Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge #17

We all love Beate's Sketch Challenge's. She has posted Weekend Sketch Challenge #17. I love checking out Beate's blog everyday as her work is amazing! I really admire her work. Beate writes tutorials for Splitcoaststampers ----> here. And she has also wrote many tutorials on her blog ----->check them out here. If you haven't checked out Beate's blog I would encourage you all to do it, if not you are missing out!

I am off to work on the sketch!

Happy Stamping!

The Queen of Scrap.

Sketch Challenge 139

I finally completed a Card Sketch Challenge over at Splitcoaststampers! Sketch Challenge 139 which was posted on 08/29/07 which hey, I am only a day late. I may do another one today as I did not mind doing this sketch. Maybe I am am just proud that I actually created something!

Stamps: SU (Close to Nature)

Ink: Basic Black

Cardstock: The Paper Company, Bazzill

Misc: Staedtler Aquarell Coloured Pencils, Su Blender Pen, Misc Brads

So What do you think? I am actually pretty proud of this card. It is not so plain as my usual ones!

Happy Scrapping!

Tha Queen of Scrap!

Remembering Great Grampa

How many pages have I accomplished for Great Gramma do you ask? A whole 2 pages! I am so lazy...I am wondering where all my motivation has gone? or maybe my mojo is gone? Great right when I need it! One of the pages is really sentimental so it counts as more. It is from back in 2001 or 2002 when DS Great Grampa was still alive and he got to spend time with him. Mind you for some reason the scan did not turn out the best!

The journaling reads: How lucky is trevor to have met his Great Grampa! Many children don't get that chance and here is Trevor spending quality time being just like Great Grampa!

PP: Crate Paper

Twill: Bobbin Ribbon from Michaels

Brads: Making Memories

My second layout is a layout of Treovr with his Great Gramma Summer of 2006 (i think)! Trevor loved Thomas the Tank Engine and he could tell you all the engines names and he made sure that you knew them all too. Here he is Teaching his Great Gramma Thomas.

I can't remember all the products used for this layout as I started this layout quite awhile ago and finished it tonight. So I kind of cheated. I totally love the Colorbok letters and my Xyron, how easy is it to do a title? No journaling on this one as the title says it all!

Off to do some challenges tonight!

The Queen of Scrap!

Wreathabella - A Christmasabella

Another new Bella! They just keep coming and coming! That is good for all us Bella Addicts. I personally love my Bellas! How about you? Now how cute is Wreathabella? By the time I can make an order there are going to be so many new ones I am not going to know which ones I am going to want! Thank goodness my LSS Urban Trends carries Bellas so usually it makes it easier on me and I buy what Teresa has in stock :) But I am hoping she will get this one in! I am sure it will be there! Well I have 6 days to work on some 6 x 6 pages for Great Grammas 80th Bday album. Off to get something accomplished!

Happy Scrapping!

The Queen of Scrap!

Happy Holidays Pocket Card

Well I was brilliant and went and signed myself up for a pocket card swap on Splitcoaststampers and I had never even done a pocket card before! Not one of my smartest moves in my life. So yesterday while at my mothers, mmmmm waiting for the yummyest dinner, I took some scrap stuff. Trevor and Bill watched Zoom, Mom made dinner and I fingured out how to make a pocket card. I had a little help, I had a print out of the tutorial from Splitcoaststampers. Believe it or not there is no stamping at all on the card! Mom doesn't like me stamping at her house, I once dropped a black Staz On ink pad face down on her white carpet! Ooops! Anyhow so I got the base part of my pocket card made, ate my awesome dinner, finished watching Zoom and then was too tired to finish the card! So this morning I got up to finish the card, so proud I could do it I didn't want to screw up on my stamping so it looks pretty plain. So after that long story here it is!


I think it looks pretty darn cute for my first try ever! And like I said I left it simple as I didn't want to ruin it if I screwed up stamping on it.

PP: Daisy D's Classic Christmas Vintage
CS: Bazzill
Saying: Misc. Sticker
Buttons: Dress It Up/Jesse James
Misc. Ric Rac
Misc. Green Staples

A New Bella - Clickabella

Can you believe it Em has come out with another Bella! ClickaBella. She even has her own sentiment. Now how cool is that? Em just keeps out doing herself everytime! Now that Christmas is just around the corner I would expect the just like me, everyone else is probably thinking about Christmas Cards, right? Have you have a chance to check out Em's Christmas section? There is great sentiments and the cutest little snowmen. If you love Bellas as much as I do I encourage you to check out Bloggabella for great ideas and all the new happenings with Em and her Bellas!

Happy Stamping!

The Queen of Scrap

Blog Candy!

I would like to just remind everone of the little contest here on Ramblings of a Paperholic. Whoever emails me @ the_queen_of_scrap@telus.net or leave a comment with an event that happens in their city/town with the link to verify it will be entered into a draw to recieve a RAK worth Approx. $10.00 from me. This contest will be open until August 31, 2007.

Playing with CosmaBella

I had some free time to waste, when really I should be working on my swaps! I started playing with my Cosmobella. Originally I was going to start a card for Caardvarks but I didn't like how it was turning out so I started going a different way. Have you ever made a card and totally didn't know if you liked it? That is how I feel about this one. I mean yes it IS a Bella car and all but still, I am not sure I like it.

What do you ladies think? It seems to be missing something...maybe some primas up in the corner or something? I don't know....Aaarrrghhh...I am stumped.

Well I am off to start some of my swaps then take Taylor to her dads....ahhh some peace and quiet....I will check in with you later.

Thanks in advance for the ideas!

The Queen of Scrap

Another Great Card Sketch Site

I just cannot believe how many great blogs there are that have awesome sketches on them. I know that sometimes I need to get my mojo going, especially if I have made a couple cards in one day! So I was blogging away and I came across a link to Sketch This: Cards! Now I am thinking that this blog is the bomb as it shows the sketch then it show a couple of cards designed with that sketch. What a great way to get your mojo going? So if you are a card maker I would encourage you to stop on over to Sketch This: Cards! for the sketch this week #23 and try it out.

Happy Card Making!

The Queen of Scrap

A Stamp Set I Own But Never Used!

I was reading away the other night....(I was up until 5am) and I came across a post on Splitcoststampers asking something to the effect of how many stamps do you own but have never used. I looked for the post but couldn't find it. (If I do I will give you the link!) So that got me to thinking, I have tonnes of stamps and I just started card making...it was the challenges that stared the card making. Off to the stack of stamps I have to find a set that I had not used. I came across Stampin' Up's All Wrapped up set. When I saw it I just knew I had to have it. It is adorable.

Now how cute is that?

So this is what I came up with.

PP: Chatterbox

Cardstock: The Paper Company

Ink: Basic Back, Pumpkin Pie, Going Gray, and Brocade Blue

Stamps: SU (All Wrapped Up), Technique Tuesday (Words We Love)

Staedler Coloured Pencils

Raffia

So that is one less stamp set that I can say now that I haven't use....hehehe hopefully I will be using alot more as I embark more and more into the cardmaking world. I have been entering more and more challenges too.

Wish Me Luck!

The Queen of Scrap