Life is Better When YOU are Laughing--My Darling Niece Julie!

I am entering it into Simon Says Stamp blog anything-goes Wednesday challenge--my fourth for the challenge (I usually can't get it together enough for that many entries--maybe it will finally be my lucky week). A few years ago while we were celebrating Thanksgiving with my family, several of us decided to play disc golf. It was fun seeing Julie get the giggles as she played for the first time (I think). I thought all of her fun poses and faces would make a great layout! I am totally into the latest craze of Polaroid frames! And, I was lucky enough to win the Jillibean collection a while back. The flowers are CTMH; the button, October Afternoon; the twine,The Twinery; the jewels, Pebbles. The green frame on the left was made with an American Crafts die that I also won!!!

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Dream Big Sweet Boy

I made this from Diana's gorgeous sketch.  I'm also entering it at Simon Says Anything Goes...  I thought it was somewhat fitting that I worked on some baby pictures of our son who just turned 18!!!

Valentine's Card

Here's a little Valentine card I made for Crafter's Companion challenge this month--which is Anything Goes! I love those kinds of challenges! I used the darling little Humphrey's elephant stamp. I am guest designer over there this month, too! So, I will be making a project with a tutorial toward the end of the month!  Don't ask me what I'm going to make because I haven't decided yet! lol  I'm also entering the card in Simon Says Stamp challenge Red Letter Day--there isn't a better red letter day than Valentine's in my opinion!

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I'll be announcing the winner of the Shabby Apple necklace tomorrow!!! So, there is still time to enter!

The Massman Side of the Family

We had family photos taken this year on the Massman side of the family! This is the first scrapping I've done in a long time. So, excuse the wonky photo!  It is straight in real life!  I made it for my friend Stacy's challenge.  If you have never done one of Stacy's challenges, you should give it a try.  The odds are good that you would win one of her wonderful prizes!  I made another layout that I will post later.

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Quick, Cute Christmas ornaments

I made these little ornaments for The Paper Variety's challenge to show them your ornaments and for my friend Stacy's challenge! The tree has some Ranger distress ink on it, but I thought they looked cute plain, too!

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Shabby Bicycle

Here is a shabby bicycle card that I made for Simon Says Stamp Challenge - anything goes! I "taught" this card to my stamp club as it was my month. The patterned paper is sparkly and is from SEI. I cut the flowers from my sizzix, using an old pair of jeans from my husband and some felt.  I sprayed the felt with some Mr. Huey Mist to match the card better. The stamp is CTMH, and I colored it with my water color pencils.

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Technically Inclined Me

I made this layout for Scrapfit's Workout #56 - Technically Inclined.  It is me with the technological thing that helps me do what I love most--Scrapbooking! And, I'm using it while I'm doing the 2nd thing I love most--travelling!

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Happy Halloween - 2011

I made this layout using this week's Sketchy Thursdays sketch! The papers are My Mind's Eye. Mitch went trick-or-treating with some Speech and Debate friends. He said he gave his loot to one of the team member's younger brother! That was nice of him! I'm glad he didn't bring candy home! I would have probably eaten it!

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My Friend Stacy's Challenges

I haven't done much crafting this week! Too busy! But, I always try to play my friend Stacy's challenges! She's so nice! I noticed that there aren't very many entries this time, so you have a really good chance of winning a GREAT prize! Check it out!

http://sketchesforyou.ning.com/group/stacyhwscardsmorecards/forum/topics/stacy-h-w-s-november-1st-card-challenge
http://sketchesforyou.ning.com/group/stacyhwsweeklystashchallenge/forum/topics/stacy-h-w-s-november-1st-stash-challenge

2010 Halloween - ESL Students

So, I made this layout of some of my ESL students. They had been trick-or-treating at my neighbor's house.  They had so much fun!  I made the spiders that are covering their faces at the same friend's house last night! They were so easy to make and so much fun!  I'll give some to my nephews and will probably wear some while handing out treats this year! Some are rings, and some have fairly flat backs, so I can even use them on my scrapbook pages or cards! Yay!  Anyway, I made this for The Paper Variety's challenge  this week!



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Hiking!

Here is a quick layout of my nephews (Steve's youngest brother's kids).  They were hiking with their parents.  The monthly sketch over at Artful Deligh seemed to go along with the photos. I used a crimper on the leaves and then inked them with Tim Holtz distress ink.

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Surprise! It's Stuart and Leo again!

I decided to do a little play on words for a Scrapfit challenge to use a school theme.  My addition problem: 1 Big Brother + 1 Little Brother = 2 time the FUN!  I used Sketchy Thursday's latest sketch for this! I used a bunch of Echo Park! I just love their paper lines! The buttons are all Basic Grey--all 10 of them! I added the buttons for Scrapbook & Cards Today's button challenge.  The chipboard is from a really cute Studio Calico set, and the twine is from The Twinery!  Apparently, I can't get enough scrapping of my nephews! They are the "babies" of the family, so I guess that is why it is so fun to me!

On other news, my son is FINALLY home from Nationals. Yay! He didn't win, but it was a great experience for him, and he got to visit his Texas grandparents while he was in the state.

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Another Card for The Paper Variety

This card is for The Paper Variety's challenge 1-2-3 Challenge! this week!

1 -- twine (The Twinery)

2 -- flowers with brads (old Prima with CTMH brads)

3 -- patterned papers (Cosmo Cricket)

I got the sketch from my friend Stacy!

Blizzard Snow (Wo)Man - Frenchie

This is for this week's Sketchy Thursday challenge.

Supplies:

Cardstock:  DCWV

Patterned Paper, journal card and letter stickers:  Echo Park

Round journaling spot:  Jillibean

baker's twine:  The Twinery

Sticker:  SRM

felt corner

Mist:  Tattered Angels

flowers: Prima

Velvet Brads:  Making Memories

Corner Rounder:  Creative Memories