T.G.I.F.!

Yes, Thank God it's Friday!  That means the library is open and I can share my creations with you!  I have 2 layouts to share today. 

The first uses the sketch from make It Monday #32 at The Memory Nest.

The Sketch:

 

And my Layout:

 

 

I modified it a bit so that I could use all my photos!  I am also entering this in Soul Scrappers MM3 Movie Marathon challenge - Movies from the 70's.

 

It was fun finally getting to scrap these photos from back in 2004 when I attended a live performance of Rocky Horror with my boyfriend at that time and his daughter who were both Rocky Horror fanatics.

 

My next layout uses Let's Get Sketchy Team A Week 1 sketch.

 

The Sketch:

 

 

And my Layout:

 

 

This is my son Thomas back in September 2000 at not quite 2 years old.  He has gone on to play guitar and is a total music junkie.

 

I am also entering this in Soul Scrappers challenge UUS13 Monochromatic and Sketches4all Stacy's Stash Challenge - Something Blue.

 

I hope you have enjoyed my latest creations.  I plan to have more soon as I am going to a crop tomorrow with my favorite scrapping buddy Maraline!  We haven't gotten to this crop in a year so we are looking forward to meeting up with all the ladies in Maryland!

TWO PAGES FROM NEMOURS

I was able to complete two more layouts tonite!  

The first one starts with Laura's sketch on Boys Rule.

and here is my first layout:

 

I am also entering this one in Scrapbook.com May Monochrome Color 2 using an outdoor photo for the twist!

My next layout uses Scrapbook.com May PageMaps Sketch #2.

and here is my other layout:

I hope you have enjoyed the start of your tour of Nemours.  More tomorrow!  Sweet Dreams!

REMEMBER THIS?

Today I scrapped some old photos of my older son.  He's on the telephone...a phone with a cord!  I didn't realize we had corded phones since my kids were born - it seems like forever that everything has been cell or cordless.

I used a sketch from Scrapbook.com PageMaps #3, and Monochrome Green for the monochrome challenge (along with the twist of having some paint splatter on the page.)

Here's the sketch:

and the color:

Optional Twist: when I was little my parents would put teeny tiny footprints all over the house for St. Patricks day. . .for this twist have some paint splatter on your page

and my Layout:

I am also entering this layout in Scrap Our Stash Scrap-a-Thon challenge # 6 Sprinkles/Mist and Sketches4All Cheryl's Holiday Challenge - use green and Pinque Peacock challenge #3 Anything but a Card.

The wonderful bottle caps that are holding my title on the right and a green button on the left are from the Pinque Peacock shop.

Hope you have enjoyed this blast from the past.

Thanks for stopping by.  All comments greatly appreciated.

SOME WINTER SPARKLE

When I saw Craft Hoarders Anonymous latest challenge I knew just what photos I was going to use. Back in early December my son was so excited when we had our first snow of the season.  (little did we know then that it was the first of more snow than we have seen in years.)  Challenge #4 was to show some Sparkle, Glitz or Glam.

I had a pretty light blue paper that had sparkly silver snowflakes.  I matted that on a sheet of Navy Cardstock to set it off.  That snowy day we had gone to one of our favorite area parks - Lum's Pond. I had several great tree shots which I decided to work with first even though this would be page 2 of the photos.  I matted them all with a light blue and then the same navy as the backing page.  I added a big sparkly snowflake ornament to the bottom and some epoxy stickers and a few enamel dots.  The enamel dots are for Scrap Our Stash Stash-a-Thon Challenge #7 - Confetti.  

I am entering this in Scrapbook.com Monochromatic challenge.  

I thought I was finished but it just didn't seem quite 'sparkly' enough.  I took my glue pen and outlined all the photos and then ran an edge of glitter around them all.

Finally finished.

Here is my layout:

This is going to be page 2 of a 2 page layout from that day.  The first has photos of arriving at the park and my son Thomas...off to find the photos and knock that one out too!

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope that you have enjoyed our memories of the first (of far too many) snow days this winter season.

A CREATIVE DAY

I am so happy to say that today was a really productive day.  For starters I did my Ugly Paper Challenge for Scrapbook.com  

These are the papers I was provided:

I used some gesso and a Crafters Workshop template to disguise the Halloween words.  

