sketch 11 and a sneak peek!

Jan 11.  First and foremost I want to wish my great FATHER IN LAW A HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY!!  goodness how many people have the date  1/11/11??   Happy Bday Pops!! LOVE YA!!

And another sketch lo done today for the sketchathon over at scrap-friendzy!!

ANDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD a little sneak peek of a project I am workin on for a swap!! BUT SHHHHHHHHHHH I dont want to give too much away, it is for a handmade valentines swap!!

Lyra is such a little doll dancin around in her new xmas skirt!!  I played into the polka dots on her skirt with the red polka dot pp and the ribbon.

I hope you dance is the title on this lo.  The journaling is the first first of the song and chorus.  I love that song by Leann Wolmak. 

A bit of green bling in the gems and on the flowers.

another sneak peeksy.....................

close up of the altered chipboard and pp flower.

So that is it for today.  It is snowin and so pretty!! I filled my birdfeeders again!! they are being little pigs but that is ok I love lookin out the kitchen windows and seein them.  They are like chickens so busy all the time.

The girls are out in the pen and not happy at all!! I threw out a bunch of scratch for them to pick thru but ya know they just arent happy unless they are in the dirt scratchin and chasin bugs.  Sorry girls!!  Spring will be upon us before we know it!  I just came in from walkin out to get the mail and oh it is so peaceful and serene I love winter days!!  but only if it is snowin!!****  ****  **** **** **** ** ** *** * * * *

Hope yall have a happy tues I will be back soon with more to share!!

HUGS

Darlene

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

card #9 CR84FN8

This card is made for CR84FN8 also using their color challenge of 

GREEN AQUA  YELLOW and LAVENDER

Here is the green that the leaves are cut from. 

The yellow gingham is what I used for the layers of flowers.   Bought from HOBBY LOBBY by The Paper Studio.  I love the transformation the paper makes after doing all the steps to distress it.  Distressing ink by TIM HOLTZ and RANGER products. 

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So this was #9 in the challenge over at SCRAPFRIENZY and what fun this has been so far.  I am behind though and have to finish up sketch #8 so will post that later today.

The sun is shining out, so pretty, it was 6 degrees this am and now it is up to 32 so that is about what we are used to.  Lots of snow and sun is a good thing! 

Hope yall have a blessed sunday!!

HUGS

be back tonight!!

Darlene

sketch lo #7

Day 7 and another sketch lo done!!  I am on a roll!!
This is a pic of my hubby's cousin little guy Jax and his grandpa!!
JAX and POPPY.   My Minds Eye wonderul paisley print paper is the backround sheet.  The elements are  plain cardstock mattes and some fun layered flowers. 

I used my flourish die with my accucut machine and cut it out of blue jean paper.  Then using my large scalloped round punch I cut out various circles and along with my 2in and 1 1/2 inch punches added the layers.  Each one is distressed with TIM HOLTZ distressing inks and a silver snap is added for the centers.    That way it is a bit masculine.

Jax and Poppy are stamped on striped pp using my alpha stamps by JUST RITE STAMPS. 

I am happy with the way this turned out.

so we sure did get alot of snow like 15 inches if not more last night and this am!!  It isnt snowin right now and I am not sure how much more we are gettin but it sure is pretty out!!

Off to finish up a submission so will talk to ya tomorrow!!

Have a great night!!

HUGS

Darlene

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

sketch lo #6

IT IS SNOWING really good out now!! LOVE IT!   So I had a bit of time early early this am to work on the lo for the jan sketchathon over at scrapfrienzy.  There is so much creativity and inspiration over there yall really should visit if you havent already.  Yall know my need for prim/altering things!! so when I seen the sketch posted this am I knew exactly what pics to use and what I was gonna do with it!!  So lovin this sketch and my lo turned out perfect!!  This by the way is Carissa at  her 6 month picture taking day.  She is growin up so dang fast and is such a little ham too.  Good thing for that...........means Auntie Darlene has lots of pics to scrap with and make art!! 

 the 6 mo is from Heidi Swapps chipboard cutouts.  but the rest of the embellishing I cut out from chipboard and grungeboard and painted them then stamped them with the Stampabilities love stamp and distressed them with Tim Holtz distressing ink in walnut, and just lightly sanded a bit.

