a Winter Wonderland

Season's Greetings, from my house to yours!

~ credits ~

paper, snow overlay ~ Lily

frame, word art ~ Petra Boardman

glitter ~ Birgit Kerr

metal snowflakes ~ Gunhilde

believe

HodgePodge_downsize

~ credits ~

paper ~ retrodiva, clair de lune

snow ~ Jeanette Bollinger

hearts, corner stars ~ Karina

fonts ~ Christmas & small typewriter

file photo ~ courtesy msnbc

tweet treats

DigiDare #111 ~ a recipe

Dare Flair ~ 4 photos in a row, a recipe card for journaling, use brown, and a metal fastener that is not a staple

um... I sure hope a bird food recipe is ok LOL

each December, I dig out the Suet Balls recipe for my Feathered Friends!

~ credits ~

brown paper ~ Courtney Wilson

snowflake overlay ~ ScrapIdea Timkova

round tags & string ~ catrine

tender alpha ~ Aja Abney

hardware ~ Maya's personal stash

winter garden ~ pc crafter

font ~ myrial web pro

Meet Maybelline

November Color Challenge @ LOLS

Meet Maybelline, my new rescue kitty (this makes #6 in 12 years)

~ credits ~

LoveyDovey ~ Faith True

brown fiber ~ Traci Sims

font ~ international palms

counting my blessings

Hodge Podge ~ gratitude is an attitude ~ Sketch Challenge

~ credits ~

paper ~ Helly @ AhScrap

turkey & berry doodles ~ Kate Hadfield

fallen border ~ JGorny

glitter ~ Birgit Kerr

staple ~ Maya's staplestash

font ~ CK tailor sloppy

template ~ Emily Powers

key to happiness

DigiDare 109

~ credits ~

xero plugin ~ lithograph filter

ksharonk ~ frame & flowers ~ sasha bonus

Fraisinette ~ paper, alpha, key & wire clip ~ Couleurs Automne

fonts ~ 2peas typo/AL eyewitness

Happy Halloween

DigiDare 106 ~ happy thoughts

Dare Flair ~ use a doodle, typeface/fonts/alphas, custom shape

~ credits ~

hallow'booh by Seni

essential stitches ~ Syrin

frame ~ Birgit @ catscrap

doodled spiderweb/cat ~ Kate Hadfield

fright night labels ~ digidesigns by Nicole

black bow ~ Faith True

doodad bat ~ Tara Sroka

orange alpha (recolored) ~ scrapkut_smf

beaded alphas ~ Jen Ulasewicz

stampy stamp alpha ~ Rachel Young

fall path

October Color Challenge @ Live Out Loud Scraps

~ credits ~

bk paper ~ Katie Pertiet_mailroom

torn paper ~ ScrapIdea Timkova_autumn treasures

frame & crow ~ Little Mrs. Liz_fallOween

leaf ~ Lily Designs_frost

autumn word art ~ Elina

caramel apples

Hodge Podge: web inspired challenge_shapes

~ credits ~

woodland retreat ~ Catherine Designs @ After Five

message tags ~ Sine

font ~ International Palms

The Late Show

DigiDare 105: scrap a favorite journey

Dare Flair: at least 3 b/w photos, colors that evoke the mood of the journey, something torn, tattered or vintage, lots of journaling

~ credits ~

city sheila by LaDiDa

wornNtorn paper, Designz by Kristi

missed your exit font

october_then & now

DigiDare 104 ~ to celebrate their 2nd anniversary, this week's dare was to show where you were in October 2 years ago, and now... I've started at least 5 different pages for this challenge, each one more depressing than the last (as I should have been celebrating my one year anniversary on October 4th) and needless to say, I just didn't have my heart into this one (as you can tell by the LO) *sigh* On the bright side, at least ya'll get to see a wedding photo :o-(

~ credits ~

orange paper, tag, staple ~ Block Party @ Christina Renee Designs

heart paper blended, doodles ~ xoxo by Miss Tiina/Corina Nielson

date stamp by Jerline

twister

DigiDare 103: Evacuate!

what would you grab in a moment's notice?

