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.

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CIU #349 - Makes Me Happy

 

Hello and happy Friday, here to share my design team project for the Cut it Up challenge blog. The theme for challenge #349 is This Makes me Happy. I decided to create a layout using some pictures of me, my children and my dad  taken after the celebration of my mom's life service last year.  Family is all we have and anytime I spend with my family is usually happy even though it may not be a happy occasion. We are coming up on a year and it is still hard, I know that there is no time limits related to grief so I try not to dwell on the loss.

When I created my layout I used miscellaneous papers from various paper pada or packages.  I used two different die sets to cut the hearts and my Cricut to cut the word family, used some Echo Park stickers for the word love,  added some Prima flowers and a few gems and this layout was done.  I had a hard time getting a good picture. I am sharing this layout for the Anything Goes challenge #177 over at Love to Scrap.

I hope you will visit the Cut it Up challenge blog for more inspiration.  Create and share your project using a die and the theme, the challenge starts today ands Monday, February 16, 2026 at noon PST.

CIU #331 - Anything Goes

 Hello Friday and welcome weekend, today's share is my project for the Cut it Up challenge blog. The theme for challenge #331 is Anything Goes so  I decided to share a scrapbook layout.  I have lots of memories recent and past that I need to document!  I used pictures from Easter Sunday, items that have been in my stash for some years like the cork and wood veneer embellishments.  I used die sets to cut the cross and the flowers.

Now that you've seen my project I hope you will visit the the Cut it Up challenge blog for more design team inspiration, create and share your Anything Goes project.  The challenge starts today and ends Monday,  June 9, 2025 at noon PST.

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Happy Birthday Esperanza

 Hello Tuesday and happy birthday to our baby girl!  Today I am sharing one of the cards that I made for her using sketch inspiration from Atlantic Hearts sketch challenge #563,  papers and the chipboard focal point sticker are from Prima Diamond collection.  I was gifted the paper pad, chipboard stickers and stamp set some time ago and decided it was time to use it! I used a TH label sticker for the sentiment and some Honey Bee Stamps gems. 

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CIU #291 - Friends and Family

 Hello Friday, let the weekend begin! The hustle and bustle of the Thanksgiving holiday will be in full force. Today’s project share is my design team project for challenge #291 at the Cut it Up challenge blog,  the theme is Friends and family.

I created a layout using pictures taken of my sister,  one of our cousins and myself at a football earlier this month.  Family love is powerful and an added bonus when you your family members are friends too! I used papers from the CTMH Evensong paper pack, a  Sizzix Herat die and a few other items from my stash. This was my first time using the heart die that I picked up from HL on clearance and the paper  was gifted to me recently.  Happy to have another layout done, still got a ways to go to meet my yearly goal.

 Now you should visit the Cut it Up  challenge blog for more design team inspiration, create and share your own Friends and Family project using a die.  The challenge starts today and ends Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at noon PST.

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Happy Birthday Mom

 

Hello Thursday, I stated this post yesterday and since the day didn’t go as planned I didn’t finish.  My mom has started  her  82 trip around the sun and  and it is not easy, she is not well; pray for my family.happy.  I'm sharing one of the cards that I created  for her using sketch inspiration from one of Pagemaps card sketches.  I used CTMH papers, a Momenta alphabet die set, a stamped sentiment and some enamel hearts. This card came together nicely even though I had to deconstruct it and put it back together again!

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Tuesday Musings

Good morning and happy less humid Tuesday; I won't even start to talk about the weather and all that's going on right now.  I have been creating but not really sharing on my blog; it's hard trying to navigate this social media presence!  Today I am doing a quick drive by to share a scrapbook LO that I recently completed; as scrapbooking is really my passion!  I created this LO using a picture taken recently with my father during a family event; the only thing that pains me is that my mom is not well so we rarely take pictures.  Most of the papers came from an old Authentique pad, stickers from Heidi Swapp and Paper Studio, enamel hears and a heart paper clip from my stash!  

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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.

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Happy Birthday

 

Hello and happy Tuesday, today I am sharing two birthday to one of my nephew's he turns 21 today.  I finished this card on Sunday but have yet to put it in the mail; shame on me.  I am not a colorist but I did pull out some of my alcohol markers to color the image, which is a Unity stamp, I stenciled the circles with some distress inks.  I heat embossed the sentiment which is a Cardz TV stamp.

