Kona Le'a Coffee

Our day in Kona was one of our most-anticipated. We chose to take the Explosion of Flavor tour on which we would visit the Hawaiian Chocolate Factory, Kona Le'a Coffee Plantation, and the Hawaiian Vanilla Company. We were certainly not disappointed - it was an "explosion of flavor" and then some!


Cardstock/Paper: TLC - Runway
Misc: Luxe - travel rub-ons; chipboard; Sizzix - Aphrodite; MM - rub-ons; pop dots

Pub Crawl!

One of the many things we really loved about our Hawaiian cruise was the fun ship-sponsored activities. We never found ourselves wanting for anything to do. On one such afternoon, we participated in a pub crawl where we got to sample a drink at each bar, play some games, and make some great friends. We laughed ourselves silly that day!


Cardstock/Paper: TLC - Slumber Party
Misc: chipboard; pink gems; Sizzix - Broadway Melody; Uniball - Signo white gel pen; DCWV - rub-ons; misc. satin ribbon; Zips; Zots; Xyron; pop dots

Mudbugging

There are quite a few layouts from our Hawaii album that I have not shown you. Slowly but surely I'm finishing up this album. Sad when it takes you two years to get the layouts done. LOL! For this layout, I used another one of Becky Higgins' sketches. A basic recipe sure makes pages come together more quickly!

While we were in Kona, we went mudbugging on the old sugar plantation. We had a blast "gettin' dirty" on the trails. It was beautiful country to drive through and we even recognized several of the vistas from movies like "Jurassic Park" and "Six Days Seven Nights."


Cardstock/Paper/Elements: TLC - Urban Threads; kraft

Ink: SU - chocolate chip (edge distressing)

Misc: TLC - brown distressed rub-ons; Sizzix - alpha; Luxe - travel words rub-ons; pop dots; Canon photopaper; Xyron 250

Gift Set No. 6

This is the second (well, actually the fourth when you count the ones you've already seen from this post here and here) of five birthday cards in the gift set. Definitely a masculine feel.

Base: white pre-scored card

Cardstock: stone; hunter; navy; SU - more mustard

Ink: SU - night of navy, more mustard, chocolate chip, handsome hunter

Stamps: SU - Unfrogettable (sentiment), Simply Circles

Misc: MM - navy brads; Luxe - rub-ons; 1/4 in hole punch; pop dots; Crop-a-dile

Inspiration here

Inspired

My mom sent me this beautiful thank-you card.

And that inspired the layout for this sympathy card.

Cardstock: SU-regal rose, old olive, bordering blue; white
Stamps: SU-Delight in Life; Luxe-Luxeurious acrylics
Ink: SU-regal rose; Versafine-onyx
Misc: big brad, decorative scissors, olive ribbon, watercolor pencils, blender pen, Stickles-pink, DCWV-rub-on stitching

Hawaii Layouts

Whoohoo! I finally have something to show for myself after several long weeks of nothing. In honor of National Scrapbooking Day, I spent Saturday afternoon in the craft room (instead of cleaning house...LOL). Here's a sampling of what I got done. All of these layouts are based on sketches by Becky Higgins - her formulas are so easy to adapt & use!

You may remember this layout from a previous post. I don't know if I mentioned it, but I was disappointed with some empty space on the left page. I couldn't think of anything to put to fill the void. I tried the flower, but it just didn't do it for me. Then I got my new Luxe prize pack & saw the stamps - perfect! The flower on the right page is not permanent; I can't decide if I like it or not. It's growing on me. (No pun intended)

All paper: TLC Runway - Tressie Circles
Ribbon: K&Co - Happy Trails
Rub-ons: TLC - Vacation
Dimensional stickers: K&Co
Sizzix: Circus

TLC Quicksand Kit
TLC Runway - Salt & Pepper Circles; Caroline Circles
Cardstock: olive & brown
Sizzix: Aphrodite & Sassy Serif
Misc: button, pop dots

Here are two layouts that are still in-progress. I opted to show only one page of the two-page spreads. They were the ones most finished/presentable.

Paper: TLC Runway - Salt & Pepper Circles
Cardstock: olive
Misc: green flower brads
Sizzix: Script

Paper: TLC Runway - Retro Shapes
Other paper: Luxe - Simple Dot Turquoise
Tag: Luxe - Simply Turquoise
Misc: brown buttons
All other elements from TLC kit

I Frogot

After making a card for a friend's husband, I realized I had forgotten to send her a card for her birthday (which was almost a month ago!). So I pulled out my favorite stamp set - yep, the frogs. They're just so darned cute & the sentiment was perfect. I "fixed" a big booboo - I totally mucked up the sky in the background - by cutting the frog out & mounting dimensionally on top of blue cardstock. Voila - the sky returns all pretty! Whew!

Cardstock: not quite navy, white, hunter green
Stamps: Unfrogettable
Ink: onyx
Misc: pop dots, black stitched ribbon, ribbon slide, tacky tape, burnished brads, rub-on stitching, pearl embossing powder, versamark, watercolor pencils, blending pen

Sympathy

Inspiration for this sympathy card came from here. I use this website a lot for ideas. I dug in my stash of patterned paper & found the perfect base for the rest of the card.

Paper: SU-Wintergreen
Cardstock: cream, lt. aqua, sage, white
Stamps: Polka Dots & Petals
Ink: always artichoke, taken with teal, onyx
Misc: aqua brads, Luxe rub-ons, pop dots, paper piercing tool

Birthday

This is another stamp from the coordinating set designed for the scallop punch from Stampin' Up. And the design is based on the example in the most recent Sale-a-Bration catalog. Turned out really cute!

Cardstock: rose red, regal rose, brocade blue
Stamp: So Many Scallops
Ink: rose red, brocade blue, summer sun, old olive
Misc: scallop punch, tacky tape, pop dots, pink staples, DCWV rub-ons, metal tag, lt. aqua grossgrain ribbon, pink fibers, watercolor marker, CM circle cutter

Hopping You Get Well

Background: white card
Cardstock: navy, spring green, white
Stamps: Unfrogettable
Ink: black
Misc: green brad, black stitched ribbon, MM- Rummage rub-on, yellow-green flower, green polka-dot brad, white pen, watercolor pencils, blender pen
Original design found here

Layouts 06/17/07

Here are some layouts of our recent trip to New York City. The pages for this trip are still a work-in-progress. These are the layouts that are just about finished.

Times Square
Background: American Crafts 39838
Letters: Aphrodite
Tressie
Memory Gems
Center: AC 39838
light orange cardstock
white cardstock
Journaling/small photos: AC 39838
light orange cardstock
white cardstock

Central Park
Background: Ice Motif
Photo: Urban Camo brown
Ice Motif cream
Elements: brown riboon
Enamored tags
chipboard D
pop dots











Tour
Background: Blue Raspberry Collage
Photos/Journaling: Urban Camo brown
Ice Motif cream
cream cardstock
Elements: Bonjour Brass brads
Serene Joy rub-ons
Burnished silver brad
Silver tag
Square metal buttons