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Hi!  I have finally finished the last month of my 2012 calendar/scrapbook page using the Pure Innocence year of flowers series!  I just have the cover to make now but I think I will use another MFT sketch for that too. So here's the sketch for this week at MFT and it really threw me a little.  Really different looking. I used Pure Innocence Holly Girl stamp and paper pieced her dress.  Close up.  I love that little red bow!  I bought it from a local store here.  The 2 pages side by side.  I am so happy to be done with the pages.  Just hopefully I'll actually fill it up with some small photos too! I'll also be entering this in All That Scraps Wednesday Challenge--Anything Goes . Thanks for reading!

Hi!  Isn't Blogger acting a bit weird lately?  I can't open the comment section sometimes.  Anyway, I haven't found a good routine lately for crafting since I've been sleeping so early these days.  I can't seem to wake up early in the mornings unless I sleep early.  But I finally did get to finish my November 2012 calendar/scrapbook page using MFT's current sketch .   I used Pure Innocence Chrysanthemum.  I didn't really want to fussy cut her out but I colored a bit messy out of the lines and the only way to really fix it was to cut it out.  Good thing I didn't chop off the flower or the skinny stem or something.  Then I paper pieced her dress. Close up photo. The other page. Just a short post.  I am going to sleep! Thanks for reading!

Hi!  I'm feeling much better today though I still have a lingering cough.  Thanks so much for all the well wishes.  I never quite finished my 2012 scrapbook/calendar so thought I'd finish that up.  I used MFT's sketch 53 .  Sorry my photo looks a bit crooked.  The stamp is Pure Innocence Calendula. A close up of the image.  I think this is a bit crooked too.  Maybe I was standing crooked or something. This is the opposite page.  I didn't have a matching papers for the background but at least they are both polka dotted.  Hehe.  At least just 2 more months to go and then I can bind them all.  I hope I actually find some photos to go in this book too. I'll also be entering this into Lollipop Crafts Challenge #62 -- Anything New Goes (Calendula stamp is new) and All That Scraps Challenge Anything Goes . Thanks for reading!

Hi!  I received my order from My Favorite Things recently so I got a chance to make my next page using their current sketch .  This one is for September 2012. Here's the sketch.  I decided to rotate the sketch to fit the image and my scrapbook/calendar better.  The image is Pure Innocence Morning Glory.  I kept the background really simple.  You could call it laziness, hehe.  But I like the way the image stands out.  I taped some washi tape across the cardstock, pretty simple.  I used my new Prismacolor pencils and tried to blend (burnish?) without using OMS.  I will need more practice.  I used my white pencil to help with the blending since I don't have a colorless blender yet.  Then I drew in some grass for her to stand on.  The other page. Thanks for reading and have a great week!

Hi!  We had a short black out this morning and I didn't know what to do without my computer and internet, and I couldn't go blog surfing.  I was sad but I did cut everything out for my kids' Halloween goody bags.  Good thing my Big Shot isn't electric.  Anyway, I made another page to my 2012 calendar/scrapbook using MFT's sketch #39 and Pure Innocence Year of Flowers series Poppy. Here's my page.  Somehow I'm not loving this one too much.  I love the image but somehow the colors remind me of fall too much and not too summery.  And I think the proportions are a bit off.  But I decided to just stick with it.  It's still cute. Here's a picture of both pages. I'm gonna have to wait til I order the next couple months to continue.  But I'm happy I've made it this far! The kiddies are home for fall break.  It's nice but messy and noisy.  It may be a long week. Thanks for reading!

Hi!  Yes, I'm totally catching up on my 2012 calendar/scrapbook!  I followed MFT's sketch 38 for the month of July. This is Pure Innocence Waterlily.  I think she's super cute!  Colored her dress like a rainbow. The pages together. This is a super short post!  Hope you're having a great day! Thanks for reading!

Hi!  I am slowly catching up with my 2012 calendar/scrapbook.  Just finished June so I'm half way there.  It is super muggy here and I'm trying to get the fan to aim directly at my back while I write up this post.  Here is the sketch from My Favorite Things . I've used Pure Innocence Rose.  She is the cutie for the month of June. Here's the other page too. Short little post today.  Thanks for reading!

Hi!  Okay, so I am now really behind making my 2012 calendar using Pure Innocence Year of Flowers series from MFT.  Really, I am going to get on it.  I just wish it wasn't so hot here.  So muggy now that I need to use a fan but that's not so great when there are paper scraps everywhere. Here is the sketch from MFT .   Week 36 already! The left side follows the sketch using Pure Innocence Lily of the Valley stamp. I paper pieced her dress.  I think these flowers are usually white but I made mine light yellow.  The right page is my computer generated calendar with space above for a photo so that I can use this also as a scrapbook once the year is done.  Trying to be practical too. I already have the June and July stamps so hopefully I can catch up making these pages.  I already precut the pages and punched the holes so I can start once I see the new sketch. Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!

Hi!  So I'm a little behind in making my 2012 calendar scrapbook using the Pure Innocence year of flowers stamps.  I thought I'd better get on it again before it's too late.  Again, I used the weekly sketch from My Favorite Things .  They are already on sketch 27!  I haven't been too good at keeping up with them. Just the left side follows the sketch.  The right page has my computer generated calendar.  The space above it is reserved for a photo and some journaling. The stamp is Pure Innocence Crazy for Daisies.  I paper pieced her dress and then had to add her arm as well over her dress.  I always think of daisies as white but when I did a search for them on line, there were so many different varieties and colors so I made the daisies pink of course. Close up photo.  I used PTI's picket fence die and the daisy on the right is from MFT.  I like how this daisy die cuts and embosses so you can see details on the leaves and the l...

Hi!  It's been a while since I got to play in My Favorite Things weekly sketch .  They are now on sketch 20!  I think I missed a few weeks and I'm behind on my 2012 calendar!  Hopefully I'll catch up next month.  Here's this week's sketch. I made 2 cards following the sketch and the card on the right was from way long ago following a different sketch but I wanted to show all three cards the kids will be giving to their teachers at the end of the school year.  I let them pick which ones they liked the best to give to their teachers.  They're all a little different. I like this card a lot.  It's looks fun and bright and my daughter picked it for one of her teachers.  The background uses the graph stamp from Hero Arts.  I like these background stamps a lot too.  Then I used Pure Innocence Make the Grade stamp.  All the sentiments including the A+ is from the set.  My son picked this one for his teacher.  I crossed...

Hi!  Here's the current sketch over at My Favorite Things .  I used Pure Innocence One Sweet Chick again. Here's a closer photo.  Her dress and egg is paper pieced.  I like doing that with these images--gives her a larger wardrobe.  I did go a bit overboard with the liquid pearls.  Sometimes it's hard to make equal sized and even spaced little dots.  But it was fun!  The banner, scalloped button and green grass felt are from PTI. Off to post this over at Splitcoast Stampers.  Thanks for reading and have a great week!

Hi!  It's time for My Favorite Things weekly sketch ! I used this sketch for my March 2012 calendar/scrapbook page.  My January 2012 and February 2012 posts are HERE and HERE .  Hopefully I'll make it through the whole year so I can bind them all into a 6 x 6 book.  I used Pure Innocence Daffodil stamp. Basic Grey papers.  I love these stamps because of the flowers!  So cute!  My computer generated calendar.  I left some space above the calendar for photos or journaling. Also entering this into Wee Memories Challenge 49 (Anything Goes) . Kind of a short post tonight.  Thanks for reading!