Here is what I turned it into:

 

Next I took another collage photo from the 2013 Philadelphia Women of Faith Conference.  This one is going to be for the Scrapbook.Com Monochromatic challenge.

This is the color I chose:

And here is my layout:

I took a break from working on layouts to do a card but I can't share it now as it is for my DT assignment for April on Scrapping Everyday Miracles so be sure to look forward to it until April 1.


And now it is getting late and I need to be heading off to bed, but before I do I have one last layout to share.  This one was for Scrapbook.com's PageMaps challenge sketch #1.  I rotated the sketch 1/4 turn counter-clockwise.

Here is the sketch:

and here is my last layout for today:

I am also going to share these layouts in the Anything Goes #122 at Word Art Wednesday.

It felt so good to get so much creating done.  It has been so long since I have had such a productive time.  

Thank you for joining me in remembering my time at the Women of Faith 2013 conference in Philadelphia last September.

THE GRADUATE

Today I needed two Graduation cards for a party we are going to.  The school colors were blue and white so I did them up in a blue monochromatic color scheme for challenge TPE209 at The Pink Elephant.  For the first one I used Sketch #65 from Feeling Sketchy with a Sizzix Diploma die, a Martha Stewart border punch and a stamp.

Here's the sketch:

And the card:

For my second card I used sketch #2 from the July Card Sketch challenge on Scrapbook.com, lots of Distress inks, and the Sizzix Paper Doll, Grad outfit, diploma and shoes, and a vellum sentiment with 2 rhinestones.

Here's the sketch:

And the card:

So Congratulations to Brittany on her graduation from Immaculata University!

Hope that you have enjoyed these cards and you will come back and visit again tomorrow!

SCRAPS TO TREASURE TEAM'S MONOCHROMATIC HOP!

Hi!  This is Paula and I will be your hostess this month.  I want to welcome you to the Scraps To Treasure Team's Monochromatic Blog Hop.  Our goal at STT is to use up all our scraps and leftover embellishments to create wonderful layouts, cards and other projects.  This month we are doing that using different shades of only one color.

Up for grabs is this RAK from me going out to one lucky hopper that is a follower of all the blogs in the hop and has left a comment for each entry.

Included in the RAK are:

10 My Mind's Eye Laundry Line Diecuts
  2 Basic Grey Bling It On Rubons and Rhinestones
  2 Glitz Frosting Bling
  1 Martha Stewart Glitter Alphas
  1 EK Success Inspirables Embellishments
  1 Special Moments Embellishments
  1 Treasured Memories Metal Tags 

For my entry I opted to create a card using one of my favorite colors - PINK!  I started out by using this sketch from the Colorful Creations Sketch-a-Thon May 14th. 

 I have also entered this card in Whoopsi Daisy Pretty In Pink challenge and the Use it Tuesday challenge #55 for using some hoarded supplies.  I used scraps of paper and pink rhinestones that I have had for at least 2-3 years.  I also am entering it in Shopping Our Stash challenge #101 Scrap Attack for using only scraps.

I hope that you have enjoyed stopping by and seeing this creation and now you are ready to move through the following blogs and view more great monochromatic creations.

Paula - http://preciouspagesbypaula.blogspot.com/ You are here!

Melanie - http://afternoonscrapper.blogspot.com/ Go here next!

Lissa Marie - www.somanycrafts.com

Robin C. - http://cutonedesignsbyrobin.blogspot.com/

Lucy ~ http://love2createitall.com

Lynda~http://memoriesintyme.blogspot.com/

Liz - http://tryin2craft.blogspot.com

Camille - http://shortonideasaz.blogspot.com/

Robin L. - http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/

Happy Hopping!

MORE FROM CAMP!

My last layout for the evening is using more photos from Rev War Camp 2004 and another sketch from Scrapbook.com. The other criteria with the sketch was that you had to use arrows.  They gave a 2 page sketch but this is a one page sketch challenge so I chose the section on the left.  My arrows are stamped on the borders with blue ink. I did this layout in monochromatic blue for this weeks challenge at Tuesday Throwdown.  

The Sketch:

My Layout:

And now that the weekend's goal has been met I am off to bed!  Sweet Dreams!  Come back tomorrow for more!

Ginger Snap Scraps Grand Opening Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Ginger Snap Scraps Grand Opening Blog Hop!

Ginger Snap Scraps is owned by Cori Wagner, a stay at home mom who has been scrapbooking, card making and rubber stamping for 15 years!

