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Sketchy Friday #2

Good morning, everyone!

I'm super excited to share with you all my first card I've created for my DT stint over at Sketchy Friday - you may remember from this post where I announced the good news. :)

Anyway, the DT is split into two teams where each team takes turns with the weekly sketches. It makes it easy on us as DT members, but it also gives everyone a chance to try something fresh and fun!

Here's what I've created for the sketch this week:

supplies: CS: Bazzill (card base - white), Neenah (Solar White), pink (Recollections); DP: My Mind's Eye; digi stamp: Chicks (SKdigis); sentiment stamp: My Creative Time; ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento); Spellbinders Nestabilities, Twine, Button, heart punch

So for my card today, I used the ADORABLE Chicks digi from SKdigis. They're super CUTE, don't you think? I added the little heart punch out above them because initially I wanted to make it a Valentine's card, but my stash had other ideas. *lol* But I REALLY love the way my card turned out!

I hope you get a chance to play with us this week over at Sketchy Friday! Can't wait to see what you create! :)

Skipping Stones Design Sketch #92

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HI everyone!

It's Tuesday and that means it's a Sketch Day Challenge at Skipping Stones Design! This month's sketches are by guest designer Amy Sheffer! Here's the one for today:

 Here's my take on the sketch:

 And I created something super simple on the inside to go along with the outside's sentiment:

supplies: CS: Solar White (Neenah); DP: Echo Park; stamp set: Tropical Birthday (Skipping Stones Design); ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Chocolate Chip (SU!); twine (Whisker Graphics), dimensional adhesive

I thought the sketch would be perfect for a little ocean scene using the little "Nemo," as my daughter calls any striped fish, from the Tropical Birthday set! I wanted to create a little fishing line and hook to try and catch the little fish - get it? "Fishing you"... I think I'm pretty clever sometimes. :)

Hope you get to play along with us this week! Be sure to check out what the rest of the design team has created too!

Jennifer Ingle...http://justjingle.blogspot.com/

JoAnn Valderama... <--- you are here!

Kandi Phillips...http://kraftykandikrafts.blogspot.com/

Karen Baker...http://thebalddragonfly.blogspot.com/

Katie Gehring...http://katiegehring.blogspot.com/

Shannon Massney Teubner...http://withfeathersandsequins.blogspot.com/

Stephanie Mino...http://stephaniemino.blogspot.com/

Taylor Usry....http://taylorusry.blogspot.com/

Wendy Price...http://paperinkandsmiles.blogspot.com/

Wendy Jordan...http://papertherapy-wendy.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great rest of the week! :)

happy friday!

Hi there and Happy Friday!

Just wanted to pop in with a quick card I made last night... It's 1215 in the afternoon and I really need to get to bed since I have to work tonight, but I didn't want to NOT post today!

Here it is!

supplies: CS: white (Neenah), Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise (SU!); DP: SU!; digi stamp: Summer Mae (Some Odd Girl); sentiment: Paper Smooches; ink: Studio G; other: Copic markers, ribbon, Nestabilities, dimensional adhesive

For my card today, I used a new favorite from Some Odd Girl - Summer Mae! I thought she would be perfect for a bright and sunny card so I pulled some old DP from my stash and whipped this up. And thanks to my BFF and her enabling, I picked up a new sentiment set (love it!) from Paper Smooches the other day. I'm in love with the fun font!

Linking up to:

Card Patterns: Sketch 126

Have a wonderful weekend - I'd rather spend mine crafting, but I'll be working! :)

already July? + PWCO Sketch #87

Hi everyone!

I can't believe it's already the 2nd day into July, can you? I'm really trying hard to post more often to this little ol' blog of mine. And I'm really going to try and post more random stuff instead of just crafty stuff, too... Hope I can keep you all entertained!

But we'll see how that goes. You know how I am with setting goals for myself - I always have big dreams and then they just sort of drop off for a reason.

My goal for the rest of the year is FOLLOW-THROUGH: If I put my mind to something or if I have an idea about something, I need to see it through.

My other goal for the year is to manage my stamping budget better. I've been good this past year since we bought the house, but I can feel the itch in my wallet... and the want for new stuff. I need to use what I have, I know... but it's also nice to get some new stuff too.

So beginning July 1st, I'm keeping track of my expenses... And when I want to buy something I have to always ask myself: Do I really need it? Can I really use it? or will it just sit there and collect dust? I love new stamps, but in order to add to the rubber collection I need to really sit and analyze how versatile each stamp will be and how often they will be used. Sounds fair, right?

