Ticket to the Good Life

Jumping on here to share a layout that I created for the Scrap Our Stash Birthday Challenge #13/Treat Bags. The mini bag is behind the Ticket to the Good Life title piece. I used a fun sketch from Colorful Creations as my inspiration for this page using the Happy - Go - Lucky line by Fancy Pants Designs!

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Everyday Love

When I first saw the Simple Stories Daily Grind collection I loved it...all of the bright colors were just awesome!! Since then, I have picked it up time and again to create something and I just got nothing every. single. time.  until now. This page is inspired by the new sketch up on the My Scraps & More sketch blog which you can see here.

Yep...kinda love this page and love the two in it also!!!!

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We got Game!

I can't believe how many layouts I have made with this "That's My Boy" collection from Echo Park. Maybe 4 or 5 already!! I don't normally use a line that many times but this one I just love!! I created this page based on the week #2 sketch at Let's Get Sketchy and the Scrap Our Stash Birthday Challenge #12 / games!

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Hide & Seek

I finally took the opportunity to play with the new Bella Blvd Max collection. This line has the perfect boy papers. I bought the collection kit which only has one of each paper but now, after playing with it, I know I will have to order some more.  I used this fun Sketchbook paper as my background page and colored in some of the images with colored pencils. Such a fun look I think!!

I was inspired by the sketch challenge at Frosted Designs and also added the required buttons and bling!

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HB2U !!

I have a couple of layouts to share scrapping photos from my son's birthday back in October. This first one is based on the March 15th sketch at Paper Secrets. Along with the sketch, you had to use an item for each of the letters in L U C K Y (lined paper, the letter "U", colorbox ink, Kraft buttons, yellow balloon). This page was also inspired by the Birthday challenge #10 at Scrap Our Stash where you needed to include balloons. I was happy to be able to use this new Jillibean Soup birthday collection!

My next page was inspired by the sketch on the Stuck on U Sketches blog and also challenge #11 for the Scrap Our Stash Birthday scrap-a-thon where the challenge was to include triangles on your layout. Mine triangles are represented in the party hats!!

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FUN -and- SUN

I don't know about you but I am soooooo ready for some Fun in the Sun!!! To get me in the spirit until the actual sumer days are here, I pulled out the new Simple Stories Summer Paradise mini collection to work with these fun photos of my youngest son last summer!! I used a sketch from Stuck Sketches and combined it with Scrap Our Stash #9 Birthday challenge to use twine on your layout!!

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Sketch Day at My Scraps!!

For today's sketch I used an older collection by Glitz that I hadn't used much and livened it up with some fun new embellishments from the Daily Flash II All Boy line from October Afternoon!

Visit the blog here to see the sketch and link up your awesome pages based on it!!!

Have a great Friday!!

Sparkle...Glitz & Glam Craft Hoarders challenge #4

It's time once again for a new challenge at Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog and this time we are getting all glammed up!

Graphic 45 is our sponsor this month. They are known for their fabulous vintage products and papers. To pay homage to their glamour and style, create a project that shows off your hoarded sparkly items. Show some glitz! Pump up the glam! You can also use this photo as extra inspiration...

I immediately gravitated towards the pearls in the picture above and decided to use some of them on my layout. I loved how the soft colors in the Graphic 45 "Ladies Diary" collection work so perfectly with my photo!!!

Please visit the Craft Hoarders blog to see all of the other design team's amazing projects. Play along with us this month and you could win this awesome prize donated by Graphic 45...

You can't win if you don't play so link up your projects today!!!

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supplies used: Graphic 45 "Ladies Diary" 8x8 paper pad papers Afternoon Tea, Garden Stroll, La Gazette, Timeless Memoir, Fashion Plates, Lasting Impression and Focal Point.

First Day of School!!

Of course it is not really what my title says but I am just getting around to scrapping my son's first day of last year. I do not scrap in chronological order so that is why I am playing with this photo now! I used the fun Simple Stories Smarty Pants line along with a sketch from Let's Get Sketchy's blog hop with the added challenge of using string or twine! I was also inspired by birthday challenge #7 - Confetti -  at Scrap Our Stash to use some enamel dots!!

Also submitting this for the Alpha Wars challenge at Lasting Memories!

