Celebrate Presents

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My dad got married August 11th so we had to go down to Portland for that. Both my brothers were there and it was really great to spend time with them. My dad and my brother, Cody, both have birthdays in September. I didn't know if I'd see them before their birthdays (Cody lives in CO) so I decided to give them their birthday presents early. I made each of them a loaf of whole wheat honey bread and a batch of granola. It turned out that I saw my dad AND Cody the next weekend. haha Cody was coming through on his way to a wedding before going back to CO and I dropped of some supplies for the firefighters that were fighting the fire in my hometown, with my dad.

This is my dad's card

 Here's Cody's. I wanted them to be the same but different. I'm loving gray right now!!

Details:

Sweethearts 1.75"

Core'dinations - Elephant, Guava & Jet Stream

stash

Divine twine

Marvy Uchida 2.5" punch (pink)

Pink by Design - Everyday Banners & Big Thoughts

Gray rectangle 2.5 x 4.5

Blue/Green square 2.5x2.5

Sketch: Mojo #253

Oct 31

Here's one of the cards I made yesterday. I used Card Patterns sketch #135 (it closed yesterday). I am loving DCWV's Ghosts and Goblins stack. I wish I'd gotten the small stack to go with the 12x12 so that I could use some more of the bigger designs on cards.


Details:
Recollections black
Bazzill Orange Sice
Core'dinations Boysenberry
DCWV Ghosts & Goblins
DK Success border punch
Marvy Uchida 2" circle punch (yellow)
Pink by Design - Cute Halloween & Ghostly Greetings
Stampin Up! Pumpkin Spice
Black Diamond Stickles

Challenges:
Paper Playtime - Black, Orange & Purple
Fantabulous Cricut - Pumpkin
More than Favors - Purple, Green, Orange & Black (hopefully this is enough green)
Crafting for all Seasons - Fall leaves or pumpkins

Candy Day

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Here's another Halloween card I made a few days ago. I am LOVING this set from Pink by Design! I highly recommend being a stamp of the month member. You can find out more information about it here.


Details:
Recollections black
scraps
DCWV Ghosts & Goblins stack
Pink by Design - Ghostly Greetings & Guess Who?

Sketch:
Card Patterns #134

Link Parties:
Blue Cricket Designs
Just a Girl
Joyful Stamper

Halloween Delights

This is my second post tonight. This one took a little thinking trying to figure out the size of the layers but once that was done, it was super fun to put together. The layer size is 3.75x2.5 for all three layers.

Details:
DCWV Ghosts & Goblins
Pink by Design - Ghostly Greetings & Cute Halloween
Glitter Gem

Challenge:
Mojo Monday - sketch (I'm too late to link but here's the link for the sketch)

Link Parties:
I Heart Naptime
You Had Me At Craft

Baby It's Cold Outside

Here's another Christmas card I made last week. I really like how this one turned out. I used Card Patterns sketch #132 (linking is closed now). I will probably use this sketch again. It was really quick and simple.


Details:
Jolly Holidays 1.75"
DCWV Christmas Combo
Core'dinations Evergreen
scraps
ribbon
stickles (kind of hard to see)
Pink by Design "Christmas Wishes"

You Keep me Grounded

Since I'm a stamp of the month member at Pink by Design, I got this freebie with my September set. I'm in love with these two stamps!!!

Details:
Pink by Design "Coffee Grinder"
Core'dinations Coffee
My Minds Eye Always Floral/brown
scraps
Fiskars in stitches punch

Challenge:
Peachy Keen - sketch

Get Well Mushrooms

Here's a random card I made. I have loved these mushrooms but haven't cut them until now. I really kinda like how this card turned out. :) I used Card Patterns sketch #131 as a jumping off point.

Details:
Freshly Picked 3.75"
Core'dinations - Jetstream & Deep Navy
DCWV The Green Stack
scraps
Pink by Design "Scripted Year"
Fiskars threading water punch
buttons

Thank You Tree

Hey! Remember me? I've been gone for awhile. We were back in my hometown Thursday-Tuesday for the county fair and rodeo. Our rodeo is at the end of a major circuit so a lot of the winners go on to the finals in Las Vegas. Carver LOVED the fair and I'll get some pictures up later.

Here's the last card of my backlogged cards. I haven't had much time to craft in the last week or so, so I'm hoping to get a lot of crafting in today and tomorrow.

Details:
Straight from the Nest 4"
Recollections kraft
Colorbok Sage Stripe
Value Pack Chocolate
Pink by Design "Scripted Year"

Challenge:
OWH Stars & Stamps - sketch #82

Link Parties:
Blue Cricket Designs
Patches of Pink
The Idea Room
Joyful Stamper
Just a Girl

I Mix You

I'm a little later than usual posting but for a good reason. Carver slept in an extra hour! Instead of getting up (and coming to snuggle with us) at 6-630 he woke up at 720 only because Chris brought him into me on his way out the door to work. It was a great change but I might be kicking myself if he doesn't take a nap at his usual time.

I love the look of this retro type card. And no, I don't usually color stamps. I'm not confident enough but that might change when I get my next stamp of the month from Pink by Design. :) I used sketch #83 from OWH Stars & Stamps. I love how simple their sketches are and that they include the sizes of layers. It takes all the guess work out so you can just create.