As you know I use alot of the alpha beads from Hobby Lobby and decided to add a pearl hat pin with the word baby on it to the ribbon.  The little gem stones were stick on one from Michaels.  And the paper is from The Paper Studio at Hobby Lobby stores!! 

So far this is my favo sketch and my favo page that I have done!!

Close up of my layering of my altered flowers.  Lovin that I can add my primitive side to my scrapbooking!!!!

So hope yall have a great day I will share more tomorrow, I am goin to stop at Hobby Lobby on my way home from market tomorrow!! I know it is right along the way I dont have to get off the main road so that right there is just easy peasy and I printed my 40% off an item coupon so no reason not to go!! LOL

Have a blessed thursday yall!!!

Darlene

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

More monday projects

Ok here is another of my altered wood hearts.  This one has the word love down the side and is in the sagey green colors.  I am lovin these altered chipboard flowers!!! TOO CUTE!! they are so much fun to do.  And the layering really makes them pop off the project so nice.

Now for my own altered weekly order planner!! THIS is so so so SO ME!! I am lovin it and I can see this takin me awhile to complete.  I got the front done and one page inside!! I am a lover of all shades of pink and decided to lean towards them on this project with touches of sage and blue, and an occassional brown!!  In making this I used 2 pkgs of found already pretty file folders, cut them in 1/2 and then used my old labeler, u remember the kind, u turned the knob to the letter and then pressed the handle together, I was a kid when those things were popular.  AND we didnt have fancy pants keypad ones!! LOL anyway I also am proud of the "being green movement" and in doin this I used recycled items on this too!! The backround is a piece of cardboard that was in a photo frame, I cut a piece of it and painted it and aged it then added 2 bigger snaps on the end and tied some recycled pink bakers twine aournd them.  The flowers are made from the backs of notepads and painted, sanded, stamped and distressed.  Also the emphemera on here has been laying in a drawer for so long I thought it was time to put it to a good home.  So love the front!!  This is thurdays front all altered up.  I added my flower then some ephemera again laying in a drawer, the double heart charm was some we had left over from our weddin a few years ago, they were tied onto the flowers on tables at our  reception.  I love love LOVE flourishes so stamped a couple on here with my wonderful super great wet chalk stamp pad.  

That's all I got done early this am, I had to take my mom to the hospital for a outpatient procedure so we were there quite awhle, then had to pick up our first batch of babies!! YEAH we got little "girls" 7 auracauna chickies, 6 grey pymouth rocks, 5 barred rocks and AND 2 BRONZE TURKEYS!! couldnt find them anywhere so was so excited to get a couple!!  Hopefully they are a pair! and not 2 boys!!  I do have Moe who is a white palm turk so it would be nice to have a girlfriend for him too!!  They are peepin away out in the henhouse safe and sound in the brooder!!  TOO cute I will take some pics of them tomorrow.    I have to go to the kitchen in the am am work on some cookies for an order and make bagel dough! YEAH gonna try some apricot almond bagels this week and also some cherry almond maybe!!??? how good do they sound toasted and smothered in cream cheese!!

OH YEAH!!  LOL comin from the south we love everything "smothered and covered"  LOL too yummy!!

Well yall have a great evening and I will catch up with ya and new projects tomorrow!! 

!~!HUGS!!~

Darlene

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

Scrappin sunny friday

So I stayed home this am and played in my studio!! LOVE my scrappin time!!  This first lo is one a special girl we had, Whitney.  She was my hubbys grandmothers dog and when she passed away we took Ms. Whitney! what a sweetheart too!  We only had her a few years but she touched our hearts for sure.   she went to sleep at the age of 16 so we really were blessed to have her as long as we did and share her life.  So this layout using MY MINDS EYE patterened paper is from their Bohemian line which is one of my favos of all time, is a tribute to her.  The tag simply says "gone but not forgotten".  Miss ya girl!

Then there is my Buster Brown.  This page says Paw prints on my heart.  Buster has his mommy's heart!!  I love the papers some dog themed some not.

Jax is on this lo Play Time, I cut up some cute boy papers and also took the toys off another piece of paper and added pop dots to the backs to make them pop!!

ANDDDDDDDD I had to come up with a lo of me!! Never scrap myself!  But it was to be something about you or your personality.  I love pink so with lots of pinks around me and of  cource my Buster voila!  A page of me!

I have a couple of altered projects I am working on for submissions so I cannot post them yet but cant wait to share them with yall!  The sun is out and it is up to 46 degrees so my happy little self is out to work in the greenhouse!!

