Happy March

Good Morning friends! It is the beginning of another month which means a new sketch challenge, more design team projects using the new monthly kit as well as March's kit is now on sale. I am so excited that I have been able to craft the last couple days. It feels great.

This month I will start off sharing projects with you that I created. Last night I was able to make a card and LO using the March sketch. March's sketch was also created by Debbie. Now I must say I LOVE her sketches because they allow for so much creativity. This month's sketch worked really well for a card. So anywho, let's get started.

Here is March's monthly kit:

Here is March's sketch for challenge ASC6:


And my take on the sketch; A card and a LO...


For the card, everything was from the kit except the "...friend" that was a stamp from my collection. For the LO everything was in the kit except the self adhesive pearls those were from February's kit. The Basic Grey Woolies from the kit are FABULOUS, I love them. And the Corrugated Alphas from Jillibean Soup also in the kit, LOVE them. They are so much fun. You can't really tell in the picture but I used some distress ink from Tim Holtz, Broken China, to give it a little color.

*edit: I also entered this LO in the Sketches In Thyme; Open Challenge #4 - You can create any project as long as it is using a sketch.

Well that is all for today. Below I will have the link where you can upload your projects for this months challenge: ASC6. The challenge will end March 23rd and the winner will receive April's kit. YIPPEEE!!!

If you would like to purchase a kit please click here. For a single month purchase the price is $32.50 plus shipping. You can also purchase a 3 or 6 month subscription.

Happy Crafting!!

Mini album and Family LO

Good Morning and Happy Monday. I met with a tutor over the weekend to help me make sense of Macroeconomics. I think our time was well spent and I have a little bit clearer understanding of the subject. I am super excited because in 2 weeks I have to take the mid-term and I am really worried about it.

Anywho it is the last day of the month which means the March sketch challenge will start tomorrow, in addition March kits will be shipping. I had a chance to play with the kit yesterday and I had a ton of fun. I would have waited until tomorrow to share it with everyone but I am entering it in a challenge and that ends tonight. In addition I will share with you a mini album that April created using February's kit.

So let's start with the mini album.



WOW, so beautiful!!!February kit had some really pretty papers and I am sad I didn't get to play with it. April's mini is lovely. For more information please check out her blog.

Next up is a LO that I created using a sketch from The Scrappiest.
Not only was the March kit fun to play with but so was this sketch.
Ok, so everything is from March's kit except for the Mini alphas (used for "brothers" and "sisters"), the brown twine and buttons used on the blue flowers and the self adhesive pearls. The Mini alphas are from Basic Grey and just something I had in my stash. The buttons were from December's kit (sold out), the twine was from November's kit (sold out) and the self adhesive pearls are from February's kit (also sold out).

I LOVE the corrugated alphas from Jillibean Soup, they are so versatile. You can use them as is or alter them anyway you like. I have seen crafters spritz them with Glimmer Mist or you can just distress the edges like I did. Those blue flowers I made using a tutorial that Isay presented on Sketches In Thyme's blog the other day.

I really like the way this LO turned out and I can't wait for you to see what the design team comes up with this month. If you are thinking about purchasing a kit this month be sure to act soon, the kits have been selling out mid month. This month I did make more kits though so hopefully we won't sell out. :-)

We do still have a couple past kits for sale, September and October. All past kits sell for $23.50 plus $7.50 shipping.

Happy Crafting!!

Have a sweet birthday

Good morning my friends! I hope y'all are having a wonderful weekend so far. Mine is the same as usually, pretty low key, watching my kids play, laundry, dishes, homework....mostly all the things I do everyday of the week. LOL!

Today I have a super cute card I made last night, another one of my moments I had to craft.


I was going to take a short video of the card because the candy machine wobbles and obviously you can't see that in the picture. Unfortunately I am video challenged and the video quality on my phone stinks and I would have to charge the battery for the video camera and tape it, edit it and upload it and for a 30 second video, that seems like a lot of work. LOL!

Anywho, I used papers from Echo Park's A Walk in the Park collection for this card. The candy machine image is from mygrafico, what I love about this store is that not only do they have digital stamps but they also have SVG files to use with my SCAL/Cricut. LOVE it! Ok, so I printed several of the candy machine images on several sheets of pattern paper, then I began to cut and paper piece it all together. It was a lot of work but it was a TON of fun. I used some Glossy Accents to make it look like a glass container (where the candy goes). The sentiment is from Skipping Stones Design, I have had this stamp set forever and I never used it. Thought it was a perfect card for it. Buns-N-Crunches is the name of the stamp set. Super CUTE!

I did a little sewing action on the outside of the card. So my kids must have played with the dials on my sewing machine because the stitch I made on the outside of the card is certainly not the one I wanted but it turned out ok. This is the first time I decorated the inside of the card, I did that because the sentiment I used was kind of a two-parter. LOL!

Now for the super COOL part of the card, the image is popped off the card using an Action Wobble. Have you guys seen these things.
Such a cool product. I bought a package of 25 for $9.95, they just started selling them in smaller quantities. I am going to have to use these more often on my cards, they are awesome.

Anyways, I am going to enter this card in two challenges. The Paper Variety, you were to sew on your project, whether you hand stitch or use a sewing machine and then also to the Sketches in Thyme


Alright well that's it for today. Have you seen the March kit reveal? People are already reserving their kits so be sure to check it out before they're gone. There is an option in my sidebar to reserve your March kit, or if you subscribe to a 3 or 6 month subscription by clicking here you can also reserve a kit.

Happy Crafting!!

