Grateful Journal & Some Exciting News!

Well good morning friends!! I have some super exciting news to share with you today and it is that I am back on the DT over at The Paper Variety for the rest of the current term! I couldn't be more happy about it. :) So, I have a new challenge to share with you today which is...






Supplies: Sassafras Lass Count Me In Paper - Multiply & Polka Polka; Colorbox Chalk Ink - Chestnut Roan; Craft Smart Ink - Choloate Brown; Papertrey Ink Stamp Set - Happy Trails; Ali Edwards Stamp Set - Family Is; Martha Stewart Butterfly Punches; I-Rock; Jolee's Hotfix Jewels; Crop-A-Dile

I knew as soon as I saw what the challenge was that I wanted to do something having to do with the word daughter. Having two of them made that very easy, lol! ;) I ended up creating this grateful journal which I'm planning to use to write letters in for both of them. I do that already when I journal on layouts, but I like the idea behind this because I don't have to worry about having a picture or story to go along with my words and I think it will be very freeing for me. I hope that my babies will love it one day!

What about you? Do you have a project in mind that will go along with this week's challenge? If you do and create and upload your project before next Tuesday the 15th at noon EST, you'll be entered to win this fabulous prize!!



You know you want that yumminess so go for it! ;) Also, be sure to stop by The Paper Variety's blog today and check out all of the DT creations for this challenge because everyone made some amazing things to share with you. Thanks for popping in today and sharing in my excitement!

Get out those scraps!

I did a couple of card sets using up some of my scraps and wanted to share them with you! I absolutely LOVE how quick and easy it was to make these...




Supplies: Sassafrass Lass Paper - Sunshine Broadcast; Papertrey Ink Cardstock - Vintage Cream; Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Antique Linen; Colorbox Chalk Ink - Chestnut Roan; Craft Smart Ink - Chocolate Brown; Hampton Arts Border Background Stamp; Ali Edwards Stamp Sets - Loving Words, Sentimentally Ali & Simply You; Fiskars Butterfly Punch; Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch; I-Rock; I-Rock Clear Gems




Supplies: Sassafras Lass Paper - Sunshine Broadcast; Papertrey Ink Cardstock - Kraft; Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Antique Linen; Colorbox Chalk Ink - Chestnut Roan; Craft Smart Ink - Chocolate Brown; Unity Stamp - Baby Boy Plaid; Ali Edwards Stamp Sets - Simply You, Sentimentally Ali, Cake & Candles, Favorite Memories & Loving Words; Fiskars Star Punches; Making Memories Star Brads

We all have tons of scraps hanging around, so you should definitely pull yours out and make up some sets whenever you get the chance to. It's always nice to have extra cards on hand for when you need to grab one and go right? ;)

Thanks for stopping by today!

Sassy Lil' Sketches 9/15 Reveal!

It's time for another reveal day over at Sassy Lil' Sketches! I really love the look of this sketch and think it could be used in so many different ways...






Supplies: Sassafras Lass 6x6 Paper Pad - Indie Girl; Papertrey Ink Cardstock - Vintage Cream; Colorbox Chalk Ink - Chestnut Roan; Craft Smart Ink - Chocolate Brown; Studio G Stamp; Fiskars Scallop Sentiment Border Punch; I-Rock; I-Rock Clear Gems; Bazzill Flower; BoBunny Button; Twine

Isn't that great? I also think this would be a great sketch to use for multiple cards, which could be a fabulous idea for those of you starting on your Christmas cards! ;)

If you are inspired by the sketch and want to create a card of your own using it, you can be in the running to win a great prize from our September sponsor, which is Authentique Paper!! Anyone who has seen this company's products knows how amazing they are and any prize from them would have to be just awesome. ;) You have until October 5th to get your card uploaded...

You can use any of the card sketches posted in the month of September to enter to win, but be sure you link up your card with the correct sketch post. For this week's sketch, you can visit the Sassy Lil' Sketches blog here. You should definitely check out all of the other DT cards while you're there too because they all rocked the sketch!

Some cards to share...

