Silly little card

I made this silly little card this evening.  I generally do cards aimed at a birthday or holiday but this one is just meant to brighten someone's day... not sure I've ever done one of those outside of an SU party.  I definitely went in different directions than I usually do by both changing that "theme" and by using, yes, wait for it, FLORAL PAPER!  AHHHHH!  :)



Ingredients:
Cardstock: Yellow (Stampin' Up), Shimmery Raspberry (DCWV)
Print paper: Pocket full of Posies (DCWV)
Stamps: Tricycle (Unity), Sentiment (Technique Tuesday)
Misc: Glitter (Martha Stewart), Copics (for buttons)

Paper Crafts Color Inspiration #9:

Card Patterns: Sketch 133:

Sweet Stampin': Flowers
Shopping Our Stash: No coloring (the paper I won this summer but I rarely use floral papers so this definitely something that could sit for a while.  The yellow paper is left from my son's birth announcements.  He's 4 now.)
Crafter's Cafe: GHWI #6: Buttons, Bows or Bling
Southern Girls: #28 Anything Goes
Fab n' Funky: #91: A Theme Hard for You

Blog candy over at Creations by Alison

This is for her followers and I usually don't push the "You must be a follower" candy but she has some great work.

Where ya been?!

You may be asking yourself that about me.  Then again, since it's only been 2 days, you may not.  I'll guess the latter actually.  However, whether or not you're interested, I'll give you an idea.  This time of year I get crazy cravings for fall- cool air, crisp breezes, fall colors, sweatshirts and jeans.  Of course, this year I have to smack myself on the head to remind myself that I live in NC and none of that will really happen for another month though these 85deg days are an improvement over this summer.  However, what it all really means is that I have a crafting frenzy come upon me and this year it hit me bad. So far we have

1. The Halloween banner last week
2. The conversion of a tshirt my husband gave me over a year ago- he wanted short sleeve instead of long (not crafty but had to be done since I found it!)
3. More non-craft but MUST BE DONE: Hemming up a pair of jeans I bought LAST summer...yep, they've been languishing for over a year.   I'm not a seamstress by ANY stretch and doing things like cutting off 6" of a pair of relatively expensive pants stresses me out a bit... so I don't do it quickly.  Why buy them?  Because I tell myself this will be the time I'll hem them with no reservations.  Uh huh.  Sure Jen.  You keep telling yourself that.
4. The continuation towards completion this week (I hope) of a Halloween project I started a few years ago.  Yeah.  A few.  Like... 6 or 7 probably.  Yeah.  It's bad.  I do that- I start something, get bored, decide I don't want to sew anymore (Did I mention REALLY don't like sewing), whatever, and the project gets dropped for a year or 6.  And there's another part of it this project I started and can't even find.  *sigh*  This is the pattern the projects are from:

5. A big pile of lightly felted sweater pieces on my table being turned into felt leaves.  I'd love to show you a picture but darn if I can lay hands on a camera right now.  I picked up a few wool sweaters at Good Will the other day and tried felting them in the wash.  1. Hmmm... put them in a tied up pillow case when washing so the PILES of lint that come off don't go down the waterways?  I wish I'd known that before I washed them 4x.  Hopefully it wasn't enough to foul up our washer lines!!!  2. Top-loading washer= good for felting.  Top-loading washer without the central spindle= not so good- there's not as much agitation= lightly felted.  Adding golf balls to the pillow cases before tying helps and didn't seem to bang around in the washer too much... I hope. 

These were sort of the inspiration for where I was going with this:

 So hopefully, once I finish this pile of goodies, I'll get back to papercrafting.  I just received a set of Unity stamps from Aletha over at The Crafter's Cafe.  My Halloween potion card was randomly picked for that challenge so I won a fab set of stamps AND I'll be a guest designer in Oct.  Whoo hoo!  My first GD position.  It may have been random but I'll take it!  I also signed up this evening to be a "Growing in Unity" featured designer in 2012.  I really need to start doing more of this - sticking my foot in the door because while no one's slamming it in my face (been there, felt that!), no one's going to hold it open if they don't even know I'm outside. 

Hope you're all having a good week!  I'll get some pix up when I've got some goodies to show and I can uncover a camera.

Sorry about the previous post!

I was trying to figure out putting posts on multiple pages before I understood how Pages work.  Silly me.  Sorry about that.

