Halloween & The Outlawz Guest Designer

Hello and happy Thursday! It has been super hot Fall so far. I think the highs have been hotter than summer, in the 90's. It has finally cooled down but it is supposed to get into the 80's again next week.

Today I am guest designer at The Outlawz Challeges for the Twisted Thursday challenge. Since it is now officially fall, I decided to make a Halloween card.  I have had this stamp a long time and I don't think I have every used it. I used gold embossing powder on the image and the last of my Basicgrey Eerie paper.

Hippity Hoppity Another Easter Layout...

Hello and happy Wednesday. Yes, I found another Easter photo that hadn't been scrapped. I think this is the last one, LOL. I have  lot of pictures that didn't get scrapped but I think all the Bunny pictures have now been accounted for.

Challenges:

Your Scrapbook Place

Unicorn Challenge

Crafty Sentiments Designs

Creative Moments

Inspiration Destination

The Crafty Addicts

WOYWW #414

Hello and happy Wednesday. I seem to disappeared again. I had a sudden death in the family and it has left me out of sorts and not in a crafty mood to say the least. I am trying slowly to get back into the groove of things.

On SCS there is a fun monthly challenge that I try to participate in. Having committed to something forces you to do something. The challenge is the scraplift challenge and it is hosted by Sharon. Every month she comes up with a different theme. This month we are to scraplift a layout from the gallery of the person who signed up ahead of head us. I found a layout and I have gathered a few papers and the picture I want to scrap. Know I just need to figure out the rest like how to embellish and which elements I want to lift and how to put my own twist on it. Good thing I have all month to finish, LOL.

So that is what is on my desk this week. I also have a bunch of pictures I have found and set aside that I need to get cracking on as well. Summer is approaching and I have been spending a lot of time in the yard so it will be a challenge to try and scrap. If you are not sure what WOYWW is then head on over to The Stamping Ground and see what it's all about and share What's on Your Workdesk? Wednesday.

  

 

Hippity Hop - Another Easter Layout

Hello and happy Monday! In my effort to try and get my old photos scrapped, here is yet another picture with the Easter Bunny. I used a variety of Cricut cartridges on this layout. I really like the colors. It feels like spring!

Challenges:

Bitten by the Bug - Easter 2010

Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge

Another Christmas Layout

Hello and happy Saturday! I know it is almost Valentines (and I haven't even made any cards for it yet) but here is yet another Christmas layout. I was searching through pictures looking for seomthing specific when I came across a picture with Santa and a picture with the Easter bunny. One was from 2010 and the other from 2007. Yikes! I don't know how these got missed but I decided I needed to get them scrapped. So far I have only gotten to the Christmas picture.

I was inspired by the monthly Scraplift challenge over on SCS. The hostess, Sharon, wanted us to look through the Valentines gallery and pick a layout to scrap lift. You can find the layout I scrap lifted here.

    

Challenges:

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge 

Crafty Friends

My Time To Craft

Crafting With an Attitude

WOYWW #401

Hello and happy Wednesday! I have been digging through pictures and trying to find old pictures that never got scrapped. As I dig, I keep finding old pictures that never got scrapped, LOL. Lesson learned, do not scrap out of order. It has been driving me crazy having chunks of time missing from the scrapbooks. So my goal is to try to scrapbooks caught up. Easier said than done.

My workdesk this week shows some of the pictures I just printed from 2003! The scrappage in progress is some of those pictures. Then I found some pictures and a few current ones that need scrapping. I guess I need to get busy!

If you want to know why I am sharing my workdesk with you, then head on over to the Stamping Ground to see What's on Your Workdesk? Wednesday to see what other crafters are up to and share your desk.

Steampunk Wish

Hello and happy Tuesday! My daughter asked me to make a card for a friend's birthday. I let her pick out an image from my collection. She picked one I have never inked up before so that was fun. I used the most unlikely Cricut cartridge to cute out some gears, the Accent Essentials cartridge. I colored the image with Copic markers and I also used the Atyou Spica glitter pens on the gears on her hat, brooch and belt buckle. You can't really tell in the photo but it does sparkle.