Ginger Snap Scraps carries Cricut Cartridges always for $35 and under. They have popular brands such as My Mind's Eye, Tim Holtz, Copic, Doodlebug Design, The Twinery, Bella Blvd, Graphic 45, La La Land, Little Yellow Bicycle, Riley & Co., Peachy Keen, and any more!

Many wonderful ladies have created projects to show case some of the brands that are available in the store.

I decided on a simple mono-chromatic birthday card for my project.  I started with a 5x7 base card and covered it with aqua cardstock.  Then I took the Cuttlebug Happy Birthday embossing folder and used another piece of the aqua cardstock.  I distressed and inked the edges and the embossing with Versa Magic Chalk Ink Turquoise Gem.    Then I took Carribean Blue twine and wrapped it around the card 3 times in each direction.  In the center I put the aqua flower brad from American Crafts Flower Shoppe.  Inside I stamped the sentiment "May all your Dreams come true" in Turquoise Gem.



Please visit Ginger Snap Scraps today and enjoy free shipping on $25 orders to the U.S. and Canada!

The full line-up for the hop is:

Ginger Snap Scraps - http://ginger-snap-scraps.blogspot.com
Ashley - http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com
Pam - http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/
Pam L- http://mzlavr2.blogspot.com/
Jamie - http://thesassyprincess.blogspot.com
Liz - http://scrapiliciouslife.blogspot.com/
Julie- http://jk-littlebitofbling.blogspot.com/   YOU CAME FROM HERE!
Paula - http://preciouspagesbypaula.blogspot.com/    YOU ARE HERE!
Tammy- http://tampatha.wordpress.com    GO HERE NEXT!
Vicki - http://scrapbookingcreationsbyvicki.blogspot.com
Barbara - http://blackholeartstudio.blogspot.com
Missy- http://tangledwebsoftangwen.blogspot.com
Beckie - http://justbcreativecrazy.blogspot.com

Barb - http://www.bugbites411.blogspot.com/

Your next stop along the hop is Tammy- http://tampatha.wordpress.com

COLORFUL CREATIONS SPRING FLING BLOG HOP!!!

Welcome to the Colorful Creations Spring Fling Blog Hop!

Thanks for playing along in our “Spring Fling”.  My project is called Pick 3.  You will need to pick at least 3 items from the list below with at least one of them coming from Column A. You will be playing for a RAK from me.  If you are able to use more than 3 items you will get 2 extra entries for additional Column A choices and 1 additional entry for Column B choices. I will give an extra entry for being or becoming a follower on my blog.  Please be sure to list your items and following status in your comments.


Column A
Texture Medium (molding paste, gel medium, coarse pumice gel)
wet or dry embossing
hand or machine stitching
stemcils, templates or masks
quilling


Column B
Chalking
inking, painting or misting
fussy cutting
punches or diecuts
monochromatic
distressing or sanding
velum, mulberry, transparency or corrugate
ribbon, lace, buttons


After you completed your project, post it in the Colorful Creations gallery and tag it DT PAULA Spring Fling.  Your layout, card or project must be newly created as of March 30^th, and cannot be combined with any other CC challenges. You have until Saturday April 8^th midnight MST to complete challenges!


Be sure to post your project in the Colorful Creations Gallery and to link it back to this post.



Here is my sample:

I had two from Column A which were wet or dry embossing (dry), stencils, templates, masks (Crafters Workshop template.).  I had 3 from Column B which were inking, painting, misting (inking), distressing, sanding (distressing) and monochromatic.



Can't wait to see your beautiful creations! 


Now It’s time to do a bit of Spring Cleaning of your stash! Each DT member will give you a product from your stash to be combined into a layout for our “Spring  Fling” challenge" page. Make sure to use 7 of the 10 products in your page then post a link in the Spring Fling Challenge Event! 


For your "Spring Fling Challenge" my product is to raid your stash and use LACE on your layout or project!



Leave a comment so we can leave you some love on your blog when you post your projects and be entered into RAK's offered for the DT blog challenges!


Here is the hop line-up:

Brenshevia 

Tocarra  YOU CAME FROM HERE!

Paula  YOU ARE HERE!

Tabitha GO HERE NEXT!

Suzanne

Andrew

Karen

Kristie

Anne
Fi

Colorful Creations