A sketch challenge at H2H Challenge Blog!!

Its a sketch challenge over at Heart 2 Heart Challenges Blog this week!

I have only recently discovered this challenge blog and its all about my favorite product!

Close to My Heart

I am working on catching up my Christmas album this weekend at a retreat I am co-running! So I am all about Christmas right now. This layout suited the sketch perfectly and is made completely out of retired Close to My Heart Product (paper pack is X7075B Everlasting) ! The bling though is a local dollar store find! I used my Cricut to cut the shapes, titles and embellishments!

Anything but a Card for H2H Challenges and Decorate to Celebrate Challenge Blog

Party favors!

These are darling little purses made from my favorite Close to My Heart papers, bling, and some bead/wire from the local dollar store. I have added the pattern to the bottom of the post.  I used these at a Close To My Heart catalogue launch and put a little surprise inside each purse.

I am entering these little purses in the ABC = Anything But a Card challenge at H2H Challenges.

and Decorate to Celebrate Challenge blog

 

Retired Hero! for Fabulous Friday Challenge! at Frosted Designs!

Summer is just around the corner, and with that are a few holidays that celebrate our freedoms in America and the people who protect those freedoms! Tomorrow, May 21st is Armed Forces Day and of course Memorial Day (May 30th) follows shortly after. And since we have a design team and followers from around the world, we would like to include everyone who celebrates their armed services and independence! So... thttp://frosteddesigns.blogspot.com/2011/05/fabulous-friday-challenge_20.html

This is an acrylic scrapbook I have done as a gift for my father-in-law as a gift. It is of his retirement luncheon from the Canadian Armed Forces.

his week's challenge is to make a card, layout or project with an armed forces/patriotic theme!



So Proud!! - My submission to Fabulous Friday Challenge! at Frosted Designs

Summer is just around the corner, and with that are a few holidays that celebrate our freedoms in America and the people who protect those freedoms! Tomorrow, May 21st is Armed Forces Day and of course Memorial Day (May 30th) follows shortly after. And since we have a design team and followers from around the world, we would like to include everyone who celebrates their armed services and independence! So... this week's challenge is to make a card, layout or project with an armed forces/patriotic theme!

These are pictures I have had for 6-7 years ago now. My Nephew Graduated from "The Royal Military College" and was sworn into the Canadian Armed Forces as an Officer. Since then he has been posted to the East Coast, now Northern Ontario and as of this July a base much closer to home. In 2010 he was deployed and served 9 months in Afghanistan and returned home to us this past Christmas.

We are all very proud of him!

Flutterby Wednesday #95 and Quixotic Challanges #12 I Believe in Faries

I was inspired to try the Flutterby Wednesday Challenge over at my friend Karen's Blog.  Karen is a Designer for Flutterby Wednesday and I always see her creations. This Farie Portrait of my daughter seemed perfect for this challenge.  I also found the blog Quixotic Challanges and this week it is I believe if Faries, so I thought this was so perfect, I entered it there also!

I hope you like it.

Makayla's hair was long enough for her to sit on, but after sleeping in sponge rollers all night and keeping them in until just before the photo was taken, we created the wonderful thick ringlett's for her Farrie Portrait!

I have stamped 2 sizes of butterflies in the background, also used some butterflies punched out and on popups, rinestone butterflies, and hand made flowers in co-ordinating colours. I am trying to make alot of my embelishments so they all match.

Just Buggin' Challenge #22

Challenge #22 -All About Food

The challenge is to make a food themed project.

It can be a treat container, food themed layout, card etc...

The Cartridges I used are "Noel" and "Wild Card"!

I am really enjoying the Just Buggin' Challenges because I am looking deep into my Cricut Cartridge collection and really using them.  I have so many great images that I normally would have looked right past, I really appreciate them alot more now! 

This is Christmas 2007!

It is Christmas Day and the Children are very happily digging into the Ginger Bread House that they made on Christmas Eve Day. 

Happy Valentines! Challenge #23 Just Buggin' and Frosted Design Valentines Challenge

Valentines Day!

Red, Hearts, Glitter, Candy, Love, Romance, Candle lit Dinners!

Am I Right?

Ok, so maybe that’s what a tradition girl’s wants! But what about the man, I guess it depends on which man! My husband is romantic his own way, but for him, he is an outdoorsy type, hunting, fishing, any sport, anything with a motor! So how do you get the sparkle of Valentines Day across with an outdoorsy theme, well I hope this is it!

