Silhouette fun

My husband's grandmother had to be placed in a nursing home earlier this week and we were planning a visit yesterday. I wanted to take something that would brighten up her wall beside her bed. I used two file from the Silhouette America Online Store that I had in my stash and created a flower banner.

The flower that is used called Ruffled Rose and the banner was a clearance shape from March.

I cut out the flowers from 3 different papers and layered them up with glue dots so that they would each be layered differently, and added a clear rhinestone with glue dots. For the banner I used 2 different color papers and layered them using glue dots leaving an opening at the top for the hanging ribbon. Next I cut a piece of 3/4 inch pink grosgrain ribbon and adhered it inside the top opening with glue dots. Finally I added the flowers fluffing them as I placed them.

I hope you enjoy this quick crafty gift idea. If you have all your supplies gathered you can complete this in under 30 minutes and this is including cutting time.

Road Trip

My husband delivers campers and trailers. I have not rode with him in a long time so when he got a trip to Flint, Michigan he asked if I would go along for the ride. The girls stayed at home with Nanny and Papa, and we headed out.

Here is the racing trailer that we were taking up.

Getting on I-75 headed north.

I love taking pictures of the state welcome signs and so this was the first.

We thought we wouldn't see the sun all day but we got a break in the clouds, and it was beautiful.

By the time we got into Kentucky it was grey again but it is such a beautiful state.

I love seeing all the farms.

I couldn't get a good picture of the Ohio sign because we were coming into Cincinnati.

I really like how they put words on the bridges. There are a few different ones along I-75.

This was as good as it got for Michigan. There was a trucker in the way of the sign so I could not snap a picture.

After we dropped off our load in Flint. We drove down toward Detroit and found our first of two Bass Pro Shops of the day.

We needed a little bit of exercise so we walked around the Great Lakes Walk mall for a little bit and then after visiting BPS. We headed back out.

I have always wanted to visit the great lakes and so because we were so close we stopped in Luna Pier, MI. It is so close to the interstate that when you get off the exit you can see the water on the horizon..

Less than five minutes later we were back into Ohio.

And not too long after that we were at our second Bass Pro Shop of the day. I did get him to let me stop at a Mejir's, I so wish they were in Georgia.

These beautiful flowers were outside the the BPS.

By the time we got back to pick up our trailer to come home with it was raining and there was such a beautiful rainbow in the sky. I really wish this picture did it justice.

Now we are on the way home going back the way we came and it is so overcast that I can't really get any good pictures. I have a bunch on my camera so when I get back I will share more.

Index Card Of The Day 2013

I am a little late on the gates on this one but I figured that this would be a great project for me to do this summer. You can find more information over on Daisy Yellow's blog.

Number 1 I used a Bic 4color pen in brights and just doodled flowers.

Number 2 I used 3 different colors of Prismacolor Markers and a black ballpoint pen.

Number 3 I only used a chisel tip Sharpie Marker.

Number 4 I used a Faber-Castell Pitt artist pen big brush and a black ball point pen.

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Etsy Shop Update

I have made a long awaited update to my Etsy shop.
I have added digital kits and elements to my shop that you will be able to immediately download when you make your purchase.

I have two collage element kits and you can purchase the individual sheets as well. Each of the digital kits and elements were created with my original artwork and can be printed for use on various project such as art journaling and gift packaging. It can also be used for digital scrapbook layouts. 

I'm Back

We spent two weeks at camp and I now we are back. I hope you enjoyed the two weeks of post that I had planned. It has been a slow go getting back in to the routine of going to bed at a normal time and being able to sleep late it we want. The girls are really taking advantage of the sleeping late part, me, well not so much. I am such a night owl but no matter what time I go to sleep my body seems to wake up at 7:40 am everyday. This gives me plenty of time to get a few things done around the house before the girls are up an about. I want to share some pictures of our two weeks at camp with you today. I have been busy compiling them into scrapbook pages so that I can hopefully get them into a book before the summer is over. I have a couple of ideas in mind on how I want them. I will be sharing them here soon.

Well without further ado here are the layouts: 

Sheaves for Christ #Art Print #Sale

My daughter is selling these to help her reach her $1000 goal for Sheaves for Christ. You can find out more information about Sheaves for Christ here. 

Print # 1

Print # 2

Print #3

Print Style

Print 1 US $12.00 USD Print 2 US $12.00 USD Print 3 US $12.00 USD Print 1 International $14.00 USD Print 2 International $14.00 USD Print 3 International $14.00 USD

art #print #sale for #SheavesForChrist all prints $12 shipped in USA $14 for international. There are 5 of each of the prints available.

The prints will be shipped at the end of the week.

Or if you would like to donate to the cause you can choose any amount and donate here:

Digital Scrapbook Week Day 5

I hope that you have enjoyed this week of Digital Scrapbooking and I hope you will come back next week for a week of Art Journaling inspiration. 

This page is for my personal yearbook. I created this one to capture my day the Atlanta America's Mart. I had a great time that day working on marketing my art. 

This page was created to add to my yearbook as well. I love My Cowboy. 

Digital Scrapbook Week Day 4

Today's pages are challenge pages also I really like the challenges and I have so much fun doing them I finish them all too quickly. 

This page is for the Template Challenge. For the month of June the template is free for  you to download. 

This was the Random Challenge page for the month of June. 

Digital Scrapbook Day 3

Today's pages were created for the June challenges over at The Lily Pad. 

This page was created using items from the June BYOC (Build Your Own Collaboration) 

This page is a mish-mash of various different kits from The Lily Pad. 

Digital Scrapbook Week Day 2

For day two I wanted to feature two pages that I created from the rodeo that we attended last weekend. I took a lot of pictures and I still have more to scrap. All of the elements that were used on these pages were purchased from The Lily Pad Shop. I really enjoy the forums over there and I think that you would enjoy them also. The gallery is very inspiring and I really think you can find some great pages to Scraplift. 

Digital Scrapbook Week Day 1

Welcome to day one of Digital Scrapbook Week. This week I will be sharing layouts that I have created over the past few weeks and I hope that you enjoy them. I have been creating each of these pages with items from The Lily Pad shop. I really love this shop and I have not be paid for these post I just really love them. 

I love to create pages for each of my girls for the yearbook that I am working on for each of them. 

The pictures for these pages were taken at the zoo and I really like how the light played on each of them.