But who doesn't love new tools and stamps? <--- two of my favorite crafty things, for sure!

Anyway, on to today's card:

(supplies: CS: Turquoise (SU!), White (Neenah), Kraft (Bazzill); DP: Basic Grey; image: Aqua Amigos (Paperworks Co.); sentiment: Underwater Sentiments (AmyR Stamps @ All That Scraps); ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); other: circle & petite scallop circle nestabilities (Spellbinders); dimensionals & linen thread (SU!), button (unknown).)

I thought I'd play along with this week's PWCO Sketch Challenge #87 - I haven't played before and I thought I'd give it a try and use a stamp that my BFF so generously gifted me. :) Maybe I'll be lucky and win since it's my first time playing along! (I never win at these things *lol*. Too much competition and too much talent! And even with a random draw, I just never get so lucky. Go figure! ha!)

Anyway, hope you're all enjoying your weekend! I've got 2 semi-sick kiddos here at home. :( Hope they beat the bug quickly so we can enjoy our Summer!

Thanks for visiting today!

adventures in my craft room + CPS challenge #224

Hi there!

I can't believe it's already Wednesday and I've been back home almost a week! Time defnitely flies!

I've been having some SERIOUS mojo going on, so I've also been able to do a little bit of papercrafting (go me!). I've got a card to share:

(supplies: rubber stamp: Cheeky Mate (The Greeting Farm); sentiment: PaperTrey Ink; paper, ribbon & other goodies: an old Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients kit; other: scallop oval punch (SU!))

True story: I had this image of TGF's Cheeky Mate colored on my craft desk a couple of weeks ago. THAT alone should teach me a lesson since J & M LOVE playing in there. Well I forgot that I had some stuff out (I usually try and be good and put stuff away, but sometimes a girl gets lazy!) and J came running to me, telling me that M was playing with my "facebook" - it's what he calls my craft room or anything crafty. *lol* I didn't pay attention to him because by then M had left the room.

Well, she got a hold of one of my Copic markers (!) and scribbled all over my newly-colored Cheeky Mate image! Ack! Thankfully, she colored the BACKSIDE of the paper and not the front and none of it seeped through. WHEW!

Lesson learned: put away everything no matter how tired and lazy I am!

Anyway, I made this card just to have on hand. This adorable image is still one of my very favorite Cheeky TGF images and totally got my mojo going again!

Also, I'm linking this up to this week's sketch challenge over at CPS! Yay!

Thanks for visiting! Happy Hump Day!

TGF challenge: another SKETCH!

Hi everyone!

Another Thursday and that means another TGF Scrapbooking Challenge! This weeks challenge is another fabulous sketch by Jaci! :)

Kept my take on it super simple and used more of my favorite My Mind's Eye paper. Are you guys sick of me posting pics of my 2006 Maui trip? *lol* I'm really getting our whole vacation finally scrapped! *lol*

(I apologize for the glare on the picture - the sun wasn't cooperating with me!)

I used a couple of the sentiments from the TGF Summertime kit and the stems from the flower stamps. I stamped the single flowers and cut them out and popped them up with dimensionals on the stems. Super easy and fun!

Be sure to check out what the rest of the TGF Scrapbooking Guest DT has done this week with SUMMERTIME and the awesome sketch! Hope you join us and decide to play along!

Have a fabulous day!

Angela Sowell
Angie Blom
Claudette San Pedro
Jacilynn Cox
Jeannette Siciliani
Jessica Diedrich-TGF Creative Coordinator
JoAnn Valderama <---- that's ME! *lol*
Lysa Rohrer
Lynda Nielsen

TGF SUNSHINE preview day #2 and FFF!

Hello Everyone!

We're SUPER excited about The Greeting Farm Sunshine kit release that we're all playing along with the rest of the TGF family for Farm Fresh Friday!

Check out this fabulous sketch by Mercy!

And here's my scrappy take on the sketch:

 

My title and stamped stitching at the top of my photo are both stamps from the upcoming SUNSHINE kit! You guys won't believe how many cute and fabulous phrases are included in this stamp set - ADORABLE! I can't wait to use it on the rest of my summery layouts!

Stay tuned for more layouts featuring this fabulous kit! Thanks for visiting today!

Be sure to stop by the rest of the TGF Scrapbooking DT and see what they've created!

