Inspiration Elevator Challenge #6

You may recall from last month's challenge that the purpose of this challenge group was to take our scrapbooking to the next level, to stretch our creative process and to grow as artists by embracing challenges that make us think, work and grow. We love to have new faces join us on our journey and this month we welcome a new guest designer to join us.  Please join me in welcoming Denise Morrison. Denise's blog is aptly name "Life is Yummy" and so is her art!

This month our challenger was the very talented Ann Jobes. Her challenge to us is as follows:

This month's challenge is a journalling prompt. I realize some of us do not journal much on our pages, and if we're truthful, we mostly scrapbook for ourselves - it gives us joy, a creative outlet, etc. But we do hope that someone is going to page through these albums sometime in the future, right? For this month's challenge, I'd like you to think about some of those values or beliefs that are important to you.

There is no "right way" to do this. Spend some time thinking about this. It's your chance to share with future generations something that is important to you and makes you who you are. Take some time to collect some verses, quotes or sayings that speak to your soul. Choose one that you think is a "life verse" - something that really communicates the essence of you.

Use whatever photo(s) you think will suit your message. Enjoy putting a meaningful page together using your favourite techniques, style, papers - whatever makes it "you".

I know this is going to be difficult. I'm asking you to reverse your process and put the message first when we so often put our message/journalling last, as an afterthought, if at all.

When I took some time to think about this challenge and what it meant to me, I looked through quite a few quotes and wrote a few of my favorite ones down:

1. Be Yourself. Who else is better qualified?
2. You'll never miss the water 'til the well runs dry.
3. I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.
4. Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.- Henry Thoreau

In the end, I knew I wanted to do something with honesty, it means so much to me, so I chose this quote by Danielle Radcliffe:

"I think honesty is the most heroic quality one can aspire to."

For my layout, I chose to use a photo of myself, that Sierra took of me Homecoming weekend.
I used Little Yellow Bicycle's Paradise line. I added some ink to my white doilies and also Glimmer Mist splashes to keep my page flowing:

Here are a few close-ups:

 I hope you will stop by and see what the designers on this adventure have created:

Ann Jobes

Cathy Harper

Sue Sykes

Lisa Spiegel

Joanne Burton
Christa Uttley

Laura Whitaker 
 Audrey Yeager
 Lisa Moen
Laurel Seabrook
Guest Designer, Denise Morrison

 We would love to see what you are inspired to create. Add your comment below with a link, I will be sure to drop by and say hello.

 

Winner!

Sorry it has taken me a few extra days to announce my winner of the Winter Wonderland buttons  from the My Scraps & More blog hop, but I just spent the weekend shopping with some friends from high school and boy, did we have fun catching up and spending money:)

The winner of the buttons is:

 Karen AKA Soccerboyzmom said...

Darling Christmas Cards and love the sketches you used. I am already a follower and let me tell you that you rocked these Christmas Cards.

Congrats Karen and please send me your address!

Thanks everyone for hopping along and for your sweet comments!

My Scraps & More Blog Hop

Welcome to My Scraps & More's World Card Making Day Blog Hop!
All of the design team members have created beautiful cards to inspire you. They each worked with a different 6x6 paper pad to show how easy they make card creating. As you hop through the blogs, make sure that you leave some love on each members site. After you have seen all of their wonderful work, go back to the My Scraps blog here for your chance to win these paper pads of your own...

 

For your chance to win simply become a follower of the My Scraps & More blog AND leave a comment on each blog as you hop along.(We would love for you to become a follower of our Facebook page as well but it is not required) The hop will run through October 10th with a winner to be announced shortly thereafter.

Let's get hopping... Your first stop is Tammi's blog. If you ever lose your way, below is the order of the hop... Enjoy!!

                                                                        Tammi
                                                                         Tracy
                                                             Lisa YOU ARE HERE!
                                                                         Missy
                                                                         Jenny
                                                                        Audrey
                                                                        Wendi
                                                             My Scraps & More

I had the pleasure of working with the My Minds Eye Winter Wonderland 6x6 Designer Paper Pad.

 I combined these gorgeous papers and PageMaps card sketches to create my cards.
I am a huge fan of My Mind's Eye! I love the colors and patterns and couldn't wait to get started on my Christmas cards!

My scrappy friend, Bev, gave me a heat embossing tool and some embossing powder this summer and I finally had a chance to play with it. I used the above 6x6 paper pad along with the snowflake stamps from the My Mind's Eye Winter Wonderland Acrylic Stamps and heat embossed the snowflakes on my scalloped circle. I added an inked tag from the Winter Wonderland "Tags" Paper, a snowflake button from the Winter Wonderland Button Collection  and tied it all together with the Winter Wonderland twine.
Here is the sketch:

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For my second card I used the same paper pad and added the "Presents Under The Tree" tag along with some red ric-rac.

Here is the sketch:

 

 

 

For my third card I used the same paper pad. The "May You Have Peace & Joy This Holiday Season"  tag and row of houses at the bottom of my card are both included in the paper pad.

I also added a button and twine from the Winter Wonderland Collection and a piece of red ric-rac from my stash. I also used a Kreaxions 4 In 1 Punch for my borders.

Here is the sketch:

 

 

 

This collection was so much fun to play with and I have lots of 6x6 papers left in this pad to make more Christmas cards with!

 

I will be giving away these cute Winter Wonderland Buttons to one lucky person who leaves me a comment and is a follower of my blog.

 

 

Thanks so much for hopping along with us today!! I hope that we inspired you in some small way to create something special today!

