DC at Night

Any ready for a vacation? I'm planning and counting down to our Summer vacation! I decided I better get some of our last vacation pics scrapped before we take off on another one, so during the March Let's Lift It challenge last month at My Scraps and More I was able to get this layout done. It is a lift of Becky Williams layout called We Love Your Sweet Face. YOu can view Becky's blog HERE, I'm sure you will find something else to lift there, she has some awesome layouts! These pictures were taken during our night tour of the DC monuments. It was such a great tour, I loved seeing all the monuments and sights lit up at night! I used the Simple Stories Destinations line for this layout. I had bought it especially for this trip and really like how the colors made my pictures pop! I just love Simple Stories don't you? This was also my first attempt at making my own flag, and really it was very easy. It was a technique I learned in my Got Sketch 107 class and I found it really adds to your layout. Speaking of Got Sketch 107, this was the last week for it, and I still have "homework" to do, so that I can complete all the assignments before the class officially ends on Sunday! I am hoping I can get my "homework" done on Saturday. Now this type of homework is sure better then any homework I had as a teen! LOL! Have a fun and scrappy weekend everyone, check back on Monday because I have some exciting news to share with you! You won't want to miss it!

Happy Easter!

Wishing all my friends and family a blessed Easter!

Got Sketch 107

Howdy bloggy friends! Has anyone taken a Got Sketch class? If you haven't you need to! I have taken almost everyone of them that Valerie has offered and have never been disappointed. The current class is Got Sketch 107 and you can learn more about it HERE. This is my page based on sketch #1 from this class. I was able to use up some of my older October Afternoon Stash. This layout is a mix of Cherry Lane, Duck in a Row, Weathervane, and Thrift Store. I love the hexagons on this sketch (Valerie provides all class members with a template to make them) and it is a great way to use up a bunch of scraps! I think this template itself is worth the price of admission, some other classes out there cost a whole lot more so this class is definitely a bargain! I am working on some other assignments from the class and can't wait to share them with you. The other great thing about this class is you use your own stash, no "kit" to buy, no supplies to buy, and I am using up some older stash so far. The flower is from Basic Grey, the stickers are from October Afternoon's Ducks in a Row line and the letter stickers are by Making Memories (I got them at Target ages ago and this is my first time to use them!) All these items on this page have been in my stash over a year. The pics of course are of my sweet adorable nephew at four months old! He was such a cute chubster! Of course, he is still cute just not a chubster anymore, don't you love chubby babies? We have a busy weekend ahead so not sure I actually finish the rest of my Got Sketch projects before the end of March, but I will get them finished soon and share when I do! Have a wonderful weekend friends!

Scrapbook Bingo!

Well, I was able to get a bit more scrapping done this week with the rainy weather we had earlier in the week. I am trying to catch up on the 52 week challenges over at Personalscrapper. Hard to believe we are in week 12 already! I have done 8 of the challenges so far and am now just 4 weeks behind, hoping to narrow it done by at least one more layout before week 13 begins! This layout was from a challenge for week 8 that I created. I decided to do a little game of Scrapbook Bingo (I love bingo! Just ask my son, he will tell you I can't get enough of it!) If you haven't played scrapbook Bingo before here is how it works: you look at the bingo card provided above and decide on your "bingo" in my case I picked the second row straight down. You must use those four elements on your layout you create, however, you can add additional elements if you want, just must include at least the four elements from your "bingo" which in my case was: 1) three patterns 2) scraplift - I scraplifted this awesome layout called Winter Hats by Carrie Postma 3) twine and 4) buttons. I used the January Personalscrapper kit featuring Echo Park's Winter Park with one paper thrown in from the January 2010 Personalscrapper kit featuring Echo Park Wintertime (these two lines do coordinate nicely). The buttons are from my stash as is the little punch out saying which is from My Mind's Eye. The circle is a coaster from Paper Trunk and the letter stickers are from the kit by Echo Park. I love the simplicity of this layout, thanks Carrie for the inspiration! If you decide to try your hand at Scrapbook Bingo be sure and link back here in the comment section so we all can enjoy your creation!

