Tuesday Morning Christmas card

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Tuesday morning has another sketch up here.
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My take on their sketch...

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Mojo Monday Happy Birthday cards

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Hopefully I'll be back to crafting on a regular basis again!  I've been working on non related Christmas presents the last two months.

Mojo Monday posted their sketch on Monday, which worked out perfectly for me since I needed 3 birthday cards.  I loved how the first card turned out, so I made 3 more of the same, just varying the ribbon.

The sketch...

My 4 takes on the sketch...

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Mojo Monday

I'm so happy that I've finally had some time to craft!  Mojo Monday has their new sketch up and I had some new K&Company paper to play with.

The sketch...

My take on the sketch...

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Concertina fold card

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Today is my day to post over at the BugBytes!   For my project, I decided to do a concertina fold card that I found over at Splitcoaststampers, (here) by Cherie Franklin.

I started out with 2 pieces of 5.5 x 8.5 of cream colored card stock and 1 4.25 x 5.5 brown card.  You can make these with just a card base (that doesn't open), but I prefer my cards to open.

On both pieces of cream paper, I scored them at 2 1/8, 4 1/4 and 6 3/8.

From the 1st score line I lined up to the 2 inch mark and cut.

Next I folded each piece accordion style.

I attached each accordion piece to the front of my card using my pink atg gun.

Next I cut all the patterned paper, cutting it just a hair smaller than what I needed, again, that's just what I prefer.  The large piece is shy of 4.25 x 5.5.  The other pieces are 2 inches wide, I used a pencil to mark where to cut them.

 I glued everything down with my atg gun.

 

I used my spellbinders and cut a scalloped oval to hold the two pieced closed and added some left over stickers to decorate.

For the inside of my card I added patterned paper, leaving a large enough space so I can add my Thanksgiving verse later on.

Sassy gave her seal of approval on the finished card, but she didn't like the mess left over on my (her!) table.

Be sure to stop over a splitcoast stampers for a much better tutorial!  :)

Here comes trouble!

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It's week 3 over at Lets Get Sketchy, so another awesome sketch and even more awesome inspiration!!

The sketch...

My take on their sketch...

I pulled out the camera when my Grandson showed me how he can stand up on his own and of course he has to make funny faces!  It captured his fun personality and of course all the drool!  LOL  Poor baby is always teething.  :)  NOT, mind you, that he will let me get pictures of his 4 new teeth!

Thanks for looking and I really do appreciate all the wonderful comments!!

Time Together

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Creative Scrappers has sketch #230 up, this one by Jenny Evans!

The sketch...

My take on their sketch...

My favorite part of this layout is the paper!  I've been saving it because I love the background paper, but finally decided that saving it makes no sense... I don't see it when it's not used!  lol  The paper is from Hot Off The Press, Nonna Garden.



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You are so special

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SOUS has a fun and awesome sketch up, HERE.  I really had fun doing this sketch!

The sketch...

My take on their sketch...

Some detail photos...

I used two different punches to create the borders and added some liquid pearls.

I used a MS punch around the page to border my picture and added liquid pearls again, but in a lighter color so I didn't take anything from the frame or picture.

I actually took a needle and ribbon and threaded my banner.  (Note to self, give more space for the needle on the edges! lol)

The little birds I colored with inks, they are Glimmer Chips from Tattered Angels and such fun to work with!  I won them from BoysRule, which makes them even better!

The picture is of my Grandson giving me adoring looks because A, I'm one of his favorite people, 2nd only to his parents and B, I had just given him some of my doughnut!  LOL

Thanks for looking!!

Lil Monster

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I had so much following sketch #229 from Creative Scrappers!  Of course I always enjoy scrapping my Grandson, but his jammies were just so cute, I couldn't resist!  This also fits over at StuckOnUSketches, their creepy crawly die cut challenge.  Now, my Grandson isn't creepy, but he's certainly crawling and he does have a bug on his butt!  LOL

The sketch...

My take on the sketch...

And some detail photo's...

The title does show up better in person, these pictures don't do it justice.

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Lets Get Sketchy, again!

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The other day I did  sketch #2 from Lets Get Sketchy.  Today I finally did the 1st sketch.  I loved the sketch, but I had the hardest time finding the right background paper for it, which is why I did the 2nd one 1st.  lol  Today I finally found the right paper and I love how it turned out!!

The sketch...

My take on their sketch...

For those who follow my blog know, starting from the left are my Grandson, my youngest son, my wonderful husband and my awesome step Dad.  My life would not be the same without them in it!

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Lets Get Sketchy!

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The other day I found a new blog that does sketches, Lets Get Sketchy! 

The sketch...

My take on their sketch...

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Sympathy Card

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Unfortunately I had to make a sympathy card this weekend.  I used the sketch from StuckOnUSketches and the Fabulous Friday's Challenge over at Frosted Designs to use Doilies. 

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My take on their sketch...

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4 Generations

Hi!
I finally got my craft room reorganized and was able to get a layout done!  Thanks to my sister re-doing her kitchen, she's giving us her "old" kitchen table which left me with an extra.  My first thought was "awesome, I will finally have enough space to work on!"  lol

I'm thrilled with how it turned out!  So are the cats (you can see Sassy asleep on my desk chair!), they love have the extra surface space to lay down on.  Trouble was on the other chair, until I picked up my camera.  Rummy, who's very ill, will only lay down on harder surfaces right now, (except for my rocker in the living room) so the table works out purrfectly.

Anyways!  I was able to do a sketch from StuckOnUSketches tonight!
The sketch...

My take on their sketch...

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Too Cute!

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Creative Scrappers has a sketch up, #228. 
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My take on the sketch...

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Discovering... the taste of leaves

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Boy's Rule has another awesome sketch up here!  It's by Jenny Evans, so of course I loved it.  lol

The sketch...

My take on the sketch...

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Joy Fold Thanksgiving card

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Today is my day to post over at The Bugbytes and I wanted to do something different.  Over at Splitcoast Stampers, I found the directions to make a Joy Fold card.

I started out with two pieces of card stock cut at 4 x 8.5 (scored at 5.5) and 3 x 8 (scored at 4).

I then cut out (1) 4 x 5.25 piece of patterned paper.

I also cut out 3 different pieces of paper at 2.75 x 3.75.

I inked around the edges of all the patterned paper and then started to put everything together.

On the 3 x 8 piece of card stock I place the patterned paper on each side as shown.

I glued down the smaller piece of card stock to the larger piece.

Having never made one of these cards before, I decided I really didn't like the inside of darker orange cardstock blank, so I cut another piece of patterned paper at 2.75 x 3.75 and glued that down.  From there I started decorating my card.  I used a tag (a time to give thanks) with a pop glue dot to hold the flap of my card closed.

I really like how this card turned out.  They are a lot more work, but I think it was worth the effort!

Thanks for looking!