Birthday

This layout is me on my first birthday.  January 17th I will be (_ _ ?!!) years old.  Time really flies and before you know it your children have all grown and have children of their own.  However, being a grandmother is so special.

I did this layout for CSI Color Stories Inspiration Challenge.

The Scheme:  I used all 5 colors
The Evidence:  Triangles, String, Banners, Leaves 
The Testimony:  Birthday - Give out what you most want to come back; Be open to whatever comes next;  Love with all your heart

Please see the close-ups!

 
This is my mother whom I miss so very much.  I added small dots to the background plus added these (3) sayings.

I used die-cuts and then added micro beads to the leaves.

I hope you enjoyed looking at what I created.  This has been fun and I wish you a wonderful day.

Thank you!

Hugs – Ginger

 

Celebrate

This is my daughter Mandy and her husband Steve and they are celebrating New Years!  I love these photos and it goes perfectly with More Than Words Challenge.

January 2017 Main Challenge
CELEBRATE & BLING

Happy 2017 everyone!

May the new year give you loads of reasons to celebrate 

and have wonderful days that are filled with laughter, love and creativity!

We have a whole new set of challenges ready for you this year

and we cannot wait to share them with you starting with this one for January:

Our Main Challenge is based on a word inspiration and a creative challenge.

The challenge is open to layouts, canvases and art journal pages only.

Make sure to read our instructions below carefully!

Word Inspiration - CELEBRATE

Creative Challenge - BLING

What does the word CELEBRATE inspire you to create?
You can choose to add the word somewhere on your project or simply
be inspired to create from it.  Please explain in your blog post
how the word inspired you, if not already obvious.

More Than Words is not only celebrating this month the start of a brand new year.
We are also celebrating our first anniversary in the blogosphere!
We have lots of reasons to party, and nothing screams 'Let's Party!' better
than BLING!  Whether it be sequins, gems, rhinestones, pearls, chunks of glitter glass... we want you to 'bling' it up on your project!

VERY IMPORTANT!
You have to incorporate both requirements of the challenge, the word inspiration AND the creative challenge, on your project to be eligible to win.  Just look at our designers' creations and descriptions as example.  Also, remember that you must include our board image and a link to our blog in your entry post.

(http://morethanwordschallenge.blogspot.ca/)



Here are the close-ups -

I used modeling paste and a stencil and on several I added a crystal to give it some bling!

I used Stickles to add sparkle to the flowers!

I put some ruffled ribbon so give this photo a softer look!  I rather like it!

On these two I wanted to show the layers.

Thank you for looking and enjoy your day!

Hugs – Ginger

Be Jolly

Hello my friends and welcome to my blog.  I did this layout for CSI Color Stories Inspiration Case # 219.

This is how I solved the case:

The Scheme:  I used all 5 colors
The Evidence:  Holiday stuff, snowflakes, burlap, tag, tree
The Testimony:  Be Jolly - On the tag (which is located above the top photo) it says:  "Several weeks before Christmas our youngest son Chris, Pawpaw and I take his kids Kenzie and Colby to Canton to chop down a Christmas Tree.  This year there was an old car which had a tree on top and the kids got to ride in it.  How fun! There was a red old tractor that they got to climb on by a corn field.  Before we left they sat down so we could take a picture.  This trip was so much fun for everyone."
The Sketch:  Also used

Please see my close-ups.

Since we had to use three photos I decided to make this layout rather simple.  I added a stencil and modeling paste, added burlap, and snowflakes.

 On the sketch we were suppose to use a tag on the left side but I decided to used the three sentences which represents the tag.  The Herald Angels Sing, Wishes For A Wonderful Christmas, The Magic Of Christmas.  I also used Tim Holtz flower die cut and leaves.

 

This is the title "Be Jolly".  I have had this for a couple of years and I thought it would be perfect for this layout.

I used Tim Holtz Christmas Tree die cut.  I added stickles to it as well.  

Thank you for taking the time to look!  I really enjoyed working on this layout.

Happy New Year everyone!!

Hugs – Ginger

Magic

Hello my friends!  This is my take on CSI Color Stories Inspiration Case #220. 

This is how I solved the Case:

The Scheme:  I used all 5 colors
The Evidence:  Heart, Flowers, Leaves, Tag, and Snowflakes
The Testimony:  Sweet - On the tag it says:
"Santa and Mrs. Claus come every year to see my sweet grandchildren.  They sing, read "Twas The Night Before Christmas" and leave each child a small gift.  A sweet surprise.  Love this!!

Here are my close-ups!

I used micro beads ( gold and blue) around the flowers, a heart tag, and snowflakes.

Snowflakes with little pearls in the center, a cute reindeer, and a snowflake button on the tag.

