Joy

Hello Monday afternoon,  cloudy outside as the sun is setting; I am back to share my second blog post of the day.  It is another Christmas card and I have yet to finish my Fall/Thanksgiving cards.  I still need to make two sympathy/thinking of you cards and one birthday card this week.  I created this card and I am sharing it for one of the card challenge being hosted over at Soul Scrappers, challenge #6 was to include nativity as part of your card, I used one of my Silhouette files.  The file itself makes such a statement so I decided to only add a few layers not to add any embellishments.  This particular file is one of  my favorites.

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

Monday Musings

Hello and happy Columbus Day!  It seems like forever since I shared, it has been a really busy last few days.  Although hurricane Matthew changed directions we still received heavy rain and moderate winds all day Saturday which resulted in power outages and street flooding.  We still have some power outages which caused some schools to be closed today.  Today I am sharing a card that I put together using sketch inspiration from sketch #193 over at CAS(E) this sketch.  I used mostly paper scraps, a dot embossing folder, cut the tree (added some stickles) using my Silhouette Cameo and the sign from the Freshly Picked cricut cartridge.  I'm participating in a card swap so I am playing around with several different designs before I make all of the cards.  Thank you for your visit, I hope you'll come back again!

Happy 50th

Hello and happy Wednesday, I am back today to share one of the birthday cards I made for my DH!  It is a file from the Silhouette online store, I just added some wood veneer stars and his name, used some real wood paper for his name.  Now that I am looking at it I may put it in a frame if I can find one.   Originally we had lots of plans to celebrate this day but as life and circumstances would have it, the celebration will be different.

Wishing you and yours a wonderful Wednesday!

Hello Summer

I know I'm a little late with my start of Summer project  but as life would have it I didn't get to share until now.  I'm back from a fun weekend celebrating family with my father's family, I'm tired so I am looking forward to some much needed downtime this weekend.  Today's card is another card using paper from my scrap stash, the Life's a Beach cricut cartridge to cut the flip flops, my cameo to cut the sentiment, a circle punch and a few K&Co. gems.  I shared this card for the Maymay Made It Summer Fun Challenge over on FB.  Take care and have a wonderful week.

Monday Musings

Hello and happy Monday, I'm sleepy what about you?  I went to bed fairly early but  kept waking up throughout the night so I am a little tired.  Are you tired of guy cards yet?  Well I am back today to share another card  that I created from the guy card collaboration on you tube, I think this may be it; I need to move on now!  I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut the tools, the stamped sentiment is from a Lawn Fawn set and the embellishments are from Recollections.  I got the jean colored paper from Hobby Lobby.  I am sharing this card for the red, white and blue color challenge over at Can You Case It?  Thank you for your visit, wishing you and yours a wonderful week.

Season for Giving

I struggled with whether I was going to share this LO or not because I had mixed feelings about it. This  is another LO for my daughter's Girl Scout album,  The LO uses pictures of decorated boxes that the scouts filled with items for kids that were hospitalized during the holiday season.  My daughter filled her box with items for a little boy so I embellished the LO with items that she included in her box.  The tag was cut with my SLICE and the sentiment was cut with the Cameo and the veneer embellishment are from AC.  This makes the 13th LO of the year!

Take care and enjoy

Girl Scout Sisterhood

I'm back today to share another LO for my duaghter's Girl Scout album and it is my eleventh LO for the year.  Earlier this year their troop attended a lock-in, where they spent the night in a shopping mall along with hundreds of other Girl Scouts.  I used papers from K&Co, the red glittered camera die was given to me at a crop a few years ago.  Thickers and bubble alphas were used  for the title. The pattern paper was so busy so I didn't want to over embellish the LO,  the girl scout is a file from the Silhouette store,  the banner was cut with my SLICE and to finish I just added a few gems.

Take care and have a great day.

It's The Season

I am back today to share another completed LO, I am really pleased how it looks!  The only thing left  is to add the journaling.  The LO includes  pictures from a December meeting for our organization.  We met at a restaurant and enjoyed food, fun and fellowship.  Once we completed the business part of the meeting we ate and played a gift exchange game.

The pattern paper was leftover from another project, I used some MS gold pattern paper to mat the pictures.  The little gift embellishments are some stickers from my stash, the tree and title were files from the silhouette store and I decorated the tree with stickles and added a gold pearl to the center of the star.  So pleased to have my tenth LO of the year done.

Take care and enjoy your weekend!

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!

Artful Journey Through Scripture

Today I am sharing my first journal page completed for a FB group that I joined.  It is hosted by Maymay Helms and the group is called hide his word in my heart.  Every week we receive a scripture prompt and we just complete a page in our journal.  I am not an artsy type person nor do I do much mixed media but I felt this would be a good way to enhance my knowledge of scripture and to use more of my stash.

I'm not sure you can see it but the scripture was from Psalm 119, verse 105.  The journal that I finally choose to use was one that we altered a few years back while on a Provocraft cruise.  I just chalked the page, added some punched stars, the feet are a cut from the cricut My Community cartridge (first time using it) and the lamp is a cut from the Silhouette store.

Take care and have a great day.

Tiles

Today I am sharing a picture of one of two tiles that I made as gifts, I didn't get to take a picture of the other one.  I actually thought the receipient would keep it at work but she took it home.  The tile pictured was made for my manager as she seems to enjoy handmade items.  This was my first time making tiles using vinyl, I backed them with adhesive felt and included the stand.  This is a project that I will more than likely be doing again, now I need more vinyl.  The elephant and greek letters are both from the silhouette store.

I am sharing this project for the Freestyle challenge #180  over at Hiding in my Craft Room.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you'll visit again soon.  Best wishes to you and yours for a prosperous new year!