Challenges:

Die Cuttin' Divas

Crafting When We Can

Color Inspiration Monday #10

Shopping Our Stash

WOYWW #399

Hello and happy Wednesday! I hope everyone is having a great day. I cannot believe that there is only one week left in January. It is also another Wednesday and time for WOYWW. Head on over to the Stamping Ground to see what is going on. I have a different picture of my desk to share this week. Behind my main desk, I have another table that I use mainly for stamping and for my die cuts. I keep a few other tools on there as well. My husband gave me that Zyron over ten years ago and I rarely use it but you never know so there it sits, LOL. I used those bingo cards that I got off of the PaperFections blog on scrapbook page. This would probably work great on a card too. I printed two sizes since I didn't know how big they would print out.

I used the bingo cards for the Scrap Lift challenge on SCS. Here is the scrap book page I made:

WOYWW #398

Hello and Happy Wednesday! It is time for another post of What's on Your Workdesk? Wednesday at the Stamping Ground. If you are not sure what WOYWW is, it is a chance to share what is currently on your desk and to see what other crafters are up to.

My desk is super duper clean. I spent the weekend cleaning, cleaning, and cleaning up my craft space. I put a lot of stuff away where it belongs. I did some organizing and reorganizing. I even through a few things away. I have an inexpensive melamine 12x12 storage tower that didn't come with a back and was wobbly and asked my hubby to fix it. It feels good to have everything clean and orderly again.

I even managed to start a new scrap book page and I have some photos out that I want to get scrapped next. The good news is, it is still clean and tidy, LOL.

Toy Story

Hello and happy Monday! It is a rainy and dreary day today so here is a Disney layout to brighten your day. I get the layout super simple. I handmade the Toy Story logo and I don't even own the Cricut Toy Story cartridge. I just used a little ingenuity and the Disney Mickey font cartridge to cut the words toy and story. I hand cut the shape of the red piece that I cut 'story' on.

Easter and a Sketch Challenge

Hello and happy Friday! I have a scrap page layout to share. The sketch challenge over at My Creative Sketches inspired me. As soon as I saw the sketch, I knew what I wanted to scrap. The paper I used is old and I am almost out of it. I think I have scrapped several Easter layouts with this paper, LOL. I am going to be sad when it is all gone.

WOYWW #397

Hello and happy Wednesday!  It's What's on Your Workdesk? Wednesay. If you don't know what that is, take a visit to the Stamping Ground and take a look.  I have a big mess on my desk today but all is good because I worked on and finished a scrapbook page. Yippee! I just need to clean up the aftermath of that creativity, LOL. Sadly, the bookmark I started last week is still sitting there waiting to get worked on. I just didn't feel like working on it. I hope to feel inspired to work on it after  I clean up my mess.

8th Grade

Hello and happy Monday! I hope today finds you healthy. I have been sick with the flu despite getting a flu shot last October. So I haven't been up to much crafting and my desk looks exactly as it did last Wednesday. So I am posting a scrap book page I made not too long ago but never got around to posting. Better late than never, right? Hopefully you can find something to inspire you to be creative today.

WOYWW #396

Hello and happy Wednesday! I hope everyone had a great Christmas and a happy New Year to everyone. Now that the holidays are over I am trying to get moving on some crafting projects. One is a bookmark I promised by daughter a while ago with this cute Uptown Girls stamp. So that is all that is on my work desk this week! I was having some issues and some thing that shouldn't have taken very long to do was taking forever. I just wanted to cut a few tags out with the Cricut and they weren't coming out to the size that I wanted. It turns out the settings were set to metric so everything I cut was coming out smaller than I expected! Oops.

