Time To Watch LO for Stick It Down challenge

Good Morning and welcome to the 1st post of today. This month's double page challenge over at Stick It Down is this :

and this is the layout I created with it:

 This is a normal thing for us in the spring, especially when we start getting alot of rain. This year was no different and I added the pictures I took daily and my journaling for what was happening at the time :) This sketch was perfect for the layout. I used 5 pieces of pattern paper from my 100 pattern paper pile challenge and the matting of the photos was done with the brown dotted paper that was in my March counterfeit kit: Florally Whimsy

 My journaling

 close up shots of the layout

 I also used sequins from my May counterfeit kit: Geometric Beauty

Thanks for stopping by today and I look forward to seeing your creation with this fun sketch from Stick It Down

This Town layout for the Stick It Down double layout challenge

Good morning and welcome to the April Double Page challenge over at Stick It Down blog. For APRIL we're doing an collab with The Studio Challenges. Their challenge is use a song or lyric on your page.
The double page sketch this month is:

 

This is the layout I created with the sketch:

For the collab with The Studio Challenges. Challenge is use a song or lyric on your page, I used the song title for Niall Horan - This Town

I also used one of the lyrics from the song to start off my journaling
The Left side of the layout:

 The Right side of the layout:

Close up photos of the layout:

This was part of the Historical walk through Down Town Williamsport and I added the information about the stop to the layout.

 The title, I used that one red piece of pattern paper that was in my March counterfeit kit: Florally Whimsy for the triangles in the layout. I used an alpha that I found in my tote bag when I was at the crop in March.

 close up of the building. My only real embellishing was the rubons I used throughout the layout.

Thank you for stopping by today and I look forward to seeing what you created for this fun sketch from Stick It Down blog.

Steam Tractor Memory layout for Sketch N Scrap challenge

Good Morning and welcome to the 1st of April.

Happy Easter!

Today over at Sketch N Scrap we have this fun sketch to play with:

  

I flipped it side to side for my layout. Now I have the title on the opposite side of the layout:

I added an extra photo to the layout too. Love the layering on the sketch to include on my layout too. 

 My journaling I used a silver pen

 My title

and a close up of the photos. These are about the end of the pictures from this trip, just enough for one more layout. I used my current counterfeit kit:  Florally Whimsy and the background paper came from my 100 Pattern Paper pile.

Thank you for stopping by today and I look forward to seeing your creation for this fun sketch over at Sketch N Scrap. 

Happy Birthday-hat-Sketch N Scrap challenge

Good Morning and welcome to the last challenge of the month over at Sketch N Scrap. This is a card sketch challenge:

and this is the card I created:

 A birthday card for one of the granddaughter's birthday next month. This was a fun sketch to play with and made a fun card :) I was glad to use that one 6X6 paper in my counterfeit kit: Florally Whimsy and the card base came from a paper in my 100 Pattern Paper pile. The ribbon and the the hat were sitting on my craft desk waiting for a card to use them for :)

The inside of the card.
Thank you for stopping by today to see what I'm up too in my corner of the world :) Don't forget there is a cropping party going on over at facebook:
Join in our monthly Facebook Crop - March 16th - 31st,  you can upload your projects through March 31st at midnight CST.

 

I look forward to seeing what you create with this fun sketch and see it linked up over at Sketch N Scrap.

Field Life layout for Use Your Stuff challenge

Good Morning and welcome to this week's challenge over at Use Your Stuff challenge blog. Karrie has challenged us to: On the Border - Use Border Punches (or decorative scissors) on your project!!
I created this layout during a crop I was at andI used the zigzag embossed border punch from Martha Stewart on my leaves strip along the bottom of the layout:

 This was after the Tactical Demo was over. WWII Revisited Living History Bivouac-WWII re-enactors portray field life, 1944-45. It was a very interesting exhibit, so much to see and to learn how they handled Field Life was pretty cool to see history in action.
Close up photos:

 

 The left side of the layout, using sketch from an old magazine for the layout. I used my current counterfeit kit for the embellishing, but I used my 100 Pattern Paper challenge #2 pile for the papers.

 This is the right hand side of the layout. I created alot of tags for this layout for the tag challenge over at Nicole Jones Scrap-A Thon class. Used one of the project life cards from last month's kit. Also the 5 stars cover the challenge for our Scrappin N Chattin group.

My journaling.
Thank you for stopping by today and I look forward to seeing your creation for the fun challenge :)

Logistics layout for March Lucky Charms challenge #3

If you are looking for the Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog challenge #2 post you can find that here.

Good Morning again and welcome to the 3rd challenge for this month's theme over at Sketch N Scrap's  over on Facebook group and crop. The sketch:

 

and the layout I created with the sketch:

My title is the top photo, the Logistics. This was the final room to see at the PA Military Museum in Boalsburg. There is a story that I want to write for my journaling in that section between the stars and the Jeep that is why the Jeep had it's own page. See as Minneapolis Moline collectors we also know of a story about MM making the 1st Jeep, lol looks like everyone is involved in this cool vehicle cause everyone want to lay claim to it. So it is something that I want to take my time a bit to write it out on paper before adding it to the layout.
There is more information about the Logistics-branch of the Military that is on the adjoining layout to this layout that was blogged on Friday. The layout was also created with my current counterfeit kit: Florally Whimsy.
Join in our monthly Facebook Crop - March 16th - 31st,  you can upload your projects through March 31st at midnight CST.

