Gratitude

Oh, the sketch is just so lovely at Cardabilities this week!  It's a windy and cold afternoon, and it's a good day to sit and play in my craft room.  

The warm colors of fall are my favorite to work with.  The light cashmere print of the Huntington paper is the same color as my craft room walls.  This color brings me such peace, and I enjoy creating in a room with this color surrounding me. 

I am also going to enter this into the following challenges:

• Pile it On - With Thanks
• Cupcake Inspirations - Give Thanks
• My Sheri Crafts - Fall/Thanksgiving
• Tuesday Throwdown - Gratitude

 Here are some of the items I've used to create this card:

Huntington - $9.95

Always Grateful - $13.95

Wood Mini Medleys - $5.95

Thanks so much for stopping in to visit me today, and I hope that you are having a most blessed day!

Sole Therapy

I have been working on a layout for a few days now.  I had the photo sitting out in my office for several days, and I just kept sitting back and thinking about the memories in this photo. After 23 years of scrapbooking, I've come to a place where I really want to think about the memory of the photo and scrapbook it accordingly.  I am in no way, shape, or form a power scrapbooker.  It's just so much more fulfilling for me to create the feeling along with the page.  I saw an awesome sketch at Sketchabilities that I wanted to work with, so I had the base of the page done with the photo on, but then I needed to think of a good title so that I could go about my embellishing.

The title was inspired by my husband.  I asked him what his feelings were when we were standing in the sand  on a Grenada beach, and his first word was therapeutic.  Perfect!  Don't ever be afraid to ask the other people involved in the photo what their feelings were because that's important to the story-telling, too.

Items used for this page that can be found on my website:

• X7168B  Surf's Up Paper Packet
• Z1841  Surf's Up Assortment
• Z1837  Wooden Mini Medley Accents
• Z1844  Wooden Trinket Shapes
• Z1753  Brown & Tan Sparkles
• Z1081  Colonial White Waxy Flax
• Z1701  Neutral Baker's Twine
• Z1686  Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge (Banners, Scalloped Border, Scalloped Circle)
• Z1790  Artiste Cricut Cartridge (alphabet)

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Grenada

I haven't had the opportunity to scrap many of our cruise photos yet.   So I set everything aside this afternoon and decided to get a start.  I found a sketch at Sketchabilities that I used as a jumping point.  It stretched me just a little, and it was truly a joy to spend that time just putzing over paper.

Grenada was our favorite port on the cruise, and this day will long hold in our memory.  This is BEAUTIFUL paper, and it's called Dream Pop.  I wish I could tell you where to order it, but it's Close To My Heart's National Scrapbooking Day special, and it will be available May 1st.  I was so excited to get it on Saturday!  The chevron paper is actually all grey, but the stripes are embossed.  All I did was ink it to add the juniper color.  WOW - do I love that!!  You're just seeing the tip of the iceberg here.  There are 12 sheets of printed paper and 12 exclusive cardstock colors.  All for $10 with a $35 purchase - I am excited about this one!!

Some of the other items I've used are Trinket Wooden Shapes, Slate Washi Tape, Bitty Sparkles, Grey Wool Twine, and the Classmate Alphabet stamps set.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I am off to pop this layout in an album!

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Wishing You Peace

It has been snowing here the last couple of days, so it's a good opportunity to sit in my craft room and create.  It looks like we've got about 9" of fresh snow so far, and it's still snowing.  I can't deny that it's awfully pretty!

It seems as though the Mojo Monday sketch always make me want to sit down and create something pretty.

I pulled out my creme brulee ink and realized that if CTMH ever discontinued this color I'd have to make a personal plea.  This shade of yellow really is so versatile and speaks to me in a way like no other color.  It matches almost every color, and it's just so plain beautiful!

There is no patterned paper on this card.  I've used Lovely Lily (B1401) and Universal Background (D1477) stamps to create the pattern.  The embellishments I've used are hemp baker's twine (Z1837), garden wooden shapes (Z1718), and pearl opaque gems (Z1336).

I'm also including this card in the following challenges:

• Dynamic Duos (color challenge)
• Heck of a Challenge (spring, butterflies, and pearls)
• Addicted to Stamps (bring on spring/flowers)
• Heart 2 Heart (Spring forward)

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Rose Blossom Blog Hop!

I am super excited that you are joining the Rose Blossoms Blog Hop!  I so love the creativity in my team, and they all have so much to share with you.  If you like what you see along the way, I encourage you to follow each one of these gals so that you can be continually inspired!

