Card Lifters and Liftateers are back! Week #1

I am happy to say the Card Lifters and Liftateers are back!

The Card Lifters and Liftateers used to be based exclusively on the Fiskar's sponsored forum called Fiskateers. Since that platform changed a while back we lifters were losing our mojo!

With the multiple platforms out there such as Pinterest...We lifters have found a way to continue! I will include a link when available to the original card or layout we are given to give credit and share the love! 

Here is my Week #1

Here is the card we were given for Card Lifters Week 1: found at http://nanceleedy.blogspot.com/2011/05/candy-butterflies.html

My Page Lift for Week #1

The layout we were given for Week #1: found at http://cindyscreations-cinmfoster.blogspot.com/2014/09/photo-bomb.html

Thanks and Spread the love!

A Lift from a Lift!

I really enjoyed using the sketch idea that came from our May Lift Challenge over at XOXO Scrapbooking. The original was my 2 page layout posted for our DT and Challenge. Click over to the original post HERE. After seeing Joanne's take on the lift... I lifted her lift! Using it to create another page with some pics of the dogs during Christmas.

Here was the page Joanne had for the lift:

My take using the lift from a lift:

September XOXO DT - Skipper's Martini

This month Tess's page really got me inspired to scrap one of my favorite pictures on Skipper. Our dog, Skipper is the most mischief-est (is that a word?). He had been one twisting up fork tines, chewing up shoes, one of my good earrings were redesigned, found on the kitchen table, etc....Thankfully he has grown up a bit, still has some spiteful moments at times...like chewing Dad's boots when he hasn't give him the time he felt needed!

I started my page by making paint splatters on my white cardstock using a teal metallic acrylic paint. After allowing it to dry I could add the pieces on top. Had a fun drink recipe paper I cut 4" x 12" to layer down first.

Made an oversized banner using the woodgrian paper. Using Cricut Close To My Heart Artbooking cartridge with the overlay option I created the circle line pattern. Added the striped paper and then my matted photo.

Then after layering and attaching all the papers, matted photo I added my title.

You can see a bit of Skipper with his Martini glass which was clean and just made out of plastic. So I wonder what made him grab it?

Here is the final page altogether!

So, you have all month the play along and have a chance at being our next Guest DT! 

Check out the XOXO Scrapbooking blog and play along! 

Digging out old photos and scrapbook challenges

I was digging through a pile of doggie photos that were in a photo box. I came across some that I never scrapped. Ended up making two different pages. One I have to wait to show. But here is the second one!

The full page:

I was looking for some challenges to get me going. Here is one I found over on Stuck?! Sketches. It is actually a sketch created by Laura Whitaker from her blog post.

Here is the sketch:

Back from the weekend retreat

It was a great time and I enjoyed quite a few laughs...

I have to say the best incident was a delay in supper being served and it sparked a scene from the Snickers commercial.

Great Bunch of Ladies to scrap with!

Over all I came home with 23 pages...
SO that works out to be...
* 9 pages completely finish just need to slide them into the correct albums.
* 11 pages that just need the date added or just a touch of something.
BUT mainly just the correct date...since when I printed them they only had the month and/or year.
* 3 pages started and a bunch of photos cropped and ready to go!

I had brought a bunch of Christmas pictures to scrap and a pile of cards with ideas...BUT just needed more time!!!!!!

This was the 1st time I attended a crop/retreat with nothing ready to go...
What I mean is I usually pull all the papers to match the photos and group them together and even sometimes include those embellishments too!
Which means a bunch of extra paper bins loaded up...

Here is some of what I got done on Friday!

A Random Fun Page to get me going...

Just need to add the date...

On to a page that needed to done to finish off our moving road trip to Newfoundland.

Title made from Scraps out of Jennifer's Scrap Bin...She does have a good stash.

Page 1 from pictures I forgot were on my phone from our moving road trip to Newfoundland.

Usual Pit Stop at Cabela's in Scarborough, ME

My Journaling tag from my left over scraps.

Page 2 in the store having fun after being stuck in car seats.

The 2 page spread...

Now It's School Time for a bit!

Some stitching I did and washi tape.

Fun using my Close To My Heart Cricut - Artbooking cartridge and stamps.

Journaling & Date

The Big Picture all together ready to slip into her album.

I had to back up a year and a half to finish her Kinderstart page.

Using CTMH - Classmate Alpha Stamp Set

The Date and Marshmallow Snowmen using the CTMH - Vintage Type Alpha Stamp Set

Borrowed a snowman punch and added a pearl belly.

Full View

Mya Dog and The Boy who named her....

Because when asked who's dog she is, his response is "MY A DOG"

Using the Cricut - Paper Pups Cartridge

The Boy and his "MY A dog"

Tag Lifters - July

So happy I got to do this month's Tag Lifters. I used a rubber stamp that looks so much like my beagle. Especially when he has his "Sad Sack" Face. Usually he does this when his smells something really tasty!
Bailey will be 14 years old in August!

Online Crop Challenges, Blog Hop & Ideas

Fisk-a-teer - CHA 2.0 Online Crop Master List of Challenges and RAKs

So I just got the chance to start working on some of these Challenges today.

Another Fly By! RAK

Make a card or page with a fairy tale theme!  In honor of my fairy tale life!  And all fiska fairies here!

Here is one of mine:

 

Some of my past work....

I wanted to post some of my past layouts I did. Since I have been working on my PHD Binder(Pages Half Done) and getting through a pile of finished pages. All of which needed to be organized into their correct albums. Here are a few of my favorite or better pages.