I used red and green embossing on the word Sweet.  I also used around the photo Red sparkly corrugated cardstock as well as black.

I cut out the bells and holly and used pop up dots to adhere them.  This was a fun case to solve and I hope you enjoyed seeing it too.

Thanks for looking and I wish you and your family a wonderful Holiday Season!

Merry Christmas!

Hugs – Ginger

 

Magic

I did this layout for the Words and More Challenge.  I love their challenges.  Anyway, this is a tradition that my family do each Christmas.  A few weeks before Christmas, Santa arrives and the grandchildren are so surprised and full of wonder.  Mrs. Claus comes to and they each get to sit in Santa's lap and he gives them a sweet present.  Santa also reads them Twas The Night Before Christmas.  Afterwards they all sing Christmas song.  Then Santa and Mrs. Claus tells each child bye and to be very good!

Our December challenge is to use, or be inspired by the word "TRADITIONS"

and the creative challenge is to use something handmade on your creation.

(http://morethanwordschallenge.blogspot.ca/)

Here is the layout!

This is Santa and my grandson Colby.    I used three different corrugated cardstock.  I had several different leaves that I cut out.  The handmade is the tag with I cut out then added paper on the top and then typed ...
"A tradition in our family this time of the year is Santa and Mrs. Claus show up at our home to make a surprise visit to our grandchildren.  The look on the sweet faces are priceless.  He also brings his live reindeers which are in our front yard.  Santa also brings a small gift for each child.  It is such a Magical time and I love it!  Merry Christmas!"

Please see the close-ups!

Here you can see that I sprinkled white gesso to make it look like snow.  I added little bit of red paint to the leaf on the right.

You can see the tag that I made.  I also made the poinsettia.

I used red ink on the word Magic and then used embossing on top to give it a shimmer effect.

Thank you for looking and I wish you and your family a Very Merry Christmas!

Hugs – Ginger

JOY - December tag

I created this tag for the Design Team at The Crafty Scrapper for the 12 tags of Christmas.

It was so much fun to create.

I call this JOY because it looks so radiant and lovely and full of JOY!

I used Tim Holtz Thinlits and Greenery Die Cuts.  I also added pearls and crystals to the tree and the holly.  I had on hand the word Joy.  I also used white cardstock to the bottom and added a cute white ribbon to the top.

Please see the close-ups!

I am also submitting this tag for Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2016.

Thank you for looking and enjoy your day!

Hugs – Ginger

Special

This was such a fun and personal layout for me.  At More Than Words the subject was "Special" which to me is my grandmother.  Her name is Louise and she is 104 years old.  She still lives by herself and she can even drive.  

As you can see I am so happy and very lucky to still have my grandmother with me.  She had one child, my mother, and she passed away last year.  I am also a grandmother to 4 and another on the way.  That will make her a great, great, grandmother.

I used various blue papers, a new die cut by Tim Holtz, and something borrowed (the pen which I wrote Love on the heart).  I also used something old which is very valuable to me.  It is the silver pin which my mother gave to me many years ago.  Isn't it lovely!

November 2016 Main Challenge
SPECIAL & OUR QUOTE

Oh, how time flies!  It's November already, almost a year since More Than Words made its debut. This time last year we, the Admin team, were excitedly brainstorming this new concept and working together day in and day out to shape it into reality!  We are thrilled about it all turned out and are so happy to see your entries
inspired by our challenges each month.

And speaking of challenges, here is a brand new one for November :

Our Main Challenge is based on a word inspiration and a creative challenge.

The challenge is open to layouts, canvases and art journal pages only.

Word Inspiration - SPECIAL

Creative Challenge - OUR QUOTE

What does the word SPECIAL inspire you to create? You can chose to use the word somewhere on your project or simply be inspired by it. Please explain in your blog post how the word inspired you, if not already obvious.

Even though we were inspired by weddings for our creative challenge, you do not have to create a wedding-themed project. The instructions are simple - we want you to follow OUR QUOTE as inspiration and use something OLD, something NEW, something BORROWED or something BLUE on your project. 

For example, you can decide to use a brand new paper collection (NEW) or add blue paint on your background (BLUE). You can use some of those old antique buttons you've got stored away (OLD) or use a tool that you have borrowed from a friend (BORROWED). Please let us know which ones you've used. You can even challenge yourself and use all four! We will also accept projects that display the quote itself.  Easy, right?

VERY IMPORTANT! You have to incorporate both requirements of the challenge - the word inspiration AND the creative challenge - on your project to be eligible to win. Just look at our desisgners' creations and descriptions as example. Also, remember that you must include our board image and a link to our blog in your entry post.               

(http://morethanwordschallenge.blogspot.ca/)

Here are the close-ups!

Thank you again for looking and may you have a wonderful day!


Hugs – Ginger