Time to catch up

Today, I'm going post all my Feb Layouts. So let's get started:


March 1 we had a Surprise Guest Challenge: Seasons by
                                  Mitzi Luttrull

This photo was taken March 11. Outside my kitchen door. Across the driveway.
Another Snow storm that left us with 7.5 inches of heavy wet snow. This poor pine tree is over a 100 years old. It has gone Thu High winds, tornado's , heavy snows. Over the years it has lost some branches, I couldn't even tell you how tall it is. Buts tall!
My jouraling reads:
A lot of people like snow-
I find it an unnecessary freezing of water..
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Negative Sketch:


Here is what I came up with:


The Kiss.
I love how this turned out.
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Next we have out Song/ Lyric Challenge by Shazza.
The song this Month was Single Ladies (Put a ring on it) by
Beyonce'

Here is my take on the song.

 The phase I had pick was ;
"All the single Ladies"
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Next we have the
 :ALL THINGS NATURAL THEME

For this 'NATURAL" Challenge, I would like you to :-
1. Use Fibres in any form.
2. Make a couple of handmade embellishments.
3. Torn paper
4. Punched edges

"Snaps from the Past"
This photo was taken by Hannah.
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 Here is a fairly new challenge at Soul Scrappers
it called
Travel Around the World with Karen
She does on her challenges she will post 4 photos
for inspiration.

 The first travel stop was Australia.
 Here is the photo I had chosen;


and here is mine

Now we travel to Ireland




The inspiration I got from this photo is the rocks
Here is mine

The Face from the Past
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My last post will be my Challenge  A_Z word.
Starting  with the letter...

A..Autumn

 

B..Best Buds

C.... Chalk Fest

 

D... Daughters

E... Early

Thanks for stopping

by until next time have a Wonderful day......

 Hugs Mary

 

 

Secret Garden

   This month over at  From Screen 2 scraps our feature poster is the .......

Added Criteria -

1pt = Garden photo/s
2pts = Flower cluster
3pts = A garden decoration 

(archway, seat, birdbath, gates, garden swing, hammock etc....)

 

             
 Here is my example of the poster:
                                   

My Garden of  earthly Delights.
I used photos of my freshly planted garden.

ARCHI-SCRAPS

Here is my first entry for ARCHI-SCRAPS Challenge #8.
This month inspires you to use a head shot and bling.

Here is mine take on the Poster.

This is Ms Hannah, my youngest daughter

closeup, I used pearls for my Bling.

"Unique"

I'm hoping to get more entries uploaded soon. Thanks for stopping.
Hugs
From Bittter Cold Wisconsin
Mary

 

Art Journaling

Hello ladies:
 I'm back with a exciting project I have been doing the pass few months. This is something I thought I would never do.  AndI'm loving it. It's fun and messy.
  In January there was a new challenge. It's called "Joy's Art Journaling".

 

Here are the few page I have done.

 

 

January Inspiration Quotes:

It’s a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.
Lucille Ball



February Inspiration Quotes:
I celebrate myself, and sing myself.
Walt Whitman

May the wings of the butterfly kiss the sun.
And find your shoulder to light on.
To bring you luck, happiness and riches.
Today, tomorrow and beyond.
Irish Blessing

It's very different compare to Scrap booking, your working with all sorts of materials, such as paint, texture paste, inks and stamps.
Thanks for stopping.

Time to Catch up.

Hello Ladies,
I finally found some time to catch up on my blog.It's been awhile so I have lots to show. Grab yourself a cup coffee, and sit back and enjoy.
 Over at Soul Scrapper I have quite LO's that were done in the pass Months (January and Febuary). I'll explain along the way. The first one is January Quote challenge.




" Grammy says, I put a twinkle in
her eyes."

This is a photo of Jennifer and Kelly's Mom.
Grandma Marci.

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These next two Layouts are from our Theme challenge.
Over at Soul Scrappers, which one do you like better the color
or the black and white, with a touch of color. 



Spring has Arrived



Spring has Arrived

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Next we have our Guest Designer this month, Mandy Dodd. What a wonderful designer.  We had to create a background for our Layout.

Here is what I created:

Solitude
Actually this was really fun to do. First of all, I added gesso, it's a primer paint. then I added corrugated  card broad on the both sides and bottom of the cardstock. I also made a texture paste and put that on with an old steak knife. Then I added 3 different color paints. This photo was taken by Hannah.  It was taken on a old abandon farm. What your looking at is broken down Windmill.

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Moving right along we have our Song/ Lyric challenge.

Jump by Van Halen

 



Here are the Lyrics.....

I get up, and nothing gets me down.
You got it tough. I've seen the toughest around.
And I know, baby, just how you feel.
You've got to roll with the punches to get to what's real
Oh, can't you see me standing here?
I've got my back against the record machine
I ain't the worst that you've seen.
Oh, can't you see what I mean?

Ah, I might as well jump. Jump!
Might as well jump.
Go ahead, jump. Jump!
Go ahead, jump.

 

Here is mine LO:

 

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Now  we have new challenge called

Cooking up Creations

by our new Designer Dale.

 The recipe this month is.......

 

one  word title

one page layout

use one manufacturer paper

use one manufactor emellishments

one photo

 

Here is mine Layout.

Welcome

Again I use another Fun photo from Hannah collections.
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All these layouts can be seen on http://soul-scrappers.ning.com/
Thanks for looking. Until next time have a wonderful day.
Hugs
Mary

 

 

 

 

 



February's inspiration will come from the movie poster 'CASINO JACK'

 

February's inspiration will come from the movie poster 'CASINO JACK'

Extra Criteria

1pt = Grey base card stock
2 pts = playing card/s
3 pts = money notes

 

 

Here is mine:

 

New Challenge over at Soul Scrappers

Hello Ladies,

Starting today, over at Soul Scrappers is my new Word Challenge.
 It's Called Mary's A-Z word Challenge. We are going to start with the letter A.
So come on over and play with us  http://soul-scrappers.ning.com/
Here is my example:
My A word is Autumn... my favorite season. It's so beautiful in Wisconsin  when the trees turn Colors,the smell of fresh apples, crispness in the air.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful week.
Hugs
Mary

Jan/Feb Sketch Challenge ..Scrapville

 

Hi Everyone,

 welcome to the January/February 2013 Sketch Challenges. One of my good friends

just became a Team Designer for Scrapville. So out of the kindness of my heart, I thought I'd follow her , to make sure she stays out trouble LOL. Just Kidding Debi, I think your a fantastic lady and wonderful scrapper. So over at Scrapville is this Awesome inspiration sketch by Anita.. So I decide to have a try at it.

Here what I came up with:

So Sassy..

Thanks for stopping by. More update coming soon.

From screen 2 Scraps

This month over at FS2S, our movie poster is TED

 

 

 Extra Criteria
1pt = White base card stock
2 pts = Large BOLD one word title (any colour)
3pts = A teddy bear on the page (stamped image, sticker, embellie)

Here is mine submission.

Paper Secrets challenge

Paper Secrets challenge!
  I was lucky enough to get some scrappy time yesterday and was able to complete a couple of challenges! Great way to start the New Year huh?   One of my favorite places I always stalk is Paper Secrets. So when I saw their sketch and found out the challenge was to use washi tape.I figured I'd give it a go! Here is the sketch:

The Twist:

Use WASHI TAPE on your layout.


 

 

 

Punta
Cana