resolutions begin

It is a new year and once again time for new resolutions and one of mine this year is to scrapbook more and the way to do that is to do at least one scrapbook challenge a week.

Today was a perfect day to sit in my jammies and after catching up on a few things here at home I worked on a layout and watched "eat, pray, love". To be honest I haven't decided if I like it or not and it might require me to read the book first before I decide.

My layout today is a picture of Cassie all warm in her fuzzy winter hat. I used papers by echo park and basic grey, along with some PTI felt for the snowflakes.

I was inspired by this weeks sketch over at Pencil Lines. I love their sketches and hopefully you will be seeing a lot more of them in the weeks to come.

 I will be back tomorrow with this weeks sketch challenge over at Sasya's Sketches.

Enjoy!

sweet

I don't know if I told you or not but I have been having a Dexter marathon here getting all caught up with Season 4 since Season 5 should be starting soon.  I love this show but don't like how it ended.

So while I am watching/listening  I usually am scrapbooking or card making. I made this sweet little layout of Micah using the latest pencil lines sketch and some leftover October Afternoon papers and embellishments from the "ducks in a row" collection.

I also made a couple of cards but will wait until tomorrow to share those with you.

Enjoy!

a card ~ and a layout or two

Hopefully, blogger is going to let me do this post. You know what they say 3rd time is the charm.

I am really proud of myself I actually got out my sewing machine again and sewed on my card. I have to admit this could become very addicting.

My card is for the newest challenge over at Sketches! (by tamara) and once again I have used some of the "vintage blue" by We R Memory Keepers. I just love the colors in this paper collection and it matched perfectly with my handmade wrinkle ribbon.

Next I have a couple of layouts to share with you from some old challenges I had planned on doing and did not get to them in time.

This first one was inspired by an old sketch from Twisted Sketches. (edited: I just realized this was a current sketch and not an old one).

This one uses the same papers in the "vintage blue" collection as the card above. My next layout is an old Pencil Line sketch and uses some leftover papers from Imaginisce called "splash dance".

That is it for me this evening I am off to watch "The Runaways" that just came out on video today!

Enjoy!

happy birthday dooderbug (aka cassie jo)

Happy Birthday Cassie!

It looks like it is going to be a beautiful day here in Minnesota and I have a couple of things to share with you today. The first is a layout I did of Cassie from her birthday party yesterday.

And this is a close up of the flower I made using PTI felt in Raspberry Fizz. Love the combination of pink and yellow in the Cosmo Cricket "DeLovely" collection.

I got my inspiration for this layout from the newest sketch over at Pencil Lines.

Now I have a card to share with you and it is for this weeks challenge over at CPS.

This is another one of the new papers from We R Memory Keepers called Vintage Blue that I picked up this past week. I love the colors in it.

I hope you have a great day and I will be back tomorrow with something new from Project Tuesday and you still have time to enter my wrinkled ribbon give away as I won't pick the winner until tomorrow morning.

Enjoy!

boating

I wish I were boating right now! Instead I am waiting for the repairman to come and see what is wrong with my fridge. Yesterday, we noticed foods were not as cold as they should be and today it is a nice 58 degrees inside. Luckily, the freezer portion is still working so we are hoping it is just a fan that has gone out.

So since I have all day to wait for him I have been scrapbooking and watching a movie. The movie was "The Stoning of Soraya M". I thought it was excellent and has been on my to watch list for awhile.

This is a layout using the newest sketch over at Pencil Lines.

I love these new papers by American Crafts from the "heat wave" collection. Can't wait to use more of them on a mini album I am planning.

Enjoy!

~supplies~

paper: bazzill "dots", american crafts "heatwave", neenah "solar white", french paper "cherry red"

accessories: american crafts "dolce thickers", webster's pages "sparklers", my minds eye "so sophie ~ small accessories packk" fiskars "border punch"

I actually got a few scrapbook layouts done today for Micah's book. This first one is for the challenge over at Pencil Lines.

I have to admit I love how this turned out. I used papers from the "beloved" collection by My Minds Eye. I added some handcut hearts, PTI buttons, a scrunchy flower, and "thickers" by American Crafts.

Enjoy!