Space Shuttle Atlantis

Happy Sunday, everyone!  Thought I would share with you today a layout from our trip to Orlando, Florida during the 2016 Spring Break.  Yes, we did the whole Disney thing, but we also took a day and drove over to Kennedy Space Center.  We hadn't been there in several years, and our youngest had NEVER been, so we knew it was the perfect way to spend a day!

One of the additions since the last time we visited was the Space Shuttle Atlantis display.  It.  Was.  AWESOME!!!!!!  When I saw the January 15 sketch at Stuck?! Sketches, I knew it would be perfect to use with a piece of space paper I'd picked up several years ago.

Here's my take on the sketch:

Challenges Entered

~Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' January Layout Challenge--Punch Me
~Stuck?! Sketches January 15 2017 sketch

Supplies Used
~Echo Park Independence Day collection
~Gelly Roll white pen
~Jolee's Boutique Man on Moon stickers
~Martha Stewart Arch Lattice punch
~Paper House Productions Space Collage patterned paper
~Thickers Foam Letter Stickers--Celebrate
~Thickers Printed Chipboard Letter Stickers--Peppercorn

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great week!

THE ROBYN'S FETISH CHALLENGE #319--"BABY CARDS"--5 JUNE 2016

Thanks for all the lovely projects that were submitted for our "Easel Cards" theme at The Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog last week!  They were wonderful!!!  Our new challenge at The Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog is "Baby Cards."  Our sponsor this week is Robyn's Fetish.  The winner this week will receive their choice of three digital stamps from the Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and More store.

The Robyn's Fetish DT was graciously provided with an image to work with for this challenge, so I chose "Special Delivery."

Supplies Used

~Bella Creationz Metallic Plum Purple sequins
~Button from stash
~Cardstock from stash
~Colored pencils in brown, orange, peach, and pink
~La Petites 3-D stickers
~Martha Stewart Double Hearts punch around the page
~Patterned paper from stash
~Ribbon from stash
~Robyn's Fetish "Special Delivery" digital image
~Studio G pigment ink in Purple
~Studio G sentiment
~Wink of Stella glitter clear brush marker pen
~Wood embellishment from stash

We look forward to seeing your baby cards this week!  Be sure to get them linked up at the Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog before Saturday.  Good luck, and happy scrapping!

THE ROBYN'S FETISH CHALLENGE #318--"EASEL CARDS"--29 MAY 2016

Thanks for all the lovely projects that were submitted for our "Pastel Colors" theme at The Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog last week!  They were beautiful!!!  Our new challenge at The Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog is "Easel Cards."  Our sponsor this week is The Paper Shelter.  The winner this week will receive a $15 gift certificate to The Paper Shelter.

The Robyn's Fetish DT was graciously provided with an image to work with from The Paper Shelter.  The image I chose was "The Little Sorcerer's Apprentice."  I just LOVE this image and thought it was perfect for a Halloween card.

A tutorial for easel cards can be found Splitcoast Stampers.

Supplies Used

~Bug Bites Magic Spells sentiment stamp
~Cardstock from stash
~Colored pencils in black, blue, bronze yellow, brown, golden yellow, green, light brown, lime green, peach, silver, sky blue, and violet
~Martha Stewart Arch Lattice punch
~The Paper Studio Sticky Doos foam adhesive squares
~Patterned paper from stash
~Ranger Archival Ink in Jet Black
~Ribbon from stash

We look forward to seeing your easel cards this week!  Be sure to get them linked up at the Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog before Saturday.  Good luck, and happy scrapping!

World Travellers

Welcome back for LOAD2!  Today's prompt dealt with transportation, specifically planes.  I chose to use a picture of the student group I took to Europe in 2005.  This was the last group photo taken of us before we left Europe, as we wanted a group photo with our tour guide, so this was taken at the airport in Munich, Germany.

I used the sketch from the February Sketch Challenge in the Yahoo group Scrappin' 'n' Chattin'.

I had such a great time on this trip (Well, except for the trip to the emergency room in Paris.)!  It was wonderful to be able to travel with this wonderful group of young women and give them the opportunity to experience other countries and cultures they may never be able to see again.  

Challenges Entered

~LOAD2

~Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' February Monthly Layout Challenges--Anything Goes #2

~Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' Monthly Sketch Challenge

Supplies Used

~Bo Bunny Detour Destination patterned paper

~Cardstock from stash

~Inkadinkado "World Traveller" rubber stamp

~Martha Stewart Arch Lattice edger punch

~Pop dots

~Sharpie in gold metallic (to add an 'S' on to the title!)

~Stampin' Up stampin' emboss powder--gold (First time I've ever used.  NEW FAVE!!!)

~Teresa Collins World Traveler 6x6 designer paper pad

~Versamark watermark stamp pad

~Washi tape from stash

Thanks for visiting!  Be sure to stop back by for LOAD3!

NEW VALENTINE'S DAY DIGITAL STAMPS IN THE ROBYN'S FETISH DIGITAL STAMPS AND MORE STORE--FEBRUARY 1, 2016

If you're looking for my post for Sketches in Thyme--Project Life Style, please click here!

