Bedroom Artwork

   I know today is Monday and you are probably here for the latest sketch reveal for Scrapbook Challenges but due to technical problems the post for last week never went live, so it will be today and this week's will be revealed this Saturday for National Scrapbook Day. If you want to see my project again click here.
Over the last month and a half I have been busy redoing my bedroom. Last week I completed it. I had finished all the artwork and hung it up.  Some of this work I am about to share with you might look familiar. I shared the burlap piece last year and the mason jar lids two years ago. I just never hung it up because I never painted my room since I moved into it two years ago.
    I knew I wanted to have the quote "I love you a bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck". It holds a lot of meaning to me. Every night, when I was a little girl my jido (grandpa) said that to my brother and I and we replied back with the same quote. When I saw this challenge from my friend Kelly I knew I need to stop putting this off so I cold enter it.

 Here are some closeups.

I used a project life card to create this canvas.  

 This one I covered the canvas with fabric, added vinyl sentiment and painted over the with paint I had leftover from my desk. While it was still wet I removed the vinyl. After it dried I outlined the words with a waterdown black paint. I 

 This one was so fun to do. I did the same steps as the previous canvas but this was done on a dollar store tray and painted with chalkboard paint. 

This canvas I went a little wild. I had fun with gelato, stamps, maks, spray inks and modeling paste on this. 

 This was the first canvas I made for my room. I printed a photos on to photo transfer paper and ironed it onto the canvas. It took a couple of tries but I love how it came out, even it there are cracks in it. I think it makes it look like it was hand painted. 

This I always had in my room but never hung up until last week. 

 Here all those mason jar lids. I need to make more of these so I can changed them out through the seasons. 

I couldn't do all the pieces and not have one of Buster. I the photo transfer technique on this too but embellished is with a washi tape and gelato.   

Here is my desk and clock. I am loving this color. It is my all time favorite color right now. The walls came out great too. I love the white border between the two colors. It looks like a piece of trim was attached to the walls. 

Thanks dropping by and I hope you enjoyed a small tour of my bedroom. 

Scrappy Milestone

Friday a scrappy sketch site celebrated their birthday. I ended up decorating a apple coffee cake muffin for the occasion.

Happy Birthday Creative Scrappers. Keep those awesome sketches coming.

Super Mom Card

Buster came home Monday at noon. He was still groggy from the anesthesia but never fell asleep until about nighttime. Me on the other hand had to take a nap in the afternoon. I was exhausted because I only had four hours of sleep and was worried about Buster. He is just has two vet visits this week to flush out the ears and then the stitches are being removed in 13 days. I am sure if Buster could count he would be doing a countdown so he wear the e-collar. 

Today, I am going to share a card I made for the current challenge for the monthly challenge my friend Kelly co-hosts.Also, I am entering it into the handwriting challenge on the Moxie Fab World's blog. The challenge is to use a quote. When I saw this quote on Pinterest  I knew I had to use it on my mom's Mother's Day card. Follow me in Pinterest to see my latest inspiration. 

                                             

Here is the card.

Supplies: cardstock: (The Paper Studio), pattern paper (Fancy Pants Designs and Crate Paper), twine (Timeless Twine), stickers (Jillibean Soup, American Crafts, Lily Bee Designs, Studio Calico and (?), sewing templates (American Crafts), doily (DoodleBug Designs), sequins (Hobby Lobby), and punches (EK Success)

I am sure my mom is going to get a little teary eye when she reads this. I am good with that as long it is not me doing the watery eye bit. Tears and my eyes don't mix. In other words if I do my eyes will be stinging for the rest of the day. 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope I got you thinking about your Mother's Day cards that need to be made.

Buster & Layout Sketch = Card Reveal

Today is a day of pet prayers in this family. At 8 this morning our beloved 13 year old dog, Buster, went to the vet for his second ear laser surgery in the last 13 months. Last year, he had 50% of both of his ear canals removed due to growths. This month the vet said he should have another surgery to burn the new growths but the canals won't shortened anymore. We are hoping everything will go as plan and he will be back home later this afternoon.  

Now onto, the layout week's of this week's sketch over at Scrapbook Challenges.

 However, this week I didn't make a layout but used the sketch for a card. It is a Mother's Day card that is for my dad to give to my mom. 

Supplies: cardstock (The Paper Studio), pattern paper (Studio Calico and Crate Paper), tags (SEI), twine  (My Mind's Eye), sequins (Hobby Lobby), stamps (The Paper Company),embossing folder (American Crafts), stickers (October Afternoon), ink (Stampabilities and Prima), punches (EK Success), electronic die cutter, cartridge and software (Provo Craft), brad (SEI), gelato (Faber-Castell),doily (Hobby Lobby) and wood veneers (I got them from a friend who cut them out)

I just recently purchased a 1" circle punch so now I can make the envelope seals faster. Before I had to mess with my Cricut to cut that size on a scrap of matching pattern paper and it it is a pain when you only have that one small piece leftover.  

Be sure to stop by and see the full reveal. If you like this post please leave some love. I love reading your comments.

