Saturday Musings

 Hello and happy Saturday, doing a quick drive by post to share a card that I created last night during a zoom meet-up.  This card uses sketch inspiration from Atlantic Hearts challenge #508, pattern papers from Recollection Girl Squad 6x6, and My Favorite Things Buffalo Brights,  a Momenta doily die, a heart die  and a stamped sentiment.  The challenge was to create a Valentine's Day card not using any pink or red!  I really like this sketch and plan to use it again.

Thank you for your visit, continue to stay safe, enjoy your weekend and hurry back again soon.

Traveling Gift

It's Thursday which means the start of the weekend is right around the corner.  Our family has a fishing trip planned for Saturday for one of our nephews, this will be a first for me!  I was a participant in a Traveling Gift event over at Scraps of Color, today I am sharing the gift that I received.  I was blessed with this wonderful painting from Sharon Sutton, I was screaming when I opened it, I love it; the picture doesn't really do it justice.  She also included a ATC, the picture even inlcudes hidden bible verses, if you'd like to see more of Sharon's projects head on over to her blog at ,http://seraph1959.blogspot.com/.  Thank you for your visit, I hope you'll come back soon;  have a wonderful Thursday.

Celebrate Love

The blog challenge post over at Scraps of Color for Week 3 is: Glitz, Shimmer, and Shine!!--In honor of New Year's Eve/ New Year's Day Create a project with a little shimmer or go all out with LOTS of bling!! Your interpretation! 

I didn't have any New Year's Eve or New Year's Day pictures so I decided to share the LO that I completed using pictures from our vow renewl ceremoy in Orlando last year.  My one  word for 2013 is renew.  My daughter was in charge of taking the pictures and since everything was happening so fast and so many people were taking pictures she didn't get very many.  I still wanted to document the experience since it was a very enjoyable event even though we shared it with about 20 other couples.  I need to go back and find out the person that was officiating name so I can list it on the LO too since she's in the picture  taken after the ceremony.  I think I blinged it out quite well, I cut the word love from the cricut cartridge Graphically Speaking (I think)!

Christmas List

Its Thursday and I should be doing a happy dance but instead I'm thinking about the million things that I need to get done! Over at Scraps of Color I decided to participate in the holiday blog challenge and this week's challenge is to create a Winter Wonderland project or your Christmas List. In the interest of time and in effort to keep up I chose to do the Christmas List. Here's my list in random order: (1) World Peace, (2) A Zoom Camera Lense, (3) I-Pad, (4) New Car, (5) External Flash (camera), (6) Scrap Area Makeover, (7) Some New Jewelry, (8) A Day of Pampering, (9) Good Health & Happiness for my family and (10) A Personal Assistant! I know that some items are a tall order but basically I'm appreciative for whatever I receive and my family usually knows what I need/want!

Wishing you and yours a happy and blessed holiday season!

Happy Mail

Hello Wednesday, I am participating in a secret sistah gift exchange over at Scraps of Color.  Recently, I received my second package and it was another nice treat and she also included another gift for my daughter.  So today I'm sharing a picture of the goodies that I received, I can't wait to use them and my daughter thinks she's getting the Twizzlers.

Happy MLK Day

I hope you had the opportunity to provide some sort of service in honor of Martin Luther King's birthday. I didn't feel much like serving so I didn't do anything. Today I'm sharing some ATCs that I completed for a challenges listed over at Scraps of Color.

Fall Fun

Over at Scraps of Color I have been participating in a "Use Your Stash" challenge. Its a three part/week step where you make page kits, create a LO using your page kit and the last part/step is to use your scraps. The last part is still a work in progress for me. I have way too many scraps and I just can't seem to get rid of them. So today I'm sharing the first LO using the page kit I made from my scrap stash. I decided to use a fall theme since I knew thats something I'd use fairly soon. The pictures in the LO of DD selecting her pumpkin and dressing it once she got home. She calls it her princess prirate pumpkin!

SOC Anniversary Blog Hop

Celebrate Sistahood Blog Hop In honor of Scraps of Color's 7th Anniversary, myself along with some talented papercrafters, have teamed up to honor and celebrate sistahood and the wonderful women in our lives who make us laugh, cry, shout, scream, play, live. We honor through our creativity and sharing our stories during this blog hop. Each sistah blogger will inspire you with her creativity and will also be offering up some blog candy! What is blog candy you ask? It's a giveaway! So sit back and get ready to be inspired with the Celebrate Sistahood Blog Hop. Just start here, check out what I've created, follow the rules for entry and then move on to the next blog hop participant for your chance to win again and again. Be sure to visit each blog between Friday, October 21 and Sunday, October 23 for more inspiration and chances to win. This hop closes on October 23, 2011 11:59pm est. Winners will be posted on each blog on or before October 28, 2011. So be sure to check back!



