Cece's Album is FINISHED!!

30 months, 88 pages, two thick albums, hundreds of photos and mementos and countless hours later and it's done. Completely done! I am thrilled with these albums. It was a lot of work but so worth it. I miss my baby cousin who is no longer a baby but a little woman. We moved to Oregon just a few weeks after she was born and it was tough to leave her. I haven't been able to watch her grow up in person but I did from distance through making this album. I am so excited to see her over Christmas and present her parents with these albums. I hope they love them as much as I do!

Stuck?! December 1st Sketch

So I have looked at the Stuck?! sketch blog before and am on a Design Team with Stuck?! Creative Team Member Amanda Winchester, but had yet to try one of their sketches...until today. The December 1st sketch was exactly what I was looking for to scrap a non-photo layout. Here's the sketch...

And here is my take on it. I am working on scrapping my little cousin's first year album and I had these footprints of hers sitting on my desk for ages. I find memoriablia without any sort of accompanying photo so hard to scrap. But, this sketch, rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise, was just what I needed to get the mojo flowing and get these footprints scrapped!

Get in the holiday spirit with the December Crop Addict Kit!

Crop Addict's December Blessings of the Season monthly scrapbook kit features double sided papers from Little Yellow Bicycle and Dream Street that capture the holiday and winter season. Coordinating sheets of Bazzill cardstock, including two sheets of embossed cardstock, are included along with a set of alphabet Thickers, 8 cards and envelopes to get a jump start on those Christmas cards, Heidi Swapp rubons, Basic Grey finished chipboard, Crossed Path sentiment stickers, Bazzill chipboard tags & large cardstock tag, Heidi Swapp glitter florals, a Basic Grey journaling card, Making Memories velvet brads and 7 Gypsies 97% Complete journaling cards. Pick up your kit here for only $32 before they are all gone! (Unfortunately, the amazing kit option that came with this kit is already sold out.)

I used this kit to create several Christmas layouts for my baby cousin Cece's first year album. There was so much supplies in this kit that I was able to create seven layouts (including two double-pagers) and a card - with plenty of supplies left over! Check out my creations below and also be sure to visit the Crop Addict gallery to see what the rest of the Design Team did with the kit.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Check out the delicious, family-friendly Crop Addict November Kit!

Tis the season for fall festivities, baking goodness and being thankful for family. And the Crop Addict November Kit has all the supplies you need to create fabulous layouts and projects centered around these themes. So pull together all those photos from your fall outings, family get-togethers and successful (or not so successful) baking sessions - and scrap away!

This is kit is filled with a fun combination of double sided and single sided papers from My Little Shoebox's Just Add Butter Collection, Bella Blvd's Family Tree Collection and Dream Street Papers' Cookies-n-Cream Collection. These fall colored papers are perfect for the change of seasons, Thanksgiving, and holiday baking. As always we've included coordinating sheets of Bazzill cardstock. Kit embellishments include a set of alphas, a Blossom Ruffle Flower from Maya Road, fun rubons from Die Cuts With a View, stickers, ribbon, buttons, trinkets, brads, and a complete mini alphabet stamp set.

You can get your kit for only $32 by clicking here. Also be sure to check out the awesome coordinating kit option for only $14 more. Check out the layouts I created using this kit below and be sure to check out the rest of the Design Team's work in the Crop Addict gallery!

The fabulous Crop Addict October kit is here!

Trick or Treat? With the October Crop Addict Kit, it is definitely a TREAT! This kit is fabulous - chock full of papers, cardstock and supplies for creating a bunch of Halloween and On The Road layouts. So you can scrap all those photos from this past summer's road trips and have supplies for all those adorable Halloween photos you'll be taking later on this month.

This is kit is filled with awesome travel-themed papers from Jillibean Soup and My Little Shoebox. But, for me personally, an extra special treat was getting a bunch of papers from the now discontinued Dream Street Papers Superstition collection. I fell in love with this collection and wasn't able to get my hands on it last year. When I heard Dream Street Papers was closing its doors, I thought I wouldn't ever have the chance to get my hands on this amazing collection. Not so now that I got this kit! Besides the fantastic papers and Bazzill cardstock, your kit comes with Bella Blvd alpha stickers, Creative Imaginations Narratives by Karen Russell stickers, brads and eyelets from American Crafts & We R Memory Keepers, Kaiser Kraft felt & rhinestones, Heidi Grace flocked chipboard, May Arts ribbons and more!

