PDE Linky Party Challenge #133

Hello everyone! Happy Friday to you! We have almost made it to the weekend once again! We started back to school yesterday, so Friday and the weekend is that one thing that we all, once again, look forward to!

We have a brand new challenge up at PDE Linky Party today! This week's challenge is

"Back to School!"

Create any type of project with a back to school theme. I chose to make a card for my daughter who started back teaching Special Education to K-4th graders yesterday. I thought she might need a little encouragement right here at the start of school.

I used Bella Blvd's Star Student collection for this card. I just love the saying that was on the cut apart sheet - "A good education can change anyone, a good teacher can change everything." This is very true about any teacher, but from personal experience, I know a good special education teacher can make a world of difference.

Be sure to stop by the PDE Linky Party blog to see the projects from the rest of the design team. I do hope that you will play along with us this week!

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

Scrapbook Challenges #493

Hello again! I am back with my third post of the day! If you're looking for my reveal for The Memory Nest, please scroll down or go here. If you are looking for my reveal for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge, please scroll down or go here.

We have a great new sketch up over on the Scrapbook Challenges blog.

For my layout I used 3x4 photos, and since my title was so "heavy" in the bottom right corner, I moved the tags to the top left corner to try and balance it out a bit.

I took part of my title from Ada's shirt. It says "Think Happy" and since she is always a happy girl, I thought "Think Happy, Be Happy" was the perfect title.

Journaling says - You never know where you'll find Ada! She loves to climb up onto the beanbag chair that sits on the love seat in our bedroom - and just chill. She is such a happy girl and a true joy to be around!

Head on over to the Scrapbook Challenges blog to see the wonderful layouts from the rest of the design team. We will be back tomorrow with Sizzlin' Summer of Sketches #5, so stay tuned!

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

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #172 - Joy & Peace

Hello again! This is my second post of the day. If you are looking for my reveal for The Memory Nest, please scroll down or go here.

I am back with the latest sketch from Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (#172). I think this sketch would make a cute pocket style scrapbooking card, too. Just add a photo where the image is supposed to go...I may have to give it a go! Here's a look at the sketch:

For my card, I used up some scraps from my all time favorite Christmas 6x6 paper pad - Echo Park's This & That Christmas - from a few years ago. I have seriously saved every little bit of this collection and I have hardly nothing left of it. Even the image is cut from one of the patterned papers, and the strips behind the image? Let's just say that they may all be pieced together behind the image!

I do hope you find some time to play along with us this week. Be sure to stop by the blog to see the sketch and read the rules. Last week's top 3 and the design team reveal will be on Wednesday. I can't wait to see what you create!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I have one more project to share with you today, so stay tuned!

Make It Monday #68 @ The Memory Nest

Hello, hello! Happy Monday! Let's get this week started with a fun new sketch from The Memory Nest!

For the months of July and August, The Memory Nest is posting a new sketch every Monday. This is the second sketch for August. This has been one of my favorite sketches yet!

So, this layout gave me fits trying to photograph it and edit it. If I got the pictures to actually looking like they needed to look - the paper was really washed out and looked like there was no color. To get the papers to look the right color, the photos were incredibly dark, so this was the best I could get!

The title is - "You make my heart smile" and is a 3x4 filler card from the Fine & Dandy Project Life kit, and I just cut it down a bit for the space that I had. The papers are also from the Fine & Dandy paper pad. In person this layout turned out really cute, I just couldn't get it to photograph well.

The journaling at the top of the layout says - "This little girl is so sweet! Every day this spring we would have to take a walk just so she could pick me a daisy!" 

Seriously, every day that it was pretty enough to go for a walk, she headed right for the daisies so she could pick me one. It's a good thing they were plentiful this year!

Be sure to stop by The Memory Nest and see the beautiful layouts from the rest of the design team. There will be a weekly winner drawn with next week's sketch, so get those layouts in, but never fear, you have until the end of August to these done for a chance at the grand prize!

Thanks for stopping by today! I'll be back soon with another layout to share! 

Lasting Memories #305 - Hello Beautiful

Hello, hello! Happy Sunday to you! I hope that you are having a good weekend. We had a really nice day yesterday - cool enough we could open the windows and enjoy some fresh air in the house. I'm not sure if we'll get that lucky today, but it was nice while it lasted!

Today is our second challenge in our "Adult Coloring Trend" over at Lasting Memories, and this week's challenge is - "Use black and white and one other color".

This type of color challenge is one of my favorites - I love using black and white with just a pop of color.

For my layout I used this week's Midweek Mojo sketch - Marigold #2 - from Scrapbook Steals. Here's a look at the sketch:

When I saw this sketch, I knew I wanted to keep the black and white strips at the top and bottom, so I went in search of a similar paper in my stash. I found a piece from Bella Blvd's Color Chaos that was perfect. In fact, all of the black and white papers - and most of the pink ones - on this layout are from Bella Blvd.

I added in some pink splatters to the background, a couple of pieces of washi tape, some die cut hearts, and finished it off with some enamel dots.

