Note Card Tin decorated

My fifth post of the week and I am so thrilled with the outcome of this project.  If you would like to see the cards that went into this post, check here, here, here, and here.

 

I used "My Digital Studio" which is an old SU program but I still use it all the time, to go in and make the actual Layout you see here.  Once I printed it, I added the butterfly, the pearls, and then I added some sparkle by using the Clear Wink of Stella.  I just love that stuff and it is perfect to dress up any card or note card tin.  I used it on the butterfly, around the edges of the card stock and the flowers on the paper.  You can see it in the below photo if you really look.

 

 

And now to show you the inside and how nicely the note cards fit inside the box.  It is perfect.  The box actually is about 5.25 X 3.75 and the cards inside are the note cards 5 X 3.5.  I was meant to be where these little tins were selling out and got a great price on them.  They have been sitting in my home for about 3 years and it finally just dawned on me how to use them.  DUHHHHH! I have 15 cards in the tin, but you could probably add more if you would like.

 

Hope you enjoyed my 5 days of sharing how to fill a tin with quick and simple cards and then how to decorate a tin.  These would be a great craft show seller also.

 

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your weekend.

MDSM 106 - Baby Book

I am so excited to be able to join in on another MDSM sketch.  It has been a while, but I decided this week was the week.  I have got to get back into my scrapbooking.  So here is my scrapbook page for their sketch this week.

 

 

If you like to scrapbook, you will love this sketch.  Thanks for stopping by today.



Baby Book Scrapbook Page 6-9

Good Morning!  This is my 4th post in 4 days.  Can't remember the last time I did that.  I guess I have been a little busy lately with crafting which is something I don't want to get too busy to do.

 

Anyway, I thought I would share 4 more pages I have completed of my granddaughter's scrapbook.  Maybe I will catch up in a little while.  We will see.  So here are the 4 pages.

 

1st page is You & Me Mommy!

 

 

2nd Page is Daddy and Me!

 

 

3rd one is Me and My Big Sister

 

 

4th is Me and my Brother

 

 

Hope you enjoyed looking today and thanks so much for stopping by.  It means a lot to me.

 

Have a wonderful rest of the week.

 



Baby Book Scrapbook Page 2-5

Happy Thursday everyone!  Hope your week has been good so far.  I am working on my most recent granddaughter's baby scrapbook and have really got a lot done in the last 4 days.  So I thought I would share pages 2-5 with you.  You can see page one if you click here.  I used my Digital Studio for these and print them out for the book.  They are 12X12.

 

Going Home!

 

My daughter and her two grandchildren came up to spend some time the day Ansley came home.  They were so excited. 

Michael enjoying his baby sister and random pictures of the first few days home.

 

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you have enjoyed your time here.  Would love for you to leave a comment and let me know what you think.

 

Blessing to you!

 

 



Sketch 350- Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Happy Monday and welcome to our Monday Lunchtime Sketch.  I decided to do a scrapbook page with this weeks sketch.  My granddaughter will be 3 months old tomorrow and I have not started her 1st year baby book.  So what better way to start it than with this wonderful sketch Mary Jo has for us today.  So here is the sketch!

And here is my first page for Ansley!

 

 

Isn't she just the cutest little thing.  Hopefully I will catch up a little and get her caught up soon.  I am trying really hard to put things in order in my house and in my routines to be able to do more of the things I love. 

 

Now don't forget to go by and check out the rest of the design team samples.  I know you will love them.  And please play along.

 

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you all have a blessed and wonderful Monday.

 

Our Design Team!

Mary Jo Price-Williams – Technostamper

Sue Root – Stampin’ with Sue

Nicole Tegrul – Be Creative with Nicole

Robbie Rubula – Inked X2

Eileen LeFevre – Eileen’s “Stampin’ Fever” Blog

Tanya Bell – Stamping T!

Carolyn Bennett – Carolyn’s Paper Fantasies

Mary Brown - Stampers Camper's Corner



Sketch 345- Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Good Morning everyone!  Hope you had a wonderful weekend.  My week has been full of a lot of emotions as my brother Joe went to be with Jesus last Sunday and mom was in the hospital very sick.  I know my brother is going to have the best Christmas yet celebrating with Jesus, but I miss him so much.  He was down syndrome and so to our family he was always the baby, even though he was older than us, 1 boy and 4 girls.  He was special in every way and a child of God!  Keep us in your prayers as mom is still in the hospital and now my dad is.  He was admitted last night.

