Lisa's Space

Happy Easter

lburton3@comcast.net (Lisa) — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:26:00 +0000

Happy Easter from Bella!

March Design Team Layouts

lburton3@comcast.net (Lisa) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:00:00 +0000

Our March sponsor at Scrap City is Charlie's Scrappin' Store.

She sent us some Coredinates card stock and flowers to work with. The Coredinates is awesome to distress and emboss, it strong enough to take crumpling, inking, tearing and embossing with ease.

My Rock, My Daddy

lburton3@comcast.net (Lisa) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:22:00 +0000

I loved this picture of my Daddy (isn't he cute!) by the pool at my brother's house on Labor Day weekend. (Yes I'm that far behind!) He is always there for me no matter what and I wanted to pay tribute to him with a layout. This page was designed for the technique challenge at Scrap City, the challenge was to sew on a layout. I machine stitched the scalloped circle to the background paper and I hand sewed the buttons to the layout.

King of the Grill

lburton3@comcast.net (Lisa) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:40:00 +0000

My LOAD for today! This is not for any challenge or team work, just a layout for Greg. Everyone loves his cooking especially from the grill.

Thanks Dream Designs

lburton3@comcast.net (Lisa) — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:20:00 +0000

Our February sponsor at Scrap City this month is Dream Designs, check out the gallery for some great inspiration!

The layout from 2/4 "Good Time" was also done with product from Dream Design.

LOAD 2/4

lburton3@comcast.net (Lisa) — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:29:00 +0000

It's not too late to get in on the fun at LOAD with Lain. I did it last year and was able to complete a layout a day, this is a great way to get caught up. These photos are from Labor Day, so that shows how far behind I am.

No Mistake

lburton3@comcast.net (Lisa) — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:07:00 +0000

There are no mistakes in scrapbooking! I laid out my paper for this layout and one of the cats chewed off part of the heart, so I cut that part off and repositioned the heart. I didn't like the way the stamped Christmas turn out so I used Stickles to cover it. So while this may not be the layout I had in mind when I started it turned out fine!

Scrap Your Crap's challenge this month is to use Red and Pink in a layout. The patterned paper was left over from a Fiskars rak, I think it's Heidi Grace.

ATC Swap at Scrap City

lburton3@comcast.net (Lisa) — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:13:00 +0000

We had an ATC swap at Scrap City. I had bought these stickers in a cute little gift shop in Portland and knew they would be perfect for an ATC. The sticker look vintage, but have current day sayings. I painted, stamped, embossing, blinged and stickled the cards, these were so fun to make! The pics aren't great because the weather was so yucky I had to take them inside,

LOAD

lburton3@comcast.net (Lisa) — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:46:00 +0000

Last January I did the "Layout A Day" challenge with Lain at Scrap Happy. She is having again next month. It's a great way to catch up on your scrapping and the prize is a good incentive. Check out her blog and see how to register if you're up for the challenge!

Calendars

lburton3@comcast.net (Lisa) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:42:00 +0000

This was like doing 24 layouts at once and it's why Ashley and Debbie didn't get their Christmas gifts until mid-Jan! This year I am going to try and do a Calendar layout each month.

Scrap City DT Jan. Cards

lburton3@comcast.net (Lisa) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:55:00 +0000

I don't make a lot of cards usually just when I need one, I will whip one up in a hurry. This month at Scrap City it's all about cards so I had to make 5. I really enjoyed taking my time on the these and now I will have a few ready when I need them.

Bolt

lburton3@comcast.net (Lisa) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:53:00 +0000

This is a bad pic but the best that I can do without my laptop! This is another layout from the Cosmo Cricket Jack's World line for Scrap City's DT.

Scrap City Prize

lburton3@comcast.net (Lisa) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:55:00 +0000

Check out the Cosmo Cricket prize at Scrap City

It's an awesome kit and my last post was made with some of the paper, stickers and quotes.

I Love Cosmo Cricket

lburton3@comcast.net (Lisa) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:52:00 +0000

I used Cosmo Cricket's Jack's World paper and ribbon on this layout of Ben's School Picture and I wrote in white on the bottom of the grade to try and match the background paper.
Also, Cosmo Cricket paper for Bella's treat jar. I used the Black chip board for CC and went over it with Pearl Ex.

There is still plenty of time to get in the running for the prize this month at Scrap City.

Hunting Season

lburton3@comcast.net (Lisa) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:51:00 +0000

I made this layout for Scrap City's theme challenge this month. The challenge is "Seasons", so I used hunting season, it can be anything really Fall, Winter, Seasons Greeting, Football Season...you get the idea. Go check out this month's challenges and the great prize for this month.

