Sketch N Scrap Card sketch #136

TGIF!!  I'm so excited that the holiday is almost upon us!! I was also very excited to work on our last sketch of 2018 from Sketch N Scrap so I took a break from wrapping and decorating to work on this fun sketch!  Here is the sketch:

Here is my card using the sketch:

 Supplies Used: Cardstock: CTMH & Stampin' Up; Patterned Paper: Doodlebug Designs Here Comes Santa Claus; dies: Lawn Fawn stitched snowflakes; enamel dots: CTMH; ink: CTMH blakc; stamp: Stampin' Up.

I was going to make a Valentine's Day card & use hearts for the stars but my niece was crafting with me & she suggested I use snowflakes!!  I loved the idea & tada...a Winter themed card!!  I love crafting with my niece, her creativity is amazing for someone so young & always blows me away!!  I have been hoarding this Doodlebug Designs 6 x 6 pad & since I had not touched it I didn't allow myself to buy their newest Christmas one this year, so I decided to break into it!!  I just love their colors & prints!  I hope you will find time to play along with us at Sketch N Scrap before the year ends, you have until December 31st at 9:55 pm CST to link up your projects using any of our FOUR sketches for December!!  Happy Creating!!!!

Cards using the December Flavors of the month kit at The ScrapRoom!

The countdown to Christmas is on!  I am busy prepping and wrapping, looking forward to spending time with family!!  I mailed out the last of my Christmas cards today.  I made a number of cards using my December Flavors of the Month kit from The ScrapRoom!  Here is the full kit:

Here are my cards using this fun kit:

 Supplies used: Cardstock: White- CTMH from my stash, green- From the kit; Patterned Paper: Pebbles Cozy & Bright- from the kit; ephemera: Pebbles Cozy & Bright- from the embellishment kit; sticker (Snowflake) Pebbles Cozy & Bright - from the kit; enamel dots: Recollections-from my stash

 Supplies Used: Card stock: Red, Green & White- CTMH- from my stash; Patterned Paper: Carta Bella Santa's workshop- from the kit; stickers: Carta Bella Santa's Workshop- from the embellishment kit; Ephemera:Carta Bella Santa's workshop- from the kit; enamel dot: From the kit

 Supplies Used: Cardstock- white- from my stash; Patterned Paper: Echo Park Celebrate Christmas- from the kit; stickers: Echo Park Celebrate Christmas- from the kit; embossing folder: Sizzix- from my stash.

Supplies Used: Patterned Paper: Simple Stories Vintage Christmas- from the kit; card stock: white, olive & Black- Stampin' Up from my stash; ephemera: Simple Stories Vintage Christmas- from the kit

I had so much fun making these cards for some good friends of mine!!  These are all in the mail and I plan to use the remaining scraps from my kit to make a few more cards to be sent out next year at Christmas time!  You can never start to early on creating cards!!  Make sure and head over to the ScrapRoom blog to see the other amazing cards the DT has ceated using this beautiful kit!  Happy Creating!  I hope to check back in tomorrow with another card to share so stay tuned!

Sketch N Scrap Card Sketch #135

TGIF!!  It's been a dreary rainy day here today and I was so glad to get home, in my PJ's and start crafting!!  I'm sharing my card using the December 5th card sketch at Sketch N Scrap.  This sketch is by Heather.  Here is the sketch:

Here is my card using the sketch:

Supplies Used: Cardstock: Stampin' Up- Basic Black & Whisper White; Patterned Paper: Stampin' Up Share What you Love; Stamp set: Stampin' Up Abstract Impressions; ink: Stampin' Up Blackberry Bliss; dies: Stampin' Up Stitched oval; sequins: CTMH.

I had so much fun with this sketch!  I can see myself using it over and over, so you may see more cards using it in the near future!  I hope you can find time to play along with us at Sketch N Scrap this month, despite the holiday hustle and bustle we look forward to seeing what you create!!

