Hello Again for FFC It's Sketch Time

Hello and welcome to my blog, wow been 10 days since my last post. Only one thing happened while I've been gone our trip to Gettysburg, PA for the Minneapolis Moline Corresponder, Inc. (MMCI) Winter Convention. WOW what a show, but you'll see that in the near future while I make a few layouts of the show and the sightseeing. Speaking of sightseeing I went and investigated one local scrapbook store OMgosh! this store was fantastic! Lots of papers related to Gettysburg that I can't wait to play with and they also have some for the Flight 93 National Memorial too that we saw a few years ago that I been wanting to scrap and now have the right papers I'm thinking to scrap with. So now that I uploaded the pictures to my computer of the weekend need to decide how I'm gonna handle 893 pictures! yep that is right that is what I said! Lots to decipher and decide what to print and not to print (luckily probably a third are reference photos for some of the other pictures.
So enough about what I was doing and lets get to the Funday Friday project for this week. It's Sketch Time this week for Funday Friday over at Jo's Scrap Shack our sponsors this week are: Little Blue Button Stamps and Bugaboo Stamps. I used Little Blue Button Stamps: Watering Plants Ivy for my card today:

and here is the sketch:

I stayed within the look of the sketch other than moving the bow down and the opposite side of the sketch. Such a fun sketch to use too. I used my current counterfeit kit for my card and brought in the silver chrome Viva pearl pen for the water and flower center on the stamp. I colored the stamp with both Spectrum Noir markers and Bic markers.

 I used the purple vellum in my kit for the Spellbinders Lacey Circles cut and then cut the stamp out with the Standard circles large cut. The purple and gold color combination is my favorite :)

 I used 3 Twenty Crafts: Strike a Pose stamp set for my sentiment that I stamped with memento Tuxedo Black ink on a piece of doily scrap pattern paper that was in a past kit. I used a flower stiker from a MS pack (so glad I added this pack to this month's kit :) and the AC twine. A super fun card to make :)
So that is it, I hope you join us this week over at Jo's here are the details:

Our Sponsors this week are:

  The winner will win 4 digital stamps of their choice!!!!

and

 

The winner will win 7 digital stamps of their choice!!!! 

 

 So make sure to play along this week~

    Starts: Friday, April 17th  12:00AM

Ends: Friday, April 24th 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 April 24th by 6:00PM (eastern) time to link up.

All winners will be announced during the week of April 27th.

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

Until next time, enjoy life's blessings~

Thanks for stopping by!

He Shoots He Scores

Hello :) So far it's been a pleasant week, lol only Tuesday though so you just never know what may happen :) This is the 2nd layout I did from the box of Memories that I'm working through:

I used this sketch:

This paper is so cool to use for this layout the tie-dye burst just worked out perfect for that sunburst on the sketch and I added a foam basketball for the title pun and the picture fun.

I added a variety of stickers, paper clipart from and old scrapbooking kit, some vellum stickers too

Close up of the left hand side

The paper, the PL card, the die cut stars and the Alphas for the title all came from my current counterfeit kit. That paper clip I got in a bag full of baby scrapbook stuff at a yardsale a few years ago and so glad to get that used and out of my stash, the old clip art came out of that same bag of stuff too.
I'll be using this layout for the Scrap Our Stash Challenge this month of using the word STAMP:
I used:

S- Sketch, Stars, Stickers

T- Tie-dye pattern paper

A- Alphas to create the title

M- Metal safety pin clip

P- Project Life Card, Picture, Photo Mat

I'm really enjoying scrapping photos out of this box, there is some newer pictures and some older pictures too. The My Scraps and More sketchathon is really making it fun to scrap them too. Tos see more on sketch Challenge #2 you can see it here on this blog post.

Love Moments With You

Good Morning :) Now back to the normal work week, I hope you all had a fantastic holiday yesterday. This is a short week for me as I will be attending the MGCA hosting the MMCI  winter convention in Gettysburg, PA. So lots of crafting in a short period of time this week for my DT spots this coming weekend. But lets start with today's challenge first. This layout was made for the Creative Cutting Challenge Anything Goes:

 This layout is of the first time I held my youngest grandson. I waited quite a bit for him to open his eyes. This picture was taken a few days after he was born, I had printed it both in color and b/w. I used Creative Pointe's Valentine Hearts svg file for my layout.

