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!

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:

Kraftie Kre8ations - http://kraftiekre8ations.blogspot.com

Alicia - www.goldengoddessdesigns.blogspot.com

Kisha - www.iamartserae.blogspot.com

Connie - http://Desi9nsbyebony.blogspot.com

Paula -     http://preciouspagesbypaula.blogspot.com/

Meka - http://mmdesi9ns.blogspot.com/


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

KRAFTIE KRE8ATIONS THANKFULNESS BLOG HOP DAY 3

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 #3:

My Card:

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:

Kraftie Kre8ations - http://kraftiekre8ations.blogspot.com

La-Vie - http://cestla-viedesigns.blogspot.com

Carolyn - http://grannymascreations.wordpress.com/

Connie - http://Desi9nsbyebony.blogspot.com

Paula -     http://preciouspagesbypaula.blogspot.com/

Meka - http://mmdesi9ns.blogspot.com/


Don't forget to come back tomorrow to see another creation!

KRAFTIE KRE8ATIONS THANKFULNESS BLOG HOP DAY 2

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 #4:

and my Card:

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:

Kraftie Kre8ations - http://kraftiekre8ations.blogspot.com

Lyne -   http://lynnseverydayideas.blogspot.com

Beckie - https://www.facebook.com/KindredKrafting

Brandi - http://Brandiscreationsandmore.blogspot.com/

Connie - http://Desi9nsbyebony.blogspot.com

Meka - http://mmdesi9ns.blogspot.com/

Paula -     http://preciouspagesbypaula.blogspot.com/

Be sure and stop by each blog and leave a comment each day in order to be entered for the grand prize and besides, you never know where else there may be some blog candy.

Don't forget to come back tomorrow to see another!

KRAFTIE KREA8TIONS THANKFULNESS BLOG HOP DAY 1

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.  

Here is Sketch #1:

And my Card:

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:

Kraftie Kre8ations - http://kraftiekre8ations.blogspot.com

Shavon - http://scrappingvon.blogspot.com/

Paula -     http://preciouspagesbypaula.blogspot.com/

Connie - http://Desi9nsbyebony.blogspot.com 

Meka - http://mmdesi9ns.blogspot.com/

Be sure and stop by each blog and leave a comment each day to be entered for the grand prize and you never know where else there may be some blog candy.


Please don't forget to come back tomorrow to see another creation!

A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING

Today I have a lot to share with you as I never got around to doing a blog post yesterday.  First I will start with some cards.

The first uses sketch #310 from Mojo Monday.

My Card:

I am also entering this card in week 223 Butterflies challenge at Allsorts Challenge Blog.

The next card uses Scrapbook.com September Card Sketch challenge sketch #2:

My Card:

I am also entering this card in 3 Girl Jam Challenge #25 - Celebrations.

My third card uses Sunday Sketch & Stamp sketch #173 by Carole.

The Sketch:

My Card:

The rest of my creations are for the blog challenge at Kraftie Kreations.  It called for using this sketch to create both a card and a layout:

The Sketch:

For my card I rotated the sketch 1/4 turn clockwise.  Here's my card:

and here's my layout:

and then you also needed to create an altered item.  This is going to be part of the desk set I am creating for Michael for his birthday.  It started out being a clear acrylic napkin holder.  It is now a file folder holder:

I hope that you have enjoyed viewing all of my creations.  I hope to be back later with a few more.  Have a great day!

KRAFTIE KRE8ATIONS DESIGN TEAM BLOG HOP

Welcome to the Kraftie Kre8ations Design Team Blog Hop! KK8 is a wonderful new and very active group and I am proud to be one of it's first designers.They have a Facebook page at

https://www.facebook.com/groups/kraftiekre8ations/ 

and a blog at http://kraftiekre8ations.blogspot.com/


Kraftie Kre8ations is proud to have this opportunity to introduce our "new design team" members. We have a talented group of ladies starting this month. Here is their opportunity to introduce themselves and for us to allow them to truly shine. Just wait until you see what they have to show you on this hop!


