Huge giveaway over at Scrapping our Memories

Oh Belinda is having a really awesome giveaway over on her blog Scrapping our Memories....you will have up to four chances to win......Here is the Blog candy she is offering..

 There is A2Z Scraplets (of course), Prima flowers and chipboard, Kaisercraft rhinestones, Dienamics Die (hope you have a cuttlebug or the like) Handmade Halo Resin, Purple Pumpkin Buttons, a mix from Charms Creations, mist, ink and more flowers.

Head on over and check it out yourself Scrapping our Memories

Just the way you are...

I have been dying to use this picture of my oldest daughter Samantha (much to her dismay lol), it was taken years ago...I love the colors and just the look on her face...yeah I know she's a bit different but I love her all the more because of it!
So I am using the challenge over at That's just so cute......The challenge this time is to "finish the page" I really like this idea and this is what I came up with....

 this is what they gave you to start with.....

thank you for coming to take a peek!

Set you Free!

I decided to scrap a couple more pictures from the Balloon release we had for in honor of my Daughter back in Nov. I still have a hard time even looking at these pictures but it seems the more I scrap them the more of the happier memories come through!
I am playing along with That's just so cute its my first time playing with them!

"The challenge is to be inspired by the topic FREEDOM. You must also use the sketch below, stitching (fake or real), Buttons and butterflies."

Thank you for coming to take a peek!

Simply Life

Hi All,I just wanted to share a layout.....This was one of my favorite places when we still lived in Maine,they called it number one pond...haha what kind of name is that for a lake.This was the perfect place to take a walk or just hang out,they hold all the events here like fireworks, the parades,boat shows.... it was always just the perfect spot!
Anyway I used the sketch from Scrapfriends.....

thanks for coming to take a peek!

Another Sunset

So I've been working on this layout and I just couldn't get it the way I pictured it in my head.....I used the sketch from Skissedilla which I loved.......this is what I the final page looks like LOL

I really love these stamps (A little grunge love by Unity stamps).....still not what I pictured but I still like it!

here is the sketch

I am also linking with chic tags for Sunday challenge( use of washi tape).
thanks for coming to take a peek......

Explore-Hoh Rain Forest

Good morning all...It a fine rainy day here,we haven't seen the sun in days..lol As you know you yesterday was Monday which means a new sketch came out over at Lets Get Sketchy 
So here is my take on the sketch...

I love this picture from the Hoh Rain Forest in Olympic national park...its just incredible!

I am also linking up with Frosted designs for their Punch challenge,I used a border punch and a circle punch!

Announcement~ Squeal

I am so proud to announce I am now a proud member of the Lets get sketchy Design Team!

Its an honor to be a part of this team of wonderful ladies!
I have been so giddy since I got the email! :D

Design Team Call at Lets Get Sketchy

Lets Get Sketchy is looking to add 2-4 more members to our already fabulous Design Team.  The DT term will run from June 1 through Sept 1.  You will be responsible for at least 2 layouts a month as well as commenting on entries each week.  I am only looking for dedicated members.   If you are interested and would like to be considered for a position then here is what you need to do:

Why apply for our team? 

• To be inspired and to inspire others 
• To be on the ground floor of an up and coming blog 
• You will be a part of an amazing group of women and develop lifelong friendships with women from all over the world. 
• Your work will be featured on Facebook and Pinterest. 

What is expected of our Design Team? 

• You MUST be a follower of Lets Get Sketchy blog
• Complete 2 projects a month (you will be given challenges at least a month in advance). 
• Comment on participants entries (THIS IS A MUST!).  Any team member not adhering to this rule will be promptly removed from the team so please make sure you can do this before applying. 
• Commit to a 3 month term (Beginning of  June to the beginning of September) 
• Keep an active blog that is updated frequently 
• Post our challenge and your project on your blog on reveal day and link back to the LGS blog.

Design Team Call Sketch

I plan on trying out....
Head on over to the Lets Get Sketchy blog to find out more!

