Christmas Card Challenges #10

Hello everyone! I hope that you are having a good weekend!

We have a new challenge for you today at Christmas Card Challenges. Your challenge is to make a Christmas/holiday card, with the optional challenge of using the photo below for inspiration:

There are so many different ways that I could have went with this challenge! The colors in the inspiration photo are some of my favorite to work with - who can go wrong with kraft and white together - but when going through my Christmas papers, I found this little gingerbread house on a cut apart sheet and decided to use it instead. I tried adding my sentiment to bottom right hand corner, but that made it look way too cluttered, so I opted to stamp it on the inside of the card instead.

Be sure to stop by Christmas Card Challenges to see the beautiful cards from the rest of the design team. I can't wait to see your creations!

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

Sketches In Thyme Project Life Style #65

Hello everyone! Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!

I am up on the Sketches In Thyme Project Life Style blog today with my take on Sketch #65, courtesy of Shawn. Here is a look at the sketch:

I'm finally able to share the second half of my Week 1 layout with you! I shared the first half of it last week in this post here. For my card I switched out the hearts for snowflakes, but otherwise stayed true to the sketch.

 Here is my layout for the second half of the week:

And a look at both sides together for the complete spread:

For the second half of the first week of the year, we had our first snow days of the season. We got a couple of inches of snow and were dealing with super cold temperatures. Not much else happened to finish out the week!

Here's some close ups of each set of cards:

Poor Clem! This isn't even our dog - she is our neighbor's dog, and we have no idea what here name is, so we call her Clementine, or Clem for short - but she stays at our house more than her own. After Scott had left for work, I looked out to see her sitting on this a clear patch on the sidewalk looking at the house all cold and miserable!

 I loved seeing the photos that Abby posted of Ada playing in the snow on Facebook! This was really the first chance she has had to get out and play in the snow, and she loved it!

Be sure to check out the Sketches In Thyme Project Life Style blog to see more inspiration from the design team. We are offering up a prize this month, so come on over and join in the fun! We are also looking for a few guest designers for upcoming months. If you are interested, send me an email at loristroup@yahoo.com for more information!

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

Sketch N Scrap Card Sketch #95

Hello everyone! Happy Wednesday! It's time for the first card sketch of the month at Sketch N Scrap today. Heather has created a great sketch using my favorite thing - banners!

I pulled out a 6x6 paper pad from Pebbles called "Garden Party" for this card. I guess since I was in a spring type mood when I made this card, this seemed like the perfect collection! I made my favorite lollipop flowers as my accent. I have never been a flower girl, and I don't have a lot in my stash, so this lollipop flower is my go to flower when I need one! I love the way they look

Stop by Sketch N Scrap to see the cards from the rest of the design team. I am offering up the prize for April,  so check it out and play along for your chance to win!

Also, don't forget to mark your calendars! We are celebrating Sketch N Scrap's 5th birthday the whole month of May! You don't want to miss it!

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

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #206

Hello again! I am back with my second post of the day. If you are looking for my Try Stampin' - Or Not - On Tuesday reveal, please scroll down or go here.

I am back with another card, this time using this week's sketch from Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. Here is a look at the sketch:

For this card I have used Simple Stories "Posh" 6x6 paper pad, and the sentiment is from The Project Bin called "#BFF". I love this sentiment and think it would make anyone happy to receive it by way of a card!

The full design team reveal will be on Wednesday, along with the Top 3 from last week. We would love it if you played along with us!

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

Try Stampin' - Or Not - On Tuesday #316

Hello everyone! I hope you are having a good day!

We have a new sketch posted today at Try Stampin' - Or Not - On Tuesday. This week's sketch is courtesy of Donna, and has the optional challenge of "A burst of color".

I just realized that I was going to take a photo of the sentiment on the inside of the card to show you, and I forgot! I will try to get a photo of it and get it on here soon.

I used a stamp set from Winnie and Walter called "Wishing You". This set has so many great sentiments and the one that I chose for the inside is..."a bright, brilliant birthday! I thought that was fitting for this bright yellow card!

Head on over to Try Stampin' - Or Not - On Tuesday to see the wonderful cards from the rest of the design team. You have two weeks to play along, and you can enter on the blog or on our Facebook page here. I would love to see your take on this sketch!

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

I {Heart} This - Soul Scrapper's Sketch Challenge

Hello everyone! I hope that you have had a good day. Mine was definitely a "Monday" and I am ready to move on to Tuesday!

I am popping in here to share a layout that I have made for the April sketch challenge at Soul Scrappers. Libby posted a fantastic sketch for us to work with, and here is my take on it.

