Christmas Morning Joy

My youngest granddaughter has the quirkiest personality and is always making all of us laugh. I just love the expression on her face in this photo taken on Christmas morning after opening all her gifts. I found the perfect sketch to use to create a page for her scrapbook. It is the January 1st sketch from

Let's Get Sketchy:

Thanks for stopping by to see my creation. Have a wonderful and productive upcoming week.

~~Sandi~~

Strong Coffee, Sweet Friendships

A dear friend of mine is having another this month (at our age we do not exactly look forward to turning another year older). When I received this stamp as a prize for the Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop from Art Impressions, I knew it would be perfect for a card for Debbie. We have been friends for well over 30 years and although I moved 1000+ miles away nearly 15 years ago, we still keep in touch.

There is a designer that I follow for inspiration on the internet -- Laurel Seabrook -- and she brought back her inspiration challenges this year. I was inspired by this photo:

I was inspired by the blue/cream/brown color palette and the snow flakes. I am entering this in her

Inspired By #1 Challenge.

I am also entering this card in the Simon Says Stamp Monday Something New Challenge since this was the first time I inked up both the image and sentiment from this stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by on this cold winter day....it is even cold here in Florida. But I am loving our touch of cold weather....it will be in the 70's again next week.

~~Sandi~~

When Santa Came to Visit

My granddaughters had an awesome surprise a couple of weeks ago when the local fire department pulled up with lights flashing to their home and Santa got out with gifts and goodies for them. My son took pictures and of course I had to document When Santa Came To Visit. Let's just say my 9 year old granddaughter had her faith in Santa renewed. I used this perfect sketch from

Sketch-n-Scrap:



Thanks for stopping by my blog tonight. Have a lovely, creative weekend.

~~Sandi~~

Happy Birthday Noah

Our nephew's 10th birthday is coming up and I sat down this evening and had some fun making him this card. I was enjoying the stamping so much I continued the stamping inside the card and on the envelope. I used one of my newer stamp sets from Your Next Stamp...in fact neither the cute doggie image or the sentiment had ever been inked up before. This is the sketch I used from

Your Next Stamp:

I am also entering this card in Simon Says Stamp's Monday Something New Challenge

Thanks for stopping by....I have a scrapbook page to share tomorrow so I hope you will come back them.

~~Sandi~~

Cookies for Santa

My granddaughter is nearly 10 and is really doing well on learning to bake and cook. She baked, frosted and decorated these cookies for Santa this year and did a great job in my opinion. I used the December Jumpstart sketch from The ScrapRoom Blog for this page:

I turned the sketch 90 degrees to accommodate my horizontal picture which I enlarged to a 5x7 so you could really see how beautiful Abby and her cookies are. I really busted my stash for this page using papers from Tim Holtz, Bella Blvd. and Imaginisce.  I plan on using up a good deal of my stash this coming year....I really have some awesome stuff in my stash.

Thanks for stopping by my blog and Happy New Year!

~~Sandi~~



Joyful Christmas

It has been a full 2 months since I have created a traditional 12x12 scrapbook page. November and December's craftiness was Christmas tags and cards. It felt really good to work on this page and since I have another couple of days off from work, I just might create a few more. For this page I used the mid-month sketch from Let's Get Sketchy:

Thank you for checking out my blog....and Happy New Year to all!

~~Sandi~~

All is Calm, All is Bright

This has not been an easy year for my Dad and he is now living in an Assisted Living facility nearby. It is a very nice place and he has his own apartment and is very well taken care of, and has also made some friends but it is probably not where he would have pictured himself a year ago. I made him this card for Christmas this year and plan to spend a good amount of time with him this weekend.

I am entering this card in Pixie's Snippet Workshop Playgound for weeks 311 and 312. The chalkboard look tag and the solid black and red polka dot paper were all in my scrap basket (or snippets, as Di calls them) as was that thin white ribbon. I love looking through my basket and pulling out bits and pieces for a card. Di is offering an awesome Lil' Inkers die for a prize that I would love so I am slipping in my entry with not much time to spare.

I am also entering this card in the

Sugar Pea Designs December Mix It Up Anything Goes Challenge.

Thanks for stopping in ....I will probably not be posting again until after Christmas so

Merry Christmas!

~~Sandi~~