My daughter H.S. graduation...

I was busy this weekend and got 5 layouts done for challenges and here is another from Sketchy Thursday. The sketch called for a background broken up in 4 squares and to use 6 pictures which is alot- but I managed to find 5 with the same theme so here it goes for my take....

I used my scraps for this layout the school colors were royal blue and yellow so that was easy for the cardstock to find the blue, and their dresses were yellow and blue floral prints  -so the whole thing pulled together for me. I made the banner flag using Hero Arts banner stamps amd upper case Alpha rubber stamp set for the title. Tied on some blue cord with knots in between each flag. Did some simple journaling in the middle of the page, and lots of pop dots on the banner also.

All Dolled Up...

This is for the challenge over at Sketchy Thursday this week and I found some older photos of my daughter at a variety of her high school dances- so I thought I would do a page for her. I was trying to pull the colors out of the dresses that my daughter and her friend  were wearing on top pic throughtout the layout.

The background floral paper is by Paper Studio"Boho Chick paper stack" and the strips are from my stash including the gold ribbon and the pinky/purple floral acetate by Mambly. I used my circle cutter for the musical paper and found some sticker alphas in the purple color that I wanted to pull out and applied them with pop dots. Inked the border of layout with black

I needed something else for this page - but wasn't sure whated- I didn't want to put flowers on this one- so I was looking at the photo and noticed the gold necklace my daughter was wearing and thought...I can make that. So I took out my acetate and Stickles and drew the necklace on the acetate then added a fine glitter in gold to really shine more than the Stickles. I then trimmed around the necklace that I had drawn and placed it on the page and I kinda like how it turned out. So why stop there I added some more gold stickles to the floral pattern paper in several areas and  purple Stickles in centers for some more added bling.

Homecoming 2002

Here is my take this week for the sketch challenge at Sketchy Thursdays

I used School pride paper by Stampin Station and blue and yellow cardstock. The title was also from School Pride pre-cut die cut and I stamped my own other embellies with sports stamps from Paper Studio, several pop dots and black ink- pretty simple but tells the story of Homecoming and the school spirit that week.

Like Father...Like Son

Here is my take for Sketchy Thursdays this week. I took these pictures of my son back when he was in High School- because he reminded my of his father so much when he was the same age.
I used My Mind's Eye papers, Tim Holtz distress inks, expoxy buttons, handmade florettes with papers, brads, Stamps by Autumn Leaves and Stempendous, black inks and marker for faux stitching.

 On the background I splattered/flickered white and blue-grey paint all over page before I put all the pics on.

Happy Birthday-DAD!!!--- 4 layouts

Wow- was I ever busy this weekend doing 4 pages for my kids scrapbooks using all the same pictures, but 4 different layouts and papers on them --I used the sketch over at  Sketchy Thursday to do one of the layouts for my sons scrapbook (who is in both of the top pics) . They (all my kids) were at their dad's house celebrating his 47th birthday a few years back and they took these few pictures and wanted me to scrap them. I have uploaded all 4 of the layouts in this post -  the first one I will be applying to Sketchy Thursday challenge this week.
     I used Tattered Angel Mists for the background on white textured cardstock and then went thru my stash and found strips of papers , then machine stitched the border in black thread added or stamped a few swirls . I hand stamped the title and the saying then cut them out and put on with pop dots. The saying is " You never know when your making a Memory."

 This next layout is for my oldest daughter's scrapbook (blue & grey sweater in center photo)  and I will be applying this over at The Paper Variety for the challenge this week "Family" All the papers used in the next three layouts are from the Recollections paper stack. I machine stitched around the inside border( blue and grey circle pattern) which matches the colors in my daughters sweater and stamped (Cloud 9) design all around the edge and some misc. leaves and saying inked with a light blue. Made my own journal tag and inked  all edges of mats with black. I like how I scattered the photos-and put them at different angles it gives the page some motion and fun like feeling- which is what my kids had- a great & fun time.

 The next layout is for my son who is in the yellow and brown striped shirt in the photo -so that is the reason I pulled these colors out for this layout. I used my Fiskars circle cutter for the 4 circles, brown inked edges and blue/teal ink for the mats, Stamps (variety) for the title -saying -leaves -hand cut out and attached with pop dots and some journaling on the circles. I like the color combo in this layout the best-which make the pictures really pop.

