christmas card challenge #8...

did you all remember to turn back your clocks last night?  if not, make sure you do that before you head out this morning...you don't want to miss out on that extra hour of sleep.  everyone in my house looks forward to that. 

so i am back with the christmas card challenge for this month too.  i really liked the grid design of my scrapbook sketch i posted yesterday so i used that as inspiration and i used scraps from that same project.  all supplies are basic grey figgy pudding and pti. 

so here is your challenge, use this scrapbook sketch for inspiration for your card and use scraps somewhere on your card.  i know all of you have christmas scraps in your s-crapbox from last year lurking around....use them up!!  i am trying not to buy new christmas paper this year and use what i got.  one thing i have figured out, they always make more!!

when i use a colored cardstock i put a piece of this wausau cotton stationery inside and decorate it.  (i bought this at target a few years ago.)  it's easier to write on and easier for the recipient to read.  my eyes like it cuz they aren't what they use too...i think the eye doctor called it "ole lady eyes".  lol
anyway, i am off to eat breakfast, scott is making us blueberry pancakes with sausage this morning.  i froze about 9 quarts of blueberries in august so now we reap the rewards from all that work.  it's about 20' out, but i got fresh blueberries. 

be sure to link up your card to us below so we can all come over and leave you some love!!  have a fabulous sunday!!
One random winner from this Christmas Card challenge will win the Paper Trey Ink - Fillable Frames #9 stamp set and the co-ordinating Die. If you already have this set, then you can chose to get a 10$ PTI gift Certificate.

scrapbook challenge #22...

so i made this month's sketch an easy one for you. i used scraps of basic grey figgy pudding for the circles and then decorated each one, like mini scrapbook pages. this sketch comes from inspired blueprints. so after you make this, be sure and post over there too for some love. if you don't like the circles use whatever shape floats your boat. doesn't matter to me. not only did i do ONE lo for this sketch but i did TWO more for the boys books...feel guilty, yet?? lol

i used photos from last year's Christmas. just some shots of the boys opening up gifts. i have to admit that i screwed up some of brock's gifts. i bought the RIGHT games but they were for the WRONG system. he wasn't specific and i bought the wrong ones. thank goodness we open gifts on Christmas eve and thank goodness walmart was open. Scott ran him down there to get the right ones so that his Christmas wasn't ruined. i bet this year i get a DETAILED list...lol so the photo in the top left corner is his i'm disappointed shot.

anyway, we have leaves to rake, a basement to clean up and other fun Saturday projects...have a great month and be sure to scrapbook something!!

be sure to link us to your creation by the end of the month. One Random Winner from this challenge will win a Tim Holtz Grungeboard - Plain Shapes.

chris ♥

scrapbook challenge #20...

happy saturday peeps!! i love saturdays cuz i get to sleep in. lol but today i also get to post a new scrapbook challenge for you. i hope that you will join us. i know you are all sitting on a pile of photos that aren't in albums. so get off your "bumbleberry" (quinn's new word for your butt lol) and get something done this week? it's a super easy sketch from scrapbook challenges. there are several great sketches over there, so be sure to check them out!! this is # 213, in case you are wondering.

i happen to have LOTS of little 3.5 x 5 photos of the boys when they were babies. so they are pretty easy to crop into the smaller pics. i used rectangle spellbinders to cut them out. you could use 2 4x6 or 3 4x6. it doesn't have to be these 5 little pics. but mine happen to fit perfectly. these are just random photos of quinn when we were stationed in upstate NY. he was so cute...and this year he's a 7th grader. unbelievable!!

supplies are all basic grey oliver.

i am also going to draw a name out of the participants for a little RAK from me. so get busy! make sure you link to use in me linky below. or else we'll never know you actually scrapped this month...lol Please use the keyword inspiredsketch20 if you are uploading to online public galleries.

i wish you all a fabulous saturday! quinn and i are off to watch brock play soccer. it's the first game of the season....GO REDSKINS!!!