Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #141 - Be Mine

Hello everyone! I am back to share my first Valentine's Day card with you using Crate Paper's Love Notes collection.

As I told you in this post, I am challenging myself to get this collection used up, and this is my first project from it.

I have used the sketch from Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge this week:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For my card I cut into three of my most favorite papers from this collection. I've gotta say - that was hard for me to do! Part of me wanted to keep these pretty papers in their 12x12 form, but I am determined to get this collection used up! The doily and heart stickers are from the sticker sheet, and the "be mine" sentiment is from the stamp set.

 

Head over to the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog and check out this weeks sketch challenge. If you want to play along you better hurry, the challenge ends tonight.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! I'll be back soon!



 

Use It Or Lose It!

 

Hello everyone! Happy Sunday to you! I hope you are having a good weekend. We had our first snow of the season yesterday. We only got a couple of inches, so nothing major.

Once again, one of my scrappy goals is to work on my stash this year. I've done this for a couple of years now, but I still have not made a dent in my stash. It doesn't help that I keep adding to it! I have changed my spending habits over the last couple of years, so at least I'm not adding in as much when I do buy, and I have a purpose for what I buy.

So, I am challenging myself to pick a collection from my stash to work with each month, and to get it used up. At the end of that month whatever is left...well, lets just hope there's nothing left! Okay, let's try this again, at the end of the month whatever is left will either get tossed or find a new home somewhere else.

The collection that I have picked for this month is Crate Papers Love Notes collection from a couple of years ago. I love this collection. The colors are so soft and pretty, and I love the patterns - stripes, dots, hearts - all favorites of mine. I bought quite a bit of this collection when it first came out, and I've already made several layouts and cards from it, but I am ready to get it used up! (And maybe replace it with a new collection! You never know!)

Here's a look at what I have left:

8 full sheets, 1 cut apart sheet, 1 piece of vellum, and scraps. I have saved every tiny bit of this collection. If I can get a heart die cut out of it, I saved it. I also have most of the sticker sheet left and the stamp set to use. I will be pulling other papers and embellishments from my stash as needed to help me get this used up.

You will be seeing several cards, hopefully a few layouts, and some project life style cards from this collection. Even though this is a love collection, I think I will be able to use it for other things as well.

Since I am starting this later in the month, I am giving myself until the 15th of February to get this used up. Fingers crossed that I can get it used up!

I will be back soon with my first project using this collection.

Thanks for stopping by and wish me luck!

Celebrate - Try Stampin - Or Not - On Tuesday #252

Hello everyone! Happy Tuesday! We are slowly getting back into the old routine after the holidays. Those first couple of days are always hard.

Try Stampin' - Or Not - On Tuesday has a brand new sketch posted today. Crystal has created another great sketch for us to work with.

 

The optional twist for this sketch is to use something sparkly.

 

I have created a birthday card with some sparkly gold stars. I am slowly building up my stash of cards for this new year. Now if I just remember to send them!

 

A couple of reminders about our challenges - stamping is optional, you can use just the sketch, or pair it up with the optional twist. Our challenges run for 2 weeks, so you have plenty of time to play along with us. Also, you can enter over on the Try Stampin' blog or on the Facebook page.

 

Check out the Try Stampin' blog to see the gorgeous cards from the rest of the design team. I hope that you are inspired to play along!

 

Thanks for stopping by today and have a great day!



What A Pair - Scrapbook Challenges Sketch #465

I am back with my third and final post for the day! If you are looking for my first reveal for The Memory Nest, please scroll down or go here. If you are looking for my Use Your Stuff reveal, please go here.

Scrapbook Challenges has a brand new sketch to kick off this new year! Here is a look at the sketch:

 

After Christmas I treated myself to a little shopping trip to the scrapbook store - mostly because I knew I needed to get some papers for these photos of Ada and Willie. I've been wanting to scrap these photos since I took them, but I just didn't have the right papers in my stash for them. (Wink, wink!) So, I picked up these fun papers from Jillibean Soup, and a few others might have jumped in my basket!

 

About the photos - Ada and Willie are quite a pair. He is always so happy when I bring her home with me on Monday morning after not seeing her all weekend. He follows her around and she thinks he's pretty fine, too. Although she still has not mastered the gentle touch, they are still good buddies. Maybe it's because Ada loves the outdoors as much as Willie does. He knows we will venture outside at least once a day for a little walk - unless it's raining.

 

When we do go out Willie is never far from Ada's side. We had these mole hills (?) or dirt piles in our yard during the fall, and Ada thought they were pretty fun to climb on, or in some instances lay on! Willie was always right there to make sure she wasn't going to get hurt!

 

That's about it for me today! Head on over to the Scrapbook Challenges blog to see the beautiful layouts from the rest of the design team. I hope you can play along!

 

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a fantastic day!

Hello Love - Use Your Stuff #205

Hello again! I am back with my second of three posts for the day. If you are looking for my first reveal for The Memory Nest, please scroll down or go here.

The new challenge is up over on the Use Your Stuff blog and yours truly is hosting it this week of the new year! My challenge is to use a tag on your project!

 

Friday morning I got up and did a big clean up in my scrap room. Well, maybe I should say I did a big clean up of my scrap desk, but hey, it's a start! While I was straightening up, I came across an ephemera pack from Pink Paislee that had this cute tag and heart transparency in it. Since my hubby and I will be celebrating our anniversary later this month, I thought this would be perfect goodies for an anniversary card.

