LTCCB #17 - Anything Goes

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

Love To Craft Challenge Blog has their December challenge posted today. Our challenges are always "Anything Goes" and you can enter any type of craft project you would like! I have another Christmas card for you today.

I pulled out my Doodlebug Designs - Here Comes Santa Claus - 6x6 paper pad and went to work. This is one of my favorite papers from that collection, so any time I can use it, you know I will!

I based my card off of this card sketch from Pagemaps:

I embossed the white cardstock piece at the top with my swiss dot embossing folder and I was going to add a sentiment to the front, but I just couldn't get anything to work. The little tree is a sticker from the same collection matted onto a die cut pinked circle. I love the way this card turned out!

Be sure to stop by the LTCCB to see the wonderful projects from the rest of the design team. I hope in this busy holiday season that you make some time to get scrappy!

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

LTSCB #104 - Winter Wonderland

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

Love to Scrap Challenge Blog has a fun new challenge for you today. Our challenge for December is "Winter Wonderland". This month I got to work with a fun image from Bugaboo Stamps called "Winter Snowman". I just love this little snowman!

I used Pebbles" - Holly Jolly - 6x6 paper pad for this card and I colored the image with colored pencils. The sentiment is a $1 bin stamp from Studio G, I am loving putting these little stamps to use this year!

Head on over to LTSCB to see the gorgeous cards from the rest of the design team. I hope to see you playing along with us in December!

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

Sketch N Scrap #142 - Ready to Ride

Hello, scrappy friends! Happy Friday and Happy December 1st! Wow, this year has gone by so fast! It's going to be a busy day around the old blog, so let's get started!

Sketch N Scrap has a new sketch posted today, courtesy of Lisa, and it is one of my favorites from this year!

I just love these photos of Ada on her balance bike with her backpack on like a big girl! I have to get with Abby for the all the details again - I think these photos were taken about the time that school started last year...or maybe it was the end of the school year...whatever the case, Ada needed her backpack filled with her goodies when they went for a walk/ride. Just a little glimpse into what is going to be happening in another couple of years!

The papers that I have used are from Becky Higgins Strawberry collection - I think...I just love the heart paper and the chunky stripes paper under the photos was the perfect match to the colors in the photos. I haven't added my journaling yet -like I said, I need to get with Abby to get all of the details, but I will probably add either journaling strips in the bottom right corner, or else I will journal on the yellow stripe paper under the photos.

Be sure to stop by Sketch N Scrap to see the fabulous layouts from the rest of the design team. We hope you have some time to play along with us this month!

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

TSOT #350

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

Try Stampin' On Tuesday has a new sketch posted today, courtesy of Vicki, and the optional theme is - smell the goodies.

I tried to incorporate the theme into my card this week, and when I think of "smell the goodies" this time of year, I think of Christmas cookies. and what better cookie than a gingerbread cookie!

The papers are from Pebbles' "Holly Jolly" 6x6 paper pad and the gingerbread man stamp is from an old Studio G $1 bin stamp. The sketch doesn't actually have a spot for an embellishment, but I thought my card was a little plain without it!

Head on over to Try Stampin' On Tuesday to see how the rest of the design team interpreted the sketch. We hope to see you playing along with us - you have 2 weeks to play along and can enter on the blog here or over on our Facebook page here.

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

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #240

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

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge has a new sketch posted this week and it is one that is full of possibilities. I know it will be showing up in my December Daily next month, as well.

I have created another Christmas card using this sketch. I loved that the top panel was cut on the diagonal - those sorts of sketches always appeal to me - so I went in search of some fun Christmas papers and when I saw this busy Christmas tree paper I thought it would be perfect for this sketch. Since that paper is on the busy side, I decided not to add any sort of embellishment to the upper left corner - it just got lost in those little trees.

I've used Pebbles' - Holly Jolly 6x6 paper pad (tree paper), Fancy Pants' - Merry and Bright 6x6 paper pad (green dot), and I embossed a piece of white cardstock with my swiss dot embossing folder. The stamps are from Close To My Heart (D1315 Evergreen for the tree and M1155 Merry & Bright for the sentiment). I added a wood veneer star to the top of the tree and that's another Christmas card to be sent out.

