Special Day Today

Welcome I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas yesterday and got all they wanted. Today is Guest DT post for the 3rd week at Let's Get Sketchy, posting with Team B.

and the sketch:

This was a fun sketch to use and love the way the layout came out too :) I used up some paper from a CTMH Charlotte collection and lots of stuff from my stash too. Thanks to Let's Get Sketchy for letting me their Guest Designer for December :)

Have a fantastic day and see you soon.......

A Sweet Mention over at Counterfeit Kit Challenge

Wow thank you to the Counterfeit Kit Challenge for the mention of my blog on their list of followers today! I'm humbly surprised and honored by the kind words that Lisa (Master Forger) said about me :)

OH my! I'm flattered! So many kind words and wow a 160 times that I had linked up this past year, that is cool to know :) You all know I love this blog and will promote anyway I can :) Your blog has helped me in more ways than one with my scrapping through the years as I follow along :) I'm very humble at your generosity here with the Master Forgers, using your time to make such beautiful kits in a cool and interesting way :) Merry Christmas to you all and looking forward to a wonderful 2017 as I use up my stash in the most creatives ways cause of your blog :)

To my blog followers I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I look forward to spending time with you in 2017 with more layouts and cards as I'm gathering up my thoughts for the new year and the goals I would like to accomplish. 

I made the Team! Over at Sketch~N~Scrap

Woohoo! I'm a new design team member for Sketch~N~Scrap for the 2017 1st term DT! so excited to be on the team! I follow the blog dedicatedly for my scrappy inspiration so when I seen the posting for the call and a little nudge from a scrappy friend of mine, I applied and got the spot :) 2017 is going to be an exciting year I think in my scrapping as my 2017 one word will join into my scrapping too.

Sketch N Scrap is hoping to inspire you for another amazing year full of awesome sketches, fun challenges and events and our newest endeavor ONLINE CROPS!  We hope you will find time to join in all the fun we have planned from 2017!

See you in 2017 with inspirational layouts and cards from the sketches over at Sketch~N~Scrap

Finally-Stick It Down-December Inspiration

Good Morning to you :) A quick post for this month's inspiration over at Stick It Down. Lots to do so need to get back to doing it :) I did the year before these pictures were taken in a Christmas layout post of 1st Holiday Visiting you can see here. A year later FINALLY:

December 13, 2011 was when these pictures were posted on facebook of Brad arriving home. We were so glad to see this posted on facebook that I had shared the picture of Brad and Katherine together with this caption:

This month's inspirational sketch was perfect for lots of pictures and I was so glad to get this story on paper and in our Family Album. The sketch to use this month is:

The DT has some great layouts to show you their interpretation of the sketch and Hanne has 50 photos on hers amazing!
Some close up shots of my layout:

 I used paper from my October Counterfeit kit: Flower Power and this is part of the 100 Pattern Paper Challenge that I'm still working through :) I used 3 papers and the rest were scraps

 Some great pictures of the happy reunion

The title of the layout. Thank you for stopping by today and I hope to see your creation posted in the linky at Stick It Down. Look towards the new year for changes at Stick It Down too.

There is a prize pack to for this month:
We brought you here today to tell you about a small prize we're offering ONE lucky person who submits to this month's sketch challenges.

Have you seen Crate Paper's Heart Day collection?! So cute! One lucky winner is taking this prize package home!

To be entered to win:

• upload your project in our linky bar on the side for one of our sketch challenges
• you can participate in each sketch once so you can have a total of three entries
• US residents only eligible for the prize due to shipping costs :(
• everyone who uploads will still be in the running to be a guest designer for February
• you have until the last day of the month to enter any of our sketch challenges

 Thanks everyone for making it another great year at SID! :)

We Like Spicy for Lasting Memories Scrapbook Challenge

Hi you all and welcome! Now we are coming down to the wire and Christmas is next week! Oh my! Still lots to do at our house. Dave and I'll be double teaming today wrapping the Christmas gifts. House cleaning on Monday after taking the dog to the Vet for his annual appt. Decorating throughout the week with any last minute things to get done. The festivities begin at our house on Dec 23rd with a visit from Dave's Sister and her hubby, coming up from Florida to spend the holiday with family. We'll be visiting each day after that till probably the weekend of the New Year. Learn from what we found out this year with both our jobs and do a better at handing the Christmas season next year :) Procrastination isn't working out so well this year for us.
Today is the last challenge over at Lasting Memories for this year so this challenge will be open for 2 weeks. Fairly easy challenge too

ANYTHING GOES - but use photos that are from 2016.

