Always a Monster!

Hey y'all! I'm back again as promised with a fun Halloween LO that I hope you love as much as I do! It uses some great products from some great companies...plus has a great pic of our kiddo (the bloody, crazy clown of course) from last year. I've been hearing quite a bit about Authentique paper lately so decided to try some out myself and boy howdy, it is fab stuff! I just loved the texture & thickness of it. And, the banner and strips behind the LO are both from the same sheet of double sided paper. When I seen those cute little variant triangles all over the page, I knew it would make the perfect banner and it did! The background paper is from AC's Mischievous line and I love it as well. When I trimmed off the bottom label of the paper, I actually made sure to keep the word "Mischievous" to use somewhere on my LO. I usually do that with most of my papers because there are always either cute patters you can use as borders, or cute words you can use on a LO or card. Just another good way to recycle/upcycle!

Supplies

Cardstock - Bazzill

Patterned Paper - Authentique, American Crafts

Glimmer Mists - Tattered Angels (key lime & charcoal- from the YMH Store !)

Distress Ink - Tim Holtz (walnut stain...my fave!)

Glitter Thickers - American Crafts

Journaling Spot/Word Strips - Echo Park

Mischevious Word Strip - American Crafts

Journaling Pen - PenTech

Adhesives - Glue Glider Pro, Pop Dots

Now, for a few more days you can enter into the Paper Issues Halloween Link Party! It is super fun & I am so excited be part of such an amazingly talented Creative Team. Seriously, the inspiration offered on the site is phenomenal & I sometimes feel way inferior. So, check it out HERE & I hope I see ya playing along too! On another note, I am super excited to see what photos I get from this year's Halloween affair so I can start scrappin' them. Halloween is our favorite holiday & we love nothing more than eating, watching scary movies, and trick or treating of course! So, do you have any big Halloween plans or usual traditions? I'd love to hear about them! In the meantime, enjoy the holiday & check back in a few days for my weekly Your Memories Here post! Until then, Spooky Craftin'!

I'm also entering my Halloween LO into the following challenges!

Paper Issues - Halloween Link Party

The Paper Variety - Halloween

Creative Inspirations - Halloween

Inspire Me Fridays - Inspiration Link Party

Delicious Doodles - Good vs. Evil

Fab n Funky - Halloween

PaperPlay - Halloween Inspiration

If the Shoe Fits - Spooky Fall

Kaboodle Doodles - Halloween/Fall

Live Free....or Dive Hard!

Hey y'all! I'm back again today to share another project with you thanks to some inspiration I got from Sketchy Thursdays! Their current LO sketch (you can view it HERE) is so fabulous that when I looked at it, I pretty much ran into my craft room & got to scrappin'! Don't ya just love it when mojo & inspiration hits at the same time? ;0)

So, do you like my title that's a play on the name of 4th movie in a popular franchise? Did you catch it? My hubby & kiddo thought it was kinda cute...ya know, instead of Live Free or Die Hard, I made it Live Free or Dive Hard. I'm a goober with things like that sometimes! And I just love these pics of our kiddo (center photo) and some of our friends diving in their pool. It was hot that day & so much fun! I'm happy to say that we've attended more pool parties this year than any other year, thanks to the record breaking temperatures here in Oklahoma. But when you have this much fun together, the heat is a great excuse to let loose! ;0)

Supplies

All Products from Echo Park's For the Record Kit except:

Letters - Cosmo Cricket (black tiny type), American Crafts (black thickers)

Baker's Twine - The Twinery

Ink - Tim Holtz Distress Ink (walnut stain)

Adhesives - Glue Glider Pro, Pop Dots, Aileen's Fast Grab Tacky Glue

Journaling Pen - Pentel

Well, thanks so much for stopping by again today! I hope you take the time to check out the Sketchy Thursdays blog. They have some really awesome sketches that are sure to inspire you, not to mention some amazing designers too. And, don't forget about the new link party at Paper Issues. The "Let's Ride" theme is sure to get your mojo movin'!! Check back soon for another fun post but until then, Happy Craftin'!

I'm also entering my LO into these fun challenges!

Sketchy Thursdays - Sketch Challenge (8/11) 

The Paper Variety - Threads (used some fun baker's twine!)

 Crafts and Me - Blues or Blues & Greens

Fresh Brewed Designs - Hot!

If the Shoe Fits - Shows Us Your Green (used several different shades!)

Summer Song...

I just wanna go on the record and say that I love For the Record, a super fab Echo Park Kit! I've never really played with Echo Park much before, but when I seen this kit a few months ago I just knew I had to have it. I recently pulled it out & have been super inspired by the variety of projects I can create with it! This LO features a few photos from last month when my niece & nephew came up to visit from San Antonio. My awesome mom-in-law & I took them to the pool & had a blast! They are just growing up so fast & I wish they would move back closer to us...we really miss them all lots. Anyway, these papers, embellies, letters & journaling spot were just perfect for this project. I'm already planning my next project with this kit in my head!

Supplies

All products from Echo Park's For the Record Kit except:

Distress Ink - Tim Holtz (walnut stain)

Black Tiny Type - Cosmo Cricket

Red Thickers - American Crafts

Navy Blue Cardstock - Creative Memories

Adhesive - Glue Glider Pro, Pop Dots, Aileen's Fast Grab Tacky Glue

This LO was also based on this fabulous sketch at PageMaps & I so love me some PageMaps! It is such an awesome resource for inspiration. Whenever I feel like I am stuck in crafty mojo rut, I just grab my sketch book & start flipping through. It never fails to give me just the right amount of motivation to get scrappin'! Once again I just wanna remind you that the Paper Issues "Sweet" link party is still going on through Sunday. All you have to is link up any project, old or new, that you think is sweet for a chance to be a featured artist! Visit the link HERE to check it all out. Well, I'm off to work on some more crafty goodness. If I don't see ya before then, make sure you check back Tuesday for my next Your Memories Here DT post...it's TEAriffic! LOL! Until then, Happy Craftin'!

I'm also entering my summery LO into the following challenges!
Paper Issues - "Sweet" Link Party
ScrapFIT - Put a Bird on It!
Sketches in Thyme - Open Sketch Challenge

My Graffico - Anything Goes
Lollipop Crafts - Summer
Inspire Me Fridays - Inspiration Link Party
The Paper Variety - Tic Tac Toe (multi-photo, splish splash, & a banner!)
Candy Shoppe Designs - Fireworks (inspired by lyric, "let it shine")
Scrapbook & Cards Today - Color Suite Color Challenge

If the Shoe Fits - Summer