Card Making Marathon

Well, let me first say that I have been having a great time; I had a card making marathon. Each night I played until about 2:00. I was tired the next morning, but what's a lack of sleep, when I can get a few hours of uninterrupted scrapping time. I got cards done that for February and March birthdays, and one encouragement.

Sweet and Cherished

Because I love doing "girly" layouts, I sometimes have to borrow pictures of other people's daughters. This is one such case; I was scrapbooking some photos for an album and in the pictures was a great picture of their daughter. I thought the layout was just perfect, so I asked if I could post it. I had so much fun playing with the beautiful papers and flowers. Somehow, I don't think my son would have been pleased to see his picture on a layout like this, lol.
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Valentine - 2S4Y for Feb. 9th

I wanted to make a special Valentine's card for the special person in my life, my wonderful son, and when I saw the 2S4U sketch for this week, I knew I wanted to use it for my special card. There's lots of texture on this card because I used the CuttleBug hearts and swiss dots embossing folders. I also added foam dots in between layers, so that the card would POP.
Once again, I had a great time playing along with 2S4U this week.
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Different Ocassions

I just felt like making cards this evening, so that's what I did; after helping out with science homework, of course. I knew I needed to make a baby card and I needed to make a couple of cards for the LSS store, where I'm a DT member.
WOW, this was great therapy.
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Life is Good - 2S4Y #19

Well, it's week 5 and I'm still keeping up with the sketches from Laura and Kazan, over at 2Sketches4You. The sketch this week is great and I was in the mood for a card with a big bright flower. What better color than yellow, because although it's still winter, the weather has been absolutely gorgeous this week, very bright and sunny.
Here's my take on the sketch.
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2S4Y Challenge #19

Well, I'm 4 for 4. I am meeting my goal this year, participating in the 2S4Y challenge each week. The sketch for this week was absolutely fabulous, here's what it looked like:




Here's my interpretation of the sketch:

Feeling Relieved Birthday Card

I am finally back to doing what I love and being able to do it as often as I like. I took a break for a while to do some much needed studying for a class, but that's behind me now and I am ready to make-up hours of lost scrapbooking and cardmaking time. Here's my first one. I assure you, there will be more to follow.
Enjoy and thanks for stopping by.

Very Feminie Birthday - 2S4Y Sketch #18

I took some time today to play along with 2S4Y. Here is my take on Kazan's sketch #18. The sketch was fantastic and I enjoyed playing along.
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Karen

Birthday Card Fever

This studying is really giving me card-making fever. I took a break today and made another birthday card. This is paper from my paper stash, so I'm doing really well with my quest not to buy patterned paper. Don't know how long I will be able to keep it up, but I'm working on it.
Thanks for stopping by; hope you'll visit again soon.
Karen

Taking A Reprieve

Tonight I decided to take a reprieve from studying to make some cards. I felt like I was feeding an addiction, because I had been looking at all of my toys, but knew I needed to study. Well, there will be time to study tomorrow and I'll feel better about it because I've had such a great time tonight.
I hope you enjoy my creations.
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Birthday Flowers - 2S4Y Laura's Sketch #17

Here's a birthday card I made based on the 2S4Y sketch for this week, from Laura. I needed to make some birthday cards, so it was fun combining the sketch and my to-do list.

I used my Cricut and Cuttlebug and of course, I couldn't resist using ribbon and bling.

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Missing U

I made this card for my twin brother who's over in Iraq and I am missing him very much. He wasn't able to come home for Christmas, so I thought I'd send him a card.

I am getting the year off to a great start, with my 2nd card challenge. This is for the 2S4Y Bonus Sketch. I had so much fun with this card and I think my brother will really enjoy it. I used some paper that I already had, since one of my goals for the new year is to stop buying patterned paper and stock-piling it.

Here is the 2S4Y Bonus Sketch by Katie Anderson:

Happy 2009 - (2S4Y) Sketch #16

I enjoy visiting the 2S4Y site every Monday, to view the latest challenge. So, I thought I'd start the year off by participating in one of them; something I had on my to-do list for last year, but 2008 has come and gone.

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Fashion Blog Award - thank you

My girlfriend, Velma, sent me "A Fabulous Blog Award"; oooh, I love it. It was like getting a present, and I love presents. I also love looking at Velma's creations on her blog site, take a look: http://www.n2scrapn4fun.blogspot.com/ The rules for this award are simple… I have to list 5 addictions and name 5 more Fabulous Blogs... Here they are.

