HIMCR #79 Color Challenge

I hope everyone is having a good year so far!  Ours has been good so far.  It has been so nice being home the last 2 weeks.  I have gotten so much done that I have had on my To Do List. 

This weeks challenge at HIMCR is Color Challenge.  This week colors are Black and White and 1 color.  I decide to go with turquoise we have a neighbor who is getting married in the spring so I made a card for them.  I love how the colors look together. 

I used the Creative Memories Divine Wedding Cricut Cartridge to cut the cake out at 3.5" and the black and white paper was in my scrapbox.  I distressed the edges of the card, papers, cake and tag.  I also embossed with the Divine swirls folder.  That is one of my favorite folders!!

Now it's time to check out what the rest of the DT has created and check out the challenge at HIMCR.

Have a great day!!

HIMCR #78 Freestyle

Hello Everyone!  

Hope you all had a nice Christmas!  We just stayed home this year for Christmas and 2 nice quiet days!  I started feeling better last week and then Sunday night and Monday it all starting coming back and my little man was sick too.  So we haven't really did much this week except for staying home, rested, and finished my Storybook that I shared the cover with you last week!  I order it yesterday morning before the kids got up.  I'm so excited for the UPS man to deliver them!!  The kids have played with all their new Legos in between resting.  Hopefully this upcoming week will be able to get out enjoy our last week off before they head back to school.   

I have some exciting to news to share Tuesday on my blog so 

be sure to stop back over and check it out :)

This week challenge at HIMCR is Freestyle!  I had a few ideas that I wanted to do but decided on my favorite layout that I made in my Storybook this week!!  As I said last December the kids and I went to Illinois to visit.  We went to visit Grandma at work and my Aunt was in so she took the kids on a tour of her Police car and the department.  The kids had a blast!!  It's not everyday at 8 and 6 you get arrested and mugshots taken!!  When I was making the layout I remember see a Police kit back a few weeks ago when we did the Template Dreams as our sponsor.  On there website on of the designer Sanko Studio had this kit and I fell in love with it and knew it would be perfect for this layout!  I hope you enjoy it as much I do!!  If you would like to see the rest of the pages from the album click here.  If you would like to see the cover an the first page of the album click here.

If you are every interested in giving Digital Scrapbooking a try let me know I would love to share Storybook Creator with you!  It is so easy to use and I promise you will love it!!

Don't forgot to check out what the rest of the Design Team has to share this week with you!!

Then stop back at  HIMCR to enter the challenge!

Challenges:

Craftin Desert Diva's-Pause Dream Enjoy Challenge: Anything Goes!!

HIMCR #77 Mix It Up!

Good Morning!

It has been a different week around here.  We got a little bit of snow Tuesday morning it didn't really stay around much.  I worked all night on trying to get the teachers gifts all ready to take to school the next day.  Then early Wednesday it started coming down and school was canceled and I got sick.  The kids had school on Thursday and it was my last day of work till next year.  I felt a little better so I went to work and passed out presents to the kid's teachers and my co workers.  After I got off work came home and felt horrible again so I spent the rest of Thursday and all day Friday on the couch.  The kids last day of school was supposed to be Friday and well because of all of the melting snow had turned to ice over night kids started Christmas break a day early.  

Today is time to get busy and get my list done.  Oh is it so long after spending time rest the last few days.  Soccer game first thing and then the kids have a birthday party to go to. While they are at  the party I will start wrapping presents.  Then it will either be the house cleaning or grocery shopping.  Either one sound like much fun :(  

Now it's time for HIMCR challenge this week it's Mix it Up Anything but Christmas!!  For my project this week I did the cover of my Stoybook that I'm starting for the kids of our trip last December to Illinois to visit my Grandma.  I used Storybook Creator 4.0 to create my cover.  I love how you can write on the spine of the cover too.  The kids are so excited for me to get them done so we can wait for the UPS man to deliver them to us.  

Here is my cover for this week!

I'm using the Cheeful Digital Power Palette for my album.  I also add my first page for you to see!  Now I have to get busy and get it all done before the 30th since my Storybook credit

 expires on the 31st. 

Now it's time to check out what the rest of the Design Team projects and enter the challenge at HIMCR!

