Artful Delight Sept kit projects :)

Hello! It's sooo good to be back! I was without internet for a bit over a week, very frustrating. But now everything is working alright and I'm so glad to be sharing the projects I've made these past couple weeks. :)

Last weekend was the big Birthday Bash celebration at Artful Delight. I'm so sad that I missed it due to no internet service, I was really looking forward to participating. Boo hoo! Artful Delight celebrated Leeanne's birthday, hosted a great blog hop, introduced the new design team and also offered three great challenges that give you the chance to win AWESOME prizes! The Grand Prize is a 6 month subscription to Artful Delight monthly kits!! Fabulous!! Good news! There's still ONE day left to participate in these challenges and win!! :)

The first challenge is this sketch....

Here is my take on it using the Artful Delight Sept kit...

 This is my son.. he's growing so tall, so fast!

The 2nd challenge is this Tic Tac Toe board. Choose any 3 in a row, down, across or diagonally :)

Here's my project.. I chose the bottom row across, kraft, fall theme and border punch..

And the 3rd challenge is to use the colors.. Kraft, Pink & White :) Here is my project...

I know this is super short notice for my blog readers.. but I REALLY hope you can quickly get these challenges completed and entered HERE before midnight EST tonight! You don't want to miss out on your chance to win that 6month kit subscription as well as many other random prizes. See here for all the details! :)

I have a few other projects to share also :) These layouts I put together with the Artful Delight September kit.. and what a great kit it was! I'm so sad to see it all used up lol ;)

My sister, Sarah, and her boyfriend at Roscoe's in Hollywood, CA :)

My sweet little son back in 2000. He still has that precious smile :)

My son and my nephew looking as cute as ever! :)

Thanks for visiting me today! I'll be back tomorrow with another layout to share :)

Have a fantastic weekend!!

-Abby

"gfs" - Artful Delight

If you're here for the TPV Blogaversary Blog Hop, click here! :) 

Today I'm sharing a page that I made following the sketch challenge at Artful Delight :) Hope you can join the challenge too, because the winner receives the Artful Delight October kit! Sweet!

Here's the sketch...

This is a great sketch! It allows many ways to interpret it :)

I used the Artful Delight September kit for my layout. 

Love this kit! Full of brand new Crate Paper and Jillibean Soup! There's still a few kits left to purchase, so hurry over to Artful Delight to get one for yourself :)

And here's what I created...

This page features me and one of my girlfriends on a girls night out :) (I'm the one in the dark shirt) I surrounded our photos with the Crate Paper "Farmhouse" portion of the kit. I love those warm colors! I turned the sketch on it's side and added a frame.

Hope you'll find some free scrappy time to join Artful Delight's sketch challenge. We'd love to see your page :)

Thanks for visiting!

Abby

Supplies Used:

Farmhouse 12x12 Accents	Farmhouse by Crate Paper - Produce	Farmhouse by Crate Paper - Homemade	Farmhouse by Crate Paper - Farmers Market	Farmhouse 6x12 Border Stickers
Farmhouse 12x12 Chipboard Stickers	Cricut Expression	Cricut Plantin Schoolbook	Bazzill Cardstock

Artful Delight (Win kits!!)

Sharing with you 3 cards I created using the June Artful Delight kit :)

Isn't it a pretty kit!?? Guess what!? You can win it!!! Woot! Just click here to follow and leave a comment at Artful Delight! Hurry though! Giveaway ends Sunday night!

My June kit is almost gone :( Just a few pieces left here and there. It's been a nice month making more feminine layouts and cards. Most of the time, it's all boys boys boys - but I love to play with flowers, birds and butterflies, too! :)

I'll be back with the boys in July though! :) I'm so excited about the new July Artful Delight kit!! Have you seen it??Ohhhh.. I cannot wait to get this kit in my hands! GORGEOUS, isn't it!? All those My Mind's Eye colors, kites, balloons, clouds.. and American Crafts papers, too! And Maya Road chipboard shapes.. and Thickers.. and buttons.. and Maya Mist.. and Precocious Paper's stars.. and twine.. and.. and... Ahhhhhh!! I have so many crafty ideas goin all at once! I'm literally stalking my mailman this week! The poor guy!