Merry Christmas

Wishing you and yours a wonderfully blessed holiday season.  I got this bright idea at the ninth hour to make some gifts for family., which is really a labor of love so today I am sharing two of those gifts.  The first gift pictured above is the album cover for one of the scrapbooks that I did for my brother -in-law.  Earlier this year I gave him the first album and since I had more pictures left  I decided to do this one.

The second gift is a floating frame using a split monogram letter from the Silhouette store, I think it came out okay for a first.  I will have to try it again and fine tune it, I gave my cameo a workout making vinyl projects.

World Card Making Day

Yesterday was World Cardmaking Day and I put this simple card together last night so that I could at least say that I participated.  The inspiration for this card came after I seen a card posted on Scraps of Color.  I used my cameo to cut the sentiment and this week's free file from the Silhouette Online store .  I cut the leaves with my cricut using the Artiste cartridge and paper from the Year Round stack from DCWV.  I still have lots to do but for some reason I can't seem to stop creating!

Hello Sunday

I have mixed feelings about my personal challenge coming to an end,  I know that my sister is smiling down and cheering that I have kept at it; if only she were here to see.  I'm okay just missing her so, she was my biggest cheerleader!  Today's LO is one that should have been completed some time ago.  For this two page LO I used paper from the DCVW Textures and Finishes stack, I like the look and feel of it so I didn't want to add too much outside of the pictures.  When I scrap I always want the pictures to tell the story so I keep the embellishments to a minimal.  I used my SLICE to cut the lettering and my cameo for the emblem.  Take care and I'll be back tomorrow to share the final project for this challenge!

Red, White & Blue

Hello Saturday, today I'm sharing a simple card that I put together for this week's blog challenge over at Scraps of Color.  I am happy to say that I have completed all of the blog post challenges and I am now current!  Now to get through the next few days of my own personal challenge.  Today's card was made using some pattern paper  that was in my scrap drawer along with a file from the Silhouette online store, a little distress ink and a Hero Arts stamp.  Wishing you and yours a great day!

Pretty as a Picture

Hello Saturday and welcome to the 7th day of my blog challenge in honor and memory of my beloved oldest sister.  I am super excited that I have been able to share with you and complete some projects.  Today I am sharing a LO that I shared on FB a few days ago for Tiare's Desk to Done challenge; most of my projects are usually cross posted!

The pictures used were taken earlier this month as we were headed to an orientation event for a summer program my daughter is attending.  I really like how the LO came together, the pattern paper is from a K&Co Kelly Panacci designer paper pad, the title and camera are files from the Silhouette online store and the stickers are from Me and my Big Ideas.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful weekend.   I'm planning  to attend our city's Juneteenth celebration with my daughter and a  fundraising event  with my DH for his fraternity.

Language Land

I am so ready for school to end because sometimes I feel like I'm going through the 7th grade too!  Today I'm sharing one of the last projects that my daughter had to turn in for this school year, it is a game that she modeled after the child hood game Candy Land and she named hers Language Land as it is is about figurative language.  As usual she had a good idea in her head but when it came time to pull it all together and the fact that she waited  this is the final project even though I said I  wasn't going to help!

The base is foam core board, the colored path squares she punched with an EK Success punch.  The two bridges, tree, bear, water, birds, frog and arrows were cut from several cricut cartridges.  The caged tiger at the finish line is a file from the Silhouette online store; the  tiger is her school's mascot.  The base of the question cards is a cricut die cut.

The game pieces were made with a small die cut and a binder clip.  The cuts included a bear, butterfly, monkey and a snake all cut with the cricut with the exception of the bear, I used the SLICE.  Wishing you and yours a blessed day.

Thinking of You

I am not a very good cardmaker but I do what I do!  Today's card is one that has taken many turns before its final version, I think I'm okay with it and it will go postal later today once I write inside.  When it comes to someone losing a love one I never really know what sentiment to use, I just really have a hard time using the word sympathy so most times I just use Thinking of You instead.

I cut the flowers using my cameo, if you are familiar with that file it actually had the flowers in vase.  It was one of the free ones that they offered recently.  I used a Martha Stewart punch for the butter flies.  I'm not sure whether you can see it but I did mist the flowers and ran the centers through the cuttlebug!  Nothing fancy but I do like the outcome and I hope it brightens the spirit of the recepient.

Mother's Day

Mother's Day is Sunday and I have only made a few cards so it looks like I'll be sending out/distributing store bought cards.  All I can say is that I had good intentions! 

Today I'm sharing one of the few Mother's Day cards that I did manage to make.  It was a free floral card cut last week from the silhouette online store.  I just added a piece of vellum, the floral corner flourishes also came from the silhouette store, the purple pearls have been in my stash for a while.  The inside sentiment just says Happy Mother's Day!

I'm sharing this card for week #17 blog challenge over at Scraps of Color and the monthly challenge over at Mema's Crafts.  Thank you for your vist, hope you'll come back soon!

10K Ready

Today's LO will be included in DD's school album, it uses pictures taken just before they were about to participate in last month's 10k.  We were so proud of her as it was her first time participating in  a 10k and it rained; she really doesn't care for the outdoors!

The inpsiration for the LO came from the Desk to Done challenge #30 hosted by Tiare from Embrace Your Art.  I really wanted some running themed paper but I didn't have any and I couldn't find any at the three stores where I looked so I settled on some Get Your Game on Paper from Little Yellow Bicylce.  Even though this is another simple LO I used four different machines to cut the embellishments and lettering.  The stars are EK Success stickers and the bling Jolee's; which is an EK Success brand (something I recently learned).