The Last of The Card Kits - Embellish It! Maggie Holmes Card Kit

Whew!  Stopping by today to share these cards made from the last card kit that Brandy recycled to my house.  This kit is actually an Embellish It! card kit from way back.  I wanted to get them put together because Brandy and I are attending the Play All Day in Mesa, Arizona and it seemed inspiring and appropriate to use this up before we attend again.  Aren't they fun??!!

Spellbinders March Card Kit of the Month

On our Play All Day adventures, Brandy brought her Spellbinders March Card Kit to play with.  These cards are her effort to use the supplies while at the Play All Day.  It was the perfect kit to use since everything you needed to make the card was included in the kit.

I think this cactus is my favorite.  The colors, the sentiment, the flowers...

Fun stuff for a weekend that we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.  I will be back later in the week to share a wonderful chipboard scrapbook that Brandy also completed during our weekend.

Andie for 

Sending Hugs and a Card Swap Win

I'm sharing a photo of the card Brandy made for the Embellish It! Play All Day in Mesa, AZ.  This fantastic card was ink blended with three different Distress Inks - Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed, and Salty Ocean.  The rainbow of colors is created when these three colors are blended.   The left side has a little Picked Raspberry blending with Salty Ocean.  The Mama Elephant Sending Hugs sentiment stamp is stamped in Black ink and clear heat embossed to create a shiny finish that you can't quite see in the picture.

The card is finished with a simple Wonky Stitched Rectangle die cut and mounted on black cardstock for a striking backdrop.  I didn't get a photo of the bright green card base and/or matching envelope - I should have because it was a great embellishment.

My cards that I swapped are found here.  Not to brag, but we (both Brandy and I) tied with another lady for the win on the judged card swap.  Hooray!  It was super fun to participate and I couldn't help but share this photo of the cards we swapped for.

The Play All Day was fun and the swap made it even more fun.  We will definitely attend again next year.

Andie for 

Last Group of Layouts from the Play All Day

These last layouts are pages completed during previous scrapbook conventions, LSS scrapbook evenings and Embellish It Play All Day events over the past decade.  Yes, I didn't stutter - some of these pages are well over 10 years old.  I'd, shamefully, allowed them to accumulate in the Scrapbook and never taken the time to put pictures on them.

During the Play All Day event in February, I ended that nonsense.  I took the time to cut and paste the photos into the pages.  Sorry for the overly photo heavy post, but I'm proud of my accomplishment and just had to share with you all here.

Part of the charm is the combination of photos from baby to teenager.  Awwww.....

None of these will represent my very best work, but it does represent work done.  For that I'm incredibly grateful for the opportunity to set aside a Saturday and focus on these pages.  They are all resting comfortably in a scrapbook waiting for the rest of the pages to join.  I wonder how long that will take ?!!?

More Layouts from the Play All Day

These layouts represent more pages from Embellish It kits that I bought at the Play All Day event Brandy and I attended in February.

The kits often come with an assortment of embellishments so that you can change the layout and sentiments to match your project.  In this case, I used much of the same as the kit example, but swapped out for a more masculine sentiment on the right side.

I also tried to select photos from the pile I was working with (an assortment of my son, Timothy, throughout his school years!) that worked well with the color schemes or theme of the layout.  Some worked better than others.

However, the biggest theme of the day was to get those photos scrapbooked.  In these cases, I built the layouts around the photos as I purchased the kits at the Play All Day event.

I'm enjoying getting some projects done.  I will tell you that these pages are, even now, resting comfortably in a scrapbook downstairs.  I have more photos to work, but the scrapbook has the finished pages inserted.  Yay!

Embellish It! Play All Day - Mes

This post is coming a month late.  I couldn't even tell you why it took so long to get these layouts photographed, edited and posted.  It simply doesn't express the amount of joy and fun it was to attend Embellish It's Play All Day here in Mesa at the end of February.  It doesn't look like there are any other days currently scheduled in 2016, but if they open up I'd highly recommend going.

This day is spent at the local convention center/hotel in a conference room at a table with about 4-6 other attendees.  Shelby brings some of her kits for sale so that you can shop or simply scrap your own projects.  These layouts were from the 2 "classes" that are held throughout the day.  The class kits come with a double page layout that

is simple to complete and generates a wonderful finished product.  This year I decided to scrap the photos I printed for my son's high school graduation party last year.  The photos represent all school ages and I mixed them up, selecting the photos for the layout rather than so that the photos tell a story.  Still, they tell the story, just in their own way.

The page on the right is a waterfall which allows for 8 different photos to be captured on that one page.  Love it!

How about you?  Any long needing to post photos just sitting around to be posted.  Join me this week as I try to catch up.  I've got other layouts from the day that need to be edited and posted.  I'll string them out this week so you don't get bored.

Come on, join the fun and get something posted!