 

Footloose and Fancy Free for the Counterfeit Kit 2nd Challenge

Good Morning and welcome to the 2nd challenge over at Counterfeit Kit challenge blog. Susan has challenged us today with a sketch :) my favorite challenge is a sketch so easy to do and with the kit prepared ahead of time the hardest part is deciding which photos to use :) This was a very quick layout, I wanted to get away from vacation photos a bit and do some current photos that  took with my phone camera.
Here is the chosen sketch:

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A fun sketch to use :) using papers, some washi tape, diecut title, felt doily and the wood veneers from my kit: Florally Whimsy this is what I did:

Buddy and I out for a walk, it was nice to get out and get some sunshine it seems to feel like a long winter right now. 

 Close up of the photo of us and my journaling. Thank you for stopping by today and I look forward to seeing what you created for this fun challenge linked up at Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog or over at their facebook group.

The Vehicles layout for a Sketches in Thyme Project Life Style challenge

Good Morning this is the 1st post of the day. Here is the 2nd sketch of March to challenge us over at Sketches in Thyme Project Life Style,  Emma has created a fun sketch for us to work with:

 

Here is the card I created:

 I had this fun card for to journal the definition of the word Logistics (this layout will be posted on Sunday, the other side to this layout) The layout I created around this card:

This was The Vehicles exhibit (Logistics) at the PA Military Museum. It was a great exhibit and enjoyed seeing the Museum. I found a sketch on pinterest to help me create this layout. It's also created with the tags for the focus on tags of the Scrap-A-Thon class with Nicole Jones

Close-ups:

 The had some cool displays

 The Project Life card to made into the title of the layout

 I thought this was a super cool vehicle, add the information about it too.

The hubby looking at the exhibit and my personal journaling. 

I used my curent counterfeit kit: Florally Whimsy for the layout. The card was created using last month's kit besides this month's kit. 

Thanks for stopping by today and check out the other layout that goes with this page on Sunday. I look forward to seeing what you create with this fun challenge sketch.

Simply Love layout for a Sketch N Scrap challenge

Good Morning and welcome to today's challenge over at Sketch N Scrap. Heather has created this sketch for up to play with this month:

 

and this is the layout I created with this sketch:

 Our sweet Buddy is the feature on this layout today and a story of the everyday in our house. I used my current counterfeit kit: Florally Whimsy and with a Black and Silver theme created this layout.

My journaling plus the definition cut apart was great to use with this layout

My Title

and our Buddy just sucking it all up :) Scattered punched silver hearts around the layout. I made this layout to tell a story and that was one of the challenges during Scrap-A-Thon class too.
I look forward to seeing your creation with this sketch challenge over at Sketch N Scrap

Noon layout

Good morning and welcome :) Today's layout is a combination of last month's counterfeit kit Pretty Little Pastimes and this month's kit Florally Whimsy.

This came about for the scrap-a-thon that Nicole Jones is doing (a class of her's for this month.) The focus was project Life cards and I got 5 of them on this layout. Used them mainly for layering. Using a scrap of paper from last months kit with the full background paper of this months kit for my base and the rest is project life cards from last months kit. Added the title and the 5 green puffy stars for the embellishing. That was it a simple layout for me to get done in a hurry and another for the Portersville, PA vacation trip.
Thanks for stopping by today and I look forward to seeing your creations from your Counterfeit kit.

CKC-March Kit Reveal-Florally Whimsy

Happy March! So glad to see February gone and welcome to the sun and hopefully warmer temps this month. Good Morning and welcome to March's Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog. You should have come to my stop from Margie: Margie's Blog, I'm looking forward to seeing what she came up with for her kit :)
Creatively, Susan has created a fun kit for our inspiration this month. She put it together based on the formula Jill Sprott used in her stash-busting challenge series.  You can read all about Jill's concept and formula here on her blog. I'm gonna have to go check out that formula :) 

I just loved the earthy tones going on with this kit. I was drawn to the florals and the geometrics too and such sweet colors. So I went into my 100 pattern paper pile and come up with my kit

Florally Whimsy

I tried to stay with in the colors that Susan had, finding lots of papers in my pile that worked. I added lots of hearts and stars and some textures too. 

 My papers :) sorry about the sun coming through the curtains :) but so glad to see it. Going with blues, teals, golds, black n white, stripes in a variety of ways and diagonals too, Lots of florals, wood grains, dots, few words and grabbed a few scrap papers too. I come to find out I'm in need of vellum not many left in my stash.

 Alphas: Seem to be drawn to browns this month and a couple of ones I would like to get used up if possible

 Washi tapes, wood veneer, die cuts, chipboard, and grab those metal edge frames when I saw them they reminded me of the tags Susan had in her kit.

 Felt, lots of die cuts and some puffy too with some twill I had gotten at Christmas time wrapped around some gifts :)

Thank you for stopping by today and now your off to instagram to see what kind of cool kit Laura has created from this sweet inspiration over at her instagram spot

and if you get lost here is the whole list:

Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog - http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/
Guest Designer Libeeti - https://creationswithlove-li-bee-ti.blogspot.co.il/
Kelly - https://www.honeysucklehillcrafts.com/
Leslie - http://lcsmithsaved-outofthemire.blogspot.com/
Lisa - http://lisahausmann.blogspot.com/
Lori - http://loriannie670.blogspot.com/
Margie - http://scrappinmargie.blogspot.com/
Tina - http://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com/
Laura - https://www.instagram.com/mrsp_scrapsandtea/