Sketches In Thyme Project Life Style Sketch #58

Hello, hello! I am so happy that you are here! We are preparing for a possible ice storm around here tomorrow...I am just hoping we don't get it!

Today is my day to be featured on the Sketches In Thyme Project Life Style blog. This week we are working with this great sketch from Cherie Averill:

Here is my take on the sketch:

I turned the sketch and made a 6x4 filler card for my title page for this year. I used Simple Stories "Posh" collection for this layout.

I kept my title page pretty simple for this year. I don't have any die cutting machines - although I have one on my wish list - so I went old school on the numbers for my year and traced some old chipboard numbers that I have and cut them out.

I look forward to getting started on my 2017 album, and I am so hopeful that I can somewhat keep up with it, and finish 2015 and 2016.

Check out the Sketches In Thyme Project Life Style blog for inspiration often. I hope that you play along with us in this new year!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! I hope you have a great day!

Sketches In Thyme Project Life Style #50

Hello everyone! I hope your weekend is off to a good start!

Today is my day to be featured over on the Sketches In Thyme Project Life Style blog with my take on this week's sketch. This sketch is courtesy of Cherie Averill.

It's getting that time of year to be thinking about December Daily, and even though I have not been successful in years past with getting one done, I am hopeful to do it this year! I have made my title page using this sketch.

I am not going to use any special kits for this project, just random papers and embellishments from my stash. I hope to get some use out of my much neglected stamps, and I really hope to use up some of my Christmas stash! I will be using a traditional color combo of red, green, white, black, silver, and gold. You may even see a little pink and light blue mixed in as well. I'm not worried about every page being matchy - matchy, I like it when the pages are a little different!

For this page I stamped the Christmas tree and the "hello" and cut them out. I die cut the letters for December a couple of times and glued them together for a little added thickness. I found that silver tinsel trim at the dollar store a couple of days ago and thought it would be cute draped at the top where the banner placement is on the sketch. A few silver sequins scattered about the page, and I've gotta say, I am excited to get started on my foundation pages, so stay tuned I will be sharing those with you throughout the next couple of months!

Be sure to check out the Sketches In Thyme Project Life Style blog for inspiration every single day! We have a great stamp set up for grabs as this months prize.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I will be back soon with another project to share with you!

Sketches In Thyme Project Life Style Sketch #38

Hello again! I am back with my second post of the day. If you are looking for my PDE Linky Party reveal, please scroll down or go here.

Today is my day to be featured over on the Sketches In Thyme Project Life Style blog. This week we are working with this sketch from Kirsty.

For my card I turned the sketch on it's side.

I am back to working on Ada's first year album. It's been quite a while since I've done anything with it and I thought I'd better get back to it. Otherwise, she will be starting school and I still won't have it done! 

Here is the completed layout - just a note, I have a ton of photos from outside for her 6 month photo shoot that I still plan to include with these, so expect to see more soon!

Since it's been so long (Ada is almost 3!) since these photos were taken, I will have to find my notes for what she was doing and talk to her Mom so I can get it all right!

The papers for this layout are from my 100 Patterned Paper challenge stack. The yellow is probably some of my oldest paper, like 12 - 14 years old - old, and the blue is from a bulk pack that I picked up at Tuesday Morning last summer...or maybe it was this spring...I can't remember, but it's not nearly as old!

I'm hoping to continue working on Ada's first year album, as well as my 2015 album. Yeah, not even thinking about 2016 yet and we're already 8 months in! I'm okay with that - I have my planner and all my notes, and I enjoy working on them as I have time and because that is what I want to be working on - not because I feel like I have to do it and be caught up!

Stop by the Sketches In Thyme Project Life Style blog any day of the week for some inspiration. There are lots of different takes on the sketches. Be sure to link up with us if you play along. Kim is offering up this fun Halloween stamp set to one lucky winner. You have until August 31 to play along.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I will be back soon with another project to share with you!

Sketches In Thyme Project Life Style Sketch #34

Hello everyone! Happy Tuesday to you! I hope that you are having a good start to the week.

Today is my day to be featured over on the Sketches In Thyme Project Life Style blog. This week we are working with Kirsty's sketch:

My card is actually for the second part of week 7 for 2015, and focuses on Valentine's Day. I took the colors from Ada's Valentine's Day outfit for my card.

The boys were out of school on Friday the 13th, but Abby still had to work, so we had Ada with us all day Friday. Saturday we got up and headed to Springfield for some shopping. The boys were all good sports and let me go to a lot of scrappy stores. Matthew had been sick during the week, and he didn't even mind me stopping a lot! Although we did have to stop at Target and pick him up some cold medicine.

For lunch we stopped by Fazzoli's - which is usually a favorite for all of us. Little did we know that Shane was more in the mood for tacos! We had ordered him spaghetti, but he told us "NO!" When we asked what he wanted he said, "12" which means 12 tacos. No he does not eat 12 tacos, but once upon a time we ordered a to go box that had 12 tacos in it, so he thinks they always come in 12! He sat quietly (which is a first for him) while we finished our meal, then we headed to Taco Bell to get him his tacos!

Here is a close up of each card:

Be sure to stop by Sketches In Thyme Project Life Style for inspiration every single day. Kim is offering up a great stamp set that would be perfect for all of your paper crafting projects.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a great day!