Merry & Bright Crop at Sketch N Scrap!

Happy Weekend!  Our Merry & Bright Crop is in full swing at Sketch N Scrap and today is my turn to host a challenge!!  

My challenge is to create a card using SNS card sketch #112:

Here is my card using the sketch:

Supplies Used: card base: CTMH; Patterned Paper: CTMH Grateful Heart; Cardstock: CTMH Pomegranate & White Daisy; glitter gems: CTMH gold glitter gems; Die: CTMH stitched circle die; Stamp: CTMH Boutique Cardmaking stamp set; Ink: CTMH Sapphire

I had so much fun creating this card for a good friend of mine!  I just love this Grateful Heart collection from CTMH, it is my favorite Fall line for this year!!  I have almost used up one entire collection and loved it so much I actually ordered a second collection!!  You don't want to run out of Fall paper right?!! 😂  I hope you will find time to join us at our Merry & Bright Crop this month, you have until December 31st at midnight CST to enter your projects for a chance to win an amazing Simple Stories Peace on Earth collection kit!!  See you at the crop!

December Flavors of the Month kit at The ScrapRoom!

Happy Hump Day!  I hope your week is off to a good start or if not then good news it's half over!!!  Today I am sharing another layout created with the December Flavors of the Month kit at The ScrapRoom!  Here is a reminder of the full kit:

Here is the Echo Park Celebrate Christmas kit I used for today's layout:

My layout using this kit:

Supplies Used: Cardstock: Black- from the kit & white from my stash; Patterned Paper: Echo Park Celebrate Christmas- from the kit; stickers: Echo Park Celebrate Christmas- from the kit; chipboard: Echo Park Celebrate Christmas -from the embellishment kit.

These pictures from my nephew opening his gift a few years back on Christmas morning were not the best, but were all we had, so I wanted to use them, so I printed them as 2 x 2 prints and decided to scatter them down the sides of the layout giving me lots of room to accommodate the larger stickers included with this kit!  I love the way it turned out, it is not my typical "style" so I was a bit wary of the design at first but sometimes it's fun to go outside your comfort zone!!  Make sure and hop on over to the ScrapRoom blog to see what the other DT members did with this fun kit!  Happy creating!

December Jump Start Sketch at The ScrapRoom!

Happy December!!  What a fun and busy month this will be!!  Are you ready?????  Today I am sharing my first layout created using the December Flavors of the Month kit at The ScrapRoom. Here is the full kit:

Here is the Carta Bella Santa's workshop kit I used on my layout:

And here is the sketch my layout is based off of for the December Jumpstart Challenge at The ScrapRoom:

My layout created using this fun kit:

Supplies Used: Card stock: Red from the kit; Patterned Paper: Carta Bella Santa's Workshop from the kit; ephemera: Carta Bella Santa's Workshop from the kit; Stickers: Carta Bella Santa's Workshop- from the embellishment kit; Letter stickers: Basic Grey & Elle's Studio- from my stash;  dies: Fancy Tags- CTMH thin cuts, enamel dots: Recollections- from my stash

I just love these pictures of my nephew (who is now in high school!!!) baking Christmas cookies back in 2006!  Wow!  How time flies!  I love this sketch and the fun layering of the tags at the top of the layout and also right above the photos.  I used a fun frame that was included in my kit and embellished it with some ornament stickers from the embellishment kit and then layered a tag cut from the one of the patterned papers with the Mrs. Claus ephemera piece which is a perfect complement to my photos! I love it when embellishment clusters come together so easily! The title is a play on words...instead of MAKING Christmas Memories I used BAKING Christmas Memories. 

Here is a look at the wonderful embellishment kit for December:

 I hope you were as inspired as I was by this fun sketch, make sure and play along with us at The ScrapRoom this month for a chance to win a fun prize!!  Make sure and check out The ScrapRoom blog to see what the other DT members did with this kit!! Happy Creating!