March's monthly kit reveal

Oh wow I am so happy I am able to get this posted on the day I promised. I am excited to share with you March's monthly kit.click to enlarge photo

this kit will include

Little Yellow Bicycle - Twig Collection 12x12 double sided paper
(1 each)
Leaf a Note/Topsy Turvy
Wordy/Petaled
Woods/Pleased Plaid
Wood You Be Mine Sky/Diamond
Bird Song/Wood You Be Mine Fern
Twig Die Cut paper

Jillibean Soup - Spotted Owl Soup 12x12 double sided paper (1 each)
2 Cups of Confetti
4 Unwrapped Presents
5 Totally Fun Tunes
6 Silly Owls

Bazzill solid cardstock 12x12 (1 each)
Jacaranda
Vanilla
Walnut
Leap Frog

Embellishments - size and color may vary per kit

1 package Marjolaine collection Woolies - felt stickers from Basic Grey
3 - Marjolaine collection - Small details decorative stickers from Basic Grey
2 - Capella collection Bloomers - Basic grey
1 sheet - Marjolaine collection Mini Mono Stickers - Basic Grey
3 - Twig collection 3D stickers (butterflies) - Little Yellow Bicycle
3 - Twig collection Canvas Border stickers - Little Yellow Bicycle
1 package - Bean Blossom in Brown - Jillibean Soup
4 - Journaling Sprouts in Brown/White - Jillibean Soup
1 package - Corrugated Alphas in Kraft - Jillibean Soup
10 feet (approximately) - jute twine
2 - chipboard owls - Glitter Dust Designs
1 - chipboard tree - Glitter Dust Designs
2 - chipboard leaves - Glitter Dust Designs

Ok, I think that does it! So, what do you think? Well if you would like to pre-order a kit (not a monthly subscription) please use the link on the sidebar. If you would like to get a monthly 3 or 6 month subscription, please stop by Artfuldelight. Since February kit is sold out if you select a monthly subscription now I will know to send March kit to you. Kits will start shipping on the 1st or for current subscribers, on the date you signed up.

I would also like to congratulate Suzy from Scrap with Suzy for winning February's sketch challenge. Suzy will receive March's monthly kit as well as a Guest Design spot in March.

Ooohhh, I have another surprise too, we will be adding another member to our design team starting in March. I will have more on that in the next couple days.

Happy Crafting!!

God Bless the Broken Road

Ok, seriously!!!! This month flew by. I was supposed to post this LO this morning to share with everyone that Julie created using the unfortunately sold out February kit but I TOTALLY FORGOT!!!!




Ok so the LO created was using a sketch from this weeks Sketchy Thursdays challenge. (which I FULLY intend on playing along with) Beautiful, just beautiful. For those of you that don't already follow Julie's blog please head over there to get full details about the LO and some fabulous inspiration. SO SORRY I didn't get this posted earlier.

I was out and about this morning from 8am-1pm....I had my son's speech therapy session, then an hour drive to my daughter's ortho appt, then an hour drive home. I signed my daughter up for Volleyball at the Park District, then I dropped her off at school. I think my drive home from the ortho appt frazzled my brain, for about 45 minutes I listened to a 1 year old scream, 2 year old whine and a 3 year old talk...and talk, and screaming, and whining and talking and screaming and whining and AAAHHHHHHH!!!! Do ya get the point? LOL! By the time I had gotten home my head was spinning, I was so stressed and had a huge headache. Phew..... so anywho, sorry I didn't post this earlier.

On a positive note, I did get to start putting together March's kit. So excited. I will have the reveal tomorrow as well as some more exciting news. And maybe a giveaway!!!

That's all for now, off to do some Macroeconomics......oh and I have a meeting on Saturday morning with a tutor (a student from the college) to help me make sense of what I am doing. Yippee!!

Happy Crafting!!

Hang in there

Happy Monday my friends! Can you believe we had 70 degree weather the other day and tonight we have a winter advisory, with possible accumulations of snow 5 or more inches. I am so ready for Spring. Oh well I guess that's what I get for wanting to live in a 4 season state. I would take this over all year round heat any day.

For today's card that was created by yours truly, yay I got to craft this weekend (well only a little, enough to make one card), I used a sketch I saw on Sketches in Thyme.



The image was a freebie over at Just Some Lines. So I only had some textured white cardstock from American Crafts to use for the image which made it a bit difficult to color but it turned out ok. I used Prisma Colored pencils. I REALLY want to learn how to properly use Copics. There is a class once a month at a scrapbook store about an hour away. I am hoping one day to attend. Maybe when I am in between semesters (Spring to Summer) I can make it to one. Anywho, I used papers from Echo Park's A Walk in the Park collection. YUMMY papers!!!

Hello my name is Leeanne and I am in LOVE with Echo Park papers. LOL!

Anywho, I did a little stitching with my sewing machine, I think I am also going to become addicted to that, I LOVE the look! I used some Micro Mini Alphas from Basic Grey. Some chipboard shapes from Cosmo Cricket's Pixie-Licious collection matched perfectly, that would be the button and butterfly.

Well that's it for today. Please don't forget about the sketch challenge for this month, you only have 2 more days to enter. Click here for more info! I hope ya'll have a fabulous day, I am off to make breakfast for my family and then off to school. I am thinking Belgian Waffles! YUMMY!!

Happy Crafting!!

Faith

Happy Sunday my friends! Hope ya'll have been enjoying your weekend. We have had some super high winds the last couple days, sounds like a tornado outside. Quick post for ya because for some reason I am not feeling well. Not sure if I am wore out or coming down with the flu. Whatever it is, I don't like it and hope I don't get anyone else sick.

Today I have a fabulous wall hanging to share with you that DT member April created using February's monthly kit (which is unfortunately sold out). I love all the green, just beautiful!! For full details about this project please visit April's blog.

Happy Crafting!!