Scrap or Dare #9

This gorgeous photo comes from a great blog I just happened upon called, Smart Bride Blog. It has tons of inspiration for beautiful weddings. I just fell in love with the colors and cant wait to play tomorrow morning! Have fun!

COLORS:

Buttercup (Yellow)
Black
White Daisy or Colonial White
Bamboo (Cream) ***Optional***



**My colors refer to the Close To My Heart colors. Feel free to use whichever colors you have on hand!**

To participate simply create a project using these colors and post it on your blog or a public forum. Then return to my blog to link your project through Mr. Linky! It is super easy!! If you have any problems with Mr.Linky, feel free to leave a link to your project as a comment :) I hope you all have fun creating!

Welcome, Baby

I REALLY wanted to make sure that I found some time to sit down and create today. Unfortunately, I was only left with 30 min. to do so... so here is what I created! I dont remember the last time I created a baby card so I was kind of feeling the whole baby boy thing today. Who knows will receive the card, I am young so I am sure that one day someone is bound to have a baby boy :)

Challenges that I used to create this card were:

Pile It On -- 4 or more Buttons

Stamp Simply -- Grassy Green & Sky Blue with Peircing Technique

Stamp Something -- Use at least 3 Embellishments (all the same or different)

CPS -- Sketch

RECIPE:

Stamps: CTMH- Tiny Typewriter Alpha
Chocolate Small Alpha
Decorative Dainties

Colors:
Heavenly Blue
Green Meadow
Black and White

HAPPY MONDAY, ALL!

What We Did Today...

This collage represents the day we had today... sunshiney fun, filled with lots of love! We spent the day with my family to celebrate our many June birthdays, which included our two nephews, Tyson (7) and Seth (2). The reason you only see Garrett and I with our nephews (the lil blondie is Owen (4) in this collage is because that is basically what we did all day -- have fun with them! For Ty's gift we got him a Nerf dart tag game, which was a hit with all of the boys. For little Sethie, we got him a bubble blowing Lawn Mower!!! He spent quite a bit of time "mowing" my dad's front yard :) These boys are obviously a precious gift from the Lord and my brother and sister-in-law's # 4 is on his/her way!


Next, is the cake... yes, the awesome Lego Star Wars cake that I was up until 3am last night creating (mostly because I was too lazy to do it earlier that day!). Garrett built the lego thing (haha, dont know what to call it!) and helped instruct me on how to keep the cake "cool" versus "little boy-ish." I do appreciate it though, because Tyson just stared at it for awhile and told his cousin and brothers how "cool" it was. When I asked him what kind of cake he wanted, he immediately replied with "Chocolate!!" so I made him a yellow cake with strawberry filling and lots of chocolate frosting -- he later let me know that it was very good :) yay, Aunt Amy! hehe

... and yay for a fun weekend with family! It was a hot one and I am very thankful for the sunshine... Hope you all enjoyed your weekend as much as I did and have a blessed week!

In Loving Memory...

I heard the news while I was at work today and it just broke my heart. I just pray that the media and others will give respect to Michael's family and children during these hard times. The world made him the way he was and deep down I believe he was a loving person who just wanted to show love to others the way he desired to be loved.

I will forever remember all of the excitement that he brought into my childhood and will dance the night away in remembrance of him and his amazing talent...

Fresh Fruit For Sale!

I am just lovin' the Pile It On Challenge (doing multiple challenges in one project!) It really does actually challenge me to get out there and do something I would not have ever thought of! Here is the list of challenges I completed with this Recipe Card:

Pile it On -- Purple

My own Scrap or Dare #8 -- Color Combo

Card Patterns -- Sketch

Stamp Simply -- Summer Recipe Card

Cardvaarks --Window Card

2 Red Bananas -- Summer Inspiration

SUMMER INSPIRATION: Other than papercrafting, my next favorite thing to do is bake and try new recipes. Summertime brings along a ton of fresh opportunities to find and try new recipes using fresh and delicious fruits! Point Loma Sangria is so refreshing, delicious and just perfect for a nice chill during the Summertime heat. I hope you enjoy the recipe if you ever try it out. I posted this recipe awhile back so you can find the recipe and a photo HERE.




Now as for the Recipe for this Card:

STAMPS:

Papertrey Ink -- Fruitful
CTMH -- Playful Flourishes; Journal Jots; Spot On Background

Embellishments: CTMH Clear Sparkles, Meadow Green Bigger Brad and Sweet Leaf Ribbon

For the window over the title, I recycled a clear sheet that I got my new Papertrey Ink stamps on and I used foam squares to pop up the center of the card so that the window would be seen clearly. It was important to me to use my own handwriting for the recipe and title because I love looking back at my recipes from my mom or grandma and seeing their very own handwriting. It gives it that authentic and loving touch! This recipe card turned out so cute, I may just have to duplicate it to send out to some special friends :)

Scrap or Dare #8

We have been having absolutely beautiful weather here in Southern California so while my hubby and I browsed the garden center at Lowe's I couldn't resist snapping a couple photos! So, I also couldn't very well resist using one of those photos as this week's Scrap or Dare color inspiration. So I hope you will join us... But first to announce the WINNER from this year's Masculine Series color challenges... Drumroll please!

EMMA come on down!

Emma just recently has joined in on the Scrap or Dare color combos and she does a fab job on her cards... be sure to check out her blog when you have a chance :) Thanks for playing, Emma! And please email me at Ames33@gmail.com with your home address for your special prize!

And a BIG THANKS to all who joined in on the Masculine Series challenge for the last three weeks... it was awesome to see all of your creations! I hope you all had a very blessed Father's Day with your Father's and Hubbys :)


Now for THIS WEEK'S COLORS:

Petal (Purple)
Blush (Light-ish Pink)
Clover Meadow (Bright Green)
White Daisy
Sweet Leaf (Light Green) ** optional**

**My colors refer to the Close To My Heart colors. Feel free to use whichever colors you have on hand!**

To participate simply create a project using these colors and post it on your blog or a public forum. Then return to my blog to link your project through Mr. Linky! It is super easy!! There have been problems with Mr.Linky lately so just in case it is not showing up, feel free to leave a link to your project as a comment :) I hope you all have fun creating and my project will be up VERY soon (going to play tonight)!

Hey there, Sunshine

This weekend was absolutely beautiful (and busy)! Friday we had Father's Day dinner with my Dad, Saturday was Garrett's good friend's wedding and Sunday we spent the day with G's Dad. Sunday we got to join the family in some fun boysenberry pickin.' Here are a few photos to let you see just how beautiful the day was! We will start with my cutie hubby...