 And the last or 4th layout is for my other daughter who is in the top left photo - and I really didnt have a color to pull out from her clothing so I went with the pink - for her rosy cheeks....and browns. I matted all the photos with white cardstock (which make them stand out against the pinks and brown papers) and just inked the outside edge of the layout. Again, I used Papers from Recollections and all the same stamps- and did the journaling on the blue/teal striped paper. The "Dad" is not a stamp- I hand wrote them since I couldn't find a big stamp like I wanted.

I had a fun time doing these layouts this weekend and I'm glad you took the time to come and check them out. I know I have a silly madness to how I try to pull out colors and how I lay out my photos- so each child stands out in their layout- it also helps me to  remember which one goes in what scrapbook...if this makes any sense ---it works for me.

One layout for two challenges

This week over at Sketchy Thursdays I used their sketch and over at Scrapbookers Anonymous the challenge was Ribbons- at least 7 different ribbons and I did that on this layout this week. A few photos of my daughter back in 2002 at a few of her high school dances.

 As you can see in the pic I used more than 7- but 9 different ribbons, a variety of silk flowers, Tulip paint for the flourishes I drew on, punches(scalloped and border), staples, green florist leaves, stickles, inks and the paper was a special on e from a K&Company stack

 On the bottom border I used all black and white ribbons I had and stapled them underneath the border punch strip and looped them and made my own tags for journaling, and on the top I used marroon colored ribbons for the corner of the pictures and the bow underneath the other journal tag. The gold and white lace trim ribbon (hard to see in the photo) is along the outseide edge of each of the two photos

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your Monday!

I'm back from my Retreat....

I know its Tuesday and I said I would post some layouts on Monday- but been so busy and  I've been scrapping some more layouts since I've been back from my fabulous Scrapping Retreat this past weekend. I met some new friends and we had a great time and plan on going again in January- can't wait.
                             Here is a layout I did for Sketchy Thursday sketch challenge this week.

 I found some paper that already had some journaling done on it- the definition of Garden which is what the picture is all about. We made a little flower garden around our mailbox last ASpring and the girls (dogs) were there by our side helping. I realy like how the garden and the page turned out. I used my Cricut and Gypsy for all the cuts and an acetate overlay with pink flower and leaf design. I chalked some of the cuts and stamped the birdhouses. The windmill I really was glad to find in my Heritage Cartridge because we live in Windmill Creek Subdivision- so I had to put that on this page.

I will be posting all kinds of layouts in the next few weeks- because I've got my mojo back and been busy scrapping.

Sweet... life- time and friends

Her is a combined challenge from Sketchy Thursdays and Scrap Fit #52 this week. Of course  the sketch is from Sketchy Thursdays and the #52 challenge is F for Friendship from Scrap Fit. They have joined together this week for a fantantic challenge and two prizes to give to us. So her is my take  a layout of my son and a few of his friends at the 8th grade school trip to the Milwaukee Brewer game back in 2005. I loved this sketch it was different and I got my inspiration from one of the DT teams layouts.  I used several different papers by Jillibean, My Mind's Eye and Echo Park- tags and a florette (?) I made myself and some chipboard for sub titles and inked the edges in orange. Very simple and I did it under an hour which is great.

Take me out to the Ballgame

Here is a layout that I did for Sketchy Thursdays this week and I really enjoyed doing this one- because it has the boyish look to it -no flowers or butterflies, and I really enjoyed the simplicity of the sketch. I used misc. stash papers with no company names on them- so they must be older, misc. older sport stickers tags which I matted on cardstock and tied red cord onto them, Used Cricut cartridges Sports Mania and Jasmine for the title and cutouts, black marker for journaling and white cardstock for background.

This is my youngest son when he was in 8th grade and the whole class was taken to the Brewers game up in Milwaukeee-( we live in Illinois on the border of Wisc. and my son is a White Sox fan) way to much fun was had by all and here are a few goofy pics my son gave me to scrap. I also did this for Fabulous Friday challenge over at Frosted Designs this week to use tickets, stamps and envelopes on a project- be sure to go check that out by clicking on name of blog .

Fearless-Slingshot

Here is my take for Sketchy Thursday-Titled- Fearless and Slingshot- which was a ride two of my children dared each other to do while in Orlando, Florida back in 2005 when we were on a 10 day vacation. As you can see by their facial expressions- not sure what they were in for-yet had to prove to each other that they were fearless.

