MFT Sketch Challenge #339

Hi Friends!   I know, it's been a really long time since I've posted here.  Life is like that sometimes.  I don't think I will even try to catch up.  lol

I finally had some time to play along with a challenge and so here's my take on the
MFT Sketch Challenge #339.  The sketch below provides the framework for the card I made.
Since I didn't have a square scalloped die, I cut the background layer from watercolor paper using my Cricut and one of the CTMH cartridges.  I used Distress Ink Salty Ocean on this layer.  The frame was cut using the MFT Square Inside/Out Dies.  I just love this MFT Playful Pups set and thought they were a good pick for this card.  I had some dog bone paper clips left over from another project and added it for a nice finishing touch.  Hope you like it!

~December Daily 2014

Still trying to catch up on posting my projects.  With the holidays being so busy, the blog is often forgotten.  Next up is my December Daily.  I went overboard on supplies this year and I probably have enough stuff to make my DD for the next 3 years!  sigh.  But I had a TON of fun creating this.  I warn you that this post is pic heavy.   I actually only used cricut cuts on 4 or 5 pages this year, but my all time favorite is Day 18 and the moose from Go Canada!  There isn't even a picture for that day.    I challenged myself to use HAND JOURNALING this year.  I challenged other crafty friends to do the same.  I think it may mean something to our kids and grandkids some day to see our handwriting in these albums.  Anyway, take a little stroll through my December and come visit again soon!

~Graduation Card

My hairdresser's only child (a daughter) is graduating from high school in a couple of week.  She sent out graduation announcements (I know her mom is VERY proud) and even invited us to her graduation party.  Unfortunately, we can't make the party, but I did want to acknowledge her special day.  This was also the PERFECT opportunity for me to get some use out of Teddy Bear Parade.

I cut the graduation doily at 4" from Happy Graduation and the Teddy graduate from Teddy Bear  Parade at 3".  Teddy was pop dotted from the base.  I used Artbooking for the year and cut it twice in gold and purple.  There is also a banner on the inside of the card that I cut at the width of the card that says "Be Yourself".  I might have also included a little fun $$$ in the card.  To be spent on something fun and frivolous, of course.  hee hee

Thanks for stopping by!

~March is a month of Birthdays!

Which means I get to go out to dinner ALOT and have cake too!
We have three birthdays between 3/18 and 4/4 and so I needed three birthday cards.  David was actually in FLA for his birthday, so I had a little wiggle room getting his done. but needed Dan and Tacoah's for the same day since we celebrated them together.  The first card below is David's, the second was for Daniel and the last one was for Tacoah.

I used Artiste, Artbooking & Art Philosophy for David's card,  then Mini Monsters and Birthday Bash for Dan's card,  and of course Hello Kitty for Tacoah's card.

Thanks for stopping by.  Next up will be Tacoah's new denim jacket
decorated with HTV!

 

~Mt. Surabachi

Children are wonderfully imaginative little creatures.  ;-)
My granddaughter took a leftover long roll from Christmas wrapping paper and hand drew a flag and made herself a flag pole just after Christmas.  It sat on top of her toy box for weeks and every time I walked by I wondered just why she had created it.  I always forgot to ask her every time I saw her though.  I got my answer when we had a HUGE snow storm on the day before Valentine's Day.

Apparently (unknown to me) her great grandmother has a statue of the Marines raising the flag on Mt. Surabachi and my granddaughter admires it each time she visits.

When her grandfather piled the snow sky high last week, she took that flag that had been sitting on her toy box for weeks and planted it atop her very own Mt. Surabachi!  Life imitates Art.

My Layout.

 

 

A couple of close ups.

 



 

 

~Beautiful

I've had this picture taped to my office wall for about 2 months.  I think it was taken when Tacoah was 4 or 5 years old.   It's such a gorgeous picture that I really felt I needed to think long and hard about the perfect layout to put it on.  Well you know how that goes.  lol.  It never gets scrapped.  So when Sara on the Cricut message boards posted another challenge today to kill some time while we await Provocraft's new reveal, I decided it was time.  There was a layout in the Nov/Dec issue of CKC magazine by Maggie Holmes that really caught my attention and I used that as my inspiration.  There is a little of everything on here including tissue paper, inks, twine, ribbon, burlap, buttons and tiny staples.  I still like staring at it. hehe.

I used Accent Essentials to cut the circles, Lacy Labels for the adore phrase and Artbooking for the kraft overlay.  Thanks for stopping by!

~December Daily 2013

This is the first time I have attempted to do a December Daily and I am THRILLED with the way it turned out.  I used papers and embellishments from 25th & Pine, Simple Stories and MME.  I used Cricut cuts on a few of the pages with the most notable being the overlays from CTMH Artbooking.  Shown below in order is the cover, inside cover Intro, Days One through Thirty-One and a Year in Review Summary.  I will DEFINITELY do this again next year!  Let me know what you think.  I value every comment I receive.  Thanks for stopping by!