The Paper Loft Sketch Challenge 2

There's a new Sketch Challenge going on at the Paper Loft!

Hope that you'll participate and perhaps you can join us on the Design Team in March! How exciting would that be??

For my Layout, I used papers from the Funkysaurus collection!

I love this picture of Jonathon on his First Birthday....check out the dippity doo on top of his head. I'm SURE he will love me for styling it that way.....actually, I think we can blame Grandma for that!

Look at that sweet dimply chin.....still one of his finest features I think!

Here's the Sketch if you want to play along

I complemented my layout with Stamps from the {Stamps} of Life 

Balloons2cut and die set

The sentiments and arrows are from the latest release

Lots of Fun!

Happy Stamping and be sure to head on over to the Paper Loft Blog to link up your project!

Scarlett in a Teacup

Another Sweetie to share from Stamping Bella! Scarlett the Teacup Girl....such a cutie!

I loved the sketch challenge this week over at Splitcoaststampers, so used it again with a bunch of scrap paper I had to make my creation!

Hope you likey!

Have a great day!

New Uptownies in the House!

I am TOTALLY excited about today's release of the new Uptown Girls

and THRILLED to be able to ink up this new Audrey Image! Like Em, I have always been a fan of Audrey Hepburn, Beautiful, Elegant and Classy!!!! Isn't the sentiment the Bomb too?

I can see myself using this image over and over!!!!!

Coloured with Touch Markers, I've included my colour Map. This one was very simple!

Designer Paper is from the Paper Loft, Easy Breezy Line!

Hope you enjoyed my peek as much as I enjoyed making her!

Hop on over to Blogabella to see some more awesome creations!

Also check out the Bella Store to see all the great deals that Em has on! She's retiring a whack of stamps and you can grab them up for a sweet price!

Impression Obsession Challenge! Anything Goes!

This week over at Impression Obsession, it's an Anything goes challenge! Yep, you can stamp away to your hearts desire! For my card I used some of the latest impages from IO Including

From my Heart

frilly Forget me not

Butterfly Envelope

I also used 

Border 2 Die Set

Square Shaker Die Frame

Make sure you hop on over to the Impression Obsession Blog to see who's playing today and to find out how you can submit your entries

Happy Stamping!

Happy New Year!-Bloom where you are planted

Happy New Year! Hope you enjoyed a nice evening and New Years Day with your Family! I enjoyed a quick visit with Pauls Brothers and Sister in Law. Although we spent 8 hours on the road in just over 24, it was worth the trip to meet Pauls Brother, who had travelled from British Columbia for a visit. We enjoyed a very quiet evening including a Yummy Lasagna Dinner made by Tom!

I made this card for Todays Sketch Challenge over at Splitcoaststampers. A quick and easy card, but I like it. I like the saying......I suppose it could be interpreted in a lot of ways, but for me I viewed it as taking what you have and making the best of it. Developing and growing within the circumstances that you are living in. I think that's good inspiration for the New Year. Rather than making resolutions for which I have a tendency to break, I am going to try to bloom... face the obstacles that fall upon my path this year and just forge forward!!! Hope you all have an amazing day!!!!

SUPPLIES

The Paper Loft-Easy Breezy patterned cardstock and cardstock accessories

Prima Flowers, CTMH Half Pearls

Happy Stamping!

My Scraps & More-Sketch 9-Perfect Weather

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas! Ours was quiet,but nice. Paul and Miranda shared Christmas Morning with us and had a good breakfast before heading off to visit family in London. That left myself, Mom, Dad, Jon, my cousin Faye and Sydney of course!

The fresh blanket of snow made for a very pretty winter scene and we enjoyed some play time outside with Sydney, who had a blast chasing snowballs

I created this layout for the My Scraps & More Challenge. I have a whole slew of photographs and will likely make this into a two page layout, but before I do that, I have some things I have to get working on before we head back to London to bring in the New Year with Pauls Family, weather permitting!

Supplies:

Kraft Cardstock-CTMH

Designer Paper-Easy Breezy  and Scattered Pine Mountain from The Paper Loft

Embellies: Graphic 45, Tim Holtz and Dollar Store. Easy Breezy Cardstock Embellies!

Happy Stamping!

You are Fabulous! Crafting Resolutions!

I took some time to play the Splitcoaststampers Way to Use it Challenge

The challenge was to revisit last years resolution to see if you had followed through. Since I didn't establish a resolution last year, I thought what a better time to make one! So.....my resolution is to use more background stamps this year! I have some amazing ones, but have a tendency to lean toward using Designer Paper. So this year, you will see more background stamps!!! I may even step it up a notch and do some techniques with backgrounds as well! We'll see, baby steps first. I hope you enjoyed a nice Christmas. We had a quiet day, but it is always good to spend family time. 

It's hard to believe that 2012 is quickly coming to an end and the New Year is less than a week away....sheesh, the older I get, the quicker time flies by~

Well i'm off to have a warm bath and get the winter chill out of my bones

Have a great night~