Birthday Balancing Act card

There are 2 challenges on blogs I follow for circus/carnival/fair themes.  At first I was going to let them move to the marked read pile in Reader because I couldn't think of anything I had related to those themes.  Then I remembered the "Jest Between Friends" stamp set.  It certainly isn't new but it's still one of my favorites.

I'm REALLY happy with the end result on this one.  YAY!  :)

Ingredients:
Paper: Print: Creative Imaginations, LLC  Black: Michaels
Stamps: Stampin' Up
Ink/Colors: Momento Ink, Copics
Twine: Whisker Graphics

Challenges:
Paper Crafts: Sept. Gallery Challenge
Scrappin' Chics: Carnival/Fair
Southern Girls: Layers and/or birthday
The Stamping Boutique: Birthday

Great giveaway over at Life in the Craft Lane

This month, Julie McGuffee is giving away a DVD set from "Scrapbook Soup."  Personally, I hadn't heard of the show but I had a look at the site and they look fantastic.  Entries are gained by going around the circle of blogs and finding the ones with the Scrapbook Soup logo- easy enough and some fantastic projects along the way.  Have a look!!

Halloween Pennant Banner

I did it.  I FINALLY made a pennant banner.  They've been the rage for how long?  And I'm FINALLY getting around to it?  I really like them- I just hadn't gotten to it until now.

Let see.  The crazy ingredient list.

Designer paper: Purple: Basic Grey, Orange/Green: Target $1 aisle
Cardstock: SU, Michaels
Glitter: Martha Stewart
Cricut Cart: Happy Hauntings
Eyelets: Making Memories
Punch: SU
Misc: Buttons: ?  Glue... I have to mention this because it's Beacon's 3 in 1 for paper and it ROCKS!!!  I got it for CKC, used it there first last weekend and I'm already through 1/2 of it because I'm using it for EVERYTHING!

Challenges:
Quick Quotes: #2: Anything with a Banner

Retro Rocket Baby

Last weekend at CKC, the October Afternoon "Rocket Age" line was HIGH on my shopping list.  I ended up finding a collection pack and snatched it up FAST.  What I can't believe is that I already cut into it.  This from a woman who's been hoarding papers from CKC LAST year until just recently.  Hooray me!  :)

I saw October Afternoon's Thur. sketch challenge and really liked it.  I considered the papers I had, thought of the Rocket Age ones and then remembered some older pictures of Boy.  Ok.  Truthfully?  These are from RIGHT before he turned one and they're the oldest pix of him I've ever scrapped.

Here's the sketch:

It's not a whole lot to turn into a 2pg spread but it just worked SO well to do so.  The only things that aren't from the OA line are the small star accents (I stamped stars from an SU wheel and cut them out) and the solids (red- SEI, blue- Bazzill).  I saved as much paper as possible by actually cutting the background papers to size and adhering them to a white 12x12 that's included in the album.  When you only have 2 sheets of each paper and you LOVE it,you waste NOTHING!  In fact, the meteor on the 2nd page and the astronomical chart in the top corner of the 1st were cut from the page that comes with the collection showing small pix of what's actually in the set.  In other words, I cut up the index page.  I'd never thought of it before but they were the perfect sizes and worked perfectly.  Like I said, I'm using this one VERY frugally. 

Distressed Fall Card

It's simple but I like this one.  If I were to do it again, I would use a different stamped image- the tree doesn't translate very well, but I still like it.

Ingredients:

Paper: CS: Very Vanilla, Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive: Stampin Up; Dotted DSP: ??

Stamp: Lovely As a Tree: SU

Ink: Basic Black: SU; Walnut, Linen: Tim Holtz; Pesto, Espresso, Ginger: Adirondack

Misc: Button: SU, Tiles: Tim Holtz, Brad: ??

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp: Stamp-tember Blog Hop

More Tim Holtz Tags

I've taken several more TH tag classes over at the LSS, I just hadn't posted the photos.

These last 2 have definitely been my favs- LOVE the last one.  :)

How I Spent Last Weekend or What I did at CKC

I signed up for 5 classes but after taking one look at the vendor faire, I knew I needed to take another class- I had too much shopping time for too few vendors.  The Charlotte faire isn't nearly the size of the Valley Forge faire, the only other CKC I'd attended.  It was a GOOD faire and I was more than able to spend WAY too much money, just not BIG so it didn't require the time to browse that I'd allowed.  There were a LOT of premade/laser cut LO vendors and a LOT of vendors selling precut ribbons.  I was bummed not to see Dollar Scrapbooking or another vendor from VF (don't remember name) that sold pop dots and other goodies for $1.

