My Scraps & More # 38

I love these sketches! This one is # 38 from My Scraps & More:

 and here is what I created:

it's been quite a productive day! Thanks for stopping by!

My Scraps & More # 36

cropped all day with a friend and came up with this sketch challenge # 36 from My Scraps & More. The lighting in the office is terrible so hopefully you can tell I had fun with the sketch:

the photo underneath the main photo is cut into 6 pieces like the mosaic moments. Had a blast! Thanks for stopping by!

My Scraps & More # 39

wow! I am having so much fun today! I went to a crop at the local scrapbook store and came home with lots of ideas and of course new paper!! I love the sketches over at My Scraps & More and this next layout is # 39 from that site! Just in case it doesn't show up clearly enough (I should have taken a pic of just this part of the layout) the arrow pointing to my son and husband says "ring fingers" 'cos it looks like the two of them are giving the camera the "finger"! I nearly lost it and laughed so hard I cried! My guys are just too goofy! So here's the page:

The papers I used for all the layers is Trendsetter by Fancy Pants Designs and then there are the 2 red buttons. Gotta have the buttons! love buttons! The rest is the ephemera from the show we saw at the Fox. I loved creating this layout! Hope you enjoyed it too! Thanks for stopping by! Scrap happy my friends!

My Scraps & More # 37

I really enjoyed using this sketch from MS&M. It was perfect for a single photo of my son smiling over his birthday pie!

The pp layers are all from Crate Paper, the metal clips are from Studio Calico, the kite and banner are chipboard pieces from Crate Paper and the 3 little banner looking thingys are from Bella Blvd. This was fun! Thanks for stopping by and all your lovely comments are appreciated! Blessings to all in scrappy land!

a 15th birthday!

I can't quite believe it. My son, my baby turned 15 two weeks ago!! We didn't do much...we had dinner at one of his favorite restaurants (working on layout soon), and had a birthday pie! None of us really like cakes and frosting and such. So here's one layout I did just for fun:

it's hard to see the title so I want to try and get it to pop! a bit. I love all the green and the flourish I cut on my Cameo. Thanks for stopping by! Blessings my scrappy friends!

just for fun!

didn't do this for a challenge, didn't use a sketch...just wanted to do a layout just for the fun of it!

Thanks for stopping by!

awesome new blog with DT call!

http://123getscrappy.blogspot.com/ check out this new scrapbook challenge blog! looks like tons of fun!

Sketches In Thyme # 118

there is a new reveal over at Sketches In Thyme - #118:

and here is what I created for it:

page 1

 page 2

and then the two together:

simple yes but oh so fun! thanks for stopping by!

boys in blue

this is a layout I did for Father's day. The photos are of my son, my husband, and my 24 year old son being serious and goofy!! The boys didn't plan it but they all wore blue that day so I focused on two colors of blue and then used white for an accent color. I added the stitching (which you know I love to do!) and did it by hand rather than use the machine so it would pop! a little more. Here it is:

so all in all I really like how it came out! I did this layout last weekend at a 15 hour crop held at the Holiday Inn at Six Flags! wow! I had a blast! oh I forgot to mention the title is made of Basic Grey white chip stickers (like Thickers) where I used my Copic pen to color the "blue" in blue! well, thanks for stopping by and feel free to leave a comment as they are always welcome and enjoyed immensely! Happy scrapping!

July Sketch challenge at Scrapping Everyday Miracles

Happy Monday everyone!  Can you believe it is the middle of July already?!  It's Jessica here today and I have a couple of sketches for you.  The first sketch is a card sketch I put together and the second is a layout sketch by the very talented Shawn Lahr of Nuts About Sketches where I am blessed to also be a part of the design team.  I hope one or both of these sketches inspires you!

Our scrap twist this month is to use pop dot or foam adhesive to lift a flat embellishment.

Card Sketch

Layout Sketch

by Shawn Lahr of Nuts About Sketches

Our gracious sponsor this month is...