I love this photo of my boys! This was from about 15 years ago - no date on the picture, so it's just a guess, but I'm pretty sure it's about that old. Most days for lunch they would want to have a picnic on the living room floor and watch cartoons - probably Blues Clues if I were to guess! I love to see Matthew loving on his baby brother - back when things were so much simpler!

I have a lot to say about this photo from so long ago, and I will hide that journaling on a card behind the photo, or on the back of the layout.

I used all scraps from Echo Park - with the exception of the yellow title block, I believe it is from a Shimelle line. I die cut a few stars and added in some acrylic stars, as well. I wish the acrylic stars were about half the thickness...they are so thick! I stamped some phrases from a few different roller stamps to add to it.

Check out Soul Scrappers and play along with our challenges! They have such a great variety - you are sure to find something you like!

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

Use Your Stuff #258

Hello everyone! I am back with 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 so excited to be back on the Use Your Stuff design team, and today is my first reveal with them! I really missed working alongside with this talented group of gals, and I've seen the upcoming challenges for the next couple of months, and I think you are going to love them!

For today's challenge, Gail, is challenging us to use a polaroid on our projects.

For my card I have used Shimelle's - "True Stories" collection. I fussy cut the two polaroid pieces to act as my sentiment, and I added in an enamel heart to the middle of one of them.

Head on over to the Use Your Stuff blog to see the beautiful projects from the rest of the design team. There are just so many fun ways to use polaroids! I hope you have a chance to play along with us this week!

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

My Beautiful View - The Memory Nest Make It Monday #85

Hello, hello! Happy Monday! I hope that you had a good weekend and are ready for another week!

Today is Make It Monday at The Memory Nest, and Leslie has not one, but two, sketches for us to choose from. Your choice of using two photos or three photos.

I've had these photos of Ada on my pile of photos to scrap for a while now, and I thought they would work perfectly with the two photo sketch.

I used papers from Maggie Holmes' "Bloom" collection. I love the scalloped paper, and I just cut around one of the rows of scallops to make my scalloped edge. The embellishments are actually from the "Confetti" (?) sticker sheet, and the gold glitter heart is one that I had laying on my desk just waiting to be used.

I had to get creative with my letters for the word - beautiful. I didn't have an "e "or an "l",  but I made them work by cutting apart a "w" for the "e", and I think the "l" was made by cutting apart an "h". Always give those mostly used alpha sheets another look - you may be able to alter a letter for one that you are out of!

These photos of Ada are some that I took back last summer when we visited the park. It has a really pretty "duck" pond, and with it being in the photos behind Ada...well, I just had a beautiful view!

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

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

LTCCB #9 - Anything Goes

Hello again! Welcome back to my blog! This is my second post of the day, so if you are looking for my Sketch N Scrap reveal, please scroll down or go here.

Love To Craft Challenge Blog has a new challenge posted today! Our challenges are always anything goes, and you can make any type of crafty project that you want!

For my project I have created a card:

I used papers from American Crafts "Spring" 6x6 paper pad. I love that floral pattern and wanted to be able to use where you can see a lot of the pattern, and I love how the pretty spring colors pop off of that black background.

A pretty quick and easy card, and one of my most recent favorites!

Head on over to LTCCB to see the beautiful projects from the rest of the design team.

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

Sketch N Scrap #126

Hello everyone! Happy Saturday to you! I hope you have something fun planned for this weekend!

Here we are at April 1st already, and we have a fun new sketch for you today at Sketch N Scrap! Lisa has created a great sketch to get us started off right this month.

The photos I wanted to use were vertical instead of horizontal, and I had 3 photos that I really wanted to use. It all worked out since I printed 2 of the photos in the 3x4 size and put them side by side to make a 4x6.

For this layout I used papers from the Strawberry Edition Project Life papers. I found this paper pack at Tuesday Morning for $4.99 and the colors in it are perfect for my photos of Miss Ada! The little banner pieces were fussy cut from one of the patterned papers, and the train stamp is from an old Studio G $1 bin stamp set.

It's funny how the simplest of things - this toy train in this instance - can be so much fun for a little one! Every time Ada sees it she asks if I want to play "train" with her, and we can spend quite a bit of time winding it up, and letting it go! She likes to make a tunnel out of her legs for the little train to go through, and she likes to see who can make it go the farthest. So much fun!

One more thing before I go - Sketch N Scrap is getting ready to celebrate their 5th birthday in May! We will be celebrating all month long with 5 exclusive sketches, so be sure to mark your calendars for a month of fun!

Head on over to Sketch N Scrap to see the beautiful layouts from the rest of the design team. We hope you find some time to play along with us!

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