Paper Play Sketches #15

Hi guys! I hope your Wednesday is off to a great start! It's already the middle of the week, and my kiddo has Friday off from school, so the weekend for us will be here before we know it!

We have a new sketch posted over at Paper Play Sketches today

I used Pebbles Special Delivery for this card for a new little baby. I used the onesie die from Paper Smooches and I thought the plaid pattern was the way to go! The sentiment if from My Favorite Things - Beautiful Baby - stamp set. 

I hope you join us this week at Paper Play Sketches! We would love to see your take on this sketch!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a fantastic day!

Try Stampin' - Or Not - On Tuesday #288

Hello everyone! Happy Tuesday to you! I hope your week is off to a good start!

We have a new sketch up over at Try Stampin' - Or Not - On Tuesday today! Our optional theme for this week is "Autumn Colors".

As you can see, I chose not to use the optional theme. I really wanted to make a fall card...it seems like I have just skipped over fall and went straight to Halloween and Christmas this year. I guess I need to buy myself some new fall papers and embellishments, because I just could not get inspired to use what little I have!

The papers on this Christmas card are some of my favorites, but I don't have a clue as to where they are from. I received them in a Christmas goody box from a friend. The colors and the patterns - especially the diamond paper - are right up my alley!

I know I say this a lot, but this sketch will be used again and again by me! It is definitely one of my favorites!

Head on over to Try Stampin' - Or Not - On Tuesday to see the cards from the rest of the design team. I do hope that you play along with us this week!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a fantastic day!

Stick It Down September Card Reveal

Hello, hello! I am back again with my second post of the day. If you are looking for my Sketches In Thyme PL Style reveal, please scroll down or go here.

Today is the full card team reveal over at Stick It Down. Here is a reminder of what this month's sketch looks like:

When I first saw this sketch I really wanted to do some second and maybe third generation stamping to get that ombre look, but in the end I made another Halloween card! For one thing I just can't get enough of this cute little ghost die!

I did pop up a few of the little ghosties to give a little bit of dimension.

Be sure to stop by the Stick It Down blog to see the cards from the rest of the design team members. I hope you find some time to play along with us!

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

Sketches In Thyme Project Life Style Sketch #42

Hello everyone! Happy Monday! It seems like it's been a while since I've posted, but I posted just a couple of days ago.  We had a very busy weekend and I didn't have a lot of opportunity to be online much. I guess that helped to make the weekend feel longer!

I have several projects to share with you today, so let's get started.

Today is my day to be featured over on the Sketches In Thyme Project Life Style blog. This week we are working with a sketch from a - brand new to us - sketch artist - Cherie Averill. Here is a look at the fabulous sketch:

Here is my title card for this sketch:

The left hand side of my layout:

The right hand side of my layout:

Both sides of my layout together:

It seems like it's either feast or famine with my photos for my PL style album. Some weeks I have so many that I can't seem to fit them all in a two page layout, and then there are weeks that I struggle to fill up one side! This was one of those weeks that I had so many that I couldn't fit them all in! In fact, I will be adding an insert to this layout just documenting the photos from the first day of school! Sadly, when I got my photo order, I had forgotten to get a couple of the photos from the first day, so the insert will be shared a little later!

For this layout I used Crate Paper's Wonder collection. I have a lot of the papers from this collection - maybe all of them - but none of the embellishments, so I did a lot of fussy cutting and using the cut apart cards for my embellishments.

We had so many fun things going on this week, and it was so fun to put this layout together. I love the photo of Ada and Willie that is in the bottom left hand corner of the right page. She wanted a toy out of the machines at the grocery store, and the one that she picked was a "splat" toy - you throw it on the floor and it splats out flat before returning to it's original shape. I don't think that either one of them knew what to think about it! I just absolutely love the looks they are both giving!

Be sure to stop by the Sketches In Thyme Project Life style blog for  inspiration every day of the week! Kim is offering a fun stamp set to one lucky winner, so get your layouts linked up!

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

PDE Linky Party - Ch #137 - All Cards

Hello, hello! Happy Friday to you! I don't know if it's because this week was shorter, thanks to the long Labor Day weekend, or what, but this week just flew by for me!

Here we are at Friday again, and that means we have a new challenge posted over at PDE Linky Party for you today. Since this is the second Friday of the month our challenge is:

Ch #137 - All Cards!

That's right, any type of card that you want to make will work for this challenge!

I have a made a birthday card using the Simple Stories "Let's Party" paper pad that I picked up at Hobby Lobby. I must say I was pretty impressed with the quality of the paper in this paper pad. A lot of times it seems like when you buy the paper pad that the paper is pretty thin because it is single sided, but not with this pad. I love the thickness of it!

Don't fall over, but I did not use a sketch for this card. That doesn't happen for me very often! I had a couple of sketches pulled that I thought I could get to work, but in the end it was just easier for me to do my own thing.

