Memories In Thanksgiving Blog Hop, Day Two

Welcome to the the 2nd day of our "Thanksgiving" Blog Hop!!








We're so happy you could join us for this super-fun hop showcasing cards, layouts and projects that feature everything to be thankful for!! You'll find an array of ideas throughout the hop -- We hope you'll enjoy each and every project along the way!!


If you've hopped over from Miss Jen, then you are in the right place!! If you've just popped in to visit my blog or are reading this via email and you'd like to join our Thanksgiving FUN, then please CLICK HERE (http://www.memoriesintyme.blogspot.com/) to start at the beginning with Lynda's blog!! This is a TWO-DAY hop, so be sure to catch both days for maximum ideas (you'll find the entire line-up below my post)!!


For the hop today, I've decided two Thanksgiving cards that were part of the Scrappy Jak project of the month club. Melissa always sends us the best stuff to make and I enjoyed making these two cards from the card base, paper and ribbon she sent. Here are the pics...

Both my Cricut and Pazzles machines got a work out on this one. For the wishbone card I used my alphabet stamps from Michaels and the eyelets are Stampin' Up. The sentiment on the "Give Thanks" is from Stampin' Up as well.


Thank you again for checking out my projects. Now hop on over to amazing . 


Here is the complete lineup for today in case you get lost!!


DAY TWO (November 16):

JME Creations Halloween Design Team

Morning to all you wonderful peoples :) Today is our Halloween celebration over at JME Creations. The card I am showing today is part of a 3 part set that I made this month. Earlier this month I participated in a two day Tim Burton blog hop. My favorite Tim Burton movie is "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and this Birthday card features a Jack Skellington head I cut with my Pazzles. I used some Recollections bling to spruce this up and the paper behind Jack's head was cut with Provocraft's Elegant Edges cartridge. The reason Jack's head glistens is because he has Martha Stewart's Glow in the Dark glitter. I was so excited that he glows in the dark :D

I actually made this card with these other projects at the same time

How cool is all these! I certainly hope that you will stop by JME Creations blog to see what my other creative team members made. Until next time....

It is beginning to look like a Cricut Christmas...

and oh what a nice one it was. I even got to play with the new addition yesterday! Thanks to Mother Nature dumping over 2 feet of snow Sunday into Monday, my office closed, I took the opportunity to watch a Gypsy video and link my cartridges. I have to take baby steps. And lookie what I used to make 2 cards and a mini chipboard album (which will be in my next post):

Here is my non-Cricut gift that I plan on putting a Scrapbook Organizer app on to keep me straight when I shop:



This year the #1 item that our daughter wanted for Christmas was contacts. Since I could not wrap it and did not want to just make a coupon, here is what I made with my Pazzles machine:



I was quite proud of myself :) I cannot wait to get more acquainted with my Gypsy and Expressions and thank my wonderful family for making my Christmas special. Now bring on the new year! Until next time....


Happy Scrappin'


Sue

I am finally starting to work on a goal...

I have always wanted to work on weekly challenges and now, thanks to Love 4 Stamps (http://love4stamps.blogspot.com/p/monday-challenges.html) challenge list, I can. I lost a few hours due to taking a nap but I did manage to get some cards done. Here is one of them:

This is a second one also :) I loved this card so much I made a few of them.

Since it is now November 29th, I can also share my Scrappy Jack November cards. These were so much fun to do and my Pazzles got a workout.

I have 2 more challenges that I want to complete but they will have to wait as work will be here tomorrow. Until next time....


Sue

A Sunday School Inspiration!

Tomorrow is my day to teach Sunday school. I was unable to become a regular teacher (not due to lack of effort on my part) but I am very happy to teach the preschool class at our Church. I love the innocence of the age as they are like little sponges! Well, I was trying to decide what craft to do with them and since it will be International Day, I thought of love. Loving one another in fact. The "tag" was cut from the Pazzles using their shapes resized to 3" and the ends rounded and the cross was cut an 1.5". I was able to cut out a whole 12 x 12 sheet with a simple copy and paste. So here is what I came up with:

I used this as a sample as I really did not love the lettering . We use Veggietales for the younguns' so "Are You My Neighbor?" is the choice of the day. Well, all the hearts I punched out gave me a simple card idea. This, literally took me less than 5 mins to put together. The only thing I would change is the lettering. I would use small letter stamps, small letter stickers or cut out letters on the Cricut or Pazzles. 

