Cards Galore

Well I have been in a card making mood lately.  

So I hope some of these cards inspire 

you to create one today. 

This card is a replica of a birthday card  

I received from my friend Jule.  

I made this card for a couple who celebrated their 25th anniversary last weekend.  I used silver paper and ribbon!  I embossed each square with a different pattern.  I enjoy my Cuttlebug machine. 

 
I made the pumpkin using three ovals and overlapping them to make the shape.  Sarah made this birthday card with a fun stamps set she found at Michael's.  I need to try that one soon.

Sarah made this cute card for a new arrival at her church.  I love the lettering and twine touches.

 Here are the cards I made at a craft day at Sarah's church.  They were so easy to make.  I used scraps of all different colors, embossed them, added a button and twine.  I will add a little greeting at the bottom as needed.

They are so bright and cheery for most any occasion. 

 This is a card Sarah made for a birthday (man).  I love the variety of papers and the stars.  So CUTE!

This one is so simple if you have a circle and heart punch.   

This last one is from this weeks sketch at Let's Scrap. 
Thanks for taking a peek at all of our cards.  Have a blessed day!

Wisconsin

Last month Michael and I went on a lighthouse adventure to Wisconsin.  We drove up the coast of Lake Michigan and saw 20+ lighthouses.  Instead of boring your with all the pictures, I made a collage.

We ended up in Door County. It is a peninsula of cute little villages.  I use to go there as a child and it hasn't changed that much from the 70's.  

 We stayed at the Bay Shore Inn.  

 The weather was a bit windy to hang out on the beach, but we did see beautiful sunsets and enjoyed the view from the room.  

My new travel companion is this hammock by ENO.  It rolls up into that tiny pocket hanging off the back in the picture.  I can just toss it in my backpack and hook it up along any wooden area.  I was able to just hang out while Michael fished. 

 We drove along the winding roads and visited some memories of my past.

 We ate lunch at the Swedish restaurant.  It was yummy!  I remembered the goats on the roof.

grass roof

 When we first got to the restaurant there was a man mowing the grass.  I thought maybe they didn't have the goats anymore.  But when we came out the goat was up there!!!!  

 We hiked along the shore.  









There were many rocky cliffs to explore.  The best park was Cave Point.  It is a hidden gem.  It had great trails along the shore.  You can walk on the rocks when the tide is low.  

It was a great trip.  Yes, Wisconsin can be fun!  

I'm Back

Well I am back in business. 

 I have gotten back into my craft room 

and created this layout. 

 I used a sketch and challenge from Let's Scrap. 

 I use my phone app called Instagram.  

It is one of my favorite apps on my phone.

I took a picture on each day this week.  We had our first fire in our stove. We visited the International Spy Museum in DC. I grabbed a flower picture. During my morning walks, I pass by these horses playing in the fields and my phone keeps track of my workouts.   This was a good snapshot of my week.  

I got a new camera stamp by Unity that I thought would be perfect for this page. 
My papers are made by Simple Stories.
Here are a few more close-ups of my page.
Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day.

NEWS

Just a quick note to let all my followers that my computer and email have died.  I have a new email Scrappygirl52@yahoo.com   Please email me so I can save your email.  I can receive them on my phone. 
I hope to get my computer up and running in October some time.

Have a blessed day!

Let's Scrap

Here is another great sketch from the Let's Scrap site.  I am working through my road trip pictures.  Here we are in Rocky Mountain National Park.  This was such a fun day spent with our son.  We hiked many trails and saw awsome wildlife.  I usually don't want to go back to places I have visited,  (There are just too many more to see!)  but I want to go back and spend a few more days here exploring!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed weekend!

SMASHING

The latest fad in the scrapbooking world are called Smash Books.  Yes, it another concept to get you to buy more product!  You can read about them at K&CO SITE.  But I like the idea of the smash book so I decided to make one last year for all of our travels.

I used a spiral journal from Target and I am covering it with stickers from all of our destinations.  Then on the inside I put all of our tickets, brochures, napkins..... and journal about our day.  This also helps me remember when I go to make a scrapbook page later. 

This page is from we did the Embassy crawl around DC.  I glued down the map and front of the brochure.  Then I made the flag a flap and put pictures from their brochure and a wrapper from the Polish candy they handed out.  These are all thing that I would keep but not necessarily put on a scrapbook page.  So now they being used.

Here is a page from our trip to Alaska.  The left side is a placement.  Again brochure pictures and our ticket.  These pages are super fast. 

I bring this journal with me on all our trips.  I carry a pencil case with pens, stickers, and a glue stick.  I create each page at the end of our day in the hotel room. 

Now I did break down and buy a SMASH brand book at Michael's.  It was on sale and I had a coupon too, so I didn't feel so bad buying one.

This book is about things I love.  I went through all my pictures and have a stack to, as the say, "SMASH".  The front cover is made with Washi tape.  It is a decorative tape that comes in hundreds of patterns and colors.  

This is my title page.  I am not sure it is finished.  It just needs something.......

I just opened my book to a random page and made this page.  If you know my scrapbook style, you know this is way out of my little box.  I am very linear and rarely do it tilt anything.  But I had fun making this page.  I like how fast the pages come together.  This will be a great book to look back on someday.

I am going to put all my pages under the SMASHBOOK tab on the top of my blog. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Word Filled Wednesday

“For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.”

Hebrews 4:12

I am sharing this over at Word Art Wednesday

Cards

I pulled out my purple papers for the sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches.

I used my Cuttlebug, bling and a bit of twine to finish off the card.

These next cards are ideas from Pinterest.  My DIL Sarah, is making thank you cards for their missionary work.  I love the bright colors.  They were so easy to put together. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day.

Psalm 100:4

Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,

And into His courts with praise.

Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.

Donna Downey

Last week I went over to Scrapdoodles in Fredricksburg, VA.  I took a class with Donna Downey.  If you are active in the scrapbooking world, you probably have heard of her.  She is a mix media artist. 

I took a technique class called The Big 40.  We filled this little journal with different backgrounds/techniques.

I think my favorite was when we used Pan Pastels.  I loved the colors and how they went on the pages.

Her husband Bill was there too.  He was so helpful.  They make a great team.  We had great fun getting messy and using all the great products.  I look forward to using some of these techniques in my art journal.

Layouts

Here is my layout for this weeks sketch from Let's Scrap.

  I am still working on a road trip from last year.  These pictures are from a hike in Rocky Mountain National Park.  A moose walked right out in front of us along the trail.  It was one of the coolest things EVER!  So of course I stalked him and took tons of pictures.  He even looked right at me and then just slowly walked away into the meadow. 

I was going through my old pictures and found these from 1987.  We were probably on a PCS move.  We always made the most of moves, by seeing all the sights along the way.

Since I just scrapped some current day St Louis pictures, I thought this would be fun to add to the album.  So I just grabbed a preprinted page and slapped them on! 

My hubby is going to kill me, but I just love those cool shades and how he is rocking those shorts. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!