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Sketches In Thyme # 115

so here's the latest sketch over at Sketches In Thyme...it's a two-pager and I gotta tell ya I'm loving doing two-pagers! It helps me tell more of a story...so here it is:

and here is the first page I created:

and here is the second page:

and here are the two together:

thanks for stopping by! I'm off to create some more so stay tuned! blessings!

a Birthday giveaway!!

this is such exciting news!

please come join us for our second birthday party!

 We have planned a huge celebration both on the SEM blog and over at our facebook group Scrapping Everyday Miracles Chit Chat Group.  To kick off the celebration we would like to have a little pre-party fun. 

we have  great prizes to giveaway from 3 Scrappy Boys

  3 Scrappy Boys is a monthly kit club and store. We offer 3 kits per month that can be purchased individually or as a subscription. Subscribing comes with benefits like 10% off your kit cost and store purchases. We also have a facebook page where you can follow all the happenings at 3 Scrappy Boys like sales, crops, and challenges.

Blog: http://www.3scrappyboys.com/shop/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/3-Scrappy-Boys/160870820644332

Wanna see the wonderful prize we are giving away?

Here is what you gotta do to enter... we would like for you to share about the Celebration...

One entry for sharing in a post on your blog
One entry for joining SEM's Chit Chat group on Facebook
One entry for visiting 3 Scrappy Boys on Facebook and telling them SEM sent you.
One entry for sharing on Facebook, Pinterest or anywhere else that allows you to.

You can either share the advertisement found at the top of the post or this one below...

You have until Sunday, July 14th 11:59pm PST to share what you did (by posting a comment)... and don't forget to head over to our Facebook group http://www.facebook.com/groups/200817343359030/  and join so you are all ready for the big day!

The Birthday Celebration will kick off July 11th on both the SEM blog and on the FB group so make sure that you have joined the FB group before that!!!!!  We can't wait to party with you!

My Scraps & More # 33

Here is another layout I created with pictures from way back when! Here is the sketch:

and here is how I was inspired:

have quite a bit more to accomplish before the end of the month! thanks for stopping by and for the lovely comments!

My Scraps & More # 32

I had bought this Bazzill paper a few months ago loving the colors and flowers not quite sure what I was going to do with it. Then yesterday I came across some pics from way back in 2008 of Liam and a friend and bingo! I knew what I was going to do with them! I love the sketches at My Scraps & More and followed # 32. Here is the sketch and what I created:

here is a close-up of the title:

all the paper is from Bazzill Basics Paper "Lucy's Crab Shack" and for the title I used the same paper and used an EK Success punch and Bella Blvd. letter stickers. I then popped it up with pop dots to add a little dimension. All in all, I had a blast with this layout and really love how it turned out! Off to create! Thanks for stopping by!!

June sketch challenge is up at SEM!

here ya go:

Tracey G. here with this month's sketch challenge! Hope your June is finding you productive and happy! If you need a little scrappy mojo-I present to you these lovely sketches from the designing mind of Leah Schaeffer. Leah is one of the co-founders of Stuck on U Sketches, where I am lucky enough to be on the DT with these talented ladies. SOUS has loads of inspiration and challenges-check it out when you get the chance! 

You may create either the Layout or the card sketch and the scrap twist is to include at least one handmade flower-any material is fine!

                                                                       Card Sketch

Here are some links to flower tutorials:

http://softsideofsandi.blogspot.com/2013/06/pueblo-rose-tutorial-for-scrap-that-kit.html

http://scrapthatchat.blogspot.com/2013/04/bookpage-blooms-tutorial-with-tracey-g.html

http://gracescraps.blogspot.com/2013/02/full-open-rose-tutorial.html

http://wendysscrappincorner.blogspot.com/2011/07/tutorial-tattered-hibiscus.html

Our sponsor this month is Citrus Twist.

Citrus Twist Kits grew out of one girl’s love of all things crafty, with just a little love of vintage thrown in. Here is the story: My mom and I shared a love of the art world. I grew up tagging along to Art in the Park shows, quilting fairs and more. Early in 2012 my mom passed away and as I was going through her lifetime of art and crafts supplies, the idea for Citrus Twist Kits was born. It was the vintage scraps that inspired the handcrafted item that goes into each main kit.

Citrus Twist Kits are color-based, inspired and great value for your money. A box arrives on your doorstep each month filled with scrapbooking gifts to keep you playing all month long.

LINK:

http://www.citrustwistkits.com

http://www.citrustwistkits.com/blog/

 Trina has provided us not one, but TWO prizes to give away this month!  The first is the May Project Life Kit:

And the second is the April main kit:

Subscriber special, for our site members, June only: Free alphabet set with 3- or 6-month sub.

You will need to mention in the comments box at checkout that you are a member of our site and want the promo that will ship with your first kit.

**NOTE: You may submit the project you create for Scrapping Everyday Miracles to other challenge blogs but your project must be mainly created for the Scrapping Everyday Miracles challenge in order to win the sponsor prize**

here's my page:

hop on over to see what the design team has created!

thanks for stopping by!

Clouds!

Hi all! I am scrapping today while my guys see the new "Man of Steel" movie...it's one of the things Mike wanted to do for Father's Day! My friend came over to scrap yesterday and I started using my new kit from Studio Calico "Roundabout!" It's truly awesome and I created this page of "clouds" :

I really enjoyed this whole process with these papers and embellies! I followed the sketch from Frosted Designs and the twist was to add "wings" so I used the Maya Road sheer birds that I love so much! so there you have it! Thanks for stopping by and for the lovely comments!

Sketches In Thyme #113

last week Sketches In Thyme had their new reveal of #113:

and here is my take on it:

fun, fun, fun!! this has been a great day!!