 LOAD1016 Day 15: Your Secret Spice:

So! Where do you fall in the “heat” category – mild, well-seasoned, or spicy?

This might play to your favorite food, your personality, or maybe the heat is a hot flash! Use color, boldness, or a clever reference in your title to convey the temperature of the subject you choose to scrap today.

 We are definitely Spicy when it comes to food :) Enjoying a bit of the Salsa we made and canned this year.

 Just enough heat to know it's there and not burning your mouth. We have a bit of summer in the jar for throughout the winter this year to enjoy! I had used my October Counterfeit kit: Flower Power for the layout and this was also part of the 100 pattern paper challenge with using 4 papers. Thank you for stopping by today and I look forward to seeing your creation linked up to Lasting Memories :)

From Our Home to Yours Card

Hi You All :) and welcome to my blog :) Today's challenge over at Funday Friday over at Jo's Scrap Shack is Anything Goes. Today our sponsor is Scrappers Delights   I chose to use a Christmas stamp for my card:

 I kept to the original stamp this time, I also used my Christmas 2016 100 Challenge for my card. I used one of my 1st stamps for my sentiment and used stickles for the berries as well as the edge of the wood floor.

 The inside of my card, sentiment all ready and now it's ready to be sent in the mail :) Thank you for stopping by and seeing what I'm up too in my little corner of the world.

Our Sponsor this week is:

  The winner will win 3 digital stamps of their choice!

 So make sure to play along this week~

    Starts: Friday, Dec. 16th 12:00AM

Ends:  Friday, Dec. 23rd  6:00PM

(Eastern time)

What do you need to do to enter?

Challenge Rules

1. Please post a direct link to your card/project post that includes your challenge,

using the linky tool over at Jo's Scrap Shack.

2. Be sure to include a link back to our challenge

3. THREE entries per person and you must post a separate blog post for each entry.

4. All entries must be NEW and created for the current challenge.

5. You may combine with other challenges as long as you link back to us in your post.

 * All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements

Will not be eligible for top 3 or random wins (optional from sponsors prizes)

Any random wins will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.

You have until Dec 23rd by 6:00PM (eastern) time to link up.

All winners will be announced during the week of  Dec 26th

Have fun and we look forward to seeing what you create!

1st Holiday Visiting for Sketches in Thyme Project Life Style Challenge

Good morning! Happy Thursday to you, just little over a week now till Christmas, I hope you all are ready cause at this house we aren't close to being ready !!? Yes this year it is coming way to fast so every extra minute will be dedicated to wrapping, or decorating, or cleaning and there will be the occasional card to make too! I would like to get some tags done up also but the time just might not be there to get that done so just maybe going out to buy some tags! Depending on who's packages get wrapped over the next few days. But in the mean time I have been getting my DT projects done. For today's Sketches in Thyme Project Life Style Sketch Challenge the reveal of Sketch #55 by the fabulous, Susanne Brauer..... Here is what I did with the sketch:

 I used the sketch to create my journaling card for my layout. This layout is from Christmas past, (following with Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog and creating a layout about Christmas Past with my Christmas 2016 100 challenge. It was grreat using a sketch from one of the CKC Mater Forgers too:

This sketch is open for your creative interpretation! Just make sure to link it up over at Sketches in Thyme Project Life Style to be in for the prize :)

Here is the layout attached to that journaling card:

I used an old sketch over at Sketch N Scrap blog for my layout Sketch #111. This is pictures of a visit with Brad and Katherine and a young Zachary, he was just about 5 months old in the family picture (he is now 6 yrs old). The B&W photo has a happy Pappy looking on. So glad to capture moments like this and it's fun to reminisce when doing layouts with old photos. As I not kept up with Christmas scrapping that you'll see many of these layouts over the next month as I start building up my Family Christmas Album. Love the layering of the layout and the sprinkling of sequins and thickers dots about the layout.
Thank you for stopping by and seeing what I'm up too in my little corner of the world.....

