Be Happy - Be Bright - Be You

I am adding this to the Simon Says Stamp Fabulous Florals challenge!

St. Patrick's Day Card for my Mom

I'm entering this in Simon Says Bit of Green challenge. I made it for my momma!

Easter Card #4

I made this Easter card with lots of texture (embossing) so that it meets the Simon Says Stamp Touchy Feely challenge!

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Birthday card for my Aunt

I made this card for my Aunt Sandra. I like the old-fashioned feel for her, and I think she will like it, too! I put some microbeads in the center of the flower.   I am entering this in the Simon Says Anything Goes challenge this week.

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P.S. Easter card tomorrow or St. Patrick's Day?

Easter is coming...I better get ready!!!!

Here's my 2nd of 12 Easter cards that I'll be sharing soon!  I am entering this in the Simon Says Anything Goes challenge this week.

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4th of July at My Sister's House

Now, that I have it on here, I see that it is  a little blurry. I started it for the embossing challenge but didn't finish it until today--so the white lines are sanded embossed lines i created with my Scor-Pal.  I am entering this in Simon Says Anything Goes....

P.S. This is my second entry.

The librarian in me wants you to read!

I made this card to have on hand!  I am entering it in the Simon Says Emboss It challenge!

Octopus vulgaris

I made this layout with the new Graphic 45 collection "By the Sea." Do you think I could have found a better patterned paper for my photos? I think not!!

Anyway, I made this for my friend Stacy's challenge and also for Simon Says Journey challenge. We journeyed to San Francisco....

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Happy Fall

It has been a while since I entered any contests or posted here! We've been busy!  I decided that since Simon Says Stamp had an Anything Goes challenge that I would go ahead and make something!  I love making these Julie Nutting canvasses! So, I'm entering that.  We had our first Thanksgiving with Steve's extended family this weekend. Mitch got sick so he couldn't go but we had a great meal!

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Kayaks

I made this for PageMaps anniversary challenge:  Paper Mixology!  And, boy did I ever mix up the collections.  I used papers from several older collections:  Recess, Two Scoops, Archaic, Kioshi, Nook & Pantry and some basics...  I did some embossing on the buttery paper--chevron type arrows. Looks so much nicer in person, but all of mine do....

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Happy Mother's Day

Well, I am sad that I didn't win the Crafter's Companion blog hop this week because I would have won every Peter Rabbit/Beatrix Potter stamp set they carry!! I would have been in heaven.  Congrats to the winner though! Anyway, this is my entry for the Mother's Day challenge over there. I thought I would make the cute little SWALK character in bright colors.  I used some Crate Paper patterned paper.

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Love

 

I made this layout of all of the Massman boys and their wives! We had these fun photos taken when we had some group family photos taken in November.  I made it using Sketchy Thursday's LAST sketch. Boo hoo! I love their sketches! Anyway, I finished it this evening just in time to enter into The Paper Variety's challenge to use black/white and a kiss of color.  The sketch and prompt seemed to go perfectly with the photos!!!! Don't you agree?

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Shabby Bicycle

Here is a shabby bicycle card that I made for Simon Says Stamp Challenge - anything goes! I "taught" this card to my stamp club as it was my month. The patterned paper is sparkly and is from SEI. I cut the flowers from my sizzix, using an old pair of jeans from my husband and some felt.  I sprayed the felt with some Mr. Huey Mist to match the card better. The stamp is CTMH, and I colored it with my water color pencils.

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My Sister, My Friend

Here is my twin sister in various moods at the Heard Museum in Phoenix earlier this summer.  I was really excited this morning when I found this sketch by Sketchy Thursdays and the combined "friend" challenge at Scrapfit!!!! I'm crossing my fingers that I'll get lucky this week! I play these two challenges all of the time and haven't won a prize on either challenge--now, mind you, I have been very lucky all over blog-land winning prizes, and I am not complaining!  I just love the prizes being offered this time! :-)  My friend Stacy wanted tickets on a layout, too. They represent "ticket to fun" to me.  I've won many of Stacy's challenges, so I play for fun (though I still win a lot) there and hope more of you will play along so she can send prizes out to as many different people as possible!!! She's such a gracious and friendly host!  I did a little spritzing on the layout which is hard to see in the photo but looks pretty good in person!  I'd been hoarding the multi-colored clouds for a while as the company who makes them is no longer in business to my understanding.

Thanks so much for visiting! I won't be posting much in the next few days!!!!

Heard Museum - Phoenix

I decided to do the monochromatic challenge at The Paper Variety.  Since I was keeping it simple, I thought "what the heck, just go with as many photos as you can." So, even though this is as simple as it gets, I got 7 photos scrapped! Yay! And, I chose my favorite color:  green!

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A Funky Little Card

I made this funky little card with an MFT stamp for The Paper Variety's challenge to use a stamp!  That was also my friend Stacy's challenge this time.. . The pp is Basic Grey. I wish I had time to relax like the little bunny!

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Engrained - Tempe, Arizona - ASU campus

I was really excited when I saw this lovely paper and other goodies from Webster's Pages "box" sale! I knew they would go perfectly with the Engrained photos I took or had taken when my sister and I visited there!  Engrained is all about sustainable, fresh ingredients! And, if you can see the words I left showing through the paper, you can see that it could be Engrained's mission statement! The food was so good there that I highly recommend you make the effort to get out to Arizona State University's Tempe campus and eat there if you are in the area (near Phoenix). It looks really casual inside, and the food is kind of served "cafeteria" style (though it is made fresh and brought out to your table), but it is gourmet food. The prices are pretty reasonable, too, considering you get a drink and don't tip there! Yum! I wish I could eat there right now! I made this for Simon Says.....Who wants some FOOD & DRINKS????

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Thank you Teacher

I made this little thank you card for the Crafter's Companion challenge this month.  The little bear Popcorn is so sweet--it is from the School Days set!  I'm glad I saved the little bit from a notebook border punch that I got to use at Archiver's. I'd love to have a notebook border punch, but this will have to do for now!!! Anyway, I added a little Tattered Angels mist droplets on th background. My coloring isn't great, but there is no way to make this bear not cute!!

Thanks for visiting! I should be adding some layouts soon!

Have a great weekend!

Pretty in Pink

I made these two items for Stacy's card and layout challenges at Sketches 4 All.  You have until July 31 to play. Won't you please play? If you do and win (the chances are high since there aren't many entries yet), you will receive a great prize! I've been lucky there more than once and have often thought Stacy is TOO generous!! So, take advantage of her generosity and get some crafting completed by doing a fun challenge!  I also played tic-tac-toe over at The Paper Variety with the card.  My winning combo:

 

Use ... stitching, make a card, and include the color pink!

Fairy Mother's Day Card

I made this Mother's Day card for this month's Crafter's Companion challenge! I used Stickles on the wings!