Merry Christmas Tree card for a Sketch N Scrap challenge

 Hello and welcome :) Are you ready for Christmas?? Me not quite there yet but it's getting a bit better as we get closer to the date. Welcome to the midmonth of December over at Sketch N Scrap challenge blog. A fantastic sketch from Lori, this is her last one I'm gonna miss seeing her sketches.

I had fun creating this card with that sketch:

I made these for a Christmas Card Exchange and went together very well. So the tree stamp (there were 3 different stamps) finally seen ink for the 1st time and I had bought it years ago about the time I first started scrapping so I was happy to use it. See you all in the New Year!

Thanks for stopping by today to see what I created and can't wait to see what you create from this cool sketch over at Sketch N Scrap blog.

Making Memories LO for Sketch N Scrap challenge

 Good Morning, can you believe Christmas is only 10 days away!!! Oh my I still got lots to do here and I'm hosting this year so that is pushing me to get it done :) I love this sketch challenge over at Sketch N Scrap for the day. This sketch was created by Lori:

A fun layered up sketch she created and this is the layout I created with the sketch

Using the group picture from an annual crop in March this pass year and used a bunch of Stampin Up papers from my 100 Pattern Paper challenge, so I got 3 papers used up with this layout. I used a few of my scrappy advent calendar pieces from Some Assemblage Required. Love the way this came out :) This is also for Day 9 from the challenges over at Counterfeit Kit Challenge use a group photo.

Thanks for stopping by today to see what I created and can't wait to see what you create from this cool sketch over at Sketch N Scrap blog.

Oh yes in January you'll see some changes happening here is the January crop theme. 

We look forward to seeing you there looks like a bunch of fun you don't want to miss out on!

Merry Christmas wreath card for a Sketch N Scrap challenge

Hello and welcome :) It's been getting cooler and cooler here in PA, had to turn on the heat because of the cold nights. It's definitely been a different November this year. Welcome to the midmonth of November over at Sketch N Scrap challenge blog. A fantastic sketch from Lori 

What a fun sketch to play with and I dug in my Christmas paper scraps and created this card:

Gold card base I added teal leaves, red glitter and green plaid to make this Christmas card. Using a few glittered punch leaves and a cutapart for my sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by today to see what I created and can't wait to see what you create from this cool sketch over at Sketch N Scrap blog.

Love This Place LO for Sketch N Scrap challenge

Good Morning and welcome. Here we are in the middle of November and we're in colder temps here in PA. Yep turned on the heat for the 1st time this Fall season in mid November been some crazy warm weather. I love love love this sketch challenge over at Sketch N Scrap for the day. This sketch was created by Lori:

Such a cool sketch to work with this is the layout I created:

Had these cool tree photos from our train tour over at Key West in February. Used my Week 2 Kit Conspiracy kit for my layout. 

Thanks for stopping by today to see what I created and can't wait to see what you create from this cool sketch over at Sketch N Scrap blog.

Merry Christmas tag and Star card for a Sketch N Scrap challenge

Hello and welcome :) Here we are the last week of October! Just 2 more months left in this year, where did it go? This is the last Saturday sketch for this party month of card sketches over at Sketch N Scrap challenge blog. A fantastic sketch from Lisa 

This is the card I created using my baggy of tags and my Christmas paper scraps

This was a fun sketch and didn't take long to put this together :) Thanks for stopping by today to see what I created and can't wait to see what you create from this cool sketch over at Sketch N Scrap blog.

Merry Christmas tag card for a Sketch N Scrap challenge

Hello and welcome :) Fall is definitely here! The colors are at the peak and we have cooler temps.
Welcome to the midmonth of October over at Sketch N Scrap challenge blog. A fantastic sketch from Lori

The card I created from the scraps from Christmas layouts I made this past week.

This was a fun sketch and didn't take long to put this together :) Thanks for stopping by today to see what I created and can't wait to see what you create from this cool sketch over at Sketch N Scrap blog.