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There are new Valentine's Day digital stamps in The Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and More Store, and today is Reveal Day!!!

The Design Team members were provided with some of the new images for our projects, and my image is "Heart with Tulips."

I created this lovely, VERY glittery Valentine card:

I used the current sketch at CAS(E) this sketch!

and will be entering this card in their current challenge.

Supplies Used

~CAS(E) this sketch! #157
~Colored pencils in bubble gum, green, and red
~Martha Stewart metallic garnet heart glitter
~Ranger Archival Ink Designer Series:  Wendy Vecchi in Red Geranium
~Ranger Glossy Accents
~The Rubber Cafe Scraphappy Sheer Glue
~The {Stamps} of Life hearts2diefor sentiment
~Stickles in Pink

Stop by the Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog to check out all of the Design Team projects and to see all of the new Valentine's Day digis!  Be sure to check out this week's challenge, too, at the Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog and get them linked up  before Saturday.  Happy scrapping, everyone!

The Outlawz Challenges--Progressive Freebie Challenge

The new Progressive Freebie Challenge started this month over at The Outlawz Challenges!  If you enjoy working with digital images, you should really get in on this.  Once you join the challenge, you will receive this month's image.  You have until the end of the month to create a project using the image and to upload it to the challenge page and to the gallery.  As long as you get a project entered each month, you get the next month's image for free!

This month's image is a lovely set of roses.  I needed to make a stair step card, so I thought the image would be perfect.

Challenges Entered

The Outlawz Challenges--Progressive Freebie Challenge 1st January 2016

Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' January Monthly Card Challenge--Anything Goes #2

Supplies Used

Cardstock from stash

Colored pencils in green, salmon, and teal

Martha Stewart Arch Lattice and Punch Around the Page Ribbon Loop punches

My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline Fiddlesticks 6x6 designer paper pad

Stickles in Turquoise

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you have a great crafty day!

THE ROBYN'S FETISH CHALLENGE #294--"ADD A CHRISTMAS DIE CUT"--13 DECEMBER 2015

This week's challenge at The Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog is to add a Christmas die cut to your project.  I'm sure many of you still have projects you need to finish for the holidays or for gifts, so this is the perfect challenge for you to enter!  Our sponsor this week is Anne's Digital Art, and the prize is the winner's choice of four digital stamps from the Anne's Digital Art store.

The Design Team members were provided with an image for our projects, and my chosen image is "Delivering Presents."

I used the Stick It Down card sketch for December and will be entering this card in their challenge.

I've seen this technique several times but have never tried it myself.  Once I got the pieces cut just the way I wanted them, it went together fairly easily!

Supplies Used

~Anne's Digital Art "Delivering Presents" digital image
~Cardstock from stash
~Colored pencils in blue, brown, cool gray, green, mahogany, peach, and red

~Crafty Sprouts "Have a Cool Yule" sentiment set

~Heidi Swapp Believe 6x6 paper pad
~Martha Stewart Sugar Cube glitter
~Ranger Archival Ink Designer Series:  Wendy Vecchi in Red Geranium

~Stickles in Candy Cane, Christmas Red, Gold, and Star Dust

~Stick It Down December card sketch

What type of project will YOU use a Christmas die cut on this week?  We can't wait to see them!  Be sure to get them linked up at the Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog before Saturday.  Good luck, and happy scrapping!

Winter's in the Air Blog Hop

Oh, the weather outside is frightful, but these projects are so delightful!

Welcome to the 'Winter's in the Air' blog hop!

We have all made projects to warm your heart, and potentially decorate your home, during these snowy months.  I received the Create a Critter Cricut cartridge from my friend, Vicki, as part of a Secret Santa gift, so I decided to break it out and use it for my card.

I just LOVE this little penguin!  I added Candy Cane Stickles to his scarf, and I outlined the igloo in Star Dust Stickles.  I coated the word "chillin'" with a glue pen and then covered it with a silver Martha Stewart glitter.  The background sky was done with chalks.

If you comment on everyone's post you will be entered to win this from Melanie.  It includes paper, stickers, metal embellies, adhesive, mists, stencils, a journal, and more!  Be sure to check back on Tuesday, January 22, to see who won.

I've got blog candy, too!  In honor of the penguin on my card, I'll be giving away the morepenguins2love stamp set from The {Stamps} of Life.  All you need to do to be entered to win my blog candy is leave a comment below and become a follower of my blog.  If you're already a follower, be sure to let me know.  Thanks for stopping by!

Here's the complete hop lineup, in case you get lost:

Melanie

Claire

Elecia

Sarah

Nancy

Anita

Ashley <=== YOU ARE HERE

Miranda <===GO HERE NEXT

Michele

Teresa

Robin

Lucy

Christine

Charity

Lluvia

Have a great weekend, and thanks for hopping with us!

Christmas in July!

