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Monday, September 30, 2013

THE LAST FEW FROM ROCKWOOD MANSION

Here are my final 2 layouts from my trip to Rockwood Mansion.  I used sketches from the 2 Broke Girls Scrap Spice and Sugar Sketch-a-Thon.

The first was Sketch #5:


My Layout:




The next was Sketch #8:


And my Layout:



I hope you enjoyed your visit to Rockwood Mansion over the last few weeks.  I wonder what will be next up - Mt. Cuba perhaps or the Nemours Mansion or possibly Winterthur.  So much to share of my summer learning about Delaware.  Thanks for stopping by.

Friday, September 27, 2013

LIFE IS SO SWEET!


I have two more cards for you today!  The first is another sweet honey month card with Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin for the challenge at Kraftie Krea8tions and is child focused for Shopping Our Stash (the stash are all the papers were scraps and I have had the ribbons forever), using sketch PPA173 from Pals Paper Arts, and ribbons and bows for Whoopsi Daisy.

The Sketch:


My Card:


and my other card is for Michael's birthday to go along with the desk set I created.  I used sketch #312 from Mojo Monday, and the color palette CTD261 from Color Throwdown.

The Sketch:



The Color Palette:


My Card:



And now I am off to get dinner out of the crockpot, ice the cake and wrap the presents!  Have a wonderful evening!

HAPPY NATIONAL HONEY MONTH

September is National Honey Month.  I created a layout of Thomas' first day of High School using hexagons as honey combs as his school mascot is the yellow jacket.  I used a Crafters Workshop Template with Dry Dex Spackling which I colored with Stickels and Liquid Pearls.  I did this for the Colorful Creations Say It With Words challenge - use the name of your school and I used a September Page Maps sketch from Scrapbook.com.

The Sketch:


My Layout:


For the Kraftie Krea8tions challenge I created some cards using Winnie the Pooh and his love of honey.  



For the first one I used sketch #277 from Sketch Saturday, and the color orange for Kaboodle Doodles  challenge #190, and inspired by the book Pooh's Five Little Honey Pots for Challenge #226 at The C.R.A.F.T. Challenge Blog.

The Sketch:

The Book:



My Card:


My next card uses sketch #193 from Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge and the color palette challenge from The Crazy Challenge

The Sketch:


The Color Palette Inspiration:



My Card:



My third card uses sketch #175 from Sunday Sketch & Stamp and Polka Dots and Stripes for challenge #TPE218 at The Pink Elephant and Going Dotty Challenge at Try It On Tuesday.

The Sketch:


My Card:



My Fourth Card uses fall colors for challenge #134 at Die-Cuttin Divas, and sketch #DS120 from Deconstructing Jen and Anything Goes at Party Time Tuesday.

The Sketch:


My Card:


My last card uses a button for Fab 'n Funky challenge #186, Autumn Colors for the challenge at Lili's Crafty Little Fairies, and sketch #277 from Sketch Saturday.

The Sketch:


My Card:



I hope you are having a happy honey of a month and that you have enjoyed my sweet creations!

Saturday, September 21, 2013

SCRAPS TO TREASURES TEAM EVERYTHING ALTERED HOP


Welcome to the Scraps to Treasure Team 
Altered Item Blog Hop.  

Our hostess for today is Robin and our theme is altered items.

You should have arrived here from Cicily's blog.

For today's hop I finished the items I am making for Michael's desk set.  The last 3 items are an altered frame, a pencil cup and a paper clip holder.

Here are my before photos:






And now here are the finished products:






These items go with the others I completed previously:




Here is the complete line-up for today's treasures:

Lissa Marie - www.somanycrafts.com
Cicily ~ www.pinkdalmatianscrapper.com You came from here
Ellen ~ http://cardmonkeyspaperjungle.com/ You go here next


Be sure to stop at all the blogs and leave some love in order to be eligible to win some blog candy from our hostess.

Thursday, September 19, 2013

A BIT MORE OF ROCKWOOD

I never did get to any creating last night.  I had an excrutiating toothache and ended up going to bed.  Here are two more layouts from Rockwood that I created this evening.  

The first uses sketch #1 from Scrapbook.com September Monthly Sketch Challenge which I rotated 1/4 turn clockwise.


Here is my Layout:



my next layout uses sketch # 20 from 2 Broke Girls.


and my Layout:




Tomorrow I am getting my first iron infusion which I hope will give me a bit more energy.  So now it's off to bed for me!  Sweet dreams everyone!

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

A WALK AROUND ROCKWOOD MANSION AND PARK

Join me today for 2 layouts using photos I took at Rockwood Mansion and Park.  

The first uses sketch #11 from 2 Broke Girls Spice and Sugar Sketch-a-Thon.



and here is my Layout:


and the next layout uses sketch #2 from the 2 Broke Girls Spice and Sugar Sketch-a-Thon.


and my Layout:


These layouts were created on Monday night.  I hope to get a lot of creating this evening so be sure to stop back later or on Wednesday.  All comments appreciated.  Hope you are having a wonderful day!

Monday, September 16, 2013

MOJO SUNDAY

The mojo was finally flowing yesterday and I was able to create these three layouts from my day at Rockwood Mansion and Park.  They all used sketches from the 2 Broke Girls Spice and Sugar Sketch-a-Thon.  

The first sketch is #1 which I did a mirror image layout of:


My Layout:



The next was sketch #10 which I rotate 1/4 turn clockwise:


My Layout:


and the last one is sketch #13:


My Layout:


For this layout I was also inspired by Colorful Creations Favorite Things challenge which was to use a new supply that I have been hanging onto but have not yet used.  I chose to try out Gelatos and used a Crafters Workshop template that I had not yet used.  Wow were they fun!  I am going to be using them again really soon!

Hope that you have enjoyed these pages - there should be more to follow later today...and if I get to the photo shop there may be more of the wedding present!  Thanks for stopping by!  Comments always appreciated!

Sunday, September 15, 2013

KRAFTIE KRE8ATIONS THANKFULNESS BLOG HOP DAY 4



Fall is such a beautiful time of the year, it’s when the leaves start changing colors and everything around us is beautiful. It is also the season of Thanksgiving, which reminds us to take a moment to reflect on all the things we are most thankful for.

So in celebration of the fall we are hosting a Fall Color Combo challenge. You are to use the colors posted and create ANY project related to the Fall. It can be a layout, card, mixed media project or altered item. The sky is the limit! 

This is the color palette:




I decided to create some cards.  I used sketches from Scrapbook.com September Card Sketch Challenge. 

Sketch 5:




My Card:



I am also entering this card in Colorful Creations - Creative Monthly Project - Using Buttons!
I am offering Blog Candy!  It is a Fiskars Combo Border Corner punch - Snow Bubbles to a random commenter that is a follower of my blog, my Facebook page and the Kraftie Kre8ations Blog.





And to win the Grand Prize - 

Here are the rules for playing along!
One random winner will receive a gift from KraftieKre8ations if:

1. You become a follower of the KraftieKre8ations blog (http://kraftiekre8ations.blogspot.com/)


2. You leave a comment on each participants blog


3. You "like" or "join" the FB Group (http://facebook.com/groups/kraftiekre8ations)


4. Have FUN!




The hop lineup for today is:


Meka - http://mmdesi9ns.blogspot.com/


Hope that you have enjoyed these 4 days of hopping along with us!