Jazzy week....

Well, yes it has been a great week, fast that is, but it's time again for another challenge from the Jazzy Inspirations blog. Here is what I came up with:


Head on over to see our album cover for inspiration and be sure to play along. Also, don't forget to check out what the other gals created this week. Links to their blogs are on my sidebar.

Have a wonderful weekend!

June SAC from Jean...

Here is the wonderful layout Jean made me:

The gal that was supposed to scrap for me did what I call "flaked" and never followed through with her commitments. Unfortunately, I wasn't the only one left hanging. So, our wonderful hostess, Steph, found some individuals to step in and create our layouts. Jean is such a sweetheart and volunteered to do my pictures. She did a super job. I love the layout. Take a peek later this week and I will show you the other fabulous layout she made (gotta take another pic).

Happy Monday!

Jazzy Inspirations Challenge 16 and some CANDY...

Each challenge I have participated in on the Jazzy Inspirations blog has been so much fun. It's even more special now that I am a member of the design team! This week there is a chance for you to win some fantastic blog candy just for playing along! You should definitely take the time to rock out a wonderful card and get yourself entered for some blog candy. This week the design team was challenged to use the colors, turquoise/teal, white and black from the trumpet print. Here is what I came up with:



Now where is your card for the challenge? Be sure to head over to the Jazzy Inspirations blog and check out all the details and don't forget to check out the design teams creations as well, cause you don't want to miss out on all the blog candy up for grabs. Their links are on the left of my blog.

My Brother...

What can I say??? I just love how this layout turned out. I didn't intend on taking a close-up photo, it just happened by accident and then after seeing it I knew I had to make a layout with it. I really enjoyed the time I spent with my brother for lunch that day and looking back while working on this layout made me smile, just like he does.



I made it back safely from my "camping" trip this weekend. It was a lot of fun and I can't wait to do it next year. With all the bragging Lori and I have done I think we might have to do it twice, once with just the two of us for our new tradition and then a second time and invite all of our other scrapper friends. I am sure they would have enjoyed themselves as well. Hopefully I will have a free daylight moment to snap a couple pictures for you to see what I accomplished. I actually got a lot of layouts done. However, I had one very specific project, July's SAC, and it's a sketch challenge and didn't even put a dent on it. Lori picked up some paper for me on here way here and I printed the pictures out for the July SAC. Got up to the mountains and pulled everything out and no sketch!! I was bummed. Guess I know what I will be doing this weekend. : )

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Blessed...

I just couldn't resist making a cute layout for Heather of the picture I took of her and the girls. I gave it to her for a Mother's Day/Birthday Gift. Now I just need to find her a frame for it as I haven't given her the scrapping bug! LOL



I have lots to do today! Getting ready for the BIG "camping" trip with my BFF. We are going away and scrapping for three days! Wahoo! I am super excited. I am hoping to have lots to share when I return but most of all to come back rested and relaxed! Got a scrap mag packed and a good book to read, now just to gather all those scrapping supplies. LOL

Have a great weekend!

Sweet Kisses...

Joy...

Here is one of the layouts that I created for the Stampin' Out Alzheimer's week of fun:


I took this picture when I was on my way to the coast for my scrapping weekend and spent some time with my older brother. We went to lunch and then stopped at the viewpoint for some pictures. It was some wonderful quality time!

A day at the park...

I had the pleasure of watching my two "nieces" a while back and had a lot of fun snapping photos of them at the park. They just love the camera. My friend Heather, their mom, showed up to get them at the park and decided to play with us for a while. I couldn't let the opportunity pass by not taking a family photo of them. : )

This is the layout for my book.
I used a supply challenge to give this layout creating a little of a twist. I had to use 3 solid colors of cardstock, 2 printed papers, two buttons, ribbon and one other embellishment of my choice. I used a flower.

Thanks for stopping by!

Food Drive Winners...

Anne made this layout for me during the May SwapACrop.... I love her creativity with the photos. These photos are from our food drive against the other city departments. The fire department collected the most amount of food. Those fire guys are always willing to pitch in when needed. Anyhoo, the paper she selected is just darling! I need to get my hands on some of it.

Hope you are having a great Sunday!

Sweet Sunday Sketch...

Yesterday was our annual Police/Fire golf tournament... I didn't do too bad at all. I do need to get out on the course a little more often. I had some wonderful drives. I was beaming a couple times! Heather and I start golf lessons on Thursday, she has decided to take up golf and I knew a few lessons surly wouldn't hurt me! :) I'll keep you posted on our success!

So, in between some golfing I jumped in and make a card based on the sketch to the above.


I just love it!





Materials used-all SU: Kiwi Kiss and Pink Pirouette Classic Ink; Thank you Kindly and Echoes of Kindness Stamp sets; Pink Pirouette, Baja Breeze, Kraft and Whisper white card stock and Scrap SU DSP

Jazzy Inspirations Challenge 13...

Guess what??? I was selected as the Jazz Cat of the week over at this blog. I was super excited when I got the email! Every other week they have some really fun challenges. You should take a little time and join in! And rumor has it there just might be a design team call in the very near future! Be sure to stop by and see what the design team created this week along with the other Jazz Cat!

Here is my card:





Supplies used: DCWV green and purple textured card stock; SU Gray and Whisper White card stock; SU Classic Stampin' Pad in Basic Gray, Always Artichoke, and Perfect Plum; Mrs. Grossman's Colorful Software in Puples; SU Word Window Punch, SU Stamp Set Just Buzzin' By; Blender Pens; SU Demensials; Diamond Stickles; Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Three.

TGIF...

Wow we are already down one week for the month of June. Spring is practically gone. How sad.... it's my favorite time of the year!

