First Catch

We had a wonderful time at Donner Lake on the 4th! My grandson saw some of our friends fishing off of the dock and he wanted to try. You know what they say about beginners luck, well, he reeled in a pretty good fish for his first try!

I am entering this layout into the challenge at Once upon a Sketch

I distressed the "discover" by distressing the edges, then crumpling it up and inking it. The fishing pole was cut at 5 1/4" with Everyday Paper Dolls Cricut cartridge.

I sprayed the layout with walnut spray ink by Tsukineko, although I am not at all happy with the results. I think maybe I was was to heavy handed. The fish was cut at 5" with Everyday Paper Dolls Cricut cartridge. I popped it up with pop dots for some dimension. I used a couple of really small dots of glossy accents to hold the fishing line down in a couple of places.

A couple more fishes cut at 4 1/2" and 5" with the same cartridge. I, again, used pop dots on one of them.

Here is the sketch we were to use:

Supplies used: Patterned papers - 24th St. Market by My Minds Eye, Go Jump In A Lake and Journaling Cards in Mr. Campy by Cosmo Cricket; alphabet stickers - Blitzen by Basic Grey; chipboard alphabet - Bazzil Wings in Brown; String - my stash; Walnut Spray Ink by Tsukineko; Everyday Paper Dolls Cricut cartridge; Pop Dots

Thanks for taking a peek!

Hang In There

I hope all of you had a great weekend! We finally finished the landscaping in our backyard this weekend, so I am very Happy! We also got a little swim time in with the grandkids, so that was a lot of fun!

My post for today is a card I made for the most recent challenge at Whimsical Wednesday. For the challenge this week we are to make get well cards for a fellow bloggers grandson. Margie, from Bella Bug Creations, grandson, Angelo, (he is fifteen months old) is going through a very difficult time right now. Angelo underwent brain surgery last week to remove a brain tumor, and will begin chemotherapy. We all hope that this will bring a little cheer to him and his family.

Supplies used: cardstock - white, two shades of purple, green; patterned paper- splendid in happy go lucky by Pebbles; font - Mellow; pen - American Crafts; ribbon - Doodley-doo Boy by SEI; Dinosaur cut at 3" with Create A Critter Cricut cartridge and Skateboard cut at 3 1/4" with Everyday paper Dolls Cricut cartridge

Happy Monday All!

Joy & Wonder

Today I am celebrating Christmas in July with a card I created for two challenges, Celebrate the Occasion and Card Patterns.

I took a couple of close up pics of the snowflakes so you could see that they are sparkly!

For the challenge at Celebrate The Occasion the theme this week is "Christmas in July (no red)", and for Card Patterns you were to use sketch #122:

Supplies used: cardstock - kraft, cream; patterned paper - Snowed In/Wintermint in Fruitcake by Basic Grey; snowflakes - Scrapbook Studios; ink - brown by Inkadinkado; fonts - Snell Bd BT and Eye glass Normal; ribbon - my stash; border punch - EK Success; Pop Dots

Hope everyone has a relaxing and fun weekend!

4th of July Parade

I hope everyone had a happy and safe 4th! We had a lot of fun on the 4th. Our friends have a home on Donner Lake and we spent the evening there. My grandson reeled in his first fish (LO to come). We took my kids and my grandkids out on our boat to see the fireworks that they shoot off over the lake. As always they were simply fantastic!

This is a layout of my grandson Jeff with his cousin Max and his friend Gordon watching the 4th of July parade. I am entering it into two challenges, My Sheri Crafts and Creative Scrappers.

I made some rosettes and did a little doodling.

For the challenge at My Sheri Crafts the theme is Independce Day or Canada Day and for Creative Scrappers you were to use this sketch:

Supplies used: cardstock - kraft, light blue and white; patterned papers from Firecracker Collection by Sweetwater; chipboard letters - Roller Rink Thickers by American Crafts; Scribbles Doodling Templates by Sweetwater; diamonds cut at 3 1/2" with George and Basic Shapes Cricut cartridge; accent6 cut at 2 1/4" with Accent Essentials Cricut cartridge; stamp - dollar bin at JoAnn's; Pop Dots.

USA

My second post today is a 4th of July card I made for several challenges Mojo Monday, Celebrate The Occasion and Wacky Wednesday.

I made the rosette with my Tim Holtz rosette die cut.

It was hard to see in the photo of the card, so I tried to get close up, but the white paper is embossed with the stars Cuttlebug embossing folder.

For the Mojo Monday challenge you were to use this sketch:

For Celebrate The Occasion the theme this week is "4th of July (red, white and blue) and for Wacky Wednesday this week's theme is.... you guessed it Red, White & Blue!!

Supplies used: cardstock - red, white and blue; patterned paper - Firecracker paper collection by Sweetwater; stars embossing folder by Cuttlebug; Rosette paper die - Tim Holtz Alterations by Sizzix; Glubers - Cosmo Cricket; fabric - JoAnn's; stickers - Est. 1776 by Reminisce.

Enjoy your 4th of July!!!

Saltwater

Boy it is hot here in Reno today! We took my grandson to see Cars 2 and enjoyed he air conditioning in the movie theater. He loved it!! He has been addicted to the first Cars movie so we knew it would be a given that he liked this one. Have to say it was pretty cute!

Today I have a layout that I made for my album of our Monterey trip. I was hoping to enter it into the challenge at Twisted Sketches but all day yesterday and so far today I have been unable to get to their website.

For the challenge you were to use the sketch provided and the twist this week was "water".

I added some shells and things that I collected at the beach.

I made these rosettes with my Tim Holtz Sizzix die (thanks Mom for the Big Shot machine).

Supplies used: cardstock - light grey; patterned paper - Seashells and Palm Fronds from Just Beachy by TPC Studio; font - Bathing Cap; chipboard letters - Licorice by Cosmo Cricket; journaling sticker - Cherry Hill by October Afternoon; paper rosettes die - Tim Holtz Alterations by Sizzix; Glubers - Cosmo Cricket; Pop Dots; shells and findings from the beach.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend everyone!!!