I don't have pix of everything but what I do have is:
Make and Takes

Studio Calico's Misting and More.  Loved this class!  Some great techniques and a great chance to use SC's Mister Huey mists.  The BOGO coupon from this class was great.  I walked away from the booth with 2 sampler sets and 2 individual bottles of spray.  Also, I won a set of stamps as a Door Prize (DP)  (there were 2 or 3) and EVERYONE in class was given a full set of stamps (I think it was SC's last show and they were getting rid of some stuff.)

Lickety Split's Gifts Galore for Food II

I wasn't sure what to expect or if I'd like the class because I don't care for premade/laser cut LOs and that's what LS specializes in.  In the end, GREAT class and I'd take the class III they're developing for next year.  These weren't rocket science projects and easily found online but honestly, I don't think I would have ever made any of them if I hadn't taken the class and now, I think I'll be making quite a few.  They also gave us the makes to create a birthday countdown calendar that goes on a muffin tin (to be made at home).  The only thing we needed to supply was the tin.  I put it all together last night- very cute.  I don't have a picture of it but the nice thing is that it can be easily bagged up and saved flat for another year while the tin can be used for another calendar (I think I'll make a Halloween one.)  There were quite a few DP's including a LOT of extra bags of M&M's purchased for class.

Technique Tuesday's In Bloom.  Again, this wasn't rocket science and I've actually made several of these flowers myself but several were new, there were some tweaks that were nice to learn, and it makes for a nice little guide.  Everyone got a coupon for the booth for a small set of stamps with a $10 purchase.  Quite a few NICE DP's in this class.

These are some flowers I've made on my own prior to this class.  Again, not sure I NEEDED this class but I'm pretty happy with the output.

Technique Tuesday Explosion Box (still working on that one).  This was the class I picked up and I'm really glad I did.  I'd considered it but passed initially.  I love the box- the big problem's going to be finding photos for it.  The only problem I ran into was that the outer "page" of the box seemed a bit too big and I had to do quite a bit of trimming last night to get it to fit into the lid.  "" for coupons and DP's.

CK Material Girl layouts (I'm working on the first, I probably won't do the 2nd as instructed as I didn't care for it).  Overall, I like the first though not as much as I thought I would.  The sticky fabric was kinda neat to work with- I may look into getting some.  A few DP's but I don't remember what.  No coupons.

Prima Marketing's Get Your Grunge On.  The album is nice but probably nothing I couldn't have done on my own.  However, I hadn't worked with a chipboard album before and there was a FABU tape that Prima puts out that we used for binding some page edges.  While the class was pricey, the kit was HUGE.  I probably won't use near the number of flowers included on the album because while the pages ARE boyish, I just don't think putting too many flowers in it is.  Overall, good class with a killer kit of goodies (including a fab reusable wood/plexi box full of chipboard letters.)  No doorprizes or coupons but the kit was intended to make up for the lack of DP's.

I also went to the Friday night crop.  I hadn't gone last year so didn't know what to expect.  I've heard mixed reviews of the goodie bag everyone gets- I thought it was great!  I had no problems with the amount of space we each had to work in and the lighting was good in my world.  There were lots of vendors that set up for either the whole evening or just 20min or so.  Sorry I missed the cool shirts at Quick Quotes, thrilled I was the first person to discover Technique Tuesday setting up and I was able to grab first choice of their grab bags.  There was one game played based on a TV show... "what can you do in a minute" or something like that... sorry, not a big game/reality show watcher.  A LOT of REALLY nice DP's and what floored me was that EVERYONE got a DP!  NICE!

Sesame Place layout

Sorry but this is going to be quick.  I got back from CKC yesterday evening and I'm just trying to get things put away/rearranged/cleaned up/blah/blah/blah.