ENJOY your friday yall!!

HUGS!

Darlene

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

Busy busy day

So this is just a darling little pic of my hubby's cousins babies.  Lyra and Jax.  This layout was for a challenge today on scrapbook star using a tag on a lo.  Jax looks so upset and her face is just priceless laughing at him!!  So on the layered tag I put "I'm so not laughing Lyra"!!  The flowers are actually cut from a patterened my minds eye paper and layered with dark brown cardstock behind.  I love the blue seam binding on this it brings it all together since there is blue in the polka dots under the title.  Love this sheet of pp too, it is MY MINDS EYE of cource!! LOVE all their papers. 

I got almost 1/2 of the raking around the greenhouse and farmstand done today and got my first callous"s of the year today too!! Corn huskers lotion here i come!!  If yall need something on callous or dry skin this stuff is the bomb!! hubby introd me to it when we were first dating , I would come home from working at the ranch all day cinchin up the saddles and have callous on my hands well being the loving caring guy he is he bought me a bottle of this amazing stuff and oh my goodness::: can u say relief!! it feels great and really does work super!! try it!

I am about ready to get planting in the greenhouse too, got my sugar snap peas, lettuce, spinach and some flower seeds that surely can go in.  Even if it does get a bit cool a 100 watt bulb will keep them warm enough and they will be ready to go outside when it warms up and the ground is ready for the season!!

My hubby did a trash to treasure project today for himself, dang not for me!LOL , he is one creative guy!! no wonder we fit together like pbandj's LOL

I will share that with you when he finishes it up tonight.  So very proud of him!!

The boys are playin and it is about time for Buster and mommy to go out and do evenin chores so hope yall have  a peaceful realaxin night!! I am gonna after chores, and hauling in some wood for furnace and supper and finish up laundry!! makes me tired thinkin bout it all!!

HUGS~~

Darlene

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

Desk top scrapbook

Here is a new baby girl mini album I finished up this am.

There are 15 pages in all to add your photos and or journaling to.  Each page is different and embellished with lots of stickers, stamped images, paper flowers, brads, eyelets, letters, ribbons, fibers, words and different colored cardstocks.   There is plenty of room for you little bundle of joys pics.  And what a great keepsake for all to see standing on a desk or table.  I did the covers out of wood then painted and added papers to them so this will stand on it's own.  I did put this book on ebay this am but would also make a personalyzed one if you would like one too.

Gotta git er done and finish my studio space!!  Have a great afternoon!!

HUGS

Darlene

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

OWOH TODAY

Click on the magic carpet banner to read all about this event!!  NOW THRU FEB 15th~ This is my second year particpating!!  In honor of magic I added a captured fairy shadow box to my giveaways!!!  READ there are 2 seperate giveaways I am doing this year!!

Ok so here is one of the giveaways! A handmade paper envelope that holds some handmade paper rosettes and layered flowers I made for your cards or scrapbooking and 2 handmade greeting cards. One little mini birthday tag card and a thinking of you card. Both are blank on the inside for you to write your message on.

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For all of you that are new to my blog here is a quick rundown of my life:
My great hubby and I  have a small farm and grow chemical free produce and raise chickens for eggs.  I am fully licesensed to bake and sell at local farmers markets and opened a small town bakery in Fennville with my mom's flower shop.  I love to do altered art/scrapbooking and mixed media along with paint primitive treasures.  I believe in buying local and handmade to keep our creativity unique!!  You might see me in craft shows in and around MI thru the fall and winter.    AND I have 3 boys "dogs" that are the light of my life!!  Love you boys!! Buster, Bubba and Barney as you see on my side bar.  That is about it plain and simple and I LOVE MY LIFE!!
Thanks for stopping on by the farm.

Ok so here is the 2nd giveaway~~ A handmade card that has the word CHERISH stamped on it using JUST RITE stamps,  I made the little paper rose on the heart and loved it so much added some to the side of the altered little shadow box captured fairy I made.

You will get both the card and the shadow box!!

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All you have to do for these is to leave me a comment that you were here and want to be included in the drawing which will be FEB 15th when the giveaway ends.   And dont forget to hop on over to all the other great blogs and have fun!!!   Now I gotta get working so I can go blog hop later today too!

Have a great day yall!!
~~HUGS~~
Darlene

~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~