Our sponsor for this hop is Stampin' Up: http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/scrappinvon/

Let me tell you how this hop is going to work! After the hop, we will select the lucky winner from those who commented along the way and became a new follower of the Kraftie Kre8ations's Blog, which is the last stop on on the blog trail. We hope that you enjoy our welcoming blog hop!

And now for my bio and project - My first project is an ATC showing you who I am. I have never done an ATC before or worked on anything SO small. It was certainly a challenge. I hope you like it:

front

back

Basically, this is telling you I am very laid back, independent and unique, that I love the beach, collecting shells and flowers. The umbrella is because I was born in April and I'm sure you know April showers bring May flowers. The cross is because I am a Christian. The medical symbol is because I was in the hospital in March and April and have spent much of the following months seeing various specialists to try and get a host of physical ailments under control. I love butterflies. The paint and brushes are because I am an artist and the rest is bling!

My Interview:

What is your scrapbook "kryptonite"? (What style/color/etc. will people never see on your creations because you cannot deal with it???)

There really is very little I won't try or won't use. In fact I can't think of anything that I have tried and won't do again other than using a Cricut which I tried in a store and found very complicated compared to Sizzix. 

What do you listen to or watch while your scrap and WHY?

If I am listening to music it usually will be Contemporary Christian, Classic Rock or 80's. If I have the TV on it will usually be Law and Order SVU or NCIS. Often it is just peace and quiet.
How do you jump start your creativity when you find that it is missing?
That is a tough one. I guess it would probably be to go through all the open challenges I can find on various online sites and see if there is anything that strikes my fancy or calls for specific pictures that I am in the mood to work on. If that doesn't do it I will usually pull out my art journal and some different media like molding paste and various types of paints and my Crafters Workshop Templates and just play and then add an inspiring quote to it when I am done. 

Here is a page from my art journal:

At what time of day are you most creative, or do you prefer to create?

Occasionally I will create during the day, but I would probably say from after dinner until bedtime is my norm.

What is your favorite technique(s) to use right now and why? What are some tried and true techniques you love to use?

I would have to say that my favorite technique would be to use my favorite product - patterned paper - lots of it and a tried and true technique would be inking. And...I love using my embossing folders.

Show us a new project of your choice:This is my most recent layout. I really enjoyed creating it as I have not done too much steampunk style and I loved embossing the tag and using various inks on it as well as the diecuts which were colored with Distress Stains and various colors of Perfect Pearls. The photos were from my recent trip to Hagley Museum in Wilmington, DE which is where the duPont Story began. 

Hagley Museum and Library, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, collects, preserves, and interprets the unfolding history of American enterprise. Hagley Museum has been accredited by the American Association of Museums since 1972. Located on 235 acres along the banks of the Brandywine River in Wilmington, Delaware, Hagley is the site of the gunpowder works founded by E. I. du Pont in 1802.
Find out more at: www.hagley.org

Show us your old favorites and why:This layout is not all that old but it is one of my current favorites as it was selected as a winner in the Carta Bella Paper Company Giddy Up Boy Contest. The photo is of me and my younger son at Wild West City in Netcong, NJ. They have been there for over 50 years. I went there as a child and have taken my sons for years.

Here are a few layouts I did back in 2010 of favorite photos of my Mom. I really enjoyed working with the vintage photos.

And now it's time for you to move on to the next blog on the hop - 

• Here is the "hopping" order:
  
  
  Shavon Borders:http://scrappingvon.blogspot.com/ START HERE
  Meka Matthews:http://mmdesi9ns.blogspot.com/
  La-Vie Borde-Perry:http://cestla-viedesigns.blogspot.com/
  Lyne Schnable-Blodgett:http://lynnseverydayideas.blogspot.com/
  Carolyn Smith:http://www.grandmacarol46580.blogspot.com/
  Paula Jennings:http://preciouspagesbypaula.blogspot.com 
  Alicia O'Bryant:http://goldengoddessdesigns.blogspot.com/
  Charmagne Welch:http://sanurascraps.blogspot.com/
  Kisha Taylor:http://www.iamartserae.blogspot.com/
  Kraftie Kre8ations:http://kraftiekre8ations.blogspot.com/
  
  
  Good luck and happy hopping!