Rock of ❤

My best friend and my valentine... he plays both positions on this team. We got married 30 years ago, when we were both babies!

November 24, 1990

We've grown up together. We started out "playing house" and built our family.

My "valentine" has a raunchy sense of humor, doesn't mind offending people, likes to be the center of attention, loves us with every fiber of his being, is and has the most loyal friends in the world, you either love him or hate him, but he's mine. I am as in love with this big kid as the day I married him. I don't ever want him to change. He's my Rock of ❤!

Krewe of Chaos Mardi Gras Ball 2012

Today's post is part of the Cupcake Inspirations Love/Valentine theme challenge! I love when my inspiration for a project causes a bloom of creativity! Chris was my muse, the challenge was my theme and I knew I wanted to use elements from the new Turquoise kit from Club Scrap - the bright reds and teals are stunning! (All supplies will be listed at the end of this post.)

I'm on a Perfect Pearls kick lately. I've been shopping in my stash of scrap crap...and my craft room is full of it! 😆 Seriously, I love this stuff. It makes me feel so artsy!

Click HERE for the SVG cut file by Studio Illustrado to make one of these fun musical themed cards for yourself! 

Visit me on YouTube and be sure to check out this video of my "rockin'" card making process! 

Join us on the Cupcake Inspirations blog with your interpretation of our LOVE theme. I'll look for you in the gallery!

SUPPLIES LIST:

Below you can find a list with all the products used today. Links to multiple online shops are available. Just click the static image below to be redirected to the LinkDeli product list. When the bookmarklet opens, click your favorite store link below each item. Compensated affiliate links may be used – that means if you make a purchase using my links, I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support of my work on this blog!

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WANTED! Morning Coffee!

I like my coffee, but I love when someone makes a cup for me in the morning!

Taylormadecards4u Santa Wanted Poster digital image. Club Scrap Coffeehouse December 2019 hybrid kit.

I'm impatient and will make a quick cup in the morning using an electric coffee maker. However, my husband and sons prepare their coffee using an Aeropress.

                           

That thing will make coffee that will cause your heart to skip a beat! Oh my gosh, it sure is good though...

Today's post is part of the Taylormadecards4u Inspiration Team holiday crafting challenge using some of the new Christmas digitals. (All available supplies will be listed at the end of this post.) My first layout features a plain wanted poster image that I turned into a digital element using Adobe Photoshop Elements 2020. Check out my how-to video for details!

Please feel free to save and use this image on your digital projects or print on card stock and embellish your cards and paper creations. All I ask is that you credit me (Wendy Bellino) and link back here!

My layouts also feature elements from Club Scrap's December 2019 Coffeehouse hybrid kit. Below is a copy of the page formula I used from Club Scrap to trim the papers for a double-page spread. You can use it again and again, arranging the elements differently each time to create beautiful pages with materials from your stash. Visit Club Scrap's blog to print a copy of the instructions and see more layouts with this formula!

                                             

Click HERE to check out what the rest of the Inspiration Team has created using the Taylormadecards4u Christmas digitals! Thanks so much for stopping by!

SUPPLIES LIST:

Below you can find a list of all the products used today. Links to multiple online shops are available. Just click the static image below to be redirected to the LinkDeli product list. When the bookmarklet opens, click your favorite store link below each item. Compensated affiliate links may be used – that means if you make a purchase using my links, I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support of my work on this blog!

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Let's Talk Valentine's Day

My grandparents were very frugal people. They grew up during the depression and lived through WW2 and food rationing. They kept everything! Memaw even kept a book of ration tickets with her box of keepsakes. I think she kept every card we ever gave her and she would thoughtfully "re-gift" them to us on special occasions. On my parents' 25th wedding anniversary, she gave them the card they had given to her and Papaw on their 25th anniversary. Last weekend I cleaned my craft room and found a folder of treasures that belonged to my Memaw that I didn't know I had.

There are some sentimental things in here including her high school "newspaper" from 1944 and a newspaper clipping of her engagement announcement to Papaw in 1947!

She started writing a blog at 87 years old and posted her first blog post in September 2012. She even had a Facebook page. I was feeling a bit nostalgic, so I pulled up her blog and started reading some of her posts. Her writing is short, sweet and to the point...just like she was in real life!

