Sending Hugs

Look a Non-holiday card LOL...

It was time to get messy with some distress oxides and bubble wrap...I have several of these backgrounds made but I really loved the broken china and wilted violet oxides (with just a bit of mermaid lagoon) I used the same color combo with a stencil from TCW.
the cut raccoon is from ink on 3 Raccoon hugs stamp set

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Items used from scrapsalot

Oxide inks mermaid lagoon, wilted violet, broken china
Ink on 3 Raccoon hugs stamp set
score tape
stamp shammy
Catherine Pooler Midnight ink

 

SSSMC Blues 2

Sorry here is another one for the Simon Says Stamps Monday challenge!

I love how this one turned out, there was a lot of distress inks used to create the background...kind of mushed it into my craft mat and got it wet then smushed my paper on it LOL very messy but fun I did dry in between layers so I didn't get mud! I used a shifter stencil for the panel with more distress ink, of course, my favorite colors salty ocean and peacock feathersI'm pretty sure everything except the rectangle stitched die is from Tim Holtz or/and ranger ...haha my goto products!


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Day 4 #thedailymarker30day

I actually colored a few dinosaurs each with a slightly different color combo...its funny how the slight change changes the whole look...

so far I am having a blast in the latest 30 day coloring challenge...

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PopUp Challenge

Kathy over at the Daily Marker has a Pop Up Challenge going on and I decided to play along.....
this has to do with lines...she has some really nice videos on her blog explaining everything...here is what I made...
it reminds me of patchwork or stain glass... I used a fat sharpie to make my lines and distress makers to color them in.....when I was finished I added some of those eyelashes Kathy was talking about....after that I took a very wet paint brush and splattered water on top and laid a paper towel to soak up the drops after a few seconds...I love the effect it gives!

REMINDER … it’s all about lines. Any line of any kind. Just don’t stress and have some fun. Don’t forget if you post your photo with some popcorn  you have a chance at winning a goodie bag in addition to the daily prizes but, the popcorn is just for fun NO requirement

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One layer Simplicity challenge No19

I wanted to play along with the new challenge over at One layer Simplicity challenge....Challenge #19 Strip Down.. I used my Tim Holtz  stencil called rays with some distress inks(squeezed lemon and evergreen bough)...I've been wanting to use these cute lil birds from Alley way stamps the set is called lighter than air...they worked perfectly for this card!

here is my take on this challenge...

Inspiration card from Karen for this month's One-Layer Challenge
Also Linking up with  The Alley Way Stamps - August Link-up

thanks for coming to take a peek!

Watercolor Cards

I was in the mood to make a mess so I spread out a couple plain white (heavy weight) cardstock on my table (cut to fit the front of a card) pulled out of random water colors and just splattered them all over...once I was happy with the amount of splattered I misted with water just a little so it spread out....I let dry....yes I got impatient and pulled out the heat gun but the papers curled :( I really hate that LOL

 when it was dry....enough lol I used distress ink and what ever odd stamps I had on my desk and randomly stamped.....lightly misted again.....not much.....

when they were dry I added a sentiment and some ribbon/lace and mounted them to a piece of cardstock then mounted to my card base.....I am loving how they turned out!

thanks for coming to take a peek!

Sketchabilities # 133

Good Afternoon my crafty friends....I just wanted to share my latest layout using the new sketch from Sketchabilities #133I,m really pleased with how this one turned out...Oh and I really love making the Fabric flowers using the tattered flowers die...they are so quick and easy to make!

 Supplies used: Papers -Maja Designs,Die- Tim Holts tattered flowers,several die cuts from Silhouette,chipboard -A2Z scraplets,stencils TCW-mini ledger and mini bricks,stamps- Kaisercraft , Ink-Ranger Archival Jet black and coffee

thanks for coming to take a peek!

Plant Smiles LGS DT Reveal

Good Morning my scrappy friends....as you can see its another Fabulous Monday....yes yes sarcasm I think I need coffee! hehe...I need longer weekends!
Well as you you Monday means a new Sketch over at Lets get sketchy...and here is my take on this weeks sketch!