Paper Trufflez Blog Hop ~ Everything Christmas!!

Welcome to the Paper Trufflez Team Blog Hop. The theme for this hop is “Everything Christmas.” If you have come from Cecilia's blog, you are on the right path. The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way around. If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants here. It’s really simple to hop along with us. Simply click on the link at the end of each blog post to move to the next one.

Today I am sharing a fun card I made using the Tis the Season paper packet.
I knew I wanted to use it for my Christmas cards the minute I saw it, the patterns and colors are so elegant!! Here is my card made using these beautiful papers:

 Supplies Used:  Card base- CTMH; Patterned Paper- CTMH Tis the Season; Cardstock: White & Candy Apple- CTMH; gems: Gold Glitter -CTMH; Thin Cuts: Fancy Tags & Stitched Circle- CTMH
As you can see I used the new Fancy Tags Thin Cuts to cut out my circle element.  I decided the white was to stark so I added a large stitched circle to the inside to make it more colorful.  I love this look, AND the stitched circle hides the hole in the tag that I wanted to cover up.  I didn't want to add ribbon to this tag as I need to mail it and didn't want it to be so bulky.

Now for my second project using the Tis the Season paper packet.....I have actually bought ONE Christmas gift for my niece and decided to wrap it early as she has a way of finding my "hidden" gifts when she visits!! I wanted to make a pretty handmade tag for her special gift so I created this fun tag:

Supplies Used: Cardstock: CTMH- White Daisy & New England Ivy; Thin Cuts: Fancy Tags- CTMH; Patterned Paper: Tis the Season- CTMH; gems: Gold Glitter Gems- CTMH;  twine: White & Gold Twine- CTMH; gold cording: my stash
Once again I am using this fun set of Thin Cuts- Fancy Tags!! This is such a fun set of dies and I  can't stop making pretty things with them!  I fussy cut the stocking from one of the cut apart cards and the sentiment is also included on the cut apart sheet...the perfect embellishments!  As you can see I did NO stamping on either project!! Now don't get me wrong, I love to stamp but sometimes I don't have the time to do it and I know others are the same way so I decided to showcase fast and easy projects for this blog hop, after all with the hustle & bustle of the holidays we can all use cute, fast and SIMPLE projects can't we?  

Now “hop” on over to Andrea’s blog, to see her fabulous artwork. Be sure to visit all the Consultants in the hop to get some fun creative ideas. If you get lost along the way, here is a list of participants. Thanks for stopping by!

November Flavors of the Month kit~ Pebbles Along the Way

The week seems to be whizzing by! So weird to have it be so dark when I get off work now!  So today I am sharing another layout using the Pebbles Along the Way line by Jen Hadfield.  Have I mentioned that Jen Hadfield is one of my favorite designers? That girl has more talent in her pinkie then I have in my whole body!!!  I love and adore any line she does!! Here is the part of the larger kit I used for today's layout:

Here is the ENTIRE Flavors of the Month kit for November at The ScrapRoom:

Here is my layout using the kit:

Supplies Used: Black card stock: from the kit; Patterned Paper: Pebbles Along the Way - from the November Flavors of the month kit; ephemera: Pebbles Along the Way- from the November Flavors of the month kit; letter stickers: American Craft Thickers- from my stash; enamel dots: My Mind's Eye- from my stash; wood veneer embellishment- From the November Flavors of the month kit.

I just love this sweet picture of my friends little granddaughter!  What pretty smiles these two lovely gals have don't you think? I love how the black background pops the picture and the papers!  I was a bit skeptical about black with this paper at first but it looks amazing! To purchase your own November Flavors of the Month kit make sure and visit the store at The ScrapRoom.  To see more inspiring layouts created by the uber talented DT using this line visit The ScrapRoom blog! Have a creative day!

