Friends That Scrap Challenges

I'm still working on Christmas photos but these are from this year! These two photos show the children listening as their mom reads the Christmas story to them from The Brick Bible story book. We give them a book that tells the Christmas story every year at Christmas. We look for something that will be fun and hold their interest as well as tell them why we celebrate Christmas. This year's book was a lego book - all characters were constructed from Lego blocks. It was very cute! My layout used the Wk. 18 sketch which I rotated and used border punches. My colors are monochromatic, I used sticker letters, and replaced the flowers with strip banners and journaling strips.

I also just completed the card for our weekly card challenge. These were the requirements and the sketch, then my card and what I used.

Use 2: square card, punches, chipboard
Use 3: monochromatic, black and white, an animal, ribbon or twine, bling, 2+ ink colors, something metal

For my card I used:
square card and border punches
black and white, twine and bling

This is a window card so the images are actually on the inside peeping through the window.

Meet Trinity Jeanne' Finley

She was born at 3:19 am Rwanda time (about 7:30 pm the day before our time) today, Jan. 27, weighing 2.2 kg (4.96 lbs.) and 17.5 inches long. We met Trinity via Skype just a few hours after her birth. She looks a lot like Tori (our daughter) did! I'm sure that Will is a very proud big brother although we haven't gotten to visit with him yet! Tori and Greg Skyped us about 12:30 am to give us the surprising and wonderful news. She came unexpectedly early - about 8 days - and Tori was only in labor about 3 hours...so it happened very quickly. We are so thankful to our Lord for His watch care over Tori and Trinity during this birth so very far away from us. And our joy is overflowing!!

I now have a new scrapbooking subject!! :-)

Challenge Layout and card for Week 16

I just couldn't wait to put these pictures of Todd and Cade on a scrapbook page...father (who is our son) and son (who is our grandson)!! Cade is our little guy who, at age 16 months, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes after ending up in the ER with a blood sugar of 1200. Scared us to death. But that was a year ago and we have all adjusted very well. Cade has the sweetest temperament and always (almost!!) has a ready smile. He gets pricked and injected at least 8 times a day yet is so sweet natured about it all. He does better than I do!
Anyway, Todd and Cade had gone for a jog to the park. Cade was in such a playful mood when they got home. He and Todd were sitting on the couch and I caught these pics of them! Cute, huh?

This layout was for the FTSSC weekly challenge. We had to use the sketch below. We also had to use 2 of the techniques so i used stitching and tearing. Then my 3 elements were a household item (the paper clip and the Santa playing card), an animal, and chipboard.

 

This is the card that I made for the same group's weekly card challenge. I used the following sketch, used stamping and border punch as my techniques, and my 3 elements were 'brown and a second color, chipboard and lace.

I also entered the card in Shelley's Images (Anything Goes). That's all I had time to link to this time.

Thank you for looking.

O Deer

Here's another Christmas 2010 layout. I'll finish this year eventually! Will is watching his BaBa set up the animated deer in the front yard. He was fascinated when the deer started moving their heads back and forth. We cherished every precious moment with him, knowing that he would soon be leaving for Africa with his parents who would be going to Rwanda on the mission field. After that, we will be lucky to see him once a year.

This layout was submitted in the ACOT January Trends and Techniques Shiny New Year challenge. The requirement was to use anything shiny and blingy on the layout. So the title letters and the Joy tag are both glittered, the deer both have diamond dust stickles on them, and there is bling scattered around the paper on the upper right corner. It was a fun layout to do.

Time to Inspire

I'm not very good at just journaling...sharing feelings...going deep on paper - or on my blog. But I was very touched by this challenge and by the life (albeit short) of this particular scrapbooker.

 I can't go back to my children's childhood and if I could there are a lot of things I think I'd do a little differently.

