This makes me Happy

Today at Creative Inspiration Forum we share the Sunday Sketches for a layout and a card. I chose to use the layout sketch for my page using my newest purchase of Hip Kit Club. What amazing fun collection with super cool accents too.

If you love these sketches and are always looking for inspiration... come join us in our online group full of projects and themes to play along with.

LINK:  CI forum

Thanks for stopping by.... see you again soon.

My Besties with Sherri Baldy is Crafter's Castle Challenge Sponsor for September

Today is my blog post for Crafter's Castle Challenges. There will be 1 monthly challenge for you to play along with. I will be posting on the 1st and on the 3rd Saturday of the month we will recap and share another project using another product from our sponsor in a VIDEO BLOG HOP to inspire you. Please mark your calendars and be sure to visit the Crafter's Castle Challenge blog for details and be inspired by the DT inspired projects too.

This month’s sponsor is Sherri Baldy’s My Besties Shop (digital images and papers). Please visit her shop, you will be surprised at all the things she has http://www.mybestiesshop.com/store/c1/Featured_Products.html

Prize: $12 gift certificate for challenge and $12 gift certificate for hop

Theme: Anything Goes - Halloween / Fall

I did a video to share some details of my super fun Halloween card. I used a both digital paper and image for my project.

Link to YouTube video is HERE

Hope you'll take time to view the video. Then please play along with our challenge this month so we can visit and make comments on your projects too.

Crafter’s Castle Blog

DT Blog Links

Janie Rinta

Bev Code

Jeanie Ellis

Priya Satish

Mike Fernholz

Tasha RJ

thanks for stopping by.... see you again and hope to see you play along with us.

Digi Stamps 4 Joy #152 Challenge for Sept

HI .... I am super excited to be sharing my very 1st challenge project for Digi Stamps 4 Joy. 

CHALLENGE #152 - Anything Goes with a twist of "Flower Frenzy"

Be sure to check this out to be inspired by the DT and also play along with us.

Here is my digital flower.....Anemone Corner 

and I copic coloured it and finished it off with some gel pen accents.

I then found a print background to match the colours I used and added a dark burgundy matting to the image.

Using scrap from the burgundy cardstock matting I die cut the sentiment "Best Wishes".

Thanks for stopping by... hope to see you soon when I share even more digi images with you.

Be sure to visit the STORE to view this and so many other amazing digi images.

Sketches in Thyne for September

Here is a super cute page of my eldest son when he was little. What great memories of his cute smiling face. I used the Sketches in Thyme September 1st Challenge sketch to start this page.

This page is on white with a full colour cardstock matting.

To start a page I often lay things out in proposed spots.. but am not afraid to move them later as you don't glue down right away. Above I copic marked the chipboards.

Proposed paper pieces and accent image from the paper collection... some fun thing strips to add more colour, depth and texure.

Before gluing down I ink splattered the background paper.

Fabulous clustered word Title with accent.

More close ups to view the stunning chipboard accents.

Central section with full view of photo with accents.

Sketch n Scrap for August

hi.. so today I played along with Sketch n Scrap ... a layout and a card sketch. 

Both projects are using some Echo Park Imagine That Collection with paper and some accents.

I also pulles some Paper House 3D stickers.STDM -0296.

and here is a close up view of layout.

Next up is my card

 For the card I used the card sketch below.

and here is another card view.

Thanks for stopping by... hope to see you again soon.

Art Impressions from The Rubber Buggy

At The Rubber Buggy I am creating using the Tim Holtz Stamping Platform. I actually have the Misti also but the platform space is larger and will adapt to layout size papers too and open inside stamping for cards. mini Misti however will do the thinner stamps better however... so keeping both of them for different duties.
For the this card I am using the Art Impressions Maturing Set + dies #4831. OMG it was so full of fun.... great images for outside and inside the card along with the perfect sentiment. Above is the front of card which I added some die cut apart pieces to decorate it.... and below you can see the inside of card. All my projects use Beacon 3-in-1 glue and Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Ink.Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

I stamp my images..... and love that if it needs a 2nd or 3rd pass at stamping and alignment is perfect.

My images are stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink for colouring using Copic Markers. I always accent with a white gel pen.

 The dies come with this set so you can die cut them so easily.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by. Be sure to visit the STORE to view these and so many other products.... even lines not carried by the other stores.

Mama's Treasures sponsor for Crafter's Castle Challenges for August

Today is my blog post for Crafter's Castle Challenges. There will be 1 monthly challenge for you to play along with. I will be posting on the 1st and on the 3rd Saturday of the month we will recap and share another project using another product from our sponsor to inspire you. Please mark your calendars and be sure to visit the Crafter's Castle Challenge blog for details and be inspired by the DT inspired projects too.

This month’s sponsor is Mama’s Treasures, please visit her shop at https://www.zibbet.com/iammama24    (Rebekah Wiebe )

Prize: $20 Gift Certificate

Theme: Elegant / Shabby Chic

I did a video to share some details of my super fun Birthday layout page. I used a special Valentines package of all sorts of items, great accents and trims. 

Link to YouTube video is HERE

Hope you'll take time to view the video. Then please play along with our challenge this month so we can visit and make comments on your projects too.

Crafter’s Castle Blog

DT Blog Links

Janie Rinta

Bev Code

Jeanie Ellis

Priya Satish

Archana Joshi

Thank you for watching. I invite you to visit Crafter’s Castle Blog and enter this month’s Challenge at Crafter’s Castle Blog to view all there amazing projects.

Cousins Layout full of memories

Here is my eldest and the youngestvGrand Daughter together celebrating a birthday .... so nice to see them together enjoying each others company. To start this page I used the Sketches in Thyme challenge sketch for Aug 1st (see below) and the amazing Blue Fern Studios Amber and Apricot Paper Collection, 49 and Market Vintage Shades Potpourri Snow flowers and Venice lace are from The Rubber Buggy. The chipboard accnets are from Creative Embellishments. When it was done I added the ink roller stitches.

In the close ups you can see more details in the paper and accents. The upper corner has a cut in slit to follow line in sketch. The paper layers with chipboard accent are perfect.

This section hosts clustered flowers, lace and lots of chipboards.

More fun pieces of chipboards.

Here is the central section with the matted photo and the great chipboard title.