I turned my photo horizontally instead- since it work best this way. I used papers from my large stash which had circles and bright colors for the background pieces, cardstock for the Cricut cuts, using the cartridges Graphically Speaking, Tag, bags, boxes and more,  & George Basic Shapes. I inked all the edges in black and tied a ribbon on tag and cut from felt some circles and added some large brads. My little spray of colored dots in the left hand top corner - I used a pencil eraser as my stamp for the dot and 3 colors of ink-yellow green and blue.

Two-2 page layouts - 3 Challenges!

I was on a roll today- since I haven't been scrapping for 2 weeks- so I had alot of challenges in front of me to try to do and I did 2- two page layouts and they cover 3 challenges for this week and so I am posting them all here together since they are of our Trip a few years back to Las Vegas (2005) when we took a day trip into Red Rock Canyon.

This first 2-page layout is for Creative Scrappers #167 on left side.....and Sketchy Thursdays on the right side. I used all the same papers on both pages from my old stash- so not sure who they are by but they were from a super stack. I used some older alphabet titles from Artsy Collage and cut them out and put them on black cardstock with pop dots. I used my Cricut cartridge Mickey and Friends for the film strips used as mats for the photos and some rust colored cross stitch thread to make all my x'x's on each page. I journaled in a brown Zig writer and then used the little black squares from the film strip to write with a white gel pen for my sub titles- Las Vegas-Nevada ( which are hard to see in this photo) but there are so cute.

Above is a close-up of the left side for Creative Scrappers #167 sketch challenge.

and here is the right side for Sketchy Thursdays sketch Challenge

Then onto my next two-page layout which only one side( the right side) is for the challenge at Creative Scrappers #168. Again I used all the same papers and embellishments for all 4 pages. I also added some stamps by Stampendous, Autumn Leaves and Scrappy Cat, along with a journal tag stamp.

This layout is titled Mule Time..because as we were driving around in Red Rock Canyon several mules were taking up the road looking for handouts and they weren't taking no for an answer. Which you can see in the layout below- they are right next to the car.

The layout below is the sketch from Creative Scrappers #168 this week- which is a few photos of us in the Red Rock Canyon on a very hot hot day- temps were in the high 100's and the rocks were so hot you couldn't even pick them up and our shoes were melting to the pavement- so you didn't stay in one place to long... that's what I remember the most of this trip.

Here is another green layout of my sons graduation day back in 2005- 8th grade. This one is for my scrapbook- and it has all the outfits he wore that day on one layout- so this sketch over at Sketchy Thursdays worked out well for me with these photos.

I used K&Company papers and some scraps from my stash, brown inks for distressing and some rub ons and a vellum for the title and saying on top of the page. I hand wrote with a white gel pen on the cap- which was a cricut cut from a cartridge which I forgot to write down?

But, I want to point out that the flourishes in black I did myself---I got this great idea or tip from Nanne the other day and so I tried it and it was so easy to do and here is two of them that I did with black fabric paint on acetate then just cut out around the flourish swirls and added vellum tape in a few places and put it on my layout. Below is a close-up.

Thanks for checking out my post and hope you all have a great day. If you would like to see the tutorial on the flourishes just click on Nanne's name - I have it linked.

SWEET layout

Here is a Sweet layout of my son enjoying a waffle cone while at Universal Studios a few years back. It is also one of the only pictures that I got of him while on this vacation- he was too cool to have photo's taken at this stage and age in his life. As you can see by the expression on his face- I snuck a photo of him....

 Papers used were We R Memory Keepers, scraps from my stash in strips and a sheet from K&Company for the greyish polka dot background. I cut all the pin wheels from the paper and added a brad to the center of each one. I used my Gypsy and Cricut to cut the cone out from the Doodle Charms cartridge and title sweet from Printing Press.

I will be applying this layout over at Sketchy Thursday for their sketch challenge and over at FCCB #69 to use a summer treat on a project "I scream for Ice Cream" which is almost what I titled this layout but changed my mind. I used some chalks and inks for the ice cream cone for some dimension.

Two challenges in One!

Another layout titled Jet Ski Fun from me- but I used the sketch from Sketchy Thursday and the challenge from Scrap Our Stash for using red-white and blue on a project. So here is my take with my son and his first tijme on a Jet Ski during the 4th of July Celebrations up in Upper Michigan back in 2005. After hours of fun- he said "hey-mom could we get a jet ski". Of course, my answer was I don't think so- but if you want to save YOUR money- you could get one.

