Where it all happens!! LM #165 - "Creative Space"

Hi everyone!  Been missing this little corner of my world lately!  But surely made up for it this last week.  I've been busy making a special request for a good friend/co-worker of mine that makes jewelry.  I made her 60 earring cards to "House" her handmade earrings.  I will share with you all in a few days.  :)  Also took on making a couple of Halloween costumes for my kiddos.  So needless to say, not much personal crafting for me.
Which is why this next challenge over at Lasting Memories is so perfect!!
Let's see your "CREATIVE SPACE."  

I have a small space in our downstairs.  My desk is rather large, but I didn't show that very well here, did I?  I was actually excited to do this challenge, for my goal is to get all of my paper that sits on my ground or in baskets, either used or organized in a different way.  I have a lot of stuff crammed in my "Corner" and it's not by any certain means of organization.  I just sort of remember where everything is and "Find" things every now and again.  :)

Need to do this challenge in about a year and see what changes.    

This is also layout # 9 of our DT's 50 layout challenge.  Slowly but surely!!  

I am also entering this over at...STUCK. using their November 1st sketch reveal.

I "enlarged" the sketch for my needs.

Thanks for stopping by!  Would love to see your creative space.  Please join us at 

Lasting Memories this week!!  

LMCB 161 - Trick or Treat

Happy Monday!!  It's a nice bright sunshiny day here.  Perfect Fall temps.  The only thing I don't like is that the spiders find their way out of their hiding places.  And my son gets to do a school project studying them.  Oh Yay me!!  (Not)  Yesterday the newest challenge over at Lasting Memories started and it's pretty simple.   Use a BLACK BACKGROUND on your layouts!! Easy Peasy!!

Well my background paper is Old Olive green.. but the paper housing the photos is black.  85% black background is good in my book.  ;)  I just had an idea in my head and needed to run with it.

I am also entering this over at TPE 221 (The Pink Elephant) where you are to be inspired by this photo.

And I am entering my layout over at Paper Playtime # 21 where the challenge is to use buttons and ribbon.

UPDATE:  Today 10/15/13 I was FEATURED on their Facebook Page. You can see 

HERE,

Hope you can find some time to play with us over at Lasting Memories.  Just for playing you have a chance to be our Friday Featured Artist or our weekly Top 3!  

Can't wait to see you.

This is layout # 8 of 50 - for our DT "Use Your Stash" challenge.

Thanks for stopping by.

Seattle Waterfront... LMCB 160 (Use just one color)

And you guessed it!  I chose BLUE.  With of course a major amount of white space.  Now if you are wondering what all that babble was about, well you gotta see the next challenge that started over at Lasting Memories a couple of days ago.  I'm a tad late sharing my layout with you all.   The theme of the challenge is to use just one color, or shades of the same color.  We all decided that Black or White can be used as well.  They aren't really colors anyways... right?? Here's my layout...

Oh how we can take for granted the beauty of the place we grew up!!  My stomping grounds.  Having kids sure does make you see old things like new again.  :)  These photos are of the Seattle Waterfront over this past Labor Day Weekend.  Our last little quick jaunt over for some beach time before school started the next week.  As far as the challenge... I used lots of blues.  Found a white seagull embellishment and a cute whale paper clip that is silver.  So still falling within the lines of the challenge. If you have never done a monochromatic layout... I think now is the time to try.  Definitely limits you, but I think it can keep things on the simple side which shows the photos better in this case.  Come on over to Lasting Memories by this Saturday and show us what you can do.  You have a chance to be one of our Featured Artists just for playing along. I am also entering this over at the Paper Bakery using their sketch # 14.  I just stumbled upon their blog and this sketch immediately inspired me.   This is also my layout number 7 of 50 completed for our Scrap Your Stash challenge among us fellow DT members.  Feel free to join us!!  :) Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek today!!

SPOOK to you!!

Awww... and here it surely could be a very frightful night for Halloween!  This weather here is darn scary.  Floods, trees down, windy as heck.  I am going to make this quick and am posting the challenge for Digi Darla's a tad early for I don't know if everything like the POWER will bleep out on me.  So here it goes...
The next Digi Darla challenge for early Monday morning is another...
"Anything Goes - with the optional twist of adding a MOON to your project"  

I used the image "Lil Witch" from Digi Darla.

Please go HERE to join the next challenge for DDC #82!!

I am also entering this over at Let's Capture Our Memories

with another fun sketch # 36.  

Thanks so much for taking a peek!!  