Sketch N Scrap Card sketch #133

Hello creative friends! I hope you have been enjoying some "me" time lately getting creative!  Today I am sharing more cards created with Sketch N Scrap's card sketch #133 by sketch artist Heather! Here is her sketch:

Here are TWO more cards I created using this amazing sketch:

 Supplies Used: card base: CTMH; Cardstock: CTMH; Patterned Paper: CTMH Grateful Heart collection; sticker/die cut (sentiment): CTMH Grateful Heart complements; doily: Stampin' Up.

Supplies Used: card base: CTMH; Paper Paper: Pinkfresh Studio Let your Heart Decide & CTMH (pink "x's"); heart- fussy cut from patterned paper Pinkfresh Studios Let your Heart Decide; doily: Stampin' Up; sentiment: Lisa Bearnson card kit

As you can see I just can't get enough of this sketch!  So far the count is THREE cards using one sketch and I think they all have a different feel/look to them when using different supplies don't you?  I was able to use up all of my scrap except a few fussy cut pieces from this Pinkfresh Studios line from my April 2018 Flavors of the month kit at The ScrapRoom!  I just loved this line and hate to use it all up but alas the scraps are piling up and I must use them lest they overtake my scrap room! And since my scrap area is my kitchen I think that was a smart move lol!  Paper and stoves don't mix well!  If you would like to see my third card using this sketch see my past blog post HERE. Remember you have until November 30th at 9:55 pm CST to link up your projects using our sketches at the Sketch N Scrap blog!  I hope I have inspired you today!  Stay creative!

Fall Tradition~ November Flavors of the Month kit at The ScrapRoom

Hello again!  This is my second post of the day, I told you it was going to be a wonderful Monday!  I am feeling very productive today, maybe it's that extra hour of sleep yesterday!!!  Today I am sharing my second layout using the November Flavors of the Month kit at The ScrapRoom...this one features pictures from our trip last month to Vala's Pumpkin Patch!  Here is the full kit:

Here is the mini kit from PhotoPlay Fall Breeze I used on my layout:

Here is my layout using the kit:

Supplies Used: Patterned Paper: PhotoPlay Fall Breeze- from the November Flavors of the month kit; stickers: PhotoPlay Fall Breeze-November Flavors of the month kit; journal card- Fancy Pants- from my stash; letter stickers (tradition): Jillibean Soup- from my stash; enamel dots- My Mind's Eye- from my stash; circle dies- Stampin' Up- from my stash.

I had a lot of fun creating this layout using these pictures of my brother's family and myself at the Pumpkin Patch!  This is like the 10th year we have went and we have enjoyed EVERY trip!!  I hope to take my grandkids there someday!  This line by PhotoPlay is so pretty and the perfect Fall paper collection! I love that the kit included a full 12 x 12 sheet of stickers so you are sure to find the perfect embellishment for your layout!  If you are interested in getting your own kit make sure and visit the ScrapRoom store and also check out the other amazing layouts using the kit made by the uber talented DT at The ScrapRoom!!  I should also mention that for this fun layout I used a sketch by the super talented Stacey Lokovic from Inspired to Scrap!! She has some amazing classes. I love her sketches and you get a BUNCH of them as well as some very helpful scrappy tips! I highly recommend her fun classes, you won't regret signing up for one!

Sketch N Scrap card sketch #133

Happy Monday!  I sometimes dread Monday but not today, it's going to be a perfect day! Today I am sharing my card I created using the November 5th sketch at Sketch N Scrap.  The sketch is brought to you by Heather. Here is the sketch:

Here is my card using the sketch:

Supplies Used: card base- CTMH; card stock: Pumpkin Pie, Pink Passion and Pool Party- Stampin' Up; patterned paper: My Mind's Eye Well Hello- November Flavors of the month kit at The ScrapRoom; stickers: celebrate (Pebbles Jen Hadfield) from the November Flavors of the month kit at The ScrapRoom & flower sticker: My Mind's Eye Well Hello from the embellishment kit for November at The ScrapRoom; punch: small flower- Stampin' Up' enamel dot: My Mind's Eye (black)

I just love the bright colors in this collection from My Mind's Eye!! It really made a beautiful card. This collection is one of the 4 collections featured in The ScrapRoom November Flavors of the month kit! This card is for a good friend's birthday that is coming up next week, she loves bright colors so I hope she loves the card I made for her!  I hope you will find time to play along with us again this month at Sketch N Scrap, we have revealed 2 sketches so far and will reveal 2 more before the month ends.  Happy creating!

