Saturday, January 15, 2022
Sweet Little Love Note - Sketch N Scrap #240
Monday, January 10, 2022
Sweet Happy Moments - Sketch N Scrap's January Crop Challenge #3
Hello again!
I am back this evening with the layout that I created for Sketch N Scrap's January Crop Challenge #3. We kicked off our January Crop in our monthly challenges group on Facebook on Friday and we have one more challenge to share with you tomorrow. We would love it if you joined us - just click this link to get to the group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/SNSmonthlychallenges.
For Challenge #3, I picked Sketch #192 (from Jan. 1, 2020):
TN Time With Lisa & Lori January 2022 Challenge
Hello, hello! Happy Monday to you! I hope that you had a good weekend. We had a nice quiet weekend and I was able to spend some time in my scrap room. I haven't quite gotten back into my scrappy routine yet, so it was good to get in there and get some things done.
I am so excited that Lisa and I are back with our TN challenge for the new year! This is one of my favorite challenges to do each month. If you don't know what it's all about - here is how it works - this is a just-for-fun monthly challenge that starts on the 10th of each month and ends on the 9th of the following month at midnight CT. If you complete my random challenge for the month - link your TN, bullet journal, or planner spread below. If you complete just Lisa's sketch challenge, link up over on her blog - My Creative Endeavors. If you combine both challenges - be sure to link up on both Lisa's blog and here on my blog.
Here is my challenge for January:
For my challenges this year, I will be challenging you to use a stash item on your spread, and for January that item is enamel dots/shapes.
Here is the fun sketch that Lisa has created for us to use:
And this is what I came up with:
2. Create a new, not previously posted project.
3. You are welcome to combine with other challenges.
4. If you have a blog please include the challenge graphic & a link to our challenge in your post.
5. You can link to social media if you don't have a blog. If you show your project on Instagram, please make sure to use #TNtimewithLisaandLori
6. You can submit multiple projects but they must be posted to InLinkz or social media separately.
7. Most importantly have FUN!
You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!
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Sketch N Scrap Card Sketch #209
Hello, everyone! I hope you are having a good week. It has been hard to get back into the old routine but it is kind of nice, too!
Today I am sharing the card that I created for Sketch N Scrap's card sketch #209. This fun sketch is courtesy of Sketch Artist Lisa and I can't wait to use it again! Maybe I'll do a feminine card with it next time! Here's a look at the sketch:
Both of my boys' birthdays are later this month and I have a nephew who has a birthday this month, so this card will be going to one of them! I used Crate Paper's Cool Kid 6x6 paper pad for this card. I thought these papers worked well enough for an older guy card. I didn't take the time to look through my stamps to find a sentiment - I took the easy route and typed it up on the computer and printed it out. This card came together so quickly and I really like how it turned out.
I do hope that if you find you have some time to get creative this month that you will play along with our challenges. I would love to see your take on the sketches! You can stop by the Sketch N Scrap blog or the Sketch N Scrap Facebook page for more inspiration using this sketch.
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! I hope that you have a great day!
Saturday, January 1, 2022
Lisa and Lori's Great Stash Bash January Kit
Hello, everyone! Happy New Year to each and every one of you! It's hard to believe it is the start of a new year but I am looking forward to seeing what 2022 has in store for us!
I can't wait to get started using this kit!
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Looking Ahead - 2022 Scrappy Focus
Hello, everyone! Happy New Year's Eve to you! I cannot believe that another new year is upon us - they just seem to go by so fast! I missed doing a scrappy goals - or focus - post for 2021 and thought that I would take a little time today to post about my plans for 2022.
It's been pretty quiet here on my blog this month - I just needed a bit of a break from blogging and from scrapping. The break has been wonderful and I think it was just what I needed to get excited about scrapping again. This past year I have taken a good hard look and done a bit of soul searching at how and what I am scrapping and what I want to scrap. I have so many 12x12 albums full of layouts, and so many 12x12 layouts just waiting to be added to more albums, that I am running out of room to store them all. Not only am I running out of room in the album/layout department but I don't think I can add one more supply to my scrap room! So much so that if I really let myself think about all of this for too long - well, it starts to give me anxiety! I want my hobby to be fun so a few changes are in order!
All of this soul searching this past year has led me to step down from all but two of my design team positions. I have loved being on each and every design team over the years and it was a hard decision to make. I have met so many wonderful people through these design teams that are now such wonderful friends and I have truly enjoyed my time on each team. But, I came to the realization that if I am ever going to make true progress on the albums I have started - then I needed to start scrapping for myself again. Scrapping what I want, when I want. If I feel like working on my Project Life albums or working in my traveler's notebooks for a solid week - then that is what I am going to do!
I am staying on the Sketch N Scrap design team and I will continue to be the Design Team Coordinator at Lasting Memories - playing along whenever I have the chance. Lisa and I are continuing with Lisa & Lori's Great Stash Bash and with TN Time With Lisa & Lori in 2022. Let's face it - I am on a forever mission to use my stash - if only I could STOP buying! - and traveler's notebooks are my obsession right now! So, I will still be posting my scrappy projects here on my blog and over on Instagram throughout the month.
Now, let's get on with my scrappy goals - or what my scrappy focus is going to be in the new year. Every year my goals are to work on and finish particular albums and so far not a single one has been finished! Mostly because I had design team commitments that I had to get done and not a lot of time to work on anything "extra." 2022 is going to be the year for me to work on some of these unfinished albums.
Here's a list of some of the albums I have been "working" on the last several years:
2014 to present Project Life albums - none of which are close to being finished.