Dare Flair:

at least one photo

notebook paper

orange

7 items "grabbed in a moment's notice"

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Autumn Woods ~ Songbird Avenue

paper ~ ScrapEssentials @ WST

exclamation point ~ BlossomArtNation @ WST

twister photo ~ off the web

font ~ papyrus

green eyes

DigiDare 102 ~ common characteristic

Dare Flair ~ use photo of you and the person you share a trait with, make something go vertical, include repeating shapes, at least 3 times

~ credits ~

My Happy Place ~ Holliewood

staples ~ ksharonk

stitches ~ Kim Christensen & Syrin

border template ~ ScrapDesafios

font ~ Ponytail Script

maple leaf

Hodge Podge ~ sidebar
~ credits ~
I Live For kit ~ Vinnie Pearce
journal block ~ Emily Merritt
fall wordart ~ Lettering Delights
photo blended into background, leaf extracted

hello September

Hodge Podge: hello
~ credits ~
TY kit ~ Vinnie Pearce
painted lace brush ~ Tiff Brady
fonts ~ greer and AL postoffice

autumn woods

Don’t forget to pick up September's fabulous charity kit from Songbird Avenue, with guest designers Two Sisters Designs! This month’s proceeds from Autumn Woods will be donated to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation!

good, bad and ugly

DigiDare #99

~ credits ~

Moments ~ Birgit Kerr

paper cut alpha ~ Kay Winiecki

red label alphas ~ Gunhild, Birgit Kerr, Christina Renee

old photo overlay ~ digiscrap

folded paper template ~ aprilmouse

font ~ an accidental kiss

Raggedy Ann, and Andy too!

DigiDare 98

~ credits ~

Primitive Love & Cozy Grunge ~ Irene Alexeeva

worn photo overlay ~ Something Blue Studios

font ~ DJB this is me

chinese lanterns

color challenge @ Live Out Loud Scraps

~ credits ~

paper ~ Indian Summer, Cori Gammon

elements ~ Nature's Own, Veronica Spriggs/Janine R.

photo ~ courtesy, Jeff Burgess

font ~ Ian Jude

art is everywhere

DigiDare 97: Create (one word dare flair)

~ journaling ~

"art is everywhere, except it has to pass through a creative mind," Louise Nevelson

~ credits ~

Wild Thing @ WST

clouds, foiled squares & sparkle dots, Krystal Hartley

street photo, courtesy of biljana

Ian Jude font

PADI certified

Hodge Podge: achievement

(one photo and lots of journaling)

~ credits ~

paper & alpha ~ Changes, Songbird Avenue

fish & flowers ~ Water Spirit, Lori Davison

stamped alpha ~ Amy Martin

doodled arrow ~ Jenna Desai

font ~ AL Messenger

photo ~ courtesy, PADI

hummers

DigiDare 96 ~ Colors of Summer

~ credits ~
Little Summer Breeze ~ Sausan/Amy Martin
tear it up 2 ~ Traci Murphy
leafy frame ~ KimB
alpha ~ Mira
stitching holes ~ Natali
bugtrail ~ Bunny Cates
hummers ~ Jody Bergsma
photo ~ courtesy, Abigail Alfona

pickin' blueberries

woohoo, Hodge Podge is back! YAY!!!