Hope you all have a Merry Christmas!!

 

HIMCR #76 Go Digital

Good Morning!  I have been busy this week working on Christmas gifts and getting my Christmas cards ready to mail.  By now I usually have them out in the mail but it's been a very busy lately.  I also did a fun art project this week in my son's classroom.  I teach an art project once a month for his teacher.  This month we made salt dough ornaments.  I made the ornaments up ahead of time and they painted them.  It was alot of fun and the kids are excited for me to bring back snowmen on Monday.  

This week challenge at HIMCR is Go Digital and our

 sponsor is  Template Dreams.

They will be giving away a $5 gift certificate to their store.  

 I used Fall is in the Air and made a 2 page layout of our trip to Seattle last month when Grandma and PawPaw came to visit.  I used Creative Memories Click in Fill pages to create the layout and just added the digital paper and embellishments from the Fall is in the Air kit.  

 Now it's time to head over to  HIMCR and check out what the rest of the Design Team has for you and enter the challenge!

Have a good weekend!!

 

HIMCR #75 Super Scraps Saturday!

It has been a very crazy last few weeks for me.  I was able to get a couple of Christmas gifts and a few things for the kids stockings last night.  Faith has a soccer game this morning and then we coming home to finally decorate the tree and I'm going to scrapbook and make some Christmas gifts and some cards.  I would love to do a few pages in the kids albums.  It seems like I have been so busy doing everything else me that I haven't had time to work on their books.  

This week challenge at HIMCR is Super Scraps Saturday!  I made a simple cute little tag. 

 I used my CM Tag Maker and used the CM Zigzag Diamod Border Maker. The stamps I used on my tag are from CM Nordic Christmas Stamp Set.  

Now it's time to check out what the rest of the Design Team made and enter the challenge at HIMCR.

HIMCR #74 Color Challenge

Good Morning! 

I haven't posted much the last few weeks we had company and then this week has been very crazy.  I hope to get some crafting done this afternoon unless we decide to finish decorating the Christmas tree.  I also want to try and make some ornaments this weekend with the kids for their small trees we got them last year.  

This week challenge at HIMCR is a color challenge and the colors are blue and white.  I decided to make a circle card that I found on the Silhouette shop and some blue paper I found when I was sorting my craft room last month.  My digi is from Fresh Brewed Designs and I used my CTMH markers to color her.

Be sure to head over to HIMCR and check out what the Design Team has made and enter the challenge!

Have a good weekend!!

Hiding in My Craft Room Glitz & Glam Challenge Hop

Good Morning!
 Welcome to Hiding in My Craft Room Glitz & Glam 
 Challenge Hop!!  The giveaway is a pick of 3 of the 5 digital stamp images used by the DT!

 I'm very excited to share my notebook that I decorate with my digi from The Scrapbook Stamp Society.
My digi that I'm featuring for the hop is Enchanted Visions by Mitzi Sato-Wiuff  I used my water color pencils and stickles on my digi and put in on a composition notebook for my daughter with her name.  She was so excited when she saw it finished and it had her name on it!   

We will have 2 winner this week so be sure and check out all the DT blogs, leaving a comment on each of their blogs and then come back and leave a comment on the HIMCR blog that you did to get entered.  

 Laurie from Hiding in My Craft Room
An'Jenic from AJ Scrapbooking & Cards 
Jennie from Jenscrapstoo

Jessica from Craftin' and Stampin'

Angela from Angela's Crafty Spot <--------- You are here!
Amber from Momma Scraps<----- Next Stop!
Melissa from My Watermelon Moon
Jenn from Scrap Happens Embellish It
Robin from Create-a-latte
Kim from Stamping with Kim
Naomi from Creative Bug on the Loose

 Good luck and thanks for stopping by!!

HIMCR #71 Super Scraps Saturday

Happy Saturday!! 

I can't believe that we are already into November!!  Christmas is going to be here before we know it.  I haven't started my shopping yet or took our pictures to use on our Christmas cards.  I need to get busy on it.  I have ideas for presents for the kids but we haven't decide for sure. 

