Christmas Card Challenge - Day 1

I have decided to try to participate in the 30 Day Christmas Card Challenge at Scrappin'-n-Chattin'.  It will definitely be a challenge, but I really want to try.

The prompt for the 1st day was to include blue, red and white.  Pretty easy.  I really didn't have much time tonight, so my card is very simple.  But I was able to get one done.

I am going to enter this card in a few challenges:

The Poodles Parlour - Anything Goes
Critter Sketch Challenge - Anything Goes
Paper Playtime - Anything Goes
Scrap-Creations - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking....

Ready

Tonight I had to complete my 30th layout for the 52 Week Challenge at Scrappin'-n-Chattin'.  I waited until the end of the week again, but I wasn't stressed about it.  I knew what I wanted to do.  I just had to pick out the particulars.

There was one photo in particular that I could not wait to have access to from the photographer at the wedding.  It was a photo of Jenna's nieces all dressed and ready, sitting on the floor of the camper taking it all in.  I think it's my favorite photo of them of the day.

To create my page, I followed the challenge and sketch at Lasting Memories.  The challenge is Black and White with a splash of color.  Perfect challenge for wedding photos.  Here's the sketch...

I used a very large photo, printed on a full page of 8 x 10 paper, so I had to rotate the sketch to accommodate it.  Since the photo is so large, the page qualifies as my 2nd entry into SnC's 10 challenge which is to include a photo that is at least 10" on one side.

I am also entering this layout into this week's Fabulous Friday Challenge at Frosted Designs which is to use a one word title. 

All Wet

I worked on a page this week for the July Stack-a-holic Challenge at DCWV.  Here's the awesome sketch....

I used DCWV's Playtime Stack to create this page, plus a couple of pieces of scrap kraft and colored cardstock.  I bought this stack specifically to do layouts of Tessa.  The photos show what happens to Tessa when she goes swimming.  She definitely does not look like my pretty little girl.

I have been using my Cricut more recently.  On this page I used the Life's A Beach cartridge to create the wave border, the sun and the little "T" charm.  I used the Alphalicious cartridge for the title.

There are several other challenges that I am going to enter this layout into:

Scraputante - Negative  (the title)

ScrapFit - Step Class #6 - The Negative Zone (the title)

Craft Your Passion - Challenge # #119 - Kraft Paper with Lace or Ribbon - (the photos are matted on kraft paper, and the title and journalling area and the "T" charm are all cut on kraft.  I tied a bow with ribbon.)

Fantabulous Cricut - Sunny Days (yellow sun)

Cooking With Cricut - Buttons & Brads  (brad on the charm and 1 cream button and 2 little blue buttons)

Thanks for looking.  I hope everyone is enjoying the weekend.

Just 2 Cute

I created a page that I am really liking today.  Jenna's nieces are adorable, and there were quite a few photos of them taken at the wedding.  I picked several photos of them with Jenna or Pete and one of just them to create a 2 page layout.

I used the current sketch from Let's Scrap for this page.  I really loved it when I saw it, and knew it would be perfect for one of the challenges at Scrappin'-n-Chattin' which is to use a photo that has at least 10" on one edge.  Here's the sketch:

Here is the first page....

I had rotated the photo to capture everyone....  And page 2....

Here are both pages together.

I think Lisa and Tabby are going to have the most pages in this wedding album.

I am entering this layout into a couple of other challenge as well:

Colorful Creations - Punch - I used a butterfly border punch, a scallop border punch and a medium butterfly punch.

Thanks for looking....

Happy Wedding Day

This weekend we are attending the wedding of Stew's customers.  The couple are both lawyers and really have everything they could possibly need or want.  Their families contacted the guests and suggested that  donations be made to fund an African Safari for the couple.  Stew did that a while ago.  And since a gift wasn't an issue, he decided that we weren't going to give them a card.

So while scrapping I decided to put a card together to take to them on their wedding day.  Stew was thrilled.

I wanted the card to be simple.  And I wanted to use an embossing folder.  I used a folder I recently picked up at Hobby Lobby - Paper Studio Intricate Swirl.

And here is the inside...

I didn't use a sketch for this card, but I am entering this card into a couple of challenges:

Crafty Creations Challenges - Challenge #178 Free For All

Little Scrap Pieces - Fun Friday Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking.

Swim

I spent a little time this afternoon creating a layout and a card.  I am going to share my layout with you now.

I wanted to follow the current challenge at Lasting Memories, which is "Dancing with Paws".   Simple for me, include animals.  My subject this time is Tessa.  She went for her first swim last month.  We weren't sure she would swim or if she would like the water.  By oh my, she LOVES it.  Stew has lost track of her a few times this past week and he's sure to find her in the creek.

I used this week's sketch at Sketch Inspiration for this page.  At first I wasn't too sure about the sketch.  But then I found it very inspiring.

And here is my page....

I cut the circle with my George and Basic Shapes cartridge.  It's hard to see, but I topped the circle with a sun cut from the Designer Calendar cartridge.

I used this page as my entry for Week 29 in the Scrappin'-n-Chattin' 52 Week Challenge.  I am also entering it into the Sewing challenge at SnC, which is one of our monthly challenges.  I used a template to stitch the paw in the middle of the page. 

Other challenges that I am entering:

Truly Madly Crafty Challenges - Animals

Bitten By The Bug 2 - Here Comes The Sun   (Cut from Designer Calendar)

Final SnC Challenge Card

I want to share the 3rd card that I created for the Scrappin'-n-Chattin' card challenge this month.  I had seen a card on Operation Write Home on Facebook over the weekend that I really loved.  I don't know who made it, but it's awesome.

This is my favorite of the cards I have made this week.  I gave it to my oldest son for his 29th birthday.  Whoa....

Here are the other 2 cards I created for the SnC challenge.

This was quite the challenge.  All of them are quite different.  This was a truly fun challenge.