Sandy's Cards

Hi blogland buddies! I hope you enjoyed your weekend. I only had Sunday off but hubby & I sure made the most of it. Went out to lunch, then shopping and coffee on Hawthorne, then an evening walk about 2.5 miles...then home for dinner & a movie all in all yesterday was a pretty good day. I am back at work today, but I wanted to share some pics of a few little things Ive been working on latley. First up are a few mother's day cards that hubby helped me make for his mom. I did mail them out late but at least they are on their way to her!

Here is my card:

I recycled some old stationary that has my maiden name printed on it, I think I have had these since senior year of high school! They are just plain white but I rather like the embossed /framed looking edge so I decided to work with that and just cut my paper to fit the middle. I am really happy with how it turned out and after I added the 'countertop' it looks more realistic too! I also decorated the envelope.

I let my hubby decorate a card I've had in my stash for a while and it was easy, all he had to do was add stickles, which was fun to watch him do! He added his msg to the inside and I got them popped in the mail..

I have lots of new projects in the works for this month,  custom guest book for my best friends wedding, 2 wood canvases, and of course more scrapboooking! I am hoping to spend most of this afternoon crafting after I run up the the grocery store and finish cleaning the house. Its my last day off until Sunday so I've got to make the most of it! Unti l next time scrappy friends, peace y'all!

CSI Case File #85 + PP August Sketch Challenge

Hi lovelies! I am popping by today to show you a non-DT related layout that I finished last night. I have really been trying to get alot of creative things done so I was able to do 2 pages on 2 different nights, which isn't that bad considering I had a lot else to do. I cleaned the whole house back to front, and had a few errands to run. The only thing that's left for hubby to finish today is laundry (which is my least favorite house chore). I am hoping I can keep the creative juices following this weekend as I have all late work shifts so I can stay up later and sleep in later the next day. Then I have Monday/Tuesday off with hubby and we have a fun pizza pub/ bingo date planned for Monday night. I'm excited!! Ok, enough blabber, on with the pictures!

I used the color palette and inspiration from CSI Case File #85. For my evidence I used labels/tags/something clear/decorative buttons/string/frame and for Testimony I used journal on a tag/ handwrite a story.

I also used this month's sketch from Purple Pumpkin. I rotated the sketch and used twine and some buttons from PP.

Here is what I came up with: 

I apologize for the not so great photos. I took these this morning on our coffee table cause the light was pretty bright in there but they turned out kinda weird once I tried to edit them. Only light on half of the photo! So sorry about that!

 Here are some close ups of my clusters. 

 This one is my favorite!

I have to get going, back to work for a few days...I will be back later to add my supply list and stuff. Hope you enjoyed my share today! Have a good one! ~VV