I think I will have to make a video soon showing how quick and easy it is. I will have a new adventure now. To learn to us my Gypsy! :) Until next time....

Happy Scrappin'

Sue

In NYC.....

I am very happy to share this layout with you. It kind of took on a life of it's own. I do not think that I have ever made a layout this large. I still have to do the fair pictures but I will need to save that for another day. These pics are from my cousin's trip North.They wanted to go to New York City to see the Nintendo store, FAO Schwartz and Lego World! St. Patrick's Cathedral was a bonus! I wish I could have scrapped it all! NYC holds a lot of great memories for me.

These pages were made with either the Pazzles or the Cricut. Here you go.....






All the letters were cut with my Cricut. The lego blocks were cut files for my Pazzles, the stickers are Jolees Boutique.I love bling as to me it represents NYC .


This next project I wanted to share with you is a Red and Magic challenge that was given to me by my partner in crime, Erin. (You can check out her blog at http://comfyonmycloud.blogspot.com/) We have a timeshare in Florida and her and her husband took a little vacation. When I think of red and magic I think of Mickey and Minnie. Well, I got Spiderman . I immediately came up with this idea. I dislike working with chunky glitter. I might need to try Martha Stewart glitter. I like microbeads too.

This was strictly a Pazzles projects. Even the font. I have definitely gotten my monies worth with this machine. I love the brads for the spider's eyes! I outlined the letters with a silver paint pen. Thanks to Erin for the inspiration! Now I hope that you are inspired as well. Until next time......

Happy Scrappin'

Sue

Are you ready for some football?

I am. I don't really get to watch much and Monday Night football is out of the question but I do track and see how my NY teams do. Being a NY girl at heart, I just can't help it.

Today I made good use of my time. I was pretty much stranded so I decided to put together the cards for the die cut critters I made last weekend. I have so many card sketches I have designed and have to work on more of them. Here is what I came up with:

I decided to make one card of the set of 3 with a sentiment for these sets. I just love this happy little fellow!

Here are the two cards without sentiments. If I were to sell them online I am not sure if I would offer personalization. Any suggestions?

Here is the dragonfly. I would love to see him more sparkly for sure.

Here are the dragonfly twins :)

I think this one is my favorite! He was the first critter card I designed before even owning the cartridge!

I made two of these but they are identical :)

The sentiment in this one is one of many. I need to get a small alphabet stamp set one of these days but I am also a HUGE fan of handwriting on cards. They make them more homey to me.

And here are the owl twins. They are fraternal of course! The Inside has the same paper as the inside sentiment above.

And last but not least, the finished flower card....

I kind of switched gears on this one with the eyelets and the stamped sentiment (I normally wait to stamp until I need the card). The reason I did was this is a sample now. The glue did not dry clear so I was disappointed. C'est la vie as they say.

Well, I hope that you have enjoyed this post as much as I enjoyed sharing it with you. All comments are welcome. Until next time....

Happy Scrappin'

Sue

I've been a baaaaaaadddddd girl :)

Well, ok not really. I have been meaning to blog a very long time ago. Life is getting in the way for sure. Between packing to move, Dad's surgery, moving, unpacking and still trying to work and scrap I think I got lost. Anyone have a road map to the nearest scrapbook retreat weekend complete with masseuse? I have managed to get some scrapping done and I have the fruits of my labor to share. I also have exciting news. Sande Designs (our new company) has a commission piece for a Las Vegas project. I designed the background and layout and have been working hard to construct 6-16 x 20 posters with BLING! My partner (in crime), Erin, will be coming this weekend to help with the final embellishments and matting of all pics. I plan on sitting and constructing a bunch of cards as well. Wish me luck! :)

Well, enough about me. Onto the projects.....

Here are the two samples that we came up with for our Vegas project. The black background was the winner. The circles were cut with my new Pazzles machine (no cartridges required) and the brads are Stampin Up'.

This was a 3 page layout for my Boricua family. I wish that there was more time in the world to visit. The embellishments are a modge podge of Stampin' Up, stickers from AC Moore and letters cut from the Pazzles.

I take no kudos for this layout. I bought it at Michael's Arts and Crafts. These are our dog Tina the Mini Pin and Rosie the Bischon (Mom's dog). I am not crazy about pre-made layouts but wanted to try it.

Well it seems that I cannot add the other pics to this post so we will have to have a Part 2 :)

Happy Scrapping,

Sue