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Happy Birthday

 

Hello and happy Wednesday, two family members  and one friend birthday today.  I'm sharing a card that I created for my daughter to give to her dad made using some stamps that I hadn't used before.  My stash seems to keep growing at a rate that isn't good for my space.  I used the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Breatstrokes stamp set, some distress oxide inks, cut the word dad using the Cricut Beyond Birthdays cartridge, a Woodware stamp; finished by adding some enamel dots.  I was pleased how the card came out, now to try to use up more of my accumulated stash.

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Thankful for Family

 

Hello and happy Wednesday, just stopping in to do a quick  post to share a layout that I put together using sketch inspiration from Sketch N Scrap sketch # 254.  Pulled the papers from several page kits and 12x12 pads.  I used a a STAMPlorations die to cut the title and some stickers for the sub-title, embellishments all of have been in my stash for quite sometime.  The pictures were taken during a recent trip for a family member's celebration of life.  Another memory documented with a layout!

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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.

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Brothers

 Hello and happy Wednesday, another nice weather day in the forecast.  Today's drive by post is a recently completed LO using a picture of my dad and two of his brothers taken last year while we were attending a memorial service for one of our family members that passed due to covid.  Some of the paper and embellishments came from a family themed kit that I picked up in Hobby Lobby.  The enamel hearts and gems have been in my stash for a long time and I added the journaling after I took the picture.  I have a goal of completing at least 40 layouts this year, this is my 8th LO so I am off to a good start just two more to meet the 10 layouts per quarter!

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Until We Meet Again

 

Hello and happy Saturday, I'm doing a quick drive by post as I have a busy day.  Today I am sharing a LO created using sketch inspiration from Sketch N Scrap #242.  This LO documents what I did on February 2, 2022 although it was a celebration for a sad event, the time and love shared by family is important.  I used papers from the Park Lane Je ne sais quoi 12x12 paper pad, Amy Tangerine letters for the title, a heart die set for and a Sizzix die set to cut the numbers for the date.  Another LO completed toward my quarterly goal!

Happy Birthday Dad

 

Hello and happy Tuesday, today is my dad’s 81st birthday and of course his cards will probably be late!  I got caught up celebrating Baby Girl and mailed his cards late.  Oh well I may take off and drive down to take him to lunch depending schedules and resources.  I created this card after watching some YT videos using the Sizzix 3-D embossing folder, it had been in my stash for almost two years and I hadn't used it.  I used some alphabet letter dies to to cut the word dad and a Woodware stamp set for the sentiment which I heat embossed, added a few black gems to complete the card.  Another card done using something that has been sitting in my stash unused!

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Together

 Good morning, I'm up early playing before I do some chores and worship online.  Today's project share is a LO using a picture taken the day after Christmas which was my parents 59th wedding anniversary. I used sketch inspiration from the January single page challenge over at Stick it Down.  I used papers from my stash, the base and pattern sheet is from  Love Nicole paper, a die cut from the Silhouette design store,  Heddi Swapp sticker a TH small talk sticker and Recollections cork and enamel stickers.

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Daddy’s Girls

 Hello Tuesday, last full day of Summer!  Today’s  project share is another LO created using sketch inspiration from Sketch N Scrap  #232 and miscellaneous papers including the plaid pattern circle cut using a piece of piece of paper from the Paper Studio. The sentiment is a Heidi Swapp puffily sticker, used my new label maker again and a Crafter’s Companion tree die.  I finished the LO by adding different hearts from my stash.  Another project done and more pictures scrapped, on to the next project!

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Father’s Day

 

Hello and happy Sunday, the start of a new week a chance to do and be better.  Today’s project share is a layout created  using sketch inspiration from Sketch N Scrap challenge #230 and some Tim Holtz and Paper Studio papers.  I cut the tittle using the Cricut Artiste CTMH cartridge, to heart die cuts and   some  Tim Holtz  small talk stickers.  I even added some white paint splatters which you can’t really see in the picture.  This layout is done, I was thinking it needed something else but the only other thing that I am going to add is the journaling.

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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.

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COVID Cooking

Hello and happy cloudy Thursday evening doing a quick drive by post.  Today’s project share is a LO that I created sharing some of what we have been doing during the pandemic.  We have been cooking more and trying some different recipes.  We recently made bang bang shrimp pasta, salmon cakes and my version of the O’Charleys California chicken salad.  I used miscellaneous papers, stickers for the title, the From my Kitchen Cricut cartridge to cut the apron and my SLICE machine to cut the apple and pan.  I am already working on another quarantine LO, hopefully I will finish it this weekend.

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