Love Coffee a Lasting Memories Challenge Layout

Hello and good day to you. I had a fun day yesterday relaxing, crafting and doing just a bit of the household chores (Laundry). Dave helped a friend of his harvest potatoes yesterday that took up most of the day, but we did getaway just a bit last night. We went to the Tioga County Early Days and enjoyed a ride up through the mountains to get there. The foliage the further you got north was just so pretty. The show was winding down so not much to take in but we did see what was available at the time. A nice collection of tractors on display, checking out the fleas and watching some of the pulls. We decided to head out for something to eat and went to a Restaurant in Steam Valley, one that we had never been too that was fun. So that was my day in a nut shell.
Today's challenge over at Lasting Memories is a Hot Drinks and Stencils. I decided to tackle a layout about my love for coffee, especially when I came across some fun stickers in my stash. I used this for LOAD9: A message in a bottle: Story: Tell what you would want to say to someone in the future Product/technique: Use something clear to hold your handwritten journaling Image: A very recent photo of you
I didn't use any of the prompt suggestions but I did use the sketch that was offered for inspiration:

Here is the sketch: Bonus Friday Sketch Inspiration from Page Maps
I also have this in a challenge over at Scrappin N Chattin yahoo group for Vellum (the circle and the title spot)

 I used a stencil circle to add the dotted lines to the vellum. Lots of fun with this layout, lots of fun stickers and enamel dots scattered about.

 My title comes with a punched scallop vellum piece that I then stenciled around with a purple gel pen. This page has pieces from my current counterfeit kit and my past kit. The color dot paper was a forgery for the Master forger contest. I had fun when I did the paper and the fun faces added right with this layout and the smiley face stickers. A picture of Dave and I when we were at Tammy's for Christmas 2011.

The journaling and a fun cut out cup in purple I found on a scrapbooking calendar page (the quote about come fill you cup with me came for the calendar too). This calendar I should try to focus on and get it used up.

I found this old diner coffee pot cut in my book of cuts from a swap and added it to the layout with another sticker. The glittery hearts are from my current kit.
This was a fun layout and it will go into my All About Me album. This is a place I can add quirky layouts like this and genereations from now will have those questions answered if they want to know :)
Have a great day today and find joy in just the little things in life :) I look forward to seeing what you create for this challenge :)

Happy Halloween for Funday Friday

Good Day! Sorry for the delay in posting today, the weather today made me just a bit tired so I napped a bit early today :) Now I'm ready to tackle the weekend. Any of you got plans? We are planning to attend an Early Days festival in Tioga County, this will be our first time attending and it's their 50th Annual show. We really don't know how we have been missing it, but not this year :)
Today is Funday Friday and today's challenge theme is Sketch Time over at Jo's Scrap Shack and our sponsors are The Cutting Cafe and Bugaboo. I created a Halloween card for the challenge:

and the sketch we are to use for the challenge:

The challenge is to create a layout, card or project with the sketch.
I used the Cutting Cafe Fall collection of bingo cards for my card and a die cut that I had received in a cut swap years ago. I used my current counterfeit kit for my card: the washi tape, the copper dazzles stickers and the leaf sequin all from my kit :)
The inside of the card:

I found this fun sentiment online added more dazzles and another diecut I received in a swap. Already to send to someone in the family :)
Thanks for stopping by today and also I want to give a Shout Out to our newest DT sister Michelle :) welcome to Funday Friday crew :)
Now what you need to know:

Our Sponsors this week are:

  The winner will win 3 digis or cut files of their choice!

AND

The winner will win 7 digis of their choice!

 So make sure to play along this week~

    Starts: Friday, Oct. 9th  12:00AM

Ends:  Friday,   Oct. 16th   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 Oct. 16th by 6:00PM (eastern) time to link up.

All winners will be announced during the week of Oct.19th .

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

Exciting News!

I have been one of many selected for the new Project Life Maven's team on the new blog Sketches in Thyme Project Life Style! I'm so excited to take on this new adventure and dedicate some time to Project Life.

We will get a weekly sketch to create a card for our Project Life or for a 12 X 12 layout, then build a PL Spread or a Layout around the card. Each week you will have 7 different designers inspiring you by showing you what they created from the same sketch.
From me you will see me build Project Life pages from 2013, I'm a bit behind :)

These are just examples of the cards you will see. I made these in August for a swap and I'm looking for a spot to use them in my paper crafting. Both cards were made with my August Counterfeit Kit.

 This card was created to add a picture to it or you could add journaling to it

This one would make a cool filler card next to a photo and just add an arrow pointing to the photo.
I hope you check out this new blog and you give the challenges a go :)

I would like to share..

I would like to share a new challenge blog :) Sketches in Thyme Project Life Style you can check it out here
What is it about?

What are we: A blog all about creating your own Project Life cards! 

We will have a weekly challenge sketch that will inspire you to create a card based on or inspired by the sketch. You will then use your card to build a Project Life page or use it on a traditional 12X12 page.
 There is also a design team call:

  Apply Today!

Do you like designing your own Project Life cards? Do you like using sketches to jumpstart your inspiration? If the answer is. "YES"...you are in the right place! This challenge blog is ALL about Project Life!!! We have 4 teams of designers who will offer you daily inspiration to create your own cards. There will be a new sketch each week and a "Smash Up' at the end of the month.