I knew Memaw and Papaw's anniversary date was coming up, but I forgot the exact date. I just knew she would have posted something about it on her blog, and she did. I decided to incorporate her writing into a project, especially after I saw the Taylormadecards4u Passport to Love digital kit!

I found this picture of my grandparents from when they were first married to go with her story. They look so young. Memaw once said that the first time she saw my Papaw she thought he looked like a little boy who had just had a bath!

They always had roses growing in their yard and climbing roses on the front porch. Even after Papaw died, and she went to live with my aunt and uncle, Memaw had a rose garden. Now I know why.

"So with roses you get flowers every day. They adorn your garden and make beautiful bouquets for your table. It's like getting a gift every day and it's practical. "

Virginia Chapman, Ridges of Lee County blog, February 15, 2013

I'm so glad she left her thoughts for us to read! It's like getting a gift every day. I like that.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to check out what the rest of the design team has created over on the Taylormadecards4u blog and you can find the Passport to Love digital kit in Monica Taylor's Etsy store here.

P.S. We'll have another fun retro Valentine release on January 25!

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Keep the Wheels Turning!

Yoga with this guy! I gotta keep the wheels turning so this body will run like a well oiled machine. It helps to have a good workout partner. We push each other. He makes me want to be better and healthier!

[caption id="attachment_12323" align="alignnone" width="3600"] Club Scrap® digital kit elements. Steamworks is currently available.[/caption]

I'm always looking for new things to keep my mind busy too, because I've developed a bad habit of playing on my phone. I'll tool around on it when I'm relaxing and before I know it, it 's been a couple of hours. I really need to delete the Amazon app because it makes buying new crafty supplies waaaaay too easy. I've been eyeing the Gelli Plate for a long time and I bought it after it popped up in an Amazon ad. I am such a sucker! I must have searched for it during my online Christmas spree. WOW, that is kind of scary...big brother is watching! On the plus side, I did open and play with the my new purchase immediately.  The Gelli Plate is going to be my new favorite toy for awhile!

[caption id="attachment_12331" align="alignnone" width="5069"] Club Scrap® Steamworks  gear stencil and coordinating colors of acrylic paint.[/caption]

All of the creative monoprinting prompted me to whip up a set of cards!



The Club Scrap® Idea Deck  and Page Formulas are such great tools when I need a little inspiration! The cutting and assembly instructions are listed on the back of each card. I love that the only thing I have to think about is picking out stamp  images and complementary card stock!

[caption id="attachment_12332" align="aligncenter" width="445"] This month's card for the Club Scrap Chat Idea Deck challenge. [/caption]

Card #1

[caption id="attachment_12325" align="alignnone" width="4646"] Club Scrap® Steamworks   Page kit card stock, cut aparts and gear stencil.[/caption]

I substituted the Gelli Plate panel in place of the card stock nesting panel from the Idea Deck directions. I trimmed the cut aparts using detail scissors, inked the edges with Vintage Photo Distress ink and assembled the layers according to the sketch design.

Card #2

[caption id="attachment_12326" align="alignnone" width="4699"] Club Scrap® Steamworks  Page kit card stock, 12x12 cut aparts and gear stencil.[/caption]

I trimmed more of the cut aparts to nest on the mini blue squares and added another Gelli Plate panel for the background. The assembly was easy using a grid ruler to line up the edges!

Card #3

[caption id="attachment_12327" align="alignnone" width="3948"] Club Scrap® Steamworks Page kit card stock and 12x12 cut aparts. Stamp image from a past kit that is no longer available.[/caption]

I got a little creative with this card. I made a mini collage cluster with leftover scraps, a stamped sentiment and a little of my own handwriting!

Card #4



This one is for the Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog: GIRLY! card challenge. I searched through my stash of stamps and found these little ladies to fit on the tiny panels!

[caption id="attachment_12328" align="alignnone" width="3456"] Club Scrap® Steamworks Page kit card stock and gear stencil. Stamp images inked with Club Scrap's white pigment ink.[/caption]

I used a scrap of Gelli Plate art instead of card stock and tied the colors together with a bit of matching ribbon.

Whew! That's a wrap! Thanks for stopping by and be sure to let me know you were here!



CHALLENGES ENTERED:

February Anything Goes Crafting Challenge at Polka Doodles 

HIMCR #339 Super Scraps Saturday

Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog: GIRLY!

