Scrapbooking Process Video 'Snow Day,' & Kitties!!!

Hi all,

Have been trying to get in as much studio time as possible, but hard to do with the planting season just starting here in Central Oregon & trying to get garden and flowers planted.  On top of that, we have new baby pigs, a litter of kitties and the cows just finished calving....so it's been busy around here.  But for the crummy weather we've been having I would have had zero studio time (so, a tiny small 'yay' for crummy weather :).

I have a new process video (I swear, there has to be an easier way to do videos, than my way, my way takes FOREVER)....this is one about a snow day we had, which ended up being a farewell dinner for my youngest son and his bride, a family sleepover, and a huge dump of about 3' of snow!

This layout features both old and new products, included are:

*Bazzill Cardstock

*Basic Gray (Snowflake paper)

*Photo Play (plaid

*Maggie Holmes (pink ombré)

*Love Elsie (turquoise embossed

*Papertrey Ink Snowflake Medley Stamp & Die Set

*'Happy ' Chipboard, Felicity Jane

*Cow dies, Papertrey Ink

*Sequins, Lucy's Cards

*Crystal Nuvo Drops

*Flair, Fancy Pants

*Date Stamp, Becky Higgins

*Other, fun foam, twine, machine stitching, Kraft cardstock

I hope you enjoy the video, if so, please give it a thumbs up (I'm still working on my subscribers :)

Baby no-name (she was given to a neighbor, and Grizabella

Rumple Teaser & Mungo Jerry

And here are Linda's babies, so cute!

Papertrey Ink Farm Scene Shaker Card

Hi everyone!!!  I have a fun, fun shaker card to share with you today.  I used mostly all Papertrey Ink products with some other products sprinkled in here and there.    For the life of me, I can't remember who made the background paper, it is a turquoise woodgrain with a grid on the backside.  The stamps and dies I used for the main card front are Papertrey Ink; Petite Places, Barnyard, the dies used are from the same set, along with Scen It Backgrounds, Mountains and Shaker Shapes.  The sequins I used for the inside are from Hazel & Ruby, and some chunky glass glitter I made from broken Christmas ornaments.  The clear panel is also Papertrey Ink, clear Cardstock (I know you can also use packaging materials and other things, I like the weight of this paper).  I used fun foam to add the dimension for the shaker portion.  The inside of the card is stamped with a sentiment from Barnyard Sentiments (they're all super cute).  Here is a vide I made showing the process (please pardon the background noises, the out of frame shots, etc., I have not made a video in a while, so I'm just getting back in the swing of things).   Hope to have a lot more to share with you real soon :)

Products used:

Papertrey Ink;  Petite Places Barnyard Stamp and Die set

Scene It Backgrounds Mountain View, Shaker Shape Die, rectangle

Ink:  Pallette, Hybrid Snow White, Papertrey Ink, Pure Poppy, Dark Chocolate, Versafine, Onyx Black, Sequins;  Hazel & Ruby and handmade glass glitter, Adhesive, Advantus;  Scrappy Glue

Reaping The Harvest!

In typical Central Oregon fashion, the temperature fluctuations are extreme between night and day ( especially in the Spring and Fall.... I know it's not officially fall, but it feels like it is here in the mornings :). With the temperatures dropping precariously close to freezing, we have to keep on top of the garden harvesting, thus, all the freezing and canning...

Have been trying to make time to get my craft on too.n This is my second card for the My Favorite Things contest:

I used the cute Flurries ( think that's the name of it) stamp and die set, then colored it with Copic markers.  the square double stitched border is also MFT's, the scalloped rectangle is a spellbinders die.  The vellum background is stitched borders from Lawn Fawn.  I embossed the sentiment with some somewhat glittery embossing powder, and added some sequins for a little added touch.

Corn is calling, thanks for stopping by,

Suzie

It's Been Awhile, New House, New Challenges

It's been over a year..in the meantime, we have been living in our RV for close to a year while building our new home.  We are blessed to have 10 acres to house cows, pigs a big garden and all kinds of critters, and the biggest blessing is that we have a beautiful place to host family events and gatherings with our kids and grands.   It has been a lot of fun to see our plans and dreams turn into a reality. I will share more photos of the house and my favorite elements.

I have also been enjoying my new craft room, it's hard to focus on decorating, landscaping, canning and freezing....with this room screaming for me to create😉. I will for sure share pics of this small little space that is my creative area... I did notice a little contest from All My Favorite Things, which I made a card for, featuring 'The Whole Herd' stamp set and dies.

I blended some Tim Holtz distress ink in for the background and created a little farm scene using MFT dies and stamps,coloring in with Copic markers.  Super fun for me to create😄

Until next time.....

Suzie