A Game of Simon

This is the second Wednesday of the month and that means it is time for another fun challenge over at Child's Play Challenges. This round has to do with the memory game Simon, which I never played but had other versions like Henry and Bop It. 

This game inspire me to use the game's pie shape design on this layout. I have been wanting to do a pie chart on a layout  for awhile now. I am glad this challenge came around or this would still be sitting on my someday soon to do list. 

Supplies: pattern paper (Glitz Designs), diecuts (Chic Tags and Basic Grey), stickers (American Crafts), twine (Timeless Twine), stitch template (American Crafts), flair (Zappy Dots), doily, sequins (Studio Calico and Hobby Lobby), ink (Stampabilities) and stamp (K & Co.)

This page came together within an hour but it took almost 2 hours to complete the title. Yes, you read that right. I did the stitching with twine and by hand. I am sure it would have gone faster if I didn't start it when I was half asleep at 2a.m.

 Right now, I am loving the these premade tags that Chic Tags and Elle's Studio makes.

Thanks for stopping by and I promise more posts will be posted this week. Be sure to see the full design team reveal at CPC. 

Chaos and Sketch Reveal

I can't believe it has been two weeks since I did any paper crafting and that long since I blogged. I took a little hiatus due to the fact I have been in spring cleaning mode. I have painted 2 ceilings, 2 bedrooms, 1 closet, 1 desk, 1 clock and touch-up some walls. I am currently redecorating my bedroom. I can't forget about the trim I need to still do. After that I want to redo my bath.  I am still not sure what I want to do in there. All I know the blue/gray has to go. Today, though I am taking a decorating break because today is my birthday.
Anyway, here is the newest sketch reveal over at Scrapbook Challenges.

 This pages came together very quick. I think it was done within an hour.

Supplies: cardstock (The Paper Studio), pattern paper (American Crafts and Studio Calico), stickers (American Crafts, Jillibean Soup and Simple Stories), chipboard (Um Wow Studio and My Mind's Eye), wood veneers (Studio Calico), twine (Timeless Twine), floss, stitch template (American crafts), 

 This is actually the first time I use the stitching template with embroidery floss.

 I love mixing fonts for the titles.

Thanks for stopping by here and be sure to stop my SBC to see the full reveal and link up your take on this sketch for guest design spot and a prize.

Mother Goose Challenge

Today is the start of the second challenge over at Child's Play Challenge. The theme is Mother Goose, for me this was a hard challenge.

I searched online for a rhyme to inspired me. I ended up finding one entitled winter. This reminded me of a photo I took years ago at the historical society at their Christmas open house. I also use the the same color palette on my page as the book has. 

Supplies: cardstock (The Paper Studio), pattern paper ( Fancy Pants Designs, American Crafts, Pink Paislee and Studio Calico), mist (Ranger), twine (Timeless Twine), stitching template (American crafts), wood veneer (Target), doily (Hobby Lobby), gold pen (Faber-Castel), and electronic die cutter and cartridge (Provo Craft).

This page came together very fast. The journaling is kind of snarky if you live in Okemos. The day I made this page I heard on TV the top 10+ tourist spot here and this was #1. It was funny to me since this historical village is small and half of the places are closed when you go there. The other places on that list were very sad. If you see the list it would make you never want to stop here to visit. LOL 

Thank for stopping by and hope you have a great day.

God Bless. 

Sketch 384- Did You Say Smile?

It is Monday and that means another sketch reveal over at Scrapbook Challenges. Sketch #384 is one of my favorites at first but it soon turned to be a hard to complete I also incorporated one of the added Scrapbook Challenges challenge, I used gold on my page.

The reason was the triangles weren't cutting it for me. I ended up changing them out for a chevron mask, chipboard and wood veneers.

Supplies: cardstock (The Paper Studio), pattern paper (Studio Calico), stickers (American Crafts and Simple Stories), wood veneers ( Studio Calico and Freckled Fawn), flair (Studio Calico), tag (Elle's Studio) chipboard (Um Wow Studio), gelato (Faber-Castell), modeling paste (Liquidex), mask (Studio Calico), chalk inks (Stampabilities and Quick Quotes), stamp (Jenni Bowlin Mercantile) sewing machine and black thread 

I smeared a gold gelato on the background paper, added some modeling paste, inks, chipboards and veneers to my trouble area. I love the interest it added to my dead space.  

 This photo was taken 20+ years ago of my Jido. He knew he was getting his photo taken so he acted like a nut and did this face. That was the king of man he was. He didn't care how he looked or acted but had a super big heart that made you love him.

Be sure to play along this month at Scrapbook Challenges for the chance at winning the Freckled Fawn prize and a guest design team spot for the month of April.

Two Late Reveals

If you here for the Scrapbook Generation blog hop click here.
The last two Scrapbook Challenges reveals got overlooked when it came time of posting them here. Today, I am going to share the details of  them.
Sketch #382

Supplies: cardstock (The Paper Studio), pattern paper (Pink Paislee, Heidi Swapp and My Mind's Eye), tags (Elle's Studio, Bo Bunny and Pink Paislee), Chipboard (Bo Bunny),cording (Crafty Steals), project life card (American Crafts), sequins (Treehouse Company), twine: (Timeless Twine),wood veneer (Studio Calico and Target), doily (DoodleBug Design), washi tape (American Crafts), sewing machine, black thread, electronic die cutter and cartridge (Provo Craft), ink (Stampabilities), stamp (K & Co.) and envelope (?)