You can get your kit for only $32 by clicking here. Also be sure to check out the awesome coordinating kit option for only $14 more. Check out the layouts I created using this kit below and be sure to check out the rest of the Design Team's work in the Crop Addict gallery!

Happy World Card Making Day!

Hope you all got some great cards made! Here are a couple cards I made earlier this week. Thanks for looking!

Capture the Moment with the September Crop Addict Kit!

The Crop Addict September Capturing The Moment kit is amazing! This monthly scrapbook kit features playful double sided papers from BoBunny's Mammarazzi Collection and Dream Street Papers' Everyday Celebrations which are perfect for Back to School, Birthdays and so much more. Also included are coordinating sheets of Bazzill cardstock, including a sheet of Bling and a double sided, two-colored cardstock. Kit embellishments include a set of American Crafts Thickers, rubons, stickers, chipboard, fun metals from Tim Holtz and WeR Memory Keepers and Prima flowers.

Get all this for only $32 by clicking here. An awesome kit option add-on is also available for $14.

Check out the layouts I created using this kit below. I had a blast using it for all types of layouts including birthdays, a Baptism and nights out with friends & family. You can also check out what the rest of the Crop Addict Design Team created by clicking here!

New Scraproom!

Well, a new apartment means what else but a new scraproom! We are finally settled into our new place and my scraproom is organized in a way that I am pretty sure is going to work very well for me. I've adapted some of the same organization I had in my old scraproom, but also tried some new stuff too. So without further ado, welcome to my new scraproom!

Here's my desk area. Now that I am sharing it with Andrew (he is working from home two days a week) I am trying to keep the top clean and relatively clear for his sake. Desktop has my computer, lamp, tool turnabout with all my essentials and a step file for notepads, file folders for work in progress or to dos and my color wheel. To the left of the chair is my plastic drawer set which houses all go-to adhesives & tools that don't fit in the tool turnabout, my inks, my mists and markers. Behind the set of drawers, I hid our shredder. To the right of my chair I have the Budweiser crate I inherited from my grandma and that holds all the heritage photos I need to scrap. The crate also serves as the perfect perch for my printer. Behind the crate & printer sits my acrylic trays that hold all my cardstock. On top of the acrylic trays sit my glass mat, 18" metal ruler and Cutterpede trimmer. (See Chase on his bed under the desk? He LOVES his new hideout.)

Here's the other side of the room. We finally have a space big enough to hold a futon so the scraproom can double as a guest room too!

Here's my shelving unit. Just one of those plastic cheapies from Home Depot but it works. The top two shelves hold my hardware drawers for small embellishments, pasta jars with my small Prima flowers, wooden utensil holder that holds my favorite bling, and my old childhood Easter basket that now is full of Ziploc bags with all my other flowers in them. The third shelf down holds my Crop Hopper vertical files with all my patterned paper. The bottom shelf is for albums. (The rest of my albums are under the bed and dresser in the bedroom.)

Next I have my two Cubicals units. This one is the home for my Cricut, Cuttlebug & Xyron (when not in use), photo boxes full of more supplies & tools, accordion files of mementos & other inspiration, my Close To My Heart carrier for small embellishments and magazine files for photo paper, letter-size specialty paper and regular computer paper. All the canvas drawers are used for housing more supplies & tools - the three in this unit are for paint, spare adhesive and buttons.

Cubical unit #2! The small green chest of drawers on top is for ribbon. The basket holds lots more embellishments. The center cubes hold all my idea books and scrappy magazines. These canvas drawers are for miscellaneous tools and supplies, office supplies, embossing tools & supplies and my foam stamps.

Here is my favorite new addition to my scraproom. I finally purchased four 12x12 shadow boxes for displaying some of my favorite layouts. I totally love them and cannot believe I didn't have any before.

My white bureau. It used to house clothes, but now with a walk-in closet I can use it to store more scrappy supplies! Top drawer is punches. Second drawer is acrylic stamps. Third drawer is chipboard. Fourth drawer is random supplies like Stickers, die-cuts, alchohol inks, beads, glitter and more. Bottom drawer is embroidery floss, fibers and wood-mounted stamps.

