Wednesday Musings

 

Hello, rainy morning doing a quick post before I get ready for work. It has been raining most of the night so I won’t get a morning walk done but I am hopeful that I will get out this evening. I am still trying to find my crafting mojo! Today I am sharing my latest layout documenting our lunch date on Baby Girl”s birthday earlier this year. She didn’t want a big celebration so we all just went out to lunch.  I just pulled random items from my stash and loosely following a sketch I got this layout done! I used some really old die sets to cut the typewriter and numbers. I had a mishap with the splatter so that required some adjustments.

I am sharing this layout for the Anything Goes challenge over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends.

Thank you for your visit, take care and hurry back again soon.

State Fair Fun

 

Happy little Friday,  the last day of the month. I am up doing another drive by post to share a layout that I recently finished. It is an 8 1/2 x 11 layout of my daughter and her little friend at last year’s state fair,. I used my Cricut  to cut the carousel, looking at it now I should have cut it smaller!; oh well it’s done now! I  used  stickers for the title and date and a flyer to cut the sub+title, added a few punched stars and it was done. I am sharing this layout for the Anything Goes challenge #211 over at Crafting Happiness Challenges

Thank you for your visit, continue to be safe and hurry back again soon.

CIU #323 - Makes Me Smile

 Hello Friday and let the weekend begin! It has been rough and finding the time to share hasn’t been easy. Today, I am sharing a layout for m design team project for the Cut it Up challenge blog.  The theme for challenge #323 is Makes Me Smile. The challenge starts today and ends on Monday, February 17, 2025 at noon PST. I hope you will create and share your project, don’t forget to use a die cut on your project.

When putting this sleeping beauty layout together I used a picture of my daughter while she was napping in the car.  Both of my children when they were young would usually sleep during car rides. When putting my layout together I used most random pieces of paper from my stash, cut the circle using my Cricut, and a heart die set from the Dollar Tree,  This signature clean and simple layout also  includes some stickers and gems.

I am sharing this project for this month’s heart themed challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge. Thank you for your visit, continue to be safe and hurry back soon.

Wednesday Musings

 

Hello and happy Wednesday, we just may get a break from the rain in our area today!  i need the rain to hold off so I can get a nice walk in, I need to get in at least three miles to meet my monthly goal!  Today's project share is a scrapbook layout created using sketch inspiration from Sketch N Scrap  11th Birthday Bash sketch #2.  The base came from a real old Recollections paper pad, the pattern papers cam from a Me & My Big Ideas pack, I cut the camera with my SLICE machine, the sentiment and heart came from a sticker pack that has been in my stash for a long time.  Finished by adding a few enamel dots and a sticker for the sub-title.

Thank you for your visit, hope you have an amazing day.

Happy Birthday Esperanza

 

Hello Monday and Happy Birthday to Baby Girl; our daughter is celebrating her 22nd trip around the sun today.  I'm sharing a card that I put together for her using a the Sizzix thinlit die called Floral Cake that I picked up on clearance from HL.  It was originally $19.99 and I only paid $1.99, when I got it I hadn't remember seeing it on the shelf before!  I just used a DCWV card base and miscellaneous scraps along with a few gems! 

Thank you for your visit, I hope you will return again soon!

Last Game

 

Hello and happy Tuesday, nice Fall temps with a forecast of possible rain in the next few days.  Today I am doing a quick drive by post to share a layout using a picture that has been sitting on my desk for some time.  I wasn't going to scrap it because I didn't like the color but such as it is, not sure what happened as I think it was one of the last pictures from my selphy printer.  The picture is one of my daughter and I at a college football game, I decided to add the journaling on the back since it is personal and somewhat emotional.  I used sketch inspiration from Sketch N Scrap #259, the base of the LO is from a Paper Studio paper pack; the pattern paper is a two-sided sheet from Recollections that I picked up from Michaels recently. The other miscellaneous dies, stickers, enamel dots and papers came from my stash.

Thank you for your visit, continue to be safe and hurry back soon.

Thursday Mustings

 Hello and happy Thursday, mini Friday let the weekend begin.  I started this post yesterday and for some reason I never hit the publish button so here I am tweaking it!   I'm back today to share another one of the layouts that I created for the National Scrapbooking Day.  I'm still really behind but such is life, I'll get it done as time permits that goes for the chores and everything else in life. For this 8 1/2 x 11 scrapbook page I used a picture taken of Baby Girl on Valentine's Day while she was out dining with one of her aunts.  I used a pagemaps sketch for inspiration, paper scraps, washi tape, stickers, dies and a embossing folder.

