Love Time Spent Here

Good Morning! It is my turn for the Tuesday Trigger challenge on the My Scraps & More message board today! If you aren't familiar with this let me clue you in! Every month our Trigger challenges have a theme. For February our them is "Love" which is fitting given this IS the month to celebrate it! My challenge today is to create a layout based on somewhere that you love! For me, this place is the beach!! I absolutely love it there. Once I win the lottery, I will be sitting on the beach next to my oceanside dream house daily!!

I would love it if you visited the forums here and played along!!!

gettin' Fancy with My Scraps & More sketches!

Good Morning! I am on here today to share what I did with sketch # 67 at My Scraps & More! I pulled out the Timbergrove collection by Fancy Pants, a couple of OLD pictures that seemed to work really well and a paper pieced snowman. This is what I got...

This page also is for the current challenge at Lasting Memories which is to create a winter or spring layout!

Come and play along with me! Some great prizes are up for grabs at both of these sites!

The Daily Grind...

I love this bright, cheery collection from Simple Stories!! Why I hadn't dug it out and played with it before now is beyond me! I played along with a few challenges for this one...

- Red Carpet Studios... get inspiration from "The Breakfast Club" so I did just that and scrapped a pic of Jim and Connor sharing breakfast on New Year's Day
- this sketch at Let's Get Sketchy
- the Word Up Wednesday challenge at My Scraps to have at least 4 titles or subtitles on your page
- and my scrap group has a challenge to scrap a square photo so trimmed this one to 4x4

Have a fun, scrappy weekend and thanks so much for poppin' in!!

Everyday Moments

Good Morning! I am up on the My Scraps blog today sharing a recent page I created using the new Elle's Studio Everyday Moments collection! I love this collection and immediately thought of using it when I saw this sketch from Page Maps. 

I loved punching out all of those hearts and the wood veneer...LOVE!!

So fun!!! Thanks for checking out what I have been up too! Enjoy your day!!!

Enjoy each Day!

                  ** please scroll down to the next post for the Craft Hoarders challenge**

I have been eyeing this "Family Stories" collection by Teresa Collins for a while now and just recently bought it! The colors are great and really worked with this photo of mine since there are all different colors going on in it! I played with a fun sketch over at Stick it Down. It is a two page sketch but I broke it down and just used the left side of the page. I also played along with the Mix it Up Monday challenge at My Scraps & More. The recipe for today was to include an arrow, a frame, a tag and paper tearing!! Come on over and play along. It was a fun challenge!

Enjoy the rest of your day!!

First Challenge at Craft Hoarders Anonymous!!

Good Morning! I am so excited to post and share my first layout for the Craft Hoarders Anonymous Blog. This challenge was a tough one for me but that's okay. It is called a challenge for a reason isn't it??!!

Challenge #1: What's Your Style?

Share a project that showcases your signature style. Dig into your hoard and pull out items that make you

shout with crafty joy! Whip up something that has your creative name all over it. Do you, because no one is youer than you!

I have asked what "my style" of scrapbooking is over the years and truthfully, I never know how to answer that! So to try and show you my style, I thought I would scrap what is my "norm" and share that with you. 

     When I first started scrapbooking years ago, I remember My Mind's Eye being the first manufacturer I fell in love with. Anyone remember those little frame up people? Yep...I think that I owned every single one of them. Though My Mind's Eye's style has evolved over the years, mine has as well, and they are still one of my top favs! I used their Cut & Paste collection for this layout. Along with my paper style, a  couple of other things that I noticed about my scrapping is that I love scallops, clean & simple lines and white space. I don't like a lot of clutter on my pages. Some people can do it beautifully but not me!! And, the best thing to get my mojo flowing is a good sketch! It just helps my creative process so much!!! 

What is YOUR style? Check out the the complete challenge and rules over on the Craft Hoarders blog here. If you play along with our challenge and link it with us over on the Craft Hoarders blog you could win this amazing prize pack...

If a sketch helps your creative process as well, here is the one I created for this page! If you use it to create a layout, please link me up here! I would love to see what you did with it!!

As a way of celebrating the beginning of the Craft Hoarders Challenge blog, I am giving away some My Mind's Eye Cut & Paste papers and embellishments! Simply become a follower of my blog and leave a comment here on this thread! I will announce a winner Feb 17th, when the next Craft Hoarders challenge is issued!! (because of shipping costs, I can only ship to US addresses. thanks for the understanding)

Happy Monday!!!

Super Scrappy Sunday!!

That's what I am calling today...Super Scrappy Sunday instead of Super Bowl Sunday! I have been scrapping away and hope to continue crafting right along while my hubby and I watch the big game. Here is one that I finished today using the latest sketch from Let's Get Sketchy.

and a couple of close ups...

I think this Crate Paper "Love Notes" collection has to be one of my all time fans!! I just love it!!!

Have a great rest of the day and Go Broncos!!!!