So Patient

Good morning! I've had these pictures of my son for over a year now and just didn't know what to do with them.  I love the effect of the sunlight on the photos, it's almost like there's a rainbow on him!  He was so excited to be able to ride in the bed of this tractor, until they started going up and down all the hills. Then he couldn't wait to get off!!

I love the sketch for Sketch~N~Scrap's February 1st layout challenge.  Such a great layout and so easy to change up for any photos you'd like to use.

This is the sketch

This is what I came up with

Supplies: Paper~mid century mod-The Paper Studio
               Stencils~madison avenue, tiny brackets, elements,tiny explore- KiwiLane Designs
               Stickers~alphabet-The Paper Studio, stars-Me &My Big Ideas, pearls-Close to my Heart
              Ink~vintage photo distress ink-Ranger (Tim Holtz)

Crazy About You

Hello!  Here is my second card sketch challenge from over at Sketch ~N~ Scrap.  I am having a blast working on these sketches and getting to share them with everyone.  I decided to do a "love" card since Valentine's day is just around the corner.  Not sure yet if this will be the hubby's card or not.

Here is the sketch

And here is the card I came up with.  I'm normally a background paper kinda girl but decided on this card to use an embossing folder.  To be honest the embossing folder is the reason this card ended up a love card and not the baby card I was intending. 

Supplies: Stampin' Up!~ carstock and love embossing folder, wood elements and sticker pack. 

 

Happy In Love

For this layout challenge I chose to use an old photo of my hubby and I from when we were dating.  This is one of the first pictures we took and he was always such a champ about going to my school dances with me my senior year.  This was my last Turnabout dance and even though we were both super sick we went anyway.  I don't think we stayed to long though.

I used the sketch from Sketch ~N~ Scrap for this layout.  I did tweak it just a bit to fit my picture. 

Here is what I came up with.  I had a hard time with decorating the tag.  I was going to just leave the top blank but every time I walked by it all I could think was it needed something else.  I let it sit for a few days and finally came up with something.

Supplies:

Stampin' Up!~timeless type alphabet dies, dsp paper, cardstock, happy die and white brad

The Stamps of Life~ teddy bear dies (hearts) and love dies

Kiwi Lanes~ tags stencils (#7)

Small Stuff

It's that time again.  Another great sketch from Sketch ~N~ Scrap.  I am loving being a part of this design team.  So far I've been challenged.  This sketch is no different.  I pulled out items I haven't used in a long time or have never used!

Here is the card sketch

And here is what I came up with (sorry for the stinky picture)

Supplies:
The Stamps of Life~hedgehog2stamp, hedgehog dies, chocolate ink
Stampin' UP!~chalk talk framelit dies, pearls, pop dots
Ink~ versamark, memento black

Make A Wish!

Happy New Year everyone! I still can't believe it's 2017! I have the day off of work today and knew I wanted to create a bit.  I found this great sketch over at Try Stampin' On Tuesday and I couldn't wait to give it a whirl.
 Here is the sketch

And here is my card.  Since it's my birthday month I just couldn't help making a birthday card!

Supplies:
The Stamps Of Life~ birthday4cookie, cookie dies, chocolate ink and markers, American Crafts~with love 6x6 paper pad, Stampin' Up!~cardstock

Beautiful Girl

Here is my first submission for my new placement to the Sketch ~N~ Scrap design team.  We moved into our new house back in September and it's taken me a bit to figure out exactly what I want to put up on my walls.  We finally decided on some frames for multiple photos.  While finding pictures I came across these two of my only daughter.  She's going to soon be 18 and it's hard to believe she was ever this little.  I am definitely going to be getting a frame and hanging this one up in my scrap room. 

Here is the sketch I used to create this layout

And here is what I came up with

Supplies:

Close to my heart~Clementine designer paper and cardstock,
Stampin' Up!~thin whisper white ribbon and pearls
Cricut~alphabet font
Kiwi Lane~Mini Madison Ave stencils and brown ink
flower dies

BIG NEWS!!

I am so excited to announce that I've been chosen to be a part of the Sketch ~N~ Scrap design team.  It's been a bit since I've been on a design team and I am so looking forward to sharing my work with you and others.  Check out their blog (and mine) starting January 1st for new projects and challenges to play around with.

Blessings

I love this time of year.  The leaves falling, cooler weather, the smell of camp fires.  Brings out the festive side.  I wish I had more crafting items for this time of year.  I wanted to join in on a couple of challenges today and had to search my entire stash and finally found this one stamp that I knew would work. 

Card Concept  

 

 

 

This is what I came up with.  The wood pieces gave me a bit of a hassle but I finally got them to stay on.   The only bad thing is that I ended up with a smudge of ink from the wood piece on my cardstock.

 

 

 

Supplies: stamp set-Unity Stamps, cardstock-Stampin' Up!, wood pieces and embossing folder-Stampin' Up!, colored pencils-hobby lobby.

 

Linda 1951

I have been hard at work trying to get all these photos I received, when my Grandma passed away, scrapped so that I could give my mom an album for Christmas.  I thought I had such a daunting project ahead of me but when I went through the rest of the photos today, an separated them into piles, it's really not that bad.

Since most of the photos are only 1 or 2 in a group I've been doing a lot of one page layouts.  I am so not used to this, as I take so many photos I always do two page layouts.  I found a great layout challenge over at Sketch~N~Scrap.  Finding these layouts helps so much and makes the pages come together way faster than I'd be able to on my own.

Here's the layout

 

Here is my finished layout

Supplies: boho chic & country road paper packs-The Paper Studio, travel charms-The Paper Studio, firefly cedar flowers-Prima Marketing, alphabet-Cricut font, typeset alphabet-Stampin' Up!, cardstock-Close To My Heart, edge punch-Stampin' Up!

 

Warm Birthday Wishes

I'm totally in love with penquins.  My family laughs at me because every time we go to the zoo I just have to see the penquins.  If we don't I'm just not a happy camper.  They are always doing the same thing and in the same place but I HAVE to see them. 

 

So it's no surprise that when I saw this new stamp set from Sunny Studios I just HAD to buy it.  I mean what could be cuter? It's got penquins and you can "bundle" them up!!

 

 

The sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches is perfect for this set.  I love that the image area is smaller and will fit this cute little penquin perfectly.

 

 

 

 

I'm also entering this to Seize the Birthday

 

 

 

Here is my finished card.  

 

Here's a look at the inside.  I've really gotten into "designing" the inside to give a little added flare.



 

Supplies: bundled up set and dies-Sunny Studios, grey, pink and white cardstock-Stampin' Up, tag stamp and die-The Stamps of Life

Penquin Happiness

I started working on my Christmas cards about a week ago and came to a quick halt.  I knew I wanted to use penquins on the front but once I colored in the images the rest of the card just fell apart.  I couldn't find a good patterned paper to use and the colors seemed all wrong.

This morning I saw the sketch over at Try Stampin' on Tuesday and then it just all seemed to click.  I needed to change my card base from a red to a neutral of grey and then everything started working.  I love that something as simple as a sketch can spark my creativity and get the card finished.  Now to make about 20 or so more!!

 

Here is my finished card.  The twine I used has silver thread running through it.  To bad the picture doesn't really show that.  As you can see I did change it just a tad bit.  I love this top note die from Stampin' Up! and I really wanted to use it on this card.  Since my image is so large it fit better than using the strips.

 

I like to stamp as much as I can on the inside of my cards.  I'll still add a personal message but it makes it so much easier to get a huge amount done.