SK8R boy

So if you follow my blog you will know that I am a challenge junkie.. lol - I think there should be a group for us!!  anyhow Scapbook.com has a sketch challenge on the go and Stamping Bella has a Summer theme on the go... plus there is a ton of guy challenges out there right now.. so to combine them I made the below LO... for the details on the challenges I find inspiring please look below... 

here is my LO 

 love that close up shot...  he is going to kill me.. lol 

love my Stamping Bellla Stamps - not just for cards!!

i did double mating on this one and used my cricut to cut the letters and gears

all found on the artiste what would i do with out that cartridge now????

Tip - I cut my gears and them used the halfs - noone would notice that the other half is missing under the photo... just a quick tip to save on your papers.

and as promised challenges that inspired me...

crafting when we can - mad for markers

craft your passion - father's day/masculine

tuesday throwdown - your the man

papertake - hello boys

top tip tuesday - masculine (with tip 

the crafters cafe - for a male

crafting for all seasons - one for the guys

inky impressions - for a guy

southern girls challenge - punch it

simply create too - for a male

the crafting cafe - here comes the boys

jelly park challenge - masculine theme

little claires - male theme

crafting by designs - atg with a twist

the sisterhood of craftes - all about the boys

crafty sentiments - project for a male

get inky - creations for boys or men

cutie pie challenge - one for the kids

loves rubber stamps - masculine theme

melonheadz friends - die cuts

kaboodle doodles - for your fav. guy

LMCB- tell me a story challenge

Hey everyone 

Lasting memories has another great challenge for you this week "Tell me a story"  which should be any way you interpret it... here is my story and inspiration for you...  

the pics are of me at 3 (little brownish one) and the other pic is of my baby girl at 3.  Both of us feeding the chippies (chipmunks) at the cottage.  

so cute!!!

here is a close up of the photos

the papers are close to my heart -clementine paper pack

and the challenges that inspired me

corrosive challenge - animal antics

paper playtime - atg

crafts and me - vintage

delicious doodles challenge - all creatures great and small

card crafter circle -stitching

little red wagon - three or more pattern papers

through the craftroom - atg

artistic inspirations - stitching

love to create challenge - vintage diva

victorine stamps - in the garden with animals

pause dream enjoy - lo or calendar

sea world visit in 1987

hey everyone...

i have been playing around in my craft room - now this isn't' my favorite lo but maybe its the pics that don't make me go... awhhh.... they are super old photos from over 20+ years ago.  i have been holding on to them, no idea why other than i hate to throw out photos because you never know!!  lol 

anyhoo i finally scrapped them...

and some close ups 

products used 

Simple stories summer fresh papers

and the challenges that inspired me to get those photos scrapped!!

ribbon carousel challenge blog - fun in the sun

my creative moments - summertime

dutch dare card challenge - summers coming

crafts and me challenges - something old

brown sugar - fabric or felt

craftying by designs - atg with a summer fun twist

paper take weely challenges - atg

stamp and create - summer fun

let's get sketchy - sketch

LMCB - Opposites Attract

good morning everyone!!

today looks to be a promising day of beautiful weather - I have my work picnic to go to so I am hoping that the sun will stay out :)

Welcome to another challenge at Lasting memories!  Seriously with out this challenge group I don't think I would have been able to scrap as many photos as I have over the past year!  Such a great team to work with - LOVE them all!!  

Any hoo... enough sappiness - we have a new challenge for you this week 

Opposites Attract

and we are being sponsored by... Karen who was able to do a review for

and she is able to give a way an on-line video class - so cool!!!!!

make sure you save some time to get this challenge done for a chance to win!!!!

here is my inspiration..

My two babies... a black poodle (which is hard to see in the photos) and my white princess kitty 

both are snuggling on the couch together.

they are the best of friends

totally opposites!!!  cat/dog - black/white plus i tried to use papers that were also opposites

and some close ups of the LO - i tried to get a better photo of my puppy (she is 14 not really a puppy)

below I tried to get a close of of the sparkles on the letter...

it didn't' show up that well - better light next time??

I was also inspired from the following challenges:

cute card thrusday - ebony and ivory

aud sentiments - atg

through the craft room door - atg

crafty sentiments designs - black and white with one other colour

June page maps sketch challenge - sketch scrapbook.com

PIO - for or from a father challenge

hey everyone...

Pile it on has another great challenge for you this week

 

For or from a Father

 

we are sponsored by My heart pieces

here is my inspiration for you....

It is a match book card - plus it is the perfect size for a gift card

can you guess who will be getting this card next Sunday??

the card is made with CTMH products

paper pack - Later sk8r

tie is cut from the cricut artiste cartridge

green and blue expoxy bubbles

Stamps

Super Star - cricut artiste collection

Pocket - Rugged Dude 

 

some close ups of the card and its folds below

 

and the little card pulls out for a special note

some close ups of the tie, epoxy bubbles and embossed star

I am really happy with the way it turned out and I hope my dad likes it...