Club Scrap 02/18 Idea Deck Challenge 

Club Scrap 02/18 Past and Present Challenge 

Club Scrap Tool and Stash Challenge: Paint

Club Scrap 02/18 NBUS Challenge: Wheels and Gears

 

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Take a Hike!

I like to be different, but sometimes I'm different because I just didn't listen or read things all the way through! Story of my life! DRS Designs is our sponsor at Cupcake Inspirations this week and has generously allowed us to use some of their stamp and digital images. Well, I just glanced at the inspiration photo and saw the colors red, white and pink.



I leisurely scrolled through the images on the DRS Designs website (some cute stuff there by the way!) and found these that I wanted to use...

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I received my images and THEN I noticed the challenge theme, LOVE. A moment of panic, then pfffftttt...I got this!

[caption id="attachment_12317" align="alignnone" width="3600"] DRS Designs Hiker Boot Prints and Take a Hike images. Club Scrap® Love Ink Digital kit backgrounds and elements.[/caption]

I guess I need to take a new profile pic. I've lost about 20 pounds since then! Maybe I'll wait until April 1, my one year mark. I feel a blog post coming on! My best friend Sheri and I decided it was time to whip ourselves into shape. We started out walking, then hiking, biking and yoga. It's always a work in progress, but I LOVE every minute of it. I can't wait til the weather is nice enough to get out there and start hiking and biking again!

I won't bore you with all the technical details of my digital page, but I will say that Linda Sattgast at Digital Scrapper has THE best tutorials (she is Adobe’s endorsed scrapbooking expert) . Her Learn Digital Scrapbooking class taught me everything I needed to know about Photoshop Elements. I'm not a pro, but sometimes I feel like one! *No, I am not affiliated with Digital Scapper, the classes are just seriously good!*

So, I didn't stop there, I made a digital card too!

[caption id="attachment_12318" align="alignnone" width="2400"] Club Scrap® My Funny Valentine digital kit elements. DRS Designs Take a Hike sentiment and Hiker Boot Prints stamp images.[/caption]

I used Club Scrap® 's 02/18 Card Sketch for the background.



Click here to see another version of this sketch that I created using Just For Fun Rubber Stamps. If you’d like to play along with the challenges (there are some gift certificates up for grabs!). Here are the links:

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge # 439 LOVE theme! DRS Designs is generously providing a prize to their store to our randomly chosen winner!

The next challenge is in the Club Scrap Chat group page on Facebook. This is a closed group, but new members are always welcome!

Club Scrap 02/18 Card Sketch Challenge  

I'll look for your artwork in the galleries!

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Sunshine, Blue Lights and a little Rock 'n Roll

Girls' weekend!  The sun was shining, the road was clear and we were heading to L'Auberge Du Lac Casino to see Daughtry!



Wait! What?! *blue lights flashing*



Because she was soooooo polite, all she got was a seatbelt warning! Momadaboma!



We had a blast! VIP floor tickets to the concert, our VIP bartender Felicia (hey girl!) and a fun group of party animals!



Of course I had to document the night with some digital layouts!



[caption id="attachment_12306" align="alignnone" width="3600"] Club Scrap® Rock Star Digital Hybrid kit elements. Homemade Apple font.[/caption]

It was a much needed weekend away and I even got to see my sister!



I combined two challenge sketches for my layouts, the Club Scrap®  02/18 card sketch and the 2/18 Idea Deck challenges. I love how my creativity gets jump started with a sketch!

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I'm up this week on the Just for Fun Rubber Stamps blog and I challenged myself to use the paper scraps and embellishments that were already out on my craft table along with Roni's card sketch. The Stamptangle Celestial Montage background stamp was right on top of my stash and happens to be a favorite!





I stamped and heat embossed the celestial montage on blue card stock, fussy cut the sun image and a few of the stars from the collage and added them to the card front I created from scraps. I embellished the sun with some red gems and Christmas Red Stickles and heat embossed the SUN word art as my sentiment. I haven't put a card together this fast in a long time, it must have been written in the stars! *BA DUM TSSS*

If you'd like to play along with the challenges (there are some gift certificates up for grabs!) here are the links:

Just For Fun Rubber Stamps Silhouette Stamps Challenge

The next two challenges are in the Club Scrap Chat group page on Facebook. This is a closed group, but new members are welcome!

Club Scrap 02/18 Card Sketch Challenge 

Club Scrap 02/18 Idea Deck Challenge

I'll look for your artwork in the challenges!



 

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