I'M BAAAAAACK!!

HELLO EVERYONE!!

How is everyone doing??! I am exhausted and working on getting my life back together! Since my son and I moved back to Ohio from Las Vegas, it has been a roller coaster ride. We moved around a bit and finally was able to afford our own apartment! It's the cutest little apartment with a great price! He's soooo excited that he still asks "are we at our new house?" every time we pull into the driveway! And we got our keys on April 1st!

So I cannot wait to catch up with everyone. I dearly miss being on the design teams and my design team sisters. I will have some projects coming up since we have a blank slate in our apt to work with! Fun fun!! Plus...I just purchased a new paper cutter, the Craftwell Ecraft cutter (more to come on that).

So I just wanted to say Hi to everyone, I miss my crafty family and cannot wait to get back into the loop!

xoxo
Charity!

Lasting Memories Challenge #63

Hey everyone!!

The new Lasting Memories challenge started yesterday! It's all about sephia and earth tones!! How fun is this?! I used My Memories Suite to make a digital layout:

Of course I chose to scrap my little man! I'm always taking random pics of him and came across this one while looking for a photo that would look good in a sephia tone. I hope you like it! Now go check out the rest of the fab DT, get some inspiration and get your scrap on!! Make sure you link up by Nov. 12th, 9pm est.

xoxo Charity

Paper Lovin' Gals Challenge #4!!

Hey everyone!!

So things are finally starting to settle down a little bit. Still moving stuff out of the old house into the new room I'm renting. Scrapbook mostly unpacked and organized. Work slowing down...a tad. So onto a fun challenge!

At Paper Lovin' Gals we encourage ALL kinds of crafting projects inspired by the picture provided for you. We are a weekly challenge blog that runs from Thursday to Wednesday. Lots of prizes and friends to be had! So here is Challenge #4 picture for you:

I LOVE this pic!! There are sooo many things I wanted to do for this one but the time was just not on my side. I love the blue in the bed spread so I made a little frame inspired from that:

I used the Zig Two-way fine tip glue pen to 'draw' the glue swirls then sprinkled glitter on them.

This is actually how the frame started off!

I bought a bunch of these on clearance for .50 cents cause I knew I could alter them!

I hope you like my inspiration from the picture! Now go check out the rest of the fabulous DT for even more inspiration!! They have some beautiful projects to show!!

xoxo Charity

Lasting Memories Challenge: Something You Cherish

Hey everyone!

So it has been chaos around here with the move, unpacking, refilling my car with boxes from my original house I left here before I moved to Vegas. Now that I'm back I'm getting all the stuff I left behind the first time! Plus work has been crazy cause of xmas merchandise coming (but my fave time of year!). So needless to say my layout is late!

This week your challenge is to create a layout about something you cherish and use that word for or in your title! That easy! It can be anything, the coffee I'm drinking right now, the football we watch on Sundays, the little man laying next to me! Anything you cherish! Can't wait to see what you come up with! Here's mine:

As we all know I just 'Cherish' my son! He makes me want to make good decisions for us, be a good person, just be the best that I know God put in me! So of course I made my layout of the day I was blessed with my son.

Now, go to Lasting Memories and get some inspiration from my DT Sisters and get another LO made!

xoxo Charity

Paper Lovin' Gals Challenge #3!! Plus a GIVEAWAY!

Hey everyone!!

It's time for another challenge at Paper Lovin' Gals!! I LOVE being on this design team because you can make ANYTHING for the challenges! So this really gets your creative juices flowing! Plus:

Here is the pic for inspiration:

OOOOOHHHH...SPOOOOOKYYYYY!! Ok, I just had to do it!
I love the orange in this picture, and the little scaredy cat! And since this blog is all about ANYTHING GOES and I have a little special treat in store, I wanted to make something really cool! So here is my creation:

Do you want to know how I made my fabulous sign??? By using this:

That's right! My Memories Suite! It's not just for scrapbooking!! I pieced this together in the software and guess how much I paid for all the lettering, design, paper and embellishments?

NOTHING! NADA! ZIP! ZERO! ZILCH!

Then I printed it, adhered it to chip board and added some favorite embelli's! Isn't this awesome? 

 Layered on sticky-back orange and black felt.

Added a ghost button and spider button with lots of glitter and ribbon!

Watch how I put it all together!!

You know what's more awesome?? One of you is going to win your very own free software download! This is what you have to do:

For 1 entry (these 3 must be done in order to be eligible):

a. Enter any project for the current Paper Lovin' Gals Challenge #3

b. Check out My Memories Suite, then come back and tell me your favorite kit.

c. Show the DT's some love! Check out their blogs and leave them a comment under their design for Challenge #3, once you hit all 5 (Michele K., Michele F., Holly & Kasey) (including myself), then leave your comment telling me you did it!

Sounds like a lot....I know....but this software is fabulous and I want to give it to someone scrappy who is willing to do a little leg work! You have until Wednesday, Nov. 2nd at 9pm to get it all done.

Now get in on the fun!!! Go! Right now!! Check out the team, the photo, get inspiration and submit that project!! Can't wait to see who wins!!

xoxo Charity

Bling it on!! Challenge #61

Hey everyone!!

We have a new challenge for you at Lasting Memories!! We want to see BLING, BLING AND MORE BLING on those layouts!! Here is what I came up with;

The giant scroll is from the Home Accents cartridge, fit to page. The black paper I stamped all over it to make my own pattern with flowers and silver ink. No hidden journaling this time...I know I know, I can't believe it either! I just love how the blue scroll picks up the blue in his eyes. I added some 'drops' of bling throughout the page with some 'stitch' lines around the paper. I added a blue strip of paper separated by a white rope, kind of hard to see.

I hope you like my take on this layout challenge! Now go check out the other fabulous DT's and get your submission in by Saturday, 8pm est!

xoxo Charity

Paper Lovin' Gals Challenge & DT Call!!!

Hey everyone!!

It is time for the 2nd challenge over at Paper Lovin' Gals! I'm sooo excited! We also have a Design Team Call going on and need to fill 3 spots....soooo....when you enter your fabulous craft project (inspired by the pic provided) put your name with DT at the end of it. That's it! You have until Tuesday, November 1st 8pm pst to enter for the call.

So here is the next challenge picture to get inspired from;

 

Isn't this such a pretty pic!! Of course the pumpkins just jumped out at me and I thought of a million things I could do. However, I just moved a week ago from Las Vegas to Cleveland, Ohio and didn't have a lot of my scrapbooking supplies unpacked...I know! I couldn't believe it wasn't the first thing to be unpacked either! 

Anyways! Here is what I came up with;

I LOVE the stick pins that Denise makes, and they're only a $1!! The red paper I pulled from the barn, the blue was pulled from the sky, the orange from the pumpkins and of course the pumpkin and leaf from the pumpkins! I really like to make little cards with these stick pins cause they make a really nice and quick card/gift all in one!

The pumpkin is a sticker I mounted to chipboard, the twine and papers are from blog candy I won. I folded the orange paper and taped it down. I just stuck the pin under the twine and into the paper so whomever gets it can just pull it out!

NOW....on to your projects! Remember, this is ANY craft project!! We want to see it ALL!! Take a look at the pic provided, get some inspiration from all the DT's and get your craft on!

xoxo Charity