Trip to Berry College

Brian and I took a trip out to Berry College campus, which is right near our home, and took these pictures of the water wheel. Its an old grain mill that was once used by the college. Built in 1930, it's one of the largest in the world and was used to grind corn into meal and grits. It's still fully operational and is now used on special occasions. It's so very beautiful up there on the mountain side this time of year

Grrrrrrr!

I just had to share this photo with you all though it's not a paper craft subject matter. I came across this pic while pulling pics off the pc to print for scrapbooking and I thought you guys might enjoy it. As those of you who know me well know, I also enjoy photography along with scrapbooking and I took this picture of Kit Kat back in the summer at about 2-3 months old. I love this picture because it shows the true nature of the cat, "always pawing at something", lol. Anyway, I hope it makes you smile today,=> enjoy.

Get well card for Wendy

My friend, Wendy, is recovering from surgery she had on Monday. I wanted to make her a card to let her know that I was thinking of her and wishing her a speedy recovery. Wendy is currently learning about scrap booking and paper crafting in general and is also my best friend. So that just rocks for me! To have my best friend have an interest in and want to participate in the same hobby as me! Woo hoo!! I love it. So I can't ever pass on the opportunity to make her something crafty. Hope you enjoy it, Wendy and I love you girl. Get to feeling better soon.
Im also entering this card into a challenge hosted by Sandy over at Sandy's Space.  She's got some  wonderful g.c.d. studio goodies up for grabs.  I'm entering on the home girl frame and the insperation is the paper line, homespun chic.  So go over to Sandy's blog and check out the challenge. http://angsandy.blogspot.com/2010/11/sandys-challenge-1.html
Now for the details... I used the Melody Ross Homespun Chic, paper pad from g.c.d. studios for the background. I used the dress form stamp from the girl's paperie's paper girl stamp set. The flowers are from Recollections; the Boutique Fleur. I get them at Michael's. The sentiment stamp is from Close to my Heart. Its from the Say it in style stamp set. I used chalk ink from Clearsnap in Charcoal for both stamps and the bookplate label is a Cricut cut from the Fabulous Finds cartridge. I added some crystals for a touch of bling and that's it for this card. Hope you enjoyed it! thanks for stopping by.

Altered wall hanging for Robin.MPG

Here I show the wall hanging I made for my friend, Robin. I used paper from K & co. and g.c.d. studio and a ton of my hand made flowers. thanks for stopping by and watching. Don't forget to leave a comment. tfw. Hugs, amy K.

Halloween in Wonderland card.MPG

Halloween in Wonderland card

I made this card for my nephew, Dylan and his family to have for Halloween this year. I don't make too many Halloween cards generally but I do like to make them for the special children in my life. I was able to get this paper line from Graphic 45, a month or so back, for free! Can you believe it? They had it up on their web site that you could down load the entire paper line for free. How awesome is that! I don't have a wide format printer so 8x8 is the biggest that I can print it but that works out great for cards and minis. I think this paper is just too cute and I know that Dylan enjoyed the new Alice in Wonderland movie this year with Johnny Depp so I felt like he would really like the card. I just wanted the card to really showcase the paper. I just used a Tim Holtz texture fade for the back ground and some Pumice stone distress ink over the raised areas. The flowers are from recollections and the rest is from the paper line. Hope you enjoyed this little card. And thanks for stopping by.

Pink Hello, with flower, card

Whenever I participate in swaps I generally like to send some kind of Thank You to the hostest. I usually send a card along with my swap for the month. I think its important to remember how hard these people are working to make things come together smoothly for all involved to have a good time. I made this card for Reagan, the hostest for the Tim Holtz swivel clasp charm swap. I really do enjoy the swap and I want her to know that and to also know that I appreciate all the work that she has to put into it.
So, to make this card I went into my paper scraps, I try and use them up as I can so they don't overrun the scrappy spot. lol. I used this patterned paper from an older Basic Grey collection and I'm sorry, I am not sure which one it's from. I used a strip of Bazzill Basics card stock along the bottom under the ruffled eyelet lace, which is from my vintage stash along with all the buttons on this card. I used the Lacy Labels cartridge for the Cricut to make the label on Georgia Pacific white card stock and I made the shadow in brown Bazzill card stock. The sentiment stamp is from the Gracious Greetings stamp set from Close to my Heart and I stamped it with Berrylicious chalk ink from Clearsnap. The large flower is a white silk flower I had and I used the Berrylicious on the petals and I used Glimmer Mist in Wheat field over the whole thing then added a pink prima flower and the brown vintage button in the center. The stick pin is one that I made. Okay, I think that covers it. I hope you enjoy and, as always, thanks for stopping by.

Butterfly birthday card

I made this card for my wonderful aunt, Shelia. She has been a special person in my life sense before I was born. I wanted to make an especially beautiful card for her. I know that she likes butterflies so what better paper line than the Mariposa line from DCWV. I didn't even have to do much to this card because the paper is so beautiful. I made the large butterfly with a Martha Stewart stamp and I used my colored pencils with mineral spirits to color it in. The mineral spirits makes the pencils easy to blend. You should use the odorless mineral spirits whenever possible and If you cant then make sure to use it in a well ventilated area. I used the Cindy Loo cartridge for the Cricut to make the frame and the swirls. I added a metal butterfly charm to the frame. That's about it. Like I said, the paper is so pretty that I didn't have to do much to the card. I hope you enjoyed this card and thanks for stopping by.

Charms for the November swap

These are my charms for the Tim Holtz swivel clasp charm swap hosted by Regan at Emoradesigns. The theme for this months swap was fall colors and to use Copper hardware. I JUST LOVE doing this swap! I've really enjoyed making the charms for the swap. Thanks again to Reagan for hosting it. Hope you enjoy these and thanks for stopping by.

Sweetie layout

Here's a layout for you today.  I haven't gotten around to doing much of my own scrapbooking this year.  I've made some mini's for gifts, and I've done alot of cards but I've just not gotten to do alot of scrapbooking for myself and so I was happy to get this one done last night.  This is my Niece, Penelope Ruth, just minutes after she was born.  Isn't she beautiful?   We are all so excited about having another baby in the family finally.  We love her so.

So, to make this layout, I used a piece of patterned paper that my wonderful friend, Robin, sent to me in a RAK.  She say's its from a DCWV stack.  I just loved the paper. I used flowers by prima and recolections, and the clock  and the bird is a stamp from the grils paperie, the paper girl stamp set, and ink by momento.  The journaling stamp is from Autumn leaves, ink from clearsnap. The alpha stickers are from ek sucess and the ribbon is Martha Stewart.

OK, that's about it for this post. Thanks for stoping by and I hope you enjoyed the layout.