Quick Christmas Cards for CKC Advent Calendar

I am so glad to join in the fun over at Counterfeit Kit Challenge for Day 18 in our Advent countdown! If you want some great ideas for Christmas scrapping/crafting you need to go and check this out we have a post for each day in December leading up till Christmas

During the Christmas season it's not easy to get everything done on my Christmas list! I have a bad habit of procrastinating! this time of the year when it comes to cards to send out. So if you are like me then I suggest some fast cards to make:

This card was created with a variety of washi tape and stickers

 More stickers and the sentiment came from a 12X12 paper full of borders

This one is just the paper that has all the sentiments on it fast and easy!

These one was created with leftovers from other cards (save those leftovers in a special place in your stash just for some quick cards. 
Well I hope I gave you some fun, fast ideas for some Christmas cards this year...  
It's always fun to create using my stash and the easiest way I found to use it and create quickly is with Counterfeit Kit Challenge. So maybe next year consider joining us over at Counterfeit Kit Challenge as we use up our stash in fun unique ways.....

Christmas Cards for Use Your Stuff challenge

Good Morning and welcome to this week's challenge of Christmas/Holidays over at Use Your Stuff. Such a broad subject for a challenge as you can go many different ways with this challenge. Christmas to me is about being with family and friends and then there is the shopping thing that happens too :) Christmas is also time to send and receive Christmas Cards......
Just a couple of the many cards I created this year to send out:

 I've been enjoying making Christmas cards in July so then that is 1 thing off my list for the month of December :) 

Let us not forget the reason for the season as the 1st gifts were given the gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh which were given to the baby Jesus by the Magi. Established the giving and receiving of gifts as the structural principle of that recurrent yet unique event", because it was the Biblical Magi, "together with all their fellow men, who received the gift of God through man's renewed participation in the divine life.
Thank  you for stopping by today :) and seeing what I'm creating in my little corner of the world. I look forward to seeing what you create for this fun challenge over at Use Your Stuff.

1 Fine Day for Sketch N Scrap Challenge

Good Morning :) Well it's just little over a week till Christmas and we're not ready yet but closer to being ready than yesterday :) How about you? Wanted to stop in and get this fun sketch over at Sketch N Scrap posted :) This is the 2nd layout sketch of the month :)

Wow both sketches this month are great! This is what I created using this sketch:

2 of our Great Grand-daughters Emily and Ava, enjoying a bit of fun in the mud! It was cool to see these photos pop up on facebook from our Granddaughter Jessica.

 I used a couple of Counterfeit Kits for this layout. The 1 Fine Day is a card from October Afternoon and so are the puffy stickers around the layout. The umbrellas, rainboots, the fly free spot and the journaling tag came from the The Bright Side collection.

The are adorable and brighten my day :) Thanks from stopping by today and enjoying the view from my little corner of the world. I look forward to seeing your creation over at Sketch N Scrap

The Magic of Christmas LO for CKC Advent Calendar

I am so glad to join in the fun over at Counterfeit Kit Challenge for Day 11 in our Advent countdown! If you want some great ideas for Christmas scrapping/crafting you need to go and check this out we have a post for each day in December leading up till Christmas

The pictures go left to right across the double page layout. A Christmas gift that I had gotten my husband hmmm mid 1990s I would say, need to investigate this a bit better with comparing other photos. But I had fun getting this gift together with a bit of help from the delivery guys and getting them to stack the chairs to make 1 tall box. My husband is 6'4" so that gives an idea of how tall it was. As it was buy one get one free I also had a nice Christmas gift too :) But his reaction was priceless that day and a memory of a fantastic gift that I've never forgotten. Did find out that negatives just don't hold up well and these are with a bunch of negatives that I better get printed before they get any worst, will be looking into a local place that does this type of printing.