Christmas 100 challenge-Paper and Embellishments

Hello :) Are you doing a Dec Daily this year? any Christmas scrapping? how about Christmas cards? Christmas tags? I say yes to all 4 questions :) Yes I'm going to do a Dec Daily for 2016. I pulled my papers and my embellishments for it and the challenge over at the 100 Pattern Paper Challenge Facebook Group. We have a current Christmas challenge of 100 paper and/or embellishments to use from your stash for you Christmas creating this year. For me that includes January to get all my Christmas pictures scrapped. Probably February there will be a new 100 challenge.
This is the 50 pieces of paper I pulled from my stash for my Christmas kit: 31 papers will be used for my foundation papers for my Dec Daily which is an 8X8 album this year. This album has been in my stash for since I can remember when I started scrapping in 2007, thinking I either got it on sale or in a swap.

 A wide variety of colors to work with and as we have a daily challenge over at the facebook group should have no trouble getting them to work with in the album, left overs will go to cards and tags either for this month or for next year. Trying to use all my Christmas stamps atleast once this year, instead of letting them sit and get dusty.

The embellishments range from a couple of 6X6 paper pads, a Project Life Christmas pack, an old Christmas card kit I got when I was first creating cards maybe 2009 era. a variety pack of doilies, vellum tape. various rhinestone packages, a few bags of Christmas goodies I got at yard sales this past year, stickers from various companies and in various colors, lots of trims and ribbons, sequins, skittles, beads, die cuts, and lots of other things.
After the Christmas holiday and all the necessary things around the house that need done before guests arrive I look forward to creating more with the kit than the time I have right now to create, except for the occasional DT project and a need card to send out. I know I got 1 day that I need to make tags. will be using my manual cutter for that this year. Lots of wrapping to do this week.
I will be playing along with Counterfeit Kit Challenge as they are having a daily blog post about Christmas with their Master Forgers that so far has been fun to read

and I'll be getting inspiration for my Dec Daily from Let's Dec Daily I'm a little behind on the blog posts but have some time this week to catch up and see what the girls have been creating

I have also signed up for Shimelle's Journal Your Christmas class so the days I don't have anything I can draw from those prompts. It's gonna be a fun Christmas crafting season and with the new job a different outlook too.
Just a couple more weeks left! where did the time go this month!

A Fun Yard Sale Find - LM 323

Good Morning and welcome :) Ah the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season is under way in our house, making Christmas cookies today and tomorrow, got packages to wrap, the house to clean, cards to mail out, the house to decorate, a work Christmas Party to attend, some shopping left to do and a menu to plan for Christmas Eve :) and 2 weeks to cram it all in! yep tis the season! How is your list coming along? I did find time in my busy schedule to still do some scrappin and craftin when I can, it gives me peace and relaxation to be in my craftroom.
Today is a new challenge over at Lasting Memories Scrapbook Challenge blog and For December we have been doing a "Best Of 2016" theme, and bringing back some of our most popular challenges from this year. This week's challenge is:
LM 323 - Use only 4 photos - no more, no less

This is the layout I made in conjunction with a challenge over at the Rocking Holiday Crop on facebook for Sketch N Scrap. That challenge was a bingo card and a sketch:

 This was created with my Counterfeit kit: Falltoberfest, so this also came out of my 100 Pattern Paper challenge using 4 papers and a scrap too.Oh my gosh I bought this Dino at a yard sale for 50 cents for the grandboys when they visit, we wanted to try it out to see if it worked and when Dave was trying it and it moved here comes Buddy checking it out. To Fun! well worth the money just in that little bit of time with Buddy. Now it's put up for the kids to play with :)
From Sketch N Scrap here is the sketch I used:

From Dec 1, 2013 (part of the bingo row I choose)

 Part of the journaling

 My title work

 The subtitle

 Priceless Buddy having fun with the remote action Dino :) I used the color combo of the Dino for my layout. Thank you for stopping by today and I wish you a fantastic day today :)

A Doggy Christmas Card

Good Morning :) Hope you are enjoying this fine Friday in December. Today is Funday Friday over at Jo's Scrap Shack and the sponsors for this week's challenge is Bugaboo Stamps and Di's Digi Stamps.

 This week's Challenge:

"Color Challenge!!" 
We want to see the colors Red, Silver and Gold!  