This is also # 6 out of 50 completed for our personal "Use Your Stash for 50 layouts" challenge.

Mini Golf ...

Happy Sunday everyone!!  Lots of wild weather going on where I live.  A couple of monsoon, sideways wind soccer games have filled up my weekend along with some scrapping!  :) Always a good thing!! It's the next fun and what I think is EASY challenge over at Lasting Memories this week!  I hope you can join us for LMCB # 159!  The theme for the challenge is ...
"Use Odd number of embellishments with Even number of photos"

Another fun little family outing this summer to a super cool Putt Putt golf course that had rivers, waterfalls and caves that the ball actually goes through.  As far as the challenge goes... I have 8 photos along with 2 sets of 3 embellies.  The mini golf balls by themselves and the square word sayings.  Technically, that is 6 embellies, but I am choosing to show them as 2 separate groups of 3.  To make them ODD.  :)

I am also entering this over at Let's Capture Our Memories using sketch #35. Fun sketches over there!!

And if you are following me on my journey of using my stash for 50 layouts... 

this is FIVE completed out of 50.  Yep.. .gotta a ways to go.

Thanks for stopping by!  See you later with the newest Digi Darla challenge for Monday.

50 Layout challenge - 5 / 50

CHEER!! - DDC # 80

Told you I would be back today!!  :)  Thank you rain, routines and football! I'm here to bring you the next challenge at DIGI DARLA's # 80.
"Anything Goes - with Optional Twist of using an image  that has a Hop, Skip or Jump theme."

I used the Digi Darla image called "Cheery Cheerleader."  Every year, our daughter and friends are Junior Cheerleaders for a night at a High School sporting even.  Last year it was at the Football Game.  So much fun!!! 

This is also my layout  3 / 50.  (Use our stash / 50 Layout challenge)

Hope you can join us at Digi Darla's!  A great chance to win up to 8 FREE images!! 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Snippets of ME...

Well golly gosh how I have missed my scrapping world lately.  You would think that rest and relaxation would come with the kiddos back in school, but it's been the opposite for me.  After spending the weekend at some soccer games, I finally was able to hang out for a bit at my craft desk due to major thunderstorms!  Yay for rain!!  :)  Oh yes.. and Football on the TV.  Gotta love this time of year. With that said, the challenge over at LASTING MEMORIES is "ALL ABOUT ME."  I decided to focus on ME at the here and now, at this time of my life. 

Most of my layout was using an older kit from the Teresa Collins line.  I am liking this color scheme lately.  Thinking about painting a room with them.  The quote on the left is an OLD rub-on from ??  And then older alphas in the title as well.   Enter HERE to play with LMCB # 157. I also would like to enter this over at CREATIVE SCRAPPERS  using their newest sketch # 251. And, this continues my scrapping journey with the 50 layout challenge. This is 2 / 50. Thanks for stopping by today!  See you tomorrow with YES .. .another layout!  Yay me!!

All Together Finally - LMCB 154 "Try Something New"

Hello!!  I can tell I have been HOME for a few days and getting back to routines...for I will have THREE crafty posts for you over the next 3 days.  Go me!!   First up is the newest challenge over at Lasting Memories that started today!! We want you to... "Try Something New" Well believe it or not... I have never used WASHI TAPE on my layouts.  I have 2 rolls to my name and finally dove for them in my bottom desk drawer and gave it a whirl.  I have to say... I WANT more.   (But stay tuned at the end of my post as to why I can't buy any... maybe you will join my adventure??)

So as you can see... my chevron Christmas colored washi tape found it's way holding down the corners of my photo, randomly placed on the bottom layout left corner... and my favorite was using it as an entire strip down the whole page along my other strips of paper.  Easy!!  I am also entering my layout over at Sketches in Thyme #119 using their first August sketch. And... here is a potential little challenge for you?? "The 50 Layout / No buy challenge" Some of us over from the Lasting Memories Design Team have started a behind the scenes challenge to ourselves.  We all have to make 50 layouts without buying anything NEW!!   We all have our own rules and regulations... for example, I can buy adhesive and black/white paper as needed and meet a Stamp Club obligation as it comes up.  But no going to ANY craft stores and purchasing anything new.  So we will all be shopping our own stash for the next 50 layouts.  Ugh!!  This is my FIRST layout of the challenge.  The faster we get done, the faster we can shop.   If you want to join us... stop by here or over at Lasting Memories and tell us how you are doing.  As I told my fellow DT member Claire... it's like a diet and we are here to help eachother.  Thanks for stopping by!  See you soon with my next creation to share.