Sunshine, Flowers and Saturday Morning fun!

Hello Delightful Friends and Family!
Hope your weekend is going well!  It's already been a busy day with making lunches for the homeless outreach our church does every 2nd Saturday of the month, breakfast with my hubs and t-ball with our little Addy.  Here is a card I did last night for a friend on the east coast, she's been on my mind lately so I thought I'd send her a card and let her know I'm thinking of her (Abby!).

Love this stamp set from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps called Sunshine and Flowers I've been wanting to use it for over a month!  It's so cheery and the sentiments are wonderful too!  I've colored this with Copics, added Glossy Accents and Liquid Pearls (pumpkin) to embellish.  The inks I've used are Memento Tuxedo Black and Nautical Blue.  The designer paper is from DCWV 8x8 paper pad called Cafe Mediterranean.  I've used navy card stock to mat the middle dp.

Glossy accents used in the middle of the blue flower and Liquid Pearls added to the middle of the two other flowers.

I've entered this card in the following challenges:

Color ThrowDown #300

Seize the Sketch #24

Word Art Wednesday #140

 Here is a glimpse of our Saturday morning:  Assembly line to make a little more than 100 lunches.

A mound of bananas!

 Lots of sandwiches!

Here are some pics of Addy's first t-ball instruction through Kindersports.

Hitting off a batting tee.

Waiting patiently for her turn.

 

 Running the bases

Smiles for Grammie

But you, be strong and do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded.  2 Chronicles 15:7

Adorable is My Middle Name - Mini Album

Hello Delightful friends and family!

Here is my second mini album I made for my niece.  This ended up to thick to add to the one I shared in the earlier post.  My intention was for this to be an interactive page inside the first mini album I made.  So, she received two instead of one but there were no complaints (lol!)

Warning: This post has a lot of pictures!

  I've used the same paper as the last mini album (DCWV - Nana's Nursery Baby Boy)

Here is the link to making the base of this album: TUTORIAL.  When I made the base I thought I was using a good color to coordinate but it ended up that I hated it and so I Gesso'd the entire thing and either ink sprayed, covered with the DCWV paper or used a better color of card stock to coodinate with the designer paper. (a lot of extra work on my part which was unnecessary if I had chosen a better color card stock to start with)

I'm just going to share little bits with you because there is just too much to remember!!!

Dies: Spellbinders; Flower punch (Marvy Uchida); Faux stitching: Faber Castell Pitt white pen. The front cover closes with velcro.

I've used small white tags from Paper Accents that's I've embellished.  Stamps and ribbon: Taylored Expressions.

 I've used seam binding and dyed it with Dylusions Ink Spray (Ranger) and the vine stamp is from Prima Marketing.  The border is the DCWV paper.  I've slipped in a 4"x6" piece of vellum in the place where the picture should go.

Printed words next to hippo sticker below is computer generated and printed on a transparency.

Notes and Date are a Lawn Fawn Alpha stamp set. Border die (My Favorite Things), each tag has this on the backside for journaling.

Tag stamped with "Cutie Pie" (Unity Stamp Co.) Flower border (Taylored Expressions) and Grass (Lawn Fawn.  Photo Corners: Marvy Uchida Punch.

 "Adorable" quote computer generated printed on Vellum (font: Cutie Patootie); Fishtail banner die (MFT) I double stamped the lion on patterned paper twice and fussy cut the head and used a dimensional to pop it out a bit.  I don't remember the paper I used but it worked well and he turned out so cute!!  I used a Copic marker to color the mane.  The background was ink sprayed with Ranger Dylusions Ink (vibrant turquoise, dirty martini and white linen) and I'm loving this combination.  It's even prettier in person.

 I think the woodgrain paper is Simple Stories and I cut the extra strip at the top and bottom to make it look like a fence.  Distressed with ink on the edges.  The banner is the MFT die.  WeR Memory Keepers bakers twine to string the banner.  I was inspired by a scrapbook page on Pinterest for this layout.

So, if you made it this far, thanks for sticking with this picture heavy post.  I hope you are inspired! If you have any questions please be sure to leave them in the comment section and I'll try and answer them for you.

I will be sharing this at Word Art Wednesday #136 Anything Goes.

 Today is my little granddaughter Addy's 5th birthday!  Can't believe she will be starting kindergarten in the fall! I took this picture today as she was heading out the door on the way home.  

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For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Thessalonians 5:9

Baby Boy - Mini Album (part 1)

Hello Delightful friends and family,
I completed not one but two mini albums for my niece for her baby shower and wanted to share them with you!  I've taken a lot of pictures so I've decided to divide it up so it's not so overwhelming for me!  Here is the front cover and the first 4 pages.

I'm only going to add a little bit of information to each picture, something I've done that may have added to the design.  For instance the front cover: the chipboard alpha stickers I've coated with Glossy Accents and I've customized the tabs on each page by covering with paper, chipboard, ribbon or painted.  Other than that, this front cover was pretty simple, the paper is DCWV Nana's Nursery Baby Boy (paper pack, it's used throughout the albums) and I've cut it down to 8x8.  The picture will enlarge if you click on it. You never know what small detail may inspire you!

The first inside layout pages (1 and 2):

Sun, banner, tag, onesie and scallop border are Dies from Taylored Expressions, the words (on pg 1) were printed on vellum and cut out.  The words "Baby and It's a Boy!! were stamped with Lawn Fawn Alpha Stamps.  Pg 2 the words are stamps from Taylored Expressions.

 Page 3 and 4
Fishtail Banner Dies (My Favorite Things), Frame (Spellbinders); scallop circle (EK Success punch).
Words are computer generated, the font "Cutie Patootie"

I love this layout!  The hearts are a Mover and Shapers Die from Sizzix (Tim Holtz line); the words are a stamp from My Favorite Things.  The faux stitching was made by a Faber Castell Pen. The scallop diamond border punch is EK Success.  Ribbon and buttons (my stash)

Well, that's it from me for today.  I'll try and get some more posted within a couple of days.  I'm heading to a Beth Moore Living Proof event in Stockton, CA with a friend on Friday so a lot is going on before I can head out of town so I'm not going to make any promises  :-)

I'm sharing this at Word Art Wednesday (Anything Goes) #135

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Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.  Psalms 27:14