some regular kraft.

I decided for no title because of the "ride on" tag from the joy ride collection.  It was perfect and compliments the green perfectly.  I created a little flag effect below it with some more joyride paper, jenni bowlin sticker and twill tape.

On my oposite page i accented with some more horseshoe twill tape, love and a brad and some of those dew drop things.

I am so happy that I could finally complete a layout with some journaling!  That part usually takes me the longest to get to, because I hate sitting on the computer and writing my thoughts.  Its finished, and i LOVE it!

It's Hard To Be Good

A Cosmo Christmas for sure.

Yes there is so many elements to this page but combining different elements is always a great joy for me.  The background and circle cut paper are from the mitten weather collection.  the 6X6 paper to offset the bright colors is a calender paper from tim holtz lost and found collection.  I accented the circle with some red saddle stitch ribbon from mikes.

the title came from the card sheet in the collection pack and thought it was a great Christmas fun title.  Basic grey letters, colorbok letters, and girls paperie letters were used to spell everything out.

The bottom accent features a vinatage card, embossed piece of tag, basic grey basics sticker, cosmo chip.

Other accents include cosmos chipboard that added glossy accents too, and cosmos stickers.

A Mitten Weather Christmas Layout!

 first laying out my papers for proper placement.

I have had a ton of fun playing with his mitten weather collection and breaking out old Christmas photos that NEED to be scrapped.  These photos are from when I was a new born (left) and before I was born with my siblings.


Having a pattern background always seems to scare me once in awhile but this flocked candy cane stripe from SEI christmas collection was just the right color. I then incoorporated a pale green background to mimick the soft colors cosmo cricket tends to use.

I used bits and pieces from mitten weather just to enhance the photos like the red dots and green flourishes.  I really love the border piece going down the center that almost gives the layout a feel of two in one, and also the need for no title!

Embelishments include ready set chip pieces I inked with green from timholtz, and some pale buttons to accent the lines of the paper and the chip.

A LOT going on but subtly it can all be a cohesive theme together.

CosmoCricket Card #1

Ah the start of applying for DTM for Cosmo Cricket.  Get ready for many posts to come!

I have been really getting into unexpected color combination with this collection Mitten Weather.   Also remember me saying I HATE card making?  Somehow I was able to create a card that I actually like. 

Other than the obvious strips I had cut up a retro punched flower out of garden variety which gives an unexpected flair. A white embossed snowman,  dark brown sentiment and some faux white stitching on a kraft base is all you need for a quick card.  Corner rounding certainly finishes this card off.

Thanks everyone!

until next time...