And here are my stackable J-Max cubes! The set of three long drawers is for more chipboard (I have a lot of chipboard). The four small drawers hold alphas, embellishments & Thickers! The unit with the four shelves is where I keep finished layouts to file, page in progress pockets, cutting mats & Cricut mats. The white basket holds a bunch of Crop Hopper sticker pockets where I store stickers, rub-ons and flatter embellishments organized by theme. The three Container Store tote bags on the floor hold all my kits I still need to work through. On the windowsill is a margarita glass with all the extra blades for my Cutterpede and a wooden utensil box holding journaling spots.

Thanks for taking a tour of my new space! I hope you like it!

Tissue Paper Flowers

1. Gather your supplies: tissue paper, spray mist, circle punches, buttons & embroidery floss.
2. Cut your tissue paper into strips wide enough to punch circles in.
3. Punch circles of varying sizes in the strips of tissue paper.
4. Layer several tissue paper circles, with the smaller circles on top, add a button to the center of the top circle and attach the button and layers of tissue paper together using embroidery floss.
5. Spray the flowers with the spray mist. Set aside to dry.
6. Once dry, the flowers should have a crinkly look to them.
7. Use your flowers on a project.

Welcome to the new Crop Addict Design Team!

I have some great news! I get to return for a third term as Design Team Coordinator at Crop Addict! Now I have the opportunity to stay on the team for another six month term and design with Debbie's awesome kits, work with a bundle of supplies from various manufacturers and I also get to lead a whole new team of awesome designers. A big congrats to the new team...

Guiseppa Gubler

Monique Liedtke

Amanda Winchester

Audrey Yeager

Crop Addict's "The Places We Go" August 2010 Kit!

You will absolutely love the Crop Addict August 2010 Kit! The August "The Places We Go" monthly scrapbook kit features fun, colorful double sided papers from Bella Blvd's All Inclusive Collection and Carolee's Creations (Adornit) Destination Collection. Six sheets of Bazzill cardstock are also included. Kit embellishments include a American Crafts Thickers, rubons, stickers, and fun goodies from Bella Blvd and Making Memories. An awesome coordinating kit option is also available.

This kit is perfect for all those fun travel photos and documenting all you summertime memories. Be sure to check out the layouts I created with this kit below and you can also check out what the rest of the Design Team did with the kit in the Crop Addict August 2010 Kit Gallery!

I am the August Featured Design Team Member at Crop Addict

Be sure to visit the Crop Addict forum this month because I am the August Featured Design Team Member! I have already posted a monthly challenge for you and every Monday, I will also be posting a weekly challenge for you. So be sure to stop by and take part in the challenges. While your there, check out the rest of the forum and the awesome Crop Addict store too!

PDX Pals Mini Album

I created this mini album for our friends Ashley & Justin who just moved back to Kansas last week. Over the past couple years, we grew very close to them and were very sad to see them go. It was important to me to create something for them to remember us and this mini documents many of the adventures the four of us have had over the past couple years. I used Basic Grey's Origins collection to create the album.

Check out the fun and vibrant Crop Addict July kit!

The Crop Addict July Having Fun monthly scrapbook kit features playful double sided papers from Pink Paislee's 365 Degrees Collection and Little Yellow Bicycle's Zach's Life Collection. Six sheets of Bazzill cardstock is included. Kit embellishments include a chipboard alphabet set, a sheet of sheer delights speciality paper, rubons, chipboard stars, Bazzill button, acrylic star, die cut cardstock stickers, two sets of clear stamps and ribbon.

These products are perfect for creating those fun summer projects or Fourth of July pages! Be sure to check out the layouts I created with the kit (below) or check out the Crop Addict gallery to see what the rest of the Design Team created with the kit.

You get all of this for only $32.00! A fabulous kit add-on option is also available. So get your kit now before they are all gone!

I have a layout in this month's Scrapstreet Magazine!

I am so excited to have my first layout featured in Scrapstreet online magazine. My layout My Top Ten Favorite Things About Christmas is featured in my scrappy buddy Aymee Gandy's first article for Scrapstreet. She wrote an awesome article called "Tag, You're It" about how to use an old scrapbooking staple - tags! Be sure to check it out!

Have fun with the Crop Addict June 2010 Monthly Kit!

Wow! There is just so much fun stuff in this month's Crop Addict Kit. This kit comes with all brand new papers from 7 Gypsies, Creative Imaginations and Webster Pages as well as six sheets of coordinating Bazzill cardstock and a ton of embellishments from a variety of manufacturers. This kit is perfect for scrapping those tributes to Dad, summer fun photos and vacation memories. Below are the projects I created with this kit. You can also check out what the rest of the Design Team created with the kit by clicking here!

