Rebel's Memorial Scrapbook Page

This scrapbook page was made in memory of our sweet little seventeen year old, five pound miniature Dachshund, 'Rebel.'  Sadly, we recently lost our little guy. We love & miss him.

Shorewood's Rebel Red ML
 (September 27th. 1995 - March 9th. 2012)

Rebel has been with us since his birth on Sept, 27th. 1995.  He traveled with us often and loved camping.  We'll be taking our first camping trip without him next month. He always rode in my lap as we traveled.  How strange it will be. 

 We love & miss our little Rebel.

To make Rebel's page, I used a sketch I borrowed from Liz at, 'My Little Sketch Book.'   I love her sketches.  Thank you so much, Liz.

I have submitted our Rebel's scrapbook page to the following challenges.

Lasting Memories CB #80 -'Pawsatively Sweet' challenge -- Anything pets

All That Scraps - Wednesday Challenge - 'Anything Goes'

Frosted Designs - Fabulous Friday Challenge - 'Grids'

The Poodles Parlour - 'Anything Goes' Challenge

MilkCoffee Stamps - Their first challenge - 'Anything Goes'

Flutterby Wednesday Challenge #195- Should include, a butterfly, fairy or angel

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January 2012 Scrapbook page

I know I'm a little late with my January Scrapbook page.  I actually had my two page spread done weeks ago, I just didn't get it blogged.  We had a fairly busy & fun January.  

This is the sketch I followed.  It was offered by Shawn at 'Nuts about Sketches' back in early November for her Week #186 challenge.  Even though the challenge was long over, I love the sketch and used it anyway..

 There was a fair amount of snow in our area.  During our snow, we were visited by a huge flock of  Robins.       They were beautiful. We went to a Pirate's Ball, met a lot of new friends & had a blast.

 We drove up to Mt. Rainier on New Year's Day & spent the day geocaching, partly in the snow. A little later in the month reached our #2100 Geocache. 

I've submitted this layout to the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks -- Challenge #79 - 'Anything but a Card'

Crafty Anne's Challenge Blog -- Challenge #60 - 'Anything but a Card'

Paper Crafting Journey -- Challenge #4 - 'Anything Made with Paper'

The Crazy Challenge  -- Challenge #108 - 'Anything Goes'

Party Time Tuesday -- Challenge #57 - 'Anything Goes'

That Craft Place -- 'Anything Goes Challenge'

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Willie the Brat.........

I made this layout by following this really fun sketch offer by the 'Sketchy Thursdays' Blog.

.  I submitted my layout for their May 20th. challenge.  This is an extra nice layout.  One of my favorites.

 This is my two page layout introducing Willie, our cat.  Willie loves our dogs.  He truly believes dogs are cool.  The pictures in this layout show Willie having a great time with our two dogs Rebel & Britt.  I don't think the dogs are having as much fun as Willie, but then, Willie doesn't care about that.

The first page is 'Fun with Rebel.' Rebel is our 14 year old longhaired miniature dachshund.  Willie really does enjoy Rebel. Fortunately, Willie isn't a mean cat.  He's just a prankster.  It's all just a joke.

Britt is our lab/pit bull mix.  She is the best behaved dog ever.  She doesn't have a mean bone in her body.  Willie adores Britt.  Fortunately, Britt has an unbelievable amount of patience.

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The next page......

This is my second page for my two page scrapbook layout of my daughter, Tracy.  Page one is my previous blog.

The 'Just My Sketches' blog offered this great sketch for their May 1st. challenge.  This challenge is hosted by Deanne Burton of Newfoundland. 

Along with the monthly sketch is a list of five songs.  You choose a song to inspire your creativity on the project.  I chose,  'From a Distance', by Bette Midler.  I used the words 'love' and 'hope' spelled out with chipboard letters.  I pray my daughter's generation can make some improvements in the world.

Here is my layout:

Tracy got those beautiful flowers for her birthday.  This picture is what prompted me to buy this paper for her layout.  They were perfect together.

I also submitted this project to the "Chipboard Technique Challenge" over at The Shabby Tea Room Blog. This is their challenge for week 9. Thank you for a super fun challenge.

It was also submitted to the Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays Blog Challenge #39, "Anything but a card."

And

The Easy Craft Projects Challenge Blog, challenge #12, "Spring--flowers, baby animals or new beginnings."

 

FROM A DISTANCE
Bette Midler

 From a distance the world looks blue and green,
and the snow-capped mountains white.
From a distance the ocean meets the stream,
and the eagle takes to flight.  

From a distance, there is harmony,
and it echoes through the land.
It's the voice of hope, it's the voice of peace,
it's the voice of every man.

From a distance we all have enough,
and no one is in need.
And there are no guns, no bombs, and no disease,
no hungry mouths to feed.

From a distance we are instruments
marching in a common band.
Playing songs of hope, playing songs of peace.
They're the songs of every man.

