Spotlight on Sid

Sidney recently created this not-so-little canister for her hair goodies. She may have done it all on her own, she may have had a little help...I'll never tell. I will say the title work is all her own. It's been a great addition to the bathroom and helped tame her ever expanding hair accessories.
She used:
from Momenta:
12x12" Super Paper pad -Free to Be Me (PA-2263)
The Kaleidscope sticker kit.
and some washi tape I had kicking around 
Thanks for  stopping by! Sid would love to hear any comments you might have. :)

Scrappy Sunday

In my long awaited, beautiful vacation this week, I found very little time to scrap. I was way too busy having fun.
We celebrated Easter (did you know the Easter bunny shops at Sid's favourite clothing store?) with family. We checked out the Cherry Blossoms with friends, went to a local farm, had a sick day, did a little shopping, had a play date and even took in local history.

I did find time to finish one solitary layout and submit a few to magazines.
Tomorrow it's back to the grind, but now it's time to get back to scrappy Sunday. Have a great one!

Butterfly Jar Tutorial

Growing up, my Mom had a bell jar on our front hall table with two preserved black and white butterflies on branches inside. I alternated between finding this jar creepy and beautiful.
Fast forward to the present: after I made the mason jar snow globes, I came up with the idea to make my own "cruelty free" butterfly jar....lol
I started by finding three twigs and hot gluing them to the base of the jar, making sure the twigs were small enough and in the right position to fit inside the glass. I then cut thin strips of green card stock from the Momenta's Family Ties collection(PA-1839) and curled them with scissors, like Christmas ribbon. This card stock is perfect for that since it has a striped texture and curls easily. I glued it around the twigs, covering the base.

Next I punched three layers of paper for each butterfly (using a Martha punch) and Family ties collection (PA-1839). I glued them together along the body and fanned out the wings to give them some depth. I glued them to the branches using Glossy Accents. I added Stickles to the butterflies when they were dry.
Here's a close up of the little guys:
I hope you enjoyed this mini-tutorial and give it a try!