PDE Linky Party Ch #151 - All Tags

Hello everyone! Happy Friday! I can't believe that this is the last weekend before Christmas! I still have a lot to do, so this next week is sure to be a busy one!

We've got a new challenge for you this week at PDE Linky Party! This is the third Friday of the month, so our challenge is:

Ch #151 - All Tags

Of course I had to make another Christmas tag! I have really enjoyed making Christmas projects this year. Usually I get tired of making them before I am even close to being done, but this year I have really enjoyed it. 

I used a sketch from Scrapbook Generation for this tag. Debbie, from Scrapbook Generations Scrap Squad Facebook Group, had posted a link to it on their Facebook page, and I really liked it. It was super easy, super quick, and a great way to use up some of those scraps from cards that I have made. 

I finished it off with a piece of tinsel trim instead of ribbon. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Head on over to the PDE Linky Party blog to see the lovely tags from the rest of the design team. We do hope you play along!

Have a great day!

Christmas Cards All Year Round December Mid Month Inspiration

Hello everyone! Can you believe it is already the middle of December? Christmas will be here in the blink of an eye!

Christmas Cards All Year Round  has their mid month reveal with the Christmas Belles up on the blog today. The challenge for December is "Anything Christmas/Holiday".

For this card I used The Paper Studio's - Christmas Basic's - 6x6 paper pad. I wanted it all to stand out a bit more, so I matted all of the pieces on black cardstock. The Santa is from an Inkadinkado stamp set and the "be merry" sentiment is from Studio G. A pretty quick and easy card to do!

Be sure to stop by Christmas Cards All Year Round to see the beautiful cards from the rest of the Christmas Belles. We have a couple of prizes up for grabs, so be sure to check it out and play along!

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

Paper Play Sketches #26

Hello, hello! Here we are at the middle of the week already! Christmas is getting closer all the time, and I still have a lot to do!

Wednesday means there is a new sketch posted at Paper Play Sketches!

For my card I once again used Echo Park's - I Love Winter - 6x6 paper pad, and the penguin piece is from the ephemera pack. I added a pinked circle underneath the penguin to help it stand out a little better from the background. I also added just a bit of foam tape to give it a little bit of dimension.

The "Let It Snow" sentiment is from another old Studio G $1 bin stamp set. I have had these little stamp sets in my stash for years, and this is the first time I have inked this one up!

I had picked up a package of these itty bitty snowflake buttons and they were the perfect little embellishment for this card!

Head on over to Paper Play Sketches to see the lovely cards from the rest of the design team. I know this is a busy time of year, but I do hope you get a chance to play along!

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

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #190

Hello everyone! Good Tuesday morning to you! I hope you are having a good week so far.

This week's sketch has been posted over on the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog, and I am here to share my take on it with you.

Here is the sketch:

I used Echo Park's - I Love Winter - 6x6 paper pad for this card. I always love Echo Park's winter themed collections. Their colors/patterns are some of my favorites. 

The snowflakes were cut using My Favorite Things - Let It Snowflake - dies. I first tried laying the snowflakes directly on the background paper, but they seemed to get lost amongst the swirls. I layered them on top of a dark blue circle, and I like the much better.

The sentiment is from an old Studio G $1 bin stamp set. I added in a bit of sparkle with some bling, but it looks more like little silver balls in the photo!

The full design team reveal will be up on the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog tomorrow, along with last week's Top 3. Be sure to stop by and see the beautiful cards from the rest of the team.

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

Stick It Down December Card Sketch

It is a busy day here on my blog! This is my third post of the day. For my reveal for The Memory Nest, please go here. For my Sketches In Thyme Project Life Style reveal, please go here.

Today is the full design team reveal for the card team over at Stick It Down. Laura has created another great sketch for us this month. Once again it is a sketch with lots of possibilities.

This is one of my most favorite cards that I have made this year! There's just something about it that I love. The tree stamp is from a Paper Smooches stamp set that I have had for ages. I stamped it on a piece of green dot paper and cut them out. I added on a cardstock heart with a little bit of bling. I also had a silver glitter star on my desk from another project, so I added that onto one of the trees.

The sentiment is printed on a piece of vellum and stapled onto the card front. I also embossed the background with my swiss dot embossing folder. 

Nothing fancy about this card, but I really like it.

Head on over to Stick It Down to see the beautiful cards from the rest of the design team. I hope to see you playing along with us!

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

Sketches In Thyme Project Life Style Sketch #54

Hello again! I am back with my second post of the day. If you are looking for my reveal for The Memory Nest, you can keep scrolling down or go here.

