Happy Birthday {Paper Issues This or That Challenge}

I just realized I never shared this layout that I made in February for Paper Issue's This or That challenge.

So,  the challenge is to pick one of the two choices for each of the items numbered 1-10: I'll bold the items I used:

1. Thickers or Alpha Stickers
2. Cut File or Punched Shapes
3. Enamel Dots or Sequins
4. Hand Journaling or Type-Writer Journaling
5. Wood Veneer or Acrylic Embellishment
6. Frames or Tags
7. Thread/Twine or Ribbon
8. Nuvo Drops or Mist
9. A Clip or Flair Button
10. Washi or Stickers

Here's the page I made. I'm making a book for my pastor. She has the cutest dogs ever, and they're just irresistible for me to scrap. She doesn't know I'm making this book--I'm snagging the pictures off of her Facebook page. 

Here are some details. Is this not the cutest dog EVER? I started out my layout with the Simple Stories Let's Party chipboard pieces, and from there I just started choosing papers and other elements to match the colors and wound up using a lot of my old stash, which I just love!

The cut file, called Bubbles, is from Paper Issues. So fun, and I thought it sort of echoed the balloons.

Those letter stickers are ancient--Doodlebug's Just My Type. The Chipboard frame is by Making Memories, also super old. 

The fun chipboard balloons were perfect for adding the wood-veneer stars.

MJ Live {CSI Case File No. 116}

We have a rockin' Case File open for investigation at CSI: Color, Stories, Inspiration this week!

I'm finally getting around to scrapping a picture from my 50th birthday. All the pictures were taken with iPhones at my party, and I am not at all happy with the way I looked. Sigh.

Farzad had a surprise party for me and hired a Michael Jackson impersonator. So fun! Anyhow, here's my page. Clues I used...Evidence: music elements, monogram, circles, metal, buttons, labels, silhouette, electricity, solid black background. Testimony: journal on several journaling spots.

Here are a few details: Papers I used are We R Memory Keepers (green triangles); Simple Stories (stripes, grid behind picture); Echo Park (viewmaster), Pebbles (gray stripe). The music paper is something I found online and printed on cardstock. The wood pieces are all by Studio Calico. Enamel dots are by My Mind's Eye. Those little chevron metal dots are by Cloud 9. The tickets are by My Mind's Eye.

I cut the title (both the MJ and the Live) with my Silhouette Cameo. I used a Stencil by The Crafter's Workshop and some pastel chalks for the red circles. I rescued some very old Fontwerks labels for my journaling spots. That red label under the MJ is also really old, by Creative Cafe.

The white stuff in the background is a Kaiser Craft stamp which I stamped repeatedly with embossing ink and used white embossing powder. I've been on a mission lately to use up some of the gazillion buttons I have.

This was a super-fun Case File to work with. If you haven't had a chance to play this month, you'll definitely want to give this one a try--you have until Sunday midnight for a chance to win a voucher to A Piece of Cake Designs to buy some of the sweet scrappy goods below:

A Palette of Pinks and Perky Plum

Say THAT three times fast! Our first challenge of 2011 went live on Thursday at Color Combos Galore. I've had so much fun making the Inspiration Boards while Janet was away. I couldn't resist using the fact taht January is National Hot Tea Month as our theme this month. Here's the Inspiration Board for Challenge #174:

We have a new sponsor this month! Stash to Treasure is offering a very cool prize to two lucky winners. Check out the main page of CCG for details.

Here is the page I made for this challenge. Not a very good picture because the dang weather won't cooperate and I had to take the picture inside. I went a little crazy adding stuff to my page--it's hard to fit all the stuff I want to put on my 8 x 8 pages! I journaled on the back about my awesome birthday. I was spoiled this year and had four celebrations--one with my husband, one with my family, my best friend threw me a party, and my coworkers too me out for dinner. Made turning 47 not feel so awful!

Thank you for visiting my blog and taking a look at my layout! I hope you'll play along with us! Come check out all the beautiful work the rest of the team and our guest designers and featured member did this week.