Peaceful Blooms Postcard with SNS Card #73

Have you been able to join in with us over at the Sketch N Scrap Pumpkin Spice Crop?  Today I wanted to show you another one of my postcards that I made this past summer for the Reset Girl's Camp Reset Postcard Swap...I love a good swap!!

/This will be my last postcard that I share I hope you like it I didn't do much stamping with this one I used some more of my card bases that I have pre-cut to 4-6 so I can use it on cards or pocket scrapbook pages. I used a lot of cut apart flowers on this post card.

Pumpkin Spice Crop Challenge #4

Here is card sketch #73.

I hope you have a chance to play along at our crop going on now over at the Sketch N Scrap Facebook page.

There is still so much to see...SNS #61

Welcome to our Pumpkin Spice Crop I have another postcard for you, and this one was my favorite one that I made. It just all came together and I used up quite a few scraps from my bin. I have had those US cut outs for a while. I made this last winter when I was trying to bash even more of my stash. I also used a stamp set that I have had for at least 6 years.

Here is the sketch for Challenge #3 I hope you can play along with Card Sketch #61 we would love to see what you come up with.

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End of Summer Crop: White Water Rafting

Welcome to our End of Summer Crop I hope your summer has been one to remember! I have had a full calendar for summer which made a lot of fun memories for future pages. It has also sure to be one to remember it started out with a bang when I went White Water Rafting up in Wisconsin. We went to a very rustic camp ground without reservations on one of the busiest weekends of the year.  After we set up camp we went and grabbed some dinner and got up the next morning and drove down a curvy hilly road to Shotgun Eddy's for a full day of adventure on the river. There was a lot of calm and we would just float down the lazy river and then we would go through some rapids and they were intense! We even went over a small waterfall. At one point we were stuck and our raft filled all the way up with water and I was not sure what was going to happen. My hubby told me to stay in the boat which was good because I was holding on to all of our stuff so it didn't float away. I saved our cooler but most of the insides were gone haha. The raft is designed to let all the water out so once we were unstuck we could continue down our path. All in all it was a great day and an epic adventure.

Here is the sketch for Challenge #1 I hope you can play along with Sketch #140 we would love to see what you come up with.

Supplies: 

all CTMH unless otherwise noted

Paper Pack - Fresh Air

Other - Fresh Air Complements 

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.

Summer Daze Crop - Challenge 1

Welcome to our Summer Daze Crop I hope your summer is off to a great start! I have a full calendar for summer which should make for a lot of super cute pages in my future. Today I decided to capture the special relationship that these two have.

I went outside of my norm and used some bold colors from a Simple Stories Line that I got  a while back in a grab bag sale. I cut apart a full page of frames and played around with them until I found a placement I liked.

Here is a close up. I also added some little gems that you can see here.

I did another little cluster here.

Here is the sketch for Challenge #1 I hope you can play along with Sketch #123 we would love to see what you come up with.

Sweet Baby Girl

Hello back again with an exclusive Birthday Bash Crop challenge

My daughter takes the most adorable photos of my grandkids and this one is one of my favorites of my youngest one at 6 months.

I used some papers from the Beautiful Friendship Kit and love the feel of the page and as I was adding the finishing touches I noticed my kit had a sticker that said "Pearls are always appropriate" I also finished up the page with some pearls instead of my normal bling. I am loving how it all came together, but I am little bit biased with the subject matter. I also used some PML cards for the middle parts. You don't only have to use those in pocket scrapbooking projects. Often time they are perfect page elements.

Let see what you come up with for Birthday Bash Sketch #2:

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Flowers for Grandma 6th Birthday Bash - Guest Designer Spot

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Have you ever thought about trying out?

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I decided to scrapbook these photos from last summer of my oldest granddaughter picked me some flowers. I must say they are the prettiest little flowers I have ever seen, but I might be biased

I used some Bella Blvd paper called Campout. I have been bashing this line for a few months and only have a little bit left. I was happy when I had enough letters to spell out flowers. I fussy cut some paper to make the flower embellishments. 

Here is the sketch to use:

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Lazy Days SNS #NSD2017

Hello back again with challenge 4

Today we have this sketch and our TWIST is up using balloons or hearts...or both on your layout. I decided to scrapbook a few more of these fun park photos with my little on and my grandson.