Below is one of the layouts I made on my trip to the coast for my scrapbooking weekend. It also turned out to be perfect for May's Cricut challenge. We were to use a flower cut on a card, layout or altered project.


So, what do you think? The flower cut is from Home Decor. The pictures are another set from my trip to Korea. I was trying an Aloe beverage. It was quite tasty even with the aloe "buggers" and all. LOL

Hope you have a wonderful weekend! I'll be back later to show you some of the other layouts I have been working on.. busy little bee I have been!

Lot's of SNOW...

Okay so we did not just get a load of snow.. it was this winter. The following is a layout that was made by Miranda for me during May's SwapACrop. I just love how she did the layout. There are so many details that the picture does not do justice!



Hopefully my other layout will be here today so I can share it with you!

Happy Wednesday,

Mojo Monday...

Between all the excitement over at the Stampin' Out Alzheimer's site... I actually have been crafting, a lot! This weeks Mojo Monday challenge is also one of the challenges for the site with some yummy verve stamps as the prizes! Keep your fingers crossed for me!

Here is what I came up with:



Be sure to head over to this blog and check out what everyone else created!

May SAC Part 2

Here is the layout I made for Jean:


Her photos she submitted made me very jealous. I want to travel again real soon! I had some very specific instructions from Jean for what she wanted on her original set of photos and unfortunately I could not make them larger and the printing quality was not satisfactory. So, Jean gave me another set to work on (the ones in the photo). It was wonderful to have to work with so many photos on a layout. I really enjoyed that. I have been challenging myself with multi-photo layouts that are "different" instead of your typical 4x6 photo's crammed into a double layout. Anyways, I think this worked. I can't wait to see what Jean thinks of her layout!

Congrats...

I had a bit of time on my extra day off and was able to do some blog surfing. Of course I had to hit my normal favorites and this time around Karen's blog was no different. She had a post about a week long event called "Stampin' Out Alzheimer's". I jumped right on board and so should you (link is in my sidebar)! It's a great cause that unfortunately has a large place in my heart with my Grandpa Stanley's memories and recognition of me being taken away. : (


I got right to her card sketch and incorporated the Jazzy Inspiration Challenge for the week for my color inspiration too.
I am really excited how this card turned out. One of my Mom's co-workers is retiring on Friday and through the years she has become a very special person in my life. I made this card a congrats on your retirement with the gorgeous butterflies cut from the SU Bigz die Tanya let me borrow! (Thanks Tanya!)I can't wait to give the card to Cathy.
Here is my card:

A close up of the butterflies:




Ingredients (all SU unless noted):
Itty bitty backgrounds and Congrats stamp sets; Basic black, Taken with Teal, and Whisper White Cardstock; Rainbow Sherbet DSP; Taken with Teal Classic Ink; Whisper White Craft Ink; SU exclusive Bigz die- Beautiful Butterflies; Clear and White Embossing Powder; and Labels Two Nesties

May SAC (part 1)...

This evening I had some time to finish up one of the layouts I am making for May's SwapACrop. When I saw this weeks sketch over at Unscripted Sketches I just knew it would be perfect for the pictures I had. I was really excited to finally be able to join in... I have been itching to participate ever since the blog started. You should go check out the blog and what their design team members created as well.

Here is the sketch they posted:
I can just vision all the different possibilites on this sketch, can you? I am not one for single page layouts. I just always seem to have enough to make a double so it was a nice change to do this. I am however, getting better at doing single layouts. I try to tell myself I don't have to use every single picture I take. lol


Here is my take on the sketch:


Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Mother's Day....!

I had an absolutely wonderful day spending time with my Mom. I took her to breakfast this morning, we went for a drive, got our Sunday soda pop and then came home and "played" (she says play I say work) in the yard. It was such a perfect day to be outside. Not too hot and not too cold. However, I think I might have gotten a little too much sun. Ouch! I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's day and were able to do something special!

I made this card for my Mom for Mother's day. She just loves flowers so when I saw it posted on Dawn's blog I knew it would be perfect for her!



I also used the colors in this weeks Jazzy Inspirations Challenge. What great colors to choose from... black, red, yellow and white. I think my card fits just perfectly. You should come and play along in the challenge. Check out the blog here.

I used all scraps for this card except the black base. I didn't have any plain black scraps except printed ones. For the flowers I used my Cricut and the Life's A Beach cartridge.

Here's to a wonderful week!

April SAC Part 1...

I received this wonder layout from Sheila for April's SwapACrop. Our challenge this month was to go off this sketch. I am so excited to add it to my Korea album. The colors Sheila used are perfect (you know since green is one of my favorites). She went above and beyond and even added some Korean writing to my layout. Wowzers! Thanks Sheila!

Cricut Challenge...

I was so happy to join in last month for the cricut challenge, and this month was no different. This month the challenge was to use a cricut cut with the card feature for your card, altered item or scrapbook page. I told myself from the beginning that if I was going to do this I had to do a scrapbook page no matter what. I am really trying hard to get my Korea album finish and this challenge will help me accomplish this.

So, for my project I decided to use the bamboo cut from the Life's a Beach Cart using the photo card feature. I really like how it turned out. I also used the bamboo charm feature. For the title I used Lyrical Letters (can't remember the feature right now).


These photos are from my Temple stay while in Korea. The bamboo off to the side of the temple was really neat to see. I had never seen bamboo growing in the "wild". The view that is framed is looking out on the temple grounds from the bamboo "forest".

I have a Swap A Crop layout that I need to finish... then it's packing for my crop at the coast! I am so looking forward to getting away for a few days and meeting some friends in real life (Watch out Vivienne, Steph and Kris! lol). Oh and making a serious dent in my Korea scrap pages. Heck maybe I will get a few done of Lori's wedding. You never know... depends on how much talking I accomplish too! lol

Have a great night!