SNS Layout #183

Last year we went to Florida to see my in-laws for Thanksgiving, sounds terrible doesn't it? Take me back!!!

I love going to my in-laws anytime but going in November is a real treat. We were lucky enough to be able to go out on a date-night while we were there. 

The last time we went we tried to catch a sunset and wouldn't you know it we had a cloudy day!  This time around we had a gorgeous night. It may have been even sweeter because we knew the weather back in Northern Illinois was insane! I believe we got over a foot of snow and it was so COLD on top of that. We knew we should enjoy every moment of this beautiful evening away.

I used up some old thickers and was impressed that I only had to piece together the "e" and the "t's" with a C+L and an F. I am not sure if you can see it but I did some faux stitching up top as well as in the lower right hand corner.

Here is my stitching. I added some starfish and some gold nuggets into the circles.

Just another view. I really adore how each it was to use Sketch #183 to capture this special night.

Here is the sketch I used SNS #183 we would love to have you show us what you have come up with using this or one of our other sketches featured this month.

Come and see us soon! 

SNS Bingo Results!

How did you fair in BINGO this month? Here is my final card I did not get the blackout I was going for! boo hoo. I do have all of my sketches pulled for the rest of the card so I might continue to work though it...but best laid plans...

I thought I would do a recap of all of the squares I was able to finish up.

May 4
May 11
May 18
May 25

Here are my final projects for the month I did not get a blackout but I got a lot of cards done and several scrapbook pages. Yay me!

Row I: Banner - Card Sketch #13

Row I: 2013 Sketch - Card Sketch #10

Row N: 2016 Sketch - Card Sketch #87

H2H Challenge - You are my sunshine

Today over at Heart2Heart we are doing a color challenge.  Emerald, Smoothie, Canary, Peach, and Glacier.

Here is what I came up with.  

I ended up using Smoothie, Canary, Peach and Glacier for my card. Here is another look.

Don't you love the little hearts? They are a puffy sticker. When I was little I had a sticker collection featuring puffy stickers. We stuck them to sandwich baggies and would trade them at recess in grade school. How I wish I still had that.

Here is a peek at the inside. 

Does this paper look familiar? I have exciting news for you! Close to my Heart has a new special this month called Bring Back My Pack and they brought one of my favorite papers back Zoe from 2015. They have updated to colors and have a brand new coordinating 12 x 12 sticker sheet.

We would love to see what you come up with over at the Heart 2 Heart Blog and be sure to check out what the other designers did this week. See you soon!

SNS Layout Sketch #173 - 1 Awesome Dinosaur Adventure

More grand-kids and dinosaurs this week for this fun sketch. Our son and daughter-n-law recently went to Jurassic Quest and our grandson just had the time of his life. I thought these Something Fierce papers would be adorable to document these photos.

Here is a close up of the journaling block. 

Here is the title I layered several elements to create it. I thought it was fun.

Here is the sketch, we would love to see what you come up with over at the Sketch N Scrap blog.

SNS Layout Sketch #170 - Date Night

Here is what I came up with this week for this fun sketch. We went to Florida in November and after record breaking temperatures here in Illinois this week I am missing it terribly. Since we are stuck here working I could at least scrapbook it and remember how wonderfully warm the sand was between my toes.

When we  were in Florida a few years ago we went down to Fort Myers and tried to catch a sunset but it was overcast. This time we tried again and were not disappointed. Ever since I was a little girl I have loved shadow photos in front of sunsets. They used to have several cards like that at Hallmark in the late 70's early 80's, does anyone remember that?

Here is a close up of my little Date Night title. I cut it out from a picture my life card and then thought this sticker was just perfect.

I have to say I love how this all came together. I have had this CTMH No Worries paper for quite a while and have used a little of it here and there. I was afraid the background would fight again the sunset in the photo but it really complimented it instead.

Here is the sketch, we would love to see what you come up with over at the Sketch N Scrap blog.