I ended up flipping the arrow on the sketch so it pointed at the photo instead of off the page.
This page I did was to document my first experience being apart of a scrappy Secret Santa that some online friends do every year. It was very fun and I love that it is a mystery. I love a good mystery. I did guess who it was. I remember it came on a day I needed a little happy thing because my family and I were worried over Buster. He was fine now but never figured out what was really wrong.
The next page is based on sketch #383

On this page I used almost a whole package of the dimensional stickers from Bo Bunny.

Supplies: cardstock (The Paper Studio), pattern paper (Echo Park), washi tape (Scotch Expressions) modeling paste (Liquitex), mack (Studio Calico), ink (Quick Quotes), stickers (Bo Bunny) twine (Timeless Twine) and border punch (EK Success)

I  love adding twirled twine to the top of a banner. It grounds it to the page so it doesn't look like it is floating.

When I did the masking on this page I was too impatient to wait for the paste to dry so I used my heat embossing gun to speed up the process. It held in one spot long enough so the paste puffed up. The gives it a smooth finish. After this I ran my chalk ink across the top.

This page is entitled "Click" only reason is I couldn't think of any better title. Also, because my uncle is holding a camera. It is one of the few photos I have of my Jido and uncle together.

Create Challenge

The current card challenge on the Create blog is all about wood veneers. This is one trend I hope never goes away. I love these little pieces of wood. I really want to expand my collection but don't like paying regular price so I keep checking places like Tuesday Morning and Marshall's for them. Yes, I am still kicking myself for not getting them at Christmas when they were there.

Supplies: pattern paper (Fancy Pants Designs), diecuts Fancy Pants Designs and Basic Grey), mask (The Crafters Workshop), mist (Heidi Swapp), wood veneer (Studio Calico) pearls (Eyelet Outlet) and doily (Doodlebug Design).

When it was making this card I realized that it was starting to look a little too much like a Valentine card. I ended up adding the navy blue banner diecut to change the direction of it.
Thanks for stopping by.

Oh We Are So Sweet Together - Card

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I am so happy I got to play with the current challenge over at my friend,Heather, blog. Even, though I wasn't crazy over the colors in the color I thought it would be fun to do.  

This is my second card I made for this challenge. The first one might never see the light of day again. It was turning into a train wreck so I thought it was best to start over before the challenge beat me. 

Supplies: pattern paper (Fancy Pants Designs), sticker (American Crafts), chipboard (Crate Paper), transparency (Webster's Pages), tag (Elle's Studio), veneer (Studio Calico), sequins (?), doily (Sunny Side-up Bakery), card base (Studio G) washi (Target), twine (DoodleBug Design.) and ink (Prima)

I am so happy how this came out. I love the shape of it and the all the fun elements. I think my favorite element is the card base. I got them from my Secret Santa last year. The holes were already there but I wanted them to pop so I covered the inside with a solid paper.

SG Lovers Hop Ninth Stop

Welcome to the Scrapbook Generation Blog Hop for March, if this is your first stop, you might like to start at the Scrapbook Generation blog and then hop through each link.

 Lately, I have been working on photos of my Jido (grandpa) uncle and his family's trip of twenty years ago. They went sightseeing while at a Big Red 1 Infantry of WW II. Because I had a good amount of photos I decided to do a two page sketch from the Travel book. I love how this came out. It is simpler than my usual pages but it still has a big impact. 

Supplies: cardstock (American Crafts), pattern paper (October Afternoon and Studio Calico), stickers (American Crafts), mist (Studio calico), wood buttons, twine (Timeless Twine), border punch (EK Success) and stitch template (American Crafts) 

Here is a close up of the stitching.

You can find the SG sketches in their books and as downloads in the SG store, and there is a free one every month in case you wanted to try it out.

Next on the hop is Lori S., leave a comment on each blog and one lucky commenter will receive a free sketch bundle of their choice from the store. The winner will be drawn on Monday, March 10th, so you have one week to leave a comment.

In case you get lost at any point, here is the list all the blogs

Scrapbook Generation blog - http://scrapbookgeneration.blogspot.com/

Ruth - http://scrapmachine.com/

Louise- http://madeatnumber27.blogspot.com.au/

Tina Gale - http://tiggersscrapplace.blogspot.com

Steffanie - http://steffanies.blogspot.com/

Devra - http://mycreativeview.blogspot.com/

Melissa - http://www.scrappyjedi.com

Lori - http://savingmine.blogspot.com/

Mandi - http://www.mjskraze.blogspot.com/   <<<< You are here

Lori S - http://loriannie670.blogspot.com

Cassie - http://allsmilesandsunshine.blogspot.com/

Brenda - http://granddivasscrappyplace.blogspot.com/

Katy - http://www.scrappinkaty.blogspot.com

Stephanie - http://craftyholidaygirl.blogspot.com