Memory Captured

Hello Wednesday, rain and nice temps in today's forecast.  Today I am back to share a LO that I put together for our daughter's album using this month's sketch#117 from Sketch~N~Scrap for inspiration.  The pattern paper used for the base of the LO came from the DCWV Grade School paper pad, most everything else used has been in my stash for a while with the exception of the camera and gem embellishments.  Our daughter is a Delta Gem, which is a girl's mentoring group for the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, these pictures were taken during a service project earlier this year where they picked up trash on the street adopted by the sorority.  Take care and have a wonderful Wednesday.

Merry & Bright

Hello Tuesday, showers and warm temps in our area today.  Prayers for the Ohio State community and the residents of Gaitlinburg, Tennessee, so sad.  I am back today to share another card that I put together last night using sketch inspiration from sketch #141 over at Can You Case It?  I used paper from a Craft Smith 6x6 paper pad that I picked up in Michaels last year.  The stamp is one of my recent TM clearance purchases and the bling has been in my stash forever.  I like the simplicity of the sketch and the card,  I am now halfway to my total for my 2016 holiday cards.  I am also sharing this for sketch #277 - Any Holiday challenge over at Hiding in My Craft Room.  Thank you for your visit, I hope you'll stop by again soon.

Altered Index Card

Hello Monday, I am back today to share an altered index card that I did for a You Tube challenge.  I don't have a YT channel but I frequent if for inspiration and challenges so I decided to do this one offered by Ethnic Green Living.  The only stipulation was to use the colors green, aqua, pink, and gold, the base of the index card is green in the picture looks more yellow but it is a shade of light green.  Everything used on the card came from my stash as I am back to spending only what I need as I have to get this arsenal of supplies down as I have become a borderline hoarder.  I even donated some crafty stuff over the holidays as I'm sure there will be more donations soon as I attempt to organize and use more stuff.  I am also sharing this project for the Challenge #148 - Anything but a card over at PDE Linky Party.  Take care and have a wonderful week.

Back To School

Hello Saturday, I trust that you had a wonderful holiday and have started to get back into your routines.  My holiday was very low key without a lot of fanfare as I needed the downtime.  I didn't do any Black Friday shopping either, I went to just two stores looking for my daughter's homecoming dress or rather pants this time.  She was not with me so I was done in about an hour!  Today I am sharing one of the LOs that finished with the last few days, it uses pictures taken as we were leaving home on the first day of school in September. on the first day of school. I used pattern paper from the DCWV Homeroom paper stack along with other paper and embellishments from my stash.  So happy to have another LO done.

Happy Thanksgiving

Hello and Happy Turkey Day, I hope you, your family and friends are blessed abundantly as we celebrate thankfulness!  Today I am sharing another card that I put together using the same sketch as yesterday's post from Sunday Stamps so I will be sharing this card for their  #140 skerch challenge.  I used more of my paper scraps,  a Stampendous stamp that has been in my stash for a long time, some sequins and a leftover leaf diecut.  I am also sharing this card for the Anything Goes challenge over at  Die Cuttin Divas. and the Show Thanks over at Hiding in my Craft Room.  Take care and enjoy your holiday.

Season's Greetings

Happy Pre-Thanksgiving!  So what are you doing today, I'm at work and counting down until the end of the day.  My original plan was to come in early so I could leave early but that didn't happen so I may be here until 5.   I am not really cooking anything for tomorrow so working until the end of the work day is fine with me.  I am so thankful for MIL as she enjoys cooking so she is preparing the meal for tomorrow and baby girl will going over to help since she is out of school today.  I wanted to share this super simple card that I put together this morning using sketch #140 from Sunday Stamps.  I used paper scraps from one of the pads that I used last year along with one of the Crafter's Companion sentiment dies  that I picked up in TM, a Recollections snowflake sticker and a few gems.  Take care and I hope you'll come back soon.

Monday Musings

Hello and happy Monday, a short school and work week because of the Thanksgiving holiday.  So what's on your agenda, will you travel, will you have family and friends over?  I am planning for as much down time as possible.  Today I am sharing another Thanksgiving card that I put together as week during a hangout with Felisa.  I used sketch inspiration from sketch #062 over at Global Design Project  and paper from my scrap stash, a few gems and a CTMH stamp.  Take care, wishing you and yours a great day.

