I used... 

Cardstock base, ink/sprays, ribbon, texture paste/mousse & sequins and lots of layered in ephemera, chipboard & stickers! 

I made my background using a random piece of burlap and some oxide sprays! sorta of an improvised texture-y stamp! I layered some stenciled hearts and a stamped quote (x2) for added dimension. this color palette was fun to pull together too! 

perfect challenge for a mother's day card! 

my finished layout

here's mine!! 
beer & street tacos (stencil, torn paper)

my take

So many challenges so little time.  LOL  Every year I want to so many!  Ok Ok I started to list the ones I still want to do...see below.  I didn't realize it was so long.  But seriously want to say How clever are these names for the challenges??  The hostess just did an amazing job with creative ti...

I HAVE ALL THE CHALLENGES I WANT TO DO DONE..................... I JUST HAVE TO UPLOAD 1 MORE CHALLENGE AND THEN I'M COMPLETELY DONE................ IT WAS A BLAST TO DO SO MANY CHALLENGES................... THANKS, ACOT FOR THE FUN WEEKEND AND THANK YOU TO THE CREATIVE HOSTESSES AND THEIR CHALLENG...

today's my crunch day haha MIL has the kiddos so I plan on doing a layout (then fold laundry), do a layout (then meal prep), do a layout (then answer work emails), do a layout.....my goal is to finish 10 challenges by Friday! Good luck everyone with your goals! Happy scappin'! Haha! This schedule r...

i'm trying to finish what i can.  i was saving the mixed media ones for my days off and then *boom* no days off this week!  so i'll have to either work on those to let dry before i go to work or catch them another time.   this is what I did this morning while the boys were at school! I have two mix...

Happy Birthday!

As we’re closing in on the deadline for the challenges, how’s everyone doing? Are you hoping to complete any more projects?

For me, I’m hoping to complete a few more & finish off the 25 items challenge! I’m down to the final 2 elements so I’m so close!

Beautiful choices!

here is my layout 

F - Fall Theme
R - Ripped Paper
T - teal 
E - Ephemera 



lifted from Jessica Michaels 

Absolutely gorgeous day weather-wise! Absolutely not-gorgeous day parenting wise. Going through a bit of a power struggle with my 5 year old... he's always been incredibly well-behaved at school and the last three school days, his teacher has had to talk to me about his behavior. So, that's not been...

super close up selfie of me and my little dude!

fridge???  Sorry it's been a rough week! I'm still not caught up from NSD fun, either! Boys are keeping me super busy & off course my older son developed a rash last week so we were back at the pediatrician again for that (it's fine, just some random virus leaving his system from a cold-like bug...

Yay! Thanks!!

Happy Mothers Day!