I used some Tim Holtz papers and my new clay flowers...that I love! I dug through my stash and pulled out some tags...its kind of a mish mash of little things..I really like how it turned out.

Make sure you stop on by Lets get sketchy and play along with us this week!

Darling

Good afternoon my crafty friends, I just wanted to share my latest layout I  did using the sketch from Once Upon A Sketch using their Journaling theme "The women/girls etc in our lives..." and sketch...

I decided on a old picture of my two beautiful daughters...even though there was 6 years between then they we at thick as thieves! I found the picture stashed away in my Stephanie's belongings, she just adored her older sister and even though the picture is scratched and a bit damaged I still wanted to scrap it!

I wanted that layout to portray both their personalities...one was bubbly and a bit girly and the other was the Tomboy and a bit adventurous ....so bubbles and rocks and butterflies seemed to work.... the pictures just don't do this justice at all (I've retaken them three times LOL )

my journaling can be found behind the picture...both tags pull out.....

as you can see lots of paint,some stamping and a couple rubons

 you can see some of the damage to the picture here...Gosh only knows what she got on it....its a bit sticky and has scratches makes and is a lil bent...lets just say its well loved!

thank you so much for coming to check out my latest project!

~Giveaway Alert~

I thought it was a good time to have a giveaway on my Facebook page...it will run from Sept 27th ---> Oct 27th... the winner will be announced the following day on my Facebook page...the winner will have 7 days to contact me. 

Here is what you need to do in order to win this cute Mini Album:

1. "like" my Facebook page
2. "share" this post with your friends on Facebook
3. leave me a comment on this post that you have "liked" my page and "shared" with your friends (on my Facebook page/photo)
4. subscribe to my blog (NOT mandatory but would be nice LOL)

Make sure you head over to my Facebook page for your chance to win this cute Mini Album! 

Blessing

Good afternoon my scrappy friends, this morning I have my latest layout that I wanted to share...I used the sketch from Blue Fern Studios for their September challenge and also the criteria from the Frosted Designs newest challenge "add "Graffiti " To your project: Paint, Doodling, and/or handwriting."

here is what I came up with....

 I started with Tim Hotz paper and a couple pieces of scraps leftover from another project..added some old pages from a dictionary....I layered the strips of scraps then added the ripped pages of dictionary paper...added a bit of gesso....then tried to pick out some matching mists (lol I don't own many) .....added a bit of washi tape.....while I was waiting for the paint to dry I made a couple flowers to add to my layout...

I really loved the sketch this month but I didn't have a big circle piece of chipboard from  Blue Fern Studios so I made due with plain cardstock...I cut the design from my Silhouette portrait then painted it...I dug through my stash of Blue fern chippy pieces and pulled out a couple tags that would work with the design in my head (not that it always turns out as planned lol), I gesso and stamped both tags...one I stamped with a sentiment/title in the upper left corner and the other is behind the photo... I hand wrote a couple phrases around the photo and also doodled the arrows around the whole layout...

 added a bit of twine and voila my layout is complete ....

Thank you so much for taking the time to check out my latest project!
Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

a peaceful place

Good evening my scrappy friends,  I have been waiting fro a sunny day to take pictures but the weather is just not cooperating with me! So I guess I will just have to make due...I wanted to share my layout using the sketch from Scrap Africa.....

Thank you so much for taking the time to come and check out my latest project!

Newest member of the family

Good afternoon my scrappy friends, I wanted to share my latest page. I used the sketch from Once Upon A Sketch the journal prompt this month is anything goes but it has to be handwritten on your layout!
this was the perfect opportunity to introduce the newest member of our extended family...

This is Wrangler, he is a rescue....isn't he the cutest thing,he's so loving and gets along with all his new family members! My best friend/sister is a member of PRONE ~Pug Rescue Of New England, she's a foster Mom even though she ends up Adopting most of them!

 I tried to stick close to this months sketch ( Once Upon A Sketch )..I even put the journaling in the right spot LOL

 Papers- Tim Holtz, Green flowers- Petaloo...the rest are handmade, stamp -Kaiser craft

Thank you for coming to take a peek at my latest project!