God is watching us. God is watching us.
God is watching us from a distance.
From a distance you look like my friend,
even though we are at war.
From a distance I just cannot comprehend
what all this fighting is for.

From a distance there is harmony,
and it echoes through the land.
And it's the hope of hopes, it's the love of loves,
it's the heart of every man.

It's the hope of hopes, it's the love of loves.
This is the song of every man.
And God is watching us, God is watching us,
God is watching us from a distance. Oh,
God is watching us, God is watching.
God is watching us from a distance


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My latest scrapbook page of my daughter, Tracy..........

The Magical Crafts Fortnightly Challenges blog offered this great sketch for their Challenge #14. What a great sketch.  I liked it the moment I saw it.

I had this beautiful sunflower designer paper I bought especially to do a layout of my daughter, Tracy.  I decided to used this sketch for Tracy's layout.  Here was the outcome.

I think it came out great.  I loved working with this sketch.  I'll use this in the future for other layouts.  Thanks for a great challenge.

I also submitted this project to the "Chipboard Technique Challenge" over at The Shabby Tea Room Blog.  This is their challenge for week 9.  Thank you for a super fun challenge.  I love working with chipboard.

It was also submitted to the Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays Blog Challenge #39, "Anything but a card."

And  

The Easy Craft Projects Challenge Blog, challenge #12, "Spring--flowers, baby animals or new beginnings." 

 

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'I'm Amazed by You'

Here is my layout for the March 1st. 'Just my Sketches' challenge. This challenge is hosted by Deanne Burton of Newfoundland. Thank you Deanne for a great challenge.

This challenge is a little different. Each month Deanne posts sketch challenges for two scrapbook layouts and two cards. She also lists the titles and lyrics for five songs. The challenge is to choose a song and then tie the song in with the sketch while creating your card or layout. You can use the song title, theme or a stanza from the song. It adds a new spin on the scrap/card challenges. It's fun.

The song I chose was 'Amazed' by Lonestar.

Here is the sketch and........

below is my layout.

"I'm amazed by you."

For my husband, Don. I adore him so.

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'Time'---Our boy has grown up.

Here is my layout for the March 15th. 'Just my Sketches' challenge, hosted by Deanne Burton of Newfoundland.

The song I chose is 'Time' by Hootie and the Blowfish.

Here is the sketch.

and......my layout.

The first picture is Ryan's first birthday. The one with the guitar is recent. Ryan turned 18 on March 16th. He'll be graduating in June. He's almost the perfect kid. I love him.

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'Just my Sketches' March card challenge

This is my card for the March 15th. 'Just my Sketches' card challenge. This challenge is generously hosted by Deanne Burton of Newfoundland.

This challenge is a little different. Each month Deanne posts sketch challenges for two scrapbook layouts and two cards. She also lists the titles and lyrics for five songs. The challenge is to choose a song and then tie the song in with the sketch while creating your card or layout. You can use the song title, theme or a stanza from the song. It adds a new spin on the scrap/card challenges. It's fun.

This cute 'Barnaby the bunny' stamp came from Digital Delights by Louby Loo. I colored him in with watercolor pencils. He's a cutie.

The song I chose is 'More Beautiful You' by Jonny Diaz.

This is the sketch.

and......my card.

The inside.

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StampARTic Sketch Challenge for March..

This is my card for the StampARTic online magazine March sketch challenge. I love sketch challenges. They inspire me to have ideas that wouldn't otherwise occur to me. I love to see the projects other cardmakes and scrappers create following the same sketch. There were some really beautiful cards done for March.

The stamp I used is called, 'A Tasty Read.' It's a digital stamp designed by Elisabeth Bell. I love it. She is my favorite, favorite stamp designer.

This sketch was especially fun to work with. It offers the opportunity to use a wide variety of embellishments in one sketch. I used metal flowers, ribbon, punches, foam squares and more. The sketch was created by Marianne of Norway. Thank you Marianne for a truly fun sketch.

Card Patterns challenge card for sketch #7

This is a neat sketch from Card Patterns. It's #7. They put a new one out each Friday. The deadline to get your cards in is the following Friday at 11:59 p.m..

I especially like this one. I'm going to save it to make more. I tied the larger flowered piece on with the ribbon so it is removable. It could be saved and used for a bookmark.

Here is the sketch.

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Happy Birthday, Ryan!!!!!!!!

This is a fun card that I made for my little brother's birthday. He's a guitar player and lives and breaths guitars.

I used the Sketch Reveals March 15th. sketch from Deanne Burton's blog called Just My Sketches. I love her sketches.

Have a great day!!

Card Patterns Weekly sketch #4

Here is my card for this weeks challenge from Card Patterns. Every Saturday a new sketch is posted. You have until friday at 11:59 pm to post your take on the sketch.

Here is the sketch. I moved some of the shapes around on my card, but we were encouraged to do so to show our own interpretation of the sketch.

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