Everthing But The Kitchen Sink Sketch Challenge #2

Good morning! I am so excited to bring this month's Everything But The Kitchen Sink sketch challenge to you! I have found my inspiration from none other than, my "STOVE"! :) I just flipped the image and thanks to 'Courtney', here is the graphic image! Here is my card. I just had to make another Christmas card! And look at the wire, that's the wire out of wired ribbon! Who would have thought?! :)So here are the rules. Make a card or layout using the sketch. You have from today Dec. 15 until Dec. 25 to link it to Mr. Linky over at EBTKS blog. Don't forget to check out the other talented ladies too!

Courtney
Kelley
Kelly Marie
Ann

And here is the prize! "52 More Scrapbooking Challenges by Elizabeth Karchner". I have been so inspired by her and her blog and I am so excited about this book, I really LOVE it! I started out as a scrapbooker years ago, then I found card making and scrapbooking took a back burner. So this new year, I am going to get back to making some layouts and having memories for my kids. And this book is just what I needed. It is not just for scrapbookers, it is for all crafters!

I was so excited about the challenge, that I made a layout. I used my sketch and challenge # 29, to use fabric scraps in your scrapbooking. The title to the layout is 'Many Faces', our clothes in the pictures have many different colors, so I used many different fabrics and patterns and I tried to use some of the same colors to match our outfits too! All of the couches are fabric, but the purple one, it's cardstock.

I don't know why, but sometimes it doesn't enlarge when you click on it. It's probably something I'm doing wrong! :) So the journaling says, "Taking family pictures takes alot time and patience. So we like to have fun with it too. Here are the many faces of us!" I'm trying to use my own handwriting, and I really don't like it, but one day it might mean something to my kids! :)

The post is already really long so if you have any questions about the supplies, just let me know!

Have a Blessed day!

EBTKS Challenge Winners

Happy Sunday! We had a really nice day today. We went to church this morning, then came home for lunch and a little relaxing and then we brought the kids to see The Blind Side. That movie is AMAZING! I really LOVED it, everyone should go see it! :)

Well I wanted to share the winners for the EBTKS challenge with you. I got so many ideas from those cards, thank you ladies! :) And here are the winners! Who would have thought to use toothpicks...hmm.....Kelley! I think it was a great idea! :)

Don't forget to check back here and the EBTKS blog on the 15th, for another sketch challenge, brought to you by....ME! :)

Have a Blessed night!

Our Christmas Cards

Hey everybody! Sorry I haven't posted our Christmas cards yet, I ran out of time! I have been working on so many projects! My friend's birthday was yesterday, so I also made her a present, so I have had no time to post. I haven't bought very many Christmas gifts yet either, so I have to shop all next week, before the kids get out for Christmas break! Christmas time is so busy! :)

Ok, on to our Christmas cards. I made lots of Christmas cards this year, and alot of them are a little too bulky for mailing out, so I am going to give all of those to people from church. I can just hand deliver those, no postage required! :) But for the Christmas cards I am sending out, I wanted them to be pretty flat and of course with colors and patterns that I LOVE! So I used my favorite color, 'raspberry fizz' and my favorite patterned, 'houndstooth', and of course it needed to be simple! :) I really like how it turned out! I made 20, I'm sure I'll have to make more! I guess I need to make a list before I make the cards next time! I also added our Christmas pic inside by cutting two slits and slipping two corners inside and I stamped, 'Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year' in the inside. I hope to have all of these mailed out by Monday. How about ya'll, have you sent your cards out yet, or am I the only slacker? :)

Also I wanted to mention that my card was in the Spotlight last week over at Dawn's, and my card had a shout out from Cath, for last week's Tuesday Trigger at Moxie Fab blog! And Autumn's card one over at Savitri's blog for M's sketch! She was SO excited about winning, she said she was ready to play again! :) Thank you for all the sweet comments! Ya'll are great! :)

I will be back in a couple of days to reveal the winners for the EBTKS Challenge! Thank you all for playing, I really got alot of inspiration from the cards! Also, we have a sketch challenge coming up, and guess who is hosting? ME! I am really excited, I know life is getting busier as Christmas approaches, but you can always make a card or scrapbook page with the sketch, and use it as one of your gifts! And I think ya'll will enjoy the prize too! :) So please join us!

Ok, so here's the card.

Supplies:

Cardstock- (PTI) raspberry fizz, dark chocolate, (Georgia Pacific) white
Patterned paper- (Making Memories) houndstooth poolside paperie

Stamp- (PTI) vintage labels, signature greetings

Ink- (SU!) close to cocoa

Have a Blessed day!