Be sure to pick up your kit now because the retail value is $48 but you can get you kit for only $32! So be sure to pick yours up today before they're gone. Also, check out the super fun coordinating kit option too, available for only $14.

Crop Addict June 2010 Monthly Kit

Crop Addict June 2010 Monthly Kit Option

The Gorgeous Crop Addict May Kit is here!

Yes, I am late posting this seeing May is almost over. But, that is no reason to miss the beautiful May Happy Memories Kit from Crop Addict. This kit is perfect for wedding photos, and with wedding season right around the corner, we all need to stock up on wedding scrapbooking supplies. This kit features gorgeous brand new double sided papers from Iron Orchid Designs for Creative Imaginations and Teresa Collin's Mr. & Mrs. Collection. 6 sheets of coordinating Bazzill cardstock are included. Kit embellishments include an alphabet set, Prima flowers including a Trellis Rose, Maya Road Kraft Library card, metal word stickers, beautiful May Arts ribbon and more! Also included are bonus items including bright and cheery Fancy Pants papers and a 7 Gypsies alphabet stamp set! Be sure to get your kit while supplies last - only $32.00!

I submitted to the Glitz Designs DT Call!

Wow! I have been waiting for this opportunity for awhile now! I fell in love with Glitz Designs when they first showed up on the scene a few years back. Their papers are so fun, the bling is awesome (I have the border in every color I think) and their rub-ons I feel are some of the best on the market (they go on like butta'). So you can't imagine how pumped I was to find out they were having a Design Team call. So I went ahead and submitted - hit the "send" button tonight. Wish me luck!

Here are my top three favorite Glitz layouts to date...

This one won second place in a Glitz Designs contest at Scrap 4 Life (site now closed). I had fun with this one using Glitz papers, mesh, bling & rub-ons!

I love this Glitz Design paper - it says so much on it's own, the layout didn't need much more. Just add some foam adhesive to the paper for dimension and accent with Stickles & you're good to go!

Had fun playing with more Glitz papers, bling & the awesome grid rub-on!

Check out the mini album I made with the Crop Addict April Kit!

To be honest, I never really used to be a big fan of mini-albums. But they are definitely growing on me for sure! I mean, how could you not love this cute elephant mini from Maya Road?

With this mini and the addition of bright, fun papers from American Crafts, Jillibean Soup & Scenic Route (plus a ton of coordinating embellishments) I was able to make this mini to give my best friend. She just gave birth to her second daughter, Cecilia Marie, on March 2nd!

I am so proud to say...I won the Treasured Scrapbooking We Love Our Member Contest!

Every Spring, Treasured Scrapbooking hosts their We Love Our Members Contest. It's four weeks with a layout challenge each week. This year Erin really challenged all of us by taking what she's been learning in her art classes and having us apply various design principles in our layouts. Man, it was tough but I learned a lot!

Here are the four layouts I created for each week of the contest. I am happy to say they are now four of my favorite layouts ever!

Week #1 Challenge:

1. Create a layout where the focal point follows the rule of thirds.
2. Include ONE photo, also using the rule of thirds.
3. Include an example of hierarchy - embelly cluster, paper layering, the way you do your alpha, etc.
4. Unify with color, either a palette, monochrome, complementary, etc.
5. Keep those eyes moving! Create visual movement.

Week #2 Challenge:

1. Pay attention to negative space.
2. Unify through color.
3. Add something to your photo- whether it is journaling, your title, an embelly, overlapping cluster, etc.
4. Get a little distressed - use some sort of distressing on your layout, scissors, ink, tearing, painting, sanding, whatever you choose!

Week #3 Challenge:

1. Play with symmetry & give a description of what type of symmetry you used.
2. Play with complementary color pairs (doesn't have to be the primary version of the color, can be any shade, tint or tone): Red/Green, Blue/Orange, Yellow/Purple. Choose one grouping and have those be your dominant colors, but other colors are allowed also.
3. Keep it balanced!! Focus on the overall balance on your layout. Make sure that what you think is important about it shows as what is important!

Week #4 Challenge:

1. Use what you've learned from the prior weeks and include a description of what you used/learned.
2. Include ONE photo.
3. Get a little distressed.
4. Keep it all balanced.
5. Include at least one thing that is hand made by you. It can be ANYTHING at all.

