Sketchy Thursday Challenge!

I used to be part of Julie Bonner's 52 sketches, 52 weeks and I used to get some awesome inspiration from her sketches. When she "retired" that website I didn't use sketches anymore. Well I've been in card making land for awhile and plus my printer was out of ink...booooo...so I hadn't done any layouts in awhile. Well I stumbled across the Sketchy Thursdays website and bookmarked it but hadn't done any of them but I decided this week the time was now...and well I got ink for my printer..lol....so I had the perfect picture for the sketch for this week and jumped in! So, here is the sketch (you can find this at http://sketchythursdays.blogspot.com/)

Here is my rendition of the sketch.....(as you can see I flipped it)

and Look! I layered.....Layering has been a challenge for me and here I took some advice and started small.


So there it is......TFL!!!
Don't forget to stop by Sketchey Thursdays for some awesome inspiration!!

(supplies: All PP is making memories,chipboard is Making Memories, number 3 and half circle is basic grey,ink is harmony colored and white staz on,stickers and star embellies are colorbok,circle is cut with cricut graphically speaking)

The 80's are back!

They are back and very much alive in my soon to be 13 year old niece. She came to visit me this summer along with her brother after not seeing them for 6 years. I had such a blast with both of them and giggled with her at the mall when she pointed out neon clothes and accessories she liked. I swear one of the stores had the exact earrings I wore myself when I was ten! I still think its funny when trends come back. So this card is her 100% my niece...in all its neon glory! Tfl!

michelle

School themed cards

I wanted to send my son's teachers a little card to welcome them to the new school year.  I used Dcwv products for the whole card using the jeweled stack as the colored cardstock and the grade school stack as the patterned paper.  I used my cricut for the cuts the graphically speaking cart for the alphabet frame and plantin scrapbook for the apple. TFL!!!

michelle

Goodbye Summer..Hello Fall Blog Hop!!!!

Welcome to the "Goodbye Summer, Hello Fall!" Blog Hop, hosted by a talented group of ladies from Club Ck ( http://www.creatingkeepsakes.com/articles/Club_CK_Info).

If you did not arrive here from Janice's Blog http://janicenovkam.typepad.com/ , please go the the beginning of the hop at Virtually Froggy http://froggy530.blogspot.com/ and follow the blog hop order. By following the blog hop from beginning to end you will collect words to a secret phrase which will make you eligible for the grand prize!!! The details for the grand-prize entry are posted at the start of the blog hop. You won't want to miss it! My project for this blog hop is a couple of cards that I made for my two nephews that both are starting their football season. They both live in another state so I'm not able to go to any of their games..which is a bummer since they are both playing on the same team. One is the quarterback and one is a wide receiver, so to let them know I will be cheering from them from faaaaarrrr away I made them these cards. The first card was made by using my Cricut Expression and The Gypsy. I made the B and the S the same size and made the H a little larger. This was done for both cards. I welded the layer on top using the Gypsy and left the shadow unwelded for simplicity. I used on the white card my argyle embossing folder using the Cuttlebug for texture and made the paw by using ovals and sizing them accordingly. For both cards I used the Plantin Schoolbook Cartridge I love how "preppy" that cart is. On the inside (not shown) I cut out Good Luck and used a football rub on to finish it off. I hope you enjoy my cards....The words you are getting from me are "A Fallen" for the next word you can visit Jennifer's blog at http://scrappingreilly.blogspot.com/ Good Luck!!!!!

Reminiscing...

So my parents gave me my senior pictures that they dug out of a picture box about a year ago. I was very active in high school with marching band,concert band,homework and friends. I have never scrapbooked any of this!!! So I thought I would take a trip down memory lane and scrapbook one of my senior pics! Kept this one simple because I want to focus on the picture. I used dcwv cardstock from the jeweled stack and the pp is Me and my big ideas. Tfl!

A new home dec project

I've had a piece of wood that my mom found at a garage sale. It had a painted Santa on it. Since I didn't have a use for it I painted over it in black and created this new piece. I love altering wood for home decor. I wanted to make a plaque for my house using Bible versus that I have had. They came from a page kit from hobby lobby and so did the paper. I used the soloz stamps from studio g which are such better quality than those other studio g sets...love them. I also used a rolled flowers technique to make the little rosettes on top. Hope you like and tfl!!

michelle

Birthday girl!

Here is a card I made for a friend..couldn't get it to lay flat but you get the idea :)...I used my gypsy wanderings cart for the cupcake and storybook for the birthday girl. I used brads and covered them and the sentiment with glossy accents, I love that stuff! I also used stickles on the cupcake...I used a fiskars punch for the edge. The pp,ribbon and rhinestones honestly don't remember..sorry! Tfl!!

michelle