Yesterday I had a capsule endoscopy. I was wiped out from the prep procedure and lost the first half of the day - when I intended to head to a museum - instead I spent it in bed. I had to swallow a little tiny camera that was in a capsule and where a special pouch. The camera took 5000 photos of my digestive track in search of internal bleeding that is causing my very low red cell count and very low iron. I was able to take off the pouch at 4 and have something to eat so I gained a bit of strength and was able to do a bit of creating last night - but then I stayed up so late there was no time to write my post. This morning there was no time either as I had to take my son to work and then I spent a much too short time at Mt. Cuba Center. What an amazing garden and trails...and it was another day filled with butterflies! There was also some stunning flowers and interesting tree bark I photographed too. I must go back there again as I know I did not get to nearly all of it.
Here is a sneak peak of some photos from my day:
And now back to our regularly scheduled post -
My creations were 3 cards and 1 layout. The cards came from sketches for the August Scrapbook.com card sketch challenge.
The first one is Sketch #3:
And my Card:
My second was using Sketch #4:
and my Card:
My last card used sketch #5:
and my Card:
My last creation was a layout. I created it for the Word Challenge 'SPLASH' on Sunnyside Up Creations and used the Colorful Creations Guest Designer Sketch.
The Sketch:
and my Layout:
Now I'm off to take a quick rest and get in a bit of creating time so watch for another post later or tomorrow (although I will be working on a project for The Krazy Crafting Crew Blog Hop that will be on Sunday so you may not get to see anything until then!
Hope your weekend is off to a wonderful start!
I love Delaware. People here are so nice, so caring, so helpful. I moved here from New Jersey about 18 months ago. This past year I have had the most difficult year of my life. I have experienced trauma in every area of my life - healthwise, emotionally, financially, with my apartment, my car - simply everything! When I arrived I went to a church I found online that was in the neighborhood. I had emailed them while I was still in New Jersey and they replied. I decided I would try them first. Well, after my very first visit I knew I was 'home'. They have upheld me in prayer, visited me, helped me financially. The other day my car broke down in the library parking lot (yet again). I called my son's friend's step-father who always has helped me out when I have had car trouble (and never takes a dime!) He came out and the problem was more complex than we had expected. It has been 3 days. I did not even mention that I had several doctor appointments I had or other appointments. As he was driving me home he passed my street. I said - you just missed the turn. He said no I didn't. We are going back to my house to talk to my wife. We walked in and she handed me the keys to her mini-van which I have been using for the last 3 days. People here just have done such amazing things. Have shown such love and care I am just overwhelmed with gratitude. I have been SO blessed in so many many ways.
I sat down tonite to choose a card challenge. I picked color challenge #32 from Sunnyside Up Creations Blog and sketch #189 from Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge. I looked on my table which is filled with miscellaneous supplies and there were a few great sheets of chipboard from Scenic Route and there were flowers that matched the color scheme perfectly that had simply the absolute perfect sentiments.
The Color Scheme:
The Sketch:
And my Card:
Now aren't those chipboard flowers THE BEST?
I am also submitting this card to Word Art Wednesday for the Anything Goes Challenge #90
Off to bed! Sweet Dreams and thanks for stopping by.
Another of my funny animal cards -
I used sketch #303 from Mojo Monday, the colors from Inspired July challenge on Colorful Creations and the word FRIEND for the Sunnyside Up Creations Word Challenge.
The Sketch:
The Color Inspiration:
My Card:
Hope my little zebra put a smile on your face. Now go and have a great day!
Thanks for stopping by!
The inspiration for my card was the word 'CRAZY' which is the word for the week at Sunnyside Up Creations starting today! I just picked up a new stamp that I decided would work just fine - MISS YOU LIKE CRAZY! I decided to use sketch #207 from Tuesday Morning Sketches. This week they added a twist - use an animal image. I loved the colors of the inspiration photo #250 at Cupcake Craft Challenges. Here is how I put them all together -
The sketch:
I found the perfect little monkey to go not only with using an animal but the theme CRAZY and the colors too!
The inspiration photo:
And here is the card:
Off to bed...thanks for dropping by again. I hope to have more for you tomorrow!
Tonite I worked on a layout that covers a lot of bases. I started with papers and a journal tag I received for the Ugly Paper Challenge on Scrapbook.com.
Here is what I had to start working with:
As I began to look for photos to work with I noticed that the first photo in the first envelope I peeked into perfectly matched the paper on the left. Now I was ready to roll...
I looked for a sketch I could work with and found the perfect one - #116 from Sketches in Thyme.
One of the word challenges on Sunnyside Up Creations was the word "ENJOY". I really did enjoy hearing the beginning of the duPont story and touring where it all began. Which reminded me that there was a brand new challenge blog that opened yesterday called Use Your Words and the very first challenge was to use the word "STORY".
I continued searching my supplies and discovered some Tim Holtz Retro Grunge papers in the same color combo. I chose a sheet to use for my background. I found another with some perfect little squares. As the layout developed I chose some black rickrack, I flipped the journaling card over, stamped it with my favorite Donna Salazar stamp and clipped the corners. I inked the edges of everything. I decided on my title - Enjoy the Story and added it onto the tag with some letters that were a perfect match from a sheet of stickers from 100 Days of Summer that had been laying on my desk forever. I put all that together, added the date that I went and it was beginning to feel complete when I noticed a package of Petaloo flowers that had 2 that were a wonderful match. As I went to take the photo I saw some wonderful little black half pearls and added them. Finally...here is the result -
I can't wait to start working with this batch of photos. The museum was very 'Steampunk' and I don't often get to work in that style so I am expecting to get to play with some different sort of embellishments and mediums. I took several photos so over the next several weeks get prepared to view the duPont story beginning with Hagley - where it all began. I intend to visit the Nemours Mansion and Gardens to hear more of the story of this great Delaware family and of course to take more photos!
Thanks for stopping by!
Happy Monday! Tonite I am working on cards. The first one I created was for challenge #245 at Flutterby Wednesday using a sketch and butterflies. I used the color palette from Party Time Tuesdays PTT125 and the repeating shape circles for Shopping Our Stash challenge #106 Geometric Shapes. Also submitting this one to Word Art Wednesday challenge #85 Anything Goes and Colorful Creations Creative Monthly Project Using Shapes.
The sketch:
The color palette:
My card:
My next card uses sketch #211-122 from Sweet Sketch Wednesday and the color palette #31 from Sunnyide Up Creations.
The sketch:
The color palette:
My card:
So now it's off to bed for me! Thanks for stopping by again tonite. Sweet dreams.
