Life is Good

I so enjoy hanging out with my son. At 24 he is employed, has his own apartment, and is now dating again. He is truly in a very happy place. Or as he told me "Life is Good in the Hood"

I scrapped these recent photos of him using this sketch from Life paper Scrapbook.

I also used this for a challenge to use an unopened stamp, a technique that scares you and accent pieces you have been hoarding. 

I used a grid stamp on the striped paper. The clocks and flowers have been saved forever. For my technique I misted but forgot my mist sprays in a large blob. I ended up painting the background orange. So then I just drippled the mist from the end of the applicator. 

Last Scrapper Standing

Last Scrapper Standing has started at Memorable Seasons and I have the pleasure of issuing the first challenge!

I HEART you. This week's challenge is all about the heart. You must use it as the focus of your layout. Instead of just using it as an embellie use it as shaped journaling, as borders, as banners, shaped out of twine or out of paint! Creativity is key! I have several examples

This must be a new layout created for this challenge. Upload to the gallery and link to the LSS 1 Thread by Wednesday, February 13 at midnight.

SYAO

The challenges are getting more and more difficult each week! 

This week's is is to complete the CSI challenge

Here is my layout

I have the 5 colors.

At least two evidence - hearts, 10 layers, large heart and leaves.

Testimony - heart shaped journaling spot

I was Supposed to be Cleaning the House

I was supposed to be cleaning the house for a party on Saturday. Instead, I made this!

 

  

We bought this burlap wreath at a craft show in December and I hadn't figures out what I wanted to do with it. I painted and decopaged wood hearts and used mini clothes pins to hang them from the wreath.

MIxed Media Monday's

Tracy at Mixed media Mondays encouraged us to create a Life or Dream list and to use that in an art piece. While I have not yet completed the list or put that in a project, I did complete this. I spent my senior year in high school in Berlin as an exchange student. It was an amazing experience. Now forty years later, I wish I could remember more of it. I have thought off and on about going back, but even if that does not happen,. I want to get out my slides and diaries and try to make an album from my stay. So that is on my life list. Tracy's piece of the castle reminded me of Berlin so I took an image of the old bombed out church because that stands out in my mind and created this.

SYAO

The Challenges are getting more difficult! This week's challenge was to use these colors, chicken wire, stamping, 5 different ribbons and tags.

Here is my layout. I did everything that was required.

Memorable Season's February Kit

It is a new month and that means a new Design Team kit from Memorable Seasons !!

This month I got to play with the Authentique Lovely collection!!!

I love this paper!! Gorgeous patterns and colors and great quality!!

Here is my first layout

I have this photo of my parents. I do not know when it was taken or what the occasion was. But, I love the look of delight and the laughter shown on my mom's face. I paired it with a copy of a letter my dad wrote to my mom two days before they were married. The last line of his letter was "I am out of paper, but I will never run out of love for you".   Quite eloquent for an electrical engineer:) Sadly my dad died when I was 12.

I also made a card. I jumped on the vellum envelopes bandwagon with this.