I used some 4th of July papers from Adorn It Creations-Hero Art banner stamps, Paper Studio star stamps, starburst wooden stamp, white ribbon, silver glitter glue, pop dots, Staz-On blue ink and Brillance moonlkight white ink.
I stamped the background paper with the starburst and wrote with black marker on the stars on top of the banner 4th of July. Did my own journaling on the strips of the red and white paper. So this surely qualifies for the red -white and blue challenge.

Strike a Pose-with Marilyn Monroe

I just love how this layout turned out using the sketch from Sketchy Thursdays this week...Strike a Pose is for my son Eric's scrapbook. He really liked the moment/ photo he had taken with Marilyn. All papers used were from one of my favorite Stacks..Complete Boy by My Mind's Eye and used brown inks for distressing, die cut flower strip which I added embroidery floss to in green and rust is from K&Company, green buttons and scalloped punches to make the flowers with some yellow Stickles added for some bling, Cricut cut for the title in black cardstock, and faux stitching around the border of layout in brown marker.

FRIENDS 05

Here is my take this week for Sketchy Thursdays-sketch challenge this was taken at Universal Studios
back in 2005 with Scooby Do & Shaggy and his two new friends (my one son and daughter_other son didnt want his picture taken)
     I used misc older papers from my stash and the main background paper is from The Paper Studio.
Thickers for the alpha title which I inked a bit and added stickles and some scrappers floss tied on. Distress Inks,ARecollections border punch, flower punches, brads and some misc embellies. Inkadinkadoo stamps for the flourishes in a moss green ink. And did my own hand writting on the journal strips.

Just Married

Here is a 2 page layout I did the tonight- its a sketch from Sketchy Thursdays last week- but I didn't get it done ontime for the challenge but I thought I would post it anyway. My life has been a little preoccupied with some personal events going on and haven't had much time to scrap. I used The Paper Studio- Boho Chic, My Minds Eye and white and lavendar cardstock for the papers. Stamped the butterflies on paper and cut them out and colored them with Glittering gel ink, cut out the flourishes from felt emboss designer scrap papers, Webster Pages for the journal spots, Cricut cut for the title. Other embellies used were:K &Company border strip,felt ribbon,Maya Road calendar,inks,sequions, sticker rhinestones(prisms), and aMaking Memories cloth brad button. This 2 page layout is for my Son Eric's scrapbook-he is the one in the black suit- "blondie"

Think your seeing double-Same photo different sketch-

Here is another layout using the same photo as yesterday of my daughter and my cousin- but this sketch is from Sketchy Thursday and this page is for my scrapbook. I used all the same papers by My Mind's Eye, K&Company white cardstock and a dark blue grey cardstock for background.

     Also a K&Company border strip, decorative edge scissors, red lacey ribbon, floral punches, 4 gold circle do-dads and 37 gold and cream eyelets, which will qualify this layout for the challenge in April at Scrapbookers Anonymous to use 23 or more eyelets on a project/layout this month. If you look closely I have placed 27 them all around the photo, in the 3 flower embellishments, and 7 of them in cream on the journal tag. I used pop dots to raise the photo for more dimension which doesn't show well in these pics. So, again this layout will be applied toward Sketchy Thursdays and Scrapbookers Anonymous this week.   Thought this was a great challenge to get out our stash and put them to good use-which otherwise would be forgotten.  

Sketchy Thursdays sketch challenge

Here is my take on the layout this week over at Sketchy Thursdays- there is no title on my page it explains itself in the photo's. I used My Mind's Eye Complete Boy stack papers and white cardstock, Cricut cuts with Plantin School and Mickey & Friends, journal spot(yet to be down) brackets in chipboard, diamond Stickles and pop dots.

Grandpa & Grandmas 50th anniversary

Here is my take for Sketchy Thursdays- and I just love the colors in this layout and it was a great sketch to work with this week. These phoots are quite old and kinda have alot of yellow tints to them so they were not the easiest to work with

Materials used:  Basic Grey, K&Compnay designer 2 sided, Me & My Big Ideas papers and black cardstock.

Prima Flowers and teal brads- Stickles in copper, gold and diamond

Inks- Salmon and blue

corner punch

Cricut cartridges- Heritage, Gypsy Wanderings, and GBS

Fine black marker for journaling and some doodling

pop dots and Yes paste

I hand cut the black embossed swirls from the K&Company designer paper