A few favorites

Happy Thursday my crafty friends!!! One more day closer to the weekend! I thought I'd just pop in and share my take on the August sketch from My Creative Sketches, I followed it pretty closely this time since I really loved he flow of things!
I mixed and matched my papers the background is Tim Holtz (love love this paper) then I used some scraps from DCWV and Colorbok... I am really happy with how it turned out!

 I added some handmade flowers and a couple white ones from Prima.....some die cuts and added a few butterflies!

Thank you so much for taking the time to check out my latest layout!

Travel Adventures

  Good evening scrappers I just wanted to share a layout I did for the challenge over at Scrap Africa - Challenge no.33 - Travel Adventures. I decided to use my favorite picture from our last trip to Maine...we had stopped at a rest area ( haha there were many...its a really long drive 23 hours) and they had this cute little carved bear holding a welcome sign, if it had been just a bit smaller I would have hijacked it! LOL
I mixed and matched my papers, a couple different paper lines lets see there was Best creations Inc,Tim Holtz studio calico and pickle press (lol no clue where that one came from)... I was a little miffed because this layout took me way to long.... and I blame that on my daughter LOL she went away for the weekend and took the heat gun with her!! I think I will just have to break down and buy my own LOL

There is journaling on the back of this layout about the finer points of our road trip from Wisconsin to Maine!

 I thought I would mention that I am very thrilled with my homemade flowers hehe I love how flowers look on layouts but I never have any :( so I try really hard to make pretty ones!

One more thing to share.....for the challenge over at Beyond Grey- BGC#57 - Watercolors
I made a card and used water color pencils to color the flowers.

thank you so much for stopping by, I hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend!

Cute smile

Evening my scrappy friends, I just wanted to share a layout I just finished... I decided to play along with the August challenge over at Berry71blue..they have a very nice sketch to work with..its pretty basic sketch with so many possibilities!

Here is what I came up with....

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Incredible Memories

Morning Scrappy friends, geez is it just me or is August just flying by? I have no idea where the summer went at least I got to get a bit of scrapping done :)
So on to new things....I wanted to share the layout I did for the challenge over at Scrap Africa, for some reason I had a rough time with this sketch...I'm not even sure why.....

Thank you so much for stopping by and taking a look at my latest project!

Hello ~ Once Upon a Sketch

Good evening scrappers, today I worked on a Mixed media layout using the sketch from Once Upon a Sketch...the journaling prompt is " The men in our lives" So of course I had to do a layout of my wonderful husband...I am sure he is just thrilled LOL
I pulled out some Tim Holtz papers and prima flowers along with some mists and molding paste...hmmm and a couple stamp..this is what I came up with... there is a bit of journaling on the front under the flower and more on the back of the layout!

Thank you for stopping by and taking a peek at my latest page!

Mini Album

My very first toilet paper mini album...now I have seen them all over the net and decided I would give it a try! I watched a couple video tutorials, haha there are tons of then and each one is just a bit different...so I picked a couple of my favorite things and just combined them to make this cute mini!

 When I was searching tutorials I saw so many different ways to bind a mini...I wasn't sure which way would look better. I loved the idea of adding tabs on the end it gives it a nice finished look and seemed to help keep the rolls flat ( I just punched hols in the end and tied them with twin which just happen to match my album perfectly!)

 I used some Tim Holtz Idea-ology Wallflower papers  its the first time I've used his papers....the whole album only used 1 1/2 sheets of 12x12 paper (from the back of the pack they were a 6x6 design)

 each tube /page has a tag that pulls out the end and every other page has a double tag/matte that also pulls out,I used those as extra pages...half goes in the tube and the other half folds over

 the album has minimal embellishments since I really wasn't sure what I was going to do with it just yet or who I was giving it to yet...I figure who ever gets it will want to be able to customize it for themselves.

 a few velum stickers and lace trimmings make it easy to match other embellishments ...

thank you so much for taking the time to check out my latest project!