Fright Night

Better late then never! I am finally getting Bobby's Halloween picture scrapped and posted. I did something with this layout that I have never done before. I started with black card stock and then designed the background with stickers from my stash. I know some folks do that every day but I have never done it before. I think it came out well.  Not sure I will do again soon.  He was a character named SANS from one of his games.

Thanks for looking!

Uniquely You

I actually did a layout and actually enjoyed doing it. Maybe my mojo is finally coming back.  The papers and embellishments are by My Mind's Eye. The flower I had made. I liked the honeycomb design up by the label so added more to my background with a stencil and Victorian Velvet Distress Ink I used the blending tool and gently rubbed the ink onto the stencil! I think it came out well I am very happy with it.  I had to show off Maggie's new look!

Wow I have not been here for quite a while!

Time I got back over here I would say. I guess I got busy making Christmas cards and all and gave up on my blog. Not sure how much longer I am going to continue. If I am not going to make it worth your while then I should close it down. Going to make one more good attempt!

 Here are some cards I have made the past couple of weeks. Trying to keep the spark going!

This canning Jar is too cute. It is from the Silhouette Design
Store and was designed by Lori Whitlock.  It folds down flat so it will fit into an envelope.  It has three layers inserted for the flowers.

This gatefold card was inspired by Jennifer McGuire. The heart is attached to the inside of the card. The vellum band slides on and off easily and I stamped the sentiment onto the vellum with Stazon ink. 

This card has a layered front panel with the flowers I made from stamps and dies from Heartfelt Creations.  I love  texture the stamp gives them and I used floral tools to add extra dimension. I then inked them with distress inks with red and burnt orange.  The tag I cut and stamped the design and sentiment.





Thanks for stopping by and giving my cards a look!

Bobby's Birthday

I am late getting this done being as his birthday was a month ago.

Inspired by a sketch Scrapbook Generations, papers by Echo Park.
Thanks for looking!

First Day of School! 2016

Maggie & Bobby were ready to get the new school year going.

I used all products from my stash,  Thanks for looking.

Buttons, Buttons & more Buttons

Here's a layout I have been wanting to do for a long time but finally got around to it. Last Fall we went to Dover, Ohio to see the Warther Museum. Mr. Warther made a living making knives which his family continue to make but he had a fabulous hobby which was carving. He carved trains from ebony and ivory and they actually had moving parts.  They are amazing but his wife also had a hobby. She collected buttons, she would sort them, and match them and then make designs and pictures with them....with each button being hand sewn on.  I am sure you will be as amazed as I was when you see these works of art.

Arbor Day 2016

August can not be here already!  Man did this summer go by fast! Finally was able to scrap a page as I was helping a friend with photos for a project of hers. I am so far behind but will get caught up eventually! The photos on this layout have other children in it whose faces and names ahave been blurred. Thanks for looking!

Birthday Cards

Here are two versions of birthday cards I made last might. I drew the floral designs onto rectangles on my Cameo. Then I colored them with watercolor markers.  Then layered them onto the blue card stock layer. I stamped the greeting with Distress Ink on Faded Jeans.  The lower version is not as straight as it could be.  Thanks for looking!

I can not believe I have not posted a page since April. Oh my goodness I really need to get it going. Here's a page I did about Bobby's Blue and Gold Banquet.

Thanks for looking!

The Browns Fan

You will definitely enjoy this as it is about my good friend and neighbor and her Browns Room. I did not include in the journaling but she  painted the vertical blinds to match the striping on the Browns helmets.

Thanks for looking!

BAMA FAN

My son-in-law got his new truck last fall and I am finally getting this page scrapped!  How fun to do a BAMA FAN AND BELIEVE ME HE IS A FAN!!!!!

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by!

A2 Card and envelope storage box

Hi and again I apologize for not posting for more then 2 months. I have had some health issues that I had to get over first and now trying to get my mojo back.  So today I went into the scraproom and made this box to keep my cards I make in and protect them from being damaged.  The pattern for this is by Lori Whitlock and I purchased from the Silhouette Studio  Store.  I made it to co-ordinate it with the color theme of my scraproom. I also like the included dividers.

Bobby's Birthday

Yes I am a little behind! Bobby's birthday was in September and I am just getting these scrapped.  I was inspired by a page on Pinterest where the background was made from strips of washi tape. I used scraps and my stash for this entire layout!  I love the colorful background.  I bought that Happy Birthday piece several years ago and thought it worked perfectly with this page!

Halloween Tradition

Finally a layout! Maggie painting the store front window at Halloween.  

 She came in third overall after all the judging. All products from my stash- mostly scraps!

 My favorite photo is the one looking thru the window as she paints!

Christmas Card Holder

I did get some scrapping done last evening. Ever wonder what to do with those cards you received for Christmas? You don't really want to discard them-especially the handmade ones. So I started scrapping a pocket page every year that holds the cards we received for that year. I first extended a bracket shape in length and add a perforated line to make it easier to fold.  I add an extender on each side to add the depth needed to hold the card. I add this page to the special Christmas album.




















I was flattered to know that some of you will be lifting the Sympathy cards I made! That is what it is all about-sharing the inspiration.
Thanks for stopping by and allowing me to share my creations with you.

Sympathy Cards

Unfortunately I had to make two Sympathy Cards over the weekend. Both cards were from inspiration I found on Pinterest.
The first card I made in all white and embossed the background using the Cuttle Bug branch embossing folder and layered the background with a silver pearl paper. I echoed the layering int the sentiment using Spellbinders scalloped oval nested dies.

The second card I made in yellow and white layering the background and using a Stampin Up border embossing folder then echoed the layering inside the embossed border. I used a floral stamped image and added the Spellbinder Butterfly and a punched butterfly. I used Distress Ink in Scattered Straw to stamp the image. 

The font I used on both cards was Lavanderia, which is a free font but to find it you have to do a search for it as it is available at several places.  

I hope by adding more information to my blog posts it will be more helpful to you. If there is anything else I can add as we go along please let me know by adding it to the comments. Thanks for stopping by and I hope to be more active then I have been oin the recent past. 

New card I have been making-

is known as a Flip-it card with the dies made Sizzix! I am loving this little card and too the free class over at Scrapbook.com learning how to use it in more then one way.  Iused it as get well card as well as a birthday card just by changing the paper and the embellishments. Here is a link to the free classes: http://www.scrapbook.com/classes/category/Card_Making.

The upper card is what the card looks like folded and the lower is the open and the circle has flipped to a different look.

Jumbotron

My grandchildren go to the hockey games with their folks. They get involved during the breaks they join in the Dance Cam and have managed to dance there way onto the Jumbotron.

Thanks for looking!

Maggie's Back to School

Maggie's back to school page! Maggie moved to a "middle school" this year which is grades 6,7,& 8.  The journaling reads: This year you not only moved to grade 6 but you moved to a whole new school in a new school system. The same school your mother went to for middle school.  I wish you well this year with all the changes. Love you! Gramma 10/15.

School Days

I am somewhat behind and finally got Bobby's first day of school done!  I used Echo Park, Paint daubers,
hand stitching, stencils and numerous die cuts. Thanks for looking!