Crazy For You - Use Your Stuff #209

For The Memory Nest reveal go here.
For my Sketch N Scrap reveal go here.
For my Feeling Sketchy reveal go here.


Hello again, lovelies! I am back with the new challenge from Use Your Stuff! This week Tammy is challenging us to be inspired by a love song.

There are so many love songs to choose from and I was having a hard time deciding on one. So, I googled "love songs" and found a link to the "Top 100 Love Songs Of All Time".  When I came to Madonna's Crazy For You song, I knew I had found my inspiration! What better way to tell someone that you are crazy for them, than with a Valentine!

I was able to use up some more of my scraps from Crate Paper's Love Notes Collection! I've still got another project or two to share using it, and then I am done with it!

Please stop by the Use Your Stuff blog and see the projects from the rest of the team. I hope that you are inspired to play along with our inspired by a love song challenge!

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

Feeling Sketchy #138

For The Memory Nest reveal - go here.
For my Sketch N Scrap reveal - go here.

Hello! I am back again with my third post of the day. Feeling Sketchy has a new sketch posted for you today, and if you love circles like I do, then you will love this sketch!

I chose to keep my card the standard A2 size instead of making it a long skinny card. I think this sketch works well either way.

We've been having some beautiful weather the last couple of days, and that put me in the mood for a bright, cheery card. I have several friends that are going through some hard times with health problems right now, and I hope that this card will help to brighten one of their days.

I used Pebbles Happy Day 6x6 paper pad. The colors in this collection just make me happy!

Head on over to the Feeling Sketchy blog to see the projects from the rest of the design team and to read more about our sponsor Crafty Sentiments Designs. I hope that you are inspired to play along with us!

I have a couple more projects to share with you today, so come back soon!

Sketch N Scrap #98

Hello everyone! I am back with my second post of the day. Today is going to be a busy day on my blog. Not only is it Monday, but it's the first as well, and that means lots of design team projects! If you are looking for my Memory Nest reveal, please scroll down or go here.

I have a fun new sketch from Sketch N Scrap to share with you today. This sketch is courtesy of the talented Heather Hall.

 

 

 

A Christmas layout in February?! Usually by this time I am so done with anything related to Christmas, but I haven't had a chance to scrap many photos from this past Christmas, and I thought this sketch was perfect for these photos of Abby, Shawn, and Ada.

I was getting the camera set up to take a family photo of us, and Abby was trying to get Ada dressed for the ornament exchange. I snapped these photos of Ada with her Mommy and her Daddy, and then I had to include their family photo. They are such a cute family!

I used KaiserCraft's Holly Jolly collection. The colors in the papers matched their outfits perfectly! The center paper was actually a die cut paper with a scalloped edge. I loved the scalloped edge, but went ahead and cut it down to fit my layout.

Check out the Sketch N Scrap blog to see the layouts from the rest of the design team.

I will be back soon with another project, so stay tuned!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Make It Monday #53 @ The Memory Nest

Hello everyone! We've made it around to Monday once again! I hope that you had a good weekend and are ready to get the week started.

There is a brand new sketch today over at The Memory Nest. Leslie has created another fun sketch to work with!

 

 

I must admit, this is one of my favorite layouts that I have made in a while! I don't know if it's because of the super cute photo of Matthew from when he was in kindergarten, or the cute Simple Stories Snow Patrol paper, or just all of it together. Whatever the case, it is one of my favorites.

Be sure to stop by The Memory Nest to see the projects from the rest of the design team. I hope you find some time this month to play along with us. We love to see your creations!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I will be back soon with my next reveal. In the meantime, have a great day!



Lasting Memories #278 - Lucky Me

Hi guys! Good Sunday morning to you! I hope that you are all enjoying your weekend. We have had a few beautiful - make me really want for spring - days. Highs close to the 60's and low's in the 40's...talk about nice! It all comes to an end the middle of the week and we'll be back to 30's and a chance of snow flurries, but I'm going to enjoy it while it lasts!

It's (almost) the start of a new month, and that means a new theme and new challenges over at Lasting Memories. For February we are all about the blues. All of our challenges will be color/photo challenges - all focusing on the color blue, plus one other color.

Here is our first color palette for this week:

 

 

When I saw this first color challenge, I immediately thought of this photo of me and  my husband. The colors we were wearing were a perfect match for the blues in the inspiration photo with a pop of pink. (The blues in the photo look a little off, but I promise they really do go together!) I've been wanting to do a layout about how lucky I am to have my hubby by my side in this journey that we are on, so I made a spot for some hidden journaling on the back side of the page. Everyone will agree that marriage is hard, but throw a special needs son in the mix and it adds on a whole new level of stress and challenges. Our marriage is far from perfect, but I am so glad that I have him to help figure it all out!

 

Please stop by the Lasting Memories blog to see what the other team members have created. I hope that you have some time to play along with our challenges this month! I look forward to seeing your creations!

 

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a beautiful day!

 



Valentine's Day Card With Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #144

Hello everyone! I'm popping in to share another Valentine's Day card with you using Crate Paper's Love Notes collection and this weeks Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #144.

