A List Update

It's been a while since I posted an update about my 101 list.  Here are the things I've accomplished and I even added a few new things to my list. 

3. Go to a play/musical.
In order of the picture my Aunt, Meme (Grandmother), Myself and My Sister went and saw The Nutcracker.

34. Visit Catalina Island.
We took a trip with my side of the family, adults only and an overnighter. 

36. Fly a kite.
We did this awhile ago but it doesn't look like I ever posted it.  I even created a layout with some of the pictures.

74. Travel locally to a town I've never been.
The kiddos and I drove to Santa Monica and had lunch at a fish market.  Park meters are not something I deal with very often which made for an interesting 30 minutes of my kids in the car and me outside of the car standing and staring at that little machine.

26. Buy a new camera.
My DH bought me a camera for Christmas.  It's something that I've been needing/wanting for a while now. 

2. Take public transportation.
Each year we plan a little trip with my Dad, My Sisters Family and My Family.   This year we went down to San Diego and while we were there we took the train to lunch and then back to the hotel.  It was a fun experience. 

38. Buy something off etsy that I think is cute.
I bought a few really cool tags, burlap stars and canvas butterflies from Curtsey Boutique. Here is a card I made with one of the butterflies.  I inked it with a pink ink pad to match the colors on the card.

The Scrapping Nook DT Call

I've been apart of and still am on design teams for scrapbooking and card making.  I greatly enjoy creating design team challenges, projects and the over all chit chat.  We'll I went on-line yesterday in search of that is new out there in the scrapbooking land.  A lot of my go to places for scrappy conversation have been closing up and I wanted to see what else is out there.  I came across The Scrapping Nook.  Now I know my limits and I don't try out for every DT call I come across.  I have to say I really like the over all look of their site. They have a little but of everything; a message board, blog, store and more...  Looking forward to getting to know all the other members better and getting my creativity on. 

February Guest Designer

Sketches 4 All is having a February Guest Design Team Call.  Will it be you? 

We are also starting a Winder Wonderland challenge on January 7th and there is a fun Multi-Media prize for the winner from Creative Inspirations.  The sketch that you'll be using for the challenge is awesome.  Stop by  on Monday and check it out. 

January Challenge

A New Year has begun and what a wonderful way to start out is with a new challenge.  For this new year I thought it would be fitting to have a challenge of re-purposing/upcycling an item of items on your project.  Turning something old into something new.  Here are two cards I created.

The ribbon on the first card came off of a new shirt.  I don't ever hang my shirts by those strings and they are in the way when I wear the shirt so I just cut them off and save them.  It was the perfect color for this card. 

I received these amazing Prima flowers from Stacy Harper-Watson.  I used the packaging these two flowers came in for this card.

December Challenges

I've been on the Sketches 4 All Design Team since February 2011.  Theses ladies are awesome!!!  There are monthly challenges in the forum, group challenges and everyday chit chat.  I've been scrapping for 5 years and I have never been on a site where people are so helpful and the DT wants to be there for the fun of it.  Every once in a while Fia the owner will get a sponsor or send us some scrappy supplies.  I recently received a gift card from Fia and got to do some scrappy shopping.  With my new supplies Fia is having a sketch challenge and the DT will create a project using whatever items we bought.  We are also having a sponsor this month.  I hope you can come and join in on the fun.

Using a stamp from our December Sponsor Eureka/QKR

Sketch using projects purchased with my gift card from Fia. 

My monthly challenge.  I also used product from the gift card received.  Thanks Fia!!!

November Challenge: Photo Inspired

My November challenge is up at and running at S4A.

This month it's photo inspired.  What inspires you of course is up to you.  It could be the colors, shapes, items in the photo, etc...as long as I can see what inspired you.

I love scrapping primary colors which is one of the reasons I picked this photo. 

The Cutting Cafe Challenge

This month at Sketches4All we have a really great challenge and also for the second time...REGINA EASTER from the Cutting Cafe is our challenge sponsor!! 

We were given some amazing sets of stamps to work with and our lovely DT created some fun projects with these great stamps.

Our challenge to you is to create anything with a STAMP on it.   They can be ANY stamps ~ they don't have to be from The Cutting Cafe.  They can be physical stamps or digi.

It can be a tag, layout, card, altered, etc., please not more then 3 entries.  The challenge starts October 15th and ends on October 29th.  The winner will be announced November 1st.  The DT will choose a winner and that winner will receive 3 wonderful sets from the Cutting Cafe.

Visit Regina's site and look at here awesome products. Here is the link: http://thecuttingcafe.typepad.com

THANKS to Regina and her team for donating this awesome prize and also for the amazing sets that our design team worked with.  We loved creating with them!!

Here is what I have created with Regina's awesome stamps.