Few and Far Between...

Wanted to share my most recent layout with you...I absolutely love this photo of my daughter Ellie (now 11) and our sweet black lab, Loretta (10). It's one of my favorite photos ever!

Created for Scrapping Everyday Miracles blog with this Layout Sketch by Bev Code:

Here's my take!

Note: Scrapping Everyday Miracles blog will be closing down mid-January 2017. It has been a wonderful blessing to be part of this group/design team for many years. I will miss it. But most good things come to an end...(sad but true).

It's Been Awhile...

It's been awhile...

So...I want to share my latest creations for Scrapping Everyday Miracles May challenges.

Based on this sketch by Bev Code:

And here is my latest card creation...

Based on this card sketch by Bev Code:

SEM December Layout

It's already December and Scrapping Everyday Miracles has some more great challenges for you...see them here.

Here's the sketch from the talented Bev Code.

And here's my take on it.

I absolutely love this sweet photo of Ellie with her Great-Grandpa, and was so happy to be able to use it on this layout challenge. 

SEM November Card

I created a card sample for Scrapping Everyday Miracle's November challenges. Here's Bev's fun card sketch.

And here's my take on it:

Hello (fussy-cut from paper)-Bella Blvd.

Pink chevron paper-Bella Blvd.

Bird (fussy-cut from paper)-Basic Grey

Wood-patterned paper-Pebbles

Aqua paper-Jillibean

SEM Birthday Bash Mini-Crop is Here!

Hello and welcome to the SEM Birthday Bash Mini Crop!

I am hosting Challenge #6, the Inspiration Challenge. 

My challenge is to use this photo below as your inspiration:

(bijoulovelydesigns.com)

Can I just say how much I love this quilt?? Love all those bright colors set off by the black and white...and that triangle pattern is awesome!!!

This is what I was "inspired" to create:

*I also love that I could use a bunch of my patterned paper scraps...what a great idea!!

AND NOW...I can't wait to see what you create!

You have the rest of September to play along at the Scrapping Everyday Miracles Blog.

Link to the side bar inlinkz on the SEM blog and mark the Challenge #6 in the title with your name. 

As for here on my blog there is a chance to win some BLOG CANDY....a $10 gift card to Paper Issues...

Just play along with my challenge and then leave me a comment here on my blog!

(I'll post the winner here on October 1st)

And also be sure to look back all the fun challenges that SEM has for you this month--our September monthly challenge--and all the 6 Birthday Bash Mini-Crop Challenges, and play along with one, two or all!! Have fun creating this month!!

September SEM Challenge Pages to Share

I created this layout for Scrapping Everyday Miracles using the sketch below from Bev Code.

Paper from Doodlebug Designs.

Then I made a coordinating layout based on a PageMaps sketch.

Paper and Stickers from Doodlebug Designs.

Be sure to check out our SEM September challenges and play along!

Two for You!

I did samples for both the card and layout challenges this month at Scrapping Everyday Miracles that I'm excited to share with you.

This is the card sketch.

And here is the card I created:

Used Pebbles "Happy Day" line

Here's the Layout sketch:

And here's my take on it:
I loved creating this layout about when we got to have Ellie's classroom pet for a weekend--Madrasha the guinea pig. 

Used Elle's Studio "Everyday Moments" line plus a fish-mash of other fun embellishments. 

With a close-up:

Love You Card

Here's my latest card for Scrapping Everyday Miracle's April challenges...you can check them out here: April SEM Challenges.

Here's the card sketch from Design Team member Bev Code.

And here's my take on it...

Nearly all the products I used are from Pebbles, other than the enamel dots (from MME and Target) and the twine (Darice).

Purrrfect Day Card

This summer Ellie and I got to take a fun trip to visit my friend Mendi and her 2 daughters in Vancouver, WA. We had the best time and I so enjoyed getting to scrap in her awesome scrapbook room. She convinced me to try my hand at a call for cards at Paper Crafts Online. I used some of her cute stamps to create this Cat themed card, and although I didn't get chosen, I still wanted to share my card:

Stamps by Paper Smooches

SEM Card Challenge Cards

Scrapping Everyday Miracles blog is back up and running and I'm so happy to be continuing on with the Design Team...this will be my third year with SEM!