We are using new product from the 2013 Spring/Summer Idea Book in this hop.  By the time you've hopped all the blogs, you will have seen all the new papers!  Be sure to scroll down after my project so that you can see the rules and find your way to all the blogs.

I was over-the-top thrilled  when I Close To My Heart introduced canvas displays in this Idea Book.  They are the perfect size for a table top at 6"x6" or you can easily group them together to make a complete wall hanging.  The price is only $4.95 for a blank canvas, so it's also an affordable gift!

Let me tell you about how I created this piece for you.  I gathered my spray pen and filled it halfway with water and added three drops of hollyhock re-inker.  When you are using your spray pen, a good rule of thumb is to add just a drop or two of re-inker, test it, and then add one drop more a time until you achieve the shade you'd like.

When you mist your canvas, it dries relatively quickly.  I set mine aside while I made my Cricut cuts.  I cut the tag, flowers, and leaves using the Claire paper packet and the Art Philosophy cartridge.  I've used two stamp sets - February Stamp of the Month, Home Sweet Home, for the sentiment and Girls Rock for the flowers and leaves.  What do you think of the pink glitter gems?  I love them!  The wooden flourish is from Mini Medley Wooden Collection.  Another gem in the Idea Book is the Outdoor Denim Chevron Ribbon.  All of these colors are gorgeous together!

Ok, here's how Blog Hop works.  I am the last stop on the hop, so you are going to want to start at the beginning at Lynn's blog.  At each blog, you are going to collect a word and then you will put the completed sentence in my comments.  Sound like fun?

My word is TEAM.

Should you get lost along the way, here are the blogs you'll be hopping:

Lynn 

Kristine 

Marg 

Sara 

Tammie 

Cindy 

Kim H

Kim R

Crystal

Brenda - you are here!!

Don't worry, my comments are hidden for the hop, so there can't be any cheating!  When you comment with the sentence, you will be entered into the grand prize drawing for a Buzz and Bumble Paper Packet and the coordinating Honeycomb Stamp Set.  Have fun hopping!  Don't forget to check back with me on Monday to see if you are a winner!!

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Sis

I was able to capture this nice photo of Jerry's nieces last summer, and I've been waiting for the right paper to scrap it.  Along comes Dotty for You!  What could be better? The colors are just so bright and sunny!

There are just so many products that go with Dotty for You.  I would have a list a mile long if I named everything for you! But here are some of the things I used on this page that can be found on my website.

• CC1017 Dotty for You ($5.00 with a $35 purchase!)
• Z1710 Paradise Paper Flowers
• Z1718 Garden Wooden Shapes
• Z1702 Paradise Baker's Twine
• Z1104 Clear Sparkles
• Z1372 Sweet Leaf Buttons from the Green Collection
• Z1736 My Creations Mini Banner (I used one banner at the top left)

I am entering this layout in the following challenge (s):

• Grand Diva's Creative Corner TicTacToe Challenge

Family Love

Liz Qualman has a fabulous sketch again this week, so I knew I needed to take time to play along.   They are always so fun, and they also leave so much room for interpretation.

I had a picture of my Grandma sitting on my desk that I have been wanting to scrap for sometime.  I so loved my  Grandma.  I am so thankful for the time I spent with her and all the things I learned from her.  I credit her to this day for being the one that taught me how to make a meal when there is seemingly nothing in the refrigerator - and how to do it quickly.

This paper will be in the new Spring/Summer Idea Book, and it is called Florentine.  The large flower on the bottom left was cut from a sheet of the paper.  Wait till you see it - it would be easy paper to hoard!  We've got some new wooden shapes in the new book that are absolutely wonderful to play with.  Just 8 days till the new Idea Book goes live!  If you don't have your book yet, just click on the paypal link at the top left of the page.  I will ship it to you with a coupon with your next purchase.  I will also make sure that you have it in your hands by the 1st!

I put a * next to the new items, but all other product can be found on my website:
X7153B Florentine*
X7153C Florentine Stickease*
D1506 Family Love Stamp Set*
Z1718 Color-Ready Wooden Shapes*
Z1732 Color-Ready Seam Binding*
Z2167 Creme Brulee Ink
Z2114 Cocoa Ink
Z2160 Twilight Ink
Z1360 Rhinestone Designer Brads
Z1336 Pearl Opaque Gems
Z1685 Banner Dimensional Elements
Z1682 Notable Alpha Dimensional Elements