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More crop pages to share!

Good Morning! I have a few more layouts that I created at my crop getaway last weekend that I would like to share today. This first page I used the sketch at Sketch n Scrap as my inspiration...

My next page I used the first March sketch at Stuck Sketches for my inspiration...

and these next two layouts were created using the Scrap Friends March challenges - Brenda's Sketch challenge and Kelly's color challenge...

and Rochelle's Tic Tac Toe challenge (border strips, clouds and rub ons)...

That's it!! Now I need to go to another crop to be able to get that much done again! lol!!

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Color Me Scrappy #58

Good Morning! It is time for a new challenge over at Color Me Scrappy! This color scheme was right up my alley...

While I was searching through my stash to find what I wanted to work with, I came across the new Echo Park "Splendid Sunshine" collection and was happily surprised at how well it worked for the colors this week!!

I hope you will find the time to visit the Color Me Scrappy blog here to play along and see all of the great inspiration by the design team!

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Good Girl!

I am rolling right along with the birthday challenges at Scrap Our Stash so today I am sharing the next two I created! This first page was for SOS birthday challenge #6 Sprinkles/Mist and also used a Let's Get Sketchy blog hop sketch with the required "leaves" element...

Scrap Our Stash birthday challenge #5 Banners and a Let's Get Sketchy blog hop sketch with the required element of using at least 2 stars...

I am liking what these challenges are making me create! :)

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Let's Go Shockers!!

My youngest son just finished his basketball season. Though his team had the disadvantage of having only 6th graders going against teams with mostly 8th graders, as well as being MUCH taller and bigger than us, we did an awesome job!! Connor was really glad that his older brother and sister were home to see some games and also witness him putting some points on the board!! I created this page using the Echo Park "That's My Boy" collection and the new sketch today on the My Scraps & More sketch blog.

It was fun to use the smaller size photos! I hope that you get the time to play along with us this week!

Playing with paper...

I got a little time yesterday to play along with Scrap Our Stash and Let's Get Sketchy! 

This first page is for Scrap Our Stash Birthday Challenge #3 which requires you to add your choice of bling. I added some pins from my stash, two of which look like diamonds...the ultimate bling!

I used the March week #1 sketch from Let's Get Sketchy for my inspiration!

The next page if for the Birthday Challenge #4 at Scrap Our Stash which required to add one or more bows to your layout. I used the new vellum from the "Oh Darling" line by Crate Paper. I loved playing with this collection!!!

I also used a sketch from the Let's Get Sketchy Blog Hop and the requirement to use 3 different patterned paper's! Both of these great challenge sites are having some fun events to play along with right now! Check them out and try and play along if you have the time!!

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Some pages to share...

I was lucky enough to getaway for the weekend and head to a scrapbook crop with a friend of mine. I got 10 pages done!! That may not seem like a lot to some but it is good for me because I tend to be a slow scrapper! I am going to share a few of my layouts with you today...

This first layout I created for the photo inspiration Colorful Creations challenge and also added the required word "lucky...

this next page was made using the inspiration from the Paper Secrets sketch challenge and also to use something for each letter of the word S P R I N G (Simple Stories, pin, red twine, ink, nine hearts, green die cut)...

next I created this fun page for the photo inspirations challenge at Paper Girls Challenge Blog...

and my last share for today is based on the sketch challenge at Stuck on U Sketches...

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1.2.3. Get Scrappy Reveal!!!

I am so excited to share my post as a new design team member of 1.2.3. Get Scrappy!! I have always loved Tic Tac Toe Scrappy challenges so to be able to play with their fun boards each month will be so fun!!!

Here is the March board for you to create with...

I chose to go diagonal and used a houndstooth pattern (washi tape), green background and an oval shape!

I hope you find this as much fun as I did and will play along with us this month!! Visit the 1.2.3. Get Scrappy site here to see all of the awesome inspiration by my fellow design team members and get your own creations linked up!!!

Sketch Day at My Scraps & More!

Today I am sharing a page I created for sketch #71 for My Scraps & More sketches!! I pulled out the Echo Park Let's Get Cozy collection and was pleasantly surprised how quickly this page came together (except for the hand stitching...THAT takes forever)!!