Also if you are coming to my class on monday night you will be making one as well :)

 

Of course it wouldn't be a pile it on challenge with out piling on the challenges!!!

Challenges entered:

there she goes again stamps - cas

my craft spot - dad

melonheadz friends - father's day

love to scrap - rockin rubbah

love to create - father's day or special guy

cards for men - dad

abc - masculine card

tammy's scrapping corner - atg with texture

the crafting cafe - here comes the boys 

rose blossom garden - father's day key on artiste

lady bug crafts - for the men in your life

crafty musketeers - stamped image

milk and coffee- male inspired

crafty creations - one for the boys

creative belli blog - father's day 

the house that stamps built - fancy folds

paper pretties- fantastic fathers

stampin royalty - man up

perfect sentiments - father's day

the stamping chef - father's day 

by lori designs - for dad

the crafters cafe - male

sweet stamps - for dad

my heart pieces - cas

scrappy moms - father's day 

anything goes challenge - fathers day 

loves rubber stamps - atg

party time Tuesday - fathers day 

a gem of a challnge - emboss it 

little scarp pieces - fun friday 

simply create too - fathers day 

designs by lisa somerville - masculine

crafts 4 enternity - for the boys

crazy for challenges- father's day 

colour Q - colour

lots of birthday wishes

Hey everyone...

I had an opportunity to get into my craft room last night and whipped up a quick birthday card.  

The little confetti was left over from some book marks that I was punching out for work.  

I loved the bright colours and thought that it would make cute embellishments for a card. 

so... here it is

some close ups...

I used CTMH stamps

and some stickles

 

I would love to enter my card into the following challenges:

love to scrap - rockin rubbah

hiding in my craft room - scraps

krafty girls - atg

penny's paper - birthday

polkadoodles and studio 12 - bithday with scraps

shopping our stash - no pattern paper

craft room challenge - use your scraps

inky impressions - birthday

tag - best friends

hidy ho good neighbours...

 

Here is a layout I made with my babygirl and her BFF

sorry the pic looks a little blurry... or maybe i should put down the wine.. lol kidding

some close up shots

the stamps are from CTMH and i used my cricut for the cut outs and tags

I don't remember which cart i used for the letters or the tags... that is the down fall of a gypsy

 

challenges that inspired me...

celebrate the occassion - butterfly

4 crafty chicks - flower

the paper shelter - flower power

deep ocean challenge - for a girl

bearly-mine challenges - die or punch

through the craftroom door - atg

love to scrap - rockin rubbah

Lets capture our memories - sketch

it was the tags along the side that completely captured my attention

 

LMCB - Leather & Lace

Good morning everyone....

hope you all had a great weekend and you were able to get in some scrappy time. 

Lasting memories has another great challenge for you this week 

leather and lace

(or frilly and masculine)

I actually used ribbon that looked like leather and paper that had lace

here is my inspiration for you...

I am starting to think that the only picutres I get now a days is my daughter at the pub!!

Fingers crossed she grows out of this stage.

here are some close ups

i used my cuttle bug to emboss and my cricut for the letters.  

You can  also see the paper lace in the below photo with the "leather"ribbon

hope you take some time to craft with us this week - Plus I believe there is a giveaway

Other challenges that inspired me:

3 girl jam challenge - atg 

charisma cardz challenge - divas

crafty ribbons challenge - ribbon

just add ink - fabric

CCC - things with wings

Hey everyone...
Crafty Calendar Challenge blog has a new challenge for you this month and it is super easy...

Things with wings

We are sponsored by Whimsy Stamps

It has been super warm out so I have been spending some time in my craft room.
Here is my inspiration for the challenge:

the image that i used is from Simply Betty Stamps 

the challenge on FB for Simply B Stamps was to use orange, yellow and black but sadly I didn't have any soft black copics yet... so i had to use blue - but always the optimist the paper went really well.

Here are some close ups 

did some paper piercing (new tool from CTMH) 

i have had that brad around just waiting for a home

and of course the stickles in the wings

challenges that also inspired me:

sweet stamps - flowers

lollipop ladies - nature (bugs)

simon says - atg

chocolate, coffee and cards - fantasy or fairies

polkadoodles - to die for

QKR stampede - any winged creature   

art impressions - use brads                                                                             

bloggabella challenge - sketch

hey everyone...

I made this card from the stamping bella blog 

here is the sketch 

and here is my card!

i love her stamps... this one is adorable!

hope you enjoyed my card.

other challenges that inspired me:

Created with love - you lift me up

fitztown - atg

lawnscaping challenge - cas