Thank you for your visit, hurry back soon!

She’s a Big Girl Now

 

Hello and happy Monday and the second day of Spring! I am doing a quick drive by post to share a LO that I put together using sketch inspiration from one of this month’s PageMaps sketches.  I used miscellaneous papers from my stash and a picture of Baby Girl taken at her birthday luncheon earlier this year. I used a sticker for the title, sticker embellishments, a few dies, and some twine.  Another clean and simple LO, for me it’s the picture and this marks my tenth LO for this year which means I have met my first quarter goal!

Thank you for your visit, wishing you and yours a wonderful weekend.

Cousins

 Hello Monday, sunny skies with a forecast of possible thunderstorms later this evening.  Today I am sharing another LO created for my daughter's album, I used a picture of her and her cousins taken on the day we had the celebration of life service for my mother-in-law last December.  This loss has really hit the nucleus of the family and it is taking a toll on the children and my daughter.  When putting this LO together  I used one of the Pagemaps sketches for inspiration, some Tim Holtz Idea-Ology paper, a Bo Bunny stamp for the faux stitching, Thickers for the title and some misc. embellishments from my stash.

Thank you for your visit, hope you'll return soon.  Take care.

Wednesday Wanderings

 Hello and happy Wednesday, I'm stopping in to do a quick drive by post as life would have it I'm off my posting game!  I recently got accepted into a certification program which means I am trying to juggle, family, home, work, social and now school life.  Today's project share is another 81/2 x 11 LO created for Baby Girl's album, I used sketch inspiration from a Scrappy Telephone challenge hosted on one of the FB groups where I am a design team member.  I used papers from the Recollections Sunset Breeze 12x12 paper pad  and the embellishments are from Simple Stories.  I used a picture of us during the holiday season wearing out matching pajamas.

Thank you for your visit, hope you'll return soon; continue to be safe!

Women's History Month

 Hello and happy sunny Tuesday, I meant to share yesterday but as life would have it I didn't.  Today's project share is another 8.5 x 11 LO created for my daughter's album.  I created the LO as part of the monthly scrappy telephone challenge it uses a selfie picture taken of me and my daughter last December.  The base of the LO is grey, it looks like it has hint of blue, I used a Momenta LO kit contents, a Crafter’s Companion die for the flower, Sizzix dies for the tag and letters. I finished the LO by adding some enamel dots, I hope that I am able to complete at least one more LO by the end of the month; crafting is my therapy.

Thank you for your visit, hope you will return soon.  I will be sharing my latest determination project for the Cut it Up challenge blog on Friday.

Virtual Learning

 

Hello Tuesday, I am doing a super quick post as it has taken me several days to get it done! We had our first significant snow for the season on Sunday and the storm continues in other states. Today I am sharing a simple two sided sign that I made for Baby Girl who is at home again this semester.  I used stickers, vinyl, ribbon, my Cricut and it was done!Nothing fancy but hopefully it will prevent others from disturbing or embarrassing her!

Thank you for your visit, stay safe and hurry back.

Season 2

 

Hello Sunday, the  start of a new week, a new day to try to do better! I am doing a quick drive by post sharing my first LO for the year. My one word for the year is HOPE and I have high HOPES for my crafting life too. I created this LO for a challenge for one my FB groups using one of the pictures taken when we took our daughter back to school in August (for one week).  The papers came from the Park lane Je ne said quoi 12 x 12  paper pad, Thickers for the title, misc. dies, a lunch and the Cricut CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge to cut the tree.  I finished the LO by adding some splatters (still trying to perfect this technique) so I have mixed feelings about it. day. I am stopping in to share my first LO for the year.  Image sharing this LO for the Anything Goes challenge #132 over at Cardz TV.

Thank you for your visit, continue to stay safe and hurry back.

Sunday Musings

Hello and happy Sunday and it has been a really lazy day.  We had church online today so I haven’t been out of the house.  Today I am sharing another LO that I  created for my daughter’s college album. I used pattern papers from an Armed Service Uniform Collection 6x6 paper pad and  some Sticko and TH stickers for the title.   I used lots of intentional stuff on this LO and I have mixed feelings about the end result.  I used a Crafter’s Companion die for the diamonds used as a border and the Stand and Salute Cricut cartridge for the helmet.  I finished the LO with some TH small talk stickers, some Freckled Fawn enamel stars and some Heidi Swapp color shine.  I am a little behind with my creating for National Craft Month since Baby Girl has been home.  Although she is into her own activities and friends, I am cooking and cleaning more!