Penn's Cave & Wildlife Park LO for Sketch N Scrap challenge

Good Morning and welcome. Here we are in the middle of October!  We've had some beautiful Fall weather and the leaves are changing to a golden yellow. The cooler weather has come in, not ready for winter yet so I hope the season slows down a bit. We got a fun challenge layout over at Sketch N Scrap for the day. This sketch was created by Lori:

Just a fantastic sketch this is! This is the layout I created with it

Using my last month's counterfeit kit for the layout as it's a companion page to one I did last month. This is what we saw when we came out of the cave and around the lake before heading back into the cave. It was over 90 degrees out so a fun way for the animals to cool off.

Thanks for stopping by today to see what I created and can't wait to see what you create from this cool sketch over at Sketch N Scrap blog.

 

Falala card for a Sketch N Scrap challenge

Hello and welcome :) A busy month ahead here a Sketch N Scrap with it being World Cardmaking Day! We will have card sketches every Saturday this month. Join the facebook group and play along.
This is the 1st sketch of the month over at Sketch N Scrap challenge blog. A fantastic sketch from Lisa

I'm all about Christmas cards this year for the sketches so here is the card I made

I also want to remind you of our month of cards over at Sketch N Scrap

If you need Christmas cards to send out this year this is a good time to get a bunch made! Thanks for stopping by today to see what I created and can't wait to see what you create from this cool sketch over at Sketch N Scrap blog.

CKC - October 2024 Kit Reveal - Down to Earth

Welcome to my blog and the 1st of October! October is my Birthday month and it's also the members LOAD month plus it's Christy's Beautiful Life's 30 Days of Sketches series 14? I think it is, with a spin in doing just double page sketches this round. I can't guarantee I'll do it daily but I'll try to do it when I can. Now let's get to it! 1st of the month means it's time for a new inspiration for us over at Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog to challenge us to look through our own stash and choose a kit to play with. 1st you should have arrived here from Christine's Youtube channel I'm looking forward to checking out her kit and see what inspired her. We are thrilled to have Liz Ketter join us as Guest Forger I look forward to seeing what she creates. 

Master Forger JoJo is the host of October and her 1st hosting! Here is the Inspiration Kit she has chosen for us to counterfeit:

Our inspiration kit for the month will be Autumn Tale: Chilly Breeze, By Kristin Cronin-Barrow over at Sweet Shoppe Designs. I choose this kit for the beautiful fall colors and vibe also for the theme of documenting all your fall memories. I really love all the blues, especially the Denim.

This collection has a full kit and cards. Please check out the layouts that other have made with this collection kit for more inspiration.

 Love the Blues with the Oranges and Nuetrals too, such a Down to Earth collection and look at that I found out what the name of my kit is:

Down to Earth

My full kit for me October is the 1st full month of Fall and Fall is all about the Earth. Trees in color, cooler temperatures, falling leaves and we start getting ready for the Holiday season. So my kit resembles this alot with wood, fibers and such.

My papers I pulled from various sources. Some Creative Memories, Old Fancy Pants, Mind My's Eye and some Not Just for Boys kit club partial kits that just need used up!

Close up of all the PinkFresh Studio embellishments that I had in one of their old Fall collections

Some of the embellishments from a Not Just for Boys kit club kit

I picked out a few cut files that I want to use throughout the month too.

