Liebster Award

I got a fun surprise today. I was given this fun award called The Liebster Award This award has been floating around and think that it is such a fun idea and great way to make someone smile.
Thank you Raechelle for passing this along to me...made me smile!

Liebster is German for 'dearest' and this award is a 'share-the-love' arrangement. It is given to inspirational bloggers with less than 200 followers.

Here's the to-do list of any Liebster award recipient:

1. Thank the giver and link back to the blogger who gave it to you.

2. Reveal your five blogger picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog.

3. Copy and paste the award on your blog.

4. Hope that those you award forward it to their favorite bloggers.

I'd like to award this to:

1. Jamilie
2. Debby
3. Kathy
4. Jean
5. Lisa

Open Challenge at Sketches in Thyme

This week, since there is an extra Thursday, we have an open challenge at Sketches in Thyme, which means you can use any sketch for this week's challenge. I chose this fun sketch from Creative Scrappers.

And here is my take on it. Papers are Crate Paper

Memorable Seasons Trendwatch Challenge

Today it's my turn to issue a challenge at Memorable Seasons. There are so many fun trends out there and I use some while others I don't. These three I use all the time:



* Twine...love this stuff

* Kraft...such a fun color that really mixes things up...really enjoying this, though I resisted for awhile

* Banners...still love using them. I find myself having to tell myself to stop using them or they'd be on every layout.



So your challenge is to create a layout using these 3 trends. If you really hate one I'll even accept a layout with 2 of them incorporated. So come on over and share your work with us! We'd love to have you play along with us.



Oh...and here is my layout using my February DT kit: MME Funday Bright Days


Also...be sure and check back Friday as we are having a Blog Hop as well as an online crop and we'd love to have you play along.

Sketches in Thyme Take #70

It's double layout week at Sketches in Thyme and I had a great time with this one...very usable and I'm sure I'll be using it again! Here is the sketch:

Here is my take on it. I used paper from My Mind's Eye and photos from our DC vacation.

You have until the end of the month to play along, so hop on over and share your talent with us.

Sketches in Thyme Take #69 & Memorable Season Color Challenge

It's that thyme again...time for a new sketch at Sketches in Thyme. Today's sketch is a great one for those single photos you have laying around. Here is today's sketch:

And here is my take on it. This is dd holding my niece at dd's going away party. Thought it was a darling photo! I also combined this sketch with a color challenge at Memorable Seasons.

Sketches in Thyme Take #67

It's double layout time at Sketches in Thyme. Love how many photos you can get on a double layout. For this one I found some older photos of my youngest...he was such a cutie! Here's the sketch:

When I first saw this I was a little puzzled at how to make this work for my photos. I finally decided to add photos in the white space and came up with the idea to add tags where the photos were designed to go. Papers/tags are Echo Park.

Be sure and come over and join us! You've got until January 31st to complete any or all of the sketches for your chance to win a gift from Tiffany's Etsy Shop.

Sketches in Thyme Take #66

This week's sketch at Sketches in Thyme was fun to use! I love circles and had a great time playing with this sketch! Here it is:

And here is my take on it using Echo Park's new Christmas line:

Come on over and play along with us! We have a new sketch every week and would love to see you there!