I am sharing this LO for the  Anything  but a card challenge over at Bitten by the Bug 2 and the Anything Goes challenge #110 over at Cardz TV.

Thank you for your visit wishing you a wonderful week

Matching PJs

Hello and happy Wednesday; cloudy skies, seasonal temps and the possibility of flurries tomorrow.  Today's project share is another 8 1/2 x 11 LO created using a picture taken of my daughter and I on Christmas morning.  This is one of those projects where I really pulled out a bunch of miscellaneous items from my stash and loosely followed a Pagemaps sketch and put it together.  This is one of those projects that I just needed to finish because I had taken it to several crops and never worked on it.  I am going to another crop this weekend so I hoping to get more LOs done since cardmaking seems to have taken over.  I'm sharing this LO for the Anything Goes challenge #108 over at Cardz TV and #43 over at Love to Craft.

Thank you for your visit and I hope you'll return soon.  On Friday I will be sharing my latest design team project for the Cut it Up challenge blog.

Fall Chic

Hello and happy cold Saturday.  Happy Birthday to my dad who will never see this post!  Today we will be heading to JMU to continue celebrating our Baby Girl who has grown into a young woman but will forever be my Baby Girl!  Today I am sharing one of the LOs that I created for her 8 1/2 x 11 album.  I used pictures taken on Thanksgiving Day as she was headed out to dinner with one of her friends.   All the papers used with the exception of the base came from my scrap stash along with the miscellaneous embellishments and I cut the title using the Forever Young Cricut cartridge.  I am sharing this LO for the Anything Goes challenges over at Cards TV #107 and Love to Craft #43.

Thank you for your visit, wishing you and yours a wonderful and safe weekend,

Happy Birthday Esperanza

Hello and happy Thursday, the day is almost over but I still wanted to share.  It has been raining all day and I am happy to finally be back in RVA.  Today I am sharing another one of the cards that I made for Baby Girl.  I used sketch inspiration from Try Stampin on Tuesday #44w, paper from the My Mind’s Eye Well Hello 6x6 paper pad and an unbranded sentiment stamp and number die.  I am sharing this card for the Anything Goes challenge #148 over at Always Fun Challenges.

Celebrate You

Hello and happy Wednesday, mild temps and rain showers in our area.  This week has been hard on me emotionally so I haven’t had time to blog which was not my intention this week.  Today I am sharing one of the cards that I created for my daughter, her birthday is tomorrow  but I have been trying to celebrate her all week.   This is something that we did before she left for college so I am trying to maintain it in some form.   I made some 4x4 cards and sent one each day with a small gift, this will be the first she won’t be home for her birthday.  She wanted to come home for the weekend but she has a school commitment on Saturday so we will go up to take her out for dinner.

Service with a Smile

Hello and happy Friday, seasonal temps in today's forecast.  I am back today to share my second completed LO for 2020.  The LO uses a picture taken of Baby Girl last summer while she was working at her first real job!  She started off as a counter, hostess but was reassigned while she away at school; she has mixed feelings about working for tips only! This whole LO contains most items from my list of intentional supplies, scrap paper, a brad and some metal embellishments. I cut the cake and cutting board using the From my Kitchen Cricut cartridge, cut the title using Designer Calendar, Create-a-Critter and Phrases cartridges.   I just need to add the journaling and this one will be ready for the book!  I am sharing this LO for the Anything Goes challenge #106 over at Cardz TV.

Thank you for your visit, wishing you and yours a wonderful weekend.

Girls Rule

Hello and happy sunny Tuesday, mild temps in today's forecast after a cool morning.  Today's project share is a another LO completed for my daughter.  I think it looks better in person, hard to photograph the foil paper.  The pattern papers are from a Paper Studio Be Bold Be Bright paper pad, I cut the title using the Cricut George cartridge and the silhouettes and tag are files from the Silhouette online store. Although I don't care for the limited amount of space I think I'll be making mostly 8 1/2 x 11 LOs for Baby Girl while she's in college.  I'm sharing this LO for the Anything Goes challenge #100 over at Cardz TV and challenge #39 over at Love to Craft challenge blog.

Thanks for your visit, hope you have a terrific Tuesday!