Nothern Flicker-UYS challenge

Good Morning and welcome :) This week's challenge over at Use Your Stuff Challenge Blog is All Creatures Great and Small - Create a project with an animal on it...it could be the photo, the DP that you use, or some sort of embellishment. I have created alot of Bird layouts since I love Bird Watching and this is one I made during LOAD:

 From LOAD517 Day 3:
Prompt:
The Jazz Singer (talkies) – 1927
All the words! Tell a big story with lots of words in the journaling OR tell the story of a sound or quote you often hear.
I used alot of words in a variety of ways on my layout to tell the story.

I had used my April counterfeit kit: Spring Garden for this layout :) I think I found the inspiration for this layout on pinterest. Grabbing a piece of Cardstock (don't use often enough anymore) from my stash. I had fun creating the layout in a grid format with pictures and cutapart cards.

My journaling:

Thank you for stopping by today and I look forward to seeing your creation of All Creatures Great and Small over at Use Your Stuff Blog

Sausage Day for a Stick It Down Double Page Layout challenge

Hello again :) if you are looking for the Use Your Stuff post you can find it here.
Some how this post was in draft mode :)

Good Morning and welcome to the Double Page sketch challenge over at Stick It Down. My layout is of a fun day helping Dave making Homemade Sausage. We do this quite often but this particular day I made sure to get pictures of what was happening.

and the fun sketch:

 

I added a few more pictures than what the sketch had called for and that is what sketches are a starting point to get you going on your layout :)

 The right side of the layout. The fun borders I created by cutting a piece of white paper the size I wanted and added the variety pattern papers to make the border and trimmed it afterward. I used some scraps from my counterfeit kit: Spring Garden, 2 papers from my 100 Pattern Paper challenge, and one cutapart sheet for the words

 Dave doing what he does best :)

 Fun place to add the date

 The right side of the layout: Picture of me pushing the sausage through the grinder as Dave was filling the casings. This is how we do sausage

 Journaling

 close up photos.

Check out what my DT sisters did for this sketch over at Stick It Down. I look forward to seeing what you create with this fun sketch

A Classic Happy Birthday for Funday Friday

Good Morning and welcome to today's Funday Friday challenge over at Jo's Scrap Shack. Our Sponsor today is DigiStamps 4 Joy. I got blessed to get this fun classic car digi stamp and it was perfect for a Birthday card for the Hubby:

 I use the sketch over at Mojo Monday for my card inspiration:

Here is a closer look at that digi stamp: Dad's Austin

 I used Glitter Silver Wink of Stella to color up the chrome on the car and left the rest go as it is a classic and didn't want to lose that classic feel.

 The inside of the card

Closer look. I used my last month's Counterfeit kit: Spring Garden for the card. the newest kit inspiration has the same feel with the blues and the greens so my leftovers will be a welcome to this month's kit.
Thanks for taking a look, I look forward to seeing your creation.

  Starts: Friday, May 05th  12:00AM

   Ends:  Friday, May 12th    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 May 12th by 6:00PM (eastern, USA) time to link up.

All winners will be announced during the week of May 15th.

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

You Make More Heart Sing for Sketch N Scrap Birthday Sketch

Hello and welcome to a fun month of challenges over at Sketch N Scrap blog. This month is their 5th Birthday so they are having a party over at their facebook group event page with exclusive sketches. To get involved you need to head over to the event page here.

So stop by the crop and say hello :)
So the 1st exclusive sketch for the crop is:

Isn't this a fun sketch! and this is what I created with the sketch:

 I found some old butterfly garland that has never been out of the package and now it is and made my circles on the layout. These are our crocus and came out for a peek in February.

 My journaling

 I used a metal clip out of 2008 making memories package finally opened and used :) butterfly came from a sticker pack, sticker and some enamel hearts for this cluster

 Fun title with this sticker and another butterfly

I used paper from my April counterfeit kit: Spring Garden and the stickers I found while I was cleaning up my craftroom. Thanks for stopping by today and I look forward to seeing your creation over at the crop :)

Feels Like Summer LO for Sketch N Scrap

Good Morning and welcome :) Yes it's the 1st of May Wow! April went by very quickly as it seems as I get older te months just fly by now. Today is also the 1st sketch of a fabulous month over Sketch N Scrap. Fisrt I want to wish them a Happy 5th Birthday :) We've got a fabulous party going on all month over at Sketch N Scrap's Facebook page. A special group page just for this month's party too. It's here if you want to check it out, don't let the dates fool you it's an all month party (the 2 week thing is a facebook thing).
So the 1st sketch of the month is:

I just love the grid style look of the sketch and this is what I did with it:

I used some kraft paper for this layout and some scraps too. Avery he's almost 13 in this photo and he's really starting to get into photography. Starting with selfies and seeing some cool things on his walk with his sister that day. These are a few of the photos he took and more are to come of that day.

 I had fun making the title cluster

 and the journaling cluster

and the subtitle cluster. I used a very old Fall kit: Simple Stories Harvest Lane, found a baggie of stars to use and the fun word strips from this past month's kit: Spring Garden. Thanks for stopping by today and we look forward to seeing your creation linked up over at Sketch N Scrap.

Celebrate Spring for a Lasting Memories Layout Challenge

Hello :) We have been enjoying some great weather lately and Spring has finally arrived in North Central PA. Some days it even feels like Summer has arrived, yes the weather in PA can jump up and down quite a bit.
This is the last challenge for this month theme of Spring over at Lasting Memories. Haven challenged us this week with a color palette.
It wouldn't be spring without daffodils and we have a bunch this year. I took these pictures on April 6, 2017 while I was out and about taking pictures. These were the first of the daffodils to come up being out front of the house it gets the most sun:

and this is the color palette for the challenge:

 

I found so many of the colors in my 100 Pattern Paper stack that I worked off 3 papers. I also broke open a new punch (one that was purchased before Christmas! me bad waiting that long to use it.) One that I think I'll be using quite often.