The wood pieces I chose for my kit. You'll probably see others throughout the month depending on what I'm scraping

The Alphas, words and word phrases I would like to use this month :)

Thanks for stopping by today to my little corner of the world. off you go to Julene's blog to see the kit she has pulled, if you get lost along the way the blog list is below. We look forward to seeing what you come up with for your kit this month at the CKC

Also be sure you check out our social media hop! Many of our team members have Instagram, YouTube and/or blogs. Their links are listed below:

Social Media Hop:

• Counterfeit Kit Challenge - http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/
• Tara - https://kryptonite72-rambles.blogspot.com/
• Christine - https://www.youtube.com/@ScrappingHarden 
• Tina - http://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com/
• Julene - http://julenebydesign.blogspot.com 
• Brandi - www.instagram.com/scrappy.boymama 
• Vikki - www.instagram.com/memoriesandmomentsscrapbooking
• Ryann - www.instagram.com/scrapbookjoey
• Jody - www.instagram.com/floppyearedfarm 
• JoJo - www.instagram.com/scrappyconfessions

 

Merry Christmas card for a Sketch N Scrap challenge

Hello and welcome :) Been seeing the beginnings of Fall in my area with some color changes in the trees. it'll be time soon for roadtrips and walks once the weather is just a bit cooler.
Welcome to the 2nd card sketch of March over at Sketch N Scrap challenge blog. A fantastic sketch from Lori

An interesting sketch to play with this month. This is what I created with it:

Found an old diecuts of a poinsettia and used that for my far background for everything to nestle in. 

I also want to remind you of our upcoming month of cards over at Sketch N Scrap

If you need Christmas cards to send out this year this is a good time to get a bunch made! Thanks for stopping by today to see what I created and can't wait to see what you create from this cool sketch over at Sketch N Scrap blog.

Not Everyone Who Wanders is Lost LO for Sketch N Scrap challenge

Good Morning and welcome. Here we are in the middle of September Already!!?? how is this possible the year is going by to fast! It's been very nice the last few days here weather wise, time to get back to walking again now that it's not as humid out. We got a fun challenge layout over at Sketch N Scrap for the day. This sketch was created by Lori:

I love this sketch! I love to use multiphotos on a layout too since I love to take so many photos. So I did a grid of photos for that center spot so my white space around the photos isn't nearly as white as the sketch but you can see the sketch influence in the layout.

A walk on a beautiful Spring day in 2024, love to see the trees blooming and the bushes too around the apartment complex where I live. I have come to love wandering around the neighborhood in my area so I'm never lost just lost in the beauty of God's creation. I used my current counterfeit kit Smile for my layout and trying to finish up that Simple Stories Spring collection from last month.

Thanks for stopping by today to see what I created and can't wait to see what you create from this cool sketch over at Sketch N Scrap blog.

Summer Holiday LO for a Counterfeit Kit Challenge

Good morning and welcome to the blog. It's the 1st challenge of the month over at Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog. Master Forger Brandi is in charge this month and this is her challenge:

 We'll be using this image from our inspiration kit, Daily Journal by Cocoa Daisy as our launching point for today's challenge!

I don't know about the rest of you, but this summer really did FLY by! And for our area, we're finishing up the second week of school already! I'm sure we all still have plenty of summer left to scrapbook, so grab your kit and some summertime fun photos and let's get creating! (You don't HAVE to use Summer 2024 photos.) 

I agree with Brandi Summer did fly by! The humidity this Summer was really bad and I spent a bunch of time indoors this Summer but I did enjoy a few days out and about and this layout is of one of those days. 

When I'm off a day during the week that is just like a holiday for me even though it was after the official holiday. Enjoy a day out with my Sister and we took in Penn's Cave in Pennsylvania. A postcard and a couple of pictures on this layout of the Statue of Liberty in the cave on of the formations :) and we didn't have to leave Pennsylvania to see the Statue of Liberty.

 

Thank you for stopping by today and seeing what I'm up to in my little corner of the world. I hope you join us over at Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog for this fun challenge.

CKC - September 2024 Kit Reveal - Smile

Welcome to my blog and the 1st of September! Wow we're in September already, where did the Summer go! 1st of the month means it's time for a new inspiration for us over at Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog to challenge us to look through our own stash and choose a kit to play with. 1st you should have arrived here from Christine's Youtube channel I'm looking forward to checking out her kit and see what inspired her. We are thrilled to have Amy Jo Johnston join us as Guest Forger I look forward to seeing what she creates. 