Check out the PDE Linky Party blog to see the cards from the rest of the design team. There is a lot of talent and a lot of different styles on this team, so there's something for everyone!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have a fantastic Friday!

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #176 - Scared Silly

Hello again! I am back with another project to share with you!

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge has a new sketch up today on the blog. This is another one of those sketches that I will be using again and again!

I've kind of been in the mood to make Halloween cards lately, so be prepared to see a few over the next few weeks. I have several nieces and nephews that I plan to make a few little treats for, so I'll need to have some cards ready to go!

For this card I used Jillibean Soup's 6x6 paper pad - Witches Brew - and that black piece of paper is by Doodlebug Designs. I'm pretty sure it is from one of their very first collections. I have had it in my stash forever. The ghosts were die cut using a die from Taylored Expressions, and the sentiment is from an older Close To My Heart stamp set - Spook Alley - D1439.

I think this sketch would make a great pocket style scrapbooking card, too. Maybe one of these days I'll find the time to use it that way!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope the rest of your day is great!

The Memory Nest's Make It Monday #71

Hello everyone! Happy Monday! We are enjoying the last day of our long weekend, so our week is already off to a good start!

Today is Make It Monday over at The Memory Nest. We are back to our regular schedule of posting twice a month. Our first sketch of September is courtesy of Leslie.

Wow! Look how little Ada is in these photos! She wasn't quite 6 months old, and she was rockin' the shades!

I kept pretty close to the sketch on this one - only switching the title placement to the top and omitting the other layer under the left photo - I didn't want to cut up that cute XO paper! Speaking of the XO paper - it is another sheet off of my 100 Patterned Paper Challenge stack! The pink grid is the back side of it, so I got more of it used than you think!

Be sure to stop by The Memory Nest to see the layouts from the rest of the team. I hope you play along with us this month!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day - I know I plan to!

LM #309 - Future Hoops Star

Hello friends! We are right in the middle of a long weekend and I am enjoying every minute of it!

It's the start of a new month, and that means we have a new theme and a new set of challenges at Lasting Memories today! For September our theme is - "Direction" - show us what you did this year or what you will do in the year to come based on the direction noted.

This week's challenge is "UP".

My layout is of my oldest son and my granddaughter - who has to be lifted "up" to practice her mad dunking skills - so she can be just like her Uncle Matthew! As you've probably have figured out in past layouts I have made, Ada thinks the sun rises and sets over Matthew. (I'm pretty sure he thinks the same about her!) Anything Matthew does, she is wanting to try and do it, too. I think on this day he lifted her up - what seemed like a hundred times - just so she could make a basket!

Head on over to Lasting Memories and check out the layouts by the rest of the design team, and meet our newest design team member!

I hope you are enjoying the long weekend and actually finding some time to enjoy it!

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

PDE Linky Party Ch #136

Hello, hello! Happy Friday! I am so excited to get this day started because once 3:30 hits we are in for a 3 day weekend! I am looking so forward to an extra day off!

We have a brand new challenge for you today over at PDE Linky Party. We are changing things up a bit to hopefully make it a little easier for everyone to play along. Here is our new monthly format:

Since this is the first Friday of the month our challenge is:

Ch #136 - Anything Goes

That means you can do absolutely any type of project and link up with us! It can be a card, a layout, a pocket style scrapbook layout, a tag...absolutely anything!

I have been watching some Halloween card process videos and it got me in the mood to make a Halloween card, so that is what my project is this week.

I used a couple of older Jillibean Soup 6x6 paper pads for this card - Witches Brew (cat paper) and Owloween Stew (stars). My sentiment is from Studio G, and the enamel stars are from Close To My Heart.

I also used this week's sketch from The Paper Players. I love this sketch and will be using it again and again!

I hope you join us this week at PDE Linky Party for our anything goes challenge. We love to see what you create!

Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope you have a fabulous Friday!

What? - Sketch N Scrap #112

Hello everyone! Can you believe it is September 1st? It doesn't seem like no time ago that I was excited about summer vacation starting, and now here we are at September! The summer just seemed to fly by - like it always does.

The first of the month means we have a brand new sketch posted at Sketch N Scrap today. This super fun sketch is brought to us by our fearless leader, Lisa!

I had this series of photos of Miss Ada sneaking in and drinking my coffee that I though would be perfect for this sketch! The look on her face in the first photo just seems to say, "What? Why are you looking at me like that?"! Of course this is really nothing new. She likes to share my coffee with me all the time - never more than a sip or two, and she mostly does it so she can mess with stirring it with the spoon. (I drink iced coffee sweetened with a bit of chocolate milk, so I can't blame her for liking it so much!)

I used Amy Tangerine's Rise and Shine papers for this layout, but the coffee cups, hearts, arrow, and word labels are from Jillibean Soup's Healthy Hello Soup die cut sheet. The colors matched the Rise and Shine collection perfectly.

Head on over to Sketch N Scrap  to see the beautiful layouts from the rest of the design team. I hope that you are inspired to play along with us in September!

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