Adorable

Hello all,

Trying hard to keep up with my blog posts.... but we all know how difficult that can be at times.... and easily neglected.

This layout was created for a challenge at Soul Scrappers called the Tic Tac Toe Challenge.

Here's the Tic Tac Toe board:

You can choose a row or really challenge yourself and use ALL the items on the board for your creation.

To see this challenge, so here.

This is the layout I created titled, "Adorable"

My sweet little Chloe all comfy, wrapped up in the blanket I crocheted some time ago.  She's my little snuggler!  :)

Some pearl bling was added in some of the dots already on the pp.

What's a cute girly layout without bling, right?  The page title is on a pop up for dimension.

Added a row of bling at the top of the photo and a filigree heart metal embellie just below the pretty pink flower.

Another strip of bling below the photo and more scattered pearl bling.

The edges of my journaling block was distressed.  The pink flower overlaps the journaling block to cover the blank space.

And here's the washi tape.

A closer look at the cute filigree metal heart.

And there you have it, folks!

Stop by Soul Scrappers and check out the fun NEW challenges.

A Guest Designer Challenge will be hosted each month also.

You won't want to miss it.

Till next time,

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Hello all!

Welcome to 2020!

Hoping that everyone has a memorable year with a chance to start fresh with everything in life.

Today I'm sharing a challenge at Soul Scrappers that I am hosting.

Do you love card challenges?  Sketches?

Then this is the challenge for you... which includes BOTH a card challenge and a sketch... relating to Birthdays.

Since we are celebrating 10 years of Soul Scrappers, each of the DT members will be hosting month-long challenges relating to BIRTHDAYS!

My challenge runs from Jan 17 to Feb 16.  Plenty of time to join us.

It's simple, use the sketch below to create a BIRTHDAY card and ADD a BIRTHDAY CAKE somewhere on your card.

Easy peasy right?

The sketch:

And here's my example BIRTHDAY card:

Stop in at Soul Scrappers and join us for a month of BIRTHDAY Challenges!

You can see all the info for this challenge here.

And if you cannot see the challenge, it's super easy to sign up.  Come on, what are you waiting for?

Till next time,

John Cena

Hello all!

Here's a layout for the GRAB 5 challenge at Soul Scrappers.

Grab 5 from your stash... the older the better.... and create your project.

You can see all the Grab 5 info here.

I decided on a layout.

This is my old stash of supplies I plan on using.

Found this denim cloth in my stash... along with random black ribbon and twine. There's several die cuts added too.  Once I start completing my layout I will choose which die cuts to use.

And here's the completed layout titled, "Champion"

Oh yeah!  This is John Cena!  Standing this close to him... yeah... nice!  

Went to the WAX MUSEUM in Tennessee this past summer.

What a fun time!  Some of them looked so real it was kinda creepy.  And challenging to have a photo taken with them without touching any of them!  The props were a riot too... and invited you to play along and get photos!  Memorable trip!

I added a black bow on the striped heart.  I used two of the die cuts on it.  The gold sticker die cut says, "Life is beautiful."  Haha

Twine was left loosely under the photo and behind the die cuts.  The camera has two tiny hearts on it and along the side I wrote "Wax Museum 2018."

The denim fabric is behind the photo and die cuts.  Had to add this die cut saying, "What up?"

The "OMG" tucked behind the photo pretty much sums it up!  :)

I chose gold lettering for the page title along the bottom.

New challenges are coming up on Soul Scrappers.  Stop by and check it out.

Till next time,

Winter Wonderland

Hello all!

I have a layout to share which was created for the Soul Scrappers December challenge.

You can see all the info here.

The challenge is Pick 3.  Choose 3 to create your layout.  Simple as that.  Or you can even use as many or all from the list that you wish to make it that more fun!

So here's the list for the Pick 3 for December:

1. Christmas/holiday theme

2. Colors red/green/white

3. Use 3 or more PP's

4. Trees

5. Decorated tag

6. Journaling

7. Stamping

From the list, I created this layout titled, "Winter Wonderland"

I used: 3 pp, Red/green/white, Tree, Christmas/Holiday theme

My page title, using these cool stickers.

I added silver glitter ribbon to separate the two pp.

The tree fit so perfect with my layout.  A snowflake was added on the photo as well.

Under the leaves, I tucked a small Christmas tree (upper left) and a flower.  On top of the leaves is a large wooden snowflake with a glittery red circle and holly leaves die cut on top of that.

I also tucked a couple of tickets under the snowflake cluster.

More flowers were tucked behind the photo with smaller snowflakes scattered beside it.

Love this deer sticker!  Below it are additional die cuts and flowers with small snowflakes in their centers.

In the upper right is another sticker of pine branches with another cluster of die cuts beside it, which I neglected to get a closer photo of.  

More challenges are coming throughout the month of December, so stop by Soul Scrappers and check them out.

And remember, in January 2020, there will be some very interesting challenges that you won't want to miss out on.

Enjoy... and till next time,

Sketches anyone?

Hello!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

I'd like to share with you a Sketch Challenge at Soul Scrappers that I host each month.

If you love sketches, this is the challenge for you.

Stop by Soul Scrappers and join us.

December is here and with it comes lots of fun and some NEW challenges.  And for 2020 there are even more surprises for you.  You won't want to miss this!

Now for my challenge...

This is the freebie sketch by Kimeric Kreations, Digichick

And here is my example layout titled, "Family"

This photo was taken at my grandson's high school graduation this past June.  The 4 of us.  Love this photo!

The background was created by using a misc. strip of cardstock and sliding it through paint and then sliding it onto the cardstock.  I then misted the background and splattered it with ink also.

The hexagons were created with a punch.

This vellum sticker was perfect for my page title.

Twine was used as a bow above the flower and a combination of twine and ribbon together to create another larger bow below the flower.

As always, prizes are offered for one lucky winner.

You can see all my challenge info here.

Till next time,

Another Christmas Card

Hello!

Yet another Christmas card was made for one of the challenges at Soul Scrappers.

The December challenges are under way.... stop by and check them out.  2020 will be a fabulous year for Soul Scrappers and all the fun and some NEW challenges!  You won't want to miss out on any of them.

So this challenge is the Tic Tac Toe Challenge.  It is hosted by our Design Team Member, Mary and will run for a whole month, until Jan 6th.

Here's the Tic Tac Toe board:

Simply choose a row to complete your project.

I decided to make a card using the diagonal row, but most choose a layout.  It's simply your choice.

Red, green, white; Christmas theme and the word Joy.

Thought this background paper was too cute not to use to make one more Christmas card!  :)

Join us at Soul Scrappers.

You can see all the info for this challenge here.

Till next time,

12 Cards of Christmas - Last Challenge

Hello all!

Well, now it's the time for the LAST "12 Cards of Christmas" cards challenges at Soul Scrappers.

You still have time to play along... as each of the 12 challenges will run for ONE MONTH.

The last challenge is to create a

Z-fold Christmas card.

Our Design Team member Mitzi, is hosting this challenge.  She includes all the instructions too.  You can see all the info here.

These are the lovely cards she has made:

And, here are my two examples.  I created them a little different from the instructions, but they are still "Z" fancy fold cards.

This is what they look like opened up.

And this is how they look almost closed up.

Come join us at Soul Scrappers.  It's super easy to join... then you can add all your lovely creations in our Gallery.

December is right at our doorstep and there are lots of fun challenges coming up.  

Be sure to stop by.

Till next time,