Lordy, Lordy, Look Who's 40 Blog hop

Yep, it's me.  Today is my 40th birthday.  It seems hard to believe...  I decided that it would be fun to have a blog hop to celebrate.  This was my first time hosting a hop and I know I made mistakes but, the group of ladies I have in this hop have just been awesome.  It has been a lot of fun for me and I hope for them as well. 

Here is my project.

I have a hot date with my wonderful husband planned and I plan on taking pics to go on this LO. 

Here is our line up.  Some ladies will have a project each day so make sure you follow along all week and leave everyone some love.  I will have a project each day and I will be giving away MTC cut files each day from now until May 2nd.  All you have to do is leave a comment on each project.   Today's give away is the grape file from my LO.   Follow this link to download the file and make sure you come back tomorrow for another file give away.   

Jenn ~ http://jennscrap2.blogspot.com/
Jill ~ http://thescrapoholic.blogspot.com/
Jackie ~ http://jackiesscrappinpad.blogspot.com/
Shelley~ http://heartstring-designs.blogspot.com/
Susan ~ http://susanascorner.blogspot.com/
Gill ~ http://creationsbygillm.blogspot.com/
Martha - http://pattisscrapingtime.blogspot.com/
Paula ~ http://www.owlbescrappin.com/
Anita ~ http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com/

United States Air Force Thunderbirds Layout

I love, love, love the Thunderbirds!  Here is my layout of my very favorite pictures of the Thunderbirds.

These planes and these pilots will make your heart race. 

These pictures are taken from LVMS.  I love NASCAR but I have to admit watching the Thunderbirds is one of my favorite parts of being at the racetrack.  Watching them practice and fly for the 3 days at the track is a very special experience.

This might be my very favorite picture I have ever taken!

The Thunderbirds saying "Once a Thunderbird, Always a Thunderbird"

Ok enough rambling... I used Bazzill for the background paper, the red and the white are shimmery, metallic papers.  I designed all the lettering and the border in MTC.  The stars are just leftover from the border cut.  The pages have handstitching and the quote is computer printed in the same font as the title. 

The Scrapoholic's Monday Make the Cut Challenge

This weeks MTC challenge for The Scrapoholic was borders.  You can enter her challenge here.  Let me tell you Jill gave us some great borders to work with and the hardest part was picking which border to use as they all look fabulous!

So without rambling and making you wait any longer here is what I came up with.

My Favorite Things Aren't Things

A 2 page layout that will highlight pictures of my very favorite people.  I plan on printing the pictures in black and white and then hand tinting them with photo markers to bring out some of the colors. 

I just love this paper!  I have been hoarding it forever and decided this would be a great use for it.  Here are some close ups of the details.

I love how the MTC borders from Jill have different sizes.  It made it soo easy to tie everything together. 

I really like the distressed look of the paper.  I used a sanding block on the photo mats, borders and the flower.

I needed some shimmer so I added Stickles to the main paper.

Here is what I used to create these pages

MTC cut files from The Scrapoholic
~Large border cut at 11.31 x 1.01
~Small border cut at 11.28 x 0.54 (cut down to fit the photo mats)
MTC lettering
~Brush455BT at 1"
K & Co. Roam double sided paper pack
Misc. cream and turqoise card stock
Sanding block
Dark brown Cat's Eye Chalk
Nestabilities rectangles
Misc. buttons
Cloud 9 stamp Simple Thoughts ~ Memories
CM 1 1/4" circle punch
Scissors
ATG
Glue pen
Stazon Timber Brown ink pad
Embroidery thread
Heat embossed brad
Stickles

I love followers and I love comments!  Thanks for spending some time here with me.  Make sure you take grab a second cup of coffee and head over to see what the other MTC designers came up with.  Have a wonderful day and I look forward to seeing your take on Jill's challenge.  Remember we will have another MTC challenge on March 21, 2011.