Celebrate Good Times. Come On.... Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge

So I always look at the challenges every week over at SSS through

Ashli's blog, and even participate sometimes, BUT it seems that

I never get my pics of said completed challenge project done,

and before I know it is Monday again, and my project didn't 

make it up on their blog.

SO, I am challenging myself to doing these challenges every Monday,

AND get them up on the SSS blog.....starting THIS week.

So here we go.....

=)

The challenge this week is "Celebrate".  

When I make a page about a celebration,

I rarely like to do a page LOADED with the overall topic 

of celebration, like say a birthday.  

I might go with the color scheme of the party,

or the style of something like that, but RARELY will you 

see a very overt celebration page from me. 

It stems from my early days of scrapbooking 

where EVERYTHING I did seemed to be very themed.

BUT I made an exception, sort of, for this page and 

this topic.

I did a VERY themed 4th of July page as far as product

is concerned, but what you will find missing, are the very
themed 4th of July photos of fireworks, cookouts
and sparkler pics.

You see this 4th, my man and I ventured out on an 

adventure in the wild.  Complete with backpacks and

tent, we decided to go on a little trip in the woods to the

lake.  Now the plan was to find fireworks at the lake of

course, but we never found the lake.

We're cool like that.

Instead, we took a wrong turn and ended DEEP in

snake and tick country.  Luckily we saw no snakes,

but the ticks nearly carried us off!!!

anyway.....

We saw no fireworks, ate peanut butter (for him), 

almond butter (for me) and crackers for supper,

and turned in early and listened to the fireworks
just across the hill from us, that we couldn't seem to find.

Again with the coolness.

I know.  =)

So when I saw the topic this week, I pulled out my

CKC July Kit and used just a couple embellies from it,

pulled out my Twopeas July Printables, some Pink Paislee paper

that I got on clearance at my LSS, because it  was last

years line, a crackle tag I made in Claudine Hellmuth's

Technique Toolbox class, and the inside of Sir Cuteness'

poppers, and went to town.

Oh yes and three pics from our very unorthodox 4th of July.

Yes, it is the way we roll.

I fussy cut pinwheel like goodness.....

Added a "celebrate" sticker from my kit.....

Added that printable.....

Made me a banner.....

And mists.....

Oh sweet fireworks those mists.....

Some Simple Stories Title Goodness.....

with a little improvisation on the "B".....

=)

There's that lovely popper goodness.....

and that tag.....

Oh that tag.....

Some more fussy cutting of the chevron....

Some bling.....

And called her good.

This page was SO much fun to do!!!!!

I'm so glad I preserved these memories and got to

use some lovely 4th of July papers.

Celebrate Good times y'all =)     Come on!!

And play along at SSS.  It is so much fun!!!

I hope you have a Blessed and Beautiful, Krafty Kind of Day ~~

Girl of My Heart

I love this girl so much!!
She has literally changed my life and enlarged my heart.

This picture was taken the day we went to Branson
and enjoyed some time together at the Keeter Center
and the Landing.

I used my CKC Kit which I am LOVING btw
and have nearly used it up this month.
YAY!!!

I am taking May Flaum's Camp Scrap class right now over at BPC,
and this is a sketch that she gave us int he class.  I have already made
one sketch from it, but I used it again and this time switched the photo
to the other side.
Absolutely LOVING this sketch!!

Lately, I have found myself really using embellies in large numbers.
A real popper on the page, if you will =)
Here I used stick pins.  LOVE them.  And I have quite a collection,
and want to use them, so I had the CRAZY idea to put them all down
my layer papers that I had stitched in place, and this really helped to keep
them in place.  And of course, LOVED this Maggie Holmes frame!!!

Just a sneaky peeky at an American Crafts Dear Lizzy banner.
Added some bling and some Washi and twine and BOOM!!
Love it!!!

The journaling.
I put a frame (I have so many) down under one layer of the stack
and stitched it down, and then used this for part of the journaling.
Such a special page to me.
This girl.
Just this girl.

Then May challenged us to use what we had on our desk,
so I made this tag.  I love it SO much, and this tag is now
my bookmark for the summer Bible study I'm doing:
Gideon by Priscilla Shirer.

And a little closer look.

Thank you for stopping by.

And.....

Have a Blessed and Beautiful, Krafty Kind of Day ~~