HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

1963 that is.  

Today I am going to share two Halloween layouts - 
a blast from the past - 1963!  

I started with Team A Week 3 Sketch from 

Let's Get Sketchy!

I believe the name of the location was Van Ripers Farm, but there were two pumpkin patches close to each other and we used to visit both and as I was quite young I don't recall which one this was.

And the other was the costumes - 

For this I started with Team B Week 4 Sketch from Let's Get Sketchy!

the little Dutch girl is me and the costume is actually from Holland and came with real wooden shoes, which I still have!  My best friend Santa is wearing the Cinderella costume as it looked back in 1963!

Happy Trick or Treating!

BACK TO THE BEE!

Saturday I was able to go to a crop in Maryland with my scrapping buddy Maraline.

I was originally planning to be at the Robin's Scrap Nest crop at the Carlisle Inn in Ohio this weekend but housing and health issues took over and prevented that from happening.  

But...I was able to be there in spirit as I worked on my photos from the crop there in April!

I completed 3 pages...I know...not much for an all day event, but for me that was actually pretty good. 

My first layout uses Stuck?!Sketches 
October 1 2015 Reveal. 

Next up is from Let's Get Sketchy October Week 1-

and for my final layout

 Let's Get Sketchy October Week 2-

Our normal Sunday plans have cancelled so I will probably spend the day relaxing and creating so watch for another post later or tomorrow!  

Thanks so much for stopping by.  

Please leave me a comment to let me know what you thought!

TIME FOR PRESENTS!! AND HOPE!!

Today I am going to start off by sharing another layout from my eldset son Robert's birthday.  I used Let's Get Sketchy Team B September Week 4 sketch.

Here he is opening one of his presents!

and here are a few close-ups!

 Lot's of fun stitching!

 great 3D embellishments from Paper House!

The other project I'm sharing is a very simple canvas I made for a friend that is struggling very badly with chronic pain from surgery gone bad and other health complications.  

I started with a 5x7 canvas that I covered with a layer of black gesso.  I applied it using an old credit card so that there would be a bit of texture.  Next I took one of the photos I had from that spectacular double rainbow that I saw this summer.  The rainbow is a promise from God.  I mounted it on a bit of purple cardstock and attached it to the canvas.  Finally I added an acrylic sticker that says "Never give up hope".  I thought that was a good sentiment to encourage her combined with the rainbow making it a promise from God that she should count on when she is feeling doubt and pain.

I am going to share my canvas in challenge #203 - Anything Goes over at Word Art Wednesday.

I hope that you have enjoyed these and now I am going to publish and head back to creating so I will have something to share with you tomorrow!

Please leave a comment to let me know that you stopped by and what you thought of what I created!

BIRTHDAYS AT THE BEE CROP!!! AND WELCOME FALL!!!

Back in April I went to another awesome crop sponsored by Robin's Scrap Nest.  This was in the Amish country in Ohio.  It was beautiful and I made even more new friends.  It is really a fabulous friendly and creative group.

The crop ended on the day before my birthday so I spent my actual birthday driving 10 hours home...but the day before I was able to celebrate at the crop with some of the other gals who shared the same birth week as me!  

Here is a layout of the April Bee Birthdays!

In order to create it I used some inspiration from challenge #329 over at Cupcake Inspirations.

and Let's Get Sketchy September Team A Week 3 sketch - 

Here is my layout - 

and a few close ups!

AND NOW FOR MY FALL PROJECT - 

I created a tag using two of my Julie Nutting Doll stamps.  The girl is Giulia and the other is her little dog who is loving to play in the leaves!

and some close-ups!

I am entering this tag in Pile It On Challenge #87 - Color Combo.

and I was also inspired by Thrifty Thursday over at Addicted 2 Paper Dolls!

I am also entering it at Blessings Ink Amusing Challenge 22 - Anything Goes.   

I was so excited to actually get more creating done today than I have in a long long time.  I hope you have enjoyed seeing them.

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.

A FEW QUICKY LAYOUTS!

Today I'm here to share a few quick layouts.

The first really had NO work on it at all - it was an academic award my son Thomas received at the end of his Sophomore Year last June.  The colors of the patterned paper were just SO perfect with the colors on the certificate that it simply screamed "scrap me"!! I am so proud of him getting this as he overcame many personal obstacles of his learning disability to achieve it. Way to go Thomas!!

Next was another quick & easy which was from the Friday Inspiration challenge 9/4 over at Turtle Soup.  

This was the Inspiration:

You could use the colors, the page design, the alphabet... Simply anything!

I chose the page design for my inspiration...

and a few close-ups-

and last I chose the September Team A Sketch from Let's Get Sketchy.

and my layout-

with a close up of my take on 

Julie Nutting's gal Becky!

The photos on these layouts were from the Robin's Scrap Nest Rivercrest Barn Crop!

I hope that you have enjoyed these quick little shares!  I am so happy that you stopped by and I would love to know that you were here and what you thought so please take a quick moment to leave a brief comment to let me know.