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! 

The Hunt for Perfect Pumpkins {Crate Paper: Farmhouse}

I'm back today with another layout using my October kit from Birds of A Feather. I might be able to squeeze another few layouts out of the kit! This is using the sketch for this month's sketch challenge at BOAF and I'm also entering it at The Paper Variety this week for their family challenge.{I used the word "family" in my journaling.}

 A few closeups:

Thanks for looking and have a great weekend! :)

Fun with Sand {Cosmo Cricket: Salt Air}

I created today's layout using this week's sketch at Sketchy Thursdays. I also created it based on some requirements for a challenge at last weekend's crop at BOAF. Everyone's requirements were different based on what year you were born and mine were: 3 photos, 5 different pattern papers, a 3 word title and 10 of my favorite embellishment (butterflies). This is what I came up with:

I had to throw in a little stitching to make it feel right and I even tried TWO mists this time...I'm really getting brave! lol

I got lucky and this week's challenge at The Paper Variety is to create a project with a ocean theme so I'm linking up there as well...a three-fer! :)

Thanks for looking!

Look Whoooooo's Cute

I've been busy scrapping all weekend so I will have lots of layouts to share this week! First up, I made this page for this week's challenge at The Paper Variety to use a forest critter. I have tons of owl paper and embellies...this paper just happens to be my most recent find. 

If you click on the image it should be easier to see...with the bad weather yesterday I didn't take the time to get closeups! The owl in the grid is fussy cut and popped up for dimension, same with the owl on the banner. I used my sew easy to make the banner and so this layout also fit for a banner challenge at this weekend's crop at Birds of a Feather. Speaking of the crop, you still have a couple of days to enter for my giveaway (and I think one or two others on the hop as well!). If you are interested, see this post. Thanks for stopping by!

A Fun Time {October Kit: Birds of a Feather Kit Co; Crate Paper: Farmhouse Collection}

I created this layout using a sketch for this week's challenge at The Paper Variety and still using my October kit for BOAF :-)

 Some closeups:

 Get it? "Time"...and the clock chipboard behind "Fun"? :-)

Hope your weekend is great - the weather for us is looking fantastic!

Cards for The Paper Variety

There were a total of 5 challenges at The Paper Variety this week and earlier today I uploaded 3 layouts. I still wanted to complete the last two but they were challenges that I new I would struggle with on a layout...so off to card making I went! 

I knew I'd have fun making a Halloween card so I made this for the stamping challenge. The bat and "I'm batty for you" are all one stamp so I colored it with markers and then stamped. Can't pass up an opportunity for google eyes! All of the papers & the stamp are from Stampin' Up! (oldies but goodies!)

This next card is for the challenge to use your favorite color and ONLY your favorite color. Well, my favorite color in real life is purple but with two girls, my favorite scrappy color is pink and I have TONS of it :-) The papers and stamp are also from Stampin' Up!

Let me just say that I learned a BIG lesson with card making & sewing. I decided to sew on this one after I had already adhered the papers on the front of the card. BIG mistake! Although, that would be funny to give a card that way to trick the recipient ;-)

Last of the ducks! {Echo Park: Victoria Gardens}

I sure am glad I am done scrapping this set of pictures! I created a layout for each girl and then a few extra layouts and I'm ready to move on to something else ;-)

I lifted the design from Linda's layout here:

I thought it was so smart to use the journaling cards for part of the grid design. I will be doing this more on future layouts! A closeup of the journaling:

Everything on the layout is from the September kit at Birds of A Feather. Since I have scrapped LOTS of layouts lately using Echo Park, I thought I would enter this into the favorite company challenge at The Paper Variety. To be honest though, I never can choose just one favorite scrapbooking company! ;-)

A Perfect 10! {Fancy Pants: About A Girl}

Apparently this picture is one of my favorites since I have now scrapped it on 3 different layouts! One was a digital layout about our trip to feed ducks where this picture was taken, one was about her love of pedi/manicures and then this layout. I promise, this is the last layout you will see it on! lol I'm entering it for the favorite photo challenge at The Paper Variety.

 I also used this layout for the September color challenge over at Birds of A Feather.

Thanks for looking!

