Make a Difference This Season

Happy Monday blog friends! This time of year always brings such joy to my heart. I love all the sights, hearing the Christmas songs, and gearing up to celebrate our Savior's birthday. I feel really blessed as I have a home that's nice and warm, food to go in the bellies of all living here, health could be better but could be oh so much worse as well, so I am just really blessed. Then I stop to think of those who may not have a home this year that's warm, or are lacking in the food department, and are struggling to deal with getting healthy and it makes me want to do what I can to help brighten days of those around me or not so close to me. So when my friend Niki from MSW posted an address to send cards to, I knew I was going to do it! What about you?

Here's all the information you need to send a card to a recovering soldier:

Take one Christmas card, just one will make a difference, and send it to A Recovering American Soldier, c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 6900 Georgia Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20307-5001
These brave men and women have given the ultimate sacrifice so you and I can enjoy all that we do each and everyday. They are recovering from protecting us and making this a great country to live in, so please take some time this year and address one card to a recovering American soldier. Think of the joy they will receive when stuck in a hospital bed this season. I know I am going to do at least one, what about you?

And I am pretty sure I am going to start with this ornament card I created for A Walk Down Memory Lane's 12 Days of Christmas and it is also my monthly card challenge at My Sketch World.

This is a card that can be transformed into an ornament for a tree. I wanted to do this because there are so many times people throw out things made for them because they just don't know what to do with it after displaying it for awhile, so I thought making a card that could double as an ornament would be great! I like that whoever gets my card could keep it for as long as they like and hang it up wherever they could find a spot in their room.

If you want to see the inside details you could head over to the A Walk Down Memory Lane DT blog to see them there. It's so easy, why wouldn't you try it on out! Let me know if you do and be sure to go to My Sketch World and load it on up in my challenge thread and the gallery. You will be entered to win a fabulous prize Lucy is offering this month.

Well that's it for now. Hope you have a really delightful day and remember you can make a difference daily somehow as long as you are willing to find the way.

God's Blessings to you and yours.
Scarlett

The Girls' Paperie is on Sale!

At A Walk Down Memory Lane you can take advantage of 25% off The Girls' Paperie products this month since they are one of the featured manufacturers! The stamping featured manufacturer this month is Just Rite Stamps AND we have the 12 days of Christmas going on! So many ways to save, one fantabulous store!!

Here are a couple of my projects I created for this month's reveal:

The Best Gift



This LO was created using a sketch by my great friend and skecth artist Lucy Chesna. You can find daily sketch inspiration in the forum at A Walk Down Memory Lane. Just think, if you visited everyday you would have 365 new sketches at your fingertips!

Couple of Close Ups



I used the Tinsel and Twig line for this page and really love the traditional colors and feel to this paper. I punched the snowflakes using my Martha Stewart punches and added some elegant buttons. I also really have been loving using the same patterned paper to just pop up with dimension. My girl Sasha rocks this out!



The twine I used is from the Twinery and the trim at the bottom is The Girls' Paperie, so are the letters.

Here is a card I made featuring the Paper Girl line from The Girls' Paperie:

Thanks



Love the fun mix of papers this line has and the colors are some of my favs together, especially that green!

Here's a close up of the flower so you can see all the sparkle it has:



Remember you can go to A Walk Down Memory Lane to get yourself some of the fabulous products I used on these creations all at 25% off.

Thanks for stopping by tonight. Hope you have had a really wonderful day
~Scarlett

It's December!

The beginning of a new month always brings lots of scrappy stuff I get to share with you all. Today I have my card creation for My Sketch World. I LOVED the sketch Lucy had for this month and I decided to continue forth with my adventures in mixed media to create a card that I adore! Not sure I will be able to part with it!

Here is the sketch for the month of December:



My take on it:

Joyful

I used Crate Paper's Snow day line to create this card along with all sorts of goopy goodness to jazz it up. Some of the things I used are: White Opaque Flakes, Luminiere paints, Perfect Pearls, and Molding Paste.

Here are some close ups:

I know this is not the best of pictures, but it shows how the Perfect Pearls really sparkle and shine on my patterned papers where I added them.

My little scene.

Here you can see where I layered up some molding paste. You can't tell from the picture but it is sparkly fabulous in real life!

If you love this Crate Paper line as much as I do, be sure to head on over to A Walk Down Memory Lane where you can purchase all these goodies. It's also the 12 days of Christmas over there so you can find spectacular deals for the next 12 days waiting for you as well.

Hope all is wonderful in your world on this day we have been given! Be blessed and enjoy every minute of it!

~ Scarlett

Alcohol Ink Gift Tag Step x Step for You!

Happy Tuesday! Today was my day to post a step x step over on the A Walk Down Memory Lane DT blog. I decided since Christmas is fast approaching it would be fun to do a different kind of gift tag. Here is what I came up with:



This tag was created using alcohol inks and an embossing folder. If you'd like to see the full details of how to create one of your own, head on over to the DT blog or the forum where full step x step pictures and instructions are posted.

Hope you have a delightful day! It is bitter cold here, so I know I'll be staying inside getting my scrap on!

Blessings ~ Scarlett

All in an Hour and a Half!

This past Saturday night, My Sketch World had a mega 90 minute crop. There was a LO sketch posted for the first hour and then 3 card sketches came for the half hour. Talk about a rush! I hadn't planned on participating at all, but about 15-20 minutes into it, I popped on board and was like why not give 'er a try! My gosh I had stuff flying everywhere LOL!!!

Here is what I managed to come up with:

Hangin' With My Ghouls

I love these Halloween paper from The Girls' Paperie. The colors are traditional yet all the patterns are really versatile.....well except maybe the bat one! They worked out perfectly for this cute lil' snapshot of my DD at her school's Family Fun Night in October.

Couple Close Ups

You should have seen those chipboard letters flying here, there, and everywhere when I was looking for the letters I needed! Oh my! I cut out some bats from the scrap I had left after cutting the circle, outlined them, and popped them up.

Do you see those little black embellies?? Not the great big one, that's a button, but the small ones. I made those!! I used some molds and black UTEE to create pearl like things and then some cute little stars. I am totally hooked on using UTEE and have been playing a lot.

Here are the cards I made, I was only able to get 2/3 done, but I was really pleased that I accomplished that! The twist to the challenge with these sketches was to not only get them done in 30 minutes but to also use your scraps from the LO.

October 31st


Happy Haunting


I so didn't need to have any Halloween cards on hand, LOL, but I guess I'll be extra prepared when next year rolls around, huh?!

If you are lovin' these papers as much as I do they can be found at A Walk Down Memory Lane and are called Toil and Trouble.

Well, that's it for today. Thanks so much, as always, for stopping by to visit me. I do so appreciate it!

Happy Scrappin' ~ Scarlett