Best Day Ever!!

Do you ever buy a collection...LOVE it...but then completely forget about it until you pull it out and LOVE it all over again??!! That is exactly what happened to me with the Simple Stories 24/7 collection. When it came out I knew that I loved it right away and am pretty sure that I made a couple layouts with it. That was awhile ago though and I had totally forgot about it until this weekend when I was looking for a good line to scrap a couple photos from my son's birthday sleepover party. I stumbled across 24/7 and knew it would work perfectly!! I love it all over again!!

                                               (layout based on sketch at Let's Get Sketchy)



I also played along with the Let's Get Sketchy Cover Girl contest and created this page based on one of their two choices...

This one was such fun to create!!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

A Little Spookiness in January??

Not really spooky but I am talking Halloween!! I recently created this fun page of two of my grandkids (yes...I am a YOUNG Grandma) posing with some masks on. I thought that the Bella Blvd Trick or Treat collection worked great! Especially the "Owloween" paper!!!

I designed the page after a sketch I created for the My Scraps & More sketch blog.

If you get a chance to play along with the sketch, link me up in the comments! I would love to see your pages!!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Branching Out...

Now that I have sold My Scraps & More, I am wanting to branch out a little into the scrappy world. Although I am still going to be a very active part of My Scraps, I thought it would be great to be a part of some other teams and challenge blogs. I stumbled upon Colorful Creations a few months ago and have been lurking there from time to time. When I saw that they put a design team call out, I thought I would give it a go! I love to participate in challenges as they really motivate me to scrap. Also, this call included creating a layout for a sketch which is my favorite type of challenge!! Here is the fun sketch that I got to work with...

I chose to use some great products from Crate Papers Maggie Holmes collections for my page...

I also was motivated to create this page by the current Free for All Friday challenge on the My Scraps board. The challenge was to include three different fonts on your layout...check!!

Have a happy Friday and a wonderful scrap filled weekend!!!

**Blog Hop rak winner**

Good Morning! Jumping on here real quick to post the winner of the rak from me here on my blog! Thanks to all who left such nice comments and followed my blog!! Here is the lucky winner...

 Ange said...
Super cute! Love the letter tiles!!
January 3, 2014 at 12:51 PM

Congratulations!! Please send me your shipping info to teajays @ aol.com

Be back shortly with a fun new project!!!

Tough Boy

Football has always been my favorite sport to watch! I grew up in Nebraska where "Husker Football" is a way of life. Most everyone is either at the game or glued to the television on game days. With two boys I thought maybe I would have a chance of one of them liking the game. My oldest has never been interested in football whatsoever but my youngest, Connor, he loves it! He can recite statistics like  nobodies business! (if only he could memorize his homework the same way!lol) And on teams and players I have never heard of...its crazy!!! Last year he decided he wanted to try playing the game and what fun we ALL had... us watching and him playing! I took a ton of pictures but chose just a few to highlight his jersey number on this layout using an older Echo Park collection and a sketch by Scrapbook Generation...

I also created this page for the 1/2/14 Throwback Thursday challenge on the My Scraps & More forums. Come over and play with us!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Embrace...my OLW

**My Scraps & More Blog Hop here**

I have normally not gotten into the OLW (one little word) craze each year but one of the design team members at My Scraps offered up the challenge of creating a page highlighting "your word" so this is what I came up with!

This year I want to EMBRACE

 - my kids and make each moment count!
 - my marriage! Changes are coming in our daily life and I want to EMBRACE those and cherish
   our time together
 - all of the little everyday things I take for granted
 - change. I am not so good with it but I want to EMBRACE the changes that  are coming and make
   it all work out for the best

Do you have a OLW ? If so, please link me up. I would love to be inspired by you!!

Ring in the New Year with a blog hop!!

Thanks for visiting my much neglected blog! A goal of mine is to post on here more regularly! I have something fun to start the New Year off with...a blog hop!!!

Welcome to the My Scraps and More "Ring In the New Year Blog Hop"!! There is something about the New Year that gets everyone motivated to get things done. We want to help you get your scrappy mojo going in the New year. This is our first ever Blog Hop for the My Scraps and More Sketch Blog. Here is our special blog hop sketch...

I used my favorite birthday line of all time from Crate Paper to play with this sketch...

I loved how the sketch let me showcase so many of the great patterned papers in the collection without taking away from the picture itself! I am offering up a special rak to you just for visiting my blog during this hop! Leave me a comment and become a follower of my blog and you will go in the drawing to win! I will announce a winner January 10th!! 

Now that you have hopped around to all of the design team members blogs and saw what they did with the sketch, it is your turn to play! Once you have created your layout inspired by this sketch, link it up on the sketch blog here by January 9th at midnight to be eligible for the blog hop prize of the Fancy Pants Collecting Moments line!

Here is the order of the hop in case you got lost along the way.

My Scraps & More sketch blog - www.myscrapsandmoresketches.blogspot.com
Audrey - audreysreflection.blogspot.com/
Lisa - lisasscrappyhideaway.blogspot.com/
Missy - www.littlenuggetcreations.blogspot.com/
Wendi - scrappydayinparadise.blogspot.com/
Tracy - ascrapatatime.blogspot.com/
Tammi - you are here
sketch blog - www.myscrapsandmoresketches.blogspot.com

Thanks so much for joining along with our hop! I hope that you enjoyed and were inspired by what you saw! I look forward to seeing your creations as well!!

Happy New Year!!!