This week, scrap a series of photos and show a progression of sorts. Some kind of growth. The only rule is:

~ 3 photos & at least one must be framed in some way ~

~ credits ~

TuttiFruitti ~ Emily Powers & Paislee Press

stitched circle frames ~ Emily Merritt

stringy stitches ~ Natalie Braxton

blueberries ~ my personal stash

font ~ an accidental kiss

changes

changes, this month's charity kit from Songbird Avenue, the proceeds benefit the National Parkinson Foundation, is very special to me, as my Mom suffers from this debilitating disease! Am off to purchase mine, and you can too, by clicking on the preview!

why

Color Challenge @ LiveOutLoudScraps August 1-15

~ credits ~

paper ~ Stephanie Ogren

ribbon ~ Loreta Labarca

stitchystuff ~ Natalie Braxton

orange frayed alpha ~ DirtyFeetDesigns

photo ~ fontplay

On Golden Pond

DigiDare #95

scrap about the water and your favorite wet way to cool off on a hot summer day!
Dare Flair:
I want your layout to FEEL wet and cool. Let’s see lots of blues and greens on your layouts!
Use 1, 2 or 3 photos
Focus on a corner! Pick a corner on your layout and spend all your time there! Put your photos, most of your elements, and your title all in/around that corner.
Use a border of some sort around your whole layout.

On Golden Pond:

what to do when you live in the mountains and it's too cold to jump in the pond? You build a raft and float on it!

~ credits ~

Retro Funk ~ Debra Tope

paper ~ Kay Wieniecki

float swirl ~ Sherry Ferguson

sprinkle ~ Laura Bratcher

vine border ~ kring

font ~ Slant

if'ya want the rainbow, ya gotta put up with the rain

I used my favorite Dolly Parton quote for this week's DigiDare!

~ credits ~

paper ~ Katie Pertiet

rainbow ~ Catrine @ Catscrap

acrylics for photos ~ TillieFaire

acrylic raindrops ~ Bren Boone

frippery drops ~ TracyAnn Robinson

paper template ~ Tiff Brady

word art ~ scrapNfonts

ride a bike

Color Challenge July 1-31 @ PickleBerryPop

~ credits ~

Over The Rainbow ~ Natalie Bird Designs

Blossom Art Nation ~ me{em} designs @ WST

photo ~ courtesy, fontplay

font ~ Lily 2008

double D

Scraplift Challenge July 1-31 @ PickleBerryPop
~ credits ~
Miss Lola ~ Natalie Bird Designs (free kit available @ FunkyPlayground)
hint at it brushes ~ Lynn Grievson @ Designer Digitals
itty bitty epoxy alpha ~ Emily Powers @ WST
staples ~ Studio Maya @ SBG
stitching holes ~ Natali Designs
font ~ pea bailey

blossomNgrow

Color Challenge @ LOLS

~ credits ~

paper ~ Anna Aspnes

scrappy edges ~ Shabby Miss Jen

bead-it swirl ~ Birgit Kerr

word art, alpha & flower ~ WST blossom art nation

my scrap notebook

Pickle Jar Challenge, July 1-15th

~ credits ~

Time Together ~ Natalie Bird

red pin ~ Tara Dunston

labels ~ Linda Gil Bildal

alpha ~ Christina Renee

notebook tutorial ~ Thru Sugar's Eyes

country sampler ~ by Nonny

font ~ LeftyCasual

nature's nuances

color challenge, July 1-15 @ LOLS

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papers, ribbon, dragonfly & alpha ~ VFT Designs @ LOLS

photo ~ courtesy, FontPlay

Popsicle Pop Art

Scrap N' Art E-zine's July/August issue features tons of stuff from Scrapbookgraphics, including a fabulous collab kit called Popsicle Pop which you will only be able to get by subscribing to the e-zine. So, make sure you're subscribed!

and here's my 'Popsicle Pop Art' page, of my Mom and my nephew Brian, working on a rainy day project while they were visiting for a summer vacation, made with Anna Benjamin's part of the kit

~ credits ~
Popsicle Pop ~ Anna Benjamin
paper blox template ~ Krystal Hartley
glue globs ~ Flergs
glue buttons ~ Heavenly Scraps
little tag ~ ksharonk
font ~ Greer

the little blue pool

DigiDare #93 ~ fondest childhood memory of summertime

Dare Flair ~ at least one photo, doodling, stitching

I honestly don't remember a summer as a kid without the little blue pool, which had yellow seats and yellow fish on the bottom, and I can't believe I found these photos of me and my sister LOL

