Flutter By Wednesday #145

If you stopped by earlier for my Flutter By Wednesday card, sorry about not having it up! {waving hi to Kimberly!} I've been having some router issues this week, hopefully my dear techy husband will resolve them soon {waving hi to him too if he's reading this!}

This week's FBW challenge is to create a card based on this inspiration picture

I was immediately drawn to the daisies, they are my favorite flower! I decided to use another image from last week's sponsor, Robyn's Fetish, called Daisy Days. Appropriate, right? :)

The paper and woolies are from the Basic Grey Green at Heart collection, one of my favorites from them!

I used the March sketch from Sketch for You to Try, I got to use up some scraps. Yay me!

If you'd like to play along with FBW, please link your card HERE and you can see more inspiration from the fabulous team, check out the links on my left sidebar!

Paper Cutz #81 - St. Patrick's Day

{2nd post of the day - please scroll down for my Lasting Memories challenge!}

I'm a few days late with the Paper Cutz challenge...finally managed to get a card done today. The first attempt ended up in the trash last week. The challenge is St. Patrick's Day (as if you couldn't tell by my post title lol!) Not completely thrilled with this card, I think if I was to re-do this card I would use a white base and layer the green embossed background on top.

I did create this card with 100% stash, I'm quite proud of that. Little by little, I'll get this stuff used up!

I used Cardabilities #26 for the layout of the card.

I also incorporated these challenges~
The Corrosive Challenge #106 - Going Green!
Do You Stack Up #9 - Just Green It!
Friday Mashup #34 - Thinkin' Green
Clear It Out Challenge #1 - Anything Goes

TFL!

Card Details ~ Clover Riley (Riley & Company), DCWV patterned paper, Georgia Pacific cardstock, copics (N2, N7, G28, E27), Gold smooch, prima flowers, brads & ribbon from stash, mini pop dots, swiss dots cuttlebug folder

Lasting Memories Challenge #28

Sigh...the weekend is almost over :(

But the good news is I have a new Lasting Memories challenge to share with you! 

"You're the Boss"

Please show us your unique style!

And........we have a sponsor for you!!

You can win one of three prizes, check out all the details HERE 

and see how the design team used images generously provided by our sponsor!

Here is my take on the challenge.  I really loved using the Journal Set #2 from Tiffany's Doodles! You can see 2 of the photo corners on each picture and well as the journaling spot.  How fun to be able to color it to match anything you are working on! Now that I noticed it, I should have colored the photo corners too. 

 I took these pics the day we adopted Amber.  

We had to wait for a vet to check her out before we could leave. To me that means photo op!

I used last week's Creative Scrappers sketch, however I did rotate it to suit my pictures.

Now show us how 'You're the Boss"!!

Layout Details: Basic Grey Max & Whiskers paper, bloomers, chipboard; Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type letters, misc. letter stickers, Storybook Cricut cartridge (for the scalloped circle), Journal Set #2 from Tiffany's Doodles

Project Scrap Our Stash - February

At the end of January, I signed up for Project Scrap Our Stash on Denise's blog HERE.  I really should have known better LOL!

I blew the no spending part of it in the first few days!! Digi stamps..then I pre-ordered some Basic Grey stuff...then I got to go to a stamp store that I haven't been to in about 3 years. I was a VERY bad girl!

However, I DID use some stash so hopefully that redeems me just a bit LOL!  I made a card or two with some extremely old paper and then I made 7 cards from one of my Taylored Expressions kits from last summer. Yay me!

I did not sign up for March...I know me, I love to shop!  However, I still plan on working on paring down my stash so there is hope for me yet :)

February Month in Review

A few days late but I'm checking in with how I did with my goals for February!

February

• Spend more quality time with my husband - Yes :)
• Create my wedding thank you cards - for those that don't know the wedding was in September 2010! - Still haven't mailed them out. Definitely making it a priority for March as we will be married for 6 months on the 18th!
• Organize my printed photos and print new pictures on a monthly basis - no
• Take the Copic class that I won on FBW in September 2010 - no
• Complete the Sketch 106 class from November 2010 -no
• Complete the Colour! Or is it Color? class from November 2010 - no
• Unpack and finish moving stuff from my mom's (seeing as I've lived here over a year!) - We relocated boxes from the hallway to the scrap room - that's as far as it went lol
• Get my scrappy room in working order so I don't feel so overwhelmed in there - I did make some progress until I had to move the boxes in there!
• Complete one item on the house to-do list each month -yes, we finally got the flooring down in the dining room and moved all of the clutter out!!
• Pay off 50% of my debt by December 2011 - I paid off one small credit card balance...as for making the goal, not to sure on that I did add to my debt with some CHA pre-orders (oops lol!!)
• Read more books - 2 books. I read A Killer Plot by Ellery Adams, new series for me. I really enjoyed getting to know the characters and the town that the book is based in. I also read The Island by Elin Hildebrand. I read through this book quickly, it was definitely an enjoyable read - fun characters and a great family storyline.  As of the end of February, I have read over 1,500 pages this year! Even though I use the Kindle primarily I look up how many pages the print book is and add it to my spreadsheet.
• Commit to making less commitments! ha, ha! I think I need to take this off the goal list lol!  I decided to start a new challenge blog, Birthday Sundaes, so have been working behind the scenes on this. 

My Word ~ Create

• Create a healthier version of me - still need to work on this!! I can't wait for the warmer weather so I can be active outside. Working out inside is so boring!
• Create a tidier home - My home is definitely cleaner!  Not as clean as I ultimately want it, but soooo much better than it has been!
• Create for myself - I didn't get as much done for me as I would have liked but hey it was a short month!

Total Craft Counts~ definitely a slower month but that's okay!

Cards - 18

Layouts - 5

Pictures Scrapped - 11

FBW meets Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps

Happy March! I can't believe it's the beginning of the 3rd month of the year already! The time just seems to zoom by lately.

It's Wednesday and you all know what that means, it's time for another Flutter By Wednesday challenge! Today we are sponsored by Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps. We were generously provided with some adorable images to work with!

We have an open challenge today, just remember to include a butterfly, fairy or angel!

Here is my card ~ I chose to work with My Spring Garden.  I am so wishing spring was here!! I can't wait to see blooms start popping up in my yard....if the dang snow ever completely melts LOL!

I pulled this paper out a few weekends ago and thought it would be pretty with this image, there is no info on the back so I have no idea where it's from lol. The big flower is Heidi Swapp.  I popped the image off the flower and added some Martha Stewart butterflies.

If you'd like to play along for a chance to win some images, please enter your creation HERE.  You can see more inspiration from the DT, links are on my left sidebar!