Happy Belated Birthday

I am a bad aunt....I totally spaced on my neice Reyna's 7th bithday earlier this month.  But I wanted to make her a car and tuck a little gift inside so I whipped up this card for her Sunday night using some scraps form another card that I had made.  Don't you love being resourceful like that?

 

I used this sketch from Seize the Sketch:

 

 

Thanks for checking out my blog.

 

~~Sandi~~

Believe in the Magic

I had a very nice Sunday "crafternoon" today and made a couple of Christmas cards.  A couple of weeks ago, I won a stamp set from Purple Onion and this Charlie Brown-style Christmas tree stamp was included.  It is destined to be a favorite of mine as I just LOVE it.  I stamped the falling snow with a stamp from a Stampin' Up 1997 stamp set that I scored recently at my LSS (local scrapbook store) yard sale for $2.....what a deal!  The snow is of course Stickles and the sentiment is from Paper Smooches. I used 4 different colors of ink on this card and for the exception of the Stickles and the rhinestones & wood veneer star on the tree, this card is just all stamped on bright white cardstock....very economical.

 

Cas-ual Fridays has teamed up with Curtain Call for their challenge this week.  This was the inspirational photo:

 

 

I took my inspiration from the Christmas tree and the silver-y looking lights and trimmings on it.  The really cool thing is that I can enter this card in both of their challenges....gotta love that.

 

Since the card is all stamping, I am also entering it in Simon Says Stamp's Monday Ink Challenge.

 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today....I hope your weekend was wonderful!

 

~~Sandi~~

Ho Ho Ho

 

I LOVE my Paper Smooches stamps.  Slowly but surely I think I am collecting all of them.  This card uses 2 sets.....Joyful Greetings and Santa Paws.  I also used their Sparks Challenge sketch:

 

 

I am also entering this card in the Festive Friday Color Challenge

 

 

Thank you for stopping by my blog tonight. :)

 

~~Sandi~~

Awesome Giveaway at Pink Paislee

 

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Week #31

 

 

Slowly but surely I am catching up a bit on my weekly pages.  I am now on week #31.  It was my MIL's birthday and our birthday celebration.....her birthday is just 5 days before mine so we usually celebrate together.  Other than that it was a fairly uneventful week so on Sunday (which is the last day of my week) I took a picture of our home after Dave finished the yard work.  Walgreen's had a deal a few weeks ago for a free 8x10 so I got this shot enclarged and used it for my 2nd page.  If only you could have seen what our home looked like when we bought it nearly 4 years ago.  It was a very neglected foreclosure.  We (well Dave mostly) put a great deal of hard work into sprucing up the place and now I think we have the prettiest house on the block.  Here is a close-up of page 2:

 

 

And here is page 1:

 

 

I am entering this weekly spread into Stuck on U Sketches for their PL challenge to use a shaped tag

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Use It Tuesday' Stick It Challenge -- The pelican and sea gull stickers are from a 3 or 4 year old collection from October Afternoon's Seaside collection.

 

I am already working on weeks #32 and #33 and hope to unveil them soon.

 

Love is Rare.....Artful Delight Card Kit

 

I am soooo loving my November card kit from Artful Delight.  The papers are so beautiful and all coordinate so wonderfully it makes card making an extremely enjoyable past time. The evening I made this card I had a very aggravating day at work but time getting creative with this kit was so relaxing for me.  And after all, isn't that the way a hobby should be?  I do believe there are a few card and scrapbook kits left...I would suggest you pick one up today.  Check out the shop HERE and the blog HERE.

 

I made this card for my brother-in-law and sister-in-law Aaron and Cheri in North Carolina for their anniversary this week.  When I saw that "Love is Rare" card I thought it would make a nice focal point for an anniversary card.

 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today....hang on -- it is almost Friday.

Grateful to Be Your Grandma

 

I cherish the time I get to spend with my grandchildren.  I usually only get to see them once a year for a couple of days. AND I am so busy enjoying the time with them that I often forget to get pictures of me with them.  Luckily last March when we were visiting, my husband asked me if I wanted a picture with my grandsons.  SMH.....of course I do and he took this picture.  It is not a great picture....my battery on my big camera had died so all I had was my cell phone with the cracked camera lens but I cherish the picture and of course I had to put it on a page for the boys' scrapbook.

 

I used this sketch from Creative Scrappers:

 

 

I am entering it in the November 1st challenge at My Mind's Eye Gratitude Challenge.  Everything on the page is from My Mind's Eye with the exception of the alphas.  I just love this Collectible collection!!

 

I am also linking it up to the Paper Issues current Grateful theme.

 

Thank you for stopping by my blog.