Christmas Card Gift Sets

Hey everybody! I have still been busy with card calls and other Christmas projects. But I wanted to show you some early Christmas gift card sets, I made for my family. Each color was a set of 10. I really love the non traditional colors. All of them are very similar in design, but I tried a couple of different things on some of them. All of them have, "Merry Christams And A Happy New Year", stamped in the inside. I tried to keep them pretty flat, because of postage. I wish I had more time to make more, but I don't. I figured they could at least send out 10 handmade cards! :) I will send them some gift tags too. I made more tags, yes... more! :) I did a little stitching on the new ones and added some stitching on the other ones too! I will take a picture of those tomorrow. I have to get these sent off by tomorrow, I'm running late! :) I will share the tag pics tomorrow along with our Christmas cards, I'm sending out! (I'll give you a little hint, one of the colors used is my favorite EVER, raspberry fizz!) :) Supplies:

Cardstock- PTI, SU!, Georgia Pacific

Stamps- PTI, American Crafts

Ink- PTI, SU!, Studio G

Other- Fiskars punches, Tombo Mono glue

(Sorry the list isn't specific. If you have any questions, let me know!) :)

Have a Blessed day!

Christmas Pics

Hey everybody! I am so excited to share our family Christmas picture with ya'll today! :) Well, when it comes to paying for our pictures to be made, I am a cheapskate! So we try and do our own and we do our Christmas 'family photo shoot' on Thanksgiving afternoon. A couple of years ago I did a fun pic of the kids, and {no kids were hurt in this process}! :) So this year, I wanted to do another fun one! I had the idea for this pic last year, but we ran out of time, so I just had to do it this year! We laughed so hard when Chance put this suit on! It was TOO FUNNY! I almost cried my make-up off! :) And the kids even put on their PJ's, so it looks like Momma's up late, all dressed up for Santa! :)I hope you all enjoyed them! I have still been busy with other projects, but I hope to show you some of them tomorrow! :)

Have a Blessed day!

Tuesday's Trigger Challenge

Hey, Good morning! I wanted to share a card I made for the Moxie Fab's Tuesday Trigger. I loved the quilted stocking in the inspiration picture! So that's how I got the idea for my card and I really like how it turned out! Sorry to cut it short, but I have lots to do today! :)

Supplies:

Cardstock- (SU!) red, (Georgia Pacific) white

Stamp- (PTI) polka dot basics II & signature Christmas, (SEI) glitzmas

Ink- (Versamark) watermark, (ColorBox) warm red chalk

Other- (Filigree) white embossing powder, snowflake (Hobby Lobby), white stitching- machine

Have a Blessed day!

Paper Crafts Inspired By Challenge & SNOW

Hey everybody! It snowed here today! :) We were so excited to see it & play in it! It is very unusual to snow here! We broke a record today, it has never snowed this early in the season and it hasn't snowed two years in a row, since 1948 & 1949! Southeast Texas is usually pretty hot! I wanted to share a few pics of us today. The first pic we took, it had just started snowing, then the next ones, were about 15 to 20 min. later! Look how fast it came down! I really love the snow, maybe it's because we only see it once a year on vacation. When I was little, I lived close to Dallas and it snowed every year for a couple of days, so it is different living here and seeing none!

(This one is a little blurry, but look how white it is behind us!)

(Fighting over a snowball and Tucker watching! :) )

(Look at Chace's big snowball, I think someone might get hurt! :) )

After playing in the snow, we ate homemade chili and put up our tree! I am going to get a little bit more decorations, because we changed colors this year, so I will post a pic when I'm done. But it already looks so pretty! Then we made cookies and drank eggnog! We really enjoy when my mom comes and stays with us too!

I made this card for the Paper Crafts Inspired By Challenge. This card is inspired by Danni Reid, from the Paper Crafts Holiday Cards & More, Vol. 4, pg. 10. She is so talented, you should really check her out! And go check out the challenge too, there is a prize involved! :) And there is still time for the EBTKS challenge! And there is a prize there too! :)

Supplies:
Cardstock- (American Crafts) Merry Mint Collection- aqua, (Georgia Pacific) white
Stamps- (PTI) Signature greetings
Ink- (ColorBox) chestnut roan chalk
Other- (American Crafts) Merry Mint Collection- flair buttons, green polka dot ribbon; brown twine- WalMart

Have a Blessed day!