This week it's Super Scraps Saturday at HIMCR.  I remember finding these little paper dolls I had cute out and made awhile ago.  I wanted to use them on a layout but could find any Thanksgiving pictures I had printed off to use.  So I decide to go with a wreath for the house.  I even made my pumpkin with scraps from my scrap box!!  Got my wreath on sale at Michaels and ribbon at the Dollar Tree. 

Now it's time to head over to HIMCR and check out the rest of the Design Team's creations for the week and enter the challenge!!

Good luck and have a great weekend!!

HIMCR #70 Color Challenge

Happy Saturday!!  I'm so glad to get to sleep in this morning and not have much to do till this afternoon.  We have The Raingutter Regatta at Cub Scouts today.  We finished up their boats last night.  Sissy is so excited to get to race one this year also.  

Now it's time to tell you about our challenge at HIMCR for the week.  It time for our color challenge and this month it is your 3 favorite colors and use a digi from Scrapbook Stamp Society.  

I used Tulip by Kim L Pipkin Gwin and for my colors pink, black, green.  I used my water color pencil to color in my tulip and I love how it turned out.  Then I decide to make a bookmark that I found on the Silhouette shop and a pieces of ribbon from my scrap bag. 

Now it's time to check out what the rest of the Design Team made and enter the challenge at HIMCR.  

Hope you have a great weekend!!

HIMCR #69 Mix It Up!

Hello Everyone!  I was able to get in some crafting this week and I hope to post pictures of my craft room real soon!  I just wanted to wait till we got  all the boxes out of the room.  Since I share it with my kids and husband it has taken us a while to put it all back together. 

 Hopefully the pictures will be coming real soon!!

This week at HIMCR the challenge is Mix It Up Thankful or Thanksgiving Themed.  I made my card using a Giving Thanks digi created by Naomi at Creative Bug on the Loose.  

I used my water color pencil to color in the image and then added the digi on top of my card that has a fence border cut out from the Rustic Fence Cartridge  for the Creative Memories Border Maker System.   I had some extra leaves from a past project I made and add them to also.  

 

Now it's time to head over to HIMCR to check out the rest of the Design Team Creations for the week and enter the challenge!

 

HIMCR #68 Technique

I'm so happy it's Saturday!  It has been a busy week around our house.   I'm glad to spend the day  around the house  and finish up some things and get my house cleaned up.  I'm going to my friend's Pampered Chef party tonight.  We haven't seen each other in awhile and since we both have jobs this school year it's been hard to meet up.  

This week challenge at HIMCR is Technique use a Die Cut.  I thought this die cut was so cute and was perfect for a friend's birthday.  I used the My Creative Time Coffee Break Stamp Set  and all the paper was from my scrap box! I used this set the last time AJ and I crafted together so it's on my wish list.

Now it's time to head over to HIMCR to check out the rest of the Design Team Creations for the week and enter the challenge!

Have a good weekend!!

HIMCR #66 Color Challenge

Good Morning!

It has been a busy week around my house!  I packed up my craft room and painted it yesterday.  A couple small walls to paint today and some touch up work!  Then it's time to get my new tables/desk and shelf put together and I can start unpacking.  I will post some picture or maybe a video 

when it's all done :)

I also got ask to be the Guest Designer for this month at Crafter's Companion USA

Be sure to check out my card I made and come back on the 15th to see my post with a technique!

This week challenge at HIMCR is Color Challenge-Purple, Black, and Orange.  I made a Halloween layout with some of favorite pictures of the kids. 

I used Border Maker System from Creative Memories with the new Rustic Fence Cartridge and Pumpkin Chain Cartridge.  I decide to take my Storybook Creator 4.0

to make a photo both strip of my pictures of the kids. 

Now it's time to head over to HIMCR to check out the rest of the Design Team Creations for the week and enter the challenge!

Challenges:
My Crafting Channel  MMC Challenge#1
pause Dream Enjoy Challenges   Purple and Orange
Craftu Us Crazy Halloween

HIMCR #64 Mix It Up

Good Morning!

I can't believe it is Saturday already.  This week has flown by but I didn't get much done.  I spent most of the week being sick and now I'm trying to catch up on everything.  

This week challenge at HIMCR is Mix it Up! Halloween Theme :)  I was so excited to make this project and now I can't wait to hang it up!!  I love making banners they are so much fun!

