Happy

TGIF!! 

 My vacay is almost over. 

I am sad yet happy to get back to my routine. 

We are narrowing down the DT choices and if you were chosen you will be contacted soon.  

I want to say a BIG thank you to everyone that was interested.  

I say this every time but this is never easy.  We have a new DT call every 6 months so I encourage everyone to apply again.  :-)  

Now let's get to the crafty fun.  

Today's cards were created by Rose using our April card kit.  

ROSE

Both cards are based on this month's card sketch.
For more details please visit Rose's blog here.

We have two sketches to play along with this month.  Play along with one or both for your chance to win your choice of our May kit.  Please upload your project(s) by April 23rd!

Well I am off to take my kids to school then I get to have lunch with my son (he is in kindergarten) because he made student of the month for April.  :-)  I am so proud of my boy!!!

Have a wonderful day and THANK you for stopping by.  

Sharing pics of my home

Good Morning my friends. 

 I don't have any projects to share today but I realized I haven't shared my new home on here yet. :-) 

I have been enjoying my week off with my family but each day I realize it is just vacation and in a short few days I will be back to reality, which is work.  :-(  

That actually might be a good thing though as it seems Tony and I spend a lot of money together when I am home.  Mostly on stuff for household projects.  LOL!!  For example today we will be heading out to buy a pressure washer.  Fun stuff.  :-) 

I LOVE our new home.  

I LOVE the possibilities.  

I LOVE all the space we have.  

I am super happy and excited!!

So here are some pics.   

 

 Even though it looks like a two car garage, it is actually three.  It is called a tandem garage.  I never heard of it before but two of the spaces are front to back.  So looking at the house, the space on the left has two spots.  One car would drive in and towards the back of the house and the other car would park in front of it.  For us that is perfect because that extra space towards the back of the house is actually Tony's work space.  All his tools and such.  I just realized I have a picture of the garage....LOL!

This is the view from the front door and this will be our future game room.  It is a pretty wide room but it doesn't totally look like that in the photo.  I see maybe a pool table, definitely an old school arcade game (we have a friend whose husband refurbishes them and sells them) and we will have a TV with video games as well as a computer in this room.  

Kitchen and living room. 

More views of the kitchen and dining room.  

Then if you go up those stairs it leads you to a huge loft which has our couches that used to be in our living room.  So basically we moved our living room in our loft.  The room downstairs with the fireplace with hold a couch that is like movie theater style, they recline and have cup holders and that will be where Tony and I watch TV.  Family time will now be in the loft.  

Then the upstairs has 4 bedrooms.  The 5 bedroom is downstairs as well as our 3rd full bathroom.  The 5th bedroom is my craft space.

And here is the princess picture my friend painted on my daughter's wall.  

  We were going to go all out and do different colors but we decided to just use one color and do it monochromatic. 

I chose pink because that is Isabel's favorite color.  

So now Tony will build Isabel a nice wooden bed frame so we can get her mattress off the floor.

Also our laundry room is upstairs which I LOVE!!!   

I would share our back yard but we have started to rip it all up so we can redo it so it looks pretty crappy.  

We did build a dog run in the back yard so we can keep the dog poop in one area.  My dogs have gotten far too used to pooping wherever they wanted and it made it hard for my kids to play in the back yard.  No more.  LOL!!  

Alright, well that's it. 

Be back tomorrow with some inspiration!!  

Have a wonderful day!!

Hello Adventure

Good Morning!!  

WOW, Day 2 of vacation and it isn't much like a vacation.  LOL!!  Well I guess it did when I was sitting on my lounge chair last night with a frosty beverage watching my kids play in the yard and daddy Tony building me a fire pit.  

Day 2 brings digging up rocks  in the back yard so we can build our raised vegetable garden.  Then when it starts to heat up outside we will head inside to unpack and organize the house.  Fun times!!  

Debbie and I are busy selecting our new DT.  We will announce our choices probably early next week.  We have not made a selection yet but whoever is chosen will be contacting via email first.  :-)  

We still have some more inspiration to share this month from our current team.  I say this every six months.  

The end of a term is bitter sweet.  We always have to say goodbye to an amazing team but we also get to welcome a new amazing team.  

Take  a look at today's inspiration.  Our Delightful Designer, Kate is sharing today.  

Kate used our April scrapbook kit.        

 

KATE

 

Here's a close up.

  

For more details please visit Kate's blog here.

That's it for today. I have a busy day ahead of me.  I am also continuing with getting our April kits in the mail.  :-)  Thank you for your patience.  :-) 

April Kit, Sketches and some inspiration

Good Morning and happy April 1st!!  
So this weekend was long a rough.  Tony and I are completely sore this morning.  With the exception of some of the heavy furniture, Tony and I moved our whole house.  BUT we are moved in and now we just need to unpack and organize. 

