Sparkle and Shine... YOU-SC94

Hello again!  I'm back with another post... this one for Stampin' Celebration!  If you're looking for MDS Monday... scroll up (or down!) and you'll find it!  OK, we've got this great inspiration board for you today!  Love it!  Look at all the bling you are gonna get to use!

 

I mean... look at it!  Your options are WIDE open!  You can go with the gold, the stars, sequins, glitter, black and white... make it look classic or fresh and fun... flirty or bold!  Make a clock or a cake!  Listen to me... I'm like an advertisement or something!  Maybe even a Dr. Suess book!  Eek! Get a grip girl!  Anyway.... you can do whatever catches your fancy.... get inspired... see here how I was!

 

I loved designing this layout!  My oldest daughter loved this when she saw it... and can hardly wait to see it printed in real in her book!  Of course that is going to be awhile, since I make one book for two years, so I won't be printing this book till after 2015 is done!  Patience is a virtue my dear!  (And definitely not one of her strong points!)  Anyway....

Challenge Guidelines 

Feel free to use any brand of product you may have in your stash. 

We ask that you create a new project for this challenge and add a link to our blog or use the challenge graphic in your post. 

Please link directly to the post for this challenge, not your entire blog (so we can find your project better)

Please limit the combined challenges on your project to no more then 4 including ours. 

Have fun!!! 

The challenge will be open for 2 weeks and the linky will close on Friday January 2nd @ 9pm EST.

Be sure to come back here after the challenge closes to vote for your favorite! 

Hope to see you in the gallery!  Thanks for stopping by!

xo Anita

Bowling with the GCC-MDSM95

Hello friends!  It's time for another episode of MDS Monday!  We've got this awesome sketch from Yapha today, and it was just perfect for these photos of my daughter at the bowling alley with Girls' Craft Club.  Check out the sketch and what I came up with!

Here's my layout...

Isn't it such a fun layout?  And I dare say we troop leaders were louder at some points of the evening than the girls were!  SO. MUCH. FUN.  Seriously.

Anyway... we'd love it if you'd play along with us... we know it's such a busy time of year for everyone, but ya'll need to relax for a few minutes too.... and don't forget that you actually will have TWO weeks to play along with this challenge, so... sit down in front of the fire and fire up your MDS so we can find you in the gallery!

Challenge Guidelines:

-Please create a new MDS project for the current challenge.
-Provide a link back to MDS Monday or use the challenge graphic above within your post.
-Link directly to your post for this challenge, not your entire blog. (So we can find your project)
-You can create a card, scrap page or 3-D Object with the sketch.
-The challenge will end on Saturday, January 3rd @ 12pm EST.
-Have fun!  

 I hope you'll be inspired to play along at MDS Monday... go check out what the other designers have created... there's so much inspiration!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

xo Anita

Spring Camping-MDSM94

Good morning to you all again!  Quick post today.... this is the last week of school before Christmas break, and I actually feel like I might come out on top of my list of 'things to do', so in order for me to keep feeling like that, I'll be short and sweet!  And let's face it, you probably have a list of things to do too, so you don't need to spend all your time listening to me blather on and on!

So, it's Monday which means a new MDS Monday challenge!  We had a super, super awesome sketch from Heidi to work with.... check it out....

No excuses not to use this sketch is there?  I loved working with it!  It was so effortless... I think my layout came together in less than half and hour.... and that's with my three kids running around playing cops and robbers!  That's sayin' something folks....

Now this is quite different than any of my other layouts in the sense that I did not actually ADD ANY PINK TO THIS PAGE!  Hey, can I help it that my daughter is wearing a pink t-shirt and hoodie?  The whole spring camping ordeal didn't lend itself to the colour pink very well at all!  It was cold, rainy and about as dreary as a spring day could get in the freezing cold mountains.  There was sand and mud in everything, on everything, between everything.... and then they brought it all home with them and it got transferred from the van to the house.... oh yeah.... no frilly pink involved anywhere!

Okay... we'd love it if you played along with us this week!  

Challenge Guidelines:

-Please create a new MDS project for the current challenge.
-Provide a link back to MDS Monday or use the challenge graphic above within your post.
-Link directly to your post for this challenge, not your entire blog. (So we can find your project)
-You can create a card, scrap page or 3-D Object with the sketch.
-The challenge will end on Saturday, December 20th @ 12pm EST.
-Have fun!  

 I hope you'll be inspired to play along at MDS Monday... go check out what the other designers have created... there's so much inspiration!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

xo Anita

Baby Announcement!