Hi there! I've got a couple of cards to share with you today that I made to go along with The Paper Variety's birthday celebration. They had a bunch of different challenges that you could play along with to try your hand at winning a yummy prize and I just had to go for it!



This first card is for the "Favorite Company" challenge. My all-time favorite scrappy company is October Afternoon. I absolutely LOVE their papers and can't seem to stop buying them, and buying them, and buying them, lol! Oh well...I say that if you love something that much, you should try to keep extras on hand at all times, right? :)



This card is for the "Favorite Color" challenge. My favorite color lately is grey...any and all shades of it! I picked up this Bazzill cardstock a couple of months ago and then won some Sassafras Lass goodies recently. Included was this sheet of paper that had different shades of grey in it and one of them matched the cardstock perfectly! It was meant to be. :)

So that's it from me today. Hopefully I'll get some more scrappy time open in my schedule soon!

Big Idea Festival Mini

For the past 2 weeks I've been playing along with the Big Idea Festival at Big Picture Classes and it's been great! The way it worked this year was that there were 12 teachers who each picked a word that meant something special to them. They then each created a layout about that word and videotaped a message for all of us to watch and get inspired! It definitely worked for me because I made a mini album with all 12 words and had a ton of fun with it. :) I thought it over for a while before deciding what my album would be about but in the end it came down to a handful of my favorite pictures that each hold a special place in my heart...



























Isn't it just fabulous?? I can't stop looking through it and neither can my girls, which is pretty cool in my book. ;) I can see more albums like this one in my future for sure...

Thank you for letting me share my album with you...I hope you like it. :) Thanks for stopping by today!

Album Supplies: Doodlebug Design Plain and Simple Collection 6 x 6 Chipboard Album; Sassafras Lass 6x6 Paper Pad - Sunshine Broadcast; Bazzill Cardstock - Raspberry Parfait; Ali Edwards Stamp Set - Favorite Memories; Colorbox Chalk Ink - Chestnut Roan; Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Walnut Stain; Adirondack Paint Dabber - Pitch Black; Cuttlebug; Quickutz Heart Die; Martha Stewart Doily Lace Border Punch; Martha Stewart Heart Scallop Border Punch; EK Success Binding Edge Border Punch; EK Success Dotted Scallop Border Punch; Fiskars Circle Punches; Fiskars Butterfly Punch; Fiskars Star Punches; Fiskars Heart Punch; Martha Stewart Butterfly Punches; Martha Stewart Heart Confetti Punch; I-Rock; I-Rock Black Gems; Doodlebug Loopy Lou Cardstock Alphabet Stickers - Beetle Black; Jillibean Soup Corrugated Flowers; Heidi Swapp Ghost Heart; Maya Road Chipboard Heart; Tim Holtz Grungeboard Heart; Bazzill Flower; Recollections Flower; BoBunny Clock Brad; Basic Grey Buttons; Making Memories Button; Recollections Pearls; Tim Holtz Mini Paperclip; Twine; Lace; Paper Doily (Greatest View Etsy Shop); DYMO Label Maker

Cardabilities Reveal #27

Good morning! It's reveal time over at Cardabilities today!! We have another fabulous sketch to show you which could totally be used over and over...

Supplies: Sassafras Lass 6x6 Paper Pad - Indie Girl; Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Peeled Paint; Skipping Stones Thank You Stamp; EK Success Scallop Circle Punch; Fiskars Circle Punch; Basic Grey Button

Pretty awesome right?? Be sure to stop by the Cardabilities blog and check out today's post to see all of the DT cards...they're great! We'd also love to see you play along, so if you do, make sure you link up your card so we can all love on it a little. ;)

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!!

Cardabilities Reveal #12

Hello there! Today is another reveal day for Cardabilities and this week Karan gave us an AWESOME sketch to work with! I was so excited when I first saw it and once I started working on my card, I began to really love it. ;) I can definitely see myself using this sketch for alot of cards in the future...






