Trying this thing called 'Scrapbooking' again!!

Helllloooooooo!! :)

Long time no blog talk!!

I had a bit of a scrap block for a few months....

since July to be exact!! I was beginning to think I 

wouldn't ever scrap again!!

I got rid of most of my stash and most of my supplies.

However, I decided to try again a couple nights ago and 

what do you, I did a page....that I liked!! Yeah!!

So I did a couple more. They are ok, not as nice as the first

one I did this time, but I'm just happy to be 

scrapping again!! 

I have to say that I did enjoy my time off

and exploring new things...like Zentangle!! Love it!! 

Also got to do a lot of crocheting and remembered how

much I really enjoy it!! 

Here are the layouts I did:

Thanks much for stopping by!!

I hope you have a wonderful, love filled week!!

Until next time...........................tootles!!

A Sweet Layout

Hello!!

Thanks bunches for stopping by!!

Just thought I'd share this LO

I did of my DD from Christmas Eve.

We always go to Gram and Opop's

to open gifts from them to us and from us

to them!! It's a wonderful tradition!!

This was her BIG gift from them this year!!

This is my entry for the Multi Pix Challenge

at SB dot com.

Thanks again for stopping by!!

Until next time................tootles!!

One Card!!

I have one card for one challenge to share today!!

It's for The Friday Mashup!-sketch.

It seems that everyone has taken a much deserved

break on the challenge sites until after the holiday!!

Which has given me plenty of time to

do some layouts!! I am so loving doing

them again!! It's all thanks to Pat over

at sb dot com for hosting the past pagemaps

challenges!! I love using sketches so this has been perfect!!

Here's a couple I have done recently.

Plus this one for a sketch challenge at Scrap That!

And.... I have pictures from Christmas so I

will be scrapping even more layouts

in the next few day!!

Woo-Hoo!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

I hope that each of you, and your families,

have a wonderful, love filled 2012!!

Until next time....................tootles!!

Merry Christmas!!

Christmas Eve Eve!!

Do you have something special planned for tonight??

We're making nacho's and watching Christmas movies!!

It should be fun!! I'm looking forward to it!!

Challenges:

Paper Pretties-snow inspiration.

Cardabilities-sketch.

Dutch Dare-make it shimmer.

Sir Stampsalot-punch, flower, pearls

The beautiful snowflake was made by my very

sweet friend, Bobbie!! She was so sweet to make me

snowflakes last year when I wanted snow and we didn't have any!!
I was asking everyone to send me some snow,

and she did!! Your the bomb, Miss Bobbie!! Thank you!!

 A close up of the snowflake:

Another layout for the pagemaps challenge

at SB dot com. Loving doing LO's again!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

**MERRY CHRISTMAS!!**

Until next time.................tootles!!

Lots of Challenges to Share!!

I'm here with several challenges

that I have had stacking up!!
Why do I wait so long before posting??

Here they are:

Dutch Dare-tic-tac-toe.

Bling, die cuts, ribbon.

The sleigh is a chippie from 3tailscraft!!

Thanks Faye!!

Friday Mashup!-chipboard.

Sweet Stop-chipboard and sketch.

Our Daily Bread-NOEL word play-

N-nestie, O-olive color, E-embellies, L-lace.

Card Patterns-sketch.

I Did It-thanks.

Sugar Creek Hollow-thanks.

The bird cage is from 3tailscrafts!!

Stampin' Sisters in Christ-Jesus is the reason.

My Christmas cards this year!!

That's it for now. I will have a couple more tomorrow!!

They just need some finishing touches!!

I hope you'll stop back by and check them out!!

I hope that each of you and your family,

have a wonderful, love filled

Christmas!!

Until next time..................tootles!!

10 More Days to Christmas!!

Are you ready??

We put our little tree up Sunday night. It's lovely!!

My shopping is finished, and

tonight I wrapped packages.

I've been doing the daily Christmas Devotions from

Bible Gateway, and they have been just wonderful!!

It's so important to remember the real reason

for Christmas. The birth of our Savior!!

A couple cards to share today!!