And, it was just icing on the cake when I found out...I WON THE GRAND PRIZE!! I received my prize package today which included a Treasured Scrapbooking March card kit, a bunch of fun embellishments and a $25 gift certificate to the Treasured Scrapbooking store which I immediately spent on a ton of new Helmar adhesives. I can't wait to play with my new goodies!

It's Cheery Spring With The Crop Addict April Kit!

Spring is in the air with the Crop Addict April Kit! The Spring Surprise monthly scrapbook kit features bright and exciting brand NEW double sided papers from American Crafts' Dear Lizzy Collection and Jillibean Soup's Egg Drop Soup Collection. Six sheets of coordinating Bazzill cardstock are included. Kit embellishments include American Crafts Thickers, a Maya Road mini-album, Basic Grey rubons, Maya Road butterflies, and goodies from Heidi Swapp, Luxe, ZVA, Making Memories, We R Memory Keepers and Queen and Co.

BONUS EXTRAS include a Creative Imaginations Transparency, Making Memories stickers, Scenic Route stickers, papers from American Crafts and Scenic Route and ribbon from May Arts.

Value of this kit is $48.00; our price is only $32.00!

Also available is a fun April Kit Option. This kit add-on package includes Polar Bear Press Cardstock Alphabet and Numbers, Queen & Co Alpha Betty and a Making Memories Flocking Kit - all which coordinate with the April Kit! Pick up your kit option now for only $14 while supplies last!

Below are the layouts & cards I created with the kit, but be sure to check out the April kit gallery to see what the rest of the design team did with the kit!

Need to chase away the April Showers? Pick up your kit today!

Crop Addict Birthday Blog Hop!

Happy 4th Birthday Crop Addict! To celebrate Crop Addict's birthday we are having our Spring Cyber Crop beginning next Friday and from now until then, we are also celebrating with Crop Addict's first ever blog hop! If you are doing the hop in order, then here you you should have come here from Tonya's blog.

The rules of the blog hop are simple: The hop starts Friday, February 26th at 6PM EST and ends at the start of the Cyber Crop on Friday, March 5th at 6PM EST. We have an extra special prize for the winner of the blog hop! For a chance to win, all you need to do is post a comment on each DT member's blog and also one on the Crop Addict blog.

To earn a second entry into the prize drawing, post about the crop (details below) on your own blog and let us know you did so by posting a comment on the Crop Addict blog.

And you have an opportunity to earn even more entires into the prize drawing. For each friend you bring to the crop, you earn another entry into the drawing. There will be a special thread in the Crop forum where you friend can post who invited them!

At the end of the Crop, we will draw for a Blog Hop Winner!

The crop will begin at 6pm EST on Friday, March 5th and continue through the weekend until 6pm EST on Sunday, March 7th. There will be lots of challenges, games and of course, prizes. And new to this crop be on the lookout for drive-by, on-a-whim freebies, prizes and discounts! It's going to be a ton of fun. We are looking forward to seeing you there!

So you need to post a comment here before moving on! The next blog you should visit is the Crop Addict blog!

And in case you are hopping along and get sidetracked, here is the blog hop order to put you back on track...

• Crop Addict
• Debbie
• Brandy
• LG
• Carolyn
• Tonya
• Megan

The Crop Addict March Kit is AMAZING!

From the moment I opened this kit, I was in love with all the bright, cheery papers and embellishments. This kit is chock full of awesome products from Shabby Green Door, We R Memory Keepers, Imagination Project, Jenni Bowlin, Heidi Swapp and more. Also, you have to check out the awesome kit option add-on. I picked one up and I'm happy I did. Check out what I created with my kit below!

Crop Addict's Biannual Cyber Crop is here!

Join us Friday, March 5th through Sunday, March 7th at Crop Addict for a weekend full of challenges, games & awesome prizes! The Crop Addict design team has been working hard to create an awesome weekend full of scrappy fun for you. And Debbie has pulled together some fabulous prizes. So be sure to mark your calendars. We can't wait to see you there!

Fall in Love with the February Crop Addict Kit!

Celebrate winter with many of the winter themed products in this month's Crop Addict kit. Besides gorgeous hues of blue snowflake patterned paper, you'll find Valentine themed products (of course) and some amazing Spring-themed products (in case you are wishing the groundhog hadn't seen his shadow). With papers from Bo Bunny, Heidi Grace & Little Yellow Bicycle and a variety of coordinating embellishments, this kit is sure to chase away those winter blues! And best yet...the BRAND NEW FEBRUARY KIT IS 33% OFF! Check out the layouts and cards I created with this kit below.