Please follow along, spread the word....AND....

only 6 spots left on the Design Team! Click here to apply!!!

 This is so exciting a challenge blog catered to project life cards.....
Check back soon for more information to come in the following days, weeks, months ......... 

Counterfeit Kit Challenge: Next Move

Today I have something a bit different, being Guest Designer over at Counterfeit Kit Challenge there are 3 fun challenges to do each month. This is the 1st challenge of the month: Next Move. We are to do a project sharing what your next move in life is.  What is a goal?  What would you like to do, if you could?
I struggled with this a bit for some reason, maybe if I was asked this last year the layout outcome would have been totally different, but then a thought came to me last week, what do I really want to do? Travel, sure I want to see the world! But what can I do now this moment, what goal can I make now that I could follow through on.........
My Next Move:

to maintain the weight I have lost and to continue losing. My goal is to lose at least 20lbs in 2016. It's a small goal and one that I think I can achieve. I think the reason I struggle so much with losing weight is I look at losing it fast than to look at what has worked in the past and use that knowledge for the future.

 Since July 23, 2009 I have been tracking my weight, going up and down just slightly but hovering around the same weight. When I quit smoking then I really noticed a change in my weight and that it was increasing. The doctor wasn't concerned about it in the beginning cause he wanted me to quit smoking, but after that was accomplished then we were back to look at my weight. So at my heaviest July 2014, God decided he another plan for me and my life. A change in what I did for a living also changed my physical being, by the end of 2014 I had lost 30 lbs. 2015 so far has brought a lost of 14 lbs. So just making sure that I move, doing some kind of exercise is helping me to lose weight. The 3 pictures above are from July 2014, August 2015 and Sept 19, 2015 when I found that I could go from an XXL shirt back to an XL shirt :) To me that is a big step on my journey.

 I used my current and past counterfeit kits to make this layout. I had followed a sketch so some of the elements needed I was able to get quickly from a previous kits that hasn't been broken down yet.

 My journaling

A fun addition to the layout the reason, well it has to do with tape and that it got stuck on a place on the layout that I didn't want too. So this covers up that white torn spot and made a nice ending spot to the layout. Thank you for stopping by today and I hope to see your creations on your next move in your journey :)

Welcome to the Lycoming County Fair

Hi and welcome :) It's been a very busy weekend for me :) LOAD member's edition has begun and also I joined up for a 10 day challenge over in facebook a crafty challenge every other day. So been busy craftin and scrappin this weekend, also finding time to be with the Hubby too. So a quick post and I'm back to my daily LOAD challenge to get done before I lay down for my Sunday nap.
This week's challenge over at Lasting Memories is:
It is time for another awesome challenge here at LM!! In keeping with our "hot hot hot" theme this month, our challenge this week is to create a layout that shows "Summer time fun" AND we are looking for paper and/or silk flowers on there as well! 

This is just one of the pages that I have planned for this year's County Fair. We do try to attend quite often and it's always a Summer Time Fun thing to do. This also went with my prompt for LOAD2 Compass: Story: Tell about a favorite place you love to visit.
The prompts this month are a bit different for LOAD where you get a few choices on the subject at hand and I chose the first prompt, I did use another sketch than the one that was provided:

So glad I seen this sketch over at ScrappersChallenge FB group it was a fun one to use for this and my current counterfeit kit had the stripes to use for the layout.

The story of the layout centered around the animal exhibits, it's always something we enjoy seeing, even as a kid I loved to see the animals there at the fair.

 I added the flower pieces where the number spots were on the sketch, thought it really made a nice border element.

 Washi tape and a scrap of the green for the pennants in this area. So glad for this theme cause I would not have considered flowers for the layout, but think it's a nice touch for some of the prize animals at the fair. So now it's your turn :) I hope to see your creation soon on the link up over at Lasting Memories.

 

On Your Birthday ........ Funday Friday challenge

Hi you all :) Happy Friday :) Are you ready for a month of crafty goodness :) I sure am :) The assembly line at work has finally come to an end on my shift so I'm back into molding department :) This makes me happy and my wrists very happy :) and more crafting time for me. So today I have a Birthday card to share before I send out to a great friend that shares the same birth date that I have :)

This week's challenge over at Jo's Scrap Shack is Anything Goes :) A very popular challenge for us :)  and the sponsor of this week's challenge is Little Blue Buttons Stamps: I made a card with LBBS art file: Cupcakes 

 I also used the sketch over at Stick It Down:

I do like this challenge blog they have a single page layout, a double page layout and the card layout sketch each month for each category :) I just flipped the card so I could use my scrap papers for the card :) A border of glitter tape and the addition of the flowers and twine for a tic tac toe challenge over at Scrappin N Chattin group.
My card came for the stuff I pulled off my crafting desk and added to my September Counterfeit Kit, still plenty left to make another card or 2 yet this month :) I finished up the inside of the card:

Have a fantastic day and a great weekend too :) I maybe back tomorrow with another crafty item for you :)

Our Sponsor this week is:

  The winner will win 4 digis of their choice!

 So make sure to play along this week~

    Starts: Friday, Oct. 2nd 12:00AM

Ends:  Friday, Oct. 9th   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 Oct. 9th by 6:00PM (eastern) time to link up.

All winners will be announced during the week of Oct. 12th

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