For the challenge at Gem of a Challenge-sketch:

And for Paper Pretties Wednesday-white plus 1:

Thanks bunches for stopping by!!

Don't forget to come back for

Pattie's Creations Blog Hop the 16th!!

Hope to see you soon!!

Merry Christmas!!

Until next time...................tootles!!

Hello!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

I love to have you visit!!

I have 3 cards I just finished up to share with

you today!!

Paper Pretties Monday-use ribbon.

Paper Cupcakes-winter fun and bling.

Inkspirations-sketch.

Lollipop Crafts-happy holidays.

Stampin Sisters In Christ-birthday.

Tuesday Morning Sketches-sketch.



****NEWS FLASH****

Pattie's Creations has a blog hop starting the 16th,

and I'm super excited to be part of it!!

It's full of fun and prizes!!

You don't want to miss it!!

Hope to see you soon!!
Merry Christmas!!

Until next time.............tootles!!

One Card....

For 4 challenges!!

JUGS-center step card.

Card Patterns-sketch.

Friday Mashup!-snowmen.

Paper Sundaes-anything Christmas.

Thanks bunches for stopping by!!

I hope you have a wonderful,

love filled week!!

Merry Christmas!!

Until next time................tootles!!

Last Day of Scrap That! 12 Days of Christmas

Kinda sad that its ending already!!

But so happy that I was able to keep up!!

So this is the last card for Scrap That!!

Also entering it in the challenge at

Our Daily Bread's sketch challenge!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

I hope that each of you have a

wonderful, love filled week!!

Merry Christmas!!

Until next time............tootles!!

More Scrap That!

Day 10 at Scrap That! was to feature Santa!!

I went with an old world Santa

and try distressing again!!

Here's my result:

Also entering this at the challenges at:

The Sweet Stop-sketch.

Crazy 4 Challenges-Santa.

Sugar Creek Hollow-vintage Christmas tag.

I Did It-Santa.

Scarp That! for day 11 was to use gold, and

anything goes at Crafty Catz.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Please come by again soon!!

Merry Christmas!!

Until next time...............tootles!!

Scrap That! Stampin Sisters in Christ & more!!

So for day 8 at Scrap That!

 we were to use a doily!!

This card is also for the sketch

challenge at Paper Pretties Wednesday.
Dutch Dare-winged things!!

Stampin' Sisters in Christ-use an angel.

Flutter By Wednesday-angel, butterfly or fairy.

Scrap That! day 9- use corrugated board.

The first layer is the corrugated board, which I painted

white and then used TH ink on it to distress it some.

The next layer is actually a deep red, shimmer paper.

I don't know why it's showing up pink.

I distressed that too, along with the image.

Added the lace, trim pearls and flower!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Love having you visit!!

Merry Christmas!!

Until next time................tootles!!

Scrap That! Day 7

Layers, layers, layers!!

Yep, use at least 3!!

I'm also entering this in the

Tuesday Morning Sketches challenge!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Until next time...........tootles!!



Scrap That! and More!!

Yeah!! I'm officially caught up

with the challenge at Scrap That!

I'm so happy!! I hope I can keep it up!!

So for day 4 we were to do stamping.

I stamped the Merry Christmas!!

Also for the challenge over at

Paper Cupcakes-sketch.

The bells are form the fabulous Faye

at 3tailscraft!!

Day 6-chipboard.

(The sleigh and reindeer.)

Both are from 3tailscrafts!!

Also for the sketch challenge at Dutch Dare.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Until tomorrow...........tootles!!

New Challenges

Happy Monday!!

It's all rainy and grey here today!!

But the Joy of Jesus is bright as ever!!

My very sweet friend, Lisa, invited me to play along

with the Christmas Challenge over at

Scrap That! I'm not sure yet if I'll post there

or just do it for myself. I'm not the best

at figuring out new places and such!!

So we'll just have to see.

But I do have them here to share along

with the other challenges for this week!!

Sweet Stop-sketch.

Paper Sundaes-die cuts, red and stitching.

The tree is from 3tailscrafts!!