~ credits ~

I Sea ~ Amanda Heimann & Eva Kipler

frames ~ ksharonk

alpha ~ Bren Boone

font ~ SS Whimsy

crack'd

Pickle Jar Challenge @ PickleBerryPop

"there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in," Leonard Cohen

(I just LUV Leonard Cohen's poetry, and music)

~ credits ~

sunshine ~ Ellie Lash

extraction ~ my little bird

leaves ~ Fresh For You, Natalie Bird

2 papers & blue clip ~ Over The Rainbow, Natalie Bird

photo template dechiree ~ Digiscrap

paper template ~ Thaty Borges

photo ~ courtesy www

font ~ AL messenger

here's a preview and link to Natalie's "Over The Rainbow"

recycled

a tribute to Toodles, and my Mom... for saving her!

~ credits ~

paper & alpha ~ Garage Band, Anna Benjamin

envelope, key, lace, buttons & rose ~ Anna Benjamin

staples, masking tape ~ Studio Maya

storyboards ~ Christina Renee

vintage frame ~ Katie Pertiet

stitches ~ Natali

still life, dress, barbed wire & translucent tape ~ my personal stash

font ~ AL messenger

not a junker to me...

this LO was inspired by one of my favorite coffee table books, American Junk!
yep, it may be an old broken down truck, but now it's a lawn ornament, filled to the brim with wildflowers! Just goes to show'ya how cool junk can be lol

~ credits ~
papers & rust alpha ~ Garage Band, Anna Benjamin
piece of twine ~ RecRoom, Anna Benjamin
butterfly swarm ~ Anna Benjamin
sandpaper ~ Studio Maya
photo clipping mask ~ Debra Tope
notepad & bale of twine ~ Sine
staples/border ~ Christina Renee
flowers ~ my personal stash
photo ~ courtesy www
font ~ Rope

here's a sneak peek of Garage Band, available soon!

weeklendar

DigiDare #92
the challenge this week is to document at least 10 random (or not-so-random) moments in 140 characters or less in a 24-hour period (or any other defined time period).
Dare Flair:
use craft paper, something acryllic, photos optional

~ credits ~
weeklendar kit & stickers ~ Irena Alexeeva
acryllic elements ~ ShantillyFaire
craft paper kitty ~ Cristiana Mentz
font ~ pixelicious

cool pool

my Fritz in his Cool Pool (shhh don't tell him it's a kiddy pool lol) just would not pose for a photo as he was totally distracted by something, so I decided his attention was fixed on butterflies!

(this page was made for the Color Challenge @ Live Out Loud Scraps)

~ credits ~
single/swarm butterflies ~ Anna Benjamin @ SBG
Leap of Faith ~ charity kit to benefit Mercy Corps @ Songbird Avenue
font ~ pupcat

Leap of Faith ~ available @ Songbird Avenue thru June

single/swarm butterflies ~ available @ StudioAnna/SBG

such a comedian

this is my nephew, Brian, at my cousin's wedding... he may be groucho but he's never grouchy lol

~ credits ~

sketch*plate #23 & papers ~ Anita Stergiou Designs

fonts ~ JuiceITC and peaGloGirlScript

and here's the preview & link for Anita's newest sketch*plate:

taylor-ed

here are the final two pages I made for the Designer Spotlight Challenge @ Oscraps last week, featuring Amanda Taylor... take a minute (or an hour lol) and visit Amanda's, TaylorMade blog for some inspiration, and don't forget to check out her tutorials while you're there!

high color contrast photo entry
~ credits ~
paper & high color contrast action ~ TaylorMade
acryllic alpha (burned) ~ Misty Cato
brad ~ Nancie Rowe Janitz
tape ~ my personal stash
font ~ International Palms


blending into background entry
~ credits ~
paper ~ TaylorMade
font ~ cgPhenixAmerican