Sketches In Thyme #114

Today Sketches In Thyme had a new reveal #114:

I was able to create this layout from our Disney vacation having been inspired by this sketch:

I loved working with this wave theme which is something different for me! Thanks for stopping by and thank you for the lovely comments!

more practice stitching!

I was excited about how my attempt to use my sewing machine a few days ago was somewhat successful so I kept at it and started on a new layout:

I loved this sketch from Sketches In Thyme so much that I followed it again!:

here's a closer look at the stitching:

this layout uses the "Planetarium" kit from Studio Calico. I love this kit! I was able to create 5 pages from this one kit! This is my first experience having joined a kit club and this is the second kit I have received to play with and I've loved it!!! Having said this, here is one of the other layouts I have been working on:

I followed this sketch again from My Scraps & More:

Thanks for stopping by and stay tuned for more scrappiness to come!!

found a new blog and friend!

here is a blog that you will want to check out:  http://mybeaner.blogspot.com/2013/06/pay-it-forward-contest.html

technique Tuesday!

many blogs and sites I follow have Tuesdays designated as "Technique Tuesday" where a design team member showcases a new or tried & true technique as a tutorial. well, that's not what this is!! for those of you who do visit my blog every once in a while you have seen me say how much I miss playing with my sewing machine because of having to be in a wheelchair! so I have tried it once and for me it was a success! somewhat! I mean for having to put the pedal thingy between my feet on the wheelchair it was a huge confidence booster! so on with my story or rather the layout I tried working on today with my sewing machine....I do try to visit as many blogs as I can when I log on in the mornings and a few weeks back I visited this blog: http://jinnynewlin.blogspot.com/2013/05/scrapfriends-monthly-sketch-13-colour.html and wanted to try the chevron style this friend had going on! so here is what I created:

as you can see the lines are not as straight as I would like them...it's hard for me to control the speed of the needle sewing with my foot on the pedal. Part of the M.S. or rather a symptom of it is the neuropathy in my lower body, mostly in my feet. In other words my feet tingle all the time, like they are asleep but just waking up. I know, it's not easy to understand! Another way I explain it is it's like putting on an extra small pair of pantyhose.....that's what it would feel like! Really! so there you have it! my own personal technique Tuesday! thanks for stopping by! 

made top 3 in April!

I just saw this over at Sketches In Thyme: http://sketchesinthyme.blogspot.com/2013/06/announcing-our-top-3-for-april.html YAY! I made the top 3!!! so cool!

Here's another one!

I just love making these flowers!

The flower in my last post was made from Hemp Cord and this flower I made from Baker's Twine from October Afternoon. This is so much fun!

twine flower!

Happy Wednesday! today I focused on making a handmade flower! a design team friend figured out how to make the ones seen on Pinterest:

this is the tutorial she made to create these wonderful creations: http://gracescraps.blogspot.com/2012/03/love-letter-and-twine-flower-tutorial.html

and here is what I created: 

fun!! I loved making this and Tracey's tutorial really helped! it is soooo worth trying this out! I'm off to create some more! thanks for stopping by!

June challenge at Scrapping Everyday Miracles

it's June! this year is flying by! Your challenge this month is to scrap about a husband and wife relationship and the love you see/experience because of it.  The scrap twist is that you can only use cardstock, NO PATTERNED PAPER! The couple you choose can be you and your spouse, your parents, grandparents, or any other couple whose love for one another inspires you.
Here is my layout:

The bible has so much to say about love and marriage.  It starts at the beginning, in Genesis, when God creates Man and Woman:

Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.  The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman, ' for she was taken out of man."  For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.  Gn 2:22-24

These verses are revisited by Jesus in both Mark (10:6-9) and Matthew:

"Haven't you read," he replied, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,'  and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh' ?  So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate."  Mt 19:4-6

And then, of course, there is the description of love:

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. 

Our sponsor this month is Citrus Twist.

Citrus Twist Kits grew out of one girl’s love of all things crafty, with just a little love of vintage thrown in. Here is the story: My mom and I shared a love of the art world. I grew up tagging along to Art in the Park shows, quilting fairs and more. Early in 2012 my mom passed away and as I was going through her lifetime of art and crafts supplies, the idea for Citrus Twist Kits was born. It was the vintage scraps that inspired the handcrafted item that goes into each main kit.

Citrus Twist Kits are color-based, inspired and great value for your money. A box arrives on your doorstep each month filled with scrapbooking gifts to keep you playing all month long.

LINK:

http://www.citrustwistkits.com

http://www.citrustwistkits.com/blog/

 Trina has provided us not one, but TWO prizes to give away this month!  The first is the May Project Life Kit:

And the second is the April main kit:

Awesome, right?!  You can win one of these fabulous kits by linking your project(s) to one of our June challenges. 

Subscriber special, for our site members, June only: Free alphabet set with 3- or 6-month sub.

You will need to mention in the comments box at checkout that you are a member of our site and want the promo that will ship with your first kit.

**NOTE: You may submit the project you create for Scrapping Everyday Miracles to other challenge blogs but your project must be mainly created for the Scrapping Everyday Miracles challenge in order to win the sponsor prize and/or be one of Top 3**

 All entries must be linked HERE by June 30th, 11:59pm PST.

*Important: Make sure your link is to the blog post with your project & not just your blog in general...and be sure to remember the SCRAP TWIST!

Jump on over the the Scrapping Everyday Miracles blog to see what the design team came up with for this month's challenge! Awesome creations!! Thanks for stopping by!

My Scraps & More #29

this layout uses more of the Studio Calico kit "Planetarium." It is refreshing to make a clean and simple layout from this kit yet again! here is the sketch:

I rotated the sketch and created this:

hope everyone had a great weekend and I'm off to scrap some more!