I used the No. 85 sketch over at The Memory Nest for my layout:

 A fun sketch to use too :)

 For the larger photo in the sketch I matted my photo with the Polaroid look and that gave me a spot to add some journaling. A fun cluster using pieces from this month's counterfeit kit: Spring Garden and some embellishments from previous kits.

 Another fun cluster using a chipboard bird in the right color combination for the palette. Added the pearls too that are from my stash, not sure how I by past these when I put my kit together this month.

 The bottom cluster and that pot of daffodils is from a sticker sheet that is just about finished

The only neutrals things added to the layout the word strips and that wood veneer title. thank you for stopping by today and seeing what I'm up too. I look forward to seeing your creation over at Lasting Memories Layout Challenges

 All Challenges for the month end 04/28/17.

Happy Birthday Jar card for Funday Friday

Good morning and welcome. today I have a card I made for Funday Friday over at Jo's Scrap Shack. Our sponsors this week are The Cutting Cafe and Di's Digi's
I made this card from The Cutting Cafe's Mason Jar set:

I have a Mason Jar cut on my card. This set is super cute and comes with all you need to make a variety of different Mason Jar cards, even a shape card. I cut out the hearts and balloons too. I used both chalks and stickles to color my pieces. I used my current counterfeit kit: Spring Garden for the fun red pattern paper for the card mat and the chipboard bow.

 What you get with the set. In a variety of files to choose from for a variety of cutting machines.

 Lots of fun details on the card.

The inside I did another mason jar and added flowers coming out of it with the birthday sentiment. The stickers are part of a sticker challenge over in the 100 Pattern Paper Challenge Facebook group.
Thank you for stopping by and I look forward to seeing your creation linked up over at Jo's Scrap Shack.

 So make sure to play along this week~

        Starts:Friday, April 21st   12:00AM

    Ends:Friday, April 28th    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 April 28th by 6:00PM (eastern, USA) time to link up.

All winners will be announced during the week of May 1st

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

A Spring Hello There card for Sketch~N~Scrap challenge

Good Morning and welcome to today's sketch challenge over at Sketch~N~Scrap. Today we have this fun sketch from Lisa to play with:

 

 It really does have a spring feel to it and so as I was doing my own spring cleaning this month I came across some fun frames and these cute rubons and some how came up with the idea to put them together for this card:

the beginning of the card while I was playing with the frame:

 I added the rubons before adding the frame layer to it.

A closer look to the frame and the sentiment. I added a butterfly and some brads for the spots on the sketch. I used my current counterfeit kit: Spring Garden and a butterfly from last month's kit Social Butterfly. Just need to add a little note to the inside of the card and it's ready to be sent off in the mail :)
Thank you for stopping by today and I look forward to seeing your creation linked up over at Sketch~N~Scrap too.

 

Easter 2016 for a Use Your Stuff challenge

Happy Easter to all my blogger friends, I hope your day was special.
This week's challenge over at Use Your Stuff challenge blog comes from our DT sis Heather and her challenge for us is: I thought it would be fun to try and use some of them up.  And not just one or two here an there, but I would really love to see you guys use eyelets or brads or both to make a shape on your layout.
So this is what I created for this challenge:

 Our Great Granddaughter Emily last year after receiving her Easter Basket. Looks like she was enjoying all her gifts from the Easter Bunny. I used Eyelets in 3 different spots on my layout creating circle embellishments.

 One for the Journaling spot and the Title on that layout. Emily certainly enjoys chocolate :) I used paper from my 100 Pattern Paper challenge. Used ribbon from the ribbon challenge in the same group and the eyelets were from last month's challenge in the same group. The word sticker and Alpha letters and numbers came from my current counterfeit kit: Spring Garden. I put together 4 different page kits yesterday from my kit but this wasn't one of them and went another direction for this layout.

 Fun Easter bunny stickers used with the circles for a fun embellishment clusters

This layout is also for the challenge over at Lasting Memories. This week challenge is:

  We are asking you to create a layout using Bunnies, chicks or eggs.

To kick off this weeks challenge we are asking you to create a layout using Bunnies, chicks or eggs.

Also don't forget there is plenty of time for  you to play along with our first two spring challenges as well (use flowers, use the word spring)

LM #340 - Use bunnies, chicks, or eggs on your layout.

I look forward to seeing your creations at both Use Your Stuff challenge and over at Lasting Memories Scrapbook challenge :) Have a fantastic day....

Farm Show Fresh for a Sketches in Thyme PL Style challenge

My 2nd post for the day, if you are looking for Sketch N Scrap you can find it here.
This layout comes from the sketch challenge over at Sketches in Thyme Project Life Style and the card I made with the sketch:

 and the sketch I used is Sketch #67 by the lovely and talented, Susanne Brauer.....

I used the sketch for my journaling card on my layout:

 Some of the vegetable displays we saw at the PA Farm Show in January. I used my current counterfeit kit: Spring Garden for this layout too. Using the kraft paper that we have for our challenge in the 100 Pattern Paper challenge Facebook group and the puffy stickers

 The alphas are from last month's counterfeit kit and a close up of the finished journaling card

This is also for the Counterfeit Kit Challenge #1 Feelin' Fresh (getting part of my title from the Fresh :)

  At the time a very fresh display for vegetables :)
We welcome you to come and join in the sketch challenges over at Sketches in Thyme Project Life Style
Thanks for stopping by today and seeing what I'm up to over in my little corner of the world :)