A Cup of Sanity

Here I am back again, squeezing this card in under the deadline. I have about 30 minutes to get this blog post done....now that is cutting it close! I used this fun sketch #64 from Sketch-n-Scrap:

I am entering this card at the Sketch-n-Scrap February challenges

and

Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Week #428 - #429

That is it for now....hope you are enjoying your weekend. I will be back tomorrow, I think. If I get all the tax work done that I need to do to get our taxes to the accountant this week. If I get that big job done, then I might have time to blog and craft. Wish me luck.

~~Sandi~~

With Sympathy

I think it is universal among cardmakers that no one enjoys making sympathy cards. Although I have been making cards for over 10 years, I only recently started making sympathy cards. I try to keep a couple made and on hand but recently I needed a few so I made this one and I will need to make a couple more.

I am entering this card in two challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes

and

Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Weeks #428 - #429 

Well that is it for now. So glad that it is the weekend but it is a busy one as we leave next week for nearly 2 weeks in Hawaii. I am really looking forward to this trip...it is my celebrating retirement trip. Aloha!

~~Sandi~~

Paper Smooches Thanks

Paper Smooches was the first stamp company that I bought from when I first started stamping. They remain my first love, although I do not use their stamps near as much as I should.....they are adorable and I love the funky handwritten font. You can see all their stamps and dies at  http://www.papersmoochesstamps.com

I am entering this card in their February Challenge #2: Color Story

I think I hit all the colors on my card....color challenges are so, well challenging (lol) for me.

I am also entering this card at Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Week #428 - #429

That is it for now....time to take the puppy out for our daily one mile walk.

Thanks for stopping by.

~~Sandi~~

Happy Birthday Spencer

My husband asked me yesterday to make a card for a kid he works with named Spencer who is turning 21 years old. He is a car guy like Dave so they talk cars quite a bit. I thought this vintage pickup truck sticker that I found in my stash would work perfectly. Dave likes it and says it is perfect.

I am entering this card in two challenges:

Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Week #428 - #429

and

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge

That is it for right now. I am not feeling too well this evening so I think I am going to grab my pillow and blanket and hit the couch. Thank you for checking out my blog.

~~Sandi~~

Happy Birthday To Wonderful You

I love this quilt die from My Favorite Things and decided to make another card with some of the pieces I had left over from my other cards that I made. I also decorated the inside of this card:

I an entering this card in two challenges:

The Inside and Out Challenge at Your Next Stamp

and 

Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Week #428 - #429

That is it for now...Maybe I will be back tomorrow if I get a chance to do some crafting.

Thanks for stopping by my blog.

~~Sandi~~

Love

Here is another page documenting our professional photo shoot in my 2019 Traveler's Notebook. Lasting Memories is sponsoring a bunch of very cool inspiring challenges this month to pull out some long forgotten items and use them on your scrapbook pages. I am entering this spread in their 

Challenge #484 Once Loved Now Forgotten -- Stamps.

I used a stamp from a Paper Smooches stamp set for the word LOVE on the speech bubble. That was one of the first stamp sets that I ever bought and has survived many purges. I love the funky handwritten font.

That is it for right now. I have to go wrap the birthday gifts that I bought my granddaughter. I went a little overboard so that is going to take awhile and it needs to get done because the package has to go to the post office tomorrow. I will however be back this afternoon or evening with another post. This one is a card. See you then.

~~Sandi~~

Chicago Field Museum

I had some older dinosaur papers and stickers in my stash left over from when my grandsons were younger that were just perfect for this layout. Although I regularly purge my stash, I am glad I never got rid of these. I used this PageMaps sketch :

I am entering this page in a cool challenge from Lasting Memories 

Once Loved Now Forgotten #483 Punches

I used a circle punch for the yellow scallops, a small banner punch and my favorite notebook border punch. Thanks Lasting Memories for encouraging me to pull out, dust off and use my punches. I had a blast!

Well that is it for now. I will be back tomorrow to share a card and a spread in my Traveler's Notebook. I have been a busy crafty gal.

~~Sandi~~