Trust in the Lord with all your heart!!! It has certainly been a time of trusting.  Being a caregiver of a parent certainly cultivates trust in God!!!  The Lord has been faithful! He has strengthen me and been with me, especially when I felt alone. Thank you, Lord for your loving presence in my life.


Now I would like to share one of my favorite layouts (scrapbooking keeps me busy, during the long hours with mom.)  This layout was inspired by a challenge at Let's Scrap.

Design Team  Challenge 172- Flowers/ Plants/Trees Overload.

   I had so much fun doing this page. I was especially imspired by Michelle Looi's example. I used a old sheet of K&Company paper by Brenda Walton as my background. I cut out a tree overlay from my new cricut cartridge Artbooking. I ended up not using the overlay, instead I used it as a stencil(tree) Using the overlay I sprayed my page with gold mist, then used gelatos for the leaves and trunk. I outlined my leaves in gold, it didn't show up enough so I used a metallic copper pen to define the leaves better, I discovered that if you rub the marker lines right away they blend a little. i not sure I like the title. I also think I will use gesso for a base coat next time. The paper started to peel a little. Love this picture of my granddaughter she is finally starting to smile for pictures.

I have been enjoying using the Artbooking cart from Close to My Heart. Hope to post lots of Halloween layouts using this cart.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart!

Happy Easter! Alleluia, He is Risen!!!

   I am loving the video series 213 in 2013 at Two Peas in a Bucket http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/
This week Corrie Jones has a great technique with washi tape-my favorite embellie right now.  I loved creating this layout below. She also challenged us to hand cut some embellishment.  I liked the blue paper for the base. I noticed it had the banners on the side, so I cut most of each banner out and brought them to the front of the layout. I then printed the pictures I had of the Birthday celebration.  Thanks for the inspiration, Corrie!
  Lately I have been creating my layouts before knowing what pictures I want to use, because I want to try the technique. It has been a very creative and satisfying way to scrapbook.

Scrapbooked nine layouts in February!  Below are a couple more.

 

I love this layout. It  was inspired by Seeing Double: A Gecko to Love (Two Peas in a Bucket) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEd6LJ4bv74 The patterned paper is from a 6x6 paper pad by Basic Grey called out of print. The journaling is on the remember tag.  This is my youngest daughter and her boy friend.  

In this layout the challenge was to use thickers for the letters.  I didn't have thickers but used some of my letter sticker stash and cut letters with my circut.  Check out Scrap Your Stash: The Smallest Things   

by Paige Evan (Two Peas in a Bucket) Feb. 21, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3En3wcwTJ8  I love this picture of Layla.  I took it on a Sat. and Layla took my picture.  Isn't she good with a camera. We've had several special moments on Sat. mornings. 

Scrapbooking this weekend

My daughter-in-laws and I Scrapbooked on Saturday. It was so much fun.  I love sharing my ideas and my stash with them. I got three layouts done, and put the finishing touches on another one today.
These two I posted at Let's Scrap http://letsscrap.ning.com/

I love watching the videos from Two Peas in a Bucket. I used the comment from the facebook post.
The next layout was inspired by

213 in 2013 with Corrie Jones: Sweet Summer Friends.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KqzMvwIQiw

I created this layout for my February calendar page. I try to find something current. This month I found a picture of my niece as a toddler and them a current on of her from facebook.  I love using washi tape.

I'm here, I'm here, I'm here.  I'm going to try this blogging thing again!
I have been following Stacy Williams atlovethatbug.blogspot.com   She is doing a video series for cards using Create a Critter 2. Fun!!!  I created several Valentines for my grandchildren.

This is on page 35 of handbook, button #7.
Love this card, I think the gingham blue and white made this card pop! The banner is on page 35, cut at 2''

This is card #2 in the series, page 30, button #2.
I think I cut the koala a bit bigger than Stacy.

This is card #5 in the series, page 33, Button #5. This one is for dear Henry who was born in last fall.

This card is not one from the series, but was certainly inspired by Stacy.  I didn't know how big the shoe and phrase would be.
I use provo Craft Room . http://www.cricut.com/home/craftroom/ to figure out the sizes.

Well I'm going to Let's Scrap http://letsscrap.ning.com/ and work on the Sketch for this week. Hope to post it next week. Maybe Thursday will be my post day.  Check out the Question of the Week there!!!

Remember to be near God is good!!!
Stephanie

WASHI TAPE!!!

I love washi tape.  I got my first roll from Freckled Fawn.  I found some at Target, in office supply, bought all their styles (patterned paper tape).  I have a few, a very few, from the stores near by.  I have been using it in scrapbooking and card making.  I will post some pictures, later.

Scrapbooking- Aunt Charlynn and Me

This is a layout with a sunburst of paper.  There is a tutorial at Let's Scrap on how to make a sunburst.  I cross stiched the sunburst. I love this look, I'm sure I'll use it again. This is the last page of Zander's baby album.

