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!

"Gutsy Lady" -All About Mom Challenge at Frosted Designs

Happy Friday Friends and Followers! Katie here to share the details of our brand new challenge that starts today! Our challenge this week is all about Mom! Whether you are a mom, stepmom. grandmother, or just hope to become a mother one day, sooner or later we all quote our mothers and we all hold them dear to our heart as fabulous women in our lives. Using inspiration from our mood board create any project, layout, card, or art journal page for this challenge! Link up to the blog no later than 12:00 midnight, Wednesday, May 21st to be entered to win Top 3 or the grand prize generously sponsored by Close to My Heart/ Amanda Baird. You will win a fabulous CMTH stamp set with block & a coupon for a future CTMH purchase! Please visit Amanda's website here.

Here is our lovely, yummy mood board to get your creative juices flowing :

Here are a few pictures of the layout I have created. Most of the items I used can be found in the Frosted Designs store!

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I love getting & reading all your comments! I hope to be popping by to all your blogs soon to leave some comment love! Until next time Peace Y'all~

tender moments. {stuck?! sketches 12/15 challenge}

hi everyone. I am feeling very accomplished today because not only did I get caught up a bit at the store today but I also was able to return/exchange some items J picked out for me at Michael's AND I also managed to finish this layout tonight in just under 2 hours! Let's face it...he did pretty well on all my xmas gifts actually, but in telling him I wanted lots of T!m Holtz stuff, he coincidentally got 2 things that I already have. It's cool though, cause I was able to switch them out for much needed refills on adhesive, a new T!m Holtz paper distresser, and a few sheets of basic grey paper. Why oh WHY don't they just carry the paper packs?! I mean seriously... you'll go in there sometimes and see a few sheets here and there of different lines, but never any complete BG collection packs. I am starting to become a paper snob I guess and I am obsessed with all their new lines right now. 

Ok, on to the challenge! I am submitting this LO for the Stuck?! Sketches Dec. 15th challenge.
This was the original sketch:

                                            

and this is what I came up with:  picture with flash

 picture without a flash...you can't see the colors as well but you get a better idea of the textures going on.

 another overview of the entire LO. for the basis of my page I used corrugate cardboard leftover from some packaging and on top of that I added 2 different patterned papers and then of course lots of embellies!!

 close up of the glass-slide title I did. used some sticker letters, stuck them altogether, used redline to tape them to the back of a glass slide. Sprayed over letters with smooch spritz in gold glow and caramel mocha for that aged look. then topped it with another glass slide and some gold foil metal tape. I liked the look of leaving the ends unfinished, so I did. the other part of the title is some pink rub ons.

 for the flower and hearts cluster, I used several Prima flowers that I sprayed and inked along with some flower stickers I had in my stash. To make them all kind of go together I funked them up with lots of TH distress stain in vintage photo and smooch spritz in gold glow and vanilla shimmer.

 Another close up of the top of the LO, foil stamped chipboard covered in TH distress stain.

 A side view: and my favorite view of the whole LO...here at the bottom.

I think it's so important to document these special moments. Especially for me, no longer having my Peepaw around, it's photos like these that really capture his kind, sweet spirit and the best of him, which is how I will always remember him. This was the first time I think he got to hold Ezra, technically his step-great-grandson. It was just an awesome moment, you can see little Ez just looking up at the twinkling in Peepaw's eye. <3

Well that is it for tonite folks! I really need to get to bed...early shift tomorrow. 

Until next time, peace y'all~VV

Supplies List:

12x 12 corrugated cardboard from scrapbook packaging

long paper strip-K&Company 'Jubilee Pink Postage'

square text paper- T!m Holtz Ideaology 'Lost and Found' paper stash

T!m Holtz distress stain in vintage photo

T!m Holtz paper distresser tool

clear/velluim ivory lace paper- Anna Griffin

flowers-Prima 'brown' and 'north country' collection

beige crystal heart- Prima 'say it with crystals'

crinkled paper sticker- Pebbles

glass slides/foil metal tape- Oriental Trading Co.

Smooch Spritz-caramel mocha, vanilla shimmer, and gold glow

foil-stamped chipboard sentiments- 'The sweet life' by colorbok

wooden heart- Pink Paislee woodshop letters

red rose enamel embellishment- Purple Pumpkin Crafts
pink rub-on letters Me&My Big Ideas

heart stickers, vintage buttons& H letter sticker- my stash

adhesives used: redline tape, pop dots, glue stick, tape runner

& Creative Memories frosted splits