Snow Fun in Feb 94! {Sketchy Thursdays}

Here's the sketch for last week on the cool Sketchy Thursdays blog...



And here's my page .... :)



This was "snow" much fun!! I have (obviously!) had these pictures for quite a while, and my goal as of late is to USE the photos I already have neatly organized in a box (and those not-so-organized), as well as the pretty papers and supplies that I already have! I have so much that I MUST have LOTS of good stuff to create!!! :)

My youngest at the time, Kelsey, was only a year and a half, and was NOT very happy with the snow, as evidenced by her hilarious expression here!



Their sweet daddy and their great Uncle Paul were oh, too happy to chase them around (and if I remember correctly, tease them a little, too)!



What a fun day in the snow with all the cousins!

Sweet Stop Sketch {Special Delivery}

Here's the Sweet Stop sketch for this week.



And here's my card ...

I love this sweet birdie!


This week Sweet & Sassy Stamps sent out an email announcing that one of their designers is venturing out from their company to start a digi stamp company of her own. By doing so, she and her husbad are hoping to make provisions to adopt their 2nd baby boy from Ethiopia. Sweet & Sassy Stamps is discounting all of her designs and giving 100% of the proceeds to their cause. You can read more about it here. It's wonderful to see this company in support of her and her family in such a sweet way!
I was delighted to find that I already have one of her designs, and I hope to purchase more!
You can see all of her designs here on her blog.
So, I guess this card is in honor of Leah and her baby boy, who I pray will be "specially delivered" to her family soon!

Happy Saturday!

PageMaps Sketch - {Buddies}

I'm playing along with the Page Maps sketch for this month, for the first time in a long time!
Here's their cool sketch!

And here's what I came up with ...

This was lots of fun to work with, because it was one of those that I had the idea of for a while and had even gathered bits - the OP tag from a pair of shorts that I bought Josh, and a tag from Brittany's jeans *which states "short" ... ADORABLE!* I even knew the color scheme and papers that I wanted to use. :)


I love my babies!!! <3

Thanks, Page Maps for another great sketch challenge!!

Patter Cross *ABC Scripture Challenge 2011*

If you are looking for a blog to find encouraging truth, spurring you on in your walk and relationship with the Lord AND some B-E-A-Utiful creations, Triple the Scraps is the place to go!!! :) I LOVE her blog! For several years she has 'hosted' a Scripture challenge. Every other Sunday, Patter posts a new challenge to be searched and journaled or simply scrapped about. She will give a word or idea, while also sharing her own thoughts and what God has spoken to her heart concerning it. Though I only found her about a year ago and was not totally able to keep up with her 'pace' along the way, I still plan to finish what I began. :) I would also like to join her challenge for 2011 where she will be doing an ABC Scripture Challenge.
The "B" word is "Bible" (of course :) and I had thoughts flood in on this one. I knew exactly what scripture and even the symbolism I wanted to have on the page.




For the 2010 Challenge I am using a spiral scrapbook that I rescued from sitting upon a shelf in my closet. :) It stands up SO nicely and has plenty of pages to hold the entire year. For 2011, I thought I'd try something different. I will be doing smaller 6x6 pages with 2 wholes punched in the top and will join them with binder rings like the desk calendar I made last year. It too will stand very nicely on its own after more pages are added. (That means I'll HAVE to complete them so it will stand where I want it. :)

Patter, THANK YOU for sharing your time and talents with us ... You truly ARE a blessing!! <3

"SEW" Crazy4Cocoa

Here is my second creation for the Pink & Red color challenge on the Crazy4Cocoa blog.
While I still had another printed copy of SewHappyCocoa on my work table and everything pink and red still out, I figured I might as well keep going.



I LOVE how this one turned out!!!! :) Again spring boarding from a
sweetSweet Stop Sketch from (probably) last spring ...



For years, I've had these sweet little Jolee's embellishments of tiny embroidery thread and cloth. I used a real needle from my stash, some old buttons, and put a few stitches on opposite corners where it suggests gems on the sketch. I inked everything with a bit of brownish ink since I had printed on white card stock and the papers and buttons had more of an off-white tone.

OH, It was so fun to see this one come together! :)

Crazy4Cocoa

I was inspired tonight with the new Crazy4Cocoa challenge for this week AND I had time to work on it! :) What a happy combination! Actually, I was so inspired that I made 2 cards! YIPPEE!



The challenge this week is to use Pink & Red.



"I love you 'sew' much!"



I made this sweet card with a dear friend in mind. It's obviously for Valentine's Day, which is her favorite holiday! Also, her passion is sewing, and that's why I think she will love this card "SEW" much! I used a few heart brads from last Valentine's Day, made a tiny layered paper heart, and inked everything up with just a hint of red.

:)

I also wanted to add that I used an "old" Sweet Stop Sketch for the layout.

It was one from last spring, I believe...



I just really like sketches! They are a fun "spring board" for creativity, and to me, it is a fun challenge to make things fit into a "model". It's not stuffy, but a fun "test" of sorts, to see what you can come up with.

:)

Where have you been?

...here, there and everywhere! :)
It has been way too long since I posted ... and certainly WAY too long since I've been able to create!

I have an absolutely wonderful husband who kindly purchases fun supplies for me and encourages my creative fun! He mentioned recently that I like to get things, but don't do much with them. :( I wish I had all the time in the world to "play", but since I don't I'm going to make the most of the 'buckets of time' that I do have (I'll have to tell my 'buckets of time' story one day.)

Here are 2 cards that I did using the Sweet Stop sketch challenge from last Tuesday.

The first one, I made with bits I've had in my scrap stash. The challenge is to include dry embossing. This is a dry embossed project I made last summer when preparing for a class at SCRAP THAT. It sat patiently in a small stack of such pieces until it was needed. I love, LOVE red and yellow together, and these paper flowers are just too fun!

This second one is for the Crazy 4 Cocoa Challenge Blog, and of course, features the adorable, infamous "Cocoa Mouse"! :) This challenge was to something from the kitchen! Since I only have 2 Cocoa images so far, I used my coffee cup guy. However, there is an ADORABLE Cocoa with a chef's hat ... that's next on my list. I used the Sweet Stop sketch above as a springboard, only changing a couple of small features.

FUN, FUN, FUN!