 I used Christmas pattern paper and also some gift paper. I like to try to use a variety of fonts for my title and was able to achieve using 3 of them. using a variety of Christmas die cuts and a couple of project life cards too. 
This layout was prompted during LOAD217 Greek Mythology for Day 16
DAY 16: Gifts
What is the best gift you’ve ever given or received?
This story of this gift is one of my favorite memories at Christmas time. So it was fun to finally get it documented :) 

It's always great to dig into some old stash to do my Christmas layouts and I've got quite the stash of Christmas Scrappy items :) So maybe next year consider joining us over at Counterfeit Kit Challenge as we use up our stash in fun unique ways.....

Merry Doggy Christmas

Hello and welcome to this Funday Friday Anything Goes challenge over at Jo's Scrap Shack . Our Sponsor this week is  Digital Delights by Louby Lou!

 A cool digital stamp file was given to us to use this week and it made for the perfect card to give to the Hubby from our pooch Buddy :) I colored it with my bic markers and used a gold and clear Wink of Stella pens for some glitter :) Finished it with my snowflake corner punch :)
Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to link your creation up over at Jo's Scrap Shack.

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Santa & Deer card for a Sketch N Scrap challenge

Good Morning :) and welcome to the 1st card sketch of the month over at Sketch N Scrap. Heather Hall provide this Christmasy sketch:

Working through some of my scraps from my layouts last month and added a fun digital stamp for this card:

 Even grabbed my stickles and added some to the snowflakes on the digi stamp :)

Added a few punched snowflakes for some extra glitter :) I look forward to seeing your creation with this fun card challenge over at Sketch N Scrap

Hooray! layout for a Sketch N Scrap challenge

Good Morning and Wow! It's December already! Where did that year fly off to! Are you getting busy? Any scrappy plans for December? December is usually a busy month for me, luckily I'm almost done shopping so that should take out some of the stress of the holiday and to enjoy the festivities of the month besides celebrating a special birth.
This is the 1st sketch of the month over at Sketch N Scrap and it's a good one! so many layers to play with:

and the layout I created with it :)

Avery is our grandson and one that is so determined at anything that he does, he amazes me for his young age what he has accomplished :) A bit behind on scrappy of his achievements this is the picture that spoke to me when I did this layout :) I was able to include a 2nd picture with a close up of the medal he received as one of the circles in the sketch. Williamsport Area School district colors are Cherry, White and Black so incorporated the colors within the layout.
Close ups photos:

 Using papers from my November counterfeit kit: Just Bloomin' Lovely, with adding various stars in my stash.

 Metal received. Whimsical Musings Challenge #287 be inspired by awards

The fun title created with that gold lettering in the kit :) Finally used one of the Hoorays up now to decide how to use the other one :)
Thanks for stopping by today and check back later for another posting of a double page layout I did :) Looking forward to seeing your creation for this fun challenge, it's an awesome sketch if your like to layer :) over at Sketch N Scrap

Holiday Magic layout for a Use Your Stuff challenge

Hello and welcome to today's challenge over at Use Your Stuff challenge blog. We are having a collaboration with a pair of women with a fun challenge and a newer blog on the block :)
We have something super special going on for the next two weeks!

We are pairing up with Double Trouble Paper Crafting for a 2 week challenge!  This challenge will go from November 19th until December 2nd.

Here's a bit about our friends Double Trouble!

Welcome to Double Trouble - We're two retired ladies bringing you a new challenge blog where we hope you find fun and inspiration! We're not affiliated with any companies and welcome all participants. Our challenge will include Thing 1-Trouble Maker the Basic Challenge, Thing 2-Double Dare being a surprise element in which you may or may not decide to participate and Thing 3-Twisted Sister, will appear with an optional twist to the Challenge.

When you enter our challenge this week, be sure to run over to the Double Trouble Challenge blog and see what their co-coordinating challenges are!  The more aspects of the challenge you do, the more entries you will receive to win their prize!

