Grand Turk beach

Hi, everyone!  It's been a while since I was here, so I hope everyone had a great summer and that things are going well for your kids if they've started school. 

Today I'd like to share a layout with you that I made for my Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' group's monthly 24-Hour Challenge.  For the challenge, we initially choose three collections we own that we'd like to work with.  The hostess then pairs us up, and when it's "Go Time," she posts three sketches and lets us know which collection and sketch our partner chose for us.  We then have twenty-four hours to complete our layout and post it in our group.  It's quite fun!  This month, my partner chose for me sketch two and Me and My Big Ideas Ocean collection.

I'm also going to enter this at Lasting Memories, as their transportation prompt for this week is "Boats."  I think a cruise ship counts as a boat!  LOL!

I hope you all have a great week!  Happy scrapping!

Family Fun

Happy July!  I've promised myself that this is the month that I'm going to get back on track with making cards and layouts more regularly than just for my DT requirements.  Today, I did pretty good--two cards (one for the DT) and this layout:

I used this sketch from Let's Get Sketchy:

Supplies Used

~Carta Bella Summer Lovin' collection:  element stickers, Flamingos paper, Summer Floral paper, Sunglasses paper, Sunshine paper

~Me and My Big Ideas chipboard embellishments--Sassy Alphabets

Have a great weekend everyone!

THE ROBYN'S FETISH CHALLENGE #313--"ANYTHING GOES!"--24 APRIL 2016

Thanks for all the lovely projects that were submitted for our "Anything But a Card" theme at The Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog last week!  They were beautiful!!!  Our new challenge at The Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog is "Anything Goes!"  Our sponsor this week is A Lil Digi Heaven.  The winner this week will receive their choice of three digital images from the A Lil Digi Heaven store.

The Robyn's Fetish DT was graciously provided with an images to work with from A Lil Digi Heaven, and I chose "Olivia."

Supplies Used

~Colored pencils in golden yellow, magenta, mahogany, peach, red, and teal
~Echo Park Getaway 6x6 paper pad
~Fiskars "Girlfriends" clear stamps
~A Lil Digi Heaven "Olivia" digital image
~Me and My Big Ideas Mambi Stones stickers
~Memento Dew Drop Ink in Nautical Blue and Teal
~Ranger Glossy Accents
~Recollections foam adhesive circles

We look forward to seeing your anything goes projects 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 #310--"HAND MADE FLOWERS"--3 APRIL 2016

Thanks for all the lovely projects that were submitted for our "Add a Doily" theme at The Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog last week!  They were beautiful!!!  Our new challenge at The Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog is to use hand made flowers on your project.  Our sponsor this week is Ppinky Dolls Art, and the prize is three images of the winner's choice from the Ppinky Dolls Art store.  

The Robyn's Fetish DT was graciously provided with an image each to work with from Ppinky Dolls Art; my image was "Playing with Kittens on the Tree."

I used the new April card sketch at Stick It Down and will be entering my card there.

Challenges Entered

~CASology Week 191:  Washi

~Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' 52 Week Challenge Week #13

~Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' April Card Challenges--Anything Goes

~Stick It Down April Card Sketch Challenge

Supplies Used

~Cardstock from stash
~Close To My Heart ink in Sunflower
~Color Box Mini ink in Razzberry
~Colored pencils in blue, brown, green, lemon yellow, light blue, light brown, magenta, peach, pink, and taupe
~EK Success 1" scallop circle punch
~Me and My Big Ideas Mambi Stones stickers
~Ppinky Dolls Art "Playing with Kittens on the Tree" image
~Queen and Co. Rhinestones in Sunflower Yellow
~Recollections foam adhesive circles
~Sentiment from stash
~Stick It Down April card sketch
~Washi tape from stash
~Wink of Stella glitter clear brush pen

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

Sketches in Thyme Project Life Style--Sketch #13

Welcome to February and a new sketch for Week 1 at Sketches in Thyme Project Life Style!  The first sketch for February comes from the lovely Maven Shawn:

I used the sketch to make my title card for the Week 23 page in my 2014 album.  Unless I SERIOUSLY get busy, I think I am going to be working on my 2014 album FOREVER!!!

