Back to School Wreath

I wanted to decorate for "Back to School" but couldn't find any ready made decorations in the stores.  So I decided to make my own.

One of the decorations I made was a "Back to School" wreath.

First,  I used black ribbon and wound it around the twine wreath.  Then I added different size yo yo's in coordinating fabrics.  Added buttons and wooden school themed items, and some bows in the same black ribbon.

I also have made table runners and a flower arrangement.  Hopefully,  I will have time to post pictures of those projects as well.

Have a great day!

Creative Mondays Ch #14 - Kids

Welcome to another challenge at Creative Mondays!  We are now up to challenge #14!  The theme for this challenge is "Kids". Your project needs to have an image of a kid/child on it or be for a kid.  Have fun!

Here is our favorites from Ch#13:

Lorraine A

Three Trees

Allisa

Tracy MacDonald

Congratulations Ladies, please collect your Creative Mondays Favorites Badge and add it to your blog with pride!

Looking forward to seeing what you all make this go round!

Western Project Life 3x4 Insert

Working with the Cricut today!  Using the Old West cartridge,  I created this western pocket insert.  It is just perfect for scrapping your western adventures.

Also used is the Martha Stewart Fence border punch and Tim Holtz Distress inks in Tea Dye, Pumice Stone, and Black Soot.

Have a great day!

exploring cricut - 2 cuts and monogram
Make it Monday - anything goes

Epcot 4x6 Project Life Insert

Here is a 4x6 project life pocket insert.  

The image is another Whimsie Doodles images called Miyako Fan.  The paper is Japanese Origami paper from the store in Epcot's Japan.  Also, used is a Lifestyle Craft eyelet circle die, and flower brads.

This insert turned out perfect for my scrapbook page.

Adorable Mermaid

Today,  I want to share my little swimming mermaid with you.  This is a 3x4 project life insert.  I have not been using the core kits from project life but making my own cards.

The little mermaid is a Whimsie Doodles images.  Just love their images.  :)

You can check out Whimsie Doodles images here.  

Product list:

Whimsie Doodles image

My Favorite Things - sea charms

Martha Stewart - shell border punch

Brad

Recollections papers

Distress Inks - Tumbled Glass and Tea Dye

Challenges:

Whimsy - summer fun

Diva by Design - for female

Crafting for All Seasons - Bright Colors

Crafting for All Seasons is starting a new challenge today with a theme of "Bright Colors".

For my DT project, I created a Project Life 3x4 insert using a Unity Stamp called "Berry Good Life".

Also,  used is a strawberry die cut from Quickutz and a Martha Stewart border punch.

Crafting for All Seasons is being sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps with a prize of seven digital images!

Whimsie Doodles Bathing Beauty

Hello Everyone,

Today I am posting another Project Life 3x4 insert card!  This time I am using a Whimsie Doodles image called Beach Babe.

We have spent a lot of time this year swimming so it is the perfect image for my scrapbook pages.

You can get this image at Whimsie Doodles.

Have great day!

Project Life 3x4 pocket insert

It has been a while since I have posted a project but here we go…

I have been scrapbooking using the Project Life system that a good friend introduced me too and I love it!  It is so fast and easy.  This system is far less stressful for me than the traditional way of scrapbooking.

Now instead of creating big 12 x 12 pages, I create little 3x4 or 4x6 pocket inserts to decorate my pages.

Here is one of my 3x4 inserts using Meljen's Designs digital stamps:

If you are interested in a fast and less stressful way to scrapbook, check out the Project Life system.  There is a link on my sidebar.

Creative Mondays Ch# 13 - Food

Good Morning Everyone!  Challenge #13's theme is food any kind of food!

The Creative Mondays favorites from Challenge #12 are:

Ellie Wee

Viv

Indira

Congratulations Ladies, please collect your Creative Mondays Favorites Badge and add it to your blog with pride!

Looking forward to seeing what you all make this go round! 

Creative Mondays Challenge #12 - Water

Ok a bit late but here comes the next challenge.  :)  The theme for this challenge is going to be "water".  It has been so dry this year that it is what everyone is thinking about.

The favorites for challenge 11 (For men) are:

Pauline

Samantha

Cathy

Liz

Congratulations Ladies, please collect your Creative Mondays Favorites Badge and add it to your blog with pride!

Looking forward to seeing what you all make this go round! 

Creative Mondays Ch#11 - For Men

Welcome to another challenge at Creative Mondays this time the theme is going to be "For Men"!  It is nice to see cards made for the wonderful men in our lives.

Here are the favorites from Creative Mondays ch#10:

Lissa Beck

Marlena

Julie Price

Lis-M

Congratulations Ladies, please collect your Creative Mondays Favorites Badge and add it to your blog with pride!

Looking forward to seeing what you all make this go round! 

Creative Mondays ch #10

Welcome to another Creative Mondays challenge!  We had some beautiful entries for our summer challenge!

For Challenge # 10 the theme will be "Mermaids and Fairies"!  We can't wait to see what you all create!