This is what I made using Bugaboo's Charlie Candy Cane digi stamp:

This was just to fun to make and the colors worked our great for the card. I used a sketch over at Sketch N Scrap and this weekend is the last weekend to play along to their Rocking Holiday Crop over on Facebook. You have to Sunday night to play along with the 5 challenges that got Rocking :)

To check out the crop you can go here Thank you for stopping by and seeing what I'm up too in my little corner of the world.
To link your creation over at Jo's here the details

  Starts: Friday, Dec. 09th 12:00AM

   Ends:  Friday, Dec. 16th   6:00PM

(Eastern time)

What do you need to do to enter?

Challenge Rules

1. Please post a direct link to your card/project post that includes your challenge,

using the linky tool below.

2. Be sure to include a link back to our challenge

3. THREE entries per person and you must post a separate blog post for each entry.

4. All entries must be NEW and created for the current challenge.

5. You may combine with other challenges as long as you link back to us in your post.

 * All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements

Will not be eligible for top 3 or random wins (optional from sponsors prizes)

Any random wins will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.

You have until Dec. 16th by 6:00PM (eastern) time to link up.

All winners will be announced during the week of Dec. 19th.

Have fun and we look forward to seeing what you create!

Let's Hang Out! GD for Let's Get Sketchy

Hi you and welcome! Today I'm honored with being the Guest Designer over at Let's Get Sketchy! Love their sketches and this week's is a great one too:

Our grandson Avery, can't believe he is about 13 in this picture :) He did turn 13 October 29th. He was hanging out in our maple tree and I got a cool picture of him. Here is this week's sketch from Let's Get Sketchy:

 

 Not to far off the sketch is the layout :) I used my counterfeit kit last month for the layout. Added some Heidi Swapp teal mist to the layout too. I used 3 papers from my 100 pattern paper challenge, still got a nice stack to work through.

 My journaling

The preteen :) He's a great kid and growing up way to fast :) Thanks for stopping by today and I hope to see your creation linked up over at Let's Get Sketchy :)

She is Fearless! Lasting Memories Scrapbook Challenge

Good Morning :) and welcome. I apologize for the lax in blogging but it's been a long week at work :) So no time to chat here this past week. Today is Lasting Memories Scrapbook Challenge blog the challenge this week is:

LM - 322 - Use One Photo

This challenge is from our "All About The Photos" theme from May. Just use one photo on your layout this week.
This is one I created:

 Emily our Great-Grandaughter figured out how to use the dog door after watching the dog do it a few times! LOL this girl is something else so much like her Mom :) It's always special to see pictures like this up on facebook as we live in PA and these great grands live in South Dakota. Some day we'll get there to see them :). So this layout came from LOAD1016 Day 17: Wet your Appetite: Misting

 Pink and Gold Heidi Swapp color shine mist added to the layout. Pink sprayed on and gold in droplets. Our Great Granddaughter being herself :) She is adventurous. This was a fun layout to do and didn't take to long to put together neither :) 1 sheet a pattern paper, a scrap of vellum paper and a scrap of pattern paper too.

 A 3X4 card for the journaling and the circled letters were cut from another pattern paper that had lots of words on it :) Everything came from my October counterfeit kit Flower Power and I used a paper from the 100 paper challenge that I'm working with :) Which is on hold at the moment as I'm working on Christmas craftyness :)
Thank you for stopping by today and I hope to see your creation over at Lasting Memories too

Beautiful for the Lasting Memories Layout Challenge

Hello and welcome :) Today is the 1st Challenge for the December challenges over at Lasting Memories Challenge Blog. We are taking on a  "BEST OF 2016" theme to end our year with a bang.  We have picked the most popular challenges and we are duplicating them in hopes you will love to challenge yourself again with these great themes!!
LM 321 - GLITTER and GLAM This was based off a challenge we did to honor THE OSCARS.  So show us your sparkling and glittering layouts!! This was a fun theme when we did it the 1st time around and just as fun this time around. With knowing of this challenge prior to LOAD1016, was able to incorporate some of my layouts to also work with the LM challenges too. So this was one of my favorite layouts that I did during LOAD and was fitting for this challenge theme too:

 This was done for LOAD1016 Day 13 And For Dessert prompt: We we’re joining in on a challenge from Alison’s blog, Alison Day Designs – sharing her passion for papercrafting & showing you how easy it can be! The layout above was one of many in this post: A Sewing & Fabric Challenge. Visit the link, enjoy her tips, and take the challenge to use fabric on a layout. Alison's has a fun blog and well worth checking out. This day she was doing her version of the 20 project (Shimelle's concept and was a fun class)
I Loved this challenge :) Made me remember some really old fabric paper in my stash and got that out, besides the ribbon and tulle. Wasn't sure what pictures I was using till I started to put that border together and then it dawned on me the pictures to use, but as I was going through the fair pictures I came across these 2 of the home and garden exhibit and knew they were the ones to use for this layout :) Just need to add the date and the layout is done :)