Stop by Lasting Memories to see the layouts from the rest of the design team. I hope you play along with this fun challenge! I would love to see what other color you add to your black and white layout!

And if you need a fun sketch to work with, be sure to stop by the Scrapbook Steals blog and check this one out!

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

Scrapbook Challenges Sizzlin Summer '16

Hello everyone! Happy Saturday to you! I hope you are enjoying your weekend so far!

The first week of Scrapbook Challenges' Sizzlin' Summer of Sketches '16 is underway. Sadly, we have been so busy with getting ready to go back to school, and getting my oldest son ready for college, that I haven't had a chance to play along with this week's sketches. I will have a few layouts for next week's sketches all ready to go!

I thought that I would post a recap of all of the sketches, just in case you missed any, and maybe I will be able to get a few of these done as well!

Monday's Sketch #492

SS #1

SS #2

SS #3

SS #4

I hope you find some time to play along with us! We'll be back Monday with another new sketch for you!

PDE Linky Party - Challenge #132

Hello everyone! Happy Friday to you! We've finally made it to the weekend and it's our last weekend before school starts. Getting back into the school routine is going to be hard - at least for me!

I am so excited to share with you today that I am a member of the PDE Linky Party Design Team! We will be bringing you fun challenges every Friday! Our challenge for you today is a sketch challenge.

I am a big fan of Janis' sketches! They are so clean and simple - just like I like them! I don't make love type cards very often, usually Valentine's Day or Anniversaries, but I decided to make one for this sketch. I think it's nice to remind our loves just how much we love them, for no other reason but "just because"!

I do hope you check out the PDE Linky Party blog and see the projects from the rest of the design team. I hope you'll join us for this challenge!

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

Try Stampin' - Or Not - On Tuesday #282

Hello, hello! Happy Tuesday!

We have a new sketch posted at Try Stampin' - Or Not - On Tuesday today. This week's optional theme is beading/anything holiday related.

I tried really hard to keep the orientation of my card vertical like the sketch, but it just did not look right to me. I ended up turning it horizontally, and I liked it so much better, so that is what I went with. I don't do a lot of beading...well, I don't think I have ever tried beading, so I went with a holiday card. It's so nice to get a few of these made in the months leading up to the holiday season. That's just one less thing I will have to worry about when the season rolls around!

Stop by the Try Stampin' - Or Not - On Tuesday blog to see the wonderful cards by the rest of the design team. You have 2 weeks to play along, and you can link up on the blog or on our Facebook page. I can't wait to see your beautiful cards!

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

#puppylove

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

I am back with another layout to share - and this is a layout just for me - no design team assignment for this one! Did you know that Scrapbook Steals has a blog, and a weekly sketch contest going on right now? They post a new sketch every Wednesday and you have until the following Monday to get your layout posted for a chance to win some "steal points" each week. It is a 10 week series, and if you participate every week, you will be entered into a grand prize drawing. You can read all about it here. 

I decided to play along this first week and see if maybe, just maybe, I can go all 10 weeks. Here is a look at this week's sketch - Marigold #1:

This layout is of my youngest son, Shane, and my son-in-law's wolf puppy that he had gotten while he was in Germany in the National Guard back in 2011. He brought "Fang" over to show us on the 4th of July, and he was such a sweet little pup. As you can see in the photo - Shane fell in love with him at first sight!

I used Doodlebug's Puppy Love collection for most of this layout. When I purchased what few sheets of this that I wanted, I didn't buy any of the embellishments because I don't have a need for a lot of dog themed things - and even the papers that I picked were ones that you really couldn't tell they were themed. When I found this older photo I was really wishing that I had picked up some more papers and a few embellishments!

Check out the Scrapbook Steals blog and this weekly competition! You better hurry though if you want a chance at the grand prize. You have to complete all 10 weeks and this first sketch deadline is 11:59 pm MST tonight!

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

Sketch N Scrap #110 - Feeding The Fish

Hello everyone! Happy Monday to you! The calendar has turned once again and we are around to August 1st! It's crazy to think that this is our last full week of summer vacation around here. Shane will be going back to school next Thursday!

The first of the month means a new month of sketches at Sketch N Scrap. We have a fantastic sketch - courtesy of Heather - to get us started.

The only thing that I did differently with this sketch was use bigger photos than suggested, and since that cut into my room for journaling, I added a tag behind the photos. 

All of these papers were pulled from my stack for my 100 Patterned Paper Challenge. The only one that didn't make it on the layout is the striped piece.

I just love the little fishy's on this green piece! It's hard to see in the actual layout, so here is a close up of it.

We decided to go to Bennett Springs to the pool one day on vacation. We got down there a little early, so we decided to take the kids over to feed the fish at the hatchery. Shane always loves to throw the food in the water and watch the fish go crazy for it! As it turns out, the pool was closed for repairs, so we decided to go to the lake instead! I'm so glad that we got a chance to walk around the park for a while and just enjoy it!

Be sure to stop by Sketch N Scrap to see the layouts from the rest of the design team. I hope you are ready for a fun month of sketches!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I will be back soon!