Spring - Winter - Spring - Winter - Spring - Winter

UGH! It just seems like this year has been very crazy weather for January and the start of February. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining that we've not had snow it's just hard to go back and forth with nice weather then cold/snow weather ... It puts me in the mood for Spring Cards but it's not quite time. I really should be making more Valentines! More soon. This card is for one of my friends in our SCS Craft Girls Blog Group - Melina. It's her 14th Wedding Anniversary and she posted that her favorite colors are green and purple. It was just the motivation I needed to get out my "new" CTMH Sonoma Paper Pack and play. The sketch is MOJO Monday #227. Back with more soon and to Melina - Happy 14!

Supplies: CTMH Sonoma Paper Pack, CTMH Stamps A Garden, The Best Thing, CTMH Ink Petal, Amethyst, Olive; CTMH Choc Flower Buttons, CTMH Sparkles Red, Pink & Purple; CTMH Grosgrain Vanilla Ribbon; CB Swissdots Folder

2012 - SYAO

How fun ... 2012 and I've already got 32 Scrap Pages done and in my Albums! I love it when the MOJO is working. This page is for a new challenge group I joined at Paper Secrets. What a Fun place to find motivation to scrap and stamp! The have a weekly challenge "Scrap Your A$$ Off" and here is my this is my first page for the first challenge.

It didn't come out exactly like it looked in my mind, LOL ... a little too busy. Guess I should have used cardstock for the background but as we say sometimes, "A Page Done is a Page Done!"

Supplies: CTMH Fanfare, CTMH Stamps Doodle Alpha, "Solo F", CTMH Ink Indian River Blue, Tulip, Black, CTMH Button Assortment Red, CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cart

life is good!

Woohoo! Today is our first Sharing From the Heart Blog Hop for 2012! Thanks for stopping by. If you're hopping with us today, you should have come here from Heather's Blog. Don't worry, if you didn't, you can always just start here and hop to the next great inspiration! As most of you know, I rarely do single pages as I'm a double page layout gal because I want them to match up. Today's layout though is for the FIRST page of my personal 2012 Scrapbook. I scrap all sorts of fun stuff I do hoping that someday, one of my grandchildren will want to know all about me and my life. Yup, these picts were just taken last week and I thought they were perfect to get my book started. I was inspired by a challenge on SB.Com for this month's Lyrics challenge which was to use a Katy Perry Song Title. I chose "A Cup

of Coffee" and snapped these picts with that in mind... I love coffee! I also did this page for the SB.Com Challenge, for "One Month at a Time" to scrap January Pictures, hand write the journaling and use a list. It really worked perfect with this page. I used up my CTMH Roxie Paper with this layout. I really like the new paper packs and how they're designed. I used up all of the paper and feel good that I won't have any lingering pieces in my stash that I need to use up again. My books will be fresh at all times with current papers. I love that idea. Well, the next stop on the Sharing from the Heart Blog Hop is Deb's Blog. I'm sure she's got a great project, page or card to show off for us this month. Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies: All CTMH Roxie Paper Pack, Roxie Stickease, Stardust Glitz, Bling Buttons, Opposites Attract Cricut Cartridge

JOY!

OK, I have to admit ... I'm not missing the white stuff {"snow"} all that much. I do love stamping snowmen, snowflakes and other winter scenes but to get out and drive and work in it - un-unh... just not on my fun list. Tonight however, the pretty CTMH Wonderland papers were calling to me. It did make a very pretty card and the blues and purples are always great colors to play with ... I just felt a little guilty stamping a snow scene on a cool 50 degree night and wishing it would stay that way for all of winter. Maybe we could just have snowflakes ... inside ... on cards? Yeah, NO! I know it's not going to happen but a gal can dream. So this card is my tribute to a Non-Winter, LOL!

The sketch is this week's MOJO Monday #223. I also found a stamp that had not seen ink yet for the H2H Challenge this week! Stay Inspired!

Supplies: All CTMH - Paper Pack Wonderland, Petal CS, Stamps Winter Joy, Ink Chocolate, Sparkles & Bitty Sparkles, Snowflakes were cut with CTMH Cricut Cart Art Philosophy

Stay Inspired

This past New Years Eve found me in a hotel traveling back home from a visit with family. We had such a great time together and of course as you've seen me mention, welcoming my new niece Sarah to the family. As I was thinking about all of the posts about New Years Resolutions and if I wanted to have some, I decided that I wanted to have "goals" instead of Resolutions. I was also searching for my "WORD" of the year. I had originally thought it would be "committed" because there were several areas of my life I wanted to be more committed to but that night as I checked in, I changed my mind. The key card said "Stay Inspired" and that my friends became my "WORD" (s) of the year. I loved that phrase, it sounded so much more positive! It also really felt like it fit all of the areas of my life, even my passion for stamping and scrapbooking! So I wish you a good 2012 and encourage you to Stay Inspired!

The sketch is from this week's Let's Scrap Sketch Challenge.

Supplies: All CTMH - Paper Pack - Jingle, Stamps - Doodle Alpha, He Said/She Said, Ink - Black, Cricut Cartridge CTMH Art Philosophy, Cricut Cartridge Pooh Font

Happy New Year!

Happy 2012! Welcome to a New Year! I loved the holidays but sure glad to be back crafting. Let the fun begin for a new year. Tonight I worked late so didn't have time for alot other than getting some cards done for my Card Angel Sisters. I know it's supposed to warm up here in Ohio and the snow might melt but it's January so I'm thinking ... flakes and hearts. After all it's almost February, my favorite holiday month for Valentines!

I used sketch #15 from Freshly Made Sketches. It was just perfect for showing off the pretty new CTMH Winter paper I have "Wonderland". I found some lace in my PIF box that went wonderfully and I scoured my Scrap/Stamp/Office for some Vellum to complete the Perfect Sentiments #13 only to realize it didn't turn out as sparkly as I like Valentines. I have 1 little piece of Vellum left, I just might have to try again this weekend for another look but here's my first one! Enjoy!

Supplies: Paper - CTMH Wonderland; Ink - CTMH Grey Wool, Petal; Stamps - CTMH Winter Joy; CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cart, MM Snowflake Brads; Crystal Stickles

Countdown to New Catty

I'm not sure why but my Crafty Clock gets ticking as we get close to starting to countdown for the new catty. It may be this time of year when I get lots more crafting done due to weather ... or maybe it's the holidays and all the occasions to scrap or reasons to make cards. I start getting motivated to "use up" all the older paper packs I have so I can make room for new...woohoo! This week was no different! Time to use up the older Christmas paper packs so I can get ready to scrap 2011 holidays with new stuff! Do you find yourself doing the same?

Now is a GREAT time to check out all of the fantastic layout ideas in CTMH Jeannette Lynton Sketch Idea book, "Magic". Both of these layouts came from ideas from this book. Of course, it was a GREAT time to use my Cricut CTMH Art Philosophy Cartridge for both layouts. I don't think I do a page without it now!

Thanks for stopping by on our Sharing from the Heart Blog Hop! If you came from Deb's Blog you're on the right path and it's time to hop to Polly's Blog. Don't worry if you started here! No matter where you start, you'll still get around the loop to see all of the GREAT creations this month. Thanks for stopping!

Supplies: CTMH Mistletoe Paper Pack, CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cart, CTMH Stamps Holiday Wishes, CTMH Ink Cranberry, New England Ivy