H2H - The Important Things...the Grandparent Version

Over at the Heart 2 Heart blog we decided to kick off the New Year with the Important Things. We could go any direction we wanted with this one and I decided to make a fun little mini album using a little tin that I got probably 15 years ago way back when Scrapbook Stores were on every corner.  So for 15+ years I have been waiting for just the perfect time to use this and what better use than featuring the sweet little grandbabies?

I used the fun new Something Fierce kit along with the puffy stickers {swoon-I had the best puffy sticker collection when I was in elementary school}

Here is the inside of the tin. This is the size of an Altoids tin so if you have any laying around you can re-purpose them into fun little mini albums.

The album is all connected in an accordion style and zig-zags back and forth.  I did every other "page" a photo of one of our grandbabies and the other "page" some hand written fun important things to remember as a grandparent..like eating desert first.

On the flip side I have the rest of our grandkids (we currently have 5) I also printed out a sibling photo of each of the families to include as well.

Here you can see the folds. I also just left the bottom empty since the album will sit in there.

Here is one final look at my little mini album featuring The Important Grandparent Things.

We would love to see what is important to you this month over at the Heart 2 Heart Blog.

H2H Color Challenge -

Today over at Heart2Heart we are doing a color challenge.

We also had a pretty photo to inspire us...

Here is what I came up with. 

Supplies:

Card stock - Ruby, White Daisy, Black

Ink - Ruby, Charcoal; Black, Mink

Stamps - Perfect Picture Cricut Collection 

Other - black dots

Happy Happy Birthday

I wanted to share this fun little birthday card I made this past weekend. I used up some of my old retired Close to my Heart favorites and my Copics...ahh...how I love to color!

Banners for Grandma - H2H

Have you guys seen this weeks challenge over at H2H?

I love making banners, in fact I have been planning and pinning ideas to make a banner for each season to hang up around my house. I also enjoy putting little ones on cards and scrapbook pages. You just can never go wrong with a cute banner.

This past weekend I had the privileged to celebrate my grandma's 99th Birthday!

 Here are some of the details from her birthday banner.

Here are my little flowers. These are just little hearts scored and folded. It still gives you the feel of a rosette but it is a little different.

Supplies: 

all CTMH unless otherwise noted

Cardstock - Saffron, Eggplant, Fern, Pomegranate Colonial White (retired)

Other - Cricut, Twine

South of the Border @ H2H

Hello everyone! 

This week at Heart 2 Heart we thought it would be fun to head South of the Border. I have had this fun little lama stamp and die set for a while and I got this matching adorable paper and I thought it would be perfect for this week. I will be mailing this off for a Post Card swap that I am in. I love post cards but I have never made one of my own.

Supplies: 

all CTMH unless otherwise noted

Cardstock - Sorbet, Canary, Paper Bag

Paper Pack - Prickly Pear

Stamps - Prickly Pear Cardmaking Set

Ink - Espresso

Other - Prickly Pear Complements, Journaling Pen

We would love to see what you come up with over at the Heart 2 Heart blog. You can check out what the other Design Team members made and link up your own artwork until September  30, 2018 at 11:59 pm.

H2H Cuteness Overload

Hello everyone welcome to the H2H challenge "Cuteness Overload" when I hear cuteness overload or use cuteness overload I am usually talking about my grandchildren. I think that term could also be applied to baby animals such as kittens or puppies....oh the cuteness. You probably have a smile on your face right now just thinking about babies, kittens and puppies.

When I was trying to decide what I wanted to use to create a page about my grandchildren I was playing around in pinterest and they used cuteness overload to describe the Instax Camera and wouldn't you know it CTMH, who is somehow is on trend every single time, has a super cute little instanx camera in this months Stamp of the Month!

Here is the layout I created. My husband an I have been blessed with five beautiful little grands. The oldest is five and the youngest will be one in October so there is a whole lot of cuteness happening in our lives.