The Favorites from Creative Mondays Challenge #9 are:

Ginger

Pam Sparks

Happy Days

Congratulations Ladies, please collect your Creative Mondays Favorites Badge and add it to your blog with pride!

Looking forward to seeing what you all make this go round! 

Creative Mondays Ch #9

Hello Creative Friends,

Are you ready for another challenge?  Here we go… The theme of this challenge is SUMMER!

The Creative Mondays Favorites from challenge #8 are:

Michelle

Laura

Tracy MacDonald

Ann English

Congratulations Ladies, please collect your Creative Mondays Favorites Badge and add it to your blog with pride!

Looking forward to seeing what you all make this go round! 

Dear Readers

I am sorry for the delay in some of my posts.  Unfortunately,  I have been in and out of the hospital as they get me back on track again. Please give me a few days to get everything back up and running again.  Hugs to all.

CFAS First Birthday Blog Hop

Our theme this fortnight is “It’s a Celebration” with buttons.

As it’s our FIRST BIRTHDAY at CFAS we’re having a blog hop to celebrate.  The hop begins and ends on the challenge blog. If you’ve arrived from CAROL's blog you’re on the right track, if you’re just popping by to say hello you may want to pop over to the challenge to join in the whole hop.

At each blog you’ll find a letter, once you’ve collected them all leave a comment on the challenge post telling us which word the letters spell. You must leave a comment on each blog as you hop and one commenter on each of the blogs will win a prize, my prize is a Bugaboo $6 gift certificate.

We have two sponsors for this challenge:

The Digi Garden

Meljen's Designs

My Card for the Birthday Blog Hop with Buttons is:

My card is using an image from Whimsie Doodle called "Turtle Birthday" Also used on the card is MFT embossed buttons, Sizzix corners and Divine Twine.

Here is your letter C, now it’s time to pop over to DWITA's blog to carry on the hop. 

If you get lost along the way you'll find a full list for the hop on the challenge post. Enjoy!

whimsie doodles - bump it up

Creative Mondays Ch#8

Welcome again to another Creative Mondays!  Thank you to everyone that linked up for the last challenge!  The theme of this challenge is going to be "stitching" faux or real.

The Creative Monday Favorites from CH #7 are:

Tine

Julie

Michaela

Congratulations Ladies, please collect your Creative Mondays Favorites Badge and add it to your blog with pride!

Looking forward to seeing what you all make this go round! 

Handmade Flowers Challenge

At Crafting for all Seasons, we are having a new challenge and the theme is Handmade Flowers!  Love this challenge.

We have a wonderful sponsor for this challenge:

Bugaboo Stamps

Here is my card for this challenge:

and of course I used a Bugaboo image called the ladybug vase!  Love the cute little ladybug in this image!

Go on over to Crafting for all Seasons and join in on the current challenge.

Creative Monday Challenge #7

Good Morning to All,

Today starts a new Creative Monday Challenge!  This time it will be an "Anything Goes" challenge.  Don't you just love an Anything Goes challenge!  I do.

The Creative Monday Favorites for Ch#6 are:

Tammy

Irit

Margie

The Navy Wife

Congratulations Ladies, please collect your Creative Mondays Favorites Badge and add it to your blog with pride!

Looking forward to seeing what you all make this go round! 

Creative Monday Challenge #6 - Yellow and Sunshine

Hello and Welcome to another Creative Monday Challenge!  For this challenge I want to see "Yellow"!  The sun is shining and Spring is in full bloom.

Here are the Creative Monday Favorites:

Merethe

Jayne

Sarah

Lisa

Congratulations Ladies, please collect your Creative Mondays Favorites Badge and add it to your blog with pride!

Looking forward to seeing what you all make this go round! 

Creative Monday challenge #5 - Anything but card

Welcome to Creative Monday's challenge #5!  

This go round I thought it would be fun to have an Anything goes but no cards!  You can link up recipes, layouts, crafts, sewing projects etc. Have fun!

Our Creative Mondays Favorites are the following:

Pat
What a beautiful card for a teacher!

Maria Matter
Amazing idea Maria! Go to Maria's blog you'll want to try this idea!

Carol
Wow Carol!  Perfect for Easter!

Kelly
This is an incredibly inventive idea!  Love it!

Congratulations Ladies, please collect your Creative Mondays Favorites Badge and add it to your blog with pride!

Looking forward to seeing what you all make this go round!

Get planting...

Spring is here and the weather is fine so start planting!  I used this adorable image from Pollycraft.  Isn't she cute!

Recipe:
star border - cc designs
memo pad sheet - jenni bowlin designs
brown twine - Martha Stewart
distress ink - tea dye

Pollycraft - chocolate

The Queen's newest challenge - Easter & Bunnies

The Scrapbooking Queen's newest challenge is Easter and Bunnies!

Here is my card for this challenge:

Please head over to the Queen's Royal Digi Challenge and join in!  There are great prizes to be won!