This is our part for the challenge, we have a fun mood board to draw your inspiration from! There are lots here, pine, snowflakes, cocoa, some lovely colors, candy canes, Christmas trees and so much more!

 

I love mood boards for inspiration for a layout. I used the colors, red, green and white with a hint of gold/yellow for my accents. December in our house when I got the time available is baking Christmas Cookies and in 2017 I baked on 3 different days, some sweets for my sweet (the hubby)

I chose to use all the challenges: Thing 1's challenge to make a sweet treat for the holidays, Thing 2's challenge to use our mood board and Thing 3's challenge of adding sprinkles too :) 

 Besides the color sheme I used some sparkly snowflakes that was also on the mood board. It was fun to use paper from my current counterfeit kit : Just Bloomin' Lovely: the red paper, the 6X6 papers that I layered with and the 4X6 paper that I made my strips with, also the tassle bows and the green buttons! a win-win for this layout. Brought in green doilies, the snowflakes, the ribbon and the stars from my Christmas stash for Dec. 2017. 

Using a sketch from Sketch N Scrap from Sept. 1, 2013 for my layout inspiration:

Close up photos

 December 24, 2017 baking our favorite Sandtart cookies

 Dec 17, 2019 Baking some newer cookie recipes something I try to do each year atleast one new recipe.

and finished it off with the Cookies I made for a Christmas style cookie party at work for us on 3rd shift, December 8, 2017.

Thanks for stopping by today and seeing what I'm up too in my little corner of the world.

Remember to head on over to the Double Trouble Blog and use our image as well as their challenge ideas to create your projects!  Link up to both blogs!  This challenge is going to run for 2 weeks and you can enter as often as you like, as long as you are creating new entries each time.

Love This Ride layout- Counterfeit Kit Challenge #2

Hello and welcome to the 2nd challenge over at Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog.

Challenge #2 - Getting Twisty and Sketchy

Continuing to use Citrus Twist Kits as our inspiration this time around, use this gorgeous Citrus Twist Sunday Sketch from 22nd April 2018 as inspiration for your project. 

Place your own "twist" on it by rotating it, reversing, mirroring, turning it upside down, making it smaller or just doing your own "thing" to it - just don't use it as is!

Credit: Citrus Twist Kits Sunday Sketch with Kira #22 

 I turned the sketch once counterclockwise

This is just about always the last ride we do at Knoebels and it was nice to see the Frick Steam Engine as I don't think I ever seen that there before so it's nice the change up the scenery just a wee bit each year. 

Using some of the softer nostalgia style paper that I had in my kit Just Bloomin' Lovely for the layout as the ride has been one we enjoy each time we go and a ride I remember riding as a kid too.

Plus the paper works well for the era of the steam tractor too. Next year well ned to investigate that steam tractor just a bit closer :) We hope you play along with us with this fun challenge this month :) Thank you for stopping by and seeing what I'm doing in my little corner of the world.

Lucky Dog layout - Sketch 114

Good Morning and welcome to the 2nd challenge sketch of the month over at Sketches in Thyme Project Life Style and this is the sketch That Emma created for this month:

and this is what I created for my layout:

Using some old 4X6 pocket style cards and cutting them down just a wee bit to work for what I wanted for this layout:

 Going with a grid design for my layout thanks to RTS scarpbooking and Janet's new fun series about go to designs. I used that plaid pattern paper from my current counterfeit kit: Just Bloomin' Lovely  and the wood veneer arrows too that were in the kit. From just that one day shopping I thinks so far I got 4 layouts done and still got a few more to do from the pictures I took. Another grid layout will be coming from those pictures too but that is a story to tell another day.

 The close ups of the layout

 The card I created with additional wood veneer stars that I dressed up the layout with.

also added the enamel hearts that are in the kit too. Thanks for stopping by and I look forward to seeing your creation with this fun sketch over at Sketches in Thyme Project Life Style.