Supplies: Sassafras Lass Paper - Indie Girl; Studio G I-Cling Stamp; Colorbox Chalk Ink - Chestnut Roan; Craft Smart Ink - Chocolate Brown; Slice; Slice Basics 1 Design Card; Fiskars Apron Lace Border Punch; Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch; Basic Grey Brad

Pretty cool right? We'd love to have you play along with us and create a card of your own inspired by the sketch. If you do, be sure to link it up over at the blog so we can all see it and leave you some love. ;) Also, be sure to check out what all of the DT members created...everyone did a great job!

Be You (EDLC Day #11)

Another day finished! Today's another busy day for me so I got working on my page first thing. It's another 8x8 page for today too. I'm really loving this size, although there isn't really room for alot of journaling. In albums for other people, that's ok, but for me, I'm not so sure it would work. I'll have to think about it some more. ;)

Supplies: Sassafrass lass Paper Pad - Hog Heaven; K&Company Paper Pad - Roam; Fiskars Flower Punch; Martha Stewart Scallop Circle Punch; Colorbox Chalk Ink - Chestnut Roan

Only 3 days to go in the challenge! Very exciting. :)

Got PB&J? (EDLC Day #4)

I just finished day #4 of my EDLC and I am so loving this page! Madison adores pb&j. She could eat it 3 times a day/7 days a week and not get tired of it. Her favorite thing to do is take the sandwich apart and dip her fingers in the peanut butter and then lick it off. This of course is NOT a favorite part of mine, since it's usually pretty messy, but she's too cute to make her stop, lol. :)

Supplies: Sassafras Lass Paper Pad - Hog Heaven; Basic Grey Chipboard Letters - Hip; Fiskars Heart Squeeze Punch (That's Amore & Funky Love); Making Memories Sanding Block

See? You couldn't make a face like that stop either could you? ;) See you tomorrow for day #5!

Just a few cards...

I worked on some cards today. The first two are new, but the others were made a while back. I just redid a few things on them like removing frayed ribbons, fixing measurements, adding some ink, etc. They weren't posted on my blog anyway for some reason, so I'll share them all now. :)


Supplies: Prima Paper Pad - Breathe; Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Brushed Corduroy; Fiskars Circle Punch; Prima Flower; Cuttlebug & Swiss Dots Embossing Folder; Studio G Clear Stamps


Supplies: Sassafras Lass Paper Pad - Hog Heaven; Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Brushed Corduroy; Hero Arts Clear Stamps - Thinking Of You; Prima Flower; Basic Grey Brads; American Crafts Button; Ribbon


Supplies: K&Company Paper Pad - Life's Journey; Fiskars Flower Punch and Circle Punch; Martha Stewart Scallop Circle Punch; Stampendous Clear Stamps - Sunny Flowers; Twine


Supplies: K&Company Paper Pad - Wild Saffron; Paper Studio Scallop Circle Punch; Fiskars Circle Punch; Stampendous Clear Stamps - Sunny Flowers


Supplies: Basic Grey Paper Pad - Urban Prairie; American Crafts Cardstock; Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Peeled Paint; Martha Stewart Flower Punch


Supplies: K&Company Paper Pad - Life's Journey; Paper Studio Scallop Circle Punch; Fiskars Circle Punch; Stampin' Up! "Friend" Stamp; Colorbox Chalk Ink - Chestnut Roan

I'm planning on working on cards tonight too, so I should have even more to share soon. Thanks for looking!

Finally!

I got my scrapping mojo back today! ;) I haven't done a layout since the 5th, ugh. That's not normal for me and I was definitely having withdrawls. I just couldn't seem to do anything about it though. Every time I'd pull out a picture or some papers to get started, I'd get total scrapper's block. NOT a fun feeling at all. Thankfully today though, when I pulled out this picture, I instantly knew what papers I wanted to use for it and I LOVE how it turned out!

Supplies: Sassafras Lass Paper Pad - Hog Heaven; Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Brushed Corduroy; Tim Holtz Edge Distresser; Basic Grey Alphabet Letters; Making Memories Tiny Alpha Stickers - Chloe's Closet; Ali Edwards Handwriting Font

My sweet Madison sharing some kisses with her daddy. They are TOO adorable, aren't they? ;) Thanks for looking. I hope to have some more to share soon...