It's A Banner Monday!!

It's time to think Spring on this Banner Monday. Guess what that means? It's a Banner challenge this week over on the Little Scraps of Heaven Design Team blog. We have some wonderful examples to show you, so be sure to run right over and check them out! Here is mine.

I'm so in LOVE with it I can hardly contain myself! lol I used many different files to create it. Here's a close up of each letter and I'll tell you which files I used to make it. First up the "S". I used the Boy on a tire swing and for the tree Boy on a limb. 

The letter "P". I used the squirrel from the Gnome in my Garden set. For the cloud I used the Angel Bear with Ribbon pattern. It doesn't show the cloud in the picture but trust me this cute little bear is sitting on a cloud. 

The letter "R", I used the Great Outdoors collection for the fire, the rocks and the body of the girl. In the pattern she is a moose. I used the Girl on a Swing for the head and hat of the little girl.

The letter "I". I used the flowers from the barrel in the Gnome in my Garden set. 

The letter "N". I used the rabbit from the barrel in the Gnome in my Garden set, along with the sign. The grass and boulder are from The Great Outdoors collection. The red bird on this letter and on the "P" are from the Storybook series Red Riding Hood. 

And finally the letter "G". I used the Gnome in my Garden set for the little deer, the rocks ad grass are from The Great Outdoors and the sun is a single pattern called Happy Sun.

I had such a good time creating this banner. My son even complimented me on it. For a 14 year old to say "Hey Mom, your spring thing is really cute." means so much. It's currently hanging in our living room off the mantle. I hope you find inspiration in all our banners on the DT blog. We'd love to see what you come up with. For all the challenge details please visit the DT blog. You could win $20 in free patterns from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs. 

Have a Banner Monday!

Cindy

Spring has Sprung!

We've been setting all kinds of records here in Michigan lately. New record high temps and consecutive days in the 70's, plus it looks like we are not done yet. Put me in the Spring mood. It's Monday and must mean a new challenge over at Little Scraps of Heaven Designs DT blog. Here's the sketch for this week.

And here's my take on it.

I turned it into a 2 pager and added a couple more photo mats. I used the Easter Tweets file.

Be sure to stop over at the Design Team blog and see what the other girls created this week. Come and play along, its addicting.

Cindy

Happy Birthday Card

I almost forgot to post this weeks challenge over at LSHD. It's a card challenge based on this sketch.

And here is my take on the sketch.

I used the Dear Diary collection.

Be sure to stop over at the Design Team Blog and check out the other wonderful cards based on this weeks sketch. You can find all the challenge requirements over there too. 

Have a wonderful weekend.

Cindy

Who Me?

Here is my layout for the Challenge over on the Little Scraps of Heaven Design Team Blog this week. First the sketch.

I used the Boy with a Sling shot pattern.

Close up of my little guy.

Be sure to stop over and see what everyone did. There are some amazing layouts over there.

Cindy

My Lucky Charm

A little Luck of the Irish for you today. This one will go in the current gift album I'm working on. It's 8x8 in size.

The pattern pieces all come from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs. The title is from "My Lucky Charm" collection. The rest are all from the Clover Bear set.

I used the clover and made it really BIG, including the mat, then I shrunk the clover and made it a couple sizes to make all the smaller ones. Very happy with how this one came together.

Here's one more look at the paper piecings-

Have a wonderful Friday!

Be sure to stop over at LSHD and check out all the cute new patterns from this week.

Cindy

Monday challenge- Doggie Doggie

Happy Monday! Well OK maybe not, so how about a challenge to get you going this week. Over on the Little Scraps of Heaven Design Team Blog we have a new challenge posted. We all did our own layouts this week and the challenge is for you to scraplift one of us. Once you've done your layout, come back link it up to the blog or post it in the Facebook Fan page. Just remember you have to include a LSHD paper piecing.

This is what I did this week.

I was inspired by this sketch over at Scrapbook & Cards Today.

I used the Doggie Doggie collection from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs.

This is the top half of the layout-

And the bottom half-

(Notice I forgot to add the small photo, oops. So I quickly printed the ones off I wanted to use and stuck them on there.) I did do some hand stitching on this layout. The original sketch shows stitching and I debated if I wanted to do some. The layout looked naked without it. If you are looking for a tutorial on hand stitching I'm going to refer you to Kinsey Wilson. She does amazing work, her hand stitching it Top Shelf. You can find her stitching information here. Her main blog is called Kinseygirl and you'll find some truly inspiring pages there.

I hope your Monday goes well.

Cindy

Goodnight Moon

Well I got invited to another baby shower, so I guess that means another baby book as a gift. I'm starting this one off with a sleeping baby layout.

I used the Goodnight Moon set from over at Little Scraps of Heaven. These little sheep are just too cute.

Here's a close up of the piecings and the title.

Have a wonderful day! And be sure to top over at Little Scraps of Heaven Designs to see all the new patterns from this week.

Cindy