One of those things would be to take more pictures of me with them. I was so blessed to be able to stay at home with them (thank you my sweet husband) and chose to do so. I had my teaching degree and had been offered a teaching position, but I chose to postpone that dream until later to be able to spend more time with my children. But back then we were limited to cameras with film that had to be developed and was costly or to Polaroid 'instant' pictures that were even more expensive! So we were selective about the pictures that we took. In fact, it wasn't a spontaneous response to go grab the camera like it is today. Most pictures were taken at holidays (family standing in front of the tree - mom NOT included), or when grandparents visited, or on Easter Sunday with the Easter baskets. There were no timers on cameras and you couldn't see if the picture turned out or not, so you just took your chances. Oh how I wish I could go back and take a few more pictures of me with my two precious children. I spent a LOT of time with them playing, dancing, going to the museum, going on picnics, going on bike rides, doing art projects, playing games, cooking (Todd loved to cook - not Tori!), planting a garden, and on and on. But I don't think I have much physical proof of that - just the memories that they may have...and I pray they remember.

So I invite you to read Aleida's Challenge on Emilie's blog and be inspired by it.

I would also encourage you to go take a look at Aleida's blog post and browse around to catch a glimpse of a life cut short.

Then go out and make the most of yours!!

Bucket Bath

This was such a fun layout. Our grandson, who lives in Rwanda, Africa, loves to bathe in a bucket outside on the patio. Granted he is only 4 and things will probably change in the near future, but for the year and a half that they have lived there, that has been Will's 'bath of choice'!! This layout fits the requirements for the following challenges:
     Friends That Scrap Quad challenge - banners, twine or chevrons
     Scrapfit - layered embellishments (the title block has a minimum of 4 layers...cardstock, letters, washi tape, flair button, stick pin with tag, and rubber duckie
     Red Carpet - Anything Goes

The card qualifies for the Quad challenge as well.

Wk. 15 Layout for FTSSC and other challenges

This layout used the sketch below and the following techniques: fussy cutting, embossing, and distressing. It also used pastel colors, brackets, and a household item.

It has also been entered in the following challenges:
*Word Art Wednesday   "Anything Goes"
*Pink Elephant  "Anything Goes"
*Tuesday Alchemy  "Hopes/Dreams &/or Resolutions"
*Pin and Tack  "Anything Goes"
*Lasting Memories  "Inspired by a book/ quote/ story/etc."
*Colorful Creations "Inspired Challenge"
*Use Your Stuff    "Circle Game"

Thinking of You card

This card uses the Friends That Scrap Wk. 15 sketch and qualifies for our group's weekly Quad challenge to use chevrons, banners and twine. I rotated the sketch. My two techniques were edge punching and stamping (the sentiment.) Then I also used eyelets, ribbon (yellow), 4+ patterned paper and a bug. I made this card to give to a friend of mine who has had a family member die.

Bugaboo Anything Goes Challenge

I made this card using Bugaboo's Little Penguin Winter. I added the sentiment myself.

3rd Colorful Creations Challenge Layout

This layout is for the Colorful Creations Say It With Words Challenge. The word to be used is 'blessed'. The pictures on this layout are of friends and family members who attended our Christmas Celebration pageant. Tori (our daughter) and Teri (our adopted daughter) were both there. Clint's brother James, our nephew Corey and wife Megan and daughter Avery came from Arlington. My friend Rhonda was also in the choir. And our sweet friends The Haynes Sisters were the featured vocalists for the presentation. Our friends and family are such a blessing!

Another Colorful Creations and an ACOT challenge

This layout is for Colorful Creations 'Anything Goes' challenge and uses the Becky Fletch sketch for ACOT's first 2013 sketch challenge.

First layout and first card for 2013!

This double page layout is for the Friends That Scrap FTSSC weekly challenge. We are now on week 14 and 12 of us are still in the challenge. For this challenge, we had to use the sketch below. I used distressing and misting as my techniques. My embellishments include a metal tree charm on the tag, lace, and tags.

I entered the first half of this layout in the Colorful Creations For the Boys challenge. For this one we had to use blue, a star, bling, and 3 brads.

Last, I entered the card below in the Friends that Scrap Card Challenge. It is also week 14 in that challenge and I am 1 of 4 left in that one. The sketch we had to use is below. My one technique is 'black and white'. The 3 embellishments I used arepunches, 3+ patterned paper, and striped paper. This card is also entered in Shelley's Images' Anything Goes challenge. The card shows up with a blue tint, but it truly is black and white!!