Senior

I have had such a productive scrappy weekend. :) I love it when that happens, especially since it has been awhile.

I played along with the September 15th  sketch challenge from Stuck?! Sketches and this is my layout:

 

I pretty much stuck to the design of the sketch, just inverting the side for the banner on top. I just felt that it balanced the layout better. Sketches are so awesome! lol

 

I just cannot believe this girl is a Senior. I only get to do this one more time. It is bittersweet.

 

 

Artful Delight giveaway

Hi everyone! Artful Delight is having an awesome giveaway! Click here to find out more. This would be an awesome giveaway to win. The kits are wonderful! There is also a DT call going on. Both the giveaway and DT call end tomorrow so you've got to hurry to enter both. Good luck!

a few cards to share

Happy Sunday! :)

I have a few cards to share that I have made recently. First off is a card I made for the Sketch-N-Scrap card sketch #10. I used to play along with the sketches there all the time. They are wonderful sketches and the designers create such beautiful projects. The Memory Nest is a sponsor for Sketch-N-Scrap this month, for more information just click on the link to the SNS card sketch above. Hurry though, the month is nearly over. Eeek!

This next card is a thank you card I made for my mom.

 

Lastly, this card I made for my new son-in-law. His birthday was in August. I am not all that great at making masculine things, so this was a challenge for me. I know he likes batman, so I decided that I would find a batman logo and then trace it and cut it out. I really like how it turned out, (even though I think it is too plain ;)) and he loves it! He raved on and on about it. I am just happy that he liked it.

 

 

Have a wonderful week!

 

MME Chalk Studio

Hi! :) I am back to reveal two additional projects that I created for The Memory Nest using the fantastic MME Chalk Studio collection.

First is a wall plaque. As soon as I saw the 12x12  paper with the phrase on it, I knew I was going to stick this on a canvas. The plaque is 9"x12" I layered some of the other papers underneath and added some brads as well as the birds and mustache (which is pop-dotted for dimension) stickers that were included in the kit. I have never used a mustache on anything before, but I think it adds a bit of flair to this project. What do you think?

 

I also made a card for a very sweet girl I know.

 

 

I used some brads for the eyes and nose. From my stash I added the whiskers from Waxy Flax and the ribbon bow.

 

Here is the layout I created and shared earlier this month using this great collection.

 

 

You can purchase your MME Chalk Studio collection kit as well as other great scrappy collection by visiting The Memory Nest store.

 

Don't forget to use code Raechelle20 to get 20% off your entire order. :)

 

 

 

...... not sure why this card has posted twice. I cannot seem to delete it. I am having a love/hate relationship with Blogger today. lol

 

Puppy Love

Hi! I played along with the great September sketch at Artful Delight. This is one of my most favorite photos of Moose. He's so little, but he really thought he was a tough guy.

I am not a gold person. I avoid it as much as I can, however the gold doily and LOVE word from the beautiful new Crate Flea Market collection were perfect for this layout and really add a nice finishing touch. I actually might be ok with using a little more gold on my layouts now. I will have to seek out some avoided products now. lol ;)

 

here is the sketch:

 

 

as you can see, I pretty much followed it exactly.

 

Thanks for stopping by! Have a blessed weekend. :)

 

SUP

It's time for another challenge on the Color Me Scrappy blog. I titled this layout "SUP". My daughter Skylar says that a lot and it was really the only thing that popped into my head when I was creating it. I wanted to make sure sup was a word before I used it, so I looked it up. Skylar and I got a good laugh out of the definition. Here is the first definition as posted on UrbanDictionary.com:

             A term that cool people use because they are too damn lazy to say What's up.

 

So I guess that catapults me into the "cool and lazy" category. ;) lol

 

Here is my layout:

 

and here is the beautiful color palette:

 

the twist is to use some texture on your layout.

 

Jump on over to the Color Me Scrappy blog and check out the beautiful new look! While you are there take some time to view the wonderful layouts the design team created for this challenge as well.

 

 

 

Summertime bliss

It's mid month and this means a new challenge on the Use Your Words blog. The September 15th challenge is to incorporate the word "sweet" anywhere on your layout (or card).

Here is my layout:

 

Come on over to the blog to see what the team came up with as well as to submit your layout for the challenge. Hope to see you there!