“Love is in the Air” Blog Hop Winner and Valentine’s Layouts!
Posted by: melshappyscrappyplace on: February 16, 2012
I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who participated in the Frosted Designs “Love is in the Air” Blog Hop. I really appreciate all of the nice comments, and I hope you enjoyed “hopping” along to all of our blogs. Today I randomly chose a winner for a small Valentine’s RAK and the winner is:
Shaunery Wharton
Please email me at melissajohnson8 (at) gmail.com with your info so I can get your prize in the mail to you! Congratulations!!
Today I was blessed with a couple of well-behaved little ones (which has NOT been the case the last few days!). They let me get a couple of layouts done while they kept me company in the craft room. The room is a complete mess now since Sophie was “crafting” with me, but that’s ok. Sometimes we just have to ignore the mess and enjoy having fun and spending time together doing something we both enjoy. Baby Weston watched us from his little playmat while he catnapped and jammed out to his classical baby tunes 
. In honor of Valentine’s day I created these layouts for the two younger kiddos. Here is Weston’s layout:
I used a Page Maps sketch for this layout, but ended up changing it up a bit (which I normally do when I’m using a sketch). I used Jenny Bowlin papers that I had in my stash. I really wanted to do a sort of masculine Valentine layout; I don’t want him to be embarrassed looking back at his scrapbook with his wife or girlfriend someday I think I’m finally mastering the art of scrapping a boy–I LOVE IT! I am also entering this layout in Scrapfit’s Workout #62, featuring XOXO.
This next layout is for my 3 year old daughter, Sophie. I was inspired by this layout that I found on Pinterest. Yes, I am a Pinterest addict. I changed it up by adding some doodling and a mixture of circles and hearts with some faux stitching. I altered the photo of my daughter using the BeFunky app on my iPhone. I love that app!
I used a bunch of old K&Co paper that I had from last year for this layout. I have been busy ordering new CHA goodies, so I’m trying to use as much old stuff from my stash as possible. I sense a big purge in the near future!
Frosted Designs “Love is in the Air” Blog Hop
Posted by: melshappyscrappyplace on: February 10, 2012
Hi everyone and welcome to my blog! Thanks for joining us for Frosted Designs “Love is in the Air” Blog Hop. You should have arrived here from Boys Rule Scrapbook Kits, if you didn’t, please go to Barb’s Blog to start the hop from the beginning.
Here is the blog lineup:
Barb
Debbie
Ann
Joanne
Lydia
Angela
Teresa
Erin R.
Kelly
Erin B
Boys Rule Scrapbook
Melissa
Beverly
The Blog hop starts at midnight Central time Friday and will go until noon Central time Thursday. Make sure to visit all of the blogs in order and write down the special word or phrase from each one. After you have written down all of the phrases, it will spell out a special message. Email this to Diana at danica4us@yahoo.com and complete the challenge to be eligible to win the grand prize from Frosted Designs.
And now for the challenge and my project! We had to create a project featuring the word “LOVE”. My 3 year old daughter and I created this 12 x 12 canvas project to give to her teacher for Valentine’s Day:
I started with a blank 12 x 12 canvas and just squirted on a few shades of pink and red acrylic paint directly onto the canvas. While Sophie had fun using her hands and a foam paintbrush to spread the paint all over, I worked on painting the wooden letters with white acrylic paint. While the canvas was still wet, we used a decorative edger to create some texture into the paint and sprayed on some Smooch spritz in red. When that layer was dry, I used a stencil and some white acrylic paint to add a little contrast and design. Next, we adhered the wooden letters to the canvas with Golden Heavy Gel Medium. The final finishing touch was to go over the edges with some Ranger Distress Ink in Vintage Photograph to give it some depth and a little contrast. We went to Hobby Lobby and Sophie picked out the cute ribbon to hang it with. It’s little strawberries in the shape of hearts. I think her teacher will like it
I am offering a small RAK of Valentines goodies to a randomly chosen follower (US only please). So if you are not already a follower, you may subscribe by clicking on the “Subscribe” button on the right sidebar of my blog (above my bio and pic). Please comment and let me know if you are a new follower for a double chance to be entered to win. The special word you are looking for here is “and”. So make sure to jot that down before moving on to the next blog which is Beverly’s Blog. Thanks for stopping by!
