Blooming Wednesday

Hi y'all!

Last day of April...can you believe it??!!

Yesterday,  I received some happy mail.

My new Prima stamps had arrived!!

Yippee!

When I was looking at the Bloom girl, I was

thinking of what color to use for her.

So.... I asked my 4 yr. old.

The color? Yellow,  with some pinks and blues.

Her words. Seriously.

She's right!

I used a variety of mediums on her.

I stamped her with Hero Arts Shadow Ink,

then proceeded to use watercolor crayons, inks and paints.

Such fun. I just went with the flow.

I am linking this up to the following:

SimonSaysStamp--Monday Challenge--Not So Mellow Yellow

SimonSaysStamp--Wednesday Challenge--Anything goes

Thanks...and have a great day!!!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter to all of you!

May you have a blessed day, 

and

May you remember....

 Have a great day!

Oh Hoppy day!

Hey!

How are you all??
My poor blog!

Time is just zooming by, and with work and family, my blog and crafting

(to my dismay!!) has taken a back burner....

But today, I carved out some time for me to craft.

I made a layout of an older picture of my daughter, wearing her bunny ears.

It was the day before Easter, and she was EXCITED!!

CHOCOLATE and TREATS galore! 

What's there not to be excited about, right???

lol

I kept it very simple, as I really wanted to get this picture scrapped!
I also wanted this layout to be about her. I have other pictures of the
rest of the gang collecting Easter eggs the next day..That's another layout!

Believe it or not, this layout was started early the week before, and alas, I never had time to 

finish it. Oh well!

Do I like it? Kinda....lol

It's cute, but definitely not my best. lol

Anyways, it's done.

I am linking it up to some challenges:

Paper Issues Pocketful of Sunshine

Simon Wednesday Challenge-Happy Easter and/or Sweet Treats

Scrapbooker's Paradise Playing in Paradise

Items used on my layout:

Bazzill Basics cardstock

Maggie Holmes Flea Market paper (pink and floral) 

Echo Park Springtime collection (yellow hexagon and 'sunshine' sticker tag)

Jillibean Soup  (bingo card, journal tags, butterfly, bunny, white letters)

American Crafts Thickers --Dear Lizzy (aqua)

Lawn Fawn letter stickers (oh)

Teresa Collins Enamel dots

Thanks for looking!

Have a great day!

Be safe. Get crafty (I sure wish I could do more!!) lol

Friday....with possibilty!

 TGIF?? 

YES!

I was able to get a few moments to create something in my art journal.

You know, it's very frustrating to want to create, and 

not be able to. lol

*sigh!*

So, I did this art journal, went with the flow.

Ever have those moments??

Want to create, but not sure, so you just 'let loose'??

This is the result of that:

 I used my Distress inks, with the blender, and some flower

stencils from Pebbles, and just went with it!

I ,then, used a Unity stamp, one of my personal faves.

I used my Bic markers to outline some of the words.

I love this quote--I must remember this!

So, that's it for me.

I am entering this into:

 Unity Friends with Flair

Have a great weekend!

Be safe. Get crafty!

Some brotherly love

Howdy folks!

Gosh, it seems like it has been forever since I've posted.

Or actually did a layout.

Working full time is crazy...lol

But hey, c'est la vie, right??

Anyways.

I did some playing in my craft room.

I am determined to scrap more and more of my mountain

of older photos I have accumulated.

Know what I mean? 

Sure you do! ;)

So, I used some of my newer goodies on this layout.

Crate Paper Boys Rule! 

Wow! 

Love this line!

 

I used American Crafts Kraft cardstock as the background; 

various Echo Park cardstock cute with my circle cutter;

numbered vellum is from Crate Paper Boys Rule;

the die cuts,journal cards, wood shapes, star sequins are all 

from the same Crate Paper line, Boys Rule.

The letters are from American Crafts Thickers.

That awesome stamp in the bottom right hand corner is from the 

Paper Bakery (LOVE that one!)

Enamel dots are from Doodlebug Designs.

See those awesome splatters??

Stamped with a Unity stamp. Seriously!

Those stamps are awesome---they are among my faves.

Sadly I haven't pulled them out often enough layely.

So, there you have it.

A layout of my 2 little guys, taken over 10 years ago.

Man! 

Time sure does fly.

So, I'm linking this up to the following:

Unity Friends with Flair

Practical Scrappers March Layout Sketch

Have a great day!

Be safe. Get crafty!

Natural challenge

Happy Monday!

Late posting for me today. 

Time is flying by for me, as I am sure it is for you all.

So much work, not enough time for anything anymore it seems. 

And what as taken the back burner for me?? 

Scrapbooking.

I ave been trying to complete a layout a week (my goal for this year)

and Boy! is it giving me a run to do it...lol

There are too many awesome challenges out there.

BUT!

I did manage to do one this past weekend.

I received a beautiful set of papers, 

and I just knew what pictures to use with them.

Then I used this awesome sketch over on the DCWV blog:

Here is my take:

I enjoyed doing this layout. 

It was therapeutic for me, especially after a long week. ;)

All the papers are from this gorgeous stack:

The letters are MME, as is the clear cut 'Beautiful'.

The wood hearts are from Studio Calico, the bling on the butterfly, 

(cut from my Slice machine) is from Teresa Collins.

That heart in the corner is also from DCWV, Vintage Collector

--an awesome score from Michael's...all the embellies on liquidation!!

 but alas, no papers...again. sigh!~
I used my small flower punch to make those little flowers,
 and added a touch glitter glue to the centre.

I am also linking this up to:
Crafty Steals Third Thursday Stash challenge--flowers

So, that's it for me for now.

Thanks for stopping by.

Be safe. Get crafty.

I found the pot of gold!

Happy St. Patrick's day!

Getting ready to go to work, but 

just wanted to take a few moments to let encourage you all

to hop over to Webster's Pages, and HOP!

I found the pot of gold, will you??

Have a great day, everyone!

Thinking of you...

Happy Saturday!

I don't know about you, but I am so relieved that it is the weekend!

Phew!

What a week!

 I finally had a chance to get some crafting done.

It actually bothered me that I did not have the time this past week.

Go figure..lol

So, I made this card for someone.

This card is for someone whom I 'worked' with, and has become my friend.

She will no longer work with me.

This card is for her.

This one is for you, Lee-Ann.

Just letting you know that I am thinking of you!

AND...

Expect this in the mail...:)

Thank you, Lee-Ann!

For this card, I used Basic Grey Fresh Cut papers, 

the flower stamp is from Technique Tuesday, the sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp brand,

The rose is colored with Distress markers (I really need to practice more on that!), 

topped off with some enamel dots from Teresa Collins. 

The ink pad I used from Hero Arts.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge--Mother's Day or Special Girl

Paper Issues -Through the Tulips challenge

Have a great day, y'all!

Be safe. Get crafty.