 I used my counterfeit kit: Flower Power for this layout and used up that pink fabric paper along with some ribbons and tulle in my stash. Finished off the flowers that was in a cup on my desk :) always glad to get some stash out of my room and on to the page :)

My journaling and more flowers plus and added metal butterfly for more fun texture on the layout. This is not my normal scrapping but it is fun to GLITTER and GLAM it up a bit once in awhile :) Looking forward to seeing your layout linked up to the challenge over at Lasting Memories Scrapbook challenge blog.

Bird Christmas Card for Funday Friday

Welcome to another Fun~day Friday Challenge!!

 This week's Challenge:

"Cut it up"
Use your punches, dies 
and machines

Create a card, layout or 

project of your choice

Our Sponsors this week are:

  The winner will win 3 digital images of their choice from the Limited Runs Store!

AND

The winner will win 4 digital images of their choice from the LBBS online shop!

 So make sure to play along this week~

    Starts: Friday, Nov. 25th  12:00AM

   Ends:  Friday, Dec. 02nd    6:00PM

(Eastern time)

The card I created using Little Blue Buttons Stamps. I used up more of the scraps from the purple and blue paper, wow you can get alot of cards from 2 pieces of 12 X 12 paper. I used the berry & leaf ribbon from my current counterfeit kit: Falltoberfest.

I used the current sketch over at Mojo Monday for inspiration for the card:
 
Thank you for stopping by and seeing what I'm up to in my little corner of the world. So now it's your turn
What do you need to do to enter?

Challenge Rules

1. Please post a direct link to your card/project post that includes your challenge,

using the linky tool below.

2. Be sure to include a link back to our challenge

3. THREE entries per person and you must post a separate blog post for each entry.

4. All entries must be NEW and created for the current challenge.

5. You may combine with other challenges as long as you link back to us in your post.

 * All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements

Will not be eligible for top 3 or random wins (optional from sponsors prizes)

Any random wins will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.

You have until Dec. 02nd by 6:00PM (eastern) time to link up.

All winners will be announced during the week of Dec. 05th.

Have fun and we look forward to seeing what you create!

Until next time, enjoy life's blessings~

Thanks for stopping by!

Dig In! for the Counterfeit Kit Challenge November Blog Hop

Happy Thanksgiving!

Good morning and I wish you all a fantastic day today with family and friends.

 Welcome to the November Member blog hop over at Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog. I'm following the very inspiring Julene and if you are coming from her blog then your on the right track :) but if not you may want to start at The Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog and get on board with the first stop on this month's blog hop. This is always a fun blog hop showing off the ladies creations from their current counterfeit kit. This month, you can choose to share any project you have made with your Counterfeit Kit Challenge kit which you have not shared on your blog yet. Your project could be related to any of the three challenges or maybe just something you made with your kit. As a reminder, here are the three challenges this month: 

 

You might have been inspired by the challenges this month :

Challenge #1 - Yum!  
Challenge #2 - A Walk In The Woods  
Challenge #3 - Bundle Up!

I followed #3: In cooler weather, we start dressing in layers stay warm. For the third challenge of the month, dress your project for the crisp air by using lots of layers. I layered on the embellishments more than paper layers on this grid style layout:

I took lots of photos the day the kids were over picking pumpkins and with a bit of help for our decorating we got them all to pick another pumpkin out to carve for our yard so let the process begin :) Dig in ! was very appropriate title for this layout of just getting the pumpkins cleaned out first before the carving. Layers of embellishments on this layout from my Falltoberfest kit.
I used the sketch over at Creative Scrappers for the inspiration for this layout:

 My husband took this picture so glad to see myself in one of the pictures when I went through them all to be printed

 The journaling

 A fun middle block full of word stickers of the day.

 Dave sure was keeping an eye on the kids while they were cutting along with Andrea too

 Thanks a bunch for stopping by today and have fun hopping around the blog hop not off you go to see what Lisa has created she does so magnificent creations :) and you can see what she did create at her blog.