The first Aug. challenge over at Better Living Through Scrapbooking: Was there an event or moment you found yourself wishing to capture but without a camera on hand? Make a layout or project that conveys the point without a photo. Find a way to replace the picture with something that represents the subject in some way.
Use at least 2 of the following:
1. Hand-stitch on your project
2. Include at least 3 red items
3. Stamp on your project
4. Use a non-patterned (solid colored) paper for the main background of the layout

We went to Sesame Place last year and one of the many "blechs" of the day was that I couldn't find my camera before we left so no photos.  This challenge was the perfect time to finally scrap what I had from that day and put it all behind me.   :)

Obviously I used solid papers and I found tape wasn't keeping the map pocket together well enough so stitching it was the perfect solution.

Bubbling Halloween card

Ingredients:

Stamps: Unity's Love Potion #9. 
Paper: G45's Halloween in Wonderland, the strips of a paper that I can't identify.  :) 
Misc: Cuttlebug spiderweb folder, Copics, Dimensional glaze, Stickles
I created the bottom sentiment in Word to match the DSP. 

Challenges:
Crafter's Cafe Unity/Ippity challenge #4: Color challenge
A La Card Monkey: Challenge 70: Halloween/sketch

2009 Halloween Layout

Well, I just did something that if you'd told me a month, or even a few days ago I'd be doing, I would have laughed at you.  I used 5 different patterned papers on a layout.  Ok, ok.  So they were from the same DCWV stack but still!  You have to understand that I didn't TRULY buy any patterned papers with the intent of REALLY using them until last year.  Sure, I'd bought some and used bits and pieces here and there but I've only recently decided to REALLY use them.  I went to Joann's last week to get the new DCWV autumn stack but decided in the end that though I need more Halloween paper like I need a hole in the head, I liked and would likely use the Ghosts & Goblins stack the most.  Guess I was right on THAT one.

This was one of my baggies of photos I wanted to scrap (I've gone through a lot of my photos and separated different events into sandwich baggies of photos- then I can just grab a pack and go or I can easily flip through all events looking for 1 that has x number of photos if I find a layout I like) and the DCWV August Stack-a-holic Template Challenge sketch works really well for them... or at least I think it does.  I thought it worked so well that for once, I didn't really even tweak the sketch.  Ok, well, maybe a smidge but less than usual!

Everything is from the Ghosts & Goblins stack except the green paper (not sure whose it is honestly), and the letters (Halloween rub on- October Afternoon, Number stickers- Piggy Tales)

New craft board with giveaway

I just saw this over at Scrapcat Cards by Linda...
There is a new group over at a place called Crafters Cafe. They would like to invite you all to come check it out, say hi, and would love for you to join them.  Even better, someone wins this candy!

Udderly Tickled Pink card

I really need to get a gift in the mail to a friend's daughter for her 4th bday but first I needed a card. 

This one is real simple and unfortunately cropped a bit odd- the base card is white.  The inside says, "Udderly tickled pink" and then I wrote "it's your birthday."  I penned in bowties on the cows just because I thought they needed a bit of "pop".

Ingredients:
SU papers, stamps and watercolor crayons.  Staedtler watercolor pencils

I'm entering it over at Sweet Stampin' Challenge's Down on the Farm challenge and Southern Girls Challenge #25: Black & White with a Pop.

Who's it going to be layout

I set up the easel outside the other day for Boy to go to town and he went to town, city and metropolis. Once we ran out of drying line for paper art, he moved onto body art (I'm a big fan of the leaves he used to complete the look).

I spattered the Jackson Pollock side, background and title, with acrylic paints. I used metallic crayons on the Kat Von D background paper (they have a really nice shimmer that don't show up well on camera) and watercolor crayoned the name. I then smudged the crayon onto the title background paper for a bit more finish.

I was entering this in the CK Summer Camp Arts & Crafts challenge but just realized that submissions had to be made within 24hrs of the challenge post.  Oh well.

Ingredients:
Papers: Stampin' Up & misc
Cricut cartridges: Happy Hauntings, A Word Party
Sizzix die: Naturally Serif
Coloring supplies: Metallic crayons: Crayola, Watercolor Crayons: Stampin' Up, Acrylic paints

Reminder of 2 monthly challenges/giveaways going on

Life in the Craft Lane is giving these away this month:

and Better Living Through Scrapbooking has their first Aug. challenge up.  Check 'em out!!

I'm back in the saddle again!

Obviously, it's been a while.  First there was the recovery from those 8 days on the road which led straight into our parents coming and visiting for a long weekend to having Boy at home with me for a week while recovering from the visit.  Needless to say, little crafting has been done since mid-July.  BUT... I'm getting back to it... 5pgs!  Yay!!

