Baby Boy Asher

Hello and Welcome!

I hope you are having a wonderful day.

My last post was a layout of my granddaughter,

so I thought I'd share one of my grandson today.

Asher was born June 24, 2022 and we were all

totally in love with this boy from the start.
Marie is a wonderful big sister and loves

her baby brother with all her heart.

Marie and Asher are almost exactly the same

difference in age as our kids,

Kelsie and Jaryd are.

Jaryd is Marie and Asher's Daddy.

If how they are now with each other is any

indications, Marie and Asher will be 

closest friends for life just like 

Daddy and Auntie Kelsie.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope

you have enjoyed your moments here and were

inspired in some way.

Come again soon.

Until then,

tell someone you love them.

 

Jaryd Nursery School

Hello blog friends!

Today I have another layout for you.

This is of Jaryd in nursery school

I was there on picture day, so they let me have my picture 

taken with him.

He was so excited to be able to do that.

This is his whole class. I wish I had all the names 

of the kids in the picture.

Jaryd met his best friend, Brian, when they were

3 yrs old.

They are friends, like brothers, to this day.

I wanted to "highlight" Jaryd and Brian in the class picture.

Brian is my #2 son.

Our families have always been close.

I have a whole scrapbook that is just the 2 families 

doing things together.

We don't see each other as much as we used to,

but we always know we are here for each other.

Isn't he just the cutest little guy ever?!?!

Thanks for stopping in today.

Keep coming back to see more of the layouts

I have done recently.

Until next time,

Happy Crafting!

QKR Stampede November Blog Hop

Hello Hoppers!

Welcome to my post for the QKR Stampede November Blog Hop.

This month our design team has made projects using snowmen/women.

If you came from

Monika's blog

you are in the right place.  If you get 'lost' along the way or there is a link that isn't working, you can find the entire lineup at the QKR Stampede Blog.

Now, on to my card.  I have used "Best Friends" (#23502) from QKR Stampede for my image and "Warm Fuzzies" (#8604) from sister company Eureka! Stamps  for the sentiment.

Both of these come in a choice of rubber stamp or digital format.

I stamped the image onto watercolor paper and colored with watercolor crayons.  I used a glue pen on the snowman and the sentiment and added some glitter.  I used a bit of cotton for the top of the hat.

The blue background is some glitter paper that was run through the Cuttlebug in a Snowflake embossing folder.

I fussy cut the image and adhered it with foam tape.

The sentiment is adhered with ATG tape.

Thanks for hopping in today.  I hope you enjoyed my card as much as I enjoyed making it.  Although I don't like the cold and snow, I do love making winter/Christmas cards.

QKR Stampede has a lot of wonderful winter images, so after you finish the hop, take a hop over to the shop and check them out.

Now, I'll send you off to see what

Kristine

has made to inspire you.

Until nest time, Happy Crafting!

QKR Stampede 12 Blogs of Christmas Blog Hop

Welcome to the QKR Stampede 12 Blogs of Christmas Blog Hop.  If you have come to my blog first, you may want to go to the QKR Stampede Blog and begin there.  You won't want to miss any of the design team posts!  We have some wonderful designers on our team that will be sure to inspire you!

If you are following the hop you should have arrived from Ceal's blog.  She is such a wonderful designer, don't you think? 

I have a couple projects for you today. So let's get to them.

You may recognize this image, as it is the one I used on the card I showed yesterday.  It is called Best Friends (#23502) from QKR Stampede and I think it is just adorable.  I started with a large ornament that I purchased at Crafts 2000 while I was visiting my friend in Toledo.  We don't have a Crafts 2000 anywhere near the Buffalo area, so when I visit Mary, a trip there is a must. I'm sure they can be found at many of the craft stores or even places like Target and such.

This ornament measures 6" across, so it is a very large ornament. It is also a very reflective silver, so I had a tough time photographing it.  Sorry about that flashback, but I just couldn't figure out how to not get either the flashback or a reflection of me in the ornament. 

I used StazOn black ink to stamp the image onto the ornament.  I put the stamp onto a stamping pad, the kind that you put under your paper when you are stamping, then I could make it conform to the curve of the ornament.  You have to be very careful as the StazOn is permanent and once you stamp it, you are 'stuck' with it. 

I then used acrylic paints to color in the image and used Diamond Stickles to give the snowman some sparkle and a bit of Icicle Stickles on the trim on the hat and jacket.

Since I had painted in the face, I used a black Zig pen to draw the eyes, nose and mouth on the girl.  To get them just right, I stamped the image onto a piece of scrap paper, then holding it up to the light I traced the features onto the back with pencil.  Then I went over them with the pencil to make a heavier impression on the paper, I lined that image up with the one on the ornament and drew over it from the front.  This transferred just enough of the pencil mark from the back onto the ornament so I could see where to draw them on with the Zig pen.

I freehand painted the snowflakes in the sky.  I think it looks like the snowman is rejoicing that there is more snow coming down.  I had to give that little gal red hair since my daughter is a redhead.

Another Christmas project that I have to show you is a few of my Christmas cards.

These are some of the different papers I used

This is the inside greeting.

I used cards from Ta Da Creative Studios, these are from their Fiddle Dee Frames Card Making Kits.  I didn't use the entire kit, just the cards and will keep the frame parts for other projects.  I used the Holly (#15701)  in the cut out window of the card and Merry Christmas (#8717) for the inside sentiment.  Both of these are images from QKR Stampede. 

I stamped the images with black Versa Fine ink and colored them in with watercolor crayons and used a bit of red Stickles for the berries. 

I created a template with my Sure Cuts A Lot 2 program and cut the frames for the front of the cards on my Cricut Expressions.  I used Christmas papers from my stash and also some that I found on clearance at Joann's.  At $.10 a sheet, I couldn't pass them up. I simply used glue sticks to adhere the paper frames to the front of the cards.

I hope you have enjoyed my Blog Hop projects, I am the last stop on the hop from here you will be hopping back to the QKR Stampede Blog. 

Leave me a comment and let me know what you think of todays projects and we would love to hear on the QKR blog what you thought of our blog hop.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Best Friends Christmas Card

Hello crafty friends!  Today I have an adorable gate fold card to show you.  I used the Best Friends stamp from QKR Stampede for this card and I think it is just a darling image.

I stamped Best Friends onto white card stock and colored it with water color pencils.  I then used a glue pen to add glue to the snowman and covered him with glitter.  The image was then layered onto red card stock. 

The card base is a dark blue that I had in my stash, scored and folded into a gate fold card.  I then ran some white card stock through my Cuttlebug with the Snowflakes embossing folder, trimmed and attached it to the 'gates' then attached the image only on the right side of the 'gate'

For the inside of my card, I ran a piece of white card stock through the Cuttlebug with a different snowflake embossing folder.  I can't find this one on the Provocrafts site, it came in a set and it may be a discontinued set, as I don't see any of the ones in that set on their site.

I stamped the Merry Christmas sentiment with another QKR Stampede stamp with Memento Lady Bug Dew Drop Ink.

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you have enjoyed todays project.  Leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

Be sure to stop back tomorrow, I will be participating in the Christmas/Winter Design Team Blog Hop for The QKR Stampede Blog.  You won't want to miss any of the wonderful projects that the design team ladies have to show you.  You are sure to be inspired to make something wonderful too.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!