Master Forger Brandie Jo is the host of September and here is the Inspiration Kit she has chosen for us to counterfeit:

Our inspiration kit for the month will be the Daily Journal Scrapbook kit by Cocoa Daisy from September of 2023! I chose this kit for the color scheme as well as the theme of documenting memories - I love how versatile this is and can be easily adapted to fit any scrapbooker's needs! 

There are a lot of different add-ons offered by Cocoa Daisy so be sure to check out their website for further inspiration for this month!

 Oh wow this is such awesome inspiration with all those cameras! Love the color combo as it's a bit different than what I'm use to in a kit and perfect for the last Summer photos to take yet and scrap. The 1st thing I pulled from my stash for this was a collection called Click It from Scrapbook Generations. The color and theme matched the inspiration. 

Smile

I had a blast looking through my stash for things that resembled what was in the inspiration by color, icon and resemblance. Lots of older stuff and new stuff to make a wonderful combination for my kit.

The papers in my kit the 3rd row has the Click It collection and the beginning of my inspiration for my kit. Then went to my Vicki Boutin stash and chose a bunch of Print Shop stuff along with a few papers from Fernwood and 2 smaller paper pads finishing one off to put into the kit. I found some fun scraps to add to the kit along with a premade base for a quick layout.

Close up: Washi tape, ribbon, acrylic pieces, chipboard, diecuts and puffy stickers

Close up: Found these poloraids from CTMH in my stash and added it the kit along with some old felt film strips plus the film strips I made at a crop awhile back. Die cut pack from Tim Holtz I got for Christmas from my Secret Sister a couple of years ago.

Close up: Even some Pinkfresh Studio products made it into the kit, the vellum word phrases should be fun to play with along with the stickers, tags and enamel dots

Last the close up of the Alphas for my kit I grabbed a lot that are about used up and hoping to create words from them for title to get them use up. 

Thanks for stopping by today to my little corner of the world. off you go to Julene's blog to see the kit she has pulled, if you get lost along the way the blog list is below. We look forward to seeing what you come up with for your kit this month at the CKC

Also be sure you check out our social media hop! Many of our team members have Instagram, YouTube and/or blogs. Their links are listed below:

1st September - Counterfeit Kit Challenge Reveal and Hop:

• Counterfeit Kit Challenge - http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/

• Tara - https://kryptonite72-rambles.blogspot.com/

• Christine - https://www.youtube.com/@ScrappingHarden

• Tina - http://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com/

• Julene - http://julenebydesign.blogspot.com 

• Brandi - www.instagram.com/scrappy.boymama 

• Vikki - www.instagram.com/memoriesandmomentsscrapbooking

• Ryann - www.instagram.com/scrapbookjoey

• Jody - www.instagram.com/floppyearedfarm

• JoJo - www.instagram.com/scrappyconfessions

Joy to the World card for a Sketch N Scrap challenge

Hello and welcome :) We've are in the midst of the Little League World Series in our town of Williampsort, PA. Lots of tourists in right now, so glad I craft I can stay home these days and just enjoy playing

Welcome to the 2nd card sketch of March over at Sketch N Scrap challenge blog. A fantastic sketch from Lori

This is the Christmas card I created

I used a bunch of scraps to created this card, so glad to have a fun sketch to use to create it :) Thanks for stopping by today to see what I created and can't wait to see what you create from this cool sketch over at Sketch N Scrap blog.

Documented LO for a Counterfeit Kit Challenge

Good morning and welcome to the blog. It's the 2nd challenge of the month over at Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog. Master Forger Jody is in charge this month and this is her challenge:

  "This month's Inspiration kit was full of contrast. I want you to create your own black and yellow background paper to use on a project.   I hope I see some mixed media!!!"