Let's see.  What's to be said?  ...   Ummmm.... not much.  :) 

I'm entering this in the My Mind's Eye #26 Layout challenge- the first page is from a sketch they provided and the print paper, journal card, and all embellishments are theirs. Hopefully it's enough. It's supposed to be 80% their product. The blue papers aren't theirs (Core-dinations) but I'm not sure if they go 80% surface area or 80% number of items. Oh well. It is what it is.

I made a decision not to fuzz faces here.  I hope I don't offend anyone but I've included no names so...  I used the invite as the title and subtitle- I thought the banner she created made a nice title replacement and banners are just all the rage- why recreate the wheel?  KISS and all that good stuff.  :)  The invite is actually slipped into a pocket I made with the photo strip below it.  That keeps the deets of the party (address, date, etc.) bit more "secluded" but available if desired. 

I'm entering this in the Simply Betty #3 challenge- make a pocket and Scrappin' Chics use a banner/pennant challenge (hope I'm not cheating with the direction I went in with it!)

I like this one though it's a bit plain. The photos took so much room that I didn't want to interfere with them (all 3 of these pages/spreads have that going for them- LOTS of photos!) The thing that bugs me is that my paper keeps warping when I use mist like I did on this page. I flattened it between books but as you can see from the bottom edge, not so great.

I'm entering it in Whimsical Wednesday's Sense of Humor challenge.  I love the smile Boy has as a pirate (he enjoyed that one) and the photos of him as an alien are funny- I'd love to know what he was thinking in that first one. 

Do Over layout

This one went right outside my comfort zone and box.  It has pink on it.  It has flowers on it.  It's about me.  What the !#*% is THAT all about?!  :)

So.  The first July challenge over at Better Living Through Scrapbooking is

“When I Grow Up”

Make a layout or project about what you want to do – what’s your dream job or what career goal are you working toward? If you’re already doing that job, show why you love it.

I could write a novel about all of the jobs I've considered, planned on, and/or worked towards.  Did I mention the long list of ones I've done?  I worked all of that into this because I think where I'm coming from is as important as where I'm going sometimes... or maybe not and that's just one of those hangups I need to get over... I'll get back to you.

Ingredients:
Paper: Pink, Kraft, Vellum: Stampin' Up
Stamps: Botanicals. Antique Background: Stampin' Up
Ink: Pretty in Pink: Stampin' Up, Versa Mark
Misc: Chipboard letters: Heidi Grace, Flowers: Marcella K, Embossing folder

Challenges:
Better Living Through Scrapbooking: July #1
1. Use one of the following combinations as your main color scheme: -Pink and brown, -Blue and white, -Yellow and green, -Red and black
2. Use paper lace on your project. (Buy it or try making it yourself with a paper punch or die cutter)
3. Use rhinestones (gems, bling, whatever you want to call ‘em)  They're in some of the flowers
4. Include a fabric flower on your project.

Apron Strings: Old with the Old, In with the New #13
Today's challenge is use your oldest kit with the scariest (to you) embellishment in it and combine it with a new embellishment or paper that has no "scare factor."

GAB #24: Use something you have never or rarely use.  Pink.  Flowers.  Those flowers in particular (my aunt gave them to me 3yrs ago at Christmas I believe.)  Chipboard letters.  This layout SCREAMS of things I don't usually use.  :)

Well, that's a funny thing.  The scariest was the flowers- I don't do flowers.  I just don't.  At least not on layouts since I typically just do ones for my son.  The newer, no scare one was SUPPOSED to be the chipboard letters.  However, they were dull.  I stamped on them.  It didn't show.  I inked them.  They were the wrong color.  I embossed them.  It didn't show.  I ran them through 2 more times.  The ink almost vanished.  I sanded them for contrast.  They started to fall apart.  I stopped there though they're still rather dull.  Now I think chipboard letters are scary.  *sigh*

Well, we did it

1787 miles.  Through 6 states.  6 major stops in 3 of those states.  8 days.  A few major meltdowns but nothing more than what was expected from a 3yr old.  Home at 1:18am yesterday.  All laundry is clean, most everything is put away.  Good to visit.  Good to be home.