I am addictied to:

1. Scrapbooking, which also includes card making and paper crafting.
2. Buying patterned paper. I have tried kicking this habit, but I think I need a 12-step program. Does someone make a patch for this? I fall off the wagon each time I walk into my LSS.
3. Buying Ribbon; oh my gosh, I would be embarrassed for anyone to know how many spools of ribbon I have. Lots of spools have never been used, but you know, I may need it one night at midnight, so better to buy it just in case.
4. Hanging out with my son and sneaking in some great pictures, when he's not looking.
5. Reading a good book or my Cards magazine from Northridge Media. I am like a kid at Christmas each month, when I go to the mailbox and find that I have a new magazine.
   

Five blogs that I enjoy looking at are:

1. http://herebygrace.typepad.com/here_by_grace
2. http://hallmarkladybugs.blogspot.com/
3. http://teriberi2.blogspot.com/
4. http://anabelleom.blogspot.com/
5. http://kreatewithme2.blogspot.com/
   

Beautiful

I have titled this layout "Beautiful" and that's exactly what it is. It's a beautiful layout, featuring my beautiful godchild, Alexandria. I always enjoy the opportunity to work on girly layouts.

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Dragonflies for Baby Shower

Here's a baby shower invitation and shower gift register book I made for a friends baby shower. The colors are pink and brown, but they aren't very clear in the pictures.

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Thinking of You

I know it's been a while since I've posted anything, but I decided to take a class this semester and it has occupied a good bit of time these last four months. I have taken the final exam and passed, now on to studying for the national certification exam. I will try to sneak some scrapbooking in, when I can.

Now that I've caught you up, here's a card I made for my girlfriend. She was going through some medical challenges and we were talking, praying and hoping that everything would be okay. I'm glad to report that it wasn't cancer, and the surgery was successful.

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Layouts for a Class

I love teaching scrapbooking and I generally like to do 4 layouts, a few cards and a paper crafting item in each class. Here are the layouts for a class I taught.

Enjoy

Pocket Invitation Tag

Need a baby shower invitation in brown and pink, with dragonflies and lady bugs; that was a request from one of my friends. The lady bugs through me for a loop because I couldn't see a red and black lady bug on a pink and brown invitation. As you can see, I stuck with the dragon fly.

Christmas is Coming

I had to prepare a couple of Christmas layouts to teach for Sunday Night Live at the store, where I'm on the design team. I had a great time making this layout and it was fun to look back at some old Christmas pictures; where did the time go.

My Strong Handsome Little Man

Here he is, "My Strong Handsome Little Man". This layout will be featured as the Layout of The Week next week at By Design Scrapbook Boutique, where I'm a design team member. The papers are wonderful and the embellishments were so much fun to work with.

Enjoy.

Newport Buddies

Josh and I vacationed this summer in Newport Beach with friends. The boys had a wonderful time, the adults did too; we were just exhausted when we got back. One of these days we'll take a relaxing vacation, but for now, there is too much to see and do and Josh is always determined to see and do it all.

Fall Cards

I picked up some beautiful fall papers at the store and went home to play. I used the paper for cards and layouts. The cards weren't for any special occasion; just wanted to play with my new paper. Take a look. I hope you enjoy.

Love this paper

Have you ever come across patterned paper and just feel in love with it? Well I did it with a new line from, Graphic 45. I saw the paper and thought, I have to create some layouts using the whole line, so I did. My son is the handsome gentlemen in these photographs.

Enjoy

Birthday #43

I made this card for my girlfriend's 43rd birthday. The card doesn't have a sentiment on the outside because it was too pretty for that. I told my girlfriend, you know what we're celebrating, so remember that when you look at your card. You can't tell from the pictures, but the brown designs on the paper are felt. When I saw the paper in the store, I immediately thought of the card I had to make for my scrappin partner in crime. It's not about the sentiment, it's all about the card design.

I was having such a good time with the card, that I decided to make a matching envelope and gift card box. Ooooh pretty.

October birthday

Wonderful October, the beginning of Fall and my favorite season of the year. Certain seasons bring about certain feelings. For me Fall is a cozy time, a time for turtleneck sweaters and good gumbo. It's also a time for beautiful shades of brown and pink. When I sat down to make an October birthday card, the weather was perfect, starting to cool down from the summer heat, and I was in a cozy mood. I had the perfect sheet of brown, pink and white patterned paper and I wanted to play up the colors. This was my creation.

Enjoy

Scrapbooking after Ike - Scrap Pink

Hi:

It's been a while since I've posted to my blog. My son and I were in a mandatory evacuation zip code for Hurricane Ike, so we packed up and went to my sister's house. We were there for a week because we had no electricity at our house. When we returned home, I immediately began preparing for Scrap Pink weekend at my LSS, By Design Scrapbook Boutique. I was very honored to be asked to participate in the weekend by designing a card and teaching during the Friday night session.

This is the card I designed.