Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop #1

It is one of my favorite times of the year again....time for the Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. Amy Tsuruta works tirelessly to put on these hops which have continued to grow in popularity and participation. This year there are over 80 Super Sponsors with TONS of prizes and a nearly endless supply of inspiration. You REALLY need to check the gallery of entries....they are always amazing.

My first project for this hop is a set of five winter themed cards that I made and donated to the Caring Hearts Drive. My father was in assisted living before he passed away this last summer and it breaks my heart to see how lonely some dear folks are in the assisted living, nursing home and rehabilitation centers in this country. So these cards and the others I made will be given to residents of ALFs to hopefully bring a smile to their face this holiday season.

I am also entering these cards in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge

That's it for right now....I will be back soon with another Coffee themed project. The only thing I like more than drinking coffee is making coffee themed projects.

Oh! I almost forgot to mention that I will be doing a drawing from all the comments on my coffee projects this week for a little blog candy....details to come tomorrow.

~~Sandi~~

Breakfast With Goofy

I have been working on finishing up the last few pages for the album documenting my son and granddaughters' trip to Disney in June 2017 with us. For this page sketch 165 from Sketch-n-Scrap was perfect. I entered it in their monthly challenge.

That is about it for now. I will be back shortly with some cards to share.

~~Sandi~~

Happy 60th

My husband always makes my birthdays special....doing things with me that I really enjoy. Last year I had a milestone birthday as I turned 60 and he turned it into a wonderful day with just the two of us. As a breast cancer survivor, I am keenly aware of how precious life is and Dave helps me to enjoy everyday.

For this page I used the Jump Start Sketch from The ScrapRoom Blog and am entering it in their challenge HERE.

Well, that is about it for now....I was on vacation all last week and it is back to reality and back to work tomorrow. Thank you for stopping by my blog.

~~Sandi~~

Fall 2017

I love the colors of autumn and working with them to create cards and scrapbook pages so I was thrilled to have these photos from my son's Instagram feed to document.

I used this fun sketch from Lisa Hidy at Sketch-n-Scrap and am entering it in their

November challenge. They have the best sketches that keep me inspired all month.

That is it for now. I will be back tomorrow morning to share another page that I have gotten done this month. Thanks for stopping in.

~~Sandi~~

Happy Fall

We do not have much of a fall here in Florida but I love to scrap fall pictures so I was thrilled when my son in the Midwest texted me this picture of the granddaughters at the pumpkin patch recently.

I used this sketch from Rochelle Spears:

I am just slipping this entry in under the wire....I created it Saturday but totally forgot to blog about it until 10 minutes ago. I am entering it in the October Sketch challenge at Rochelle's blog. You can see all the details HERE

Thanks for stopping by my blog....I hope you have a wonderful week.

~~Sandi~~

Peace, Love and Licks

This stamp set from My Favorite Things is one of my newest acquisitions and it is from their most recent release. I must admit, I bought it more for the adorable holiday pun-ny sentiments than the images. Although the sweet canine images are absolutely adorable. I will be using this set quite a bit these next several weeks as I create my 100 Christmas cards that I send out. So far I have about 10 done...lol!

I used this wonderful sketch from MFT:

I am entering it in Sketch Challenge #408

That's it for now. It is Monday -- my least favorite day of the week -- so I am going to watch a bit of TV (new American Pickers) and hit the sheets.

~~Sandi~~



Dream On

I was able to do a bit of creating all weekend in addition to our list of things to do. I am really enjoying getting back to creating after not having the time or motivation for awhile. I have a stack of great pictures and awesome experiences to document from this summer so that is going to keep me busy for awhile. This beautiful picture of my gorgeous red haired toothless granddaughter was perfect to use some fall papers with from the Forever Fall collection by Simple Stories even though the picture was taken at the counter fair last July. I used this easy to work with sketch from

Sketch-n-Scrap:

I am entering it in their monthly sketch challenge....details can be found HERE.

That is all for now....thanks for stopping by my blog.

~~Sandi~~