Please tell me what you think!

Frosted Designs
Valentines Challenge - No Pink or Red!
challenge #23 Just Buggin' - Love ya
Make something for Valentine's Day using your Cricut.

For this Card I used the Campout Cartridge for the sign
& Wild Card Cartridge for the sentiment, grass and bullrush (some call it a cats tail)!
As always I distressed my paper, put some glitter pen on the "be my valentine" and fun flock on the bullrush.

For my Outdoors Man's Valentine!
Then I will use it as an embellishment in his scrapbook!

I am top three over at Just Buggin: Challenge 21 Monocromatic

This is the Comment on my layout From Just Buggin!

I thought this layout was beautiful and to me summed up what scrap booking is all about. I thought both the design and the colour was stunning. I am not sure what cartridge Kelli used (maybe you could leave us a comment Kelli to let us know). I really enjoyed reading the history behind these photos - hop on over to Kelli's blog to read her article.

See all the winners here! Thank you Just Buggin!

Who Am I - Post ten

It's Baby time!

Cricut and Cartridge "Noel" for the rocking horses, Martha Stewart Punches for the fence & scallops and stampin' up punch for the flowers 

Well here I am with my very dear friend Patricia at her baby shower, she was due almost 3 months before me, but since my baby was in a hurry,

they are only a few weeks apart.

The day this photo of me was taken of me in labor, with my husband, It was a Friday, I still had a month of work, It was a work day and My husband had stayed up most of the night planning a surprise road trip to some bread and breakfasts in the United States, as a relaxing last trip for me before the baby arrive.....that didn't work out! Not long after he came to bed, my water broke at 3am, a month early, of course being my first delivery, I thought I pee'd the bed. So a month premature,

we welcomed on Saturday night our Daughter Makayla.

To be honest with you, I loved being pregnant, even with all the issues I had keeping babies to term, and miscarriage, I was so happy pregnant, loved every minute of it. This is also the time I started coming to terms with my new body and gained lots of self esteem and self confidence.

Practical Scrappers Valentines Blog Hop

Welcome toPractical Scrappers first ever Designer Blog Hop. Their designers have prepared projects to share with us and many of them have prizes and challenges. Their theme is LOVE - so all the projects you'll see will have something to do with LOVE!

Have a look, it is really Nice!

Thinking of You! - Sketchy Thursday Challange 1.21

This is my layout for the "Sketchy Thursdays Challange 1.21".

Wow, I have to say that this simple looking layout was, ALOT of work and very time consuming!  I actually can not believe it! The title, images of children and the tree in the bottom right corner were all stamped on first.  I then distressed all the card stock by sanding, then I sponged it with a brown and a gold pigment ink.  I even went as far as to sponge onto the ribbon, flower and button to get them to blend into a monocromatic look. Yes, I know what your thinking, I must be nuts and I totall agree!  I will be going to work tomorrow with brown and gold fingers! Wish me luck! 

Memories - For Just Buggin Contest "All About Pets"

When I was looking thru Karens Blog today I was drawn in by a contest she entered and was in the top 3 (Congrat's Karen). I loved her card and followed the link to the site "Just Buggin" and was quite taken by it. So I decided to try the current contest "All About Pet's"! Again I tried a new type of layout; I have wanted to try the swirls out for some time. I purchased the Cricut Cartridge "Home Decor" a few months ago specifically for the swirls.

In this particular layout I used the Cricut "Home Decor" Cartridge for the background flowers, the swirls and the word Memories.  The paper has all be distressed and various layering techniques have been used with the paper and all other elements.  Pearls of 3 different sizes have been used for accenting.  My daughter wants this in her special book.

My Nephew's Graduation and Swearing in - for Sketchy Thursday

These are pictures I have had for 2-3 years now. My Nephew Graduated from "The Royal Military College" and was sworn into the Canadian Armed Forces as an Officer. Since then he has been posted to the East Coast and now Northern Ontario. As we speak he is in California training in the heat to prepare to be deployed to Afghanistan in April!

We are all very proud of him.

This is a card sketch from http://sketchythursdays.blogspot.com/ you could do a card or make it into a layout! Since this year I have decided to dedicate myself to layouts and come out of my comfort zone, this was perfect for me.  The sketch spoke to me and this is what I came up with.