Bite?

I can't believe it's the last day of September already!  Where has this year gone?  Thought I would share my entry for the Sketches in Thyme Sketch #292.  Here's the sketch:

Here's my take on the sketch:

This was my youngest son's first birthday; he's now eight!  He wasn't quite sure what to do with the cake at first, but when he got into it, he had a blast!  Once he was finished, we took him straight to the bathtub, and the water turned red.  LOL!

Challenges Entered

~Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' September Monthly Layout Challenge--Birthday

~Sketches in Thyme Sketch #292

Supplies Used

~Blue patterned paper from stash

~Cardstock from stash

~Creative Imaginations Celebrate Me die-cut shapes

~EK Success Sesame Street collection patterned paper--Elmo in Circles

~Imprintz Mini Pigment Ink Pad in Blue

~Making Memories Spring Green Small Dots patterned paper

~Ranger Archival Ink Wendy Vecchi Designer Series in Buttercup

~Recollections white cardstock

~Stephanie Barnard Color Box ink in Spearmint

~Thickers Homestead chipboard letter stickers in Cherry

~ZIG Writer in Pure Red

Thanks for stopping by!  Happy scrapping!

THE ROBYN'S FETISH CHALLENGE #298--"SQUARE CARDS"--10 JANUARY 2016

This week's challenge at The Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog is square cards!  I think sometimes many of us rely on standard card bases, so it's nice to go outside the norm and make something different.  Our sponsor this week is The East Wind, and the prize is three digital stamps of the winner's choice from The East Wind store.

The Design Team members were provided with an image from The East Wind for our projects, and my chosen image is "Aurora Vine."  I decided to get a jump on my Valentine cards, so I made a Valentine card for my husband.

I used the current sketch at Mojo Monday

and will be entering my card there.

Supplies Used

~Colored pencils in brown, dark green, green, light brown, mahogany, navy blue, peach, red and sand
~Creative Imaginations Prom paper
~The East Wind "Aurora Vine" image
~Mojo Monday sketch
~My Mind's Eye State of Heart "Full of Love" paper
~Penny Black j'aime paris stamp set (sentiment)

~Pop dots
~Ranger Archival Ink Designer Series:  Wendy Vecchi in Red Geranium
~Ranger Glossy Accents
~Red cardstock from stash
~Stickles in Christmas Red
~Wink of Stella brush pen in Glitter Clear

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

Through the Purple Haze Challenge #24--ANYTHING GOES!

Welcome back for a new year of great challenges at the Through the Purple Haze challenge blog!  Our first challenge should be an easy one for you--ANYTHING GOES!  The DT was provided with images from Crafty Sentiments (Thank you!), and I chose Sally to work with.

I used the sketch from Your Next Stamp Challenges and will be entering this card over there.

Supplies Used:  

Colored pencils--peach, brown, black, magenta, yellow, pink, violet

Studio G sentiment & ink

Creative Imaginations Princess Starburst paper

DCWV Nana's Kitchen Stack

Stickles in Black Diamond, Cotton Candy, Star Dust

Challenges Entered:

Your Next Stamp Challenge #8

Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' January Card Challenge--glitter

Crafty Catz Challenge #213--Pretty in Pink

I'm also sharing at The Memory Nest for Crafty Creations 9, the twice-monthly link-up.

Crafty Sentiments will be giving away three digis to the winner, so be sure to get your project linked up at the Through the Purple Haze challenge blog!  We can't WAIT to see your work!  Good luck, and happy scrapping!

24 Hour Challenge

Many of you may remember that I am a moderator in the Yahoo group Scrappin' 'n' Chattin'.  Once a month, we have a 24-Hour Challenge; we choose three collections that we own which we'd like to work with, and April, our host, posts three different sketches.  Someone else in the group chooses our sketch and collection; once they are posted, we have twenty-four hours in which to get our layout completed and posted to the group.

This month, the collection chosen for me was Bo Bunny's It's My Party, and this is the sketch I had to work with:

 I initially thought this was going to be a difficult sketch to work with, but once I sat down with my collection, everything really came together.  Here's my completed layout:

Everything on my layout is from Bo Bunny's It's My Party line except for the banner, which was cut from a piece of Creative Imaginations Clouds & Banners patterned paper.  The pictures are from my 40th birthday this past March.  My husband found a candle that had "40" in big numbers, then underneath those it said "40 is the new 30!" so I've adopted that as my motto! LOL!

I hope everyone is planning a great weekend!  We've got a couple of family things planned, and then I'll be doing more scrapping.  I'll be finishing up my last two cards from the Christmas in July Christmas card challenge in Scrappin' 'n' Chattin', and I've also got to get my layouts done for Scrappin' 'n' Chattin's monthly challenge (This layout also qualifies for the balloon theme this month!).  Be sure to check back here on Sunday for the newest Lasting Memories challenge!  Happy scrapping!

Lasting Memories weekly layout challenge--Paper Piecing

I hope everyone is having a great Memorial Day weekend!  This week's challenge at Lasting Memories is paper piecing.  So in honor of Memorial Day and my wonderful husband, here's my layout for this week:

My background paper is from Stamping Station, as is the paper piecing emblem in the upper right corner.  The journaling sticker is from Reminisce, and the letters are Creative Imaginations.  I believe the tank is from K & Company's military line.

When my husband was deployed to Iraq in 2008-2009, I lived for his letters, I'm sure as much as he lived for mine.  I love the fact that he was able to capture a picture of himself writing me a letter.  The top picture is the outside of his "office" at Al Taqaddum.  In the bottom picture, you can see the calendar I made for him and several pictures from home that I sent to try to keep up his morale.

What paper piecing elements do you have?  Show them off to us this week!  We'd love to see them!  You have until Saturday night, June 4, to get them linked up to the Lasting Memories website.  Good luck, and happy scrapping!

Oh, yeah . . . one more thing.  At some point during this weekend, please take a few minutes out of whatever you're doing to stop and remember all of the service men and women who have fought and died and who continue to fight so we can live in this wonderful country called America.  Remember--freedom isn't free.  God bless America!  Semper Fi!



Lasting Memories weekly layout challenge

Happy Sunday, everyone!  It's time for a new layout challenge at Lasting Memories Layout Challenges!  For this week's challenge, you need to follow this sketch:

Here's my take:

These pictures were taken shortly after my husband received the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal at Camp Pendleton, California, in 2007.  I was so proud and honored to be able to attend the ceremony!  The medal and award ribbons on the layout are the actual awards my husband received that day; the paper is K & Company, and the stickers are from Creative Imaginations Signature Collection.

I hope you'll decide to join us this week!  You have until Saturday, 5 March, at 9 p.m. EST to submit your layout.  Check us out at Lasting Memories for some great inspiration from the other design team members.  We can't WAIT to see what you create this week!!!