 

I used an older sketch from Try Stampin On Tuesday that I had pinned to my card sketch board on Pinterest. I believe  it is from 2014.

 





I hope you have some time to play along with our challenge. You can check out the Use Your Stuff blog to see the how the other design team members used tags on their projects.

Thanks again for stopping by! I'll be back soon with my third post of the day!

The Memory Nest - Make It Monday #51

Hello everyone! Happy Monday to you!

I am so excited because today is my first reveal for The Memory Nest! I have always loved their sketches and this one is no different! Here's a look at the first sketch of the year for The Memory Nest:

 

I just love these photos of Miss Ada on her giraffe! She's gotten to be quite the little dare devil and tries to stand on the seat and rock - much to her Mommy's dismay!

 

My friend, Sandi, had sent me a RAK right before Christmas, and it had these fun Bella Blvd papers in it. When I saw the colors, and that cute little giraffe that I cut out from one of the papers, I knew they would be perfect for these photos!

 

To be honest, it wasn't until I was typing up this post that I even seen the panel of paper on the left hand side of the sketch! I guess I will be looking a little closer next time!

 

Be sure to stop by The Memory Nest blog to the rest of the design teams take on this sketch.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by! I have a couple more projects to share with you today, so I will be back soon!



Lasting Memories #274

Good Sunday morning! I hope that you have had a nice holiday season and are now ready to get back into the routine of things. Even though our Christmas break didn't seem very long, I'm ready to get back into a routine for a while!

It's the start of a new month and that means a new theme and a new set of challenges over on the Lasting Memories blog!  For January our theme is "New Beginnings", and for our first challenge we want you to - show us what you do that's NEW.  A new activity, sport, project, hobby, making a new friend...


I gotta say, I kind of struggled with this one. Having a son with autism, we just don't do a lot of new things! I think we're all stuck in the routine of things that Shane likes. Maybe that should be one of my goals for the new year - to make us get out and try new things once in a while!

Any way, after making one layout and realizing it would be better suited for one of the other challenges, I finally decided on this one. I guess rolling over for Ada (at the time) was a new activity for her!

Be sure to check out the Lasting Memories blog to see the layouts from the other design team members. I hope you can find some scrappy time to play along with our challenges this month! 

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #140 - Congrats...

Hello everyone!

I hope you are having a good weekend! I am just popping in to share a card with you that I made using the newest Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. Here's the sketch:





 

 

And here is my card:

My daughter and son-in-law just took the next big step and bought their first home! I thought I would make them a card to congratulate them on this momentous occasion! I found this house paper in an old Echo Park 6x6 paper pad and thought it would make the perfect card for them.

Check out the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog to see the sketch - you have until Sunday night to link up if you want to play along!

Thanks for stopping by! I'll be back soon!

Stealing A Little Kiss - SNS #96

Hi guys! I am back with my second post for the day. If you're looking for my Feeling Sketchy reveal, please scroll down or go here.

I am back again with a fabulous sketch from Sketch N Scrap. Lisa has created our first sketch of this new year, and it is a fun one!

 

 

In my last post I told you how I am going to try to use up more of my stash in 2016. For this first layout of the new year, I pulled an old paper collection (from 2012) from Close To My Heart. I remember when I got this collection I fell in love with it and was always waiting for the perfect pictures to come along to use it. I'm sure in the last 3 or so years that I have had plenty of pictures that would have worked beautifully with this collection, but I wasn't done hoarding it, I guess! I thought the navy and the orange and the pink worked so well together for this photo of Matthew and Ada - not too girly, but not too masculine either.

 

The journaling on this layout says - Matt won't readily admit to just how much he loves Ada, but these photos show just how much he really loves her!

 

I'm sure if you ask him he will tell you that he is not kissing her in that bottom photo, but I think the proof is there! He may not admit it out loud to anyone, but he thinks his little niece is something else. They have such a special bond and I hope it just continues to grow.

 



Be sure to stop by the Sketch N Scrap blog to see the rest of the design teams take on Lisa's beautiful sketch. I hope you find lots of time to get scrappy and to play along with our challenges in this new year. As always, you have until January 31st to link up to any of our challenges.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a fabulous day!

Feeling Sketchy #136

Hello everyone! Happy New Year to you! My wish to all of you is to have a happy, healthy, and blessed 2016 filled with lots of scrappy time!

The start of a new month means the latest sketch from Feeling Sketchy is here! Our sponsor for this sketch is Bugaboo Stamps. Here is the first sketch of the new year:

Once again I am determined to use up more of my stash this year. I'm not ready to go on a spending freeze just yet, but I am going to put forth the effort to use what I have first.

I purchased a Simple Stories box from Steals.com back in the summer, and it was filled with their packs of 3x4 and 4x6 pocket cards, and a few 2x2 squares. In my box I got a few things that I already had, so I am trying to find some new ways to get them used up. For my card I cut down one of the 4x6 journaling cards to use as my background. For the image part I used a 3x4 card cut down just a bit, and then the stars and banners are also cut out of some of the different cards. It was fun to look at some product and find different ways to get it used!

Head on over to the Feeling Sketchy blog to see how the rest of the team used this sketch and to find our more about our sponsor, Bugaboo Stamps.

I hope you can find some time to play along with us! I look forward to seeing your creations!

Thanks for stopping by and I'll be back soon!