Welcome Princess {Echo Park: Victoria Gardens}

I've been busy this weekend trying to complete all of the challenges at The Paper Variety for their blog birthday party! I'm entering this layout into their favorite embellishments challenge shown here. 

 I'm guessing that most people are getting sick of banners right about now, but I still love them! I'm getting better at making different kinds and this is my first time to use just a couple of pennants by themselves. Love the look!

 All of the papers and embellies (except for the Princess card for the title-thanks Kayla!) are from the September or August Birds of a Feather kits. The design is based on a PageMaps sketch.

Thanks for stopping by and if you haven't seen the challenges yet at The Paper Variety - go check them out! You have until Tuesday to enter ;-)

Our Girl is One

I'm cutting it close to enter this layout for two contests! This is the FINAL page in this girl's first year album. I'll be back later this week to show you the whole album. 

I created this for The Paper Variety's challenge this week to do a birthday theme and use a banner. The picture used here on the layout is from her 1st birthday photo shoot. I used the sketch located here at Pretty Little Studio.

Family Moment {My Mind's Eye: Alphabet Soup}

I created this layout for this week's challenge at The Paper Variety - to add threads to your layout. Not a hard one for me since most of my layouts have some sort of stitching now! I stitched a border around the patterned paper and also some zig zag stitching on the embellie cluster in the upper left.

The green flower is another one of those silk flowers that Kayla sent me - it was perfect! The layout itself is a little plain to me, but I didn't want to add anything else since there are so many photos. The Paper Variety is having a birthday celebration soon - can't wait!

Alllllmost done! {Little Yellow Bicycle: Baby Safari}

I finally had the urge to finish the first year album for my youngest. I haven't done a layout in oh, say over a year? I did really good with her album, stayed up to date till the end when she started moving ;) This is what I came up with for month 11:

As I was working on it, I realized it was almost the same colors in this week's color challenge at The Paper Variety:

I didn't think it had enough yellow though, and too much pink. So for month 12, I really tried to concentrate on using mainly green, orange and yellow.  I couldn't avoid the pink though! 

All I have left for this album is the back page -a picture of her 1 year photo shoot. As soon as I get that done, I'll recap the whole album...I can't wait! Thanks for looking :-) 

Rain Drops Keep Falling On My Tongue {Pretty Little Studio: April Showers}

I changed my mind from yesterday's post...I'm entering THIS layout into this week's challenge at The Paper Variety. The challenge was to use a grid or use all of the colors of the rainbow. I ended up doing both with this layout! lol I was so excited to get these rainbow garland flags and couldn't wait to use them. I came home last week to my girls playing in the rain (also trying to drink the rain drops) and my husband with my camera in his hand! I've trained him well, huh? ;)

 The garland flags come as a circle and you can either cut them in half for a banner or keep them whole like I did here. It's hard to tell, but I sewed an arrow in light blue...

 I cut those little umbrellas from one of the patterned papers but other than that, I didn't use any pattern paper on this layout!

The background is misted with glimmer glam. It's so much fun, I just love how this turned out! I also created this for the distressing challenge at the BOAF crop.

Birds of a Feather Crop

As promised, I've been scrapping my weekend away! I was up WAY late last night and got these first two layouts done. This first one is my favorite for the weekend so far! I used a PageMaps sketch and Cosmo Cricket's Pixie-licious line. The challenge was to create a layout using a large photo (5x7 or larger). 

 I couldn't get a picture of the journaling because the wind was picking my layouts up and carrying them across my yard! But it's a saying "Cousin to cousin, we'll always be, special friends from the same family tree" - perfect for this picture of my oldest DD and my niece!

 This next layout I lifted from an Archivers ad...and the one in the ad was SO much cuter than this turned out :( The challenge for this one was a recipe: 2 photos, 1 banner, a homemade tag and a handful of bright colors. I'm also entering it in this week's challenge at The Paper Variety to create a project with a grid.

 I started this layout last night and spent today finishing it up. Boy it was a lot of work! So many details that I can't show you without closeups...you'll just have to believe me :) This layout is based on the June Project 12 sketch and was created for the challenge to scrap "What I did this summer". I used photos from last week's trip to Build A Bear - where the kiss the heart, rub it on their knees, nose, etc, before putting it inside their animal for stuffing. I wish I had paid more attention to what the importance was for each step!