The photo printer in my craft room is still on the fritz, but I was able to get our downstairs printer working correctly with my computer in order to print the pics so I could show you a finished PL page!  Yay!!!

I matted my 4x6 photos, because once I trimmed the edges off the prints they were a little small for the sections.  I printed the center photos on 4x6 photo paper, too, then just trimmed them down to 3x4 for the center section.  I really like writing directly on the photos when I do PL pages.  I think it looks neat!

Supplies Used

~Becky Higgins Project Life Journaling Pen (I really love these pens for writing on photos!)

~Bella Creationz Clearly Beautiful sequins

~Echo Park Flip Flops--I Love Sunshine decorative washi tape

~Gelly Roll Pen--white (I'd never used this pen on my photos before, but it worked quite well!)

~Me and My Big Ideas Chipboard Embellishments--Sassy Alphabets

~Washi tape (turquoise) from stash

We can't wait to see the PL cards you create with this new sketch!  Be sure to get your creation linked up at the Sketches in Thyme Project Life Style challenge blog before the end of the month.  Good luck, and happy scrapping!









THE ROBYN'S FETISH CHALLENGE #289--"BABY CARDS"--8 NOVEMBER 2015

Hi, everyone!  It's time for a new challenge on the Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog!  This week's theme is Baby Cards, and our sponsor this week is Imagine That!  They are graciously providing three digital stamps of the winner's choice from the Imagine That! store.

Imagine That! was nice enough to provide the Design Team with images to use for this week's challenge (Thank you!), and I chose Mama & Baby, as I need a card for a baby gift for my neighbor.





 I used this sketch from Mojo Monday

and will be entering my card into their challenge.

Challenges Entered

~Mojo Monday 422

~Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' November Monthly Card Challenges--Plaid

Supplies Used

~Colored pencils

~Imagine That! Mama and Baby image and sentiment

~Me and My BIG Ideas Baby Boy patterned paper

~Paper Pizazz Light Blue Plaid patterned paper

~The Paper Studio Blue Tiny Fingers Baby Hands patterned paper

~Reflections Bobbin Ribbon

~Studio G adhesive foam dots

~Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Faded Jeans

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to come back tomorrow for the reveal of the new Christmas and Winter digis from Robyn's Fetish, and be sure to get those baby cards linked up for this week's challenge!  Happy scrapping, everyone!







Besties

As I was working on my layout for Week 37 in Scrappin' 'n' Chattin's 52 Week Layout Challenge, I realized there are only FIFTEEN WEEKS LEFT in this year.  OMG!!!  Where did this year go?!?  I was looking for a sketch and came across this one at Scrapping Everyday Miracles:

Here's my final creations:

This is my bestie, Betty, and me at the Army and Navy Academy graduation in 2012.  We taught English there together for just over three years but didn't really get close until the last semester and then after I moved away.  Sure wish we'd realized the value of each other's friendship before I moved!

There are so many elements on here I want to showcase, so I took a TON of close-ups!

Supplies Used

Bo Bunny Weekend Market--Antique, Combo Stickers, Cut Outs, Dot, Vintage Labels

Gelly Roll white pen

Me & My Big Ideas--Mambi Stones stickers

Queen & Co.--Sunflower Yellow rhinestones

Stickles--Champagne

Want 2 Scrap--Self adhesive bling

We R Memory Keepers--Crafter's Staples

ZIG Memory System Writer--Navy, Pure Brown

Challenges Entered

Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' 52 Week Layout Challenge--Week 37

Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' Monthly Layout Challenge--Anything Goes #1

Scrapping Everyday Miracles--Mini Crop Challenge #2 Sketch

I hope everyone has a great weekend!  Happy scrapping!

Christmas mini-album

I LOVE Christmas in July!!!  I think I would be perfectly happy if Christmas was coming next week instead of a few months from now.  I threw this Christmas mini-album together last night:

It was a kit from Me and My Big Ideas and came with three different sized pieces of chipboard, all the papers, and all the embellishments.  Once I decided exactly what I was going to do with it, it came together VERY quickly!  I'm entering this at The Paper Variety, where their challenge is Christmas in July (and they're allowing unlimited entries!).  I hope you'll check them both out!