Thanksgiving Blessings

Hello and happy Friday,  it's the weekend and of course the calendar is packed with things for the teenager to do!  I am happy to report that I spent last night hanging out with my scrapping buddy Felisa and I was able to get most of my Thanksgiving cards done or rather almost done.  I just need to finish the inside messages and address the envelopes and they should go postal tomorrow!  Today I am sharing one of the cards that I put together last night using sketch inspiration from sketch #474 over at Mojo Monday.   Almost everything used for this card has been in my stash for some years with the exception of the ribbon that I picked up in DT a few weeks ago and the stitched die that I received last month from China.  I am also sharing this card for the Super Scraps Saturday challenge over at Hiding in my Craft Room.  Thank you for your visit and I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Give Thanks

Hello Thursday, tomorrow is Friday and my Thanksgiving cards aren't ready for the mail so I've got to really work tonight!  Today I sharing a super simple card that I put together using sketch inspiration from sketch #22 over at Paper Play Sketches.  I just used leftover papers from cards that I made earlier, a sticker from a First Thanksgiving sticker pack that I picked up in TM recently  and a Fiskars stamp that has been in my stash for a long time.  It seems a little off balance so I may need to straighten the turkey before the card goes postal.  Thank you for your visit and I hope you will come back again soon.

Wednesday Wanderings

Hello and happy Wednesday, more season temperatures today in our area.  How's the weather where you live?  I had to change the project that I was sharing today because when I went back to look at the picture it was too blurry as I did photograph it on the run and it has already gone to the recipient! The card that I am sharing today is one that I put together at the request of one of my co-workers for another co-worker.  I stepped out of my comfort zone and used some silver Mister Huey's color mist on the base of the card, added a Spellbinder's die cut (one of my recent TM purchases), stamped a sentiment and added a Recollections flower from my stash and this card was done.  Tell me what you think or should I stay within my comfort zone?  Take care and have a wonderful Wednesday.

Thankful

Hello Monday,  today I am sharing a card created using a TH Sizzix embossing folder.  I have a really hard time adding embellishments when the background is completely filled with words. The inspiration for this card came from a project shared by tellHimthanku (Tina) on you tube.  In addition to the embossing folder I used three different distress inks along with some Recollections bling and flowers that I picked up on clearance from Michael's last week.  I have mixed feelings about how it came out so I may do something different when I use the Christmas embossing folder.  Thank you for your visit, i hope you will come back by again soon.

Grateful 4 Family

Hello and happy Sunday I am back today to share another project from my Friday night online crafting get together.  The last challenge for the night was to create a grateful project and  I chose family.  I created this 8x8 LO using a picture from my mom's family reunion this past summer, I am going to put the LO in her birthday celebration  album.  Everything used on the LO came from the Echo Park Story of Our Family by Lori Whitlock kit that I picked up last month at the Creating Keepsake Convention.  Take care and enjoy your day.

Saturday Musings

Good morning, it's cold outside and I didn't want to get up.  Now to get motivated to do what I need to get done today.  I don't drink coffee so I am having a cup of hot chocolate as I plot today's course.  I spent last night hanging out with a small group of crafting buddies online creating and sharing.  Today I am sharing one of the cards that I created and shared as our theme for the evening was thankfulness.  I used sketch inspiration from sketch #8 from Mary over at  Cardz TV so I am also sharing this card for their Anything Goes Designer Challenge #4.  I was lucky enough to win challenge #3 so if you are looking for some great inspiration head on over to Cardz TV.  I used papers from several different 6x6 pads, a dot embossing folder, some sequins and a Stampendous stamp.  Take care and enjoy your day.

Thank You

Happy Veterans Day to all those that have served and currently serve.  Thank you and may you all continue to be richly blessed.  I didn't get a chance to photo my project for today so I hope you'll come back by tomorrow as I have fun evening of crafting planned so there should be more to share.  Thank you for stopping by, wishing you and yours a wonderfully blessed weekend!