I have also been trying to bash up some of my stash and so I challenged myself to use up this sticker sheet that I have from Echo Park. I was able to match up some Dotty for You paper from CTMH that is also real old but matched just perfect and came up with this fun page that features a large balloon...a hot air balloon.

Here is a close up of this cute balloon. I have been wanting to use this thing for years and was so happy to have the perfect photos and the perfect challenge to use it up.

Here is just another angle where you can see the layers and the little gems that I have also been using on lots of stuff. They are my new favorite embellishment.

Let see what you come up with:

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Tangled and not happy about it

Hello back again with challenge #3

Today we have this lovely sketch from our 5th Birthday Bash and TWIST it up using the word HAPPY to build our layout, use one item that starts with each letter on your layout.

It took me a while to come up with my letters but it fun to really think about what I was using and how I could incorporate it into my page.

I have listed below what I came up with

H - hair photos
A - american crafts thickers
P - pastels
P - pattern paper
Y - yellow

Let see what you come up with:

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Celebrating my gram

Hello back again with Birthday Bash Crop challenge #2

We thought we would see what we could do with our very 1st sketch from 2012 and TWIST it up using the word CELEBRATE somewhere in the layout.

I am truly blessed that I get to celebrate my grandma every year. She is blessed with 4 children, 9 grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren, and 11 great-great grandchildren.

I have been using up some more of my sticker sheet that I am trying to use up this month. I also used some Flip Flaps this is a PERFECT way to add more photos to a page.

A close up of some of the details.

Journal blurb.

Let see what you come up with:

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Happy Birthday to you...Happy Birthday

Did you enjoy our little pre-party action yesterday? I am here today to show off our first Birthday Bash challenge.

We thought we would have a little fun with this sketch from National Scrapbook Day 2015 and TWIST it up a little. On this page I have used SIX items (get it 6th birthday...took me a minute lol) that has been in my stash for over TWO years. Now we all know how I have been working hard to bash my stash lately so it was not a problem to find old stuff in my studio.

So all items used on this page are over 2 years old

1. So we have 5 hot pink buttons came in a kit. They are a little to tall for me to be on a page but they were such a perfect match that I just ran with it. from 2010
2. The word TEN was made using some Thickers that have a texture to them from 2014
3. Green, Hot Pink, and Bright Blue cardstock - 2011 
4. Pattern Paper - 2011 from Be You - Fancy Pants 
5. Happy Birthday (the white words) - That was a strip from Simple Stores I believe it has been in my drawer with zip strips for about 3 or 4 years
6. Fussy Cut Heart - from 2011

Even my pop up tape is older it is from around 2010 I got them in a grab bag from a 3M sale sadly I am on my last roll

You know what isn't old...those photos are from my little ones last birthday in December - go ME

Let see what you come up with:

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Happy Happy Birthday Sketch N Scrap

Lets get this Birthday Bash 6th Birthday Party started! How about a little pre-crop fun?

I can't believe SNS is turning 6. It seems like just yesterday that my friend Lisa was talking about getting a sketch blog started. I was so excited when she gave me the opportunity to be on one of the first Design Teams. Life got a little bit crazy and I had to step down but I would still play along when I could here and there. I was THRILLED last year when life had settled down and I could rejoin the team.

So Happy Birthday Sketch N Scrap here is to many many more!

I made this card with 4 different Picture My Life cards from the cut-aparts in Chelsea Gardens. Even though I decided to do a combination of regular scrapbooking and scrapbooking in a large planner this year I love the PML cards as they are always a great way to make a fast card. Pair that with a sketch and it is easy peasy! 

Card Sketch #98


Let see what you come up with:


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Lucky Charms - Challenge #4

I hope you have been able to join in our fun over on Facebook for the March Lucky Charms Crop... this is 4th sketch challenge I hope you can play along.

I recently got a new stamp set, I had a blast playing around with it. The whole card just came together so nicely. I decided to make the butterfly look like it could fly of at any time.

I stamped one on the paper and one that I fussy cut. I used crystal effects to glue the center down and bent the wings up. You can also see the shimmer of the ribbon that match the pearls. I also used some Wnk of Stella to make the butterfly shimmer as well. 

 

Here is a close up of the shimmery butterfly.

I always like to finish the insides of my cards too.

 You can find the original sketch over at Sketch N Scrap #94

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Lucky Charms Card - Challenge #2

I hope you have been able to join in our fun over on Facebook for the March Lucky Charms Crop... this is  2nd sketch challenge I hope you can play along.