 

 

  

I have been trying to get this collection used up this month since it's been sitting in my stash for a while. I still have at least one more design team project using this collection coming up that I can't share quite yet, but with this card I think it is safe to say that I am done with this collection! All I have left is 2 full sheets of paper (I'm not sure I will ever use them!) and just a few scraps. What scraps I do have left that are big enough I will cut down to 3x4 or 4x6 size and make pocket style cards out of them. Anything else will be tossed out. Stay tuned for a wrap up post showing everything that I created with this collection and what is left.

 

Be sure to check out the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog. They have a new sketch every Monday, and lots of inspiration.

 

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

Sweet Baby Love - Scrapbook Challenges #468

Hello everyone! Good Monday morning (or afternoon - or evening!) to you! We have had a very busy weekend! We spent the day Saturday moving our daughter and son in law into their new house! They lived in a second story apartment and moved to a two story house. Let me tell you, my legs are feeling every set of stairs that I climbed Saturday! But, I am so happy that they got everything moved, and that they are settling in to their new home. Then yesterday we celebrated our oldest sons 18th birthday. We just had a quiet party at home since we were all worn out from the move, but since my other sons birthday is Tuesday (he will be 16!), I am sure next weekend we will be celebrating right!

Today we have a brand new sketch for you over on the Scrapbook Challenges blog. It is another fantastic sketch and I know I will be using it again.

I really wanted to use the three small photos, but didn't have any handy, so I decided to do a one photo layout this time around. My layout is also lacking my journaling, but I plan to journal directly on the layout some personal thoughts for Miss Ada.

I used up some more of Crate Papers Love Notes collection on this layout. I am now down to just bits and pieces of this collection. Hopefully I'll get a couple more cards, and maybe another layout done, but I am happy with how much I have used up of this collection. I plan on taking a photo of all of my projects that I've made using this collection at the end of the month, and what little bits I have left of the collection.

Head on over to the Scrapbook Challenges blog to see the other design team members take on the sketch. There is a lot of inspiration to be had! I hope you can find some time to play along!

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Cute Indeed

Hello everyone! We had another snow day today and I enjoyed a day full of scrapping! I am here to share one of the layouts that I made - a just for fun, no design team layout!

We've got a month long member crop going on over at Inspired To Scrap.  We have a challenge posted every Monday and every Thursday to help us scrap away the winter blues! For Monday's challenge, Lisa challenged us to use the January 15 sketch from Sketch N Scrap. Since this wasn't one of my assigned sketches, I hadn't had a chance to use it yet. This was the extra push I needed to get it done!

Here's the sketch:

 

I really liked this sketch when I first saw it, and I even had pulled a different photo and papers to use with it. Then, when I started my mission to use up my Love Notes collection from Crate Paper (you can read more about that here), I remembered this photo of Ada from last summer. I have been wanting to scrap it since I took it the end of August, but I just couldn't find the right papers. When I pulled out the Love Notes collection out and it had the black, red, and greys in it...well, I knew I was finally going to get this photo scrapped!

 

After this layout I only have a few full sheets left, and I have to admit that they are not my favorites, and I'm not sure if I will get them used. But, my scraps are almost gone! I had to get creative with some of the pieces for this layout to get it to work! So, I am excited that I am getting so much of this used up! I also finally remembered to pull out my much neglected ephemera containers and get some pieces of it used up.

 

I'm hoping to get another layout or two done before the end of the night...we shall see how it goes!

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great evening!

Officially Homeowners - Scrapbook Challenges - Recycle It

Hello everyone! Happy hump day to you! We have our first snow day today - not because of snow, but because of ice - yuck! Well, yay for no school - yuck because of the ice! We didn't get a lot, but it doesn't take a lot to make the roads treacherous.

We have a new challenge up over on the Scrapbook Challenges blog. Today we have our Recycle It challenge. Choose one of the sketches from the following graphic and create a layout about a fresh start. You also need to do some mixed media on your layout.

I chose the first sketch on the graphic for my layout about my daughter and her husband officially becoming homeowners. They signed the papers on December 30 ad we will be helping them move in this weekend! I can't think of a better subject for a fresh start!

I'm not much of a mixed media person - I just haven't taken the time to really experiment much with it. So, mists and splatters is about as adventurous as I get in this area. Maybe one of these days I'll dive in a little deeper and learn some new things!

Check out the Scrapbook Challenge blog to see the other design team members take on this challenge.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!

Sketch N Scrap Card Sketch #66

Hello everyone! Happy Hump Day! I hope that you are having a good week and are looking forward to the weekend. I know I am!

There is a new card sketch up over on the Sketch N Scrap blog today. Lisa has once again created a great sketch for us to work with.

Since Valentine's Day is right around the corner, I thought I would use some more of Crate Paper's Love Notes collection and make a Valentine's Day card. As I told you in this post here, I am trying to get this collection used up before the 15th of February. I've been doing a pretty good job of using it, and I'm hopeful that I will get it used up.

Head on over to the Sketch N Scrap blog and see the beautiful cards from the rest of the team. I hope you find some time to play along with our challenges this month. You have until the 31st to enter!

Thanks for stopping by today, and have a wonderful day!