Frosted Designs Sketch Along Tuesdays 2.7
Posted by: melshappyscrappyplace on: February 9, 2012
I loved this week’s sketch by Jenny Evans for Frosted Designs:
I am still working my way through Christmas pictures. This layout is of Natalie’s XLR8 Dance Team performance at the Stone Oak Winter Festival:
I used my December Scarlet Lime kit to complete this layout. I really love the papers in that kit!
Thanks for looking and make sure to come back for the “Love is in the Air” blog hop starting Friday!
blog hop winner and a few layouts to share
Posted by: melshappyscrappyplace on: February 6, 2012
Thanks to everyone who stopped by my blog during the Valentine’s Day blog hop. I appreciate all of the awesome feedback that I received!! I picked up some new followers, and I hope those of you who have newly subscribed will enjoy my projects
And now for the winner…..I had Miss Sophie (my 3 year old daughter) randomly draw a winner and she chose PHOTOCHIC!
Congratulations, please email me your info and I will send that Smashbook your way!!
And now for a few layouts…I’ve really enjoyed participating in the Workouts at ScrapFit lately. For this workout, the assignment was to use a cluster. I’m not so good at clustering and layering, it’s a challenge for me. For some reason I never feel like it looks right. Knowing this, I kept my cluster rather small
I used one of my Scarlet Lime kits to put this together, along with a few bits from my stash. I had fun playing with the BeFunky app on my phone to adjust the color and blur the edges of the photo of Sophie running down the path next to the San Antonio River last weekend.
This next layout I did just for me. Not for any challenge or anything in particular. I just really loved this picture of my baby boy
Have I mentioned how much fun I am having scrapping a boy after so many years of scrapping girls?!!
See you all tomorrow with my Frosted Designs Sketch Along Tuesdays DT project reveal. Oh, and don’t forget later this week Frosted Designs is also hosting the “Love is in the Air” blog hop with some awesome prizes to be given away!
Valentine’s Day Card Blog Hop
Posted by: melshappyscrappyplace on: February 2, 2012
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Hello everyone!! Well, February is here and with that…thoughts of Valentine’s Day! This month I am participating in the Valentine’s Day Card Blog Hop with some of the gals from Club CK. If you didn’t arrive here from Heather’s Blog , please go back to the start at Amanda’s Blog. For this hop, Amanda sent all of us a small pack of goodies to work with and create our own take on a Valentine’s Day card. We were also welcome to add a few bits of our own. For my card, I turned the paper into inchies, and put them together in a patchwork pattern. I covered one of the chipboard hearts in patterned paper, and painted 2 of the smaller chipboard pieces and stacked them, topping them off with a jewel. The red and pink polka dot pieces were actually packaging from some Christmas stickers my daughter had received from her secret Santa swap in December. Here is my card:
I am not really much of a card maker, but I enjoy challenging myself with one every so often.
And now for the fun stuff…I have a prize to give away. One lucky winner will receive this :
To win, become a follower (for a double entry) and leave a comment telling me one of your favorite Valentine’s gifts that you’ve received. If you’re already a follower, you may also comment and you will be entered in the drawing once. Winner will be announced on Monday, February 6. Thanks for looking a good luck!
Your next stop is Jordan’s Blog
Yay for Challenges!
Posted by: melshappyscrappyplace on: February 2, 2012
This week I’ve managed to carve out some scrap time here and there and get a few layouts done. Yay! The first layout I did was for Erika’s Issue Challenge #5–to use brown, teal, and purple on a layout. This is what I came up with:
The next layout I did is actually for 2 challenges. The first one is Erika’s Issue Challenge #6–create a hybrid layout. The green PP, striped PP, banner pieces, blue rick rak, and some of the title letters are all digital (downoaded from Shabby Princess). Everything else is paper. I am also submitting this layout for ScrapFit’s Workout #61–Blank Canvas. I started out with WHITE background paper and built my layout from there using spray mist and digital and paper elements.
Thanks for stopping by!! Don’t forget tomorrow is the Valentine’s Day Card Blog Hop. Check back here for some inspiration and the chance to win a fun prize!