Happy Thanksgiving

Hello and happy Wednesday, cool temps and rain in our forecast today.  I'm back today to share a card that I put together as I am trying to get my Thanksgiving cards made and in the mail by the end of next week!  The original intent was to use a sketch but as I was going through my stash of stuff I just decided to go in another direction.  I used a kraft card base, a Darice embossing folder, pattern paper from the Nicole Autumn Splendor pad, leaf embossed paper from one of the hot buy paper pads from Michael's and a few punched leaves.

I am sharing this card for the following challenges:

CAS-ual Fridays - CFC#160 Color Challenge (orange, brown, kraft)

Can You Case It? - CYCI#140 Color Challenge (orange, yellow, kraft)

Use Your Stuff - Challenge #240 - Fall

Thank you for your visit and I hope you'll come back soon!

Tuesday Musings

Hello and happy voting day, it took me a little less than an hour from start to finish!  I'm back today to share a birthday card that I made for one of my daughter's friends who turned 16 last week.  She is really into sneakers (her uncle works for Nike)  and her favorite color is green.  The sneaker pattern paper is another sheet from the DCWV Teenage Dream Stack,  this stack is turning out to be one of my go to stacks!  Twine and a stamp that has been in my stack for a while completed this card.  Take care and have a terrific Tuesday.

Thanks

Hello and happy Monday, my body clock is still on daylight savings time.  I am awake and up when I should be still asleep, I had restless sleep last night anyway!  So today I am showing a thank you card that  I put together for my daughter to give to my coworkers that supported her school fundraising.   The sketch inspiration came from skerch #197 over at  CAS(E) this sketch!  I used leftover paper from my rolodex project and pattern paper from the Nicole Autumn Splendor 6x6 paper pad and an owl sticker gifted to me from my scrappin' buddy Felisa.   I am also sharing this card for  the fall colors challenge #274 over at Hiding in my Craft Room.  Thank you for your visit and I hope you will return soon!

Create Joy

Hello and happy Saturday, I am back today for a quick driveby post.  Another nice Fall day as we do have plans to attend a football game and tailgate with family and friends.  My project today is an altered rolodex card created for a challenge hosted on one of the YouTude channels.  The papers that I used came from the DCWV Indian Summer Fall Stack and the blinged dragonfly is from Making Memories and has been in my stash for quite sometime.  The sentiment came from the Beyond Birthdays cricut cartridge.   Another clean and simple project completed and about to go postal!

Take care, enjoy your weekend!  Don't  forget to "fall back" (change your clocks) if applicable where you live, we get an extra hour of sleep!

Thursday Musings

Hello and happy Thursday, another nice day here in our area.  So are you ready for the weekend, anything exciting planned?  I'm back today to share another card that I created for the FB card angel group and it has already gone postal!  The pattern paper came from some leftover scraps of paper that I used to cover a composition book for my daughter for one of her mentoring groups; it came from the DCWV Teenage Dream Stack.  The solid cardstock is some Bazzill that I picked up in TM, I also used some Recollections ribbon and enamel dots from my stash.  The stamp is one from the set that was created exclusively for the FB card angel group.  I am sharing this card for this week's Freestyle challenge #273 over at Hiding in my Craft Room.  Thank you for your visit, I hope you'll come back soon.

Picture Day

Hello and happy hump day,  almost Friday let the weekend begin.   Warmer temps for the next few days!  Not sure what happened with the date on yesterday's post so I decided to post today to try to get back on track,  So what's on tap for your weekend?  I have just one thing planned on Saturday but as usual the teenage daughter always has something to do.  My sister is coming up so I'll go to a football game with her or rather it may be more like we'll tailgate and hangout.  Today I am sharing another LO for our daughter's high school album using her school pictures from last year.  I used various papers and embellishments from my stash including a cut from the Teen Scene cricut cartridge.

Take care and have a wonderful Wednesday.

Thinking of You

Hello and happy Tuesday, more seasonal temperatures this week.  How's the weather in your area?  I am back today to share another card for the FB card angel group, since the recipient likes pink  I went to my stash and pulled the stuff that I used to make this card rather quickly.  The sketch inspiration came from challenge #99 over at  Fab Friday, which was shared with me by my crafting buddy Felisa over at The ScrapinDiva as we hung out over the weekend completing some projects.  

Take care and thank you for your visit.