Congrats to the new Crop Addict design team!!

I have some great news! I get to return for a second term as Design Team Coordinator at Crop Addict! Now I have the opportunity to stay on the team for another six month term and design with Debbie's awesome kits, work with a bundle of supplies from various manufacturers and I also get to lead a whole new team of awesome designers. A big congrats to the new team...

Carolyn Lontin

Lady Grace "LG" Belarmino

Tonya Manglona

Brandy Seitz

Treasured Scrapbooking Blog Hop!

Treasured Scrapbooking is hosting their first ever blog hop! Click here to visit the Treasured Scrapbooking blog to begin the hop. You'll need to post a comment there first and then you'll find the blog roll call to continue the hop - have fun!

One random participant will receive a Gift Certificate to the TS store! Also, share this same info on your blog and post back to let us know that you have for an extra entry! Send a friend, have them say that you sent them and you get another entry! Also, you'll find challenges along the way, every challenge you complete before the end of the week will earn you an entry into another RAK drawing! You need to post your challenge layout on TreasuredScrapbooking.com in the Challenge Forum to get your entry!

Every design team member will be giving away a gift certificate to the TS store on their blog! You have until the 5th to complete the hop, and until the 7th to get your challenge page posted! Be sure to post a comment on each DT member's blog, and also be sure to post your challenge pages in the TS Challenge forum and the TS Gallery!

Also, you can find the February Kit here. There are limited quantities, and you won't want to miss out!

And while you're at it...check out the March Guest Designer Contest here. Entries are due by the 10th!

Bottle Caps & Pop Tabs Weekly Challenge

Here's this week's challenge over at Crop Addict!

As I said below, this month our challenges are going to focus on repurposing items found in our supply stash and around the house. By using items like this, you are saving money by reusing these items and not having to buy more scrapping supplies. You are also being environmentally friendly by recycling these items that would have otherwise been thrown away.

For this week, your challenge is to use bottle caps or soda can tabs on your layout. You must use a minimum of five bottle caps or soda can tabs on your layout.

On my example, I used five bottle caps in various ways. To flatten my bottle caps (so my layout wasn’t too bulky), I ran them through my Cuttlebug. If you don’t have a Cuttlebug or Sizzix, an old-fashioned hammer and self healing mat will work!

Upload your layout by midnight PST on 2/8/10 to the February 1st weekly challenge gallery and link it back to this thread to have a chance to win a prize!

Check out the challenges over at Crop Addict!

As the February Featured Design Team Member for Crop Addict, I have the chance to pose a monthly challenge as well as several weekly challenges for the month.

This month, the challenges are going to focus on repurposing items found in our supply stash and around the house. By using items like this, you are saving money by reusing these items and not having to buy more scrapping supplies. You are also being environmentally friendly by recycling these items that would have otherwise been thrown away.

For the Crop Addict monthly challenge, let’s see you create some beautiful handmade flowers from supplies in your stash. The only requirement for this challenge is that your layout must include a minimum of one handmade flower of some sort.

Here are a few examples of handmade flowers. Also, check out the Crop Addict totally techniques index for step-by-steps on how to make a variety of handmade flowers.

Create lollipop flowers from scraps of patterned paper and some circle punches…

Take transparency circles, dye them with alcohol inks, warp them with a heat gun & stack them to create these glass-blown, “Bellagio-style” flowers…

Use a die-cutting machine to cut several flower shapes from patterned paper and layer them to create a dimensional flower…

Use a length of ribbon to create the petals of a flower…

Upload your layout by midnight PST on 2/28/10 to the February monthly challenge gallery and link it back to this thread to have a chance to win a prize!

How to make lollipop flowers!

Gather your supplies: Several scraps of coordinating paper, circle punches and/or cutting system, ink and something to use for flower centers (such as buttons or brads).

Cut several circles of various sizes from your scraps of paper. When cutting, keep in mind that each flower created will use two to five circles of different sizes and patterns.

Distress your circles by crumpling each one and then inking the edges.

Stack your layers so that the largest circle is on the bottom and working your way up so the smallest circle is on the top.

Add your flower center to the flower.

Now you have some cute lollipop flowers.

Use them on your project!