Ada's 1st-year album - she turned 8 last month...
2018 Favorite Photos of Ada TN
2019 to present 52 Week Favorites TN's
Ada's 2019 Summer Bucket List TN
Ada's 2021 Summer Fun 6x8 Flipbook
Ada's 2020 Elf on the Shelf/Advent Calendar December Daily album - and we can now add 2021 to that, as well.
My 2021 December Daily album
The list could go on and on and on! Now, here is my plan for 2022. For my Project Life albums - I am going to pick the album that I have the most layouts made in and I am going to concentrate on finishing it up. I think that this is going to be my 2019 album but I need to double-check. I would also like to try and keep up with my 2022 album, as well. I am going to set aside at least one day each week to work on these albums and if I can get my 2019 album done before the end of the year, then I will start working on another year.
Ada's 1st-year album - it has been ages since I have picked this album up and the last time that I did - I wasn't too crazy about it - which is probably why I haven't picked it up since. I will be pulling it out in the next couple of days and making a plan - either to finish it up or to start completely over with it.
My 52 Week Favorites traveler's notebooks - I plan on finishing out 2019 for sure this year and once it is done I will work on the others. I have not fully decided if I am going to continue this in the new year. I guess I still have a few days to get that figured out!
The Christmas albums - I am not too worried about. I think I will set aside at least one day each week in January to work on one of them and then I will try to pick it back up when Christmas in July rolls around or for sure in November when all the hype for the 2022 December Daily is going strong!
All of the other albums I will work on as the mood strikes, but I would like to get Ada's 2019 Summer Bucket List TN done before this summer.
I guess my main scrappy focus is just to scrap! Work on what I want - when I want and hopefully get an album or two completed!
Before I can work on anything I need to get into my scrap room and get my desk cleaned off! The kids will all be over a little later for our family New Year's Eve party. None of them usually stay until midnight since they live anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour away so maybe I can get in there tonight and start getting my room cleaned up. If not, that is my plan for tomorrow. It's going to be very cold with some wintery precip so the perfect day to stay in my scrap room all day!
I am so excited to get started working on these goals! Here's to a great scrappy new year!
Monday, December 20, 2021
TN Time With Lisa & Lori December Challenge
Hello, everyone! Happy Monday to you! I hope that you had a good weekend and that you are ready for this week heading into Christmas. We had a pretty quiet weekend but I'm pretty sure that will change as the week goes on seeing as how Ada wants to have a sleepover before Christmas. We introduced her to Yahtzee last Thursday and she loved it! I am sure we will be doing a lot of game playing - Uno, Sorry, and now Yahtzee - while she is here. Oh, yeah, and she wants to watch the movie Ron's Gone Wrong with us, too. Abby and Shawn took her to the theater to see it when it came out and loved it. She may have to spend a couple of nights with us to get it all done!
Anyway, it is time for December's TN Time With Lisa & Lori challenge! We're a little late this month - the holidays and life have kept us busy - but we are here with the challenge now and hopefully, we will get back on track in the new year!
Here is how it works - this is a just-for-fun monthly challenge that starts on the 10th of each month and ends on the 9th of the following month at midnight CST. If you complete my random challenge for the month - link your TN, bullet journal, or planner spread below. If you complete just Lisa's sketch challenge, link up over on her blog - My Creative Endeavors. If you combine both challenges - be sure to link up on both Lisa's blog and here on my blog.
Here is my challenge for December:
It's Anything Goes this month! Use whatever colors and embellishments you would like!
Here is the fun sketch that Lisa has created:
2. Create a new, not previously posted project.
3. You are welcome to combine with other challenges.
4. If you have a blog please include the challenge graphic & a link to our challenge in your post.
5. You can link to social media if you don't have a blog. If you show your project on Instagram, please make sure to use #TNtimewithLisaandLori
6. You can submit multiple projects but they must be posted to InLinkz or social media separately.
7. Most importantly have FUN!
You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!
Click here to enterFriday, December 17, 2021
Grown With Love - Sketch N Scrap #239
Hello, everyone! Happy Friday to you! I hope that you are having a good week! Can you believe that Christmas is just a week away? We have been having unseasonably warm weather - like 60s and 70s when it's usually in the 40s - so it's hard for it to feel like Christmas is just a week away! And, trying to get everything done before the holidays has made me neglect my blog this month! Hopefully, I will get back on track before long!
Today I am sharing the layout that I created using Sketch #239 from Sketch N Scrap. This sketch is courtesy of Sketch Artist Lisa and it is going in my favorites folder! Here is a look at the sketch:
Thursday, December 2, 2021
Eight Is Great - Sketch N Scrap #238
Hello, everyone! Happy Thursday to you! This week is moving right along and the weekend is almost here. Ours is sure to be busy with a birthday party for Miss Ada who turned 8 this week! I can't believe that she is 8 - time needs to slow down just a little!
Today I am sharing the layout that I created using the December 1st sketch from Sketch N Scrap. This sketch is courtesy of Sketch Artist Heather and I love it! In fact, this is actually my second layout using this sketch - you will be seeing my first take on it a little later on this month! Here is a look at the fun sketch:
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Lisa & Lori's Great Stash Bash December Kit
Today I am sharing my December kit for Lisa and Lori's Great Stash Bash. If you don't know what the Great Stash Bash is - it is a challenge that my good friend Lisa and I do every month. We pull items from our stash based on a "recipe" (which you will see below) in an effort to get our scrappy stash used up!
Here is this month's recipe:
I am in love with that red and green stripe paper! I could have 20 more sheets of it and be happy!
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