Scrap That!-day 1- red and green.

Scrap That!-day 2-snowmen.

I Did It-flowers.

Scrap That!-day 3-handmade flower.

Just Us Girls-sketch.

Scrap That!-day 5- bows.

Card Pattens-sketch.

Thank you so much for stopping by!!
I hope that each of you have a wonderful,

love filled week!!

Merry Christmas!!
Until next time.................tootles!!

It's December!!

Hello!!  I'm back!!
It's December already!! Where did this year go??

Only 24 days to Christmas!!

Are you ready??

2 cards to share today:

Inkspirations-sketch.

I got to use my awesome new punch for this!!
I love how it turned out!!

Even DH thinks it's cool!!

It is a labor of love. Lots of time and use of tweezers!!

Crafty Catz-snowmen.

Crafty Cardmakers-heat embossing.

The pink paper was plain when I started.

I stamped white snowflakes on it and added

white embossing powder to them!! I've wanted

paper like this for years, but could never find it.

Still can't believe it took me so long to come up

with my own!! Mercy!! Also, the pink on the

mittens, is pink paislee pixie stix.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!
I really enjoyed making these two projects!!

I hope that you enjoy them too!!

I hope you have a wonderful, love

filled week!!

Until next time............tootles!!

It SNOWED!!!!!!!!

It snowed last night!!

It was absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!

DD was super happy because school was

cancelled for today!!!!!!! Me too!!

We only got 5-6 inches, but it had rained all day

before turning over to snow. It was such a lovely,

but heavy snow!! It stuck to the trees and they

were simply enchanting!!

Love it when it snows.

I'm here with a few challenges.

I got to work on a few today as well, and will

post them tomorrow!!

But for now:

Stampin' Sisters in Christ-bird.

I used another tut from Kittie Kraft.

I actually don't have the punch she uses.

I can't seem to find it anywhere, so I had a brilliant idea.

I saw this tree punch at Joann's for 60% off last Saturday

and decided it had to work!! And it does!!!!!!!

One of the best gadgets I've bought in a while....

and at only $4 bucks, it's a keeper!!

This is the punch:

You will be seeing a few more projects using it!!

The card for SSIC:

Friday Mashup!-aqua, chocolate and white/Christmas.

I Did It-eat, drink and be merry.

Tuesday Morning Sketches-sketch.

I got to use the new punch for this!! :)

The pine trees are from 3tailscraft.

That's it at the moment. I will get the others one

uploaded tonight or in the morning.

I hope you'll come back and check them out.

They turned out nice, I think!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Until next time..........tootles!!

Christmas Challenges

Hello!! Hope each of you had a wonderful week!!

A few challenges to share today!!

Paper Pretties Wednesday-tags.

Tuesday Morning Sketches-sketch.

Flutter By Wednesday-angel, fairy or butterfly.

The window is another awesome chippie

from 3tailscrafts!!

Card Patterns-sketch.

The darling camels are from 3tailscrafts!!

Sweet Stop-sketch.

Thanks so much for visiting!!

Thanks also for the lovely comments!!

Until next time.....................tootles!!

Pattie's Creations!!

Before we get into this weeks challenge info,

we have a couple of things to tell you about.

First - We will have an extra winner this challenge,

and the prize is an image drawn by our very own DT member, Margy.

Second - This challenge will run for 3 weeks,

 so there is plenty of time to grab a freebie (new ones added)

and create something for this challenge!

Third - After this challenge is done,

we are having a 3-Day Winter Fun Blog Hop, December 16th to the 18th.

There are multiple sponsors and some of our DT will also offer a prize,

so make sure you come back for the Hop!

Our theme for Challenge #34 is CHRISTMAS.

Stop on over to Pattie's ETSY Shop and have a look at her many images.

Don't forget to check out the Freebies page too.

The challenge starts now and ends

Thursday, December 15th at 1PM CST (Central Standard Time).

Be sure to stop by and see the DT and their creations!

Here's my fun project for this challenge!!

 

Hope to see some of you at Pattie's!!

 

Until next time..............tootles!!