I hope everyone is enjoying the beginning of their holiday weekend!  As some of you know, I am a moderator on the Yahoo group Scrappin' 'n' Chattin', and we just started a new challenge yesterday called Christmas in July.  The goal is to make a Christmas card every day for the entire month so that by the end of the month, we have most of our Christmas cards finished!  At the end of the month, a winner will be chosen at random and will receive a prize from something on her scrappy Wish List.  There may be extra challenges within the month, where we'll be able to gain an extra entry.

Here's my card for Day 1:

I used an ivory card base from Recollections to start.  The maroon background paper was in my stash, as was the ribbon (which I cut and tied into a bow).  The vintage sentiment is from Graphic 45's Christmas Past collection, and I placed a rhinestones from Queen & Co. on the ribbon, the end of Santa's cap, and the top of the house.

For Day 2, we could gain an extra entry by scraplifting someone's card from Day 1.  I chose to scraplift my friend Dawn's card.  Here is her original card from Day 1:

Here's my creation from Day 2:

For this card, I started with a white card base from Recollections and cut a piece of patterned paper to 5" x 4 1/2" (card dimensions).  I punched the corners with my Martha Stewart Loops Punch Around the Page corner punch then adhered a piece of green satin ribbon across the top.  The sentiment is one I received in a group tag swap from Carol, another friend in my Yahoo group, and the rhinestones on the sentiment are from Queen & Co.  The red rhinestones on the green ribbon across the top are adhesive rhinestones from Recollections, and I accented the "string" leading to the sentiment with Star Dust Stickles.

I'll try to post my cards throughout the month, although I probably won't post them every day.  Keep checking back to see my creations, and I hope I provide you with some Christmas inspiration!

Happy Everything!

Happy Everything!  That's the theme for my latest card:

I started with a white blank card base from Recollections.  After using my Cuttlebug D'vine Swirl embossing folder,  I adhered the orange cardstock (from my stash) to the front of the card, then used my Martha Stewart Pinking Circle Punch All Over the Page punch (Thanks, Sandi!) to punch through the embossed cardstock and card base.  I adhered a piece of yellow patterned paper (from my stash) to the inside of the card, so the sweet little birdie would have a background.  The bird is a digital stamp from Pollycraft Designs, and I used my Fibracolor markers to color it and then Recollections adhesive circles to adhere it through the window.  The blue ribbon is from my stash, and the Happy Everything stamp is from Katie & Co and was stamped using imprintz mini pigment ink in blue.  I finished it off by adding a blue rhinestone from Queen & Co. as the dot on the 'i.'

I love that I'm getting to use this card for a couple of different things!  It's being entered at Bling It On as part of their monthly challenge and in consideration for their Design Team and submitted to the Yahoo group Scrappin' 'n' Chattin's monthly card challenge.  I hope you've enjoyed seeing my work!  Please come back any time! :-)

New Lasting Memories Challenge!

Happy Sunday, everyone!  It's time again for another Lasting Memories Layout Challenge!  For this week, ANYTHING GOES!!!  The design team was given an digital stamp of our choosing from Tiffany Doodles to use on our layouts this week (Thanks, Tiffany!), so I chose the "Lily Stems with Oval" digi.  Here's my layout for this week:

I used the April GDT Challenge sketch at Sketchy Thursdays for this layout, and I'll also be using entering it in the Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' monthly challenge.  The patterned paper is Gigi Stripe by Glitz Design (double-sided), and the title is Thickers white glitter letter stickers.  I used Martha Stewart's loops border punch on the large polka-dotted paper, and I added some Stickles in Fruit Punch to make the lily on the digital stamp pop out a little.

Now, ON TO THE CHALLENGE!!!  For this week's challenge, YOU'RE THE BOSS!  We want to see your unique style on this week's entry.  Again, our sponsor this week is Tiffany Doodles, and she's offered some GREAT prizes!  Our first prize winner this week will receive 5 digis from Tiffany; second prize wins 3 digis, and third prize wins 2 digis.  How awesome is THAT?!?!?  You have until Saturday, March 12 (MY BIRTHDAY!!!!) @ 9pm EST to link your layout at Lasting Memories.  So get started on those entries!  We can't WAIT to see your style!!!

P.S.  I ALMOST forgot!  Be sure to come back and visit my blog on Saturday, March 12.  I'll be giving away some BLOG CANDY for my birthday!!!!!!



Party Time Tuesdays card details

Here are the details I promised for my PT Tuesdays card!  I found the card design in a card magazine I have (sorry, I don't remember which one) and tweaked it a little to fit what I wanted to do.  I used pink and ecru cardstock; the main sentiment on the front is a digi stamp from Regina at The Cutting Cafe (Thanks, Regina!).  I inked the edges of the oval using a Studio G ink pad in bright pink.  The rub-on at the top of the card is from The Paper Company's Hugs & Kisses Letters collection.  I used the Martha Stewart Loops punch and then put some Stickles in Fruit Punch on top for a little something extra.  I sure hope my husband likes this card!