A COLORFUL WEEKEND!

I spent a lot of this weekend coloring!  I have always loved coloring since I was a young child. I just discovered Scrapbook Generation Facebook Group with their Lucky Me Online weekend crop and joined in on a batch of ther challenges...mostly the coloring ones...

The Four Leaf Clover 

Coloring Challenge 

According to legend, ther four leaves of the clover represent faith, hope, luck and love. The goal was to choose a coloring page that represented one of these and color it your choice. I chose this to represent love bevcause of all the tiny hearts!

The Rainbow Coloring Challenge

Color a page of any design using one shade of each of the seven rainbow colors...red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet.

The Lucky Ombre Coloring Challenge
Color a mandela using only one color using as many shades of that one color as you wish, coloring it in ombre fashion using darker in the center and lighter on the edge.

The Lucky Number 7 

Coloring Challenge

A rainbow has 7 colors and rainbows and the number 7 are borth considered lucky.  Color a page with exactly 7 colors.

The Don't Pinch Me Coloring Challenge

Color a page using 5 shades of green plus one accent color.

The All I Want To Do Is Color

Color a page using any theme or color.

The Lucky Pick Layout Challenge

They gave you several color combos and were told to jot them down on paper and scramble them up and select one.  I selected Black and Gold.  I couldn't find my gold paper so I decided to create a gold and black design of my own.

And last I am going to share the card 

I made for this months 

Scrapping Everyday Miracles 

Card Challenge.

The sketch:

I hope that you have enjoyed seeing my weekend of creativity!  All comments are gratefully appreciated.  

Thanks for stopping by.

MORE SWAPPING!

This year I have been participating in several swaps, some of which I shared in my last post.  I want to share with you the fun items I received in return as well as some others!

For the Mythical Creature swap I had sent the Fairy Queen (shown in my previous post) and in return I received Venus!

This was the fabulous tag.

and this was inserted (see top of tag) and included some information about my partners family.  It was very special!

For the ATC swap using diecuts I sent this - 

and in return I received this fabulous fairy - 

This holder was amazing and she also included a batch of diecuts and goodies!

Here is the ATC out of the envelope.  

The attention to detail is incredible.  I always struggle working small - I am much more suited to 12x12 layouts but I am working hard at this size by playing in ATC and Pocket Letters.

Next I will share the layout I created for

 

Scrapping Everyday Miracles 

February layout sketch.

Here was the sketch I worked from-

which I chose to rotate 1/4 turn clockwise.

Here is my layout - 

This layout was In Memory of a very special lady, Teri Ingersoll.  I met her last year at Robins Scrap Nest Bee Happy Bee Scrappy Crop at the Carlisle Inn.  A few days after returning home Teri passed away suddenly the day after her 56th birthday.  She had long term health issues all her life but it is still way too young to pass.  (Last year was a hard year for young people - I lost several friends and family members in their 50's.)  She was so sweet.  Here she is holding an Eiffel Tower made for her by Cassondra Gloden of Infinity Engraving.  

And while we are thinking Eiffel Tower I also did this cute little tag - 

Next I am sharing a Pocket Letter I created about my current state - Delaware for a swap of all the states.  It will go postal tomorrow and in return I will receive one from Kentucky!

I also did a few tags...here is one for an 'All About Me' challenge at Paper Doll Trading.

And this was done 'just because' so that I could use the fun Cheery Lynn die that I had just received!

I am going to share this over at 

Word Art Wednesday in challenge #218.

Here's another swap item - this time for another Valentines Day swap this time at 

Paper Doll Trading.

I think this about covers the bulk of my recent artistic ventures.  Hopefully there will be more again soon.  

Sorry this took so long since my last post! 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Please leave a comment to let me know what you thought and that you were here!

I'M BACK!!!!

So sorry for the long lapse in posts.  I had a wonderful trip with my son Thomas to visit a dear old friend in Nashville, TN.  We had an awesome time and I just developed 400 photos! So, you will get to eventually share in a lot of our fun and sight-seeing!

I have not gotten to do much creating but I do have a few things to share...

While I was away I found a Hobby Lobby and did a bit of shopping and I created a gift tag for Thrifty Thursday challenge over at Addicted 2 Paper Dolls.  They only had 2 dolls in stock that I didn't have.  This one is Mindy.

My next share is for the December card sketch over at Scrapping Everyday Miracles.  