Now you are off to Missy's blog to see her fabulous creations!

A New Sketch!

Tammi posted a new sketch by Kristine Davidson up on the My Scraps & More Blog today! This sketch is fabulous, but Kristine's always are!
I had a chance to play with it this weekend, along with a few other design team members.

Here is the sketch:

and here is my take on it:

Tammi is giving away an awesome prize for only lucky winner that participates. Hope you will play along with us!

A Little Counrty Boutique

Happy Thursday!!
Just wanted to share my design team projects for My Scraps & More using the lovely line Tammi sent us this month, Country Boutique by Fancy Pants Design.
Now, I have to admit, I wasn't exactly thrilled when I saw this line, I really enjoy more color. But, I thought, I can do this and was thinking wedding photos would go perfect. So I made a wedding card and that's where it all began, I fell in love with it!

Then, I decided to go out of my box and use it for a birthday layout:

And lastly, I used it for a photo frame and added a picture of my husband and kids in front of Ray Nitschke Field, where the Packers hold training camp:

Note: See the hearts in the layout above, they were fussy cut  from the back of the white washed paper I used on my frame, I just backed the holes with another patterned paper.

I used a tutorial by my friend, Ann, for my flowers:

Thanks for sharing your day with me!
Happy Scrappin'!

MSW September Card Sketch

Happy Sunday!
Yesterday was the 15th of the month, do you know what that means? I get paid, lol! No, every 15th of the month, Lucy Chesna releases a new card sketch at My Sketch World!
This month's sketch is awesome! I love the banners on it!
Here is Lucy's sketch:

and here is my card:

 

If you have time to play with this sketch, I would love to see it! Please leave me a link and I would love to visit your blog.

 

Have a wonderful day and keep scrappin'!

 

 

Inspiration Elevator

You may recall from last month's challenge that the purpose of this challenge group was to take our scrapbooking to the next level, to stretch our creative process and to grow as artists by embracing challenges that make us think, work and grow. 

This month our challenger was the very talented Laurel Seabrook. Laurel loves flea markets and garage sales and would love to incorporate more of those items into her art. In fact, we have invited a valued guest designer to join us this month; her name is Christy Riopel. We welcome, Christy from her regular writing and creating job at Canadian Scrapbooker magazine.

Here's a bit of what Laurel had to say in her challenge this month.

"I love going to garage sales, flea markets and thrift shops to find fun items for me to upcycle into something else either for my own home or to give as a gift. I also love just to pick up some old things that appear to have some sort of story to them. I love the shabbiness of old, worn items and the warm comforting feeling they evoke.

My challenge for you is to scrap an old photo/photos. Not only that I want you to incorporate something that is not normally a scrapping item, upcycle/recycle something to include on your layout. Vintage is definitely not my style when it comes to paper crafting. I like clean and simple so this will be a challenge for me."

For my layout I used a photo of my Grandmother holding my Mom.
When I think of vintage, I think of doilies and books, so I added an antique looking doily. Years ago, my husbands home town library had a book sale while we were visiting. I bought an old book just for using to scrap, so I added a page to my layout. The flowered photo mat beneath part of my photo is from an older package of Prima. I love recycling and I know I should do it more often while scrapping.
I used Echo Park This & That Collection and I also used a Kreaxions 3 in 1 Punch #905 for my border.
Here is my layout:

 

and a close up:

I hope you will stop by and see what the other designers on this adventure have created:

Laurel Seabrook

Cathy Harper

Sue Sykes

Lisa Spiegel

Joanne Burton

Ann Jobes

Christa Uttley

Laura Whitaker 
 Audrey Yeager
 Lisa Moen
Guest Designer, Christy Riopel 

 We would love to see what you are inspired to create. Add your comment below with a link, I will be sure to drop by and say hello.

Happy Wednesday!

Hello and happy Wednesday!
The Back 2 School crop is still going on at the message board at My Scraps & More. There are 20 challenges and great prizes to win!
This was one of my layouts I created for a challenge over there. I used the Birthday Boy Mini Kit from Echo Park. The colors in this kit are fabulous, so bright and cheerful, perfect for the birthday boy!

I took 3 of the gift stickers, adhered them to cardstock and then tied twine around them to give the some dimension. I also printed my title and the $100 bill from my computer.

Thanks for stopping by and sharing your day with me! Keep scrapping!

My Scraps & More Post

Hello and happy Thursday! Just wanted to share a layout I made with the My Minds Eye Miss Caroline Collection. This collection is gorgeous, but which of there lines isn't? Can you tell, I'm a fan!?
This is a pic of some of my redneck family taking a ride in the back of the pickup truck while spending the weekend at my sisters cabin. We had a fun weekend, but it was warm!

Here is my layout:

We have a Back To School Crop starting this weekend on the message board.

Hope you'll join us for some fun and inspiration!

Have a great day!

~~~LISA~~~

A Just Imagine Layout

Hello and thanks for stopping by and sharing your day with me!
Just wanted to share a layout I posted on the Just Imagine Blog yesterday. I created this layout with a photo of Austin  when he was in the NICU. I used the Circle Cutter for my circle, this tool sure makes circle cutting a breeze! No more digging out my bowls and lids :) I used the Kreaxions punch # 905 with no insert for the border. Then I took the negative piece, or fall away piece and used the opposite side of the patterned paper and added it to the top of the border. Looks like I used 2 different punches, but I didn't!


Hope you are enjoying your Labor Day weekend!
Lisa