Thanx So Much Crystal.....side note...can't leave comments

Just wanted to give a big shout out to Crystal at scrapcandydesigns. She passed this award to me and I am so very touched. I had received this and posted my questions and answers a few days ago so I would like to pass this to all my followers. Please take one.....I only ask that you follow the rules posted on the original post.....so take a look...copy and paste and add this award to your blog....you all deserve it...we work so hard on a passion we share and it is so wonderful to have such a vast source of inspiration to tap into...I have so enjoyed reading every ones answers and gaining some insight to each of you who have already posted this one.

On a side note.....I am having trouble leaving comments on some of the blogs I visit....If you have not received a comment from me lately please know I have tried....when I click on the comment button my computer just freezes up.....so....especially if you have left a comment on a recent post of mine and I have not gotten back to your blog....I'm sorry....I will keep trying....I know how much your comments mean to me and I want you to know how much I love visiting your blogs and sharing with you as well......I have seen so many beautiful projects and read about some struggling with family loss etc....prayers....big hugs and happy Monday to all!!!!!!!!!!!

Love... the best gift of Christmas..... SOUS Challenge

Happy Friday everyone! Today is reveal day at SOUS and this weeks sketch is a beauty....I chose a picture of my 2 oldest boys from Christmas past...don't they look dapper in their little Christmas coats....so cute. I chose Once Upon a Time DCWV paper for the background and instead of adding another paper I chose a ribbon accent along the side. I made the poinsettia from Lyrical Letters and once again the lovely rose from Home Decor. The snowflakes are from A Child's Year and I purchased the little silver metallic ones. The mat is from A Child's Year with a few pearl paint drops around the edge. I downloaded Away In A Manger sheet music to add behind the pic. Click HERE to go to the site....they have lovely illustrations and I will be using it alot for holiday layouts I'm sure.

These little branches are also from Home Decor and I used my Martha Stewart branch punch to add the greenery.

A few gold and icicle stickles to add some glimmer.

I adore these little K&Co mini frames and they work so well on layouts.... the Love is cut from Home Decor too. Hop on over to SOUS to see what the other DT members created and come have some fun with this wonderful sketch!

Mother Love Envelope Pocket Mini

I found an awesome tute on you tube for this wonderful envelope pocket album and had to try one. I made this for my sis and each tag insert will hold photos. The album is made from plain envelopes covered with paper scraps and embellished. You can find it on you tube by searching for A Piece of Craft....Marion is so very talented. I also plan on doing a tute later because I used so many cricut cuts.....The front has one of the roses made from the Home Decor heart petal flower...I'm loving these...I also added the lock from Indie Art....Mother is from Storybook and love from Home Decor. I've added tons of fiber and ribbon.

I embossed a couple of tags made a Graphically Speaking flower....a Storybook border and the key from Indie Art on these pages.....The papers are scraps from K&Co.

Another Storybook border some Heidi Grace flowers....DCWV papers and a ribbon of gems. I also added a couple of the Plantin tags. The insert on this page is cut to size and punched with my Martha Stewart Doily punch.

On these pages I added some pop outs just for fun...some stickers, another SB border, Indie Art butterfly, silk flowers fiber and ribbon.

Here are the pop outs opened up...Live Laugh Love is from Home Accents.

I love this little Home Decor bird...so cute...some more SB borders, GS flower and Heidi Grace flower....Faith is Home Accents.

Some gold paper lace a GS flower, ribbon, fibers and a bird and frame both for Home Decor...he is perched on a bit of fiber.

The back of the book has another Indie Art butterfly and a Home Decor rose....the leaf is from A Child's Year.....thanx for stopping by....

I Have Friends That Are Over The Top!!!!!!

This award has been passed to me by so many bloggin blessings. Kim, Lil, Leanne, Sandi and Kaye. I hope you will visit each of them...they truly are over the top. Thanx so much for thinkin of me for this wonderful award....you are each a blessing to me.

The rules are this: I need to pass this award on to five people, post on their blog to let them know I left this award, and then I need to answer a list of questions in ONE word.

1. Where is your cell phone? Charger
2. Your hair? blond
3. Your mother? saint
4. Your father? missed
5. Your favorite food? chocolate
6. Your dream last night? strange
7. Your favorite drink? coffee
8. Your dream/goal? happiness
9. What room are you in? dining
10. Your hobby? scrapbooking
11. Your fear? sadness
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? boyssss
13. Where were you last night? home
14. Something that you aren't? bitter
15. Muffins? pumpkin
16. Wish list item? carts
17. Where did you grow up? everywhere
18. Last thing you did? Blog hop
19. What are you wearing? jammies
20. Your TV? on
21. Your Pets? chinchillas
22. Friends? blessings
23. Your life? progress
24. Your mood? contemplative
25. Missing Someone? mom
26. vehicle? expedition
27. Something your not wearing? shoes
28. Your favorite store? craft
29. Your favorite color? green
30. When was the last time you laughed? yesterday
31. Last time you cried? Thursday
32. Your best friend? Lynsey
33. One place that I go to over and over? God
34. Facebook? sometimes
35. Favorite place to eat? Mythos


I noticed that so many already have this award...I hope to pass to some that have not yet received it...but if I double up then that's okay too!!!

Michele
Terry
Judy
Kelly
Brenda

Hard to choose only five cuz I love all of you!!!!

Natural Beauty

Happy Happy Friday!!!! Are you as happy as I am to see the weekend come...a light at the end of the tunnel and it's not a train...yeehaw!!!! This week we are involved in a triple challenge with Frosted Designs and Practical Scrappers....this means lots of fun opportunities to get your scrap on and maybe even win some blog candy.....This layout features my lovely DGN.... Adrionna... aka...Onna... she is such a pretty little thing. I used DCWV papers and some card stock. The journaling was computer generated and then distressed with craft stain. I also added a little Martha Stewart doily punch scrap I had. This ia another sketch from pagemaps and is the sketch for SOUS this week.

The cherry blossom branch is from Home Decor...I added some white silk flowers and some pearl paint centers. Natural is cut from Opposites Attract and Beauty is several different fonts from Lyrical Letters. The owl is from Happily Ever After, part of the challenge from Frosted Designs. I adore this lace and use it a lot....which brings me to the next part of the challenge. The challenge for Practical Scrappers was to use at least 3 different types of ribbon. I used the pink and checked here and added some paper flowers. You can see that I stitched around the marquee I cut from Storybook. The mat behind the picture is from A Child's World.

Some more lace ribbon and I added a pin accented with a few beads as well.

These flowers were made from a Home Decor cut. It is the flower with the heart shaped petal and I cut 3 each in 3 sizes and layered and layered....and scrunched and scrunched. I also distressed with craft stain and added stickles. The leaves are A Child's Year. My butterfly is from Indie Art, I strung beads onto wire to form the body. The flourish behind the flowers is also from Home Decor. We have had such a wonderful response to the challenge blog and hope that this triple challenge will make it all the more exciting. Hope you will pop over to SOUS and check out the DT's creations as well as Frosted Designs and Practical Scrappers. Thanx for taking a look....let me know what you think!

Blog Candy Winner!!!!

Diane from Diane's Daily Dribble is the winner of my blog candy....Congrats Diane...can't wait to see what you do with your goodies....email me your info and I'll get it out to you right away!!!
Sandra_Windsor@yahoo.com

Thanx very much to all of my followers. I really appreciate your support and encouragement!!!!