My dancer

I've recently found my new online scrapbooking "home"! I've spent the summer so far tackling some long overdue items but NOW it is time to scrap! My first traditional layout in over a year is based on the July sketch challenge at Paper Issues.

 

 My little one loves to dance and with a little encouragement, was onstage all by herself dancing the afternoon away on a recent vacation. I forgot to add to the layout that we were at Senor Frogs. Oops! I'll get better at this after another layout or two...

These are the lyrics to the chorus with a slight alteration.

I enjoyed working with this sketch (actually more of a scraplift for me!) and will be back soon with more! Thanks for stopping by. :)

March Kit at Birds Of A Feather Kit, Co {Little Yellow Bicycle: Just Because; Teresa Collins: Stationary Noted}

When Amy revealed the March kit to the designers at BOAF, I immediately knew which photos I wanted to use with the "Just Because" line from Little Yellow Bicycle. Temper tantrum pictures from my three year old!.

The blue floral paper looks so good with her dress.

I stole the title from one of the Teresa Collins Stationary Noted papers.

I layered the washi tape and used my date stamp. 

I went a little crazy with the paint splatters but it fit the feel of the photos :) 

I love the bicycle and clouds on this sheet. 

I was originally planning on using kid pictures here but thought these two photos were perfect!

Love all the tags that come in this kit :)

These layouts came together so quickly, I had time to make one more! I pinned a layout that I'd seen on LYB's site and really wanted to lift it. You can see the original here.

I have to be honest, I was shocked to see that one of my kids must have gotten their hands on the chipboard embellishment with a marker.... but it kind of added to the layout that although it's not a perfect life (or layout), I love it!  

I never shared my first two projects with the March kit at Birds of A Feather, oops! This is my current favorite layout :) And also lifted from Maggie Holmes. You can see the original here. 

And I loved the picture so much, I also made a card with it! 

The card is based on a sketch by Heather Landry that you can see here.

So far, I have created 4 layouts and a card - with much more kit to go! You can get your hands on a kit here. :) 

Always Share Your Secrets {Pink Paislee: Prairie Hill Collection}

Hi there! Yes, I have been crafting with paper lately, but I've been finding it hard to get all of my projects blogged :) I was excited to see a fun sketch on PageMaps blog with a deadline of today...it's been a long time since I've entered a layout into any contests! I enjoyed working with the sketch and my new kit from Birds of a Feather.

A couple of my regular challenge sites are no longer up and running so I'd love some suggestions on where you all go to participate in challenges!

Thanks for stopping by! I should have more to share after next weekend since I'll be participating at the "Back to School Crop" over at BOAF. You should come join us!

Finger Licking Good {Birds of A Feather Kit Co: February; Basic Grey: Kissing Booth}

Three posts in three days - crazy, huh?! I really am trying to be more consistent about my scrapping and truly hope to get quite a bit done this weekend.

Today's layout is created for the current challenge at The Paper Variety. They've made some changes to their challenges (more time to get them done) but this is the first one I've been able to complete so far. It's a sketch challenge: 

and here's my interpretation {click on image}:

I used pictures from over a year ago that I had printed - love pulling from my stash of photos :) I used the February kit from BOAF and added just a couple of Bo Bunny embellishments and alphas from my stash. I'm so glad that I was able to play along at TPV again! 

Fun at Birds of A Feather in February

I completed this layout for a journaling challenge this month at BOAF. The pictures are a tad lighter than in real life...but be sure to click on them for better viewing!

I misted this flower...or rather poured the mist all over it because my mister was clogged. Grrr. Then I curled the petals and popped the middle up for some dimension. Inspired by a layout/tutorial Janet posted last month using this kit.

My journaling:

Speaking of Birds of A Feather....they are having a crop this weekend! I hope you'll come join me - I always get lots of layouts done with the crops there and if you are lucky to win a prize, Amy is always giving away great stuff! :)

January 2012 Project 12 {Simple Stories: Year.o.graphy}

I'm sure that none of you are keeping up, but I am behind 2 months on my project 12 albums. Well, only one month now...because I skipped December! I will be getting to it soon, very soon :)

{don't forget to click on each picture for a better view!}

I decided to go with January first to try my new kit from Simple Stories line Year.O.Graphy. Since S&CT changed how they are running Project 12, I'm just going to do my own thing, still documenting one month on a two page spread. Even before the changes were announced, I decided to go with this Simple Stories line to give the year of pages a cohesive feel. I did still use a sketch from one of the past two years of the project by S&CT. 

 We didn't take too many pictures in January. Most are from our Valentine's sessions and then there's a sleeping baby picture. The picture in the upper right is hard to figure out - but it's my two girls with their friend playing outside in a tent that they created using umbrellas. They had so much fun that afternoon :) And of course I'm just now realizing I didn't include that in my journaling at all...I'll go add  a little blurb next to the picture before I put the layout away.