-Banner is cut from my Silhouette

-BOO is cut from the Cricut

-Rosettes are from my Tim Holtz die

-The green background paper is made from using the Tim Holtz Distress Stain Peeled paint

Now it's time to check out the rest of the Design Teams creations for the week!

AJ Scrapbooking & Cards

Craftin'and Stampin'

Jenscrapstoo

Now enter the challenge at HIMCR!!

Hope you have a great weekend!!

HIMCR #63 - Technique

Hello Friends!

I hope everyone had a great week!  My week was busy and good for the most part.  My laptop crashed on Wed. but I have my new hard drive ordered so it will be here in a few days. 

This week at HIMCR it is Technique:  Distressing or Antiquing!  Or both!  I decide to make a wall hanging for my husband to hang up by his desk once we redo our computer/craft room. 

I bought a 12x12 piece of wood at Michael's and put 2 coats of Tim Holtz Distress crackle paint Black spot.  I cut out a treasure map and put a coat of TH Distress Stain vintage photo on and fold it up again and again and rubbed some black ink on it.  On the picture I added a coat of TH Distress crackle paint clear rock candy to it and over the red paint I put on the wood behind the treasure map.  One more layer of crackle paint on the title and this time I used picket fence and after it dried I added Distress Stain Peeled paint.  Added 2 pirate coins we had left over from my daughter's birthday party a few months ago.

I think that covers all the steps but if you have any questions just let me know.

Thanks!

Be sure to stop and check out what my DT sister have made also.

AJ Scrapbooking & Cards

Craftin'and Stampin'

Jenscrapstoo

Now enter the challenge at HIMCR!!



HIMCR #62 Super Scraps Saturday

Hello Everyone!!

Happy Saturday!  The kids went back to school this week and I started my new job.  They both have great teachers this year.   I really enjoy my job getting to work with all the kids at their school at lunch recess. 

 

I didn't get too much crafting done with all the excitement!  I have plan to craft this morningwhile my husband at work. 

 

Now for the challenge at HIMCR this week!  It's Super Scraps Saturday!  My card I made this card for my friend for her birthday.  This is a quilt card from the Silhouette shop.    Everything was made from my scrapbox!

Be sure to stop and check out what my DT sister have made also.

AJ Scrapbooking & Cards

Craftin'and Stampin'

Jenscrapstoo

Now enter the challenge at HIMCR!!

HIMCR #60 Share a Challenge

Hello Eveyone!!  Hope you all have a good week.  My week has been good!!  Monday morning I had a job interview for a noon time assistant job at my kids school.  On Wed. morning I found out that I got the job!!  The kids are very excited that Mommy is going to be working at their school. 

 

This week challenge at HIMCR is Share a Challenge!  I decided since we are getting ready for school to start that I would find a Back to School Challenge.   Simply Create Too is have Back to School Challenge.  I cut out some cute little back to school images on the cricut to glue on a chalk board for the kids to give their teacher on the first day of school. I also attached a cute ribbon for the teacher to be able to hang it up but I didn't notice till now you can't really see the ribbon in the picture.  It's green with little yellow pencils on it.

Apple and worm are from Create a Critter

Pencil is from Locker Talk

School house is from Seasame Street

 

Now it's time to check what my DT Sister made for the challenge!!

AJ Scrapbooking & Cards

Craftin'and Stampin'

Snowflakedreams

Jenscrapstoo

Now enter the challenge at HIMCR!!

 

Challenges:

Simply Create Too Challenge #20 Back to School

 

HIMCR #59 Limited Layers

Good Morning! 

We are up and going early today.  My daughter has her first Soccer tourament!!  This is an exciting weekend for her.  I have the camera all charged up to get some good pictures.  She will tell you that her goal is to be a goalie in the World Cup and the Olypmic just like Hope Solo.  I will post some picture later this weekend of Faith playing.

Now it's time for the challenge at HIMCR.   Limited layers! 2 Layers ONLY! (1 layer can be a paper pieced image that actually has layers within)  I had fun making my card this week.at first I wasn't sure if the colors would look good together at first.  After it was all cut and put together I really like how it turned out. 