So that is what is currently sitting on my work desk this Wednesday. What is sitting on your work desk? Head on over to the Stamping Ground and show us.

Merry & Bright

Hello and happy Thursday! I cannot believe there are only three more sleeps until Christmas. I managed to squeeze a little bit of time in to make a few Christmas cards. I am sending mostly to relatives this year. It seems like most people aren't sending Christmas cards like they used too.

Here is the card I made. I just kept it simple and made several of the same card and something easy to mail. In other words a nice simple A2 sized card without a lout of layers that didn't need any special handling or extra postage.

I cut out the little holly sprig on the Cricut Air and it's from the Joys of the Season cartridge.  I am not sure who makes the stamp. It is most likely one of the dollar stamps from the craft store.

Peek-A-Boo Gift Card Holder

 Hello! I cannot believe Christmas is 8 days away. I am just about done with all the shopping and wrapping. Just a few little things left to do. Like usual, I have some gift cards to give out and wanted to make something cute to put it in. I cut a tree out on the cover and put another tree on the inside flap that shows through. That way there is still something cute to see when you open the first flap. The tree has a matching stamp that I embossed with some gold powder.

WOYWW #393

Hello! It's me, I am baaaack......

I have been missing for awhile. It has been a hectic year and I just haven't had the time to get into my craft room and do any crafting whatsoever. I am trying to change that and see if I can work at least one day a week to do some kind of paper crafting.

As you can see by the mess on my desk, I have done a little scrapbooking. The last few months I have done two pages for the scrap lift challenge on SCS. It helps to have something to motivate me!

That page on my desk is for virtual scrapbook night on SCS. I have some Christmas cards in the works as well. Since it is Christmas, I have some gift card holders to post soon also.

If you are not sure what WOYWW is then head on over to the Stamping Ground to see what all the fuss is and share your pictures of what is on your workdesk Wednesday and see what other crafters are working on.

WOYWW # 360

Hello! I have not been around lately. Just too much going on and not enough time to do it all. I hope everyone is having a nice spring. The month of April is just flying by. I am posting a picture of my craft table today as a part of What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday. I haven't posted to WOYWW in a long time. If you are not familiar with WOYWW, it is hosted by Stamping Ground and it is just a fun way to post to your blog what is currently on your desk and peck at other crafters desks.

My desk is a mess! I haven't been down there in almost a month. That scrapbook page was started over a month ago. It is almost done but I just can't seem to squeeze anytime in to go and finish it. I need to do something about my time management, LOL.

There is just a lot of "stuff" strewn around the tables that needs to be put away and pictures that need to be scrapped. The latest Easter picture is off to the right. On he left I have a package of tiny clothes pins. For some reason I have been obsessed with those things lately. I keep buying them when I see them on clearance but I have yet to use them!

Borders - Creative Knockouts #136

Hello and happy Thursday! It is time for another challenge at Creative Knockouts. The theme this week is borders and the sponsor for the challenge is Sassy Studio Designs. I was given Wonder Woman Sassy to work with, thank you!

I did something a little outside the box with the border challenge. I used a Martha Stewart border punch but I didn't use the border I cut out but instead I used the positive pieces that we normally throw away. I colored the image with Copic markers.

Challenges:

 

Sassy Studio Designs

Crafting For All Seasons

Inspiration Destination

City Crafter

 

 

Die Cuts/Punches - Creative Knockouts #132

Hello and happy Thursday! I have been enjoying some gorgeous weather. I hope that means spring is right around the corner!

This weeks challenge at Creative Knockouts is die cuts and punches. The sponsor this week is The Stamping Boutique. I was given Daisy Fairy to work with, thank you! I cut an image on the Cricut for my die cut. The image was colored with Copic markers.

The prize this week is two digital stamps from The Stamping Boutique store. Three images if you use a Stamping Boutique image on your project.

 

 

Challenges:

Sisterhood of Crafters

Inspiration Destination

Creative Card Crew