Freaky Fast Friday ~ November Flavors of the Month kit!

TGIF!!!  I am so excited to share the November Freaky Fast Friday formula with you today!!  It is always a SUPER fun challenge and helps you just dive in and create a FREAKY FAST layout!!  Here is this month's formula which can be found on the ScrapRoom blog:

Here is the full November Flavors of the month kit!  Such yumminess!!

Here is my layout created with the Heidi Swapp Emerson Lane part of the kit:

Supplies Used: kraft cardstock: from the kit; Patterned Paper: Heidi Swapp Emerson Lane-from the kit; ephemera: Heidi Swapp Emerson Lane-from the kit; envelope: Heidi Swapp Emerson Lane-from the kit; tag: handmade using kit papers; twine: American Crafts- from my stash; letter stickers: American Crafts Thickers- from my stash; ink: Stampin' Up Night of Navy-from my stash, hearts- Studio Calico- from my stash; enamel dots: My Mind's Eye- from my stash

This layout is of my friend's sweet little granddaughter, don't you just love baby pics?  I do!  Especially sleeping baby pictures!  This kit is so pretty, the papers have a shabby chic vintage feel to them and are great for just about any type of layout you might be working on!  This envelope was my favorite part of the kit, so perfect for hidden journaling and as you can see makes a wonderful embellishment on a layout!!  I hope you will play along with our challenge this month!  If you are looking for more inspiration make sure and visit the ScrapRoom blog to see what the other DT members are doing with this kit!!  And if you want LOADS of inspiration make sure and request to join the ScrapRoom Subscribers & Fans Facebook group, it is a lot of fun!!!  Happy creating!

Sketch N Scrap #164

Happy November! I can't believe the holiday season is almost upon us, what in the world happened to October???!!  Today we have our first sketch of the month up at Sketch N Scrap!  This sketch is a multi-photo sketch and a lot of fun!  Here the sketch created by yours truly:

Here is my layout created using the sketch:

 Supplies Used: Cardstock: black- CTMH- from my stash; white- from the October Flavors of the month kit at The ScrapRoom; Patterned Paper: Vicki Boutin Field Notes-October Flavors of the month kit at The ScrapRoom; letter stickers: Scenic Route- from my stash; ephemera: Vicki Boutin Field Notes - October Flavors of the month kit at The ScrapRoom;enamel dots: My Mind's Eye- from my stash; doily- Stampin' Up- from my stash, journal card: Vicki Boutin Field Notes - October Flavors of the month kit at The ScrapRoom; Date stamp: Elle's Studio-from my stash; ink: Black- CTMH-from my stash.

This layout is the right page to a double page layout I created using the October Flavors of the Month kit at The ScrapRoom.  Here is the double page layout:

I absolutely LOVE this fun collection by Vicki Boutin! The colors are so vibrant and the ephemera pieces are rather large which makes them so striking!  This line was the perfect complement to my pictures from a very long Nature Walk my friend and I took this past Summer!  As you can see we saw a lot of wild life!  Here is a reminder of what the October Flavors of the Month Kit looked like, it is now sold out but the November kit is just as amazing....I will be sharing my layouts using that kit soon!  

I hope you will find time to join us this month at Sketch N Scrap!  I look forward to seeing what you create with this sketch of any of the other 3 sketches will we be sharing soon!  Also we will be cropping again this month and you won't want to miss it!  Our Bountiful Blessings Crop is sure to be a lot of fun!!