Earthquake?? No Way!!!

What did I do today??...Survive an earthquake!!   We're visiting my Dad in Philly for a few days and decided to take a day trip to Atlantic City. We were in a gift shop on the boardwalk when the quake hit.  TJ and I felt the floor vibrating and saw one of the shelves shaking, we wondered what was up but didn't think much of it.  When we left the store we overheard lots of people talking about an earthquake, but it still didn't register.  Tim finally decided to ask someone what they were talking about and they told us about the earthquake... 5.8 magnitude and the epicenter was in Virginia!  We were shocked.  Tim and my Dad didn't feel anything on the boardwalk, but a lot of people on the beach felt it and they had evacuated some of the stores.  I never thought I'd experience an earthquake, guess now I don't have to add that to my bucket list (smile).

No layout today since I'm away, but here's a couple of photos from our little trip.

CPC August Blog Hop

It's blog hop time over at Christian Paper Crafts.  This month's theme is "Back to School".  My layout is of my son on his first day of school in 7th grade, 2 years ago.  He'll be starting high school this September.  Time sure does fly.

Supplies:
Reminisce and Creative Imaginations Patterned Paper
Reminisce Stickers
QK Blosson and Blossom Mini Fonts
LC Doodles dies DR0098
Close to My Heart Date Stamp

Come join us on the Christian Paper Crafts Blog Hop. The hop is open to members and non-members and there are some great prizes to be awarded.   Just click here to get started.  Make sure to go down to the bottom of the post so you don't miss any of the great projects.

Star Players

Got Stars??!!  You will with the LifeStyle Crafts Possibilities release Nesting Star dies.  There are 8 star dies in this set, perfectly sized from teeny tiny to really big.  On my layout today, I used 7 of the dies, from the smallest to the largest with a few sizes in between.  The photo is of my son's baseball team, the Nationals, after they won 2nd place in the York County Little League Jr. Division Championships in June.

Supplies:
Momenta Patterned Paper
Bazzill Cardstock
Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Star  Dies
Quickutz Chicken Noodle Font
Signo White Pen
Colorbox Chalk and Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your day.

Gemiel

Scrapbuggy Challenge #6

It's time for a new Scrapbuggy challenge.  This week's challenge is a card challenge and it's a simple one.  Create a card using the sketch below. No twists or surprizes, use your own color scheme and elements.

Here's my card for some inspiration to get you started.

Supplies:

Sei Patterned Paper

Bazzill Cardstock

Ric Rac, Stickles

LC Nesting Lace Rectangles DC0164

LC Pop-Up Butterfly DP0104

Studio G Stamp

To enter your card, go to the Scrapbuggy Challenge #6 blog post here and link your page using Mr. Linky at the bottom of the post by midnight EST September 4th.  All entries will be entered into a drawing to win the exclusive Scrapbuggy Ladybug Border die.  (Scrapbuggy dies can be cut with all the popular die cut machines.)

I hope you decide to join us in this challenge.  I'd love to see what you create.

Crazy Love

If you are here for the ODBD Scripture Series 2 release, please scroll down one post.

Hi Everyone!!!  You still have time to create a layout for the August Our Daily Bread Designs Let Your Light Shine Scrapbook Challenge.  This month's challenge is to create a layout of any size using at least one number, one embellishment and Our Daily Bread Designs stamp(s).  You can use a number in your title, your journaling, as a page element...wherever your creativity takes you.  However, dating your page does not count as your number.

Today's layout is a 12 x 12 page of my husband and I enjoying a day at Busch Gardens. I decided to incorporate my number in my title so I used the number"4" instead  of the word "for". My scripture is from the newly released Our Daily Bread Designs Scripture Series 2 set.  If you haven't seen this set yet, you can read all about it on the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog. 

Supplies:
7 Gypsies patterned paper
Bazzill, Coredinations Cardstock
Our Daily Bread Designs Scripture Series 2 stamp
Heidi Swapp Ghost Hearts
Karen Foster brads
7 Gypsies tag
Martha Stewart Heart Gems
Fibers
TIm Holtz Staples
Alcohol Inks
QK Diesel font, Goosebumps

To see all the challenge guidelines and how you can win a $25 gift certificate to the Our Daily Bread Designs store click here.  The challenge runs through Wednesday August 31st, 6 PM EST.

I hope you decide to play along.  I can't wait to see what you create.

ODBD Scripture Series 2

I'm excited to share a layout I made with the brand new Our Daily Bread Designs release, the customer favorites Scripture Series 2 and  Scrolly Borders, which coordinate beautifully with the scriptures.!  As part of the third year anniversary celebration, customers submitted their favorite Scriptures that they would like to use on a card or layout, and after much thought the winners were chosen and made into this special edition set.

For my layout I used a photo of my dad and me that was taken on Easter Sunday 2011 at the Bonefish Grill.

Supplies:
Sei Chocolat patterned paper
Sei and Bazzill cardstock
Basic Grey, Bazzill and Recollections gems
Lace
ODBD Scripture Series 2 and Scrolly Borders stamps
LC Nesting Scallop Squares dies

To see the full release, as well as samples made by the winners of the contest whose verses were chosen, and to hear their stories of why they chose the verse they did, please visit the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog!  Also, the Design Team has created samples for your inspiration with these 2 new stamp sets.  Be sure to stop by their blogs and check out their creativity.  Here's the list of participants with links to their blogs.

ODBD
Sabrina

Fran

Lisa

Becca

Angie

Sandee

Dawn

Connie

Marie

Grace 

Lori

Chris

Julie

Debi

Gemiel  **You are here

Patter
Silke
Pat

There is hidden blog candy along the way, 3 $20 Gift certificates to the Our Daily Bread Designs store, so be sure to leave a comment on each blog for a chance to win! Winners will be announced on August 17th on the Our Daily Bread Designs blog so check back to see if you're a winner.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a wonderful and inspired week!

Family Ties

Happy Thursday!!  I am having so much fun creating with the dies from the Lifestyle Crafts Possibilities release.  Today I'm using the Nesting Frame 4 set.   I used 4 of the dies that come in this set, the largest 2 as a background for my photo and 2 of the smaller ones for my journaling block. 

Supplies:
Sei Windsor patterned paper
Jenni Bowlin Memo Notebook
Zva Creative Self Adhesive Pearls
Making Memories Paper Reverie Flower
Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Frame 4  DC0177
Buttons, Lace

While going through my Mom's things after she passed ten years ago, I found a small photo album that belonged to her mother.  The album contained photos of family members and friends that dated back to the early 1900's.  Unfortunately I don't know who a lot of the people in the photos are, but I love looking at them as they give me a glimpse into my grandmother's life.  The little album is falling apart and some of the photos have faded, but I decided to preserve that small piece of my past in an 8 x 8 scrapbook and pass it on to my son, who never got a chance to meet his great grandmother.  The photo in today's layout is of my grandmother when she was a young woman, it was taken sometime in the late 1920's.

Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your day!