Wednesday Wanderings

I am back today with another edition of  Whatever Wednesday.  Really nice temperature outside today but a prediction for more winter weather tomorrow.   We missed having free pancakes yesterday for National Pancake day so after my daughter's orthodontist appointment we are having pancakes for dinner.   Never mind that today is National Pound Cake Day!

Today's project is a simple birthday card that I put together using scraps from my stash, a few embellishments that includes a cricut cut sentiment and some scrapers floss!  Are you doing anything special for National Craft Month?

Take care and I hope you'll stop by again soon.

Meeting Moments

Hello Tuesday, back today to share another completed LO which makes nine and counting for the year!  It's National Craft Month and I am going to try to post on my blog everyday which is going to be a tall order. I sure hope this enables me to move some of my paper scraps and supply stash so I can become more organized!  The paper is from a Recollections paper stack, can't remember the name but I know that it's old and I bought it a deep discount, a strip of Dollar Tree washi tape and misc. stickers.  I used my Expression and my SLICE for the title; I think the LO looks better in person!

Until tomorrow, stay warm and be happy!

Happy March

Hello, Happy March and Happy Monday!  We are anxiously awaiting Spring as Winter has taken its toll.  Today I am sharing a birthday card that I am sending to a very special 85 year young woman!  It is going postal today, sure hope it reaches its destination in time.  The sketch inspiration for this card came from the FTL1 challenge over at Clean and Simple Stamping where they debuted The Take 2 edition!  Everything  used on the card  came from my stash which includes pattern paper from Provocraft,  ribbon from Paper Studio and flowered buttons from Recollections.

Take care and have a great week.  March is National Craft Month and since I gave up craft spending for Lent I am constantly deleting emails that arrive in my inbox!  I really need to use my stash and downsize in lots of areas.

Scripture Journal Post

Can you believe it is the last day of February, heading into the third month of 2015!  Today I am sharing my week 8 post for my artful scripture journal.  This is one of my favorite scriptures and I enjoyed putting this page together.  When I saw this week's verse I knew I wanted to use some of the black and white scraps of paper that I have been hoarding and I just added stickles to outline the lines and added a splash of red to my computer generated lettering.

I also decided to share this for the February blog challenge over at Mema's Crafts for the challenge of using red and white and one other color.

Take care and have a great weekend, I will be trying to stay warm!

African American History

As February comes to an end I would be remiss if I didn't at least share one project in honor of Black History Month.  I celebrate and honor my heritage everyday!  Today's LO is one that I have been trying to scrap for sometime and finally decided I wanted to make sure it was done for this month.

Last September my daughter's Girl Scout troop attended the historic highway marker dedication ceremony honoring the first Southern African American Girl Scout Troop.  It was Troop 34 formed in 1932, they met on the Campus of Virginia Union University where the marker was dedicated.  In addition the girls got to meet Gloria R. Scott the first African American Nationa President of the Girl Scouts.  She was president from 1975-1978 and was instrumental in the redesign of  the Girl Scout Trefoil to highlight the diversity movement.  Ms Scott was also the first African American instructor to teach at a predominately white institution when in 1961 she started teaching Biology at Marion College in Indiana.

When completing the LO I used a kraft base from Recollections and papers from the K&Co Girl Scout paper pad, used my cricut to cut the word dedication, the highway sign and the uniform (shirt & vest).  The sketch inspiration for this LO is from  Tiare's Desk to Done challenge #51 and this is my eighth LO for my 2015 challenge.

Take care and be safe.

Hello

Today I am sharing a card that I put together to send as encouragement to a young person currently starting their journey of serving our country. The sketch inspiration for this card same from Mojo Monday sketch #385.   I just used misc.paper scraps from my stash, an embossing folder, some glitter tape from Recollections and a stamp that I picked up from Target sometime last year.  I like how it came together and I hope it inspires her to continue to dream big on her journey.

Installation of Officers

I'm back today to share my seventh LO for my 2015 challenge, even though I don't really care for it I'm moving on.  I can't really put my hand on why I don't like it, I think it has something to do with balance but I can't dwell on it any further, I might go back later and add some faux stitching, doodling or something else but for now it's done!  I used paper from  a Crate Paper pad that I picked up on clearance in Tuesday Morning, thickers for the word installation, washi tape and the sequin hearts all from my stash.  I cut the tree using a file from the silhouette online store.

Take care and stay warm!