I send my photos to Walgreen's and they have a little carrier sheet telling you what the first and last print in your order. The little photos are so adorable and I always want to use them. I thought it would but fun to do a little color photo of the siblings together since on my page they are in birth order. 

Here is the first camera.

Here is the second camera. I also used those adorable...see more cuteness overload happening...little stitched circle dies. If you have been eyeballing them and wondering if you need them, well I am here to tell you that you do. ;)

I added a little cluster under my title here.

Here you can see the different sized circles and I added in several sequins and a few flowers here and there.

Supplies: 

all CTMH unless otherwise noted

Cardstock - White Daisy, Willow, Pacifica, Poppy

Paper Pack - Central Park

Stamps - Central Park Cardmaking

Ink -  Glacier

Other - Central Park Sequins, Central Park Complements, 3D foam dots, Journaling Pen, Thin Cuts Stitched Circles

We would love to see what you come up with over at the Heart 2 Heart blog. You can check out what the other Design Team members made and link up your own artwork until August 31, 2018 at 11:59 pm.

Thinking of you...

Just building up my card stash again. I like to get card ideas from Catalogs and Idea Books. I have not done that in a while but I keep running across this card from an old CTMH Occassions book and I decided to make my own version. Do you use idea books to get ideas for cards?

I also used my new color pencils on this and did some fussy cutting on the butterfly. Her wings are popped up. I stamped the flower directly on the gray woven paper and I like the way the flower ended up looking textured too.

Horsing around SNS #124

Hello back again with our June 20 Sketch I hope you are inspired by this months sketches they have been so fun to work with.

I recently ordered a lot...I mean a LOT of stuff on clearance from Close to my Heart it was stuff that i wanted but not bad enough to purchase however when they waved that sale flag under my nose I went a little crazy! Anyway I have been having fun with my goodies and so first up is this Little Dreamer set. It was fun to use and the horse was designed to be a unicorn but I was making this card for a horse lover so I just left the horn off. (I have another card share soon with the horn)

Stop by our blog to link up with today's sketch and for a chance to win a prize through the end of June.

Let see what you come up with: Sketch #120

Summer Daze Challenge #4 - Home

Welcome back to our Summer Daze Crop I hope you are finding some time to play along.

The last card I shared on my blog was for my daughter and this one happens to be for her as well. I love that she calls me for cards. It also keeps me up to date on her friends from school that are now all grown up. The latest card she needed was for a new home, one of her friends (and hubby) just purchased their first home.

I knew when I saw this Central Park - Cardmaking stamp set and Central Park paper packet in the new Close to my Heart Occasions mini that I had to have this set. I always love little house stamps and houses that I can color are an added bonus.

I used the blue grid paper to mimic the sky and the green paper to mimic the grass. Then I stamped all the houses in black and popped up one that I colored. Their house is a light brown so I went ahead and colored this one the same. I added a few yellow sequins and walla a quick card ready to drop in the mail box.

I kept this card pretty simple and here is the inside.

Here is the sketch for Challenge #4 I hope you can play along with Sketch #26 we would love to see what you come up with.

Summer Daze Crop Challenge #2 - Congrats

Welcome back to our Summer Daze Crop I hope you are finding some time to play along. Today we have a card for you to try.

Yesterday I received a text from my oldest daughter requesting a card. She needed a graduation card, well I have a standard card that I love to use that involves graduation caps randomly stamped all over the side of my card. I already sent my card off to the graduate so I needed to come up with something else. I thought this sketch would be perfect to use. Hope you like it.

Looking at it here I think I should have added another white panel behind my black panel because it is a little hard to see. I also have some bling along the left hand side.

Here is the inside of the card.

Paper, ribbon, and stamps are some older items I had laying around from Close to my Heart.

Here is the sketch for Challenge #2 I hope you can play along with Sketch #100 we would love to see what you come up with.