Wings Workshop Layout

The other day I mentioned that I was hosting a night to do the Wings Workshop on the Go, this is what I came up with! I of course tweaked the layout to my liking but stayed with the basic concept.
I thought the paper would be perfect for some old pictures of my grandma, and I love how it turned out! The photo on the first page is from when she was sixteen and is one of my all time favorite pictures. The ones on the opposite page are from when she was one year old and the other is her and my grandpas wedding photo when she was seventeen. I included the ages and dates on the little metal tabs beside the pictures (which are too small to see the detail in any of these photos).
I love mixin' it up by doing some heritage layouts in my regular year to year albums. They are so much fun to do, and a great way to show off some fabulous old photos!




Supplies used (all CTMH):
- Wings Paperpack
- Wings Stampset
- Black Mini Medley Collection
- Vineyard Berry, Black, and Sweet Leaf Inks
- Bohemian Alphabet Stampset
- Find Your Style Stampset

Hope everyone is having a great Monday! Happy craftin'!

Butterfly Canvas'

I just finished these canvas' last night! My husband has been encouraging me do some paintings for the new house (that we should be moving into at the end of March). This is my first piece of art out of three that I have planned. The size of canvas' used are 12 x 28 inches and the paint is acrylic. I did the background and considered leaving it the way it was(a little chicken to screw it up with other stuff) but decided that Monarch butterflies would be a nice touch, not to mention cheery!

The background pre-butterflies.


Finished Canvas #1



Finished Canvas #2



I have many more projects in mind for the new house so hopefully in the next month or so there will be tons of posts coming your way! Happy crafting!

Chai Latte Encourages Blog Update

While sipping a Chai Latte out of my favorite vintage mug, I have been working on updating my blog. So in the next few days I should have everything up and running the way I want, so bear with me as a few changes are made!

Sidenote: Lucky me! Chai Latte's are my coffee replacement with this pregnancy. Last time I could drink uber amounts of coffee and not feel anything (but normal), this time around however the baby is not as cooperative, *boo hoo*! So after fighting coffee-withdrawal-headaches for a couple of weeks I have discovered that Chai Latte's are a great alternative!

Birthday Giveaway from Becky!

It's Becky B.'s one year Blog Birthday! And she is celebrating by giving others the chance to win this awesome prize pack:



Head over to her blog, Scrappin' Becky B. and not only wish her a Happy Blog Birthday but also enter to win! It's as easy as leaving a comment! The winner will be announced on Saturday, Feb 26th.

*More Info on the package contents and the actual giveaway on her blog.

Wings Card, Thinking of You

A card I made recently using the new Wishes paper pack from Close to my Heart. This card was fun to make because I had a certain person in mind and wanted to make it special!
I stamped the background cardstock with the damask image from the Wings stampset, and I love how it turned out! I also used the same stamp on the inside of the card with the Sweet Leaf Ink. I two-toned the butterfly from the Find Your Style stamp set for the front and popped it up.
Come to think of it saying I used the paper pack is kind of a stretch because the only piece of pattern paper I used was for the paper ruffle, the rest is cardstock!

Supply list:
- Wishes Paper Pack
- Vineyard Berry, Sweet Leaf, and Colonial White Cardstock
- Vineyard Berry, Sweet Leaf, and Black Ink
- White Embossing Powder, Versamark Ink, and heating gun
- Find Your Style stamp set (butterfly on front, high-heel shoe and sentiment on envelope)
- Wings stamp set (background stamping on front and inside)
- Childhood Portrait stamp set (sentiment on front)
- True Friends stamp set (inside sentiment)
- Sparkles*
- Black Mini medley collection
- Paper flowers*

* not Close to my Heart product

I get to do the Wings Workshop tomorrow night with a few girlfriends so I'm really looking forward to that! Hopefully I'll have some photos to post...