Our sponsor this month is Cosmo Cricket and I am working with the Jack's World line, which is adorable. I will post my projects around the 15th.

So Sorry

lburton3@comcast.net (Lisa) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:47:00 +0000

I have been a bad blogger! I think I have finally gotten my creativity back and am getting some things done. My laptop is on the fritz and I never knew how much I missed it 'til it was gone. I miss blog hopping while sitting on the couch. It's just not as much fun sitting at the desk in a room by myself. Anyway, please forgive me! I am trying to get back in the swing of things and I hope to be visiting your blog soon.

Happy Thanksgiving

lburton3@comcast.net (Lisa) — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:04:00 +0000

I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving. I'm in Florida visiting Greg's parents and I will be home Saturday. I am so ready to get back to scrapping!

Twilight Review

lburton3@comcast.net (Lisa) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:06:00 +0000

Kristin and I just got home from the midnight showing of Twilight. OMG, it was awesome! Edward is so hot!

My RAK for the SC Crop

lburton3@comcast.net (Lisa) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:31:00 +0000

I am giving away this We R Memory Keepers page kit to the person who recruits the most new members to Scrap City during our crop this week. The paper is really great heavy weight and gorgeous design and colors. It comes with a sheet of alphabet stickers and a sheet of die cuts to match the paper.

Game Show Crop

lburton3@comcast.net (Lisa) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:40:00 +0000

We have some awesome challenges for this crop and some great prizes. Come over and join us at Scrap City for this fun crop!

Update on Bella

lburton3@comcast.net (Lisa) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:10:00 +0000

This was taken Monday night, she was spayed that morning. Her wounds have healed wonderfully and the surgery went well. She's doing great today. It's hard to believe that we've only had her 3 weeks, she is so much a part of our family already and I can't imagine not having her.

Bella prefers to wear bandanas to hide her scar. The scars are part of her character but I hate people always asking me what happened to her when we go to PetSmart!

She is so smart she has learned sit, shake and lay down easily. She could learn more, I just don't know how to teach other commands! Anyone know any tricks I could teach her?

November Creative Team

lburton3@comcast.net (Lisa) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:27:00 +0000

Another sketch for Scrap City, most of the patterned paper is SEI from one of Noel's kits.

Scrap City Design Team Projects

lburton3@comcast.net (Lisa) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:44:00 +0000

This layout of Leanne and Ben was done from a sketch. The patterned paper is Basic Grey and Cosmo Cricket.
This is for my Scrap City design team challenge this month. We had to scrap a layout about an addiction and I always have a Diet Coke in my hand. I cut some embellishments from a carton the coke came in, for the background I painted the paper silver then sprinkled with glitter.

Mini Album From Garbage!

lburton3@comcast.net (Lisa) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:15:00 +0000

I made this mini album for my Niece from garbage! The album holder is a Jiffy muffin mix box, they are the perfect size, and the pages were cut from cardboard. I had a Heidi Grace kit that I was wanting to get rid of so I used most of it on this project. The pictures I used were from this summer when she spent a week with me, these pics weren't worthy of a layout, but perfect for a mini album for her. I did this for the altered challenge at Scrap City.

I'm sorry that I've been such a bad blogger lately. My laptop is not working so I'm chained to the desk instead of blog hopping on the coach!

Here's a yummy recipe to using Jiffy Cornmeal Mix so you can get some empty boxes and this stuff in really cheap. This is a great side dish for the holidays and it's so easy.

Corn Casserole
1 can of creamed corn
1 can of whole kernel corn
8 oz. sour cream
1 box of Jiffy Corn Meal Mix
1 tbs. sugar
3/4 stick of melted butter
2 eggs

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix all ingredients together pour in casserole dish and bake for 40-45 minutes, until it's a little brown on top.

Daddy's Baby

lburton3@comcast.net (Lisa) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:41:00 +0000

Scrap City has their November challenges up, check them out we have some good ones this month. This is the sketch challenge, I really like the format.

I know it's fall but I am so behind on my scrapping that I still have tons of summer pics to scrap. Hayes is such a Daddy's boy he would prefer for Justin to tote him around all the time! These pics are from their Florida vacation. I love the one where he's laying his head on Justin's shoulder.

I'm still working on getting my scrap stuff organized by color, I think it will a great system if I ever get finished! How do you organize by color, manufacturer or by type? I would love some tips.