I have been in the mood to play with some cheery colors and make some fun cards.  This card actually doesn't have any stamping on it. I made if from three pocket page cards. 

Here is the sketch that I used Sketch N Scrap #69



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March Lucky Charms Challenge #1

I hope you have been able to join in our fun over on Facebook for the March Lucky Charms Crop... this is 1st sketch challenge I hope you can play along.

A while back I bought a grab bag full of Bella Blvd papers and embellishments. I loved 99% of it.  These papers were just a little meh to me but when I saw this sketch and these photos I knew they would be perfect proving again and again that you just never know how something is going to suddenly come together of of the darkest corners of your stash. 

My little grandson loves the snapchat filters. He is hilarious and will grab his head trying to figure out how he suddenly has a hat on or ears or whatever the case may be. This sketch was perfect for a little hidden journaling.

I had bought these little gens a few months ago because well they are so fun and I thought they would be perfect for birthday shaker cards. When I saw  the colors in this paper I knew it would be a perfect combo and I was right. I love how tiny they are giving me the ability to bling up my layout without a ton of added bulk.

I hope you can play along at our Lucky Charms Crop this month here is the first challenge Sketch #101



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Lets go get Married!

What a perfect page to show you on Valentines Day!

My husband and i were planning on getting married this May 2018 but as we were planning our wedding it just kept getting more and more expensive and more and more complicated, not in a bad way just with stuff we needed to do. Really we just really wanted to be married! Since we had family coming in from out of town we decided to just grab our folks, our kids and run off and get married. After we all went out to a nice lunch and there we have it...Mr. & Mrs. I was so happy because my grandmother who is very very healthy but also very very old was able to come. She thought we were silly to be planning a wedding so far out in the future so when we called her and told her we were getting married in a few days she was tickled pink.

I hope you have been able to join in our fun over on Facebook for the Queen of Hearts Crop... this is 1st sketch challenge I hope you can play along.

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Have you ever thought about trying out?

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Here is Sketch #51

Good Luck

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Happy Birthday to you

This is one of my go to sketches that I have used in the past. It is just so simple, so sweet and so fast work with. I have a goal this year to send out birthday cards to my friends and family. I need around 60 cards and I figured why not make one using this cute sketch. Hope you like it.

I hope you have been able to join in our fun over on Facebook for the Queen of Hearts Crop... this is 4th sketch challenge I hope you can play along.

Here is Sketch #90

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Miss You

I hope you have been able to join in our fun over on Facebook for the Queen of Hearts Crop... this is 2nd sketch challenge I hope you can play along.

I made this sweet little card as I was trying to use up some papers I had left over from a kit featuring this line of October Afternoon papers. What do you do with your left over papers? I make pages first, then cards or other projects and then finally I cut my stuff down to 4 x 6 or 3 x 4 pieces. If I really love it sometimes I cut some down to 2 x 3 but not to often.

Anyway we are here to talk about this sweet little card. I loved working with this sketch it is so versatile and perfect for valentines day. I went another direction and made a card that I will probably eventually send off to my MIL or one of the kids that live out of town.

I had a lot of fun making this card with old product. I also dug out my big shot and used some older dies that I have not touched in a good long time. I also got to color which is my favorite. I don't think you can see but I added Wink of Stella to her flower band and her shoes.

I would love to see what you come up with for this fun sketch!

Here is Sketch #19:

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Smile and go way way back.

I thought it would be fun to work with these photos from when my now husband and I first started dating. We went to a local college football game and it was unseasonably cold. We did not care we had a great time anyway. Every time I see these photos and our big smiles it makes me smile.

I hope you have been able to join in our fun over on Facebook for the Queen of Hearts Crop... this is 1st sketch challenge I hope you can play along.

I really enjoyed working with this sketch. I recently heard on a podcast that a current trend is to have embedded embellishments clustered behind something. When I saw this sketch I thought it might be fun to try that.

Here is Sketch #99:



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Sledding

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I have a confession to make. I wanted to just use one photo for this sketch and flip it to go along with another single page I did but when I started laying out the page...with pieces because my pile is getting smaller (YAY) I messed up. I added the paper with the words going down it I knew it wouldn't make sense so I had to leave it as is. Well the photo I wanted to use was going the wrong way so I just added a few more pics and mad this work for me. In the end I love how it turned out and I always enjoy getting more photos on a page when I can so this was a win win for me.

Here is the Sketch #97

Good Luck!

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