Our full design team reveals and our Top 3 announcement for last week's sketch will be tomorrow over on the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog, so be sure to stop by and check it out. We hope you have some time to play along with us!

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

HIMCR #328 - Any Holiday

Hello, hello! Happy Saturday to you! I hope you are having a good weekend. We've had a great couple of days off for Thanksgiving and enjoyed lots of fun family time. The fun will continue today when we put up the Christmas tree and decorate the house for Christmas.

But first, we have a new challenge for you today at Hiding In My Craft Room. This week our challenge is - Any Holiday - and our sponsor is My Besties and the giveaway is the images used by the design team.

I have created another Christmas card for this challenge. You would think that I would be tired of Christmas cards by now, but I am still enjoying making them, and it's so nice to have a nice big stack of cards ready to send out this year!

I colored the image with colored pencils, embossed the front panel with my argyle embossing folder and added a scrap piece of Christmas paper. I just love how cute this girl is!

Head on over to Hiding In My Craft Room to see the super cute projects from the rest of the design team. 

Our design team is still open until tomorrow, so be sure to check it out as well!

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

UYS #289 - Thankful

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

We have a new challenge today over at Use Your Stuff. This week Heather is challenging us to create a project about what we are thankful for.

I always love these types of challenges because I have so much to be thankful for. One thing that I am so thankful for is my good friends and what better time to tell them how much I appreciate them than this time of year. This card will be going in the mail to - hopefully - brighten someone's day.

Head on over to Use Your Stuff to see the beautiful projects from the rest of the design team. We hope you have some time to play along with us this week! We would love to see what you are thankful for!

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

Stick It Down November Card DT Reveal

Hello, hello! Happy Monday to you! I hope that you had a good weekend and are ready for the new week. 

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

For my card, I decided to dust off my bow die and use it on this card. I don't know why I don't use it more often - I always love the end result!

I used my argyle embossing folder and since the bow was on the bigger side I decided to leave off the sentiment and just stamp something on the inside.

Head on over to Stick It Down to see the wonderful cards from the rest of the design team. You have until the end of the month to play along with us!

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

HIMCR #327 - 3X Designer Paper

Hello and Happy Saturday! It's the weekend before Thanksgiving here in the states and I'm sure it will be a busy one! I am really looking forward to spending lots of time with family over the next week.

We have a new challenge today at Hiding In My Craft Room! This week we are challenging you to use 3 different patterned papers on your projects. Your papers can be purchased papers or you can use homemade papers. 

Our sponsor this week is Pickled Potpourri and the giveaway is a $7 gift certificate.

We were generously given a few different digi stamps to work with and I chose the Christmas Perky Penguins set.

Isn't that little penguin just the cutest?! I colored the image with my colored pencils and I used 3 different papers from the Holly Jolly 6x6 paper pad from Pebbles. Since there was quite a bit of open space in the upper right-hand corner of my image panel, I printed the sentiment off of my computer and then used my circle die to cut it out. I think it is the perfect place for the sentiment.

Head on over to HIMCR to see the fun cards from the rest of the design team.  We hope you have some time to play along with us this week! We would love to see your take on our 3X the Designer Paper challenge!

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

Sketches In Thyme #301

Hello, hello! Happy Friday to you! I hope you have had a good week and are ready for the weekend!

Today is my day to be featured over at Sketches In Thyme with my take on sketch #301, courtesy of Brenshevia:

I have had these photos of Ada from Christmas Eve 2015 sitting out on my desk for a while just waiting to be scrapped. This fun sketch was perfect of them. I have used a mix of papers from Bella Blvd's "Christmas Cheer" and "Make It Merry" collections. 

My journaling is on the tag that is stuck behind the photos. It says - Ada wasn't too sure about these moving reindeer at Jenny and Art's house. She was quite intrigued by them and kept wanting to go outside and look at them, but she sure didn't want to get too close!

She could barely enjoy the Christmas party for wondering about these deer! I'm sure they were a little strange to her 2 year old mind!

Be sure to check out Sketches In Thyme all month long for more inspiration from the design team. We hope you can find some time to play along with us!

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