Teacher Appreciation Week

Good morning everyone!

Today I'd like to share with you a fun project that I've made for one of my son's teachers for Teacher Appreciation Week. 

We are blessed to have three fantastic teachers this year and it only brings me joy to create something for them!

Today's post is about my first creation .. a small notepad with a fun matching pen.

I thought the notepad could easily fit in even a small purse, or sit on a desk to jot down some reminders or a to do list.

I used the following products to create this gift: 

~ Trendy Twine ~ Lemon Tart

~ Patterned paper from DCWV ~ Grade School stack

~ Washi Tape

~ Misc. ribbon

Thanks so much for stopping by today. 

I hope that this has inspired you to make something fabulous to say "THANKS" to all your favorite teachers.  They all work so hard .. for OUR children .. it's the least we can do.

PS .. If you LOVE twine as much as I do .. check out the Trendy Twine Store and pick some up!  Lemon Tart is even on sale .. but it ends soon .. so grab it fast!

Cute Calendar with Watermelon Taffy!

Hi everyone!

I'm here today to share with you my first posting for Trendy Twine!

This month the team is featuring a new color .. Watermelon Taffy!
It's bright, it's colorful .. what's not to love about a color like this.  It just screams "HAPPY".

For my project this month I've decided to make a fun pocket calendar.

As I was pulling this together the ideas of the things that could be stored in this calendar were endless. 

I could organize my sales receipts, record my etsy or ebay sales, or perhaps something for the kiddos .... like I said ... Ideas ... endless...

Here is a dimensional view giving you an idea on how large the pocket is.

A close up of those cute birds and February title

A good view of the calendar

A close up of the top details

I've used the following products to create this calendar:

1. Trendy Twine in Watermelon Taffy

2. Paper piecing patterns from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs (Twitterpated, Scalloped Shapes)

3. Patterned paper from DCWV- Baby Girl Stack and Jillibean soup - Spotted Owl

4. Washi tape

5. Epiphany Crafts Button maker

6. Misc. Gems

7. Martha Stewart Poppy border punch

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

I do hope that you'll stop by Trendy Twine and jong us in this months challenge featuring Watermelon Taffy.  Just stop by the blog HERE to find out all the details.

Trendy Twine January Challenge - Show us your mittens!

Happy January!

This month Trendy Twine is featuring a new color ...  Watermelon Taffy.

Watermelon Taffy is a new pink twisted with lime green that was introduced

in the Halloween line.  This month Trendy Twine also has a  Watermelon Taffy Mini Pack 

available that has coordinating colors.

The Trendy Twine  challenge for this month is:
 Show Us Your Mittens

Your project (of any form) must include:
Mittens
Buttons
Snowflake
Color pink
Trendy Twine

I hope that you will consider joining us for this month's challenge!  NO EXCUSES .. there is plenty of time to link your projects up.  Just head HERE when you are done to post/link your projects.

Now, here is the project that I've created for the challenge.
Now .. I have to admit that pink is NOT my thing.  Probably because I have two boys and I simply can not ever see them lovin' the color pink :)  That being said .. I really fell in love with the Watermelon Taffy twine.  It's so bright and cheerful... makes you smile!

I've created a one page layout that will hold one picture in the circle mat in the center of the page.

This was one of those ideas that evolved over time for me.  My initial thought when I read the requirements for the challenge was along the lines of "The three little kittens that lost their mittens".  This theme started out as a tag... then turned into an ornament .. which then ended up on a one page layout ... go figure.  I really do like the brightness to this and hope that you do too!

 Here is the full layout

A close up of the kitten

A close up of the circle photo mat

The left mitten and photo mat.

Close up of the mittens wrapped in twine

Close up of the button/ribbon/twine wrap

More mittens

A dimensional view

The items that I used to create this project are as follows:

1. Trendy Twine in Watermelon Taffy

2. Paper piecing patterns from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs (Playful cat, Snowflakes from Twas the Night Before Christmas, Mittens in the advent set, Small scallop border)

3. Clearsnap Colorbox chalk ink

4. DCWV paper stack - Baby Girl stack

5. American Crafts solid cardstock

6. Glitter

7. Misc ribbon from my stash

8. Buttons

Your Trendy Twine entries for the month can be entered HERE.  Please be sure to follow all the requirements.

Lastly, head on over to the Trendy Twine blog to see all the fabulous projects for this challenge from the Trendy Twine Design Team!!

New years eve celebration

I hope everyone is gearing up for a fun New Year's Eve!