Check out the sketch and play along with us here!!! There is always a great prize up for grabs!!

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Me & You

One more page to share today (sorry...I am heading to a crop for the weekend so have to get these pages posted). This layout is for the following challenges...

- Let's Get Sketchy Blog Hop sketch
- Scrap Our Stash A Thon challenge # 2 (use at least one doily)
- Red Carpet Studios
- Frosted Designs (use a punctation mark)
- SnC floral challenge #2

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More for Let's Get Sketchy!

Here is another age I got done for the Let's Get Sketchy blog hop. I don't love it but it's done right?! For this challenge, I also had to include a paperclip somewhere on my page.

Thanks for looking!

lazy river

Connor and I loved the lazy river pool which was at our vacation spot last summer. I chose to highlight that on this page using some older Crate Paper. This is another layout completed for the Let's Get Sketchy blog hop! That is three done!!!

Along with this sketch, the requirement was to choose 2 techniques from a list and use them on your layout. I added layering and inking to this pages!!

Thanks for poppin' in! I hope that you will play along. The hop has been extended until March 8th, 2014!!

Home

Got another page done for the Let's Get Sketchy Blog Hop! yay me!! They have to be linked up by midnight on the 5th so I am trying to get to as many as I can! Here is the sketch I used

and my page, with the stitching requirement, using the new Molly collection from Bella Blvd. Can you say LOVE??!!

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to: delilah

Since it is a snow day today (9 inches and counting!!) I have taken advantage of the time and started playing along with Let's Get Sketchy's Birthday Blog Hop! This is the first challenge I have gotten done for the hop. Here is the sketch...

and here is what I came up with...

I am also playing along with the Scrap Our Stash Birthday celebration! Challenge #1 was to add 3 or more layers which I did with the banners on this page!!

Now off to start on the next sketch for Let's Get Sketchy! Thanks for poppin' in!!

Challenge #3 at Craft Hoarders Anonymous!!

Challenge #3 Vintage or Retro Style at Craft Hoarders Anonymous

Graphic 45 is our sponsor this month, so let's see what you can make in a vintage or retro style. Do you hoard lace or vintage hat pins? Do you snap up all the postcards at yard sales? Do you love mid-century modern? Do you long for avocado appliances and orange shag carpets? Show your vintage or retro spin on a paper crafting project.

Here is a little bit about our sponsor: Graphic 45 is an award-winning scrapbook and paper crafting company­— owned and operated by a mother (Diane Schultz) and her two daughters (Aimee and Charee Filimoehala). Together they create vintage inspired crafting products that capture the flamboyant style of the 1920's and 30's - with vibrant color, irresistible texture and imaginative design to create products with decades-old appeal that's both fresh and familiar. Let our products inspire your next scrapbook layout, card, album or home decor project. Please visit the Graphic 45 Website or Facebook page for more information

Don't let this challenge scare you away!! If you are anything like me, I always thought that vintage or retro was never my style, but I was pleasantly surprised when I pulled out these Graphic 45 papers and started creating!! The colors and designs were so fun to work with!!

I paper pieced a flower using a punch and my scraps to replicate the flowers in the patterned paper!

I challenge you to get your vintage / retro on and play along with this challenge!! You may just find yourself pleasantly surprised like I did!! You could also be our lucky winner of this awesome prize pack from Graphic 45...

Visit the Craft Hoarders blog here to see all of the design teams inspiration and to link up your creation! Enjoy!!

supplies used: Graphic 45 Bohemian Bazaar collection papers Dazzling Delights, Bohemian Bazaar, Opulent Sunset, Kaleidoscope, Mystical Masterpiece, Chipboard from American Crafts, mini alpha stickers from October Afternoon and Cosmo Cricket, buttons and brad from MME.

Color Me Scrappy!!

I am so excited to share my first post as a design team member of Color Me Scrappy!!! Color challenges have always been a favorite of mine because they make me think out of the box when creating a layout!

Here is this week's color combo challenge...

I dug out this Chic Tags line that I have been hanging onto for a bit. The color's worked perfectly!!

Please visit Color me Scrappy to see all of the other awesome pages by the design team and also check out the great prize you could win by simply playing along!!

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