SNS Card Sketch #158

I am not sure what exactly it is about this sketch but when I saw it I totally fell in love with it. I can just envision using it time and time again. I came up with a set of cards within minutes. I used up a bunch of old stash (flowers from a PersonalScrapper Kit) and scraps. Here is the first one I came up with.

I love to also add some banners or some other simple thing to bring some color to the inside of the card as well. This card seriously came together in no time and I already know who I am going to send it to. 

Here is Card Sketch #158

SNS Layout Sketch 186

I will let you in on a little secret, I have not been doing any traditional scrapbooking lately. I have been focusing on organizing my supplies and on getting my 2018 Happy Planner Scrapbook done. It uses little 2 x 2 and 2 x 3 photos and I do a weekly spread. I have been enjoying it. I have however missed just grabbing a set of photos and working with them to create a cute page. This is one of the reasons I LOVE sketches. I can grab and go pretty quick and come up with an adorable page featuring two of my little grands 

Here is my take on Sketch #186

I used up some super old papers from a PersonalScrapper Kit, I sure do miss that club. The papers are mainly just cardstock but there is also some JillyBean Soup in there as well.

I used some stickers and some chipboard to indicate the fun things they did at the apple orchard.

I also mixed some fonts to make the title. 

We would love to see what you come up with using the sketch below!

SNS Card Sketch #141

I have been trying to do a couple of things lately, use up my old stock and build up my card inventory. Here is used up the last of my paper from a January 2011 Kit from Personal Scrapper one of my favorite kit clubs I belonged to. 

The paper was a winter line from Echo Park. I also had this flower from a CTMH line that I have also had for a good long time. I have come to realize that I love establishments but often fail to use them so I am going to be trying to make sure I dig around in my stash and embellish my cards.

The sketch today from Sketch N Scrap is #141 and it is a cute one with lots of banners. I always love projects with banners. 

Here is the original sketch. We hope you can play along with us we would love to see what you come up with.

Honestly...my first car

Hello all, let me tell you all about my first car today that I got in late 80's. It was as old as I was but a lot more beat up! Haha. My parents bought it for me for all of $250 and it was a big old olive green rust bucket. My dads theory is that it should be big so that I was safe if I ever got into an accident. It had big long seats and I could lay across the front seat and my feet probably wouldn't have touched the doors. I am pretty sure it didn't have a radio and if it did it was only am/fm no cassette tape. Yes I am that old that cassette tape was all the rage when I was a teenager.

Funny story I have not run across any photos of my car even though my dad has always been one to take random photos of things as well as people. He took selfies before they were a thing and he used to take photos of all of his cars, houses, garden. Maybe that is where I got my love of documenting and scrapbooking from. Anyway for as many times as he took photos of cars I can't find one of my first car so I found one on line and printed it. Mine was a little darker and a lot less shiny. Trivia: it is the same car as the cop car in Smokey and the Bandit.

Ok ok you have probably had enough random chatter here is my page. I used sketch #151 from Sketch N Scrap.

I have had these papers from Scenic Route - Garden Grove Collection (oh how I miss them) for an extremely long time maybe around 2009 or so? Anyway I have always struggled with this line it just has never really called my name. This line had all the right colors, I also pulled some papers from My Minds Eye, and Simple Stories (one of my favs) I started playing around and decided this was the one then I started adding a little of this and that, again super old embellishments from CTMH also from around 2009 and somehow someway everything just magically came together. This is one of my favorite pages that I have done this year which is amazing since I was very meh about this whole project at the start. Have you ever had that happen?

Here is Sketch #151 I would love to see your take on it. 

Head on over the the Sketch N Scrap blog and enter your project by April 30 to be eligible to win a great prize. Good Luck!

Larson Light Show - New Beginnings Crop

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

Here we have Sketch N Scrap #70 for you to work with

I have some papers I am going to be using up from an old PersonalScrapper kit from January of 2012! That doesn't' seem like that long ago but now that it is 2018 it is 6 years ago. I think it is time to stop hording these cute papers and start using them. Here is the first of several projects I will be featuring on my blog in the near future.

Join in our monthly Facebook Crop - January 11th - 30th, New Beginnings Crop you can upload your projects through January 30th at midnight CST.

Quick winter cards

Burrrr! We are in a deep freeze up here in Northern Illinois, how about in your area? I have decided I want to pick a kit each month and try to use it up. I have had some of these kits for almost a decade. In the past when I have saved pretty paper or embellishment those things have come and gone out of style. so really I need to be using my pretties in the moment. This month I am focusing in on some winter papers from Jan 2012 and maybe also some from Jan 2011.

I am playing along with the first card sketch over at Sketch-N-Scrap I love banners and thought this was a fun layout. Card #113

I made two cards and I made one horizontal and one vertical. Now that I am looking at them on screen I will probably go in and add some more bling here and there.

I did want them pretty simple so that they are easy to mail off.

The prize this month is so adorable and it features some winter paper from one of my favorites Simple Stories. Come play along, we would love to see your take on this sketch. You have until 9:55 pm CST, January 31st to play along.

Oh and one last thing, don't forget to grab our new button! Isn't it so adorable? You can find that on our blog too.

Look up in the air

I have been trying to use my new space and get caught up on my 2011 photos. I was very happy to discover that I am working in my June 11 photo's putting me exactly one year behind which is where I am comfortable at. Sure I would like to be working current but that just is never going to be my style. One day I might even go back and do all those photos I took before I started scrapbooking. Did you know that is the big secret? Start current and then try and keep up. Don't get over whelmed because you children are 12, 14, and 16 and you have never started on their baby books just start today and enjoy now. Once you are comfortable or caught up (I know people who are really) then you can go back and do the years you missed.