 

Since I have not had a lot of time to do Christmas cards, I thought I would do one through My Digital Studio and send out to everyone.  I had taken this picture along with quite a few more of my grandchildren at Thanksgiving and decided to use it.  The sketch Mary Jo did for this week's Monday Lunchtime Sketch worked out perfect.  So now all I have to do is print and send.  Here it is!

 

 

As you can see my grandson was being silly, but it is so him, that I decided to use this photo.  I am going to print on matte paper and send.

 

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you have a wonderful and blessed week!

 

 

 



Sketch 342- Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Hello my friends.  What a weekend I have had.  My brother has been really sick and finally yesterday, he was admitted to the hospital with a UTI and Pneumonia.  It was my weekend to spend with Mom and while there they had to do some work on our heating system, so my husband had to empty all the closets for them to run a wire.  Well I was not at home and it was my craft room where the work needed to be done, so when I got home yesterday, I headed for the craft room to make my card for today's Monday Lunchtime Sketch and guess what?  You are right, I could not get to my desk.  So I pulled out my computer and this is what I created using my digital studio.  As soon as I can get to my desk, I plan on printing this and using it for one of my Christmas Cards.  I love it.

 

I used the Glitter paper kit for the Silver and gold effect.  I also used the coloring tool for the stamped images.  It was a lot of fun and if I need more than 1 card, I can print quite a few.  Makes it quick and easy.

 

Would love prayers for my brother.  He really needs them.

 

Hope you all have a wonderful and blessed day and don't forget to check out the rest of the design team samples.  This is a great sketch so make sure you link up also. 

 

Sketch 341- Monday Lunchtime Sketch

Happy Monday and here we are again for our Monday Lunchtime Sketch.  It was another good sketch this week and of course I had to make a birthday card for my granddaughter who turned 10 on Saturday.  Just love that girl, yes I know I love them all!  Anyway, I My Digital Studio to make the card as I wanted to use one of her soccer pictures on the front.  So here it is using this weeks sketch.

 

 

Earlier this year I bought 4 of those cards you can talk into and this was my last birthday of the year to use them.  My first was in February and this is the last one.  Here is the message I printed for the inside.

 

 

She knew she was getting it and of course had to hear the message first off.  Too cute!

 

Ok, now it is your turn to create something with this weeks Monday Lunchtime Sketch and to check out the rest of the design team samples.  They certainly with inspire you.

 

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful Monday!

 



Adding to Baby Book - 11 months

Happy Thursday all!  This last week and a half has been a whirlwind of emotions for our family.  Last Monday, October 20th at 1:45 am our 5th grandchild was born, a little girl weighing 7lb 1oz and she was absolutely beautiful.  That was such a blessing and such a joy.  Of course I was on my way to Virginia at the time of her birth and we finally arrived and saw our little Ansley Grace at about 4:45 am.  Yes we drove all night and it was worth it.  She is doing wonderful and so is our daughter.  I will be sharing a few photo's at the end of this post of our sweet little granddaughter.

 

Then on Wednesday, October 22nd we get a call that my husband's brother had a farm accident and he was killed.  It was such a shock and we are still dealing with the shock of that.  I must say though that we know he is celebrating up in heaven.  He was such a great husband, father and brother, so please continue to pray for our family.

 

Well I am trying to get the rest of my grandson's baby book finished as now I need to start on Ansley's book, so I thought I would share his 11 month page with you.  One more page to share and his book will be complete.

 

 

Isn't he just the cutest little boy!  Now he has a little competition with his little sister.  Here are a few shots I took of our sweet baby!

 

With Big Sister!  She was so excited.

With Big Brother!  He did not want to let her go.

 

 

 

 

Coming Home!  How cute is that?

 

What a blessing in the midst of such sadness!  She is what kept us smiling.

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you all have a blessed and wonderful rest of the week.

 

Wall Art for Baby's Room

As I have written in some of my past post, I am expecting my 3rd granddaughter at anytime.  Actually she is due next week, so I was rushing to get the canvases done for the baby room.  My daughter just finished getting it all together this past weekend, so I am not that far behind.  I finished last night and will take with me to Virginia when I get the call.  As you can imagine my phone is never far from my side. lol

 

So here are all four of the canvases together.  The "A" is for Ansley.

 

 

And to get a better view here they are separately except for one flower as they are pretty much the same.

 

 

I actually using one of my Stampin' Up! markers did the chevron pattern on the canvas.  And, I made the little roses on the corners of the "A" and the saying with the Originals Flower Spiral Bigz Die from Stampin' Up!  I used whisper white paper and once rolled, I then sponged the edges, and then smashed the flower down.  Love it.  The saying I got from a little book and then put it together using "My Digital Studio," printed it out on cardstock, cut the frame out and adhered to the canvas.  Easy!

