Where We Live

I am very fortunate to live in an area where people spend money to come and visit. The charming town of Flagler Beach still has a nostagic feel of old Florida to it. That is part of why we love it here but it sure can get busy in the summer. A few years ago Southern Living named Flagle Beach one of the Top Ten Best Kept Secrets of the South. Ha! Well the secret is out now...lol But we still love it here. For this page I used the Day 14 sketch from Paper Issues Stay Sketchy challenge'

I am also entering this page in the Lasting Memories Word Play Challenge #495

R -- rectangular photos

A- aqua colored paper

I -- ink on the journaling card

N -- Nuvo drops

I am entering this page in the Simon Says Stamps Anything Goes Wednesday Challenge as well.

That is it for now....thanks for popping in.

~~Sandi~~

You're Awesome

I recently took advantage of an awesome sale at Sugar Pea Designs and ordered this fun sunburst cover plate and a stamp set that this sentiment "You're Awesome!" is from. I am entering this card in the Sugar Pea Designs Mix It Up Challenge 66. 

I was inspired by the colors on the inspiration photo. The sentiment is stamped in green with some green enamel dots as embellishments.

That is it for now. I will be back later to share some more craftiness.

Stay healthy, stay safe, stay home.

~~Sandi~~

I Owe You One -- Thank You Card

I always have need for thank you cards so I am trying to build up my stash of Thank You and Thinking of You cards. I am entering this card in the 

Sugar Pea Designs Meant To Be Sent Challenge

and in the 

Your Next Stamp Stripes Challenge.

Well that is it for now....I have a large grocery order being delivered today and it is laundry day so I am not sure I will have much time in my craft room today but I if I get crafty, I will be sure to pop in here and share my creation. Thank you for stopping in today.

~~Sandi~~

Missing You During This Social Distancing

This adorable image was a free download recently from Stamp Anniething. I printed it, colored it up and it is now on the way to the midwest with a series of 6 graphic novels for my 12 year old granddaughter Abby, I sent out a load of packages to the grandkids yesterday to give them something to occupy themselves during this stay-at-home time. I am sure they are all driving my sons a little crazy. I had the girls for a little over three weeks last summer and knew I had to plan something everyday to keep them busy. Boredom is not easy to deal with for anyone.

I used these colors (my favorites) for my card:

I am entering this card in the My Favorite Things Color Challenge 140

and

I am also entering this card in the Stripes Challenge at Your Next Stamp

Well that is about it for now.....hubby made breakfast so I am going to go have a bite to eat, take a shower and go in my craft room the rest of the day.

Stay healthy, stay safe and stay home as much as possible.

~~Sandi~~

Bring On the Happy

It is a nice thing with so many staying home that there are so many online crafting challenges to keep us crafters busy. This layout was inspired by one of the 30 Days of Sketches at Paper Issues. I am also entering this page in the 

Scrap Our Stash What's My Challenge Feelings Challenge

I chose the Happy emoji. I am also entering this page in the Lasting Memories 

Challenge 491 SPRING

S -- stickers

P -- puffy hearts

R -- red

I -- ink

N -- navy

G -- grid lined heart paper

That is it for now....I will be back later with a cute card that I just made.

~~Sandi~~

Happy Birthday, Friend

I have a dear friend with whom I have been friends nearly 50 years. Her birthday is coming up and I wanted to make sure that I remembered it with a card. Newton's Nook has a fun Inky Paws

Birthday Theme Challenge 

going right now so I pulled out one of my favorite stamp sets of theirs and paired it with this fun cactus paper. I am entering this card in their challenge.

I am also entering this card in the Word Art Wednesday #436 - #437 Anything Goes Challenge

That is it for now....I have some cards that I want to work on today. I will be back later to share them here along with a 12x12 scrapbook page that I just finished.

Stay safe, stay healthy, stay home.

~~Sandi~~

Hola

I had a lot of fun creating this card. I was excited when I found the avocado paper in my stash since I had a brand new stamp from Paper Smooches with an avocado on it. I hope my friend Suzanne likes avocados because this is on the way to her for her birthday nest week although it would work perfectly as a masculine birthday card also.

The current challenge at Paper Smooches is to create something happy. That is easy-peasy with their stamps because they always make me smile. I am entering this card in the Happy Challenge. 

You can see all the details HERE

You can check out all the fun stamps, stencils and dies at:

 http://www.papersmoochesstamps.com

I am also entering this card at Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes #434 - #435

Well that is it for now....I am going into my craft room and I will be back soon to share what I create. Thanks for dropping in. Stay safe.

~~Sandi~~

Happy Birthday Sheri

I recently found a fellow card maker/crafter and lover of all things Lawn Fawn in my area and she and I have quickly become friends. It is her birthday today so I wanted to make a card for her and of course it had to be a Lawn Fawn card. I used 3 different stamp sets and Lawn Fawn paper (the pretty plaid paper) and the current sketch challenge for this card:

I am entering this card in the 

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #74

and

Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Week #434 - #435

That is it for now....I think I will take the puppy out for a walk and then spend the afternoon in my craft room. It needs a good straightening up and I am feeling rather creative today.

Thank you for visiting my blog. Stay healthy, stay safe, stay home.

~~Sandi~~

Heartfelt Thanks

I have a good friend who is a nurse in the Detroit area at an assisted living facility that has been hard hit by the Covid-19 virus. I wanted to send her a card to thank her for all she is doing. My Favorite Things is giving away free downloads of this and two other health care professional stamps through the end of this month. Isn't that awesome of them? Check out their April 3rd blog post to get yours.

I am entering this card in the Simon Says Stamp Monday Add Some Texture Challenge. I ran the orange cardstock through my Big Kick with a Swiss Dot embossing folder for texture and visual interest.

I am also entering this card in the Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes #434 - #435

And 

finally I am entering this card in the Sugar Pea Design Meant To Be Sent April Challenge to make a thank you card

That's it for now....thank you for popping in. Stay safe, stay healthy and stay home.

~~Sandi~~

Vintage Christmas Market 49

I have been trying to finish up some projects during this tome of staying home to stay healthy. I am happy to say that I have finished my 2019 Traveler's Notebook in the last couple of days. This is week 49. I used this awesome sketch from Lisa Hidy and am entering it in the 

Lisa and Lori TN Time Challenge at Lisa's blog. 

 I am also entering it at Lori's blog My Happy Life

Lori's challenge was to use green:

Well that is about it...I started my 2020 Traveler's Notebook yesterday so I think I am going to work on that a bit and then maybe take a little nap.

Thank you for stopping by my blog and stay safe and healthy.

~~Sandi~~