Grandma & Grandpa

My second entry into the Our Daily Bread Designs Let Your Light Shine challenge, week 2. I went with the same vintage look as last week. This is a great challenge for me, I'm getting so many photos scraped. This is a pic of my grandparents at Christmas time. No date on it though. I used ODBD 'Ornaments' stamp set with Spellbinders dies. I purchased them as a bundle last year, (love the ODBD bundles). I used 3 die sizes but only one stamp image, all are on dimensionals  I'll be making more tags and decorations with this gorgeous set again this year. 

I used lace, which is hard to see under my watermark, and several strips of border punched pieces so that I could add this to the Hotspot challenge. This also goes helps it to go with last weeks page. The beautiful lace is from McMahon Five Designs, (also used on my first entry page HERE).

See the doodling around the journal ornament? That qualifies for the Stampin' Sisters In Christ challenge.

I really hit the jackpot of challenges with this page didn't I? Now I just need to find a challenge looking for 'distressed' (I sponged with brown ink), or 'vintage', heehee.

On a personal note....
My dear daughter just called to tell me she was at the ocean, and I could hear the waves. She and her bestie had to buy matching sweatshirts, hers is red and Jacq's is white. Silly girls. If you don't know already, my 16 y/o went to CA with her best friend and their grandmother. They are staying with family for 3 weeks. We miss her around here, but she calls & texts often enough.

Have a great week everyone!!!

Heat Wave

It's National Scrapping Day and I just happened to make a page last night. I started out with the ColorQ challenge:

Pretty yummy, right?
















Then I decided to skip the designer paper and go with the Stampin' Sisters In Christ challenge "no dp". You need to read Marilynn's devotional in order to really understand the challenge. It is so much more than not using dp. Thanks Marilynn it is a perfect analogy, so enjoyable to read!

I am also going to enter the SRM NSD Challenge today even though I only used one sticker, 'heat wave'.
Thanks for visiting with me today, please let me know what you think of my page.

A new Stamp set, Store, and Paper Craft Community

Now, I've been dying to get this little gal on paper, and her she is! I won 3 Little Frieda & Friends stamp sets at the Stampin' Sisters In Christ Challenge at the beginning of April. The co-founder and coordinator of SSIC, Lisa Hjulburg, has a new store, The Craft's Meow, and she sponsored this challenge. There is a sweet story about Little Frieda on the store blog HERE. Go and check out the store and blog, you won't be disappointed. The store is stocked with special stamps, supplies, and kits!!! Meet the talented designers and design team while your there.

I'm going to call this piece 'Card Candy" because I don't know exactly what I want to do with it. Scrapbook page, bookmark, or card??? I paper pieced her dress, hat and socks/shoes. I colored her hair, lips, and flower with Sharpies, then her skin and shading with Prismacolor pencils. I stamped the sentiment above her and wah-lah, done. I'll be entering this piece at a new community group I found, Simple Scrapping Crafts. Although I'm just getting started, after much stalking, I recommend you check it out. You'll see some familiar faces.  For the Friday CAS Challenge Group 'Paper Piecing'.

Spring Blessings Bear

Spring Blessings! I saw my first robin today, spring is here, yipee! I got the idea for this paper piecing card from the oh so talented Kristine Breach, see her card HERE. Of course I made it to enter into the Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge. The Stamp set is 'Spring Blessings' from Deedee's Digis you must really see the rest of the set.


The challenge this week is from Lisa H.... A different kind of peace... piece... as in paper piecing. Use paper piecing in the main image of your card/project. You will want to check out Lisa's scripture choice and devotional at the SSIC challenge blog. Here is the link to her blog with the card she made for the challenge, which inspired me as well. Lisa is also the owner of the brand new, "Craft's Meow" online store. check out the cute badge on my sidebar. I haven't ordered her yet, but isn't Little Frieda adorable? Go and check out the crafting kits Lisa has.


My card seems a bit smaller than usual, but I'm so excited that my watermark is showing. I was missing a couple of steps in paint.net to make it work. I have my wonderful DT sister, Jeanette, to thank for helping me out step by step. Thanks again!

Stamp set-Spring Blessings from Deedee's Digis you must really see the rest of the set.


Glad you stopped by!

Fluttering By-second card today

I made this yesterday for the Stamping Sisters in Christ challenge to Use the Color Green. You can find this beautiful digi image at Deedee's Digis, it's called Fluttering By. You can even 'Try Before You Buy', here, you just won't receive the sentiments with it. Speaking of sentiments....I cut the one I had printed, (see extra butterfly). We paper crafters, however, never make mistakes, just the opportunity for more embellishing, lol. I used SU markers for coloring, the bow easy for ribbon, a rub on for my emergency 'bloom', cuttlebug folder, and lacey circles Nestabilities by Spellbinders.

I've been home for 5 days, long Pres day weekend, and a snow day today. Tomorrow I'll be back with less and shorter comments on your blogs and fewer new cards.Thanks for stopping by!