Just a lil something

Hi My Crafty friends.....as most of you already know I haven't been as active lately that is mostly due to the flu I have been battling since new years eve...it seems like every time I start to feel better it comes back with a worse then before...but good news I am on the mend for real LOL I was told to just take it easy..so that's what I've been doing...I did manage to get some crafty things done...like my Dt work and a couple card swaps and I think maybe a challenge or two (which is a whole lot less then I normally do)

I managed to make these two cute cards today so I thought I would share them..let me know what you all think!
If I haven't said it before I will now I love my Silhouette Portrait!

thanks for coming to take a peek!

So Cute Surprise challenge

That's just so cute first surprise challenge of the year-Be inspired bye the song "little bird"- I wasn't really sure my translation of the song was correct or not so I made a card with a bird.. I hope that's okay.

thanks for coming to take a peek!

Lets get Sketchy DT Reveal

Where did the weekend go..it just seemed to fly by..anyway its Monday and that means a new Sketch over at Lets Get Sketchy...here is my take on the sketch.
I used this lovely picture of my Nephew Johnny and his new beautiful bride Stephanie, they had the cutest little country wedding this past summer...it was such a sweet event!

 Make sure you head on over to Lets Get Sketchy and play along with us!

thanks for coming by to have a peek!

Believe in yourself

Good evening my scrappy friends, I thought I would share my latest layout...since I haven't been feeling very well lately this layout took me two days to finish lol I had this idea in my head but I just couldn't get what I wanted on the paper..finally it was to my liking..I decided to combine two challenges,the one from Once Upon a sketch with the journaling criteria of " lesson learned" and then the challenge over at ARTastic extra criteria use of diamonds/triangles.....

I like to keep my journaling personal so I will give you the edited version of the journaling.......there is hidden journaling behind the picture,I decided to journal about my daughter learning to believe in herself and her craft..she knows its okay to be different and she doesn't have to follow the norm...this past year she has taken up commission work on her sewing..she stuck to her gun and her style and this year paid off! haha now she has three costumes (3 different people) due in three months all for the same Convention.

 I was inspired by the eyes of the artwork...that's why I chose this picture of my daughter and of course all the diamonds!

thank you for coming to take a peek!

My Best Friends ~New Sketch at LGS

Good afternoon my scrappy friends , It Monday and that means a new sketch over at Lets Get Sketchy! Even though its not my week I knew as soon as I saw the sketch that I would be playing along!

 this was the perfect sketch for my pictures of my best friend..sssshhh shes probably gonna kill me she hates having her picture taken LOL and I actually used my photo to take these when we went to visit last October..she had no clue I took them.she thought I was playing angry birds LOL

Make sure you stop by Lets Get Sketchy and play along with us this week! On a side note thank you all for the get well wishes...I promise I am getting better its just a really bad cold and it seems to be kicking my butt! I haven't done one crafty thing in over a week and I think I am suffering from withdrawals..LOL  But each day I feel just a bit better!

LGS Design team Reveal

I totally forgot it was Monday...I've been fighting off this cold since New years eve..just as I was getting better my daughter got  it and passed it right back ..this time its ten times worse...I even lost my voice this afternoon but at least I got caught up on some much needed sleep  LOL
Anyway there is a new sketch posted over at Lets Get Sketchy an awesome reveal we have such an awesome design team..so many different styles

 Make sure you head on over to Lets Get Sketchy to see some awesome inspiration and play long!

Two awesome Giveaways

The first one is at the C'est Magnifique Kits blog, where they are giving away the bits and pieces from Leslie's January Kit.   You can find the blog post HERE.

 and now look at whats new from Blue Fern Studios....a Beautiful line of papers!

Blue Fern Garden: Garden Boudoir

 Blue Fern Garden: Calling Cards

Blue Fern Garden: In Bloom

Blue Fern Garden: Love Letters

Blue Fern Garden: Parlour

 Blue Fern Garden: Picnic

Blue Fern Garden: Signature 

 

 Blue Fern Garden: Timeless

if you'd like a chance to win this collection, get yourself over to the Blue Fern Studios blog, be sure you're a follower, and add your name to be entered to win. Be sure to share this with your friends because for every 50 entries, there will be another giveaway!

OMG-Blue fern studio's sketch challenge

Good morning Scrappers...First let me say I Love Love the urban acronyms from Blue Fern Studios, they just work so well with my daughters funky style LOL I think you get like eight in a package.. anyway I used the sketch from  Blue Fern Studios  and some of my new washi tape I received from Christmas

the OMG are the innards from another speech bubble but I just couldn't waste it..I used holographic embossing powder on it to give it a little something special.

I used these dangle hearts that have been just sitting in my stash...you don't really see them in the picture but they look pretty cool in RL ...

thanks for coming to take a peek

It's New Years Eve...

Time to reflect.....another year has come and gone...way to fast in my opinion....It has been a worth while journey! Disclaimer this is a long post and a bit emotional you don't have to read my ramblings but I hope you'll look at my projects from 2013

So I went month by month and picked out my favorites from the last 12 months...

 Dec.2013

My daughter makes me proud...here and her friends did a charity zombie walk!
Nov.2013

My furbaby Nova keeps me on my toes!

Oct 2013

One of my happiest memories from 2013

Sept.2013

Aug. 2013

July 2013

June 2013

Its been a rough year,with the loss of my youngest daughter Stephanie..I never knew what true pain or heartache was...I would never wish anyone to experience what we have been through this year...they say there are five stages of grief, 1.Denial and Isolation- its true,I cut myself off from just about everyone except those that live in the house. 2. Anger- this kind of blends into the first stage and I hate to tell you but it never really goes away,I was kind of lucky I didn't aim it at my family or friends how could I ...I didn't talk to any of them...3. Bargaining- you end up rethinking everything you ever did..the what ifs..how you could change it  4. Depression- this is a really long stage and there are so many levels....5. Acceptance- I can accept what happened but that doesn't mean its okay...
Anyway you tend to repeat these stages many times, I learned a lot of things this year...like how scrapbooking about Stephine helped me and my oldest daughter Sam deal with the loss...we can now it and talk about all the memories without the pain...we smile when she say her name...I can look at her pictures and not cry...it still hurts but I remember all the happy memories and what she meant to us..
I learned that I needed an outlet for the anger...that's where the mixed media came in..it was awesome for all those mood swings...I learned to be social again online and in person,even joined in a couple swaps..I get together with a good friend and we scrap together once in awhile....Lets just say I learned a whole lot more then crafty things but it was the crafty things,family,My bestest friend Ginny and the new friends  that have helped a whole lot! this new year will be about healing and learning to except things that I just can not change!


May. 2013

April 2013

March2013

Feb. 2013

Jan.2013

Thank you to all the wonderful Family and all crafty people out there who have become my friends and taught me all sorts of new things this past year...You'll never know just how you have helped me and my family!

Wishing you all a Happy New Year!

Another holiday page

Good morning Scrappers...I have another holiday page I'd like to share..like I said in my previous post I hand some time on my hands and decided to play with S.W.A.T-scrap warriors advanced training
this time I did drill #22 Santa Sketch- for this  drill they  wanted to see Santa some where in the sketch. He can be in your picture or on your paper... anything really as long as its Santa.... I used the sketch and for the picture I decided on using the Christmas card my best friend sent me of her rescued pugs (aren't they cute)...I had these really cute vintage style card in my stash that I used..love the Santa!

 I decided against adding a title and just used the one that was already on the card...it just seemed to fit..

 thanks for coming to take a peek!