I Believe We Have Fall In the Air layout for a Sketch N Scrap challenge

Good morning and welcome to today's layout sketch challenge over at Sketch N Scrap. Heather Hall has provided this fun sketch for us to play with:

This is what I created with it:

Using a variety of Counterfeit kit elements on this layout and used those fun tassel bows that I made too :) Fun to add an handmade touch to the layout. Fun day for us as we headed out to do some really early Christmas shopping. Using 4 layers on the layout with both the vellum and the acrylic strip of hearts combine for one layer and used the sticker border to hide the tape showing through the vellum. The red and green in the photos of the changing of the season helped with the feel of the day and it was good to finally see some red from the changing leaves as we had not seen it in our area yet :) Thanks for stopping by and seeing what I'm creating and I look forward to seeing what you create with this fun layout sketch over at Sketch N Scrap.

If you want to see more sketches and more crafty fun head over to our Bountiful Blessing Crop!! Hope to see you there!

Legacy Bricks featuring Stars layout a Use Your Stuff challenge

Good Morning :) and welcome to this week's challenge over at Use Your Stuff Blog. The challenge this week is to use stars on our layout:

 I used stars on this layout as my embellishment. The photos were taken by the hubby at the Rock N Roll Hal of Fame while we were there, some interesting reading on the blocks and that is what I thinks spark his interest in taking the photos and since this trip included both of us it's nice to have pictures from his point of view.
This came about from LOAD1018 Day 21: The Phantom of the Opera. The prompt was The Phantom's life is ruled by music. Music can make us recall things, is used as a therapy technique and to help dementia patients. What song has impact on your life or brought out an emotion in you? OR Black & White are the colors on the show's Playbill. Use them both in your layout today. As I have done the 1st part of the prompt many times already so I decided to do the 2nd prompt of the Black & White color scheme as it's a music venue I guess I got the 1st prompt too with just a slight turn.I was also able to use this for the Whimsical Musings challenge #308 be inspired by lines. Lines all over the place on this layout.
Close ups on the layout:

 Using stars in the title area

Another one here with the journaling.

and more here with the camera. Thinking Stars and Cameras will both be good to use throughout the Cleveland Vacation Album to keep consistency throughout it :)
Thank you for stopping by today and seeing what I'm doing in my little corner of the world and I look forward to seeing your creation for this fun challenge prompt over at Use Your Stuff blog challenge

Into The Spin layout for Lasting Memories challenge

Good Morning and welcome to this week's challenge over at Lasting Memories. Deanna is our hostess this month for challenges over at Lasting Memories and our theme for November is - Techniques - and today she has challenged us to:

Now, we're gonna start getting a little messy with this week's challenge. I want to see 'Watercolors, Paint, and/or Misting'. Use as much or as little as you want, but hope you'll get a bit messy and have FUN! Since my birthday is this week, I would love to see Birthday themed layouts.

 I got the 1st part but not the birthday part of the challenge:

A double page for me today :) I have included the misting on the layout of photos that I took while we were watching a show at Knoebels, taking a slight break from all the fun we were having.
This was created during LOAD1018 Day4: South Pacific was the featured Broadway play and the prompt was either: Pull out a vacation story you've been meaning to tell OR Use misting or a bold splatter technique to set off those vacay photos, or any photos you choose. I chose the latter prompt :) for my layout. I had used a sketch for the layout but did not note the sketch to refer to it. I also used my counterfeit kits:) August Kit: Summer Life, September kit: Falling For You and October Kit: Tainted Love, using the flower background paper from the Summer Life kit the navy paper from my September kit: Falling For You and that fun bicycle paper from my October kit. Cool that I get 3 papers to work together like that from 3 different kits :) all the embellishments from my October kit :)
Close up of the layout:
Left Side:

and the Right Side:

It was a fun show and gave a nice break from walking around the park.
Thanks for stopping by and I look forward to seeing your creation over at Lasting Memories