 We kicked off with a Mini Crop in September, and now we're back to our monthly Challenges in October.

Here's the October Challenge Card sketch by Bev Code...

Here's my October Card Sketch sample:

You have the entire month of October to link up to any of our challenges...hope you join us!!

Here's my sample for the Mini Crop back in September.

Based on this card sketch by Bev Code (I just rotated the sketch for my card):

Summer Layouts

It's my daughter Ellie's 9th Birthday today!!! I LOVE YOU Ellie!!!

To celebrate her, I wanted to share a few fun "Ellie" layouts with you today...

This first layout was scrap-lifted from Scrapbooks and Cards Today magazine (Summer 2014 Issue). 

(scrap-lifted from layout by Amy Coose)

My Ellie girl and one her best friends, Gracie. They always have so much fun together.

Here's the corresponding page...

Happy Trails Card

I created this fun card this summer for the president of our Airstream (trailer) Club---it was the end of her presidency, so the "Happy Trails" seemed fitting (and she loved it!). I used the Lawn Fawn Happy Trails set to stamp out on various patterned paper, then fussy cut the images and used foam tape for depth. 

April SEM Challenges

Scrapping Everyday Miracle's has 3 Fun Challenges each month, and this month I made samples for 2 of the challenges:

For our Card Sketch Challenge we were asked to create a card using this cute sketch from PageMaps:

Here's my take on the card...I printed out a cute & free Happy Spring tag I found on Pinterest as the sentiment for my card...and added a cute little bird from Recollections (Michaels), washi tape, enamel dots, and a cute little wooden heart from Pinkfresh Studio. 

And for our Layout Sketch Challenge we were to create a layout using this great sketch from PageMaps: 

And here's my take on the layout sketch celebrating the new & tough things that my daughter Ellie has had to face this past school year. I LOVE this girl!!

Love this verse from Lamentations 3:22-23:

Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for this compassions never fail. They are new every morning, great is your faithfulness. (I want her to remember that no matter what she goes through, the Lord is with her always!)

Have a Beautiful Day...

Here's a card I recently made for SEM's Card Sketch Challenge using this fun sketch by PageMaps.

Tree, bird, cloud, scalloped journal tag-Best Creation Inc.

Plaid paper, green floral paper-We R Memory Keepers

Enamel dots-My Mind's Eye

Some Valentine's Love

Here are some Valentine cards I made recently.

Hope they inspire you to go make one for your Valentine!

This one I created for the Card sketch challenge at Scrapping Everyday Miracles.

And that gave me the motivation to try a few more...

Had fun using lots of washi tape, enamel hearts and baker's twine...

along with my circle punches and stamps and my favorite splatter stamp from Stampin' Up!

Happy Almost Christmas...

Boy, it's been waaaay too long since I've posted anything. So, I'm going to make up for it a bit by posting a bunch of photos on this post....enjoy!!!:)

In November and December, I was really busy making lots and lots of cards to sell at my parent's jewelry store. Here are some of my favorite Christmas card creations.

This first one, I used as for the Scrapping Everyday Miracle's December "Christmas theme" challenge. 

Love this cute little reindeer from K & Co....and I added the red "bling" for fun. And I really enjoy using washi tape (really like how easy it is to remove if I need to correct the placement).

The sentiment stamp is from Papertrey Ink. Splatter stamps from Stampin' Up!

These two I made with some Martha Stewart snowmen stickers I picked up from JoAnn on clearance (YAY!! Makes my day to find a great bargain!). 

Love this cute little bird and the round snowflake bling from K & Co. 

Here's a fun one made with washi tape and a cute doodle-pop sticker from Doodlebug. The sentiment stamp is from Papertrey Ink.

This one is probably my favorite...I love all the whimsy---the bright pop of yellow, the cute sticker (from K & Co), and the fun snowflake die cut (die from Papertrey Ink).

Similar card layout to the one above, just flipped a bit...and a bit more traditional looking with the pretty holly sticker (again from K & Co). Sentiment stamp from Papertrey Ink.

Hope you all have a very MERRY Christmas. I'll post some of my other favorite cards I created after the New Year!