Pure Painted Signs

Here's what Celisa has to share about her company:

My name is Celisa Schumpert and I am a wife, a mom and I have a love for all things creative.  My husband and I were blessed to spend over 20 years in youth ministry before helping begin a start up church about 3 years ago that has grown to about 1700 weekly attendance, it has been awesome watching God at work in our new adventure.  I am also a mom to three children 20, 16 and 8.  Around 7 years ago we were blessed to bring home our 8 year old from China and it doing so developed a heart for orphans and a desire to help them find forever families.  As a result, I wanted to start a business that could give to that purpose.  I am blessed to combine my two passions into my relatively new business, Pure Painted Signs.  I have always loved painting and with this endeavor I am able to give 10% to my church and 40% to orphan causes around the world, as well as supporting families who are seeking to adopt. 

Etsy:  https://www.etsy.com/shop/purepaintedsigns

Pinterest:  http://pinterest.com/purepaintedsign/

The prize is a wooden sign such as:

She is also offering a 15% discount on any orders in July the discount code is

 SEM15

What an awesome prize (wish I could win it)!! All you have to do is enter one of our challenges in July for a chance to win.

**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 what I created:

here are a few close ups:

I love using Glossy Accents to look like drops of water!

hop on over to http://scrappingeverydaymiracles.blogspot.com/ to see what the design team came up with for this awesome challenge! thanks for stopping by!

Guest designer at Sketches In Thyme

for the SEM birthday blog hop click here: http://blsd2scrp.blogspot.com/2013/07/its-birthday-party.html

here's the new reveal over at Sketches In Thyme:

and here is what I created:

don't forget the Scrapping Everyday Miracles Blog Hop starting today! much fun will be had!

thanks for stopping by!

it's a birthday party!

Welcome! We are so excited to have you join us for our Birthday Celebration!  It has been an exciting year at Scrapping Everyday Miracles and we are so glad that you have chosen to explore the miracles with us throughout the year.  We have a fun hop planned for you this weekend! We have 5 fun and easy challenges that you can enter to win some amazing prizes. The celebration doesn't stop with the blog... on our facebook chit chat group http://www.facebook.com/groups/200817343359030/ we will be offering games each day of the event that will have some fabulous prizes.  We will also be posting and discussing the challenges that we created for the Birthday Celebration. We might even sneak in some fun random giveaways!  

So let's get hopping!!

Each of the Design Team members and our Guest Design Team members have created a project with a birthday theme to show you on their blogs.  Make sure that you hop along to each blog because you never know where there might be more prizes hiding along the way!  In addition to prizes we have a special birthday scavenger hunt for you :)   On several of the blogs there will be a project photo that has birthday hats hidden in the photo.  As you hop through count how many hats you find.  When you are finished with the hop, write the total number of hats you found in a comment on the Scrapping Everyday Miracles blog hop post.  Have fun and happy hopping!  

Our hop grand prize has been provided by Blue Fern Studios....

Blue Fern Studios was founded with the idea of providing unique and sophisticated papercraft designs. We offer exquisitely detailed products to inspire all styles of craft artists in all areas, including scrapbooking, mixed media, general crafting, and more! We currently offer a wide variety of chipboard designs with new items being frequently added. Be on the lookout for our upcoming paper collection and MORE ;)!

Blog: http://bluefernstudios.blogspot.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlueFernStudios

Ready to see the awesome Grand Prize for the hop...

So are you all ready? Have fun!  
The hop will remain open until Sunday night, July 14th at midnight PST. 
Remember in order to qualify for our grand prize you must leave a comment on all the blogs.

