OUAS August Sketch Challenge

This month's theme at Once Upon A...Sketch was "I'll Never Forget."  Uhh.  What a great theme right?  We scrappers scrap everything we don't want to forget, but this theme really hit home this time.  I knew the picture I would use right away.  October will be the first anniversary of my Grandad's death.  I won't go into all that he meant to me and my family, but I'm guessing that all of you who have THE most special grandparents in the world will understand.  Because he really was.  My journalling is on the tag under the picture.  It talks about how at my wedding, he didn't say much.  He never did, but he also didn't have to.  Doesn't his smile say it all?

Sampler

I am finally posting the projects from last weekend!  Last Friday night was my monthly get together with my crafty friends, and here is the project my sister found:

Mine is a LOT like hers were, just with a different color.  I loved this project because we got to use so many different stamps, embossing, and some bling.  This would be a great use for a new stamp set that you just want to use every single stamp from right away!!

Well then I got so inspired I thought I should make another one with some of my favorite ever October Afternoon papers.  I originally was thinking of using this in my classroom, but it actually fits perfectly in my kitchen, so it has found a home there instead.  ;)   

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #112

This week's challenge at CAS-ual Fridays is to use green, aqua, and orange in your project.  I got some new ink colors this week and some new stamps, so I was thrilled to get to play along.  These are the new Stampin' Up In Colors, and I LOVE them!  I think you'll be seeing many more of these!  

Happy

This year I am super determined that the stress of back to school will not rob me of all my crafting time!!!  I'm off to a good start so far:  I spent last Friday night with my crafty girls and made a super cute sampler that I will post soon!  Then on Saturday, my sister let me invade her house for a few good crafting hours, and here's the layout I did.

This is a photo of me and my hubby celebrating our anniversary a few years ago.  So fun!

Love This Card

I created this card with some extras from my Simple Stories kit and a little help from my Cricut.  Isn't that bike the cutest thing?  I took it outside to get a good shot of it, and wouldn't you know, a bug landed on it.  When I tried to shoo it away, I accidentally squished its poor little guts all over my white space!!!  Argh!  Good thing you can never have too many flowers on a card huh?