A New 2 Sketches 4 You Day!

It's a brand new year and time to have fun playing along with us at 2 Sketches 4 You! This week Kazan has this oh so fabulous sketch!

Here's my take. I turned the design sideways.

Isn't this little gal fabulous? She's a digital stamp from our sponsor In Style Stamps.

Supplies

Card Stock:  Bazzill Basics

Patterned Paper:  K & Company

Chipboard Accent:  Heidi Swapp

Digital Stamp:  In Style Stamps

Border Punch:  Fiskars

Craft String:  Michael's

Markers:  Copic

To see this week's prize and all the other cards from the design team, head over to 2S4Y! Have a super day and take time to play! :) Kathy

First Post of 2010

Hope everyone had a wonderful New Year's Eve! And I hope the first couple days of the New Year have been enjoyable! We started taking down the tree and holiday decorations yesterday and I'm happy to say we're almost done. It's a lot of work and amazing how plain the house looks without all the glitter and lights. Over the next few years I'd like to collect more snowmen and winter decor so I have some things to leave out after the holidays. And I want to decorate more for Valentine's Day. What fun to add some hearts and sweetness to these cold winter days!

Speaking of Valentine's Day, I've been making some cards and craft projects so I'll share one of my cards with you.

I used a couple patterned papers from Pink Paislee's new Cupid collection. The buttons are Jesse James and can be found in my Etsy shop under the Valentine/Love section. The pink/white gingham ribbon is from Offray, from Michael's. I hand stitched the zigzag part because I can make a straighter line than I can with my machine! LOL! The sentiment is made with stickers from Basic Grey. That's it...fun project!

Come back and 'see' me Monday for a new 2 Sketches 4 You challenge! :) Kathy

December Daily - New Year's Eve

Happy New Year everyone! I hope all of you have a happy and healthy year ahead!

I've been thinking about what New Year's resolution I'd like to share with you tonight. I typically do not wait until the New Year to make personal growth type resolutions so I'll share a scrappy sort of one which is to make more scrapbook pages! I just made my first page in three months the day after Christmas which does not make me too happy. This hobby of ours is all about capturing and preserving our memories. When my husband and I are older, I want to be able to spend time looking through our scrapbooks, walking down memory lane together. And I want our son to be able to look back through his childhood years and share them with his family.

With that said, I changed my mind about sharing another Valentine craft project with you tonight. Instead, I'd like to show you this page I made today. Thought I would get a head start with my New Year's resolution a day early!

These pictures were taken a couple days after Christmas. Here Christopher is putting together the Emerald Night Lego train his dad and I got him for Christmas. The boy is crazy about Legos and had a great time building this train and the two sets Santa brought him.

Whether you are on your way to a special party tonight or staying in, I hope you have a wonderful New Year's Eve! Thanks so much for visiting my blog when you can! And thank you for sharing your blogs with me! I love to blog hop and I'm always inspired by your posts!  :) Kathy

December Daily - Days Twenty Nine & Thirty

What a year! It's amazing to look back and think of all that has happened and what has been accomplished. Last year I resolved to get my work published. Whenever I purused my favorite idea book or latest scrapbook magazine, I always felt my work was up to par. Well, I did it! I've had a few things published this year and several more things are in the works for next year! Now I'm looking to 2010. What will be next? What do I want to accomplish? I better get to thinking hard and fast about this because tomorrow is New Year's Eve! I promise I'll share my resolution(s) tomorrow when I get them worked out.

Since I don't make New Year's cards and crafts my office is now filled with all things Valentine's so I'll show you a card I made this week.

Shabby Chic is such a beautiful style, one that I find a bit difficult since I tend to lean towards a clean graphic style. But oh how I love a vintage look and the old Victorian images so once in a while I'll dabble in it. This card took quite a bit of time, but I'm pleased with the outcome. I used some vintage sheet music and lightly inked the edges to give it a more aged appearance. The heart is one of those cheap foam shapes used for kids' crafts. I took a white heart, lathered it with glue and added some of Martha Stewart's silver glitter. Wow, it shines beautifully! The Victorian image is one I have on disc. I bought several discs years ago with tons of images for every holiday you can think of. The ribbon is actually seam binding from Midori ribbon that I tied into a bow with jute and an antique pearl button. I did some machine stitching and added a couple pink felt flowers with adhesive pearl centers. And there you have it!

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look. I hope you all have a wonderful last day of 2009! Come back tomorrow and I'll share another Valentine project. :) Kathy