Whimsy Flower Happy Birthday

Good Morning and WOW the last day of June! Where the heck did June go! Been quiet this month and most of my plans for crafting this month has fizzled out, but I did get a few accomplished. Summer seems to do that for me, making more memories than scrapping them I guess. But looking towards July and some Christmas in July stuff and getting some cards done and working on past Christmas' Dec Dailys is planned when time lets me :) Just a heads up on what you might see next month. But we still have one final day in June and it's a Funday Friday!
This week is Always Anything Goes over at Jos Scrap Shack and our Sponsors are Little Blue Button Stamps and Bugaboo Stamps. I had this cool Whimsy Flower Digi Stamp for my creation from Little Blue Button Stamps:

 I colored it with Bic markers and some glaze pens too. I used the sketch over at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge for my card, really cute sketch:

Just a cool card to play with. I used scraps from last month's counterfeit kit: Nature's Party for my card.The inside of the card:

Thank you for stopping by today and I wish you a fantastic day today :)

    Starts: Friday, June 30th   12:00AM

   Ends:  Friday, July 7th     6:00PM

(Eastern time)

 

What do you need to do to enter?

Challenge Rules

1. Please post a direct link to your blog post that includes your
challenge entry project, using the linky tool below. 

2. Be sure to include a link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering your project into

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

4. For all entries -NO BACK LINKS ACCEPTED- 
The date on your blog post should be dated between the start date & the end date for the challenge you are entering, in order to be eligible for the challenge & prizes

5. You may link up to other challenges but be sure to link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering 

 * All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements

WILL NOT be eligible for the top 3, any sponsor wins or any random wins by Jo
All random wins will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.

You have until July 7th by 6:00PM (eastern, USA) time to link up.

All winners will be announced during the week of July 10th.

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

Great Grandpa layout for a Lasting Memories challenge

Welcome to the last challenge for this month of challenges over at Lasting Memories. The theme this month was June Holiday Insights and it's been fun seeing those weird holidays that aren't the normal. Here is another one for this week's challenge is June 25th is Log Cabin Day - Log Cabin Day brings us back to a quieter, simpler, more rugged era. Life was rustic and simple. Make your layout a bit rustic and simple. Maybe add some torn edges to your layout, use neutral colors, or a woodsy look to your layout.
I did a torn edge on my layout of my husband seeing his Great-Grandson for the 1st time :) The layout itself wasn't to rustic, but the plaid background is my husband as most of the time he is wearing flannels shirts other than these pictures :)

 The 3 photos were from Waylon's 1st Birthday party and it was great to see such great interaction with Dave and Waylon. The pictures were taken outside and the location was the Grandaughter's house that looked like a log cabin inside.

 This layout also came about from LOAD517 Day 18:
Prompt:
The Godfather – 1972
Although there are many unsavoury actions taking place in this film, the one thing the mafia holds dear is the sentiment surrounding family. How is your family important to you?

As you can see in alot of the layouts I do they usually have family in them, family is very important to us :) This weekend we are up in NY celebrating our Grandson's Graduation. The 1st time my husband got to see his 1st Great-Grandchild. The interaction was great that day. Yes this is our family legacy we see it through the kids, grandkids and Greatgrandkids

 Love this photo of Waylon and Dave together. I used last month's counterfeit kit: Nature's Party for my layout

 Title of the layout

 Lots of word stickers to help with the journaling. Thank you for stopping by today and I look forward to seeing your creation over at Lasting Memories Scrapbook Challenge blog.

Happy Birthday Striped card

Happy Funday Friday to you! This week's theme for Funday Friday is Anything Goes over at Jo's Scrap Shack and our sponsor this week is Lawn Fawn.
This is a card I made

 I've got a grand daughter that just loves these kinds of stripes on her clothes so this Birthday card is made for her for next year (yay for me for being ahead!) I used the last card sketch for the 5th Birthday Party celebration over at Sketch n Scrap :) the party ends today.

 The inside of my card. I used my counterfeit kit from last month, really trying to get this killed as they say but boy do I have alot of scraps to get used up!. the new kit is out and I plan to get mine gathered around over the weekend. Thanks for stopping by today and I look forward to seeing your creation over at Jo's Scrap Shack

 So make sure to play along this week~

    Starts: Friday, June 2nd  12:00AM

 Ends:  Friday,  June 9th    6:00PM

(Eastern time)

What do you need to do to enter?