Scrapbooking: Alena

This is for a Scrap your stash Challege at Let's Scrap.  Using 10 stickers was hard at first, but I like the results.  
Challenge:
1 die cut title… you know we all have them!

4 die cut shapes

10 stickers

1 patterned paper

3 different colors of cardstock

Alena loves to dress up. I think this is the dress her big sister wore years ago. Isn't she lovely?

Scrapbooking: MOM

What a surprise and honor! My layout of my MOM was chosen as inspiration of the week at Let's Scrap http://letsscrap.ning.com/.  It is International Scrapbooking Month. there have been so many wonderful challenges over at Let's Scrap.  This challenge was to scrap your mom using a Let's Scrap sketch and a punched out element.  I used my border punch to create the blue strip near the bottom of the page.

Look no Hands

INSM#4

I had so much fun doing this LO. I knew I what I wanted to use and knew which drawers to look for the items. The cardboard gird is from discarded parts of game board pieces. My children laugh at me, but I eventually do use them. The pieces include: two flatten bottle caps, two plastic paper clips and two plastic tab looking things are the hook things I broke off sugar cookie cutters.The banners and the title are cutup paint chips. The strip on the banner is a strip of corragated cardboard. The "eyes" is a sock holder. I stamped the background with bubble wrap using silver and copper paint by makingmemories. I used the right side of sketch.The pictures are almost 15 years old.

It's National Scrapbooking Month. I am looking forward scrapbooking the challenges on Let's Scrap this month.  They have one challenge that helps you identify your scrapbooking style.  I figured out that my style is Cutsey. The challenge is to scrap a layout with in a different style.
I hope to post my completed challenges.

Busy Scrapbooking

I have been real busy scrapbooking the sketches at Let's Sketch.  I have posted quite a few over there.  I have also scraped 22 LO so far this month. Here are some of my layouts.

Fourth of JULY- Scrapbook

These pages will go in Zander's Baby Book.

This is based on Let's Sketch 4-4-12.
I use Kraft cardstock from paper studio. Embellishments and title are made from Graphically Speaking (Cricut cart.)

Scrapbooking-First Born and Sweet Joy

This is my first attempt at Let's Scrap Use your Stash Challenge #317. I was so excited about the lion paper I forgot I needed to use 3 pattern papers.  I love how it turned out.

I finally finished.  This is my second double layout.  I was so excited about the paper I found I forgot to use more patterned paper.  So here it is.  3  patterned paper-striped, numbers and background  20 brads exactly around the scalloped circle. Border punch-bottom strip. 2 different colors of glimmer mist-tatterd angels Puerto Rico and Gumdrop on the scalloped circle using Tim Holts masts. Two chipboard ribbon slides and the journery ribbon.  Sketch 1-25-12

Squash Album- Scrapbooking

My granddaughter Ella celebrated a birthday recently.  I found the idea for a squash album and decided to make one for Ella.   Directions of from Mary at Cards TV http://cardztv.blogspot.com/2010/02/mini-album-series-7-squash-album-pt-1.html  

So much fun to make and so easy!

Cousins-Scrapbooking

I am in the mist of organizing my papers. I found this sticker-Cousins- and paper together. I knew immediately what photo I wanted to use with it.  This was so much fun to do. This picture was taken at Ella's first birthday party.

Scrapbooking-Queen of my Heart and ZEUS

I created both of these layouts today.  It feels good to get them done.  I used DCWV Nana's KiDS premium stack for both.  The polka dot brads on the Zues LO are from Spare Parts-the Paper Studio.   I used several different circle punches for the circles in Queen of my Heart, and uni-ball signo white pen.(I'm having a hard time getting good photo's.)

Weekend-Love comes to the House

Sierra is playing with her first born, Zander.




This weekend my daughter, Sierra and her family came.  It was her 29th birthday.  They ended up going to Chicago for the day, then spent the night at my son, Peters. My son, John, and his wife, Dana, arrived after 10 pm. Later David and his family will join us for Sunday dinner.  I going to grill chicken, make a pasta salad and an impossible pumpkin pie. Family is so important to me.  Thank you God for the gift of family!!!

White Elephant-Scrapbooking

This is part of my mother-in-laws Christmas album. The Blumbergs gather for a Christmas party every year. I create an album for her. The last few years I have made the albums 81/2 by 11.  This is four pages.  I took the pictures before the journaling, because the sun was out.  It's so much fun working on this album. It's like being at the party all over again.

Scrapbooking-Courage

I love this picture of mom and me.  My word for the year is COURAGE. This is my first layout on the subject. The picture isn't that great, no sun for a few days.  I couldn't wait, so here it is.

I used:
Julie Bonner Sketch
Basic Grey papers and letters
Tim Holts paper and distress ink
Embellishments by Making Memories.