Happy Father's Day!

Hello my scrappy friends!  Real quick post today since it's Father's Day.  Need to wash and fold laundry (that's every Sunday), back a cake for hubby and buy some food for dinner.  He hasn't decided between pizza and Chinese food.

My card today is for my husband!  Just like my dad, hubby makes his own beer from time to time.  He trades local craft beers with other through out the country.  It's pretty cool trying beers from different areas.  This card sums up his love of beer, even if it looks like a Coors Light...which he doesn't like much!  I used SU! Mixed Drinks stamp set for the title and beer mug, Tim Holtz Stencils and random card stock for the patterned paper and black strip and mat.

I'll be entering this into the following challenges:
Bitten by the Bug: Masculine Challenge

STAMPlorations: Theme and Sketch


Curtain Call: Tasty Tropics - Who doesn't drink a nice cold beer in the tropics?!?



Thanks for stopping by~
Jennifer

Garden birthday card

Good Morning my scrappy friends!  One more week before my kids are out of school for summer vacation!  I think I worked my last time for this school year on Friday which is ok with me!  Sure I'd like another pay check but I'm going to enjoy this last week of quiet at home as much as I can!  Gotta get all of my scrappy things organized for a summer of crafting...I hope at least!

Here is a card I made using my Cricut cartridges Freshly Picked for the flowers and Plantin Schoolbook for the grass.  I inked the top layer of grass since the green was pretty bright and the stems of the flowers...it was the same bright paper!  My clouds and sun were made from a stencil, Clouds ARTplorations from STAMPlorations.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:
Bitten by the Bug - Garden themed challenge
 
STAMPlorations CAS challenge and the Never-Ending Anything Goes challenge

The Sisterhood of Crafters: Summer Fun - I love looking at my flowers during the summer!
 
Die Cuttin Divas - Challenge #269 - sketch challenge...I turned it to fit my garden!
 

Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day!!
~Jennifer

Smile

Hello once again my scrappy friends!  Tonight I'm sharing a card I made for a friend for two reasons...one -  her son has been sick and I wanted to cheer her up, knowing that she is in my thoughts and prayers and two - I wanted to use my new stamp set from STAMPlorations!

My friend has received this card.  She was happy and did in fact smile!  I'm sure her son feeling better helped her smile as well!
I'm entering this card into a few challenges:

Tuesday Throwdown - #293 Thinking of You

Shopping Our Stash - #251 April Showers Bring May Flowers


STAMPlorations - May Challenge
The Card Concept - clean and simple
The Sisterhood of Crafters - no designer paper

Scrapping Everyday Miracles - card challenge

Thanks for stopping by!
~Jennifer

BINGO!

Hello my scrappy friends!  We held a family birthday party for our daughter yesterday.  She received some gifts that she really wanted, mostly clothes and a gift card for Outback Steakhouse, we ate lots of tasty food, both healthy and not so healthy, and we saw some family members we haven't seen in a while.  It was a great day and today the house is already clean!! Bonus for me!

I was able to get a layout completed in between laundry loads and kids playing video games right next to me!  At least they are now outside enjoying some non rainy weather for a change!  This layout is from 2014, a bingo night the local school holds every year.  It looks like we won since there are some snacks on the table in the picture of my kids.  Honestly, I don't remember if we really won something but I'm pretty sure we did since I know I didn't bring those Oreo cookies!

I used paper from Sassafras and lily bee design.  The stencils are from Tim Holtz and The Crafter's Workshop.  This layout is being entered into the following challenges:
Sketch-N-Scrap, Flashback Friday #2
Hiding in My Craft Room #250 Super Scraps Saturday
Scrap Much Sketch-y Friday - 5/6


Thanks for stopping by!  Have a fantastic week!
~Jennifer

Happy May!

Hello my scrappy friends!  I hope you all had a chance to scrap this past Saturday for National Scrapbooking Day!  I did some creating not as much as I wanted since it was my daughter's 12th birthday!  Party is this coming weekend.

Here is a LO I created for my son's album.  He and his sister are making ice cream while at my sister's house a few years ago...it might have been 4th of July or just a summer day, I just can't remember :(

Anyway, I'm entering this into the challenges at The ScrapRoom using challenge sketch #3 and Scrap Our Stash using supplies starting with the letters of STASH using this from the blog: PRE-SELECTED STASH LIST: 
                                               S ~ Sequins, Staples, or Stickers                                  
                                                          T ~ Tags, Tape, or Transparency                                                                                                        A ~ American Crafts, Ampersand(&),or Arrow                                                                                 S ~ Stencil, Stick Pins, or Striped Print                                                                H ~ Hashtag (#), Heart(s) or Hemp (cord)

- See more at: http://scrapourstash.blogspot.com/2016/05/scrap-our-stash-and-scraproom-team-up.html#sthash.M951BwxV.dpuf

  I used Staples (holding the banner string), Tape (washi), Arrow (above the title), Stencil (gears and nested circles from STAMPlorations), Hashtag (part of title).

I'm also entering this LO into the Sketch-N-Scrap sketch challenge, Flashback Challenge #1.  The sketches are so close, I hope my entry is accepted!  

Thanks for stopping by and commenting!  Have a great day :)
~Jennifer

Encouragement

Hello my scrappy friends!  Here we are in April and there are flowers starting to sprout, trees are beginning to show their leaves and the heavens are dumping some pretty white snow on us!!  My eleven year old daughter says, as she is walking to her friends house, "I guess this is global warming?".  Who knows what is going on outside, I know that the flowers with snow on them are quite pretty!  Sort of brings us to my card.
My daughter's school play is next week.  This year she decided to play a role behind the scenes as part of the stage crew rather then being on the stage.  I love that she tries new things often even if she doesn't enjoy them as much as she anticipated!  This is the case with stage crew...she is a little bored having to be at every practice.  There is only so much the crew can do each week while the actors are learning their lines.  But, it's a new experience to fill her memories!  Isn't that one of the things that make life so wonderful?  New experiences and memories!
Here is a card I made for her showing my happiness at her willingness and  tenacity for new things.  We are so proud of her!

This card is has been made from patterned papers from my stash, Cricut's Art Philosophy for the flowers, Tim Holtz and SU! inks and Stamplorations for the stamped sentiment.  I am entering into the following challenges...go check them out!

Always Playing with Paper - Challenge #67, a sketch

Scrapping4funChallenges - Challenge #62, anything goes

Share Joy Challenge - sketch and inspiration photo - I was inspired by the sketch and the flowers in the photo.

Stamplorations April CAS - optional use of the color green  Not sure is this really is a CAS card but I used the color green and brand new Stamplorations stamps!  

Thanks for checking out my card and these fabulous challenges!  All comments welcomed :)  
Have a fabulous Saturday!!
~Jennifer

Rainbow Birthday card

Hello my scrappy friends!  I totally forgot about a friend's birthday, YIKES!  I can get this card into the mail and it will get to her on time. Whew! 

I used a challenge from Fun Cuts by Jen using the letter R for rainbow.  I chose to used a variety of colors that can be found in a rainbow.  The colors are Stampin' Up! and Tim Holtz distressed colors.  The flower looking stamp is from CTHM (die cut) and the sentiment is from SU! (also a die cut from CTMH, Art Philosophy).  

I also am entering this card into the Curtain Call: Neon Nicknacks challenge.   The colors of the rainbow in the flower are neon but the photo doesn't do it justice.    2 Creative Chicks challenge is anything goes so I'm entering this card here too!

 
Thanks for stopping by and leaving some comments~
Jennifer