Nic http://scrapmethis.blogspot.com
Cara http://bitsbaublesandbliss.blogspot.com/
Elizabeth http://ejoym.blogspot.com/
Christy  http://creatingwiththegirls.blogspot.com
Kelly http://blsd2scrp.blogspot.com
Helen http://byheleng.wordpress.com/
Lisa  http://creativejuicefreshsqueezed.blogspot.com/
Tracey http://gracescraps.blogspot.com
Jessica http://jessica-createandshare.blogspot.com
Roberta http://thepapercraftingleague.blogspot.com
SEM blog http://scrappingeverydaymiracles.blogspot.com/

Make sure you also stop by our Facebook page for games, challenges and even more prizes.  Winners will be posted on SEM (and on each individual blog that provides RAK) on Wednesday July 17th so don't forget to come back and see if you won any of the fabulous prizes from our sponsors!

Here's a birthday layout I created for my son a few years ago:

watch for a game I am hosting later this evening on our Facebook chit chat group! have fun!

oh! and I am offering a small RAK from a random pick from comments left on my blog through the celebration hop! yay!

  

May winner at Sketch With Color!

just looked back at a few layouts I had entered into some challenges with and found that this layout:

was the May winner over at Sketch with Color!! yay! here is the link: http://sketchwithcolor.blogspot.com/2013/06/may-winner.html just in case you want to (and I highly recommend it!) hop over and check it out! It's a really great site and I love it!

just for fun!

I did this next layout without a sketch or plan really...just did it for fun!

here's a close-up of the "pirate saying"...

thanks for stopping by!

guest designer at Sketches In Thyme!

http://sketchesinthyme.blogspot.com/  come on over and check out Sketches In Thyme #116 and me! I was one of the top 3 in April and so I get to be a guest designer for this month! July! I know...crazy, right? the summer seems to be flying by! here's what I created for sketch # 116:

 hope everyone has a safe and happy 4th of July!

New challenge at Scrapping Everyday Miracles

July Main Challenge #30-Favorite Things

"These Are A Few of My Favorite Things"

Cara here bringing you the Main Challenge this month. I love learning new things about people, and so I wanted to do a fun challenge about getting to know someone by finding out what their most favorite things are. 

So here's my Challenge: Create a layout about someone's "favorites"...it can be a page about yourself, your child, your best friend, your spouse, your parent....well, you get the idea...it can be about anyone you choose. I think hearing what people enjoy about life can be one of the greatest ways to get to know the heart of that person. It can also be a great way to connect with someone...when we take the time to do things they enjoy, we can bless them. 

The Scrap Twist that you need to include on your project is to use some kind of "office supply item"---some ideas would be paper clips, binder clips, or staples. 

Have fun with this challenge as you show the personality of the person you scrap about through the things they love most! I'm excited to see what you come up with.

Our gracious sponsor this month is...

Pure Painted Signs

Here's what Celisa has to share about her company:

My name is Celisa Schumpert and I am a wife, a mom and I have a love for all things creative.  My husband and I were blessed to spend over 20 years in youth ministry before helping begin a start up church about 3 years ago that has grown to about 1700 weekly attendance, it has been awesome watching God at work in our new adventure.  I am also a mom to three children 20, 16 and 8.  Around 7 years ago we were blessed to bring home our 8 year old from China and it doing so developed a heart for orphans and a desire to help them find forever families.  As a result, I wanted to start a business that could give to that purpose.  I am blessed to combine my two passions into my relatively new business, Pure Painted Signs.  I have always loved painting and with this endeavor I am able to give 10% to my church and 40% to orphan causes around the world, as well as supporting families who are seeking to adopt. 

Etsy:  https://www.etsy.com/shop/purepaintedsigns

Pinterest:  http://pinterest.com/purepaintedsign/

The prize is a wooden sign such as:

She is also offering a 15% discount on any orders in July the discount code is

 SEM15

What an awesome prize (wish I could win it)!! All you have to do is enter one of our challenges in July for a chance to win.

**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**

Winners will be announced here on Saturday, August 3rd.

*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!

here is what I created:

I used paper clips to create the starburst! This was fun! Hop over to the SEM blog to see what the rest of the design team came up with! There's great inspiration from the ladies!

Thanks for stopping by! Blessings my scrappy friends!