I have two more layouts to share with you so check back soon!

I'm back! {Basic Grey: Kissing Booth; February Birds of A Feather Kit Co}

Hello! Are you still reading? lol I know it's been a long, long time but I have lots to share :) I'm going to share two layouts today and then I'll try to get my (completed!) December Daily posted to share tomorrow.

I can't tell you how happy I am to be back to creating full size layouts. These are both direct lifts from Linda (was sooo happy to see her chosen as a DT member for BOAF this term!). My kit was fresh on my doorstep yesterday and she happened to blog her first two layouts yesterday as well. I'm not sure that I would have thought to go with baby pictures with the kit - but once I saw her pages, I knew which photos to use :) Here is Linda's:

and mine:

 My darn sewing machine. I did NOT miss haggling with it during my break from using it!

 And then Linda's again:

The hearts were calling my name! lol Here's mine:

Sorry, the wind kept carrying my layouts away so I couldn't get any more closeups of this one! I hope everyone's new year is treating them well. If you are still reading, I would love to hear from you!

We Believe

I saw this weeks sketch at Sketchy Thursday and was immediately drawn to making a Christmas tree with my photos & papers. I strayed more from this sketch than normal...and was most excited by turning it into a 6" x 12" layout!

{please click on the image for better viewing}

This next layout by Janet totally inspired me, too. 

My papers are K&Company I think...I dug deep in my stash to find the perfect holiday papers for this one. I allowed myself one regular layout but now I need to return to my December Daily ;)

December Daily, part 1 {Birds of a Feather December Kit; Fancy Pants: Saint Nick}

I am desperately behind in my December Daily album, but I'm still trying to get caught up. Now that school is out and all of my photography sessions are edited, I should be able to catch up easier :) We had pictures with Santa before December but I wanted to be sure that I included that photo somewhere. I meant to put the date as 11/2011. Oops! Hard to see in the photo but I've used some Shimmerz paint around the border of the cover.

 The first picture is of our advent calendar that I made two years ago. You can see the blog post about it here. The second day is a picture of us before a much deserved date night :) The missing child is behind the camera and she was thrilled to get to use my camera for the first time!

 Days 3 and 4 were a blur mostly spent cleaning the house in preparation for putting up our trees. One is in our main living area and the smaller is in the girls' bedroom.

 Day 5's activity in the advent calendar was to make these cute little owl ornaments. Day 6 is a picture of my youngest sleeping with Snoopy...he's well loved but only comes out at Christmas :)

 Day 7 is our newest family member with his "wall" decorated for Christmas and day 8 was a picture of our first frost for the winter.

So I'm about 1/3 the way there since I'm only documenting through the 25th in this album. I hope I can get caught up in the next couple of days! All of the materials here are from the December kit at Birds of a Feather.

I'm linking up to The Paper Variety this week...for their anything goes challenge! :)

Project 12 - November {Birds of a Feather Kit Co; Simple Stories: Generations}

 I may not be scrapping much at this point in the year but I will always be sure to keep up with Project 12! Only one more month and then I'll have two years documented and one very full album :) I felt that the December and November sketches would be better flipped for me so this is using the December sketch. {Not at all that I'm afraid of the November sketch *wink wink*}

 The left side

 and right

 I used the Birds of a Feather November Kit and it came with Shimmerz Paint. Something new...so I got a brave streak and tried it. Not sure that I'm 100% happy with how it looks but I will say that it looks better in person.

The center for this flower is something I have saved for about a year - it came off of one of my daughter's shoes! lol I knew that eventually I would find the perfect use for it :)

I am working on a December Daily album so I hope to be able to show you a few pictures of that in the upcoming weeks :) Thanks for stopping by!

She sits! {American Crafts: Dear Lizzy}

This is my entry for this week's challenge at Sketchy Thursdays.

 The yellow strip is cardstock but the other three are fabric! Adds a nice texture to the page :)

 A closeup of the journaling (click the picture to see it larger). I thought it was funny that the pictures are 2 years old - almost to the day of my journaling! Feels good to use some older photos... And it feels good to have this figured out about my daughter now ;-)

Project 12 - October

We are on the downhill slide for another year documented with Project 12! I finished Sept just a few days ago *blushing* but was feeling more motivated for October. I love Halloween so that helps, but also, because 10 months done out of 12 feels awesome! 

 It was fun to include a 5x7 picture this month. I think I'm going to go back and doodle some around the title circle to fill in the black areas.

 I was worried about using the 3x6 pictures but it turned out to be a really good size!

 This is my favorite picture of the month :) My niece so excited to be carving pumpkins and getting all of the "gunk" out.

Thanks for looking and if you would like to know more about project 12, check it out here :)