Creative Memories Divine Wedding Cartridge to cut out the bride and groom

Docerela Loveable stamp set

All of my papers are from my scrap box.

Now it's time to check what my DT Sister made for the challenge!!

AJ Scrapbooking & Cards

Craftin'and Stampin'

Snowflakedreams

Jenscrapstoo

Now enter the challenge at HIMCR!!

HIMCR #58 Super Scraps Saturday

I can't believe it's Saturday already.  This week has been so clam compared to the last few weeks. 

I have just been catching up on things around the house and back into working out.  My DT Sister AJ and her cute little daughter Liana came over to craft on Wed.   Faith and Liana made little paper bags that I cut out for them on my silhouette. 

This week at HIMCR it's Super Scraps Saturday!!  After last week of organize my scrap box it was so easy to find papers to work with.  In case your missed my post on my scrap box organizing that Faith and Mommy did I linked it for you.  I found this cool wave paper I had left from a journal I made a few summers ago.  So I looked through my cartridges and came up with this cute little turtle and remember I had thise cute summer stamp set to go with it.

Turtle is from Creative Memories Traveler Cartridge and the stamp set is from

 We Are Memory Keepers.  Everything else is out of my scrap box.

Now it's time to check what my DT Sister made for the challenge!!

AJ Scrapbooking & Cards

Craftin'and Stampin'

Snowflakedreams

Jenscrapstoo

Now enter the challenge at HIMCR!!

 

Challenges:

DL.ART Linky Party

Simply Create Too #19 Anything Goes Challenge

HIMCR #40 Freestyle

Hello Everyone!!  Hope everyone is having a good Saturday! 

It's time for the weekly challenge at HIMCR this week is Freestyle anything goes! So I decided to use this week to make my item for my upcoming Mixed Media Swap. I made these cute little books for the kids to give to Daddy for Father's Day!  It is the 10 things I love about you.

-I used a deck of playing cards and took the Creative Memories Paper Edger around all the cards to make them look old and rubbed brown ink all over both sides of the cards.

-I stamped on white cardstock 10 things and I Love about you from the CMTMH stamp

 set 10 Things in brown ink.

-Cut out 11 1.75" x 2" white blocks and rubbed brown ink on them and placed on one each card A-J.

-Punched holes in the upper left corner and tied a piece jute through the hole.

Thanks to everyone who checks out my creation for the week!! Remeber to check out all the Design Team creations:

http://www.anjenicgibson.blogspot.com/

http://jenscrapstoo.blogspot.com/

http://www.craftinandstampin.blogspot.com/

http://snowflakedreams1.blogspot.com/

Then head over to HIMCR to enter the challenge!! http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/

Have a great Saturday!!

#41 HIMCR Colors

Hello Everyone!  I can't believe it is already Saturday.  This week went by so fast with the kids on Spring Break!

This week Challenge is Colors and they are Pink Pirouette(light pink), Rose Red(red with a hint of pink, like  marron or something), Basic Gray(Dark Gray).  These are Stampin Up colors but you don't have to use Stampin Up.

I decide for my Creation for the week I would make a Birthday Card to send to my husband's Grandma.

I love how it turned out and I also used my new tool I got this week!  The Creative Memories Border Maker it is so cool!!

-Cut out a 4.5"x6" piece of Charcoal from The Paper Company and used the Creative Memories Scallop Stitch Border Marker Cartridge on the bottom side.

- Cut Happy Birthday and the shadow from the butterfly out of  Maroon color of Brazzil Bacis Paper
Happy Birthday in 3.25" and Butterfly in 2.5" from Gyspy Wandering Cartridge.

-Cut a 2.5" Butterfly from Gypsy Wandering Cartridge out of Coredinations Whitewash collection Light Pink.

-Used Watermelon ink to chalk the edges of the card.

Thanks to everyone who checks out my creation for the week!! Remeber to check out all the Design Team creations:

http://www.anjenicgibson.blogspot.com/

http://jenscrapstoo.blogspot.com/

http://www.craftinandstampin.blogspot.com/

http://snowflakedreams1.blogspot.com/

Then head over to HIMCR to enter the challenge!! http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/

Have a great Saturday!!