Card Crop!

During this last weekend of September 2012 I'm participating in a card crop over at The ScrapRoom! Some cute challenges and I've managed SEVEN cards so far and quite impressed with myself! Some are pretty simple, other aren't but I think I came up with some pretty cute ones to share in the coming months.

First up was my color challenge using this photo for inspiration:

my sample

monochromatic color challenge

 initials challenge: B = bird, J = journal spot, F = flower

 layout inspiration

 recipe challenge using chipboard and ribbon

 keep it simple challenge

 Washi tape challenge

There are a few more I'd like to take on, but first the sun has come out and I'm wanting to catch some warm rays before the rains reappear for the Fall and Winter months.

Godspeed

Not a total slacker!

CRAZY month!! Between school back in session, watching the babies when my son was so very illl, and now trying to get over "this lingering for weeks" cough, I did managed a bit of "me time" and scrapped!

I've been helping out over at The ScrapRoom, filling in for one of the MOD's who was unable to be with us, and issued a couple challenges. Here are my sample layouts ....

Back To School Challenge

 Lessons Learned Challenge

 And this next group is just using up some of my older stash with the help of sketches from Zany Zinnea's sketch class and some I've saved from the web from various blogs .....

So although I wasn't posting them, I was creating layouts in my "spare moments" these past few months! Thanks for taking the time to look!

Godspeed

Basic Grey Blog Sketch entry!

Oh how I have missed playing with paper! Been reorganizing my scrap area and its finally DONE and now I give myself permission to play once again!

First up is a challenge from Basic Grey using the card sketch posted on September 10th.

I used some older papers that  I discovered in my reorganizing, Lemonade from 2009. Loved it then and still love it today!

Thanks for dropping by. Godspeed

A Three-fer!

Speaking of combining challenges! I scrapped yesterday and was able to combine the Zany Zinnea Summer Sketch Club sketches with a challenge issued by Terry at The ScrapRoom called Simple Scrapping, AND Willow Trader's Use Up Those Kits challenge! PHEW!!

For the first two, I took a photo of my scraps before I started and then the finished layout::

The "bungee! woo-hoo!" layout is also my entry at Paper Secrets  for their August "I Love Echo Park" contest!

As I mentioned, these we are kept pretty simple, chipboard stickers, alpha, and pretty simple focusing on the photos and not the foo-foo.

The one thing I have discovered in "shopping" thru my older stash, it may have come out two, three, four, or even five years ago, but its all new to me again! And honestly, I'm so glad I didn't use up all of the above papers before because these photos are PERFECT for them!

Thanks for stopping by!

 Godspeed

August 10 - "rings"

August 9 - "messy"

One day I need to get totally organized so I can actually use this table. In the meantime, its one big messy eyesore!

August 8 - "8 o'clock"

At work on my lunch break tonight, glanced at the clock and wishing it was already 10:30pm and time to go home!

August 7 - "glasses"

Part of my antique glass collection we like to get out and fill with a yummy milkshake every now and then. ;-)

August 6 - "handwriting"

I made this layout tonight and VIOLA! My handwriting is in a few spots!

Every year we have a town carnival and this year's included a mechanical bull small enough for the kids. Makayla was having a blast trying to see how long she could last without losing her grip!

August 5 - "logo"

When I get to work, the first stop is at Starbucks for my morning pick me up! This particular morning it was their new Lime Refresher. WOW! Is it ever tasty!

August 4 - "somewhere I sat today"

Until I got booted from this recliner, I was enjoying my cup of coffee! Look who decided they wanted my chair while I made breakfast:

They are kinda cute sitting like that though!

August 3 - "coin"

hmmmm.........

August 2 - "One"

This is ONE gorgeous forecast! Living in the PNW we don't get the extreme heat and humidity others do, but just a touch of 90 degree weather before it heads back to normal. My kind of summer!

Godspeed

August 1 - "Outside"

Jennifer over at The ScrapRoom has issued a challenge of taking a photo every day for the month of August. She is even so kind as to offer the "prompt" for the day - YAY!!! - and with camera in hand,  I'm ready to take on this challenge! And since I may end up scrapping these photos, might as well blog them and get that journaling started!

We had such a late start to our warmer weather but my pole beans didn't give up and my granddaughter  discovered these two "teenie beanies" yesterday. Look closely, they are there!

I'll be back tomorrow with that day's photo!

Godspeed

FiNISHED!

It took me awhile to get this canvas finished but, VOILA!! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Godspeed

Creative Canvas

A few months back I won this class from Miss Arts Paper Crafting. I have been itching to work on it but something always came up - LIFE! So, last night I decided I had waited long enough!