Creative Scrappers Sketch Challenge
Posted by: melshappyscrappyplace on: January 31, 2012
I recently discovered the Creative Scrappers sketch blog. They have some really nice one page sketches. I’m behind on scrapping all of the Christmas activities and when I stumbled on this sketch I thought it would do perfectly for the Winter Fest layout I had in mind. Natalie and her XLR8 dance group were performing, but I had Macie and Sophie along to watch and wanted to document the day in their books as well. Here is the sketch I used:
and this is the layout I created:
Thanks for looking! Don’t forget, later this week I will be participating in the Valentine’s Day Card Blog Hop with some of the CK gals. Be sure to stop by Feb 2 and 3rd. I’ll be giving away something I think you all may like…
A Few Challenge Layouts
Posted by: melshappyscrappyplace on: January 16, 2012
Hi everyone! My scrappy mojo has been back lately, and I’ve had the time and inspiration to finally get to jump back into a few challenges. The first layout I did was for Erika’s Issue Challenges #2 and #3 for Jan/Feb. Challenge #2 was to use pink in a layout based on the CK article about using pink in different ways. I chose to use the theme of vintage floral and these cute pics of Sophie and Ashley during Christmas break:
Challenge #3 was to use stickers in your journaling. This layout is based on a sketch I had re-pinned on Pinterest. Unfortunately the original link back was not attached, so I’m not sure where exactly the sketch originated from. I also used this layout for the Weekend Workout at Scrapfit. Their challenge was to use stars on your layout.
This last layout is for the weekly challenge over at Club CK. This weeks it’s hosted by Heather, and her challenge for us was to use a small patterned paper pack or scraps on a layout. I had this 7 Gypsies Lille 8 x 8 paper pad hiding in my stash for several months now. So I chopped it up into banners. I was inspired by a layout by Lilith Eeckels that I re-pinned on Pinterest. I love how she used the row of banners at the top. I downloaded the Instagram app on my iPhone and used it to make the photo have a more vintage tone (my husband said it looked “70′s” 
) I love the muted tones of this layout with the little pops of red. I have entered this also in the ScrapFit Weekend Workout #23 (use kraft cardstock as your background)
Thanks for stopping by and taking a look! And don’t forget, this coming Friday is the Frosted Designs Winter Wonderland blog hop. There will be some great inspiration and a few giveaways, so make sure you check it out!
Sketchy Thursdays 1.12…farewell :(
Posted by: melshappyscrappyplace on: January 12, 2012
Well, as some of you have probably heard by now this week’s sketch will be the last one for Sketchy Thursdays. Diana and Heidi have decided to not continue with any new sketch challenges. I will miss being a part of such a talented team and all of the wonderful sketches. I feel that ST has really helped me grow and do some of my best work. Here is the final sketch:
and here is my layout:
This is one of my favorite layouts! I love this picture of Baby Weston looking up so lovingly at his big sister Sophie
If you would like to play along, simply complete a layout using the sketch and link it on the Sketchy Thursdays website. You have until 10 p.m. (EST) on Wed., Jan. 18th to link your entry to Mr. Linky in the sidebar for your chance to win this week’s prize from ARTchix Studio.
Frosted Designs Sketch Along Tuesdays 1.10
Posted by: melshappyscrappyplace on: January 10, 2012
This week at Frosted Designs, we were given a great sketch by Roberta to work with. At first I wasn’t sure how to approach this one, but then I received my baby boy’s birth announcements in the mail and I was inspired to scrap one of them using the sketch. Here is the sketch:
And here is my layout:
I am still experimenting with scrapping “boy style”. I thought I’d try to keep this one very clean and simple, which is normally not really my style, but I like the way it turned out. I’m sure I’ll be trying all sorts of different stuff before I find my comfort zone.
Thanks for looking and be sure to link up your project based on this sketch at Frosted Designs for a chance to win a fantastic prize assortment from Paper Issues.
About Me!
Hi, my name is Melissa and welcome to my happy place! I've been paper scrapping since 1997 when my oldest daughter started kindergarten. I have four beautiful daughters: Ashley, Natalie, Macie, and Sophie and one handsome little boy, Weston. I love having this creative outlet :) Scrapping, photography, reading, and creating other art projects are my way of relaxing. My girls all love to create with me also, and we have fun spending time together in my craft room.
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