If you LOVE this kit as much as I do - you should head over to Artful Delight and reserve yours! I'm sure it's going to sell out quickly! But guess what - you can have a chance to win the July kit, too!! How fab would that be? Yesterday began the new weekly challenge at The Paper Variety and Leeanne from Artful Delight has most generously donated this July kit to the challenge winner! Woohoo! :) Click here for all the challenge details!! :)

Two great kits to giveaway! Fabo!

Thanks for stopping by!

Abby

New Artful Delight June kit!! :)

This is most definitely my favorite day of the month - when I get to introduce my readers to the new Artful Delight monthly kit!

Woohoo! :) :)

Check out this beauty....

Gorgeous, eh?

Yes... yes it is :) I LOVE all the classic designs and the vintage feel! It includes a few different collections that when put together, make a beautiful kit!

Crate Paper "Portrait", Lily Bee "This & That" and Fancy Pants "It's the little things".. Plus embellies from American Crafts, Prima, Ranger, MME, Precocious Paper etsy shop and more! :)

I must admit, I was a bit anxious when I found out it would be a more feminine kit. The main subject in most of my pictures are the boys - not many girlie pics in my stash. But fear not! lol I have family and friends who have come to my rescue, sharing their photos with me :) Coolness!

Here's a layout I created using June's kit. My mother sent me this photo of she and my older sister Jodi. This was a couple years before I came along, I was 2nd born :)

My layout follows the sketch created by Debbie for the June AD sketch challenge! :)

If you play along in the sketch challenge this month, you'll be put in a drawing to win next month's Artful Delight July kit! Very cool ;) See here for all the details!

Do you love this June kit? Want to win it??? Of course you do! :) Then hop on over to The Paper Variety!! :) Artful Delight is kindly and generously sponsoring TPV this week and the prize is the June kit!! Fabulous, right!? Absolutely!! See here for all the details!

Thanks for stopping by.
I hope to see you join us at Artful Delight and The Paper Variety! :)

Good luck!!

-Abby

New challenge at TPV :)

A new challenge is up at The Paper Variety and this week it's all about school! :)

I've been working for our school district since my 11 y/o son was a toddler, most recently as a substitute. June 3rd is our last day and I'm anticipating that last bell to ring just as much as is my son. We can't wait for summer vacation.. no school work, sleeping in, enjoying lazy days and staying up late :)

I decided to create a mini book featuring Braydon's school photos from PreK to 3rd grade. I'll make another in a couple years for grades 4 through 8, then another for high school :) I've never made a mini book before, but it was fun :) I really didn't follow any kind of design or give it a nice flow.. I just piled on the pics and embellies. That's a first for me too because normally I'm really particular and everything must be planned out and measured. lol

Here's the cover..

And the inside pages in order..

Braydon repeated 2nd grade. The first time around was really hard for him, it was a difficult year with his health and for our family and his mind wasn't at school.

I really enjoyed putting this together, I think I'll be making more of these :)

I hope you'll join us at TPV by creating a school project and linking it up! You just gotta check out all the DT projects, they are A+ Awesome! And if you're the lucky random winner, you could win the School Spirit kit that I used for my project! Rah Rah Rah!! :)

Hope to see you there! :)

Thanks for visiting me!

Abby

Cardabilities #21

UPDATE Sadly, the Cardabilities blog hop has been canceled.

But, there are still several giveaways to be won!
Yay!

Go to Cardabilities for your chance to win a lovely
gift package just for leaving a comment! :)

Also, my giveaway below will continue as well.
Yay!

It would be a good idea to check out all the great
Cardabilities design team blogs as many
still have awesome giveaways too!