Details:
Pink by Design - What's Shakin' & Kitchen Puns
Bazzill Orange Slice & Desert Marigold
DCWV Nana's Kitchen
Brads

Link Parties:
Patches of Pink
Joyful Stamper
Blue Cricket Design
Just a Girl
I Heart Naptime

Labor Layout

Yay! Another layout!! I'm to the point in my scrapbooking where all I have left is BIG events - Carver's birth, our wedding, to name a few. So I finally bit the bullet and started Carver's birth. This was the last picture of my bump before Carver was born. I originally wanted to be standing but my contractions were so severe and on top of each other so this was the best we got.

I love this girl! :)

Details:
9 Months 4.5"
George & Basic Shapes 6" & 6.25"
Bazzill Chablis, Mud Pie & Limeade
scraps
The Paper Studio white
Stickles (the ponytail holder)
Recollections kraft
EK Success footprint punch (pink)

Challenge:
The Scrappiest - sketch

Link Parties:
You Had Me At Craft

Bundle of Joy

This was originally going to be for Peachy Keen's Face it Friday challenge (shape card) but then I added the yellow backer paper and kind of ruined that idea. haha I took a folded piece of paper and ran it through my Big Shot with a spellbinders die positioned so that it didn't cut one side all the way (see second picture) to create a shape card. But then I realized that for that die set, it made the card too small. This would work better with a different set.

I LOVE how it turned out and will definitely be making more of these - with different die sets though. I used OWH Stars & Stamps sketch #81.


Details:
Spellbinders Labels 8
Baby Steps 2.25"
Making Memories Pastel Matstack
scraps
Bazzill Pollen
Pink by Design "Scripted Year"

Oh Baby!

Here's another baby card I did last week. This one was with the new 9 Months lite cartridge. I'm having so much fun exploring this. This would have been perfect for when I was pregnant with my son. I guess I'll have it for the next one though, right? :) I used OWH Stars & Stamps sketch #79.

Details:
9 Months 4"
Core'dinations Deep Navy & Jet Stream
Value Pack white
Pink by Design 'So Big'

What a productive night!

I made FIVE cards tonight! Wow! I could've kept going if my stomach wasn't telling me to put food into it. haha

This was a fun card that made me think outside the box. I used the current sketch by Peachy Keen and decided to heat emboss the clouds on the top. I used to heat emboss a lot awhile ago and then got out of it. Now, I'm slowly getting back into it. You might have to click on the picture to see the clouds. I wanted it to be subtle so that the circles were the main focus.

Details:
Pink by Design - Cloudy Days & Scripted Year
Bazzill Pollen
Value Pack Kraft
scraps
Marvy 2" punch

Challenges:
Paper Variety - 4+ circles
Peachy Keen - sketch with color challenge

A different kind of layout

I'm on a roll with layouts!!! Hopefully this keeps up!

I found this picture that my 'niece' Alea drew for me back in 2008. She was about 18mo when she drew this and she gave it to me as a present. :) So I had to put it in her scrapbook, of course.


oops... i forgot to flip this one. sorry! :(

Details:
Bazzill Chablis
Wausau Paper white
ANW - Deep Sea
EK Success bubble corner punch
Base Camp 2"
Fiskars star punch (the blue one)

Challenges:
The Scrappiest - sketch 125
Amanda's Crafts & More - layout / punch

Furbaby layout

These are my furbabies! We have two rottweiller mixes and I love them to bits. On the left is Rocky and he's half rott, 1/4 lab and 1/4 shepherd. On the right is Kenya and she's half rott and half newfundlund. The tags pull out where I put the journaling. I used The Scrappiest's sketch 122 for this set of layouts and Kenya's page is a mirror image.

Rocky

Kenya

Details:
George & Basic Shapes 10.75"
ANW Crestwood Burgundy
Bazzill Mud Pie
Value Pack kraft
Wausau Paper black
cracked paper (mats behind pictures) - ? from my stash
Tim Holtz tickets & tiny stapler
tags - LSS
Inkadinkado - Artstamp large Alphabet
ribbon - Debbie Mumm

Peachy Keen Sketch Challenge

My friend's birthday was yesterday so I decided to use Peachy Keen's sketch challenge #46 as a jumping off point. It took a little thinking to figure out the sizes of the layers but it turned out pretty cute! You can't really tell in the picture but I manipulated the banner so that it's bowed up in the middle. This also qualified for Flaunt it Friday's Challenge #14.

Layer 1: 2.5 x 4 (x2)
Layer 2: 2.25 x 3.75 (x2)
Layer 3: 3.25 x 3.25
Layer 4: 3 x 3


Inside

Details:
Create a Critter 2.5"
TPC Studio Buttercup Shimmer and Bright Red Shimmer
DCWV Celebration Stack
Recollections Black, White & Blue
Yellow - DCWV Summer Matstack
sentiment - hand written

I linked up to I Heart Naptime's Sunday Scoop

1st Layout in a LONG time!

My goal this year was to catch up on my scrapbooking. I haven't scrapbooked in 20 months! AHH! So I found this sketch over at The Scrappiest. It worked perfectly with the next set of pictures that needed to be scrapped.


Close up of the sun


Rhinestones

Details:
Bazzill Chablis
Clouds - DCWV The Stack III
TPC Studios Buttercup Shimmer
Star border - Winter Frolic 2 1/4"
Sun - Create a Critter 5 1/2"
Circle - George & Basic Shapes 3 1/2"
DCWV Blue #2
Plaid - Paper Pizazz
Black & Dk Pink - scraps
Bird - Create a Critter 2 3/4"

Hopefully this is the start of a lot more scrapbooking! *fingers crossed*