SSSC #79 ~ part duece

Today girls are with grandparents.
How am I managing all this time to myself?
Wellllllllllllllllll..................................
not productively. That's for sure!!
Yesterday, I mentioned
I was "okay" with my card
using the SSSC #79 challenge.
So, I sat down to make another.
Though I'm good with this card,
I'm still not?
I'm moving on though,
I really need to work on some layouts.

Supplies: Studio Calico papers; Cosmo Cricket chipboard & letters; trim unknown

Anxiously awaiting the Fed Ex man!!
Ordered some Vera Bradley
& I'm excited to see it in person.
Have a blessed day!!

SSSC #79

Girls have friends over today.

We were going swimming,
but they opted to stay home
& play indoors instead.
That's given me some time to scrap
but I haven't been very productive.
For this card, I used the SSSC #79

Lots of old product on this one.
including a Studio Calico postcard.
I thought this sketch would be easy,
but it wasn't for me?
Thinking I'm gonna challenge
myself to use it again?

Supplies: Studio Calico postcard; American Crafts stickers; WeRMK chipboard; Making Memories metal flower; Martha Stewart butterfly punch; Kaiser Crafts pearl rhinestones

Me thinks the natives are getting restless.
At least the two 5-year olds, at least:)
Gotta go!!

TESC #121 & SSSC #78

I'm moving right along.
Got 2 more cards done yesterday
& only 1 more sketch to attempt.
This card is for the TESC #121 challenge.
I've said this before,
but I'll say it again,
"me & circles just don't do!!"
I know I could have substituted
them for something else,
but I wanted to use these rub-ons.
I think I like the card,
but not really sure.

Supplies: Crate Paper patterned paper; Studio Calico rub-ons; Pink Paislee trim & brad; Basic Grey letters; twine

For this next card,
I used the SSSC #78.
When I saw this sketch,
I immediately knew I was gonna
use this Pink Paislee paper.
I ended up turning the sketch though.
I used some more of the yummy
trim I got at HL Monday.
Can't wait to make more flowers with it.

Supplies: Pink Paislee paper, die-cuts & bumblebee stamp; Basic Grey letters

Welp, girls are still at VBS,
so I wanna take advantage
of my next 2 hours of quiet!!
Thanks for stopping by!!

lazy day

The weather's not been so great,
so we haven't gone swimming.
We've just been enjoying lazy days:)
Lazy days also allow me to scrap,
which I've been enjoying.
My printer is currently out of ink though,
so I haven't been able to do any layouts.
For the card below,
I chose the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #75.
Instead of a circle, I used the owl.
I have to admit,
I'm having a really, really hard time w/the circles.
TONS of old product on this card,
as with the other cards I got done today.

Supplies: Hambly woodgrain paper & owl/branch stickers; Fancy Pants Kraft; Basic Grey letters

That's all for tonight.
I did get a couple more cards done,
& I'll upload them later tomorrow.
Hope your week is good so far!!

it's all about *DAD*

I needed one more Father's Day card.
So, mixing My Minds Eye (So Sophie, Quite Contrary)
& Cosmo Cricket chipboard, I decided to use the
Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #73.

The My Minds Eye journaling tag
has flowers, so I downplayed them
with buttons, twine & the plaid print.

Now that I have my Father's Day cards finished,
I'm gonna play with some new stamps I got.
I recently made my first purchase with Taylored Expressions.
She was offering the cutest stamp set, Pet's Place,
mixed with Basic Grey's "Max & Whiskers."
Those of you that know me,
know we own a pet store.
Until I saw this set,
I'd never found one that incorporated
animal sentiments along w/images.
So, I HAD to get this set.
I've had it over a week now,
so I'm very anxious to work with it.
Wish me luck...........
I'm not a very good stamper:)

Happy Birthday MOM!!