Here's the sketch-

and here is my card -

I am also going to enter this card over at 

Word Art Wednesday for challenge #212.

and my last share for tonite is part of my package for an angel gift at church.  The gift is part of a package for an 11 year old girl whose favorite colors are pink and white.  

and a few close-ups-

I hope to get back to working on my Christmas presents this week in between packing and apartment hunting.

and now I am off to bed!  Sweet Dreams!  

THE NEW BANJO!

Today I'm here to share a layout of my youngest son.  He has played guitar for several years and decided to take on the banjo this May.  We were at a graduation party for a friend of ours and he decided to play a bit for everyone!

I used the November sketch from 

Scrapping Everyday Miracles.  

and here is my layout - 

with a few close-ups!

 

Over at Scrapping Everyday Miracles this month there is also a card sketch and a scripture inspiration challenge.  Stop by and check it out and consider joining us.  You will have a chance at a wonderful prize for each entry you make. 

HAPPY OCTOBER!!!

Well, I am trying hard to face it that it is time to say goodbye to summer.  Although fall can be such a beautiful season it leads to winter, lack of light and bitter cold.  So, instead I am going to try and focus my energy on continuing to prepare to move to a new place and to enjoying creating lots of art! Creating always helps me to feel better.

The first thing I am going to share with you today is my layout for the Scrapping Everyday Miracles October layout reveal.

Here is the great sketch by Bev Code - 

I decided to work on some photos from the awesome Robin's Scrap Nest crop I attended back in April in the Ohio Amish Country.

and here is my layout - 

and a few fun close-ups!

The theme of the crop was Bee Happy!  Bee Scrappy! so I got to add a few of these fun bees!

 These pretty flowers were right 
outside my room!

This is the name of the Inn the crop was held 
at where I also stayed.

My next share is another fun coffee themed card with a cute little Julie Nutting doll on it.  I used the sketch #206 from Freshly Made Sketches.

And now my card -  

(Aren't these coffee sentiments the funniest?)  

This one says...

ALL I ASK

FOR IS

WORLD PEACE

AND A HOT

CUP

of COFFEE

and close-ups!

 

I am sharing this fun coffee card at the 

Coffee Loving Cardmakers 

Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.

Thanks for stopping by to check out my latest creations.

AND NOW IT'S TIME TO BLOW OUT THE CANDLES, MAKE A WISH AND CUT THE CAKE!

Robert's 22nd birthday page 2... 

For this page I selected the September 15th sketch from Stuck?! Sketches.

So here' s the sketch - 

Here's my layout - 

It's time to...

and here are some close ups of more fun 

Paper House embellishments!

I am also going to enter this layout in Crafty Creations challenge #298 - It Takes Two!  My 'take' is 2 photos.  And finally I am entering it in Scrapping Everyday Miracles Birthday Bash mini-crop challenge #4.

IT'S A PARTY!!! JOIN ME!!!

Today over at Scrapping Everyday Miracles we are having the start of our Birthday Bash Mini-Crop. The challenges begin at 8:00 AM. My challenge is #2 and will open at 8:15 AM and run until the end of the month.

For my challenge I created this 

TicTacToe Board - 

3+ PHOTOS	DIE CUT OR CHIPBOARD	VELLUM
RIBBON	PATTERNED PAPER	HOLIDAY (ANY) LAYOUT
VACATION  LAYOUT	BUTTONS	USE A SKETCH

And for my sample I chose the vertical row on the right.

Here is my vellum-

The holiday I chose was 

my eldest son's 22nd birthday!

And the sketch I used to create my layout was from Team B September Week 2 

over at Let's Get Sketchy.

Here is my layout - 

and some close-ups of some of 

the fun accents I used - 

The Delicious Cake!

and my personal favorite - 

So, I am entering my creation for my Birthday Bash challenge at Scrapping Everyday Miracles and for the sketch challenge over at Let's Get Sketchy!

Now for the fun part...if you have played in my challenge over at Scrapping Everyday Miracles you can share the link to your creation here in the comment section of my blog and become a follower of my blog (or let me know taht you already are one, and you will have the opportunity to win a fun RAK from me!  

I hope that you have enjoyed seeing my creation and that you will stop by the Scrapping Everyday Miracles blog and help celebrate our Birthday Bash by playing in any or all of the 6 challenges. You will have until the end of the month to complete and share your creation there.