Signing off for a few days

Well, tomorrow's the day.  The day when we start what's going to be more than 1550 miles on the road.  Some people call it a vacation.  I'll let you know what I call it when we get back.  The question is to how well Boy handles being on the road that long.  My hope is that since we'll change places every few days and every stop will bring new people/kids he likes and hasn't seen in close to a year, if not more, and there will be a few 4th bday celebrations for him along the way, it'll stay fresh for him.  Fingers crossed!!

Nikki Sivils giveaway!

Check it out- she's giving away her new CHA lines before they're released!!

Parade Page

7/8 Update: I did add another strand of twine to each twirl and I definitely like it more:

What can I say- getting my papers picked ahead of time is DEFINITELY working for me.  This page is pretty simple but that tends to be my style.  I'd like to go more decorative but when I'm working, I just can't come up with loads that I want to pile one.  However, on this one, I think I'm going to add more twine to the swirls- they're a bit too thin this way.  I realized once I had everything done and made that one of my pleated paper circles had a decorative edge, the other straight but at this point, they can just be that way.  They were a PAIN to make- the paper was only 1/2" wide and the pleats were on the 1/8th" so they were small to work with.

Ingredients:
Paper: Cardstock: Stampin Up & Michaels  DSP: October Afternoon
Misc: Twine: Whisker Graphics, Rubons: October Afternoon, Stickers: Thickers

Challenges:

• Whisker Graphics from Facebook- use any WG product
• Apron Strings: Out with Old, In with New Day #3: Use old scraps with some new products.  The only paper that's "new" is the 12x12.  All of the photo mats are from my scrap folders and some of the papers have to be at least 5-6yrs old.  Yeah.  I know.  On the other hand, the twine was from a FB prize I won from Whisker Graphics- it arrived in the mail yesterday.  That's pretty new.  :)
• Practical Scrappers: July Sketch: I got pretty loose with this but it was definitely my launch point.

Land of Make Believe pages

Check me out!  3 pages in less than 24hrs!  Whoo HOO!  :)  I think I found something to get me a bit in a groove.  I have a lot of photos bagged up in Ziplocs by event.  I usually find a sketch, find the bag that will work with it (those 2 sometimes reverse), then find papers and accents for them and THEN scrap it then and there.  This time, I picked out 2 bags (events) of photos the other evening, picked out the papers and accents and the specific photos I wanted to use (I print out a bunch that I think are good but generally don't use all of them) and then set both stacks aside.  Last night when I found a sketch for the Halloween page and went to scrap it, it went pretty darn fast and today's definitely did.  Splitting the material search and the sketch/crop/put-together into 2 separate events seemed to help.  I was kinda trying it out before I go to CKC later this summer since I want to take a few pages for the evening scrap.  However, I'll definitely be doing some more of this to see if it keeps working for me. 

So.  Onto the spread.  Sorry for the crummy shots- too stormy here to get anything good today.

 

Ingredients:
Paper: Cardstock: Stampin' Up, DSP: BoBunny
Accents: BoBunny, Gauche Alchemy (Punchinella aka Sequin waste)

Challenge:
Apron Strings: July 1: Out with Old, In with New.  Use your old summery stuff (I've had the BoBunny paper and accents hanging around for quite a while now waiting for the perfect summer use) and your newest metallic.  That 2nd part was hard because I don't use a lot of metallics.  I was going to sprinkle the suns with glitter and stumbled on something I got the other day from a Better Living Through Scrapbooking prize: Gauche Alchemy's Punchinella.  It's sequin waste and when a hole is trimmed out of a large orange piece, it makes a nifty sun.

Halloween Page

Obviously I don't scrap chronologically.  :) 

Ingredients:
Papers: Black: Michaels, Halloween print: Target, Black DSP: The Paper Loft, Orange/White: Stampin' Up
Stamp: Stampin' Up
Ink: Vintage Linen & Walnut Stain: Ranger
Misc: Accents: K&Co., Glitter: Joann's

Challenges:
Craft Your Passion: Challenge 65: Anything Goes
Desert Island Crafters: #11: Use 3 from the list of 10 "ingredients
    4: Distress Tool (Loosely- I used distress ink on the title and the journalling), 6: Crystals (I scattered olive green crystals here and there on the page) 7: Halloween Paper, 10: Pop Dots (all of the accent items are pop-dotted)
Sketchy Thursday: 6/30:  I used the 2nd page as my sketch... loosely.