Ok so on with this page. Over at PersonalScrapper they are having a month long celebration on the Forums. Later this month they will also have a crop but in the mean time there are daily challenges. This one was from June 7th and the challenge was to sand the chipboard letters.

Here is my youngest daughter looking for planes in the sky. She loves to grab the binoculars and have a look around.

I have been wanting to make some of these fun pinwheels that I see all over the place. I am sure you can find a good tutorial on line. I got mine out of a magazine that I found in the move. It said to make a square and then I took an exacto knife and cut down to the middle about 1/4" on each side. After that you add a glue dot to the center and bring each corner to the middle. Add a brad and you are done.

I also did some faux stitching. Originally I was going to do real stitching here but I didn't have any brown waxy flax or embroidery floss so I just used a dark brown pen that I keep on hand.

Here is a close up of my sanded lettering and I also made a fun circle from scraps of paper. 

Just another view of my page I just did a little bit of journalling.

A last look at the pin wheels

I was telling you a few days ago that I found over at Sketch Savvy this is sketch number 83 and I loved all of the little pieces. It is the perfect way to use up scraps or stretch your paper which is what I was trying to do. I stayed pretty close to the sketch changing this and that. 

Supplies

Cardstock - Olive, Lagoon, Bamboo CTMH

Pattern Paper - Footloose paper pack CTMH

Embelishments - thickers, jumbo bamboo brads CTMH 

Other - ink pen

Last year this time

We got a giant snow storm! I was happy as it was the biggest blizzard that we have had in years and years. It may have even broken a record. This year we will hit a high of 50 degree's...in Chicagoland...in January? What?

Personally this time of year I would rather have the snow. Since all of our snow is pretty much gone I thought I would share some of the highlights from last year.

I know we will pay for this unseasonably warm weather but I still hope we get a beautiful spring. Even though I love all the seasons spring is my favorite. What is your favorite season?

Prayer changes things

How would you like this darling little one to be praying for you? Isn't she so cute. She reminds me of little kids saying "Now I lay me down to sleep..."

You can find her as well as the sentiment over at Inspired Stamps

I inked her up with my tuxedo black in and then colored her with my Copics. BG72, BG78, E50, R20, G21, G24, E 31, E55, E57

I used the rest of my Personal Scrapper kit featuring the adorable For the Record line from Echo Park along with some random dictionary pages that came with my kit.

I also broke out my nesties. Cute little labels oh and then I added buttons with my beloved waxy flax. Mix all of these cute things together and you have a great card to send to a friend to let them know that they are being prayed for.

Supplies used:

Stamps - Inspired Stamps - 1" circle sentiments, His Little Ones:  girl praying.

Cardstock - Whisper White SU, Light teal cardstock from my stash, Echo Park For the Record line

Embellishments - buttons, waxy flax

Other - pop dots, nesties,ticket die from PTI

Some sketchy birthday fun

It is time for another fun challenge over at Scraptivations and it is a sketch by Lisa. I adore Lisa's sketches and this one is another winner. I took some photo's I had from some time spent with my grandma and used up the rest of my March 2011 kit from Personal Scrapper and it just all came together.

I even broke out my cricut. I know some of you who know me in real life just fell over so I will give you a moment to dust yourself off.

buttons who doesn't love em?

another view point

smile and say cheese

and here is the page again.

Supplies - My Minds Eye - Stella and Rose line

come on over and join us if you can

The apple does not fall far from the tree

and neither does the silly. I LOVE to laugh and have a good time. One of my favorite things about Savannah is that she also loves to have a good time and she is NOT afraid to be silly or goofy or a big ole dork. She is just like her muma in this regard. This is not a good quality when I am trying to be serious she just give me a goofy grin or does something silly and we are both in a fit of giggles.  As you can see here we I started out trying to take a cute photo of us and it ends...well see for yourself. LOL

 Here is a close up of the left side and you can also see these adorable rub on flowers in the upper corner. Can you believe those intense colors? love it!

the little birdie is oh so cute.

I did a little layering. I try not to get to bulky in my books. This doesn't work very often but this page is pretty flat so yay me.

More of the rub ons and the silly behavior. These papers might look familiar as I have been using them this week for the cards. I still have a few more cards to share and in fact just used up the very last of it last night. I will share that card later in the week.

One last close up and you can see another little tweety bird...adorable.

I hope you liked today's projects. Do you use rub ons? Are you successful and if so what is your favorite brand?

Create~

So I have been creative again and it feels good to sit down at the end of a long day and just get lost in art supplies. With this card I am still working with the White Out paper from an old PS Kit. This paper is just fun and funky and screams create with me create with me. I have also been wanting to use these cute paint brushes on a card. These brushes are from the PTI stamp Friendship Jar Fillers. It is a great set that is very versatile and it is just fun to work with. Speaking of fun have I mentioned yet that I broke out my colored pencils that have not seen the light of day in over a year! I have been coloring with my Copics for so long I forgot my roots. LOL Anyway I used my Prisma's and some Gamasol as that is always a fun technique.

I hope you enjoy the card as much as I enjoyed making it.

 A close up of the brushes

And I always like to make the inside pretty too. 

And wala the whole card. 

The good time's is on a piece of chip board with a rub on. The rub on's that came with this White Out paper are by far the best that I have ever used. I have some scrapbook pages to share with you soon where I also used these and you can see the fun bold colors on top of the colored cardstock and it doesn't get lost at all. The rub ons also come off the sheet so easy even though they are a few years old as I am pretty sure that this kit is from 2008.

Don't forget to stop by tomorrow for my BIG announcement! :)