I've been trying to use up my scrap supplies since the beginning of the year and, had some Echo Park Sweet Summertime, Kaiser Kraft Love Notes, a misc. sheet of "clouds", paints and a 12x12 canvas and got busy!

I know I still have tons to learn and NEED to realize that perfection is not necessary in the world of mixed media!! Once I get that idea burned into my head, I'll actually be a bit more relaxed with the process. In the meantime, I need more masking tools, some gel medium, smaller canvas, and REALLY cool looking larger stamps!

TFL - Godspeed

time to chill....

Taking the Kidding Around 2 at Big Picture Scrapbook has been lots of fun, but today Makayla and I ventured off into our own little painting world. We're using the larger purple SMASH Book with the "maps pages" as our back drop.

I thought this quote would be an appropriate one for her and as I created the left side, she did the right. One day soon, I will put that quote to canvas, but for now its tucked away safely in her book. ;-) She hasn't decided if she wants to do more to her's, but I think at 7 yrs. of age, she did AWESOME work!!

TFL - Godspeed

Insanely BUSY this month!!

Where has the month gone? Summer's in full swing, spending loads of time with family, participating in the Kidding Around 2 class at BPS with my oldest grandbaby, working extra hours when I get the chance, and although I haven't done as much as I'd hoped, I did manage to find some time to scrap just no time to blog it. ;-)

As I've mentioned in previous posts, I've been on hiatus from purchasing new supplies to use up my stash. I have found lots of cute stuff that I've stashed away! Here are a few scraps from Jenni Bowlin and misc. papers. In one of her Kidding Around 2 classes, Makayla was to create a game. It was lots of fun, and although we took a few turns to fine tune it, she know enjoys playing it now with her little friends!

And in this second one is October Afternoon's Fly A Kit, which I adored when I first got it and love even more now! (Sketch from ZZ's Summer Sketch Club)

This MLYB was just waiting to be used up and these photos were perfect!

And we've all had those kits that we receive in our kit clubs that just don't quite fit anything we have. It took awhile but finally came up with a solution for these Crate Paper Toy Box papers. However, the rest of them went back in the stash and the chipboard pieces found a good home that includes twin boys!

Here is another Crate Paper collection that I couldn't bear to part with but took some time to find the right photos. I grabbed a little bit of this and a little bit of that from my embellie stash and with the aid of stitching from my new sewing machine, came up with this one. LOVE the way it turned out!

I can't believe I held onto this Bo Bunny sheet for so long, but decided to cut it up and make a card. I love the whimsey look and feel and it will make a great notecard for my Mom to receive!

And then you have photos that just don't match up to anything you have, so I mixed my own inks to the desired colors, sprayed it on bubble wrap, and VIOLA! I need to do this more often!!

So there you have it, my creations so far for July! Not sure how much more I'll get finished with everything going on, but thanks for stopping by and toddles till later!

Godspeed

LOVIN' this sketch class!

Although I didn't get too much done this past week for LOAD, I did manage two more of the sketches from Zany Zinnea's Summer Sketch Club! What a great set of sketches Stacey has put together - thank you Stacey!! And being on a kit buying freeze, has forced me to dig deep into my stash and discover some papers that I had totally forgot I had. It's so much fun "shopping" thru my own goodies!!

My first layout from ZZ's class is from the Echo Park Sweet Summertime. I didn't realize until I snapped a photo that my smaller strip on top of the large striped piece was upside down. It was planned to have the other side, a pinkish and white small stripe instead of more of the diamond shapes. Oh well, its cute anyways with my little water babies!!

When I first received this next set of papers in my TSR DoubleShot kit I had no idea what I'd do with it. This has been hanging out in my stash now for almost two years and when I came across it this afternoon, I just knew my photos would work perfectly with the whimsey they perceived. Some times it does pay to hoard. ;-)

This last one is TSR's June Blog Sketch Challenge. I discovered these MME Miss Caroline 6x6 paper pads from a local business and just LOVE the size! They were perfect for this layout of my grandbaby watering plants in my garden - SWEETNESS!!

The weekend is still young, so I hope to be back tomorrow with another creation!

Godspeed

LOAD continued....

With the help of Zany Zinnia's sketch class, I've rediscovered my mojo and have scrapped just about every day this past week! Stacey has done a beautiful job creating some wonderful and easy to follow sketches in 12x12 format that I have easily altered for my 8.5x11 size layouts. 

This last one is of Father's Day 2012. Love my guys!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Godspeed