Massman Grandkids

Do you Ever Picture Something in Your Mind? And, then you make the layout, and it is NOTHING like you imagined yet you have no idea how to get it there. Well, considering I haven't really scrapped at all this month, I'm just going to run with it! I used Sketchy Thursday's sketch for this week as well as a challenge at Scrapfit to use small photos! At least I did those two things anyway!

Hope you are having a wonderful week and aren't stressing over the holidays!

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2010 Halloween - ESL Students

So, I made this layout of some of my ESL students. They had been trick-or-treating at my neighbor's house.  They had so much fun!  I made the spiders that are covering their faces at the same friend's house last night! They were so easy to make and so much fun!  I'll give some to my nephews and will probably wear some while handing out treats this year! Some are rings, and some have fairly flat backs, so I can even use them on my scrapbook pages or cards! Yay!  Anyway, I made this for The Paper Variety's challenge  this week!



Thanks for visiting! It makes my day! If you have time, leave me a comment so I know you were here! I haven't been visiting as many people lately since I've been on a little hiatus with my health and being really busy!   I got a good report yesterday on my legs! I was worried about one, but they said that the symptoms were normal and should go away!  I'll try to stop by soon if you leave me a comment!

Hiking!

Here is a quick layout of my nephews (Steve's youngest brother's kids).  They were hiking with their parents.  The monthly sketch over at Artful Deligh seemed to go along with the photos. I used a crimper on the leaves and then inked them with Tim Holtz distress ink.

Have a great day! Thanks for visiting!

Phoenix - Sisters and First Day of School for Mitch

This is my twin sister and me at the Phoenix Desert Botanical Gardens.  This was our FIRST trip that we have taken with just the two of us since we left home so many years ago that I don't even want to count!!!  I haven't played over at Artful Delight in a while, but I really loved this sketch and had some pictures that I thought would work really well with it!  I'm also entering this at Moxie Fab World's Fabulous Felt! challenge (one of the flowers) and Simon Says Stamp challenge to add bling (to the butterflies).

Oh, and here is a photo of the first day of the last year of high school for Mitch!

Thanks for visiting! Hope you are having a great weekend!

Stuart and Leo - Airplane Ride

I was excited to see The Paper Variety's challenge this week. As soon as I saw it, I ran downstairs to make this layout! I had these pictures and a couple of new (to me) Cricut cartridges I wanted to use.  The airplane is from Heritage (I ran it through my crimper and added some pop dots to add a little dimension).  The big Echo Park circle is from one called Elegant Edges. This is going to be my new go to Cricut cartridge I think. It made this layout come together pretty easily with no sketch! I pop dotted two of the small clouds. I had punched out the tiny clouds when I was at the Phoenix Scrapbook Cottage in anticipation of using them somewhere fun.   The large cloud is a Sizzix die and has been used as a mask several times.   I decided to let it have a permanent home here on this layout!  The background is BasicGrey, and I had been waiting for the right photos so that I could stop hoarding it! The stickers are SRM Stickers.

Father's Day Card - with a little Texture!

I figured I could work one of my favorite stamps from Hero Arts into this Father's Day card. I used Adirondack paint daubers to ink up the stamp--that is why it has an unusual look. The card looks a little bland in the photo but has a lot of embossing and texture in real life! I used CPS 218 sketch to make it and am entering it into Simply Sunday Challenge and at Sketches 4 All.

Pocket Treat Holders

Joni had a challenge to make these cute little pocket treat holders just in time for Halloween! So, I combined this with Design Dollies (top photo) color challenge this week to make these little pockets for special trick-or-treaters! I made it out of Nikki Sivils.  As you can see, it was hard to stop! I made 4 Halloween treats and one Christmas treat holder (Cosmo Cricket Togetherness).  I used a crimper on the flap on this one.  I'll probably end up making more, but I wanted to go ahead and make a blog entry about it!

Halloween Treat Bag

I made this little Halloween treat bag for The Paper Variety's challenge this week to "grab some of your favorite candies for inspiration and show us your 'sweet' ideas".  It is so easy. Take a sealed business sized envelope, cut off around 3 inches from the top. Then, from the large piece cut off about 1/2".  Stamp both pieces all over.  Then, crimp the long side. Place a regular sized candy bar and/or whatever you can fit in it. Place the 3" top over that, and there you have it! Easy peasy!

Raking Leaves - 2002 - take 2

My friend Stacy HW sent me this beautiful Scenic Route paper, and I just had to use it immediately!! I used Sketch 142 from Sketch Inspiration and am entering it in The Paper Variety's Challenge 2.  It had to have Autumn colors, a movie title (believe it or not there is a movie called Autumn Leaves), and borders.  I used a border punch from Martha Stewart on the green paper (punch also from Stacy HW) and a Fiskars punch on the leaf paper! There is some orange twine around each pop-dotted leaf which were cut with my Sizzix.  The word "LEAVES" was made with kraft paper which was inked a bunch and misted with a home-made shimmery mist! Abby, co-founder of The Paper Variety, sent me the "Autumn" sticker from W R Memory Keepers, Maple Grove line.  I love this line and used it on a layout earlier this month!  This also met the design element to include falling leaves over at Design Dollies this week.  I think this is the first page I have done in a long time that wasn't for Sketches 4 All.  I'm sure I'll get right back into doing some for them sometime this weekend!