 

I will say that Pinterest helped with the ideas of the "A" and the flower in the center of the canvas.  I love Pinterest!

 

Thanks for stopping by today and let me know what you think.

 

Adding to Baby Book - 10 Mths

Well Happy Thursday everyone.  I have had some more pages completed for my grandson's baby book, but been so busy I have not had time to post.  So I thought I better get the last few pages complete before I start on my soon coming granddaughter's book.  She is due to arrive on October 24th, so you know what that means.  Get everything else done so I can work on her for a while and then continue on my other 4 grandchildren.  I just love them all.  So anyway here is the 10 Month Page for my sweet grandson who is now 19 months old and just a sweetie pie that gets into everything!!!!

 

 

I had to do a Christmas page for this one since he was 10 months on Christmas day and yes he was already running around like a pro.

 

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a wonderful Thursday!

MDS Monday Sketch 80

Hi everyone.  It has been so long since I shared a scrapbook page with you, but with my family situation with my mom, brother and dad, I just really have not had the time.  I am working on scrapbooking my Alaska trip and will be sharing some of those with you, but for now I did this page for my grandson's album of his first soccer game.  He was so cute and the smallest on the team.  He just turned 4 in July and the others are getting ready to turn 5, so they have a year on him.  But anyway, here it is.

I actually used the sketch from last weeks MDS Monday Sketch, but it has already closed, so I could not link it.  But that is OK, as it was just perfect for this layout.  Here are a few other pictures that I thought were cute.  Russ and I got there about 3 minutes after the game had started and he stopped and had to wave and say hey Grammy and Papa!  We just laughed.  It was a little blurred as I took it quick.

Then he had to wave at mommy and daddy again.

And just waiting to start again.

And of course getting his snack at the end of the game.

See how red he is.  Poor thing played the whole game and he was tuckered out!

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a wonderful evening.

Teacher Desk Top Stationary - MDS

Happy Thursday and yes, I do have a post for you guys.  Aren't you excited?  Well I am because what I am sharing with you today, I have made for teacher appreciation gifts for my grandchildren.  So when I made this for a college graduate whom I have know for the last 10 years and then she was hired to teach history at the same school as my husband, I just had to share it with you guys.  The funny thing is she posted a thank you (I sent it by my husband on Tuesday) to me on Facebook and called me Ms. Jonia.  I have not asked my husband yet, but I wonder if she is still calling him Mr. Russ at School.  She is such a sweet girl and I am happy for her.  Anyway, here is the teacher desk top Stationary Pack I made for her using MDS.   Gotta love it!  Sorry about the light.  I could not get a good photo with good light as the more light I put on it the harder it was to see.

And here is the stationary on the inside which measures 5.5 X 4.25 (same size as the basic cards we make).

and a close up of one page.

Really looks a lot better in person.  The envelopes are on the bottom under the stationary and are the 3 5/8 X 5 1/8 I think.  Again I apologize for the lighting.  At least you get the idea.  

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you all have a wonderful Thursday!

Sketch 317- Monday Lunchtime Sketch / LNS Challenge 250

Good Morning everyone, and welcome to another week of two great challenges.  Of course the sketch this week is just wonderful as always and the LNS Challenge is to Celebrate.  So that is exactly what we are going to do, celebrate.  I chose a birthday celebration theme since I was at my mom's this weekend helping out there and I used MY DIGITAL STUDIO.  I then printed it out and adhered it to a white card stock.  So here it is.

 

 

So what do you think?  I used the Patio Party paper and love it.  Must print me out some of this paper as I did not realize how cute this paper was.

 

Even took a side view of the card.

 

 

Now don't forget to check out the design team samples from our Monday Lunchtime Sketch and also from our LNS Challenge.  You will be glad you did and hope to see you participating..

 

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful Monday.

 



1st Birthday Scrapbook!

Good Friday Morning!  I am not going to say a lot for this post because I have so many pages to share with you.  Still have not decided if I will do a 6X6 book or an 8X8 book, but once I decide that, I will print them all out (reason for so many white pages, saves on ink) and put them in his book.  So here are all the pages I created using the Celebrate kit in My Digital Studio.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Did you notice I threw papa in there at the end?  Of course I was taking the pictures so not a picture of Grammy in this book.  I may have to put one in the book just for him though.

 

Hope your weekend is joyful!