A cool set of hearts that can really be used for lots of themes not just Valentines

 So I enlarged the double heart and used that in the center for my title background and I scattered a few of the combine hearts around for borders and embellishment spots. The gold foil words were cut with my cameo, I used 2 Silhouette store files to make up the title.

 Added some of the newest trend of nesting with the red twine and my journal spot came from one of the cards in my counterfeit kit, as did the rest of my papers.

Love this besides the pictures I also love the addition of the hearts here for the border element and some fun blue sequins.

 This corner spot I took one of the negative cut hearts from the large cut and added a piece of the swirl heart, some more of the twine and the blue sequins.

Here I found the perfect vellum square to use for the layout from my baby theme drawer of stuff added more on the swirl hearts. This was just a fun layout to do and I used this sketch for my layout:

A fun sketchathon is going on over at My Scraps and More for the month of April on their forum board:  http://myscrapsandmore.proboards.com. You can see more information here on this blog post.
Some of my crafting this month is going to come about from a box of stuff I found in my craftroom the other night. I boxed up all this stuff from my craft desk right before the Christmas Holiday crafting and put it in this box:

 I figured I would start from the top and work all the way through it. So this box is my goal for the month other than the DT themed posts that need done that might not work for those themes.

There is all kinds of stuff in here so this should be fun, a photo envelope too hmmmm I wonder what may be in there? Be a week or 2 before I find out by the way it looks.
Thanks for stopping by today and I hope to see your creation over at Creative Cutting Challenge here are the details of the challenge:

Now we're ready to see YOUR  SVG (or similar) creations.

PLEASE READ THE RULES BEFORE YOU ENTER THE CHALLENGE:

They are simple and short.  Please click on the rules tab above for complete rules to enter this challenge.  
MOST IMPORTANT RULE:  You MUST use a SVG or similar electronic cutting file in your project.  CRICUT CARTRIDGE ONLY ENTRIES ARE NOT ELIGIBLE.  Please make sure that you mention somewhere in your post what part of your project was created with a cutting file.  Entries that do not fit this basic requirement will be deleted.

Disney Memories layout for Lasting Memories

I first want to wish all my blogger friends a Happy Easter .

Today the challenge over at Lasting Memories is Favorite Destinations and with that theme we have a sketch too that we needed to use:

Out of the places I have been, even on a cruise to the Caribbean twice, my favorite place to see is Disney World (I would like to see Disneyland at some point in my life yet). There is something magical about being at Disney. We went there for our Honeymoon, it's the one place that you can be an adult and have fun like a kid!  This was my 2nd trip there but my husband's first time and it was sure bliss to see the joy in his eyes. The sketch that we used:


I used my current counterfeit kit for the layout and grabbed my bag of Disney theme elements to dress up the layout.

 This fun title came from a theme dimensional sticker pack from EK Success

 More stickers from Sandy Lion sticker designs and the journal spots came from the CTMH Hopscotch paper pack I used. I used the cardstock from that pack also.

The border elements I did with more pictures and with some Disney buttons I had got in a swap box a long time ago and pulled it out for this layout. This was so fun to pull out some of my Honeymoon memories and get them scrapped. Thanks for stopping by today and I hope to see you favorite destination too.

Girls Gettin Crafty Layout

Hi you all! Hope your having a fantastic Saturday :) Myself I got the Saturday cleaning to do as we get ready for family get together tonight for the Annual Campbell Easter Egg Hunt :) What are your plans for the holiday weekend? With working 3rd shit I'm lucky to get Easter night off and get to enjoy the day relaxing and maybe a bit of crafting too.
So this layout I did for the March Sketch over at Scrap Happy (The Lay out a Day personal group) Yep bit the bullet and joined, couldn't resist when they decided to make the May LOAD a one for members only thing. But this layout I made on March 31st with last month's counterfeit kit. I was glad to be able to use some of the project life cards that I had in the kit.