Yes!  That's right!  A baby announcement!  

No.... not me!  (pick yourself up off the floor Mom!)  My sister in law and brother in law!  

They are pretty newlyweds... so newlywed in fact that I just finally finished scrapbooking their wedding photos!  But we were so excited to hear that they are expecting a baby in June.  They will be fabulous parents I'm sure!  So when Esther called to ask if I could design something so she could announce it on Facebook (apparently this is all the rage!) I was MORE than pleased to accommodate her.  In fact I really can't take much credit for this design at all...  she wanted it to be a chalkboard with some cool letters, she provided the darling little ultrasound photo and the stamps were a cinch in MDS... easy peasy.  I seriously think it took me like.... maaaaaybe 20 minutes?

Here it is....

There ya have it!  Cute huh?  Thanks for stopping by!  

xo Anita

You Are My Happy - MDSM93

Hello again!  I'm back with my second post for the day... if you're looking for Stampin' Celebration you'll have to scroll either up or down... I am not sure:)  However, if you are here for MDS Monday... then keep reading!  We've got an awesome sketch for you designed by Tami...

Let's see what you can come up with for this... and we'd also love for you to snoop around your MDS and see what you can use for those stamps that bracket the picture!  Be sure to play along and link up in our gallery!  We love visiting your blogs and checking out your stuff!

Here's what I did... 

Maybe it's just me, because I'm her Mama, but I just love the way she is looking in this photo... leaning back, knowing that I am there.  She is happy... and she is MY happy too!  OK, enough of the sappy stuff! (sniff, sniff)

We'd love it if you played along with us this week!  

Challenge Guidelines:

-Please create a new MDS project for the current challenge.
-Provide a link back to MDS Monday or use the challenge graphic above within your post.
-Link directly to your post for this challenge, not your entire blog. (So we can find your project)
-You can create a card, scrap page or 3-D Object with the sketch.
-The challenge will end on Saturday, December 13th @ 12pm EST.
-Have fun!  

 I hope you'll be inspired to play along at MDS Monday... go check out what the other designers have created... there's so much inspiration!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

xo Anita

GCC Campout-SC93

Good morning to you all!  I'm back with a couple posts again today.  One for Stampin' Celebration, which is this post, and if you're looking for MDS Monday, that's my other post and you may have to scroll down.... or maybe up!  Not sure... but you'll find it!

OK, so here's our sketch for this challenge... lets see what you can come up with!  We know it's busy this holiday season... but everyone needs a little rest and relaxation too, so don't forget to sit down with MDS and create something to link up in our gallery!  We love visiting your blogs to see what you've done!

I did a scrapbook layout again... I still have not gotten to card making, and I'm not going to make any promises for this month.  I keep thinking maybe during the Christmas holidays when the kids are home... and I have no work schedule, but who am I kidding?  Anyway... I sure miss it, but at least I am getting some time in MDS and catching up on all my hundreds and hundreds of pictures to scrapbook!  Here's my layout...

Challenge Guidelines 

Feel free to use any brand of product you may have in your stash. 

We ask that you create a new project for this challenge and add a link to our blog or use the challenge graphic in your post. 

Please link directly to the post for this challenge, not your entire blog (so we can find your project better)

Please limit the combined challenges on your project to no more then 4 including ours. 

Have fun!!! 

The challenge will be open for 1 week and the linky will close on Friday December 19th @ 9pm EST.

Be sure to come back here after the challenge closes to vote for your favorite! 

Hope to see you in the gallery!  Thanks for stopping by!

xo Anita

MDSM92 - Secret Friend Tea

Hello December!  Welcome to another challenge at MDS Monday!  Cindy's got this awesome double page sketch for us this week....

Now, do not let the fact that I didn't make a double layout deter you from doing it!  You don't have to, but please feel free!

I just couldn't make my pictures work with a double layout, and since it was just becoming too much of a job, I decided to let it flow and just see what came with a one page wonder... and this is what I got!

We'd love it if you played along with us this week!  

Challenge Guidelines:

-Please create a new MDS project for the current challenge.
-Provide a link back to MDS Monday or use the challenge graphic above within your post.
-Link directly to your post for this challenge, not your entire blog. (So we can find your project)
-You can create a card, scrap page or 3-D Object with the sketch.
-The challenge will end on Saturday, December 6th @ 12pm EST.
-Have fun!  

 I hope you'll be inspired to play along at MDS Monday... go check out what the other designers have created... there's so much inspiration!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

xo Anita