Snow Day

I have had these pictures of my grandson Cole from last winter for awhile and I was looking for the perfect papers to use.  I recently picked up a few sheets of All Bundled Up by Carta Bella and thought it was the perfect collection for these pictures. Don't you just LOVE the rosy cheeks on Cole?

I loved this sketch from Boys Rule Scrapbooking Kits and although it is the November sketch, I am hoping that it is not too late to enter it in their sketch contest.

I am also linking this page up Scrap It Girl's Snowflake challenge

and

Frosted Designs Friday Challenge White as a Snowflake.  I didn't use much white on my page but there are plenty of snowflakes!!

Thanks for stopping by my blog.  I hope to be back tomorrow with a card or maybe even 2.

~~Sandi~~

Week #49 with Elle's Studio

I LOVE doing my December Project Life pages.  This is the first week of December so we knee deep in decorating and wrapping.  Luckily we got all our shopping done in November this year.  I used 3 tags from Elle's Studio Good Cheer collection on the left hand page.

I used three 3x4 journaling cards, some paper and a strip that says "Documenting December" all from the Good Cheer collection.  Here are how the 2 pages look together:

 I am entering this in the the current issue at Paper Issues -- Making it Merry.

I hope you had a wonderful holiday and the upcoming new year is one of your best yet.

~~Sandi~~

Such a Beautiful Little Lady

This is my sweet little granddaughter Izzy wearing the Christmas outfit that my hubby and I sent her. She turned 3 in August and is growing up more and more.  She lives in the Midwest and we live in Florida so I am really missing her and my whole family....it is especially hard this time of year.  But scrapping their pictures and preserving their memories for them helps me feel closer to them.

I used this awesome sketch from My Mind's Eye and am entering it in their December Sketch challenge.

Everything on the page is My Mind's Eye ....except the 2 rhinestones and the alphas that spell out IZZY.  I mixed and matched from at least 3 collections -- Miss Caroline, Boy Crazy, and Fine and Dandy.  There are probably some other collections as well.  I have a big drawer full of MME goodies and I kept pulling out awesome stuff to use.

Thanks for stopping by my blog....I hope you are enjoying your holidays....I sure am.

~~Sandi~~

Happy Holidays

Merry Christmas Eve!

Dave and I are spending a quiet day and evening by ourselves.  I realized yesterday that I had not made a card for my wonderful husband.  I have made nearly 50 Christmas cards this year but not a one of them for Dave.  Today is the last day to enter the Lawn Fawn Merry Christmas challenge and I had a brand new little Winter Penguin stamp and die set that I hadn't used yet.  So I spent a little time in my room while Dave was gaming and worked on this card.  

It is my first attempt at using a stencil and texture paste and I don't think it turned out too bad.  I love the little penguin and I die cut those snowy hills with my Lawn fawn dies and stamped the sentiment directly on them. You cannot really tell from the photo but I die cut a  fun "window" in the front of the card and the cute little winter scene is adhered to the inside of the card.  I gave it to Dave tonight a little bit ago when we were opening our gifts and he seemed impressed.

I am also entering this card in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge

and

The current issue at Paper Issues -- Making It Merry

Thanks for stopping by tonight....Merry Christmas!!

~~Sandi~~

My Favorite Hello

This past summer my husband and I visited with all my family up in the Midwest (Illinois and Indiana to be exact) When we left, we brought my grandsons Jake, age 12 and Cole, age 8 back to Florida for 6 days.  It was their first plane trip and first trip away from home without their parents. We had an incredible time and needless to say the hardest thing for me to do was to put them on that plane and and send them home.  When I saw this quote online recently I jotted it down and knew it would be the PERFECT title for a layout with this picture.  I used Bella Blvd's Max collection but the alphas are all from the Hello Autumn collection.

I used this sketch from Boys Rule Scrapbooking Kits:

I am entering it in their sketch challenge.  You can see all the details HERE.

Well today is Christmas Eve and Dave and I are alone today and tomorrow but it is all good.  We love being with each other and plan on doing a Christmas movie marathon later today on our new 3D Ultra HD TV and have a traditional seafood feast.  We will open gift after dinner and spend tomorrow talking to family on the phone and playing with our new toys. Friday is a workday for us....bah humbug.

Thanks for stopping by my blog and Merry Christmas!

~~Sandi~~

My Favorite Things Sketch #207

Just when I think I am done creating Christmas cards I think of someone else that I want to make one for.  This card is for my hairdresser. My husband made her a Chicago style stuffed pizza and I wanted to make a card to go along with it.  I used this sketch from My Favorite Things:

I also was inspired by this winter themed board at Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Winter Inspiration.  I was especially inspired to add the cute little red bird.  

And finally I am also entering this cute little card in the Curtain Call Candy Cane Inspiration challenge.  When I saw this candy cane wreath, I knew I had the perfect to create a card for this challenge. I also stuck completely to the red/white color scheme.

That is about it....so glad it is Friday night!  I cleaned up my scraproom tonight so I can work in a clean space the rest of the weekend.  I create much better when my room is clean and tidy.

~~Sandi~~

Sketch-n-Scrap card

All my Christmas cards have been mailed and probably even received by now.  It is a good feeling to be done with all the "must do's" and now I can do some crafting for fun....

I used this neat sketch from Sketch-n-Scrap for my card:

That is about it for tonight....tomorrow is Friday and this is the last 5 day work week in my schedule for awhile....so happy for that.

Thanks for stopping by.

~~Sandi~~