This is such a fun challenge and had me reaching for my stencil. I made sure to add a yellow paper to my kit for this challenge and I used Black Soot distress ink for my stenciling for the challenge

From this stenciled background I created this layout:

The 3rd covered bridge I saw that Saturday of checking out some of the bridges in my area. This one is still in use and the oldest Columbia County. With all the pictures I have shame that I covered up most on that stenciling but still have a good bit showing. 

Thank you for stopping by today and seeing what I'm up to in my little corner of the world. I hope you join us over at Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog for this fun challenge.

Keefers Mill Bridge LO for Sketch N Scrap challenge

Good Morning and welcome. Here we are in the middle of August and it's been very nice the last few days here weather wise. We got a fun challenge layout over at Sketch N Scrap for the day. This sketch was created by Lori: 

Love this sketch! My photos are in a different orientation but it still work out well.

I've started working on the Covered Bridges trail I did last year and this is one of the bridges I saw a very unusual covered bridge for PA. Because of my photo orientation I moved the title down onto the one picture and had plenty of room for my journaling. Using my current counterfeit kit Any Day for all my bits and pieces of this layout.

Thanks for stopping by today to see what I created and can't wait to see what you create from this cool sketch over at Sketch N Scrap blog.

CKC - August 2024 Kit Reveal - Any Day

Welcome to my blog and the 1st of August! 1st of the month means it's time for a new inspiration for us over at Counterfeit Kit Challenge kit to challenge us to look through our own stash and choose a kit to play with. 1st you should have arrived here from Tara's Blog I'm looking forward to checking out her kit and see what inspired her. We are thrilled to have Sarah Rouault join us as Guest Forger I look forward to seeing what she creates.  

Master Forger Jody is the host of August and here is the Inspiration Kit she has chosen for us to counterfeit. It is bright, bold and full of color! I picked the Bee-utiful Day Kit by Jennifer Ferh from sweetshoppedesigns.com . I fell in love with the black and yellow combo including the bees! At first glance you may only see those 2 colors but look closer and notice the pretty bright colors as well! So many possibilities and such playful words. Here is what we get to work with!

This inspiration kit had me heading straight to 49 and Market Countryside collection and that is where I started my kit at. Going through my Yellow, Black, Plaids and Gemetric drawers for other papers to fill up my kit this is what came together. I did find one of the chipboard word phrases with the it's name on it and it has a special meaning for me and the person I work with so will have to make sure I use it just for that layout!

Any Day

Lots of 49 and Market in the kit as you see and lots of scraps too. I brought in a Simple Stories leftovers if to finish it up, this had the bees and the butterflies that were in the inspiration kit

The papers, there is some realistic papers in there I want to use too.

Close up what is left of the Spring Simple Stories collection I have that I intend to finish up

The diecuts in various forms as I plan to do a few layouts about the Cover Bridges I saw last year brought in the red to for that.

The chipboard words to use for titles on my layout see that Any Day :) in the mix

Tickets, frames and some nuvo too

The laser die cuts gotta love me some 49&Market laser die cuts. 

Thanks for stopping by today to my little corner of the world. off you go to Julene's blog to see the kit she has pulled, if you get lost along the way the blog list is below. We look forward to seeing what you come up with for your kit this month at the CKC

Also be sure you check out our social media hop! Many of our team members have Instagram, YouTube and/or blogs. Their links are listed below:

1st August - Counterfeit Kit Challenge Reveal and Hop:

• Counterfeit Kit Challenge - http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/ 
• Guest Designer - Sarah Rouault https://www.facebook.com/sarah.rouault.3
• Cindy - http://cindyscreations-cinmfoster.blogspot.com/ 
• Jody - https://www.instagram.com/floppyearedfarm/
• JoJo -https://www.instagram.com/scrappyconfessions
• Misty - https://craftysoup.com
• Ryann-https://www.instagram.com/scrapbookjoey/
• Tara - https://kryptonite72-rambles.blogspot.com/
• Tina - http://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com/
• Julene - http://julenebydesign.blogspot.com//