For this hop I created an 8x8 LO using a photo from a recent scrap-cation that I went to in Hagerstown, Maryland. We had so much fun scrappin', learning, chatting and eating that some of us barely went to sleep! I created an 8x8 LO because this LO will also be included in my Mirror Mirror Challenge album. I have met some special sista-friends as a result of scrapbooking. Scrapbook friends are a cut above the rest!



Now what's a hop without blog candy? Feast your eyes on this wonderful Colorbok Nature's Garden Theme scrapbooking kit. It includes over 200 pieces which includes an 8x8 album, stickers, paper, tags and other embellishments. All you need to do to qualify to win this wonder blog candy is to leave a comment on this post, post will be accepted until the close of the hop on October 23 11:59 pm est.


Now just hop on over to the remaining blogs for some great inspiration and the opportunity to win some scrappin' goodies.

Tiare: iclassygirl.com
Treva: scrappint.blogspot.com you are here
Patricia: triciatreasure.blogspot.com
Da Shawnna: creativedaze.dashawnna.com
LaShawnda: lashawndawrice.wordpress.com
Margaret: margaret-ilovecrafting.blogspot.com
Tina: parablesproductions.blogspot.com
Cyndi: nashvillesscrappinsisters.blogspot.com
Teniera: giftsgalorebyteniera.wordpress.com
Karen: in-the-spirit.blogspot.com
Kate: kateblue.blogspot.com
Yvonne: grantinfavors.blogspot.com

Cards

Its Sunday and we have spent the day remembering 9/11 and celebrating my father-in-laws brithday. Today I'm sharing some cards that I made for a project and a challenge over at Scraps of Color. The cards are being collected will be sent to miliary personnel. The breat cancer awareness cards were made for a Stand up to Cancer challenge issued by one of the SOC members. I am sending my cards to WI to be distributed at a survivor breakfast.

Tag Swap

Happy Monday! Are you staying cool? This blazing heat is taking a toll on everything; I don't have the energy to move. I hope you're staying cool and well hydrated. Today I am sharing the tags that I received from a summer themed tag swap that was held over at Scraps of Color. I created the 4th of July tag.

Scrappin' Goals

This is a LO that I initially started for a challenge issued by another Scraps of Color member. Wendi challenged us to create a LO about ouselves and our goals using her favorite colors (red, yellow and orange). Since I wasn't able to complete it by the deadline I decided to use it for my "Mirror Mirror" challenge LO for the month of May!

Black History Bingo Challenge

I created this LO as part of a Black History Bingo Challenge over at
Scraps of Color. The theme was to create a 12x12 LO that included explaining why you are Black History. This was a very good exercise for me and allowed me to use some of the pictures that I took while President Obama (then candidate) was on the campaign trail. I was a volunteer at a rally during one of his stops in Virginia. You had 13 ways you could get bingo by using the listed elements on your LO. One scrapper used all of the elements so she won the grand prize, all of the LOs were awesome!

V-Card #2

This is my second card for the valentine card challenge over at Scraps of Color. This week's challenge was to create a card using non-tradional colors (no red, pink, purple or black). I used some paper that I picked up in Hobby Lobby, a fiskars border punch and a stamp that I got from the Target $1 zone a few years ago.

V-Card #1

I finally got to do a little scrappin' not much but just a little! I've been working on a LO of my DD's most recent dance routine and I finished this card last night. This is the first in several for a weekend card challenge over on Scraps of Color. The challenge was to use red, white, and black paper only and at least one heart. I cut the double heart from the wedding cricut cartridge and then applied some rub-ons and added glitter.

Image Coloring

I have been trying my hand at coloring (I'n not that good) but I am believing practice makes perfect. I'm posting a few of the cards that contain images that I colored for Friday Night chat challenges over at Scraps of Color. This is why I haven't been scrapbooking because I'm doing everything else! I don't have any fancy markers just color pencils.

Card Swap

These beautiful thank you cards were made by other Scraps of Color members. This is the first time I participated in a card swap, not sure I'll do it again but it was a good experience and I received some really nice cards.

Hello Card

I created and submitted this card as part of a card challenge over at Scraps of Color. I created it using mostly scraps from my stash and I didn't use my cricut or any stamps! I had to repost the picture because I had inadvertently left something off and I did use the cuttlebug on that small area although you can't see it in the picture!

Male Birthday Card

Thie card was my submission for a Thursday Sketch Card Challege over at SOC. I am planning to send it to my uncle who celebrates his birthday on Wedmesday! I have a hard time using colors more suited for males when making cards.

Reasons 2 Love

I submitted this LO for the monthly challenge over at SOC. It is a dedication LO to my daughter in celebration of her 9th birthday and as a keepsake for one of the games her guest played at her party. Special thanks to Shelly for the note idea on the scavenger hunt.

Season's Greetings

I completed this LO for the December challenge over at Scraps of Color. December's colorful challenge included the usage of red, green, black and gold. The title and flower are cuts from the Winter Woodland cartridge. This picture was used on our holiday cards too!