Challenge Rules

1. Please post a direct link to your blog post that includes your
challenge entry project, using the linky tool below. 

2. Be sure to include a link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering your project into

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

4. For all entries -NO BACK LINKS ACCEPTED- 
The date on your blog post should be dated between the start date & the end date for the challenge you are entering, in order to be eligible for the challenge & prizes

5. You may link up to other challenges but be sure to link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering 

 * All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements

WILL NOT be eligible for the top 3, any sponsor wins or any random wins by Jo
All random wins will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.

You have until June9th by 6:00PM (eastern, USA) time to link up.

All winners will be announced during the week of  June 12th

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

Hunt On a LO for Stick It Down sketch challenge

Good Morning and welcome to June :) Wow May went by really fast but then I was working, sleeping and scrappin! LOAD does that to me :) So June is a time to relax and catch my breath a bit but will still be trying to do a layout a day if I can :)
Today is reveal day over at Stick It Down and the double page sketch is a really good one for lots of pictures:

 

and this is the layout I created with this cool sketch:

 

This are pictures from this year's Easter Egg Hunt and this was just one of the locations, we used 2 other fields and 2 groves for the hunt so a few more layouts are on the way :) We always have a ball doing this for the grands and this year the weather was perfect other than it being a tad to hot and the chocolate melted.

 The left side of the layout

 the right side of the layout

 The title block and Dave being Dave :) he does like to be in charge :)

 The year I put this in where the subtitle was to be on the sketch, finally got to use the alpha once this month :)

 A border of rabbit heads from the sticker sheet in the counterfeit kit this past month :) Nature's Party

And the journaling block. This was also for LOAD517 Day 30 as I went off prompt cause I could only get the one layout completed that day.

Thanks for stopping by and I look forward to seeing your creation linked up over at Stick It Down.

CHEESY

Welcome back to another layout from LOAD517 Day 7
Prompt:
Gone With the Wind – 1939
“As God is my witness, I’ll never be hungry again!” Inspired by Scarlett’s vow, this is a food prompt! Because she didn’t have much food, you are on a “starvation diet” to tell your food story. Use only three colors, two embellishments, and a one-word title.

 The 3 color I used was Brown, Blue and Red. I used Brads and Chipboard for my 2 embellishments and the 1 word title: CHEESY. I used a cooking papers and props for my foody layout. but I did use that maroon pattern paper from my current counterfeit kit: Nature's Party for the layout as well as brads from my 100 Pattern Paper facebook group challenge a few months ago that has been sitting on my desk to get used up :)
I used the May 1-7 sketch over at Sketches in Thyme:

 This was a fun sketch to use

 close up of the journaling

 The recipe and the scattering of the brads in the 3 choosen colors

 Found a fun vellum quote in blue to use too for the layout. Thanks for stooping buy once again to see what I'm up too in my little corner of the world.

Procrastination

Yep that would be my Kryptonite! Procrastination is my worst enemy :) LOAD517 Day 21

Prompt:
Superman – 1978
What’s your Kryptonite? What stops you for doing what you need, or want, to do?
 Procrastination has to be my kryptonite. I can have good intentions and then something else that is usually more fun will stop me from doing what I should be doing :) House Cleaning falls into this category very well :) 

 I used my current counterfeit kit Nature's Party for this layout. Also grabbed a couple of project life cards too for my journaling and for the word card cause this is my life.
I used the sketch over at Sketches in Thyme May 15-21 sketch for my inspiration for this layout:

For a really quick layout this sketch is a fast one to use

 close up of the layout

and a close up of the journaling :) I'm thinking that's all the challenges that I did over the past month if not then I missed them :) Thanks for stopping by today and I wish you a fantastic day

Home Machine

Welcome back to another layout from LOAD517 Day29
Prompt:
The Matrix – 1999
Create a layout that tells about a decision that indirectly led you to an entirely different experience. I never would have thought I’d end up ____ when I started doing _____.
This was a fun way to start a prompt with a statement to start off my journaling. I had come across some early photos when I was just about to get started with my business venture and this embroidery job pretty well clinched the thoughts of me getting an embroidery commercial machine. found out the home machine could only do so much.

