Try Try Again!

Another week another challenge!! 
I saw the sketch for this week and immediately had a picture pop in my head of exactly what I wanted to do!! Yeah, that didn't work out lol can I just say my trash can is not hungry!!
For some reason I saw the saying, "Live Laugh Love" and thought perfect! I guess the 3 spaces on the sketch spoke to my head but my hands said yeah not today! Then I decided I wanted to use a new stamp I got recently and I kept playing with it until I ended up with this card! Again many papers went in the trash! It isn't perfect but ... I've never been able to do perfect!

So here is this weeks sketch:

http://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com/ 

If you are here you probably already know about this site. If for some reason you stumbled across my site, and make cards, please go visit.  There are so many beautiful cards!!

OK enough babbling here is my card for this week!! 

Until next time,
~S

Crafty Retail Therapy

  So today a girlfriend & I did a little shopping!! 
  Everything was on sale or we used coupons and we did pretty good I think. Our last few shopping trips we just wandered and didn't find anything. 

  So which of these things doesn't belong in a craft haul? You guessed it The Monster at the end of this book!!! This was one of my favorite books to read to my kids when they were littles. Both of them are getting married next month and I can't wait for them to start trying for my grandbabies!!! So when I saw this at Michael's I HAD to buy it!!! I mean what if they don't have it when I need it?! 
  So anyhow, I got some white cardstock to try and I've always wanted a snow pen so grabbed that up soon as I saw it! The alcohol lift ink pad, well that shocked us that it was in the store so got that baby for $2.40 I don't know why but I thought it was going to be super expensive. (I'm a cheap shopper lol today's adventure I only spent $35.02 )
So it was a fun day with my friend!!! I talked her ear off and we shopped and shopped!! Took some time to gobble up some pizza too! We did our normal run Michael's, Tuesday Morning, Joann's, AC Moore and finished up at Hobby Lobby!!!! 
  I can't wait to do it again!! 
~S

Apple Time

This weekend the family is getting together and going apple picking!! I thought I'd get some pictures and make an album to give my mother in law. I've watched some videos in the past but basically I winged it!! This is what I came up with ... I'm actually happy with it! 
~S

Craft Comfort Zone?

So here is the reason I started this blog.
I saw a blog that had card challenges every week. I still consider myself new even tho I have been playing around with this stuff off & on for awhile. I thought if I joined the challenge, 1. I would actually "practice".  2. It would bring me out of my comfort zone because I NEVER think anything I make is good enough for someone else. They have it set up to share from a blog so thus the blog.  I hope I'll keep trying after this very first attempt! It was actually a lot harder than I thought. I had an idea in my head and that didn't come out of my hands! Seeing the examples I'm back to thinking my stuff is crap!
Do YOU venture out of your comfort zone?

So here goes nothing!

Here is the site and sketch given for the week! (Hope I do this correctly)
http://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com/

Here is my simple card!

Sequins are a prop right?! LOL

~S

Birthday Card

This is a little card I made for a friend that lives in Nebraska, for her birthday. I have almost no experience coloring with colored pencils ... as an adult ... it really isn't the same coloring as an adult as when your a kid!! As a kid I colored ALL the time I thought I'd be good at it .. yeah not so much! Anyhow, I had some cards laying around from trying that whole one sheet wonder people talk about so I took my elephant and stuck him on one!! Shoved it in the mail today before I changed my mind!!! Points for trying right?!
~S

Let's Talk Crafts

  So I LOVE to craft ...I'm incredibly not good at it from my point of view but I still try! 
  If you happen upon my new little blog here I'd LOVE to hear what crafty things you do!!

  My craft room is set up in sections. Lets walk around the walls of my room ...
As you enter the room to the left is a treadmill that doesn't get used! I know I'm not alone! Then a closet which I just took advantage of the space and spent 4 hours cleaning it out to use for supplies!
In said closet I have supplies for diamond painting and acrylic pour painting both of which I had stacked up on tables before. I also have my vinyl for decals. Then we come around to my heat press and htv basket. I started with the Cricut easy press and decided to get an actual heat press. Then I have shelves & shelves & shelves of paper crafting supplies. It's CRAZY how fast I accumulated all of it!! I have a giant desk that I LOVE LOVE LOVE and a Cricut.  I also have used a Happy Planner for 2 years so I have tons of stuff to decorate that I found I decorated every week and the only plans I had were to catch TV shows! So I haven't done much with that.

  I have a friend that I do a card swap with once a month, we take turns picking a style. Get's us in our rooms and working on something and who doesn't like Happy Mail?! 
Boy that was long winded!!
~ S
A couple of my diamond paintings I did for my in laws 
  

Hello ... first post ...

Hi ... you found me! 
This site will be VERY random I can promise you that! I do a whole lot of nothing & share it too much!!  I have a wonderful family although we are currently empty nesters! 
I adore my husband & children & our cat, Quizno (who is currently on me making it very hard to type!!) 
I love to bake and craft. So I keep busy!
Well that gets me started I guess we'll both see where this takes me!!
Nice to meet you!
~ S