I have 5 of the 8 challenges done and am trying to work on those last 3. We have till Wednesday to get our challenges done so I should be able to get them all done!

NOT a fan! {Basic Grey: Jovial}

I'm back with another layout for this week's Christmas in July challenge at TPV. For this week only, we can enter more than once! I saw Suzanne's layout using BG's Jovial and it got me itching to use some of mine... so I whipped this up super quick this morning :)

I used part of a double page sketch from Page Maps for my inspiration. Not my favorite layout ever, but it's another two pictures scrapped!

Simple Pleasures {American Crafts:Dear Lizzy}

This layout is a two-fer! There is a great sketch challenge right now at The Paper Variety and I combined that with the July color challenge at Birds of a Feather. I had to add in some green and brown for the color challenge but tried to limit it as much as I could!

 I had two extra pictures that I had printed to go with the smaller ones so included those on a flap inside. I loved the expressions of delight that were on my girls' faces!

Head over to the two sites - you have until Tuesday for the sketch challenge at TPV and till the end of the month for the color challenge at BOAF! Thanks for stopping by :)

Relax {Fancy Pants Design: Beach Babe}

This layout is a lift that I lifted from an email that I got this week from Archivers! I normally don't look since I can't afford to go shopping there...but I'll be looking from now on just for the layout ideas ;) Everything is the new Beach Babe line from Fancy Pants that I got a great discount on at my LSS since they are closing down.. 

Closeup of the banner:

 Closeup of the fish that I added google eyes to:

 No layout is complete without a little stitching ;)

I've linked this up to The Paper Variety for this week's challenge to create a summer theme project.

My *sweet* helper {Cosmo Cricket: Garden Variety}

This layout is for this week's challenge at The Paper Variety  to include a fruit on your paper project. I had this last set of photos from our strawberry picking back in April and had been waiting to lift a layout.

This is the layout I wanted to lift from Kayla...but I needed a tad bit more of the strawberry paper ;) I was lucky enough to find some last weekend on a shopping trip to Archivers!

Unfortunately, I didn't have the same chipboard piece as Kayla's...so I made do with what I had and love how it turned out! I only wish I hadn't added the red stickles :-\ to my ribbon. Anyway, you still have a couple of days left to add your fruit project over at The Paper Variety!

Pre-K Graduation {Kaisercraft: Class of '87}

I was super excited when I saw this week's challenge at The Paper Variety...to make a paper project with a school theme. With our school year having just ended, I have several photos that need to be scrapped :) I still have one or two more to be done, but I was thrilled to get 2 LOs done from the Pre-K graduation day!

 Forgive these next photos...they are a tad dark since I had to take them tonight indoors. I knew there was no way I'd take them in the morning and get them uploaded before the due date/time!

 I had so much fun with this one...sewing, staples, inking with BLACK. And I even went online to find quotes from the Dr. Suess book that was read at their graduation.

All of the papers (except cardstock) are Kaisercraft, Class of '87. Such a cute school line! Both layouts are based on PageMaps sketches.

Confessions of a Shopaholic {My Mind's Eye: Abbey Road, Lucky Me}

This layout came together because of 3 challenges! The Paper Variety's challenge this week is to create a movie theme project or one based on the title of the movie. I had several ideas in mind...but went with "Confessions of a Shopaholic".

Last weekend during the crop at BOAF for National Scrapbook Day, Deb posted a layout for her challenge about her daughter being a fashionista. I loved it and remembered I had printed several photos of my oldest in some of her favorite outfits. She loves getting dressed up and then having her picture taken :) One of the challenges Amy has posted this month at BOAF is to scraplift a layout from the gallery, so I chose Deb's!

And then lastly, I also used sketch #156 from Nuts about Sketches to help me pull this all together. Silly me, I just realized it's not a sketch for their current contest! ;)

You still with me? :) Here's my layout:

The journaling is hidden behind the picture:

I had lots of fun using these My Mind's Eye paper from my stash...even though I have tons of new paper to use! I got some great deals last weekend for NSD but am not brave enough to cut into that pretty paper yet :)