 I used that crazy piece of scrapbook paper that was in my current counterfeit kit: Nature's Party. I really was struggling with using this paper for some odd reason.
I used the sketch over at Sketches in Thyme for my layout:

A fun layout to play with :)

 My journaling spot

 Fun word stickers for the corner cluster. I used brads once again for my embellishment along with a piece of ribbon for a paper strip.

 The small title thought it would reference the small machine well.

  This is the hat, found it was a bit harder to do with the home machine and if I wanted to make this business work and be profitable I would need a larger machine.
Thanks for stopping by once again today to see what I've been doing in my little corner of the world.

Momma

Good Morning and welcome :) This is a layout from LOAD517 Day 9
Prompt:
The Maltese Falcon – 1941
Sam Spade is a great detective. Use clues in your prompt today to tell your story. BONUS: Use only black and white as your colours today in a tribute to the film noir genre.
I used Black n White for both my layout and my photos :) can't say I'm a big fan of the look but I did try it and was surprised how well it did turned out :) I think a color photo would have probably been better but this is how I learn what to do and not to do :)

 I used the one B&W pattern paper in my current counterfeit kit: Nature's Party and I also used a paper from my 100 Pattern Paper challenge, a scrap paper, a couple of project life cards and 2 washi tapes for my layout all in black and white. I sprinkled white enamel dots on the layout too. 2 black and white photos for the layout.
I used the sketch over at Sketches in Thyme May 8-14 sketch for my layout inspiration:

Usuing washi tape for the arrows and the stitching lines on the sketch.
Close ups of the layout:

 Love this details card for the family photo

and I found this photo of Waylon too from the previous year to add to the layout too. As the theme of the layout is Sabrina being a Momma and she is such a great momma to these 3 cuties :)
Thanks for stopping by today and you'll probably see a couple more layouts yet today :)

Welcome Springtime

Hello :)
This layout came From LOAD517 Day 17
Prompt:
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory – 1971
What moment in your life left you in awe and wonder? Where do you find awe and wonder in your daily life? It might be a big moment or a small one, let’s honour it today!

 This is a picture I took one day when Buddy and I went for a walk, as I was coming around the one area of the rail trail we have at the house I was in awe when I saw all the fruit trees in blossom. Made for a fantastic spring site and this is what I honor today. I used a piece of kraft paper for the challenge over at the 100 Pattern Paper facebook challenge group. A Mary E paper and got out my paper crimper too for another challenge in another facebook group too.I played quite a bit off the pink paper for my embellishments.
I used the sketch over at The Memory Nest for my layout:

One of the designers: Lori gave inspiration with her layout when she tucked all the papers in under the photos and I went that way too with my layout.

 Journaling

 Fun cluster and a kraft project life card too

 Another fun cluster too.
I also used the challenge over at Whimsical Musings Inspired by Petals as I was inspired by those beautiful blossoms

Counterfeiting a May Kit

Hello, oh my I can't believe I never blogged about my kit this month, bad me! I did post it on instagram so that may have threw me off a bit this month and then LOAD really throws me off for the month :) So Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog's inspirational kit this month is the Gossamer Blue March main kit.

Just love the blues and greens in the kit :) reminds me so much of Nature that it helped me create the name for my kit:

Nature's Party

 Here is my kit for this month :) So far lots of the papers have been used not so much for the embellishment part of the kit, but I have used some :)

 My papers came from a few paper pads :) I've been trying to work through some old paper pads gettign them used up. The 180 page stacks take the longest to use up and the paper is so thin that it's better for layering. so lately I have trying to combine both, the heavier paper for the backgrounds and the lighter paper for the layering.

 My alphas :) Anyone have a good place to go to put letters in to get words that can be used? I've got alot of left over thickers I would love to get out of my stash!

 My stickers

 and more stickers

some wood veener and a 6X6 paper pad hmmph! forgot about that paper pad, wonder where I put that on my desk!
Well a little late but there is my kit for the month as usually it's a bit larger than the kit inspiration and I have been creating with it quite nicely, now I'm getting down to more scraps than anything else :) Think I should make a month of just using scraps :) other than the foundation pages that maybe fun