Let's get started because we have a lot to share...
Let's start with the sketch challenge winner.  
And the winner is.....

Janice Daquila-Pardo from The Constant Scrapper  

Congratulations!!  Please email me your mailing address and kit choice.  :-) 
leeanne@artfuldelight.com

Next up let's share the kits. 
 

SCRAPBOOK KIT

 this kit will include

American Crafts -Dear Lizzy - Lucky Charm collection 12x12 sheet (1 each)

Pretty Poppies

Lucky You

Junk Drawer

Sunny Day

Wishing Well

Doting Dots

Noteworthy

Wild Hearts

Glitz - Color Me Happy collection 12x12 sheet (1 each)

Bits and Pieces

Polka 

Woodgrain

Hearts

Stripe

Coordinating Cardstock - Bazzill  12x12 sheet (2 each)

Lemonade

Arctic

Blue Oasis

Bazzill White

Passionate

Embellishments - size and color may vary per kit

1 package -  American Crafts Thickers

 1 paper flower -Market Square Botanicals

3 - Prima Flowers - Holiday Celebration Snow Drop

7 - Maya Road - Wood Shaped Buttons

1 package - Pebbles Washi Tape

1 stamp set - Heidi Swapp - Memory File

13 - American Crafts/Dear Lizzy -  Lucky Charms Cardstock Die Cuts  

2 - American Crafts-Dear Lizzy - Lucky Charm Flare

2 - Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Signature Flower Clips

3 - Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Signature Clothes Pins

6 - Maya Road Star Trinket Pins

7 yards - Maya Road Twine Cording

CARD KIT

 

 this kit will include

American Crafts -Dear Lizzy - Lucky Charm collection 6x6 sheets (2 each)

Pretty Poppies

Lucky You

Junk Drawer

Sunny Day

Wishing Well

Doting Dots

Noteworthy

Wild Hearts

Glitz - Color Me Happy collection 6x6 sheets (2 each)

Polka 

Woodgrain

Hearts

Stripe

Coordinating Cardstock - Bazzill Card Shoppe  8 1/2x11 sheet (2 each)

Candy Hart

Sour Lemon

Marshmallow

Candy Necklace

Whirlypop

Embellishments - size and color may vary per kit

 1 paper flower -Market Square Botanicals

3 - Prima Flowers - Holiday Celebration Snow Drop

7 - Maya Road - Wood Shaped Buttons

1 package - Pebbles Washi Tape

13 - American Crafts/Dear Lizzy -  Lucky Charms Cardstock Die Cuts  

2 - American Crafts-Dear Lizzy - Lucky Charm Flare

2 - Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Signature Flower Clips

6 - Maya Road Star Trinket Pins

7 yards - Maya Road Twine Cording

1 stamp set - Paper Smooches - I Heart Art

And now for this month's sketches. 

Layout sketch

Card sketch

And last but not least our inspiration. 

Our Delightful Designer Ashley shares her inspiration!!

ASHLEY

For more details please visit Ashley's blog here. 

Alright, so for any of you that read my blog and subscribe to our kits there might be a day or two delay on sending out the kits.  With our move this weekend I just haven't had time to get the boxes together.  I will work hard today and tomorrow to get them in the mail.  

Hope you all have a wonderful day.  

Also I will have the kits up for sale at Artful Delight later today.  If you would like to order one before then please just send me an email.  :-)  

Enjoy

Well it's officially moving day!!
Life might finally calm down a bit after this.  LOL!!  One can dream can't we?
Today will be our last bit of inspiration from our designers using our March kits.  We still have some left so stop by our store and get yours.   
Our Delightful Designer, Sherry created this beautiful card!!  

SHERRY

For more details please visit Sherry's blog here.

That's it for today.
I will stop by tomorrow and announce the winner of our sketch challenge.
Have a wonderful weekend.
I am off to pick up the moving truck.
:-) 

Let's Celebrate

TGIF!!! 

I am super excited it is Friday.  

Not only is it Friday but my last day before my week vacation.  

In addition to that we are moving this weekend.  

How cool is that.  

I do however feel completely unprepared.  

At least we still have our current house until the end of April so we have time to get it all done.  

So there are a few days left in this month and a few more projects to share using our March kits.  

Today our Delightful Designer Rose shares some inspiration using our March card kit.  

 ROSE

Two fabulous cards!!

For more details please visit Rose's blog here.

Alright, well that's it for today.  Well, I might be back later to announce our March sketch challenge winner.  :-)

Have a wonderful day!

Guest Designer

Good Morning!!
I am excited because today I get to share another LO from our Guest Designer.
Check out today's project.  

Leah used our March scrapbook kit.  
Leah

Super cute LO!!  

Today is Leah's last guest design post.  

Thank you Leah for your inspiration and guest designing for us this month.  

That's it for today.  

Have a great day!! :-)