Spectacutar View

It took me awhile to figure out what I wanted to do with the sketch from Scrap Around the World
they also had a mood board...I think that's where my trouble began LOL

sorry its been cloudy here for days so my picture is a bit off in colors

 I really loved the cabinet in the background in the second picture on the mood board and the gauzy table cloth in the first picture...those were the two things that stuck in my hear while I was pulling stuff out of my stash...when I was shuffling through my papers this blue paint chipping just reminded me of the cabinet in the picture and knew I had to use it!

The view from my best friends new house (on the deck)!

Thank you for coming to take a peek....

Trapped

I finally had a chance to sit down and get to work on lets get sketchy's latest sketch.... I decided to make a layout for my best friend,her and her family just moved to a new house so they have been doing a whole lot of work out in the yard...the pictures she sent me of her poor fur babies were just too hard to resist...I had to scrap them....all four were trapped on the deck watching their Mom clean up the yard...they look so darn pitiful!

Baby Girl.,Louis,Wicked and Caesar

They look like they are in jail LOL
here is the sketch...

 I found this page of embossed rulers and just fell in love with them so I had to use one....

 and I have this set of stamps from American crafts that I just haven't had a chance to use ....Love the trees!

and the flowers I can't remember where I got them but I just never used them LOL I used liquid pearls for the center!

Remember When...

I kept looking at the Blue Fern Studios sketch trying to be inspired....Don't get me wrong the sketch is quite awesome,I just couldn't find the right pictures until my best friend sent me the pictures of her new roses...Oh my they are beautiful,I know she was heartbroken when she moved a couple months ago because she lost her garden and with the ground still frozen she wasn't able to take any of them with her....So I decided to make this layout for her with her two favorite things Butterflies and Flowers!....

 I used a piece of Blue Fern chipboard Vintage Locks...I love them!

I flipped the sketch Horizontal

also linking up with True XoXo ~ chipboard challenge 


thank you for coming to take a peek!

hmmm pinwheels

well I just learned how to make a pinwheel LOL it was part of the challenge at 13 arts "Sketch, stencil & pinwheel" you can make a card, a layout, a tag - anything goes..

well I used the sketch for a tag...

I turned the sketch clockwise

So Cute!

I wanted to share a layout I've been working on....this one brought back some really wonderful memories..when the girls were little I loved to dress them up in the cutest little dresses but neither one was very lady like LOL

this layout is quite girly but I love it!

 

 I used lots of lace and stitching....some homemade flowers and new ones I won...

 the chip board was one piece but I just didn't like the way it looked together so I cut it into two separate pieces

 I love my Prima butterflies and the crochet flowers from petaloo...
this layout happens to fall into a couple challenge criteria...one is Zeus and Zoe's mood board,I just couldn't resist using it! then Scrap Africa for the use of chip board and then there is Get Creative  a layout with lots of flowers....

Zeus and Zoe's mood board

thanks for coming to take a peek.....

Home is where

Tag challenge over at get creative....." So your challenge is to make a tag with lots of flowers they can be paper flowers or handmade or crocheted or on the pattern paper or stamped be as creative as you can!!" I'm not sure if I have a lot of flowers but there are a few LOL....

I used texture paste and a stencil for the roses along the side...shhhh and I used my daughters sewing machine while shes away at a con this weekend...it has all sorts of funky stitches....

thank you for coming to take a look!

Spring Fever

Just wanted to share the layout I did with the sketch from Skissedilla

 here is the sketch....

thank you for coming to take a peek!

The Adventure Begins

I have been thinking and thinking what i should do with the Create to Live Challenge over at My Sweet Earth....I didn't really have the right color papers...so I figured I would do something a bit different..I was able to find the last two colors in the background paper(Bo Bunny) but the rest I used paints,a little grunge love stamps(Unity Stamps) and had a blast while doing it LOL Here is what I came up with....yeah its a bit messy.....but it was oh so much fun!

 I did use the photo as inspiration....it made me think of spring...the adventure part was pretty easy since I don't have a green thumb...every year I try my had at a flower garden and every year I kill it..lol

 I used a quote that I thought was quite fitting.."It's spring fever.  That is what the name of it is.  And when you've got it, you want - oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!  ~Mark Twain"

 I did do some journaling on the back of my past adventures in gardening and my hope for this year!