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

I was hoping to have some of my December Daily pages done to show you, but for some reason I cannot log into my photo account where I normally get my photos printed, and I haven't had time to get them elsewhere, so I will show you some of the cards I have made for my album so far.

I do know that my spreads are going to be photo heavy, so chances are these cards won't wind up in the same spread, but it gives you and idea of what will be in my album.

I am mostly using a couple of 6x6 paper pads from The Paper Studio for this album, with a few other papers from my stash that match, mixed in.

I like to keep the majority of my filler cards pretty clean and simple, that way if I want to add to them I still have room to do so. 

I do plan on sharing some of my album once I have my photos - probably in a catch up post here on my blog. Until then I will keep on making cards to have for when I am ready!

Be sure to check out the Sketches In Thyme Project Life Style blog often! You can find inspiration there every single day! We have a super fun prize up for grabs this month, so check it out and play along wit us!

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

Make It Monday #78 At The Memory Nest

Hello everyone! Good Monday morning it you! That weekend seemed to go way too fast! But then again, don't they all?! I have a busy day here on the blog, so let's get started!

Today is Make It Monday over at The Memory Nest, and we have another great sketch for you to work with! Here is sketch #78, courtesy of Leslie.

I just love the angles on this sketch! They add just enough interest to make it fun! My only problem was picking out the papers! At first I didn't think I was going to like this - it took a lot of laying them out, rearranging, walking away for a while, but in the end I really like how this layout turned out. 

I used Bella Blvd's Christmas Cheer and Make It Merry collections for my background. Since the background was a little on the busy side for me, I kept the embellishing to a minimum.

These photos are of  Ada from Christmas time last year. It was the first year that she really got to help with decorating the tree, and she loved every minute of it!

Head on over to The Memory Nest to see the beautiful layouts from the rest of the team. We hope to see you playing along with us!

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

Lasting Memories #323 - Use Only 4 Photos

Hello everyone! Happy Sunday to you! I hope that you have had a good weekend so far. With the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, they seem to go faster and faster!

Lasting Memories has a new challenge for you today. For December we are doing a "Best of 2016" theme and bringing back some of our favorite challenges. This week's challenge is from our "All About The Photos" theme from May, and it is:

LM #323 - Use Only 4 photos

You can only use 4 photos on your layout - no more, no less.

It's been cloudy and dreary the last couple of days, so these aren't the best photos, but they are the best that I can get right now.

This is a layout of Miss Ada from Christmas eve, 2014. Abby was so excited to show us that Ada had learned how to feed herself with a spoon! She was quite good at it for just being barely a year old!

For this layout I did something I don't normally do. I used patterned paper for my background! That doesn't happen very often for me! It's a subtle pattern, but a patterned paper nonetheless! All of the papers, with the exception of the background sheets, came out of my 100 patterned paper challenge stack. I am nowhere near where I wanted to be with that stack - I wanted it to be mostly gone!- but I will continue to work on it!

I used a sketch from Scrapbook Generation's "Sketches For Scrapbooking Volume 7". I don't do a lot of double page spreads anymore, but their sketch books are awesome and take a lot of the guess work out of the process.

I used Crate Paper's Poolside "Swim Lessons" for the background, the blue dot paper is from Echo Park's Sunshine "Sunshine Words". and the chevron piece, I believe, is from Colorbok. The title card is a 3x4 cut apart card from Echo Park's Sweet Girl " Borders and Strips", and the only other thing I added were some puffy hearts from Pebbles, and a couple of enamel dots from The Paper Studio.

I hope in the busyness of the season that you get a few minutes to get creative and play along with us!

Head on over to the  Lasting Memories blog to see the awesome layouts from the rest of the team.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a nice and relaxing Sunday!

Love To Craft Challenge Blog

Hello again! I am back with more good news! I have been asked to be a part of the Love To Craft Challenge Blog design team!

Our challenges are monthly and always "Anything Goes". You can enter up to five projects, and you can combine our challenge with as many other challenges as you like. We are a "play for fun" blog with top picks and badges to proudly display on your blog.

I am so honored to be a part of this talented team, and I do hope you will join us and play along!

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

Love To Scrap Challenge Blog

Hello everyone! I have some exciting news to share with you! I have been asked to be a design team member for Love To Scrap Challenge Blog!

Starting in January, our challenges will be monthly with a mid month inspiration post. You can link up to five projects for each challenge, and you can combine our challenges with as many others as you would like.

We have great sponsors and prizes to be won! We will also have a Top 5, along with some great badges to display proudly on your blog.

I am so honored to be a part of this talented team! I do hope you will join us and play along!