It's my sweet mom's birthday.
She never wants to be bothered
with parties, cake, gifts, dinners, etc.
A card is what she prefers,
but I always put a little giftcard inside.
Always hoping she'll use it
& not give it away:)
For her card, I used the
Sweet Sunday Sketch #72

Supplies: Pink Paislee papers & die-cut tag, Offray ribbon & butterfly; American Crafts letters

So many ideas swimming around in my head
but finding it oh so hard to take
the time to stop & scrap!!
I sure hope you're enjoying your summer.

Sweet Sunday Sketch #68

I hope everyone had a blessed Mother's Day!!
Mine was spent with family & very relaxing.

And as of Saturday,
it's official we're taking the girls to Disney World!!!
We had our garage sale this weekend,
& raised the money we wanted to pay for the trip.
Soooooooooooooooooooooooo,
we're anxiously awaiting the tickets
so we can surprise them.
Ashlyn's 10th bday is the 25th
& Camryn graduates from kindergarten next week.
So, this will be their gift.
We're so stinkin' excited.
Because of bdays & graduations,
my May is swamped.
Next week is also my last Bible Study Fellowship class
& our teaching leader is retiring after 30+ years.
She will be missed tremendously
& I volunteered to make a card.
I decided to use Sweet Sunday Sketch #68.
This card is bigger than my norm,
but I'm unsure if everyone is going to sign,
so I thought I'd better be safe than sorry.

I've been hording these Crate Paper squares.
My scrapbook store got them as samples
& gave them to me, since they were only 2x2 squares.
I still have graduation invitations to get made,
so hoping to get those done today.
Hope your Monday is going well so far!!

Sweet Sunday Sketch #66 *3rd post*

This might have gone in the records
has the fastest card ever made.
But as Murphy would have it,
he has laws that always apply:)
After my last post,
I remembered my brother's bday
is next Saturday & I need a card.
So, I used Sweet Sunday Sketch #66.
I would have had it finished
in about 5-mins,
but my sewing machine jammed
& I had to finish the stitching by hand.
*geez*
As you can probably guess,
he's turning 39.
The sentiment "just a number,"
is what he says every year.
So I figured it was appropriate.

Supplies: My Minds Eye (zig-zag & polka dot); Crate Paper (blue) & Jillibean Soup (numbers) papers; Basic Grey letters; Cats Eye Dark Brown ink

And this IS my last post today.
Thanks for visiting!!

Sweet Sunday Sketch #65

So, I finally got my niece's card made.
I realize it's probably very hard
to see the Sweet Sunday sketch in this card,
but it was definitely my springboard.
I had to put "belated,"
as it's my brother's daughter.
He still gives me a hard time for
forgetting to call on her 1st bday,
even though her card & gift arrived early!!
Brothers can be like that sometimes.

Supplies: My Minds Eye "Mary Mary" papers, sticker quote & ticket stub; Lil Davis epoxy letters; Kaiser Crafts pearl rhinestone; JoAnn's trim

So, off to work on a layout or two.
Who knows................
maybe I'll get real crafty tonight
& get a lot accomplished?

a bad aunt

My nephew's 3rd bday is the end of April.
My niece, his sister, her bday was the end of March.
So, I sat down today to make 2 bday cards.
Yes, 2 cards because I didn't mail Maddi's gift or card yet.
I'm a bad aunt.
That is totally not like me either.
I'm the one in the family that has cards & gifts
mailed out 2-weeks prior to bdays.
Not this year*sigh*
While visiting the talented Lea Lawson's blog,
I came across Sweet Sunday Sketch challenges.
So, I used this sketch to make Nate's card.
I got the impression this sketch site
mainly has stampers participating.
I originally had the happy bday stamped,
but I didn't like the look, so I changed it.
So, I'm hoping it's okay this isn't a stamped card:)
I also used My Minds Eye "Little Boy Blue"
that I got from Scrap Happy.

Supplies: My Minds Eye "Little Boy Blue" paper & label sticker; Prima (brown) & Jillibean Soup (corrugated) alphabet letters & numbers; twine

I still have to make a belated card for Maddi,
so there's a good chance I'll use this sketch again.
I really like it!!!
Welp, off to be productive
before picking up kiddos to take swimming!!!
Thanks for stopping by & have a blessed day!!