My family is more of a stay-in kinda family rather than hitting the town.  We plan on ordering take out and then making some yummy homemade carmel popcorn in the evening.   We may even get crazy and go and see a movie in the early afternoon .... TALK about CRAZY! :)

Be sure to stop by the Little Scraps of Heaven Design team blog to see all the fabulous project my fellow teammates have shared for you on this fabulous Monday.  We'd love to see any wonderful creations that you have made this week to kick off the New Year.  Be sure to share them on the Little Scraps of Heaven Facebook Fanpage.  Also, be on the lookout because next week the LSHD DT is kicking off our challenges again.  There will be layout sketch challenges, card sketchs and much more.  Remember that you can't win if you don't enter!  I hope to see all of your creations soon!


To close out 2012 I've created this fun little New Year's Celebration card.  

I've used the following items to create this card:

1. Paper piecing patterns from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs - New Years Bears

2.  Twine from Trendy Twine - Orangesicle

3.  Clearsnap Colorbox Chalk inks

4. Clear Cardstock from Paper Trey Ink

5. Solid Shimmer Cardstock from DCWV

We Three Kings

Today I'd like to share with you a layout I recently completed using the We Three Kings paper piecing pattern set from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs

The full layout

The left page

The right page

Close up of the kings

Mat with pull out tag

Mat with pull out tag

Mat with pull out tag

To complete this layout I used the following items:

1. Paper piecing patterns from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs

2. Paper stack by DCWV - The First Noel

3. Twine from the TomKat Studio in Gold Shimmer

4. Colorbox Chalk inks by Clearsnap

4. Cardstock by American Crafts

5. Stickles in Platinum

6. Misc. Gems and Ribbon 

If you have any interest in purchasing this layout please check my ebay listing HERE.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Squeaky Clean

Today I'd like to share with  you a layout I made using patterns from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs.

This is a layout that I created for this weeks DT blog post.

It seems that I never have enough pics of my boys in the tub.  They simply LOVE baths .. as most children do I think.  What's not to like about splishing and splashing for what seems like hours some nights in the tub?

This is the full layout

The right page

The left page

Some close ups of the cute bears

     

A close up of the title

 A close up of the mat with the pull out tag

I used the following products to create this project:
1. Paper piecing patterns from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs (Bathtime Bears)
2. DCWV paper stack - Baby Boy Stack
4. American Crafts Cardstock
5. Colorbox Chalk inks
6. Misc. Ribbon

If you are interested in purchasing this layout, please click HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

I wish ...

I wish ....

To share with you a new layout that I've created for this weeks Little Scraps of Heaven Designs sketch challenge.

To be a part of the challenge ... click HERE for all the details.

Here is the cute sketch that we are looking at for this week:

And here is the two page layout that I've created based upon this sketch.

Remember, that when using a sketch is should spark something in your creativity!  Sometimes I create them exactly, and sometimes I take some liberties with them ... that's the beauty of it.  Have fun with it!

Here is the full layout:

The left page

The right page

Close up of turkey

Close up of Turkey

The title

Some accents

A bunch of pull out tags

The full layout with the pull out tags removed

The pull out tags

For this layout I've used the following products:

1. Paper piecing patterns from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs (I wish ... )

2. Paper from DCWV "The Wild Splendor" stack

3. Twine from Trendy twine in Chocolate Truffle

4. Miscellaneous flowers, buttons, ribbon and thread for stitching.

If you have any interest in purchasing this layout, please click HERE for more details.

Sketch Challenge at Little Scraps of Heaven Designs

Ok, I'll admit it ... 
....
Are you listening?
...

I really love sketch challenges lately!   I really do!!  
How do you feel about sketches?

It really gets me going if I'm in a rut ... if I'm in a rush .. or even if I'm overwhelmed with too many ideas in my head (which happens often).  I love how you can take someones sketch and make it your own.  That no matter what ... two people are always going to interpret the sketch differently and come out with layouts that are dramatically different!  Neat!!!

This week there is a new sketch challenge over at Little Scraps of Heaven's Design team blog.  I hope that you'll consider hopping over there and playing along with us.  There's always a chance for some fabulous files from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs ... who doesn't like a bit of cuteness with their layouts?

Here is my take on the sketch:

This is a layout that I made for a fan of my facebook page, Lisa Pontious at HoneyBearz Designs.  Lisa won a layout of mine JUST for being a fan!   This is the second time I've given away a full page layout.   I've had positive feedback from the winners and think that this is something that I'd like to continue to do with my giveways!

If you have any interest in having me create you a personal one (or two) page layout ... send me an email and we can discuss pricing based upon you're level of details.  I'd love to capture some of your special memories!   I can be reached at any time at designsthatdelight@gmail.com.  

For this layout I used the following items:

1. Cowboy pattern from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs

2. Twine in Chocolate Truffle from Trendy Twine

3. Patterned paper from "The Lodge" paper stack from DCWV

4. Solid papers by American Crafts

5. Tim Holtz distress inks

6.  Natural twine

Don't forget to join us at the LSHD DT blog to join in on the challenge!