Here is the sketch:

I used the PL cards for 2 of the squares. Lots of scattered elements from the kit and got to use those fun paperclips for the first time :)

 The PL cards are from my Chalkboard collection from We R Memory keepers. The big photo corner came a Heidi Swapp package

 These are most of us local girls that get together once a month doing a project that one of the girls teaches. Where am I? I'm the one in the back row on the right hand side on the end (Notre Dame tee :)

This was Tina Peck's project a really cute Christmas Decorations and it was a blast to make and so easy. She had seen it on a card but decided to make the tree by itself as a decoration. I'll be making more and adding it to gifts this coming year for each of the families :)
Thanks for stopping by today and Have a fantastic Easter day or Passover day depending on how you celebrate it.

A Hello card for Anything Goes FFC

Good morning and welcome to my blog :) It's Friday and a special Friday indeed. Also it is Funday Friday too, the theme this week over at Jo's Scrap Shack is Anything Goes:

Our sponsor this week is Little Blue Button Stamps and I used their Birds and Houses art files for my center art piece on my card. Here is a closer look:

 I added CTMH liquid glass to the printout to make it look like a flair button and you really need to see it in person to see how pretty the details are of the art file.
I also used my April counterfeit kit for my card :) the bright colors added to the fun floral just says spring come on and get here! I used 3 Twenty Crafts: Strike A Pose stamp set for my sentiment of Hello on the card
I used the sketch over at Mojo Monday for the layout of the card:

The inside of the card I brought in more of the floral and that trim:

 Thanks for stopping by today and I wish you all a Happy, Blessed Easter.
To join in with the fun:

Our Sponsor this week is: 

  The winner will win 4 LBBS digital stamps of their choice!!!

 

 So make sure to play along this week~

  Starts: Friday, April 3rd  12:00AM

Ends:   Friday, April 10th 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 April 10th by 6:00PM (eastern) time to link up.

All winners will be announced during the week of April 13th.

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

 

April Counterfeit Kit along with CKC

Hi you all! Well I took the time this morning to put my April kit together for the inspirational kit at Counterfeit Kit Challenge they used: A Beautiful Mess and they have a very fun kit called a Messy Box (we are doing the March one)
 
This is what I saw: Lots of Bright colors (Orange, Bright Gold, Bright Pink, Light Blue and Gray) and lots of B/W colors, Gold Alpha, Vellum cuts, Brads, Washi tape with writing on it, Transparency and lots of PL style cards. Bold designs and graphics, lots of Love and lots of words :) A little bit out of my comfort zone, but hey I'll git it a try :) So here is the kit I pulled and I call it : Mix and Mingle

 Lots of bright papers, lots of washi tape, glitter tape, twine and fibers to use, Lots of Alphas, and a variety of embellishments. should be an interesting month to scrap and craft some cards :) Here is the breakdown in close up photos:

The papers I chose are really all over the place: Got some B/W sheets, geometrics in a various of colors, also pulled apart one paper pad to try to get most of that finished off this month (most of the paper is in the center row toward the right hand side) put in a couple of tiedye sheets too. Most of the paper comes from Die Cuts With a View, but there is the K&Company paper pad that I tore apart so can I eliminated from m stash and have it in the scrapbooks and some stray papers from different manufacturers.

I added what I had left of CTMH Ivy Lane paper pack, couple of papers from DCWV Rockstar (Master Forger Margie had that bold diagonal in her kit and I knew when I seen it that this kit was the perfect time to use that paper so I added it to mine too. My PL cards some from Midnight kit, some from Jade kit and some cut ups from Simple Stories Documented line. I also found this fun spray in a swap box I received it'll be interesting to see how well it works out.

 The Alphas: a wide range of styles and I pulled all the gold ones I had besides a few other colors too.

 Vellum to make some of the shapes that were in the inspirational kit and the one transparently it'll be fun trying to figure out how to use that

 Variety of different embellishments: Old school smash tapes, and some color washi tapes too. ribbons, trims, stickles, glitter tape, flowers (with white brads), pearls, brads, studs, metals, felt and some lace too.

 More embellishments: photo mats, frames for cards and LO, fabric art to make flowers, clear shapes, paper flower stickers, chipboard pieces, white stars, die cuts, embossing stencils and a fun stamp set from CTMH.

2 kits that I wanted to add cause the colors worked so well with this kit :) Arithmetic from Colorbok and Hopskotch from CTMH with a really fun stamp set too. Will be using the same distress stamps from last month's kit to ink these stamp up with. So that is the kit for the month :)  should be a colorful month to scrap :)