Just-A-Scrappin' Challenge for July 25 2013 is Celebrate your families: Create a LO including favorite color, bit of distress and favorite embellishment. Here are 3 of my grand daughters and my Mother-in-law on a plaid background to show I love using lots of color.  The Purple butterflies and flowers are my favorite color and embellishments, the stickers are a great way for me to add writing that everyone can read. My distress does not show in this photo, sorry.  Have a few pictures that can celebrate your family?  Join us at Just-A-Scrappin'!

Just-A-Scrappin' Challenge for July 18 2013 is Celebrate the great outdoors and Mother Nature using neutral colors and watercolor pencils or chalks.  I do chalks because I have no watercolor pencils. so here's my LO for this one.

Here I used pictures to go next to a LO of the backyard that does not have the close ups of the flowers.  I used My Studio Brass Stencil of the butterfly and Lady Bugs with The Stencil Collections pastel chalks.  It's easy to use but it does need to set and I have a problem getting may arm into the chalk.  I places the pictures trimmed and used the corner rounder then marked where they would go.  Having that I placed the butterfly and Lady Bug stencils and used painters tape to hold while applying the chalks.  This is easy, just pick the color, dip the brush (stiff) and apply to stencil being careful not to get it on the arm.  Remove the stencil and let sit overnight.  I like how the butterfly and Lady Bug came out.  It been years since I used the chalk, but I'll be using them more now.  How about You?  Join us for the challenge at Just-A-Scrappin'

Just-A-Scrappin' Challenge for July 11 2013 is Celebrate the American past-time BASEBALL must add an element using fabric ie ribbon or color swatch.  I really had a time with this because I found nothing about baseball in my stash.  I had to get a free clip art to use on my card.  I colored it with color pencils and added a tag that I cut a long time ago.  I used the rest of my card stock paper that I had cut  to make up tags to save room in my storage.  I added a red ribbon but here
It does not look red but it is, also from my stash. Join us in this challenge at Just-A-Scrappin'

This week at Play Date Cafe they have an easy Color Splash Challenge.  I did a LO for my Mothers scrapbook, again.  This  is photos from her 80th birthday party.  She was not expecting everyone to be there when she came over to our house.  It was fun.










I used black and white background paper then added the layer behind her picture in nectarine, DCWV ADHESIVE mat stack brights.  This is the first time I used this stack and it really worked good.  All products used is from my stash.   This was a fun and quick page for my Mothers scrapbook.  Come on and join Play Date Cafe Color Challenge!

Through The Craft Room Door  June 11 to 17
Anything Goes Challenge   Here is a AnyHero card for Operation Write Home.  I used <Square3>  from Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge sold by Close to my Heart.  I cut the bottom off, inked the front, I cut a white card stock <tag4> and inked it.  added the stripped paper also inked.  All supplies were from my stash so I do not have the company names on most of what I used.  Join in at Through The Craft Room Door.

Ch# 12... Anything Goes

Ch# 12... Anything Goes

Ch#12 Anything Goes

Begins: Mon, Jun 10

                                       Ends: Sun, jun 23

Here's the LO I did for this challenge.  It says "What I Love About Spring..."  I added B&W pictures of my Mother by the trees.  then a tag with "Violet in her first New dress.  age 3".

Next I put the picture of me from 1965 with a puppy. On the LO I hand wrote "Fuzzy Butt & Sherry Aug.  '65",  Last I used a picture of my daughter & her father.  I'm look for the date to add but it look like 1968.  This is for my Mothers scrapbook I am working on. They well be lots of entries for this Anything Goes Challenge so join us soon and enjoy the other entries and DT creations.  Paper Playtime Anything Goes Challenge #12

Just-A-Scrappin' Challenge for June 12, 2013 is
Celebrate the special man Happy Father's Day using Browns and Greens.  I'm still working on my Mother's scrapbook so I took a picture I found of my Dad, Clyde, and Mom, Violet, and Me!  I have very few pictures of my Dad, this on is from 1950 and I do not remember him looking like this.  I added the puppy Muffin because of all the dog in the 17 years of raising dogs, she was his favorite.  I used scenic route paper designed by Sarah Mine from my stash for the background that has brown and green. Then added the word stickers from the Paper Studio Family Ties.  I like how this turned out but I must wait for the names because I can't remember how to spell the couples last name.  They were friends of the family all my life.

Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party #8

 

Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party #8

This weeks theme is Red, White & Blue.
  I did this LO with the idea I'd put in some pictures of the AnyHero cards for Operation Write Home but  I have not printed them yet.

One Layer Week 123 Their theme for cards this week is Need for Speed. I stamped the tricycle then showed movement by lightly stamping the same thing. I colored the bike with colored pencils adding the street. Then I stamped the cruisin sign in blue. I like how it came out. Join in on the fun this week at Less is More Challenge #123.

Less is More Challenge #123

One Layer Week 123   Their theme for  cards this week is Need for Speed. I stamped the tricycle then showed movement by lightly stamping the same thing.  I colored the bike with colored pencils adding the street.  Then I stamped the cruisin sign in blue.  I like how it came out.  Join in on the fun this week at
Less is More Challenge #123.

For this play date I did a 2 page LO for my Mother's scrapbook I'll take to her this June.  I have not seen her for 2 years and a lot has changed.  She is now in a nursing home in Cedar Rapid Iowa while I'm in Las Cruces NM.  Lots of miles apart.  I hope she'll enjoy this one I'm making her now.  I love this color combo.

Here is page 1 with my Mothers sisters and brothers then our family pictures some with my Dad.  I cut mates for each picture because most are OLD Polaroid.  I added the photo of both Mom & Dad in the middle with the doggie number for 1984 the last together photo I could find.  Next I did the 2ed page with my father's family.  I don't have names for everyone because I do not remember how to spell them.  I'll take my marker and ask Mother, I'm sure she'll remember.  The colors a ..Magenta. Teal ... Light gray worked wonderful here.  Join us at Play Date Cafe Challenge #185!