Basically, no official "blog hop", but you
can still hop around looking for goodies to win!! :)

Today is also Reveal Day! And as always,
we have a beautiful sketch to work with :)

Here is my take on the sketch...

I thought those framed boxes looked like they could be stacked prezzies so I went with it! :)

I used Crate Paper's "Restoration" 6x6 pad.. such lovely patterns and colors.

Do you like Restoration, too? I hope so because I'm giving it away!
For a chance to win it, become a follower of my blog and leave a comment on this post telling me which do you like more on a cold winter night - hot cocoa or hot tea?
You'll then be in the drawing to receive
the 12x12 Crate Paper Restoration collection kit! :)

I will draw a random winner on Wednesday Jan 19th.
Sorry, only US and Canada are eligible to win.

Thanks for stopping by!

-Abby

Party Time Tuesday - Color Challenge

It's color challenge week at Party Time Tuesdays,
and how fitting for this week, the colors are
red, green and white!

I grabbed my Crate Paper Snow Day collection and
found these sweet red and green patterned papers.
And my Secret Santa gifted me a cute new birthday
stamp set, I couldn't wait to use it!
Thanks, Santa Hope!! :)

Join us at PTT and be inspired by all the beautiful
red/green/white cards created by the DT!

Thanks for visiting,
Abby

The Paper Variety Challenge 11!

Christmas is coming! Santa is coming!
Our Christmas tree is already up in our home and
pretty soon I'll be shopping for gifts to put under it's
branches! That's why I'm super excited about this week's
challenge at The Paper Variety!

Sounds fun, eh? I loved creating projects for this challenge!

First up is a gift bag using Basic Grey's Jovial collection.
This line is sooo gorgeous, I can't wait to use it again!

I've been seeing a bunch of these cute little
gift boxes popping up on blogs everywhere, so of course
I had to make some too! :)

This one includes Echo Park goodies from their
Everybody Loves Christmas collection.
LOVE!

And I made this one with Crate Paper's Snow Day!
Also LOVE!

These boxes were super easy to make, and I even made the
bow myself using strips of matching paper in the collection.

We really hope you'll join TPV's challenge this week..
we'd love to see your projects! I'm hoping to be inspired by
entries so I can create some more gift wrappings. :)

Scrappy Jo's is our sponsor and here's what you could win....

Sweet, huh? Indeed it is!
Hope to see you soon at The Paper Variety!

-Abby

Cardabilities Reveal-Sketch

It's mid month, time for a Cardabilities Sketch! And this reveal is
extra special for me, it's my first project submitted as part of
the new Cardabilities Design Team! I'm super excited to be
a part of it all. Cardabilities has awesome sketches and a
fabulous design team to inspire you to create gorgeous cards!

Here is the current sketch, beautiful isn't it!?

And my project...

I used my new Cuttlebug (so fun!) and Crate Paper "Snow Day" chipboard
which was gifted to me from my friend, Suz. :)

I just love this sketch as well as all the DT projects. We hope you'll join us
and submit your card so we can leave you lots of love :)

Also, this sketch is sponsored! Be sure to read all the details. You could win a
prize package valued at $35 from Scrap Shotz! Here's a peek...

Have a great weekend!

-Abby

The Paper Variety's first paper craft challenge!

It's here! It's finally here! Woot Woot! Hollaaaa....

Today begins the first challenge at The Paper Variety, a brand new weekly challenge blog created by my friend Suzanne and me! We offer a variety of paper craft challenges, inspiration by our creative design team, fantabulous sponsored prizes and randomly chosen winners!

Our first challenge is a sketch designed by yours truly :)


For my project, I used photos of my son last year and the Crate Paper "Seasons" collection. You might not notice so well in the photo, but this page has alot of dimension. I'm really happy with it :)

Enter our challenge and you could be the randomly chosen winner of this awesome kit from Paper Poppy Kit Co.!! Beautiful "Indie Girl" papers and all those great embellies! Woohoo!


Our design team has created gorgeous projects to share and inspire you! Hope to see you and your project at The Paper Variety!!