Angela Sowell
Angie Blom
Claudette San Pedro
Jacilynn Cox
Jeannette Siciliani
Jessica Diedrich-TGF Creative Coordinator
JoAnn Valderama <---- that's ME! *lol*
Lysa Rohrer
Lynda Nielsen

TGF SUNSHINE preview! :)

Hey everybody!

We are SO stinkin' excited over at The Greeting Farm...and ready to spread the SUNSHINE!  Why?  Because SUNSHINE is the name of the newest 8 1/2x11 JUMBO KIT of rubber stamps being previewed today on the TGF Blog!

Just in time for summer, SUNSHINE is full of larger sized stamps, perfect for scrapbooking, cardmaking, or any papercrafting!  And ONE LUCKY WINNER just might take one home after hoppin' around the Scrapbooking DT's blogs today!

In addition?  The TGF Scrapbooking Team is THRILLED to welcome LYNDA NIELSEN to our gang!  You may recognize Lynda as one of our Gardeners and now she is back and ready to get scrappin'!   Welcome!

For our Challenge today, (did you KNOW that TGF is doing weekly scrapbooking challenges on the TGF Blog?) I used this great sketch by SB team member Jaci:

Since the SUNSHINE scrapbooking stamping set is all about the beach, fun in the sun, and SUMMER, I decided to take it WAY back and create a layout about the last trip my husband and I took to Hawaii in 2006. *sigh* We used to be able to go to the Aloha state every year before we had kids... Now it's too expensive for us to fly a family of 4 out there. Cross your fingers that a trip will be in our future soon!

Anyway, on to my layout!

I used 3 stamps from the SUNSHINE kit - the title, the flowers and the little journaling block... The journaling block is actually an adorable quote bubble but I decided to keep it simple for this layout and cover up the little "tail" of the bubble. :) The rest of my layout is made with My Mind's Eye Quite Contrary. I love the way it turned out!

I'm so excited to show you more week after week and hope you'll play along with our challenges too!  They are every Thursday for scrapbooking and each week we offer up a GREAT prize!

Be sure to check out the rest of the Scrapbooking Team today:

• Angela Sowell
• Angie Blom
• Claudette San Pedro
• Jacilynn Cox
• Jeannette Siciliani
• Jessica Diedrich
• JoAnn Valderama
• Lysa Rohrer
• Lynda Nielsen!

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to spread the SUNSHINE wherever you go :)

TGF Scrapbooking Sketch Challenge!

Hello everyone! 

I'm really loving THURSDAYS! Not only do I get to share a card with you (post to come later!), but I also love sharing a scrapbook layout with all of you. Being on TGF's Guest Scrapbooking DT is not only a great blessing, but it's awesome to be able to at least create one layout a week for our family's scrapbook albums!

This week's challenge is a SKETCH one created by the fabulous ANGIE BLOM!

And here's my take on it.

I kind of adapted it to make it more for my DS this time around. I used the Spotlight kit for the journaling block and underneath the "vroom vroom" title I used the ribbon stamp for underneath, to make it look like tire tread. I apologize if you can't really see it - I think my Colorbox chalk ink is running out!

The rest of the layout was created using My Little Shoebox Away We Go. I even used my Cricut machine to cut out my title - I haven't used that thing in MONTHS! I forgot how much I love it!

Thank you for visiting me today! Check back later for my DDSB post!

DDSB: Birthday Fishes!

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Hi again, friends!

Another Thursday and that means another challenge from Digi Doodle Shop's Best! This week's challenge is based off a sketch by the fabulous KymKreates!

So for my card I turned it a bit and moved the elements around just a tad...

I used the Wide Mouth Bass from DDS's Sea Life set and colored him with my Copics. And it was funny because I was coloring him and my 3 year old DS comes over and points and says, "Look Mommy. Dory." As in "Finding Nemo." *lol* Kids say the funniest things sometimes!

The DP is from Basic Grey's Lime Rickey paper pad, Taken with Teal CS from SU! and some ribbon I had lying around. I hand-wrote the sentiment (yuck) but it will have to do. :)

Hope you all can join us this week at DDSB's sketch challenge! And be sure to visit the rest of the DT to see their fabulous work!

Happy Thursday!

Harriet - Design Team Coordinator
Kym - Design Team Coordinator
Vera
JoAnn <--me!
Katja
Pascale
Michelle
Karen L
Monika
Amber
Jayne
Karen H