Last Day of School!!!

Hello my scrappy friends!  Tomorrow is finally the last day of school for my children!  A half day no less!  I wish the board of education for our town would have taken away another day during our spring break, we had some snow days we had to make up that week anyway, so we wouldn't have to go back on a Monday!  Just yuck!

But, another school year is over so YAY for that!  Here is one of the cards I've made for a teacher. My kids get to choose what they want for their teachers.  Still need to make some more teacher and bus driver cards this afternoon.

I'm entering this card into three online challenges.

>  Cut It Up Stars and Stripes challenge.   My stars are from a stencil and my stripes on from the patterned paper.

>  Bitten by the Bug2 National Lobster Day.  The crab is cut from Life is a Beach Cricut cart and each line of the sentiment is from different stamp sets.

> STAMPlorations blog monthly challenge #35.  Here is the sketch....

My card.....

Thanks for looking and Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there today!!
~Jennifer

Let's go to the Rodeo!

Hello my scrappy friends!  

Close to our home is the oldest weekly rodeo in the country!  We've been there a few times and it's such an enjoyable night out for the family.  I recently scrapped a few pictures I took on our first trip there in 2011.  My kids looked so young and small!

I'm entering this layout into... 

Frosted Designs Splatter challenge.  I used blue and orange spray inks for splatters, blue ink for the circle stamps on the bottom of the page and blue/green ink for the circles on the right side of the LO. 

Lasting Memories challenge #236 Travel Destination. They also provided the sketch as a twist...but I loved this twist since I loved the sketch!  I tried using a new template for the dangling circles.  Obviously the look isn't the same and I really don't like the way it turned out, but I tried something new.  I'll keep trying!

Hope you are enjoying the weekend!
Thanks for stopping by~
Jen

HAPPY EASTER!

Hello my scrappy friends and Happy Easter to you and your family!  We are going to my sisters for dinner, dessert and games on Sunday.  At I don't have to cook and clean :)  My grandma is 96 years old and doesn't come out for holidays any longer.  The days are just too long and tiring for her so I made her a card.  Of course, she won't get it until after Easter.  I've lost track of what day it is considering we've had off since Wednesday!  The kids and I have been quite busy...entertaining several friends, bathing suit and summer clothes shopping, food shopping, assembling a brand new patio set, entertaining more friends for my daughter with a sleep over that started at 7pm Thursday night and just ended....it's 5pm Friday night and my son's friend was here from 6am till 4pm!  I cleaned up as they played and ate!

My card for grandma.  I love the way it came out.  I was inspired by a two challenge blogs....

 STAMPlorations' new challenge...CASEplorations.  Here is the card we are to lift or CASE this month...

Off the Rails Scrapbooking is a blog that is very new to me!  It's a wonderful challenge blog with such talented women on the DT.  This months challenge gives us two different mood boards to use in our creations.  I chose the second board using the colors white, black and green.

Thanks for stopping by and leaving comments! 
~Jennifer

Luke 23:34  Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots. .

Mark 10:34 - And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.

A quick birthday card

Hello my scrappy friends!  It's Friday night and I'm ready to veg out on the couch.  It's been a tough week and a half with my kids and husband being sick then I was sick...missed 4 days of school.  Went back today and that lunch room was LOUD!  But it was nice to have a few kids welcome me back and ask how I was feeling...impressive for first and second graders.

So, my quick birthday card for my brother-in-law.  I took on the card sketch challenge at STAMPlorations #29.  Here is my card using CTMH Dotty for You paper that I've had for well over one year and I just opened it!  Great papers, I'm sure to use some again this weekend when I'm creating something!  I also used spray inks from my collection and The Crafter's Workshop Circle Explosion 12x12 stencil.  It's VERY hard to see the circles since I sprayed ink over them but I assure you they are there!

Here is the sketch I used...

 

Thanks for stopping by and for your lovely comments.  Have a wonderful weekend!

Jennifer

U R MY SUNSHINE

Welcome to daylight savings my scrappy friends!  So far so good with the hour time change...tomorrow I'm sure will be another story...at least for the rest of the family.  The time change never seems to bother me...could be since I'm really not a good sleeper to begin with.

Today I worked on a LO for my daughter during last summer.  Ahhh, warmer weather at the lake! 

I got my inspiration from two challenges.  Soul Scrappers tic-tac-toe board using sticker-you are my sunshine-spray or paint.  I used spray on the title die cut letters.  The LO I pretty much lifted since I loved it so much from XoXo Scrapbooking March challenge....  As you can tell I didn't use doodling on the edges of the background paper nor did I use any banners or embellishments.  It was taking too much out of me to search for more supplies since I'm feeling so run down today.  My husband and kids are feeling better though so mission accomplished as wife and mother :)

Thanks for stopping by and go to bed early tonight so you're not so tired tomorrow!!
~Jennifer

Love That Face

Hello my scrappy friends! 

A quick layout I created today.  My inspiration comes from Soul Scrappers challenge, LIFT23.  This is the LO we needed to lift:

 

Here is what I made:
 

 

I love the banners, the flower clusters although I used some circles and the layers.

Thanks for stopping by~

Jennifer

Making IceCream

Hello my scrappy friends!  

Another day off from school due to snow and ice!  I'm not complaining...we all needed it here at home.  Everyone is sick but me so you know what that means....I'm able to clean, cook, shovel, do dishes and sever everyone all by myself.  I don't mean to complain but I'm getting tired since this has been going on all week!  Good thing the couch in the basement is comfy for me to sleep on!  But, I think there is hope...I'm hearing more talking and laughing as I post.  Perhaps health is on it's way!

I did get to scrap a layout yesterday for a few challenges. My daughter is making ice cream while at my sister's house a few years ago for the 4th of July.   I used CTMH Artbooking Cricut cartridge for the circle mat in the background and CTMH letter stamps for the title.

 

I'm entering my layout in... 

> Soul Scrappers STP1 challenge, Stirring the Pot where something is being made!  Some yummy ice cream!  

> A new challenge blog from The Royal Castle Shoppe challenge using stamped words...hope my letters making words count for this challenge! 

> Red Carpet Studios using a distressing technique.  I used spray ink and an edge distressor on the the photo mat.

Thanks for stopping by and commenting...time to make another LO before someone needs me!

~Jennifer