Birthday Blog Hop!

If It's Groovy is 3 years old!  We have a little blog hop to celebrate today and we hope you will enjoy as you make your way through each of The Groovy Chick's blogs showing projects made using the letters out of the word Birthday.

My letter from BIRTHDAY is R

I decided to make a Rosette, and place it on a birthday card.  I made a super simple card, added the rosette, with a birthday embellishment in the middle, and I have a fun card to give.  I am still new to making these, and I learn with each one :)  I probably should have used a longer piece of paper with this, but that's the fun of learning...you learn as you go, and the next one is better :) 

During the holidays I had a part-time job at Bloomingdales - fun, but I worked a little more than part-time and did not have any free time to scrap, so the only other R project I did was as a challenge in my facebook group...re-organize your scrap space.  I didn't re-organize as much as I re-newed, or re-freshed it.  Bought a couple of new organizers, and moved just a couple of things...I don't know about you, but the more I am in my room, I realize what I need closer, what I need "together", etc.  Anyway, I did my first video and uploaded it to youtube (a first for me).  All of my furniture is re-cycled ;)

TFL! Now it is time to go by and visit  Heather with the letter "T"



DCWV Stack-a-holic Template Challenge

DCWV has a monthly sketch challenge, and I finally did one :)

based on this sketch:

And, since I always do two pagers, I made this based on a scraplifting challenge in my facebook group, it needed to be vintage-y and distressed (I used a lot of distress ink):

And even though this is a blurry picture, I thought I'd show how you can do a two pager without them having to mirror each other or look exactly the same:

Altered Clothespin

Here's what I did for my extra project at If It's Groovy this month

It's an altered clothespin :)  Easy to do...cut some paper to size, file it down on the edges and ink them, and embellish!  You can use these on a layout, or add a magnet to the back and use it to hang notes on the fridge, or clip a giftcard to it and attach it to a card :)  TFL, Tammy



Fair Fun

For our "You're so Negative" challange at If It's Groovy

A couple of years ago I played with my color settings on my camera at the fair. In the ferris wheel pics, I thought it was cool to focus on the blue of the sky. I used some Pink Paislee paper for the background, and a lot of fussy cut pieces of it too. But I also added a lot of non-traditional embellishments on this page...an inventory tag; a bingo marker; tickets; a milk cap; scrabble tiles; a paper clip; and washi tape. A little piece of Tim Holtz film tape, and a splatter of black acrylic paint and I'm done. Tammy



Family Coaster Magnet

This is what I did for my extra project this month at If It's Groovy

It's a coaster magnet!  I used a chipboard like coaster (you know, for drinks?), covered it with paper and chipboard, filed down the edges and inked them, and then I glued a magnet to the back.  These are easy and fun to make, and you can usually find the coasters at your local dollar store :)  I used Cosmo Cricket paper and chipboard, and some Stickles.  TFL, Tammy



Good Times



Here's my matching page to my "out of focus" page.  These are some of the fun things they did during little league...like when the police helicopter landed on the field, or when he got to go with dad to an Angels game and go down on their field :)  I used Bella Blvd, my Tim Holtz tiny attacher, and misc. buttons.  TFL, Tammy

Sketchy Thursdays

For this week's sketch at Sketchy Thursdays, I made this:

based on this sketch:

This is my sister and her kids...my nephew is non-verbal autistic, and it's sometimes hard to get a smile in pictures, so I fell in love with this smirk here ;) 

I used Echo Park papers and stickers, and my I-Rock for some of the bling.

TFL