I Love This Little Guy

At the crop 2 weeks ago I made this two page layout using Little Yellow Bicycle's Fern & Forest Boy.

These are pictures taken in April of Kennedy with Kashton. He was about a month old I believe. Kennedy had asked Mommy to take her picture with her brother then wouldn't quit making faces. Cute pictures still!

This is a close up of the left side of the layout. I cut out the little boy on the mushroom from the other paper and used foam tape to give him dimension. I thought that using some burlap would give the layout more of a "boy" feel. The words are from the stickers from this collection.

This is a closer look of the right right side. I again used the burlap as a mat for the journaling block. I'm linking this project up to Cat's Creation Blog for WOW Wednesday. Leave me a comment for a chance to win a prize and do the same for others that link up. I guarantee you will be inspired and you might just win!

The girls spent the night with me last week and will again this week before Remi has to go home. Boy, 3 weeks sure did go by fast this time!

When they were here I should them how to use punches.

They had a wonderful time punching out all sorts of shapes!

Vanessa got a couple of really good pictures

 Remi comes running to me and gives me a hug when she sees me! I just love it! I'm hoping it won't be as hard to say goodbye this time. The kids go to court August 12th. I am believing for God to settle somethings at that time.

Remi just adores Kashton! She is an amazing big sister!

That's all for now. Have a good one!

Love This Moment

I completed a two page layout two weeks ago. Geez, I can't believe it's been two weeks since I've been able to scrapbook! It's been pretty busy!

I used Little Yellow Bicycle Fern & Forest Girl for this layout. These pictures are 2 years old!

I also made a card for Remi. She comes again this Saturday! The 3 weeks since her last visit have FLOWN by!

I just love this stamp set! It is a Phyllis Harris design by Unity called "Listen from the heart". Of course I had to have it because of the horse! I colored the image with my Copic Markers. I tried to color the horse to look like Clyde.

I am entering these projects in Cat's Creations WOW Wednesday. A random commenter will be chosen for a prize so be sure to leave me a comment. For more chances to win comment on others who have linked their creations to the blog.

I'll try to blog soon about my holiday weekend!

Have a good one!

Tuesday Morning Sketches #182

I received an email this week from Doodle Pantry about their sponsoring a card challenge at Tuesday Morning Sketches so I went to take a look and decided to give it a try. Here is the sketch.

Here is my card

For the papers I used Little Yellow Bicycle Collection "Winterings". I just love the colors in this line. The penguin and snowy hills are a Unity Stamp set and so is the "hello" sentiment. I heat embossed the penguin with black powder then colored in with a black embossing pen and a yellow gel pen. The snowy hills I used Ranger white embossing powder called "puffs". It actually is more of a cream as you can see in the photo. I also heat embossed the sentiment and used a circle punch. I punched a hole in the circle and put the brown ribbon (from my stash) through and tied to the card.

I did remember to get a picture of the layout I used with this paper collection.

We had snow on Christmas Day! Little unusual for us! I was a little bummed we didn't get anymore than what you see but did get a few pics of my granddaughter with the white stuff!

I'm off to the retreat. Have a good one...I plan too!

Sending My Love

One of the things I wanted to try to do this year is participant in more of Operation Write Home card challenges. I am already getting behind but I am going to stay with it and try to do the challenges and sketches whether I meet the deadline or not.

I made this card using Operation Write Home Sketch#156. The papers I used are from Little Yellow Bicycle's winter collection "Winterings" that I had left from a one page layout I did. Which, by the way, I realized I didn't get a picture of! I'll do that tomorrow when I'm at the store. (note to self.) The image and sentiment are from Unity's stamp set "Sending My Love". I stamped the mailbox and cut it out. I also stamped and cut out the envelope. Using my craft knife I cut a slit in the mailbox so I could insert the envelope and used foam tape to give it some dimension. I also put foam tape behind the sentiment. The brads were from my stash.

I also made this card for Operation Write Home - The ABCs of Color Basic Color Theory. If I did this right, I am using a color scheme based on Nature. I need to practice some more with this. Not sure if I completely understand it yet.

I also made a card for Remi. We last saw her 2 weeks before Christmas. We were supposed to have her the week after Christmas but her mother and step dad had to relocate to California. Step dad is in the Air Force. She was supposed to come for a 7day visit this week but an agreement couldn't be reached. Makes me sad for everyone. Unless things change it is looking like Keannon will have to go to court again.

I got this adorable little girl popping out of an envelope from Sliekje Digi Stamps. It's called "Surprise in an Envelope". She is so gracious to share her digi's for free. She has so many that I really like. I colored her with my Copic Markers then decided to add a little bling for some sparkle. The DP is from Echo Park from a couple of summers ago. The sentiment is from the Unity Stamp set above. Looking at this just now makes me wish I had added some ribbon but I was in a hurry to get this in the mail.

Our church's ladies retreat is this weekend. Looking forward to a little time away to connect with Him and fellowship with my friends!

Have a good one.