Our Little Poser

Happy Monday everyone! It was a relaxing fun last weekend of Spring Break at our house. My niece and I did a bit of crafting, we did a lot of yard work and enjoyed time with friends and family! Today they are predicting a lot of storms, so hoping to stay in tonight and do some more crafting. Here is a layout I made using the awesome Simple Stories Yearography collection. This collection is super cute and if you don't have it on your wish list you might want to add it! This is the collection featured in the March Personalscrapper kit and this kit comes with a bunch of Basic Grey embellishments that are super awesome, can't wait to play with this kit some more. The stickers are from Simple Stories as well and although you get the awesome alphabet stickers in the kit, I did buy the other sticker sheet that goes with this collection separately after I learned this was to be our line for March. I LOVE these cute little pumpkin stickers and it also has the cutest snowman and other stickers too! I also used up some older stash on this layout: the background striped paper is by We R Memory Keepers Autumn Splendor line and was in the October 2011 Personalscrapper kit, the word print paper is by My Minds Eye that I have had in my stash for years, glad I finally found something to coordinate with it, and the letter stickers are from Simple Stories, Jenni Bowlin (little circle ones) and American Craft Thickers for the word "poser" on the banner. The kraft die cut is a die called Top Note from STampin Up and the border punch on top of the banner is by Stampin Up as well. This is my nephew at the pumpkin patch last fall. He did (and most likely still does) the cutest little pose (just like you see in the pic) where he puts one hand behind his back, smiles sheepishly, pauses to pose, then waits til you snap the pic and then rushes over to the camera to see himself! So cute! He LOVES to see pics of himself in the display screen of your camera, as I suppose most kids do (when my son was little though no such thing as digital, so I never experienced it with him) but the funny thing is for a TWO YEAR OLD...he hold still so you can get a good pic...my kind of kid! Now don't get me wrong, I doubt he would hold still for an extended period of time, he is two after all, but he will hold for one snap....so you gotta be quick still to get the good pic, but as quick as with other two year olds! This layout is based on an awesome sketch by Tammi Bennett from My Scraps and More, which is another awesome scrappy site, fun message board, great crops and even better an AWESOME scrappy store with great products, great sales and even faster shipping! If you are in need of some retail therapy I highly recommned her store, great experiences when I have shopped there, she won't disappoint I am sure! Well, better get off the computer, I can see some lightning now as well as hear the distant roar of thunder, here comes the storm! Stay safe and dry tonight friends!

Live a Full Life

Happy weekend everyone! Hope everyone is having a nice scrappy weekend so far! I have been lucky, getting to do two of my favorite things today, watch basketball and scrap! The only downer is our team (KU Jayhawks) lost the Big 12 tourney, but it was nice for Mizzou, they are a good team, so congrats to all you Mizzou fans, sad to see them leave the Big 12 after this year. Now to share some of my scrappy fun, here is a layout I did for the week 3 52 week challenge over at Personalscrapper. The challenge was to scrap something that made you happy....when I thought about that I listed so many things, that I decided to combine them all into one layout. This layout is based on a sketch by Valerie Salmon at Got Sketch (sketch #100) and it is also was inpsired by a layout by Jen Chapin. Jen did an AMAZING layout called Live a Full Life and although I didn't lift her design I did lift the idea and title from her so thank you Jen for such a great idea! Please visit Jen's blog, it is packed with amazing work, you will want to spend hours pinning all her layouts to your Pinterest board believe me! I used the March 2011 Personalscrapper kit featuring papers by My Minds Eye So Sophie line (loved that line) with letter stickers by American Crafts and some OLD OLD cork ones from an unknown source (these I got when I first started scrapping in the 90's that is how old they were!). Thanks for visiting my blog, hope to see you back again real soon!

Dream Come True

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! Did you get to scrap? I did, but haven't taken pics of all the layouts I did....had hoped to do it today,but it is cloudy and maybe going to rain all day, so not sure when I will get to it. Is it still winter in your neck of the woods? We are very springlike, had a super mild winter, and I doubt we will see any snow from here on out. I was inspired to make this layout based on a challenge over at My Scraps and More for their My Scraps Idol search. The challenge was to use a singer's name first and last and then use something on your layout that begins with each letter in their name. I used BRUNO MARS mainly because if you used the same artist that the challenge leader, Lisa M. used then you got an extra 10 points! The winner is based on whoever accumulates the most points by doing the most challenges, and most challenges had bonus points like this one did. Very fun challenges, but I was only able to play along for this one due to time constraints. So for my items for Bruno's name I used: B= buttons R= ribbon (flower was made from ribbon) U= upper crest punch (used to make journal box) N= number stickers O= one photo M= Maya Road envelope A= alphabet stickers R= rhinestones (one the circles on the envie) and S= Stella Rose papers (the My Mind's Eye Collection I used for this layout). There you have it. I found that I started with my basic layout and then went back and started adding in things for my letters I was missing, which made it a lot of fun! I didn't think I was going to be able to pull it off at first, couldn't think of anything for U then remembered my punch and the problem was solved! U is hard letter! You should definitely hop on over to My Scraps and More to check out all the fun layouts created for these challenges PLUS in March they are doing a month long Scraplifting crop...how fun does that sound! So be looking for some scraplifts here on the old blogo in the future! This layout that I created in my effort to use up some older kits (as inspired by my scrappy friend Amy) is of my niece meeting Snow White at Casa Manana on her first visit there. She was so in love with Snow White at the time that when it was her turn to talk to her, she just froze and stared! It was so cute, the line moved very fast, so I was plesed I got this pic, cuz you only got one chance to snap one! Story of my life on that, sometimes you get a good one, sometimes you don't, but hey, its all about scrappin' the memory anyway, right? Happy Monday everyone!