Too cute to Spook

I don't do many 2 pagers, but this sketch from Scrap N' Chat was perfect for photos from Katie's 7th birthday at our house. I always love scrapping Halloween colors so was glad when she chose a costume party. Made it easier to plan the party too.

no fair

Jennifer's birthday celebrated at Joe's Crab Shack.

This was a blog sketch at My Scraps & More.

Basic Grey and My Mind's Eye papers, Stampin up! brads, rest are unknown.

Going Up

Another house layout. Using a lot of scraps for the Stash challenge at Scrap N' Chat - tags, border punch, knots, pp and cardstock scraps. I got it all there and more!

"J"

I knew I wanted to add a couple flowers to this layout, but didn't like the size or style of the distressed flowers I had in my stash.



I chose two different stamps. One is small stars and twinkling lights. The other is to use as blossoms/leaf buds on a tree. I stamped my selected images on clear plastic, I use product packaging. I can stamp, check it our then wipe it off to reuse.



this is a photo of DH in July 1955.
cardstock - Stampin Up!
pp - Basic Gray, Dream Street and unknown
chipboard alpha - Scenic Route
brads - Stampin Up!
flowers - Prima
stamps - Stampin Up! and Studio G
ribbon - unknown

Slow zone

Last layout from our Gatorland adventure. Double Dog Dare Challenge at Scrap N' Chat - use mist, big bow and arrow.

Stampin Up! cardstock; pp Sassafras Lass, a lot of unknowns for embellies.

Enjoy your day

Here's a super easy birthday card. I punched a bunch of circles and glued them together, inked the edges to get the dimension. For the last circle, I stamped the greeting from the Stampin Up! Riveting set in bright blue, embossed in clear, punched out. layered and inked. Off it goes to my nephew.

Thank you for stopping by.

I used the Stampin Up! bird punch, trimmed off his tail to fit inside the egg which I cut with my oval coluzzle. Cardstock is Stampin Up! pp is a variety of scraps, gel greeting is KI Memories.

Dream come true and Home sweet home

Materials are American Crafts, Basic Grey, Stampin Up!, Scenic Route, Teresa Collins, Cherry Arte and some unknowns.

Pool & Spa

The pool and spa have been poured. Used a lot of Basic Grey, Stampin Up! and Scrap Within Reach.

This layout is for the color challenge at Scrap N' Chat.

Beep * Beep

April showers challenge at Scrap N' Chat.

Birthday card for 2 year old great nephew. I used the Tim Holtz gears masks, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Coffee Shop and Shimmerz Spritz Truffles on Stampin Up! Kraft. Truck stamp is also Stampin Up! pp is from Cosmo Cricket. The number 2 is a rub-on.

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Best fishes

I've used this image before - love it for all the guys in our life.

This sketch is from My Sketch World. They are having a 6th Anniversary sketch-a-thon. Check it out!

Stamps are Stampin Up! and papers are misc. scraps.

diva

Pictures of Melissia from August 1979 on the front steps of our house in Fort Dodge, Iowa.

This was done for a recipe challenge at the Sizzlin Summer Scrap party at Scrap-Tastic.

1} only pp, no cardstock
2} use border punch (on blue pp)
3} summer photo
4} butterfly
5} have fun

I was able to use up a bunch of miscellaneous scraps for this one, love that!

YMCA

Pictures of Jennifer taking swimming lessons in 1981. Layout done for the color challenge at Design Dollies - using orange, yellow, aqua blue and white, perfect for those summer pictures.

Supplies used:
pp - DaisyD's, Paper Salon
alphas - Basic Grey
journaling spot - Shabby Chic
rub-ons - k-i memories
brads - Stampin Up!
sticker label - Pebbles
felt flower and sticker flower- Stampin Up!
trims - Chatterbox
chipboard flower and die-cut circle unknown

innocent

Picture of me, brothers Larry and Dave holding baby chicks - note heat lamp behind me. 1957

supplies used:
cardstock - Stampin Up!
pp and die-cuts - Cosmo Cricket
spiral clip - Stampin Up!
chipboard frame - Tattered Angels
rub-on - Basic Grey
wild things tag - Bella Blvd
rick rack - sewing stash

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celbrate 1

Melissia's first birthday cake.

supplies used
pp - My Mind's Eye and unknown scraps
die-cuts - My Mind's Eye
chipboard # - Stampin Up!
flowers - Prima
button - unknown
brad - Stampin Up!
metal charm - Pebbles
shaker bubble - Pebbles

bunny card

I lifted a card made by Adina at Design Dollies.

supplies
bunny stamp, inks and cardstock - Stampin Up!
pp and die-cut flourish - My Mind's Eye
ribbon - unknown

celebrate you

Photos from 1984, Melissia's 6th birthday. I used sketch 121 at The Scrappiest.

Supplies used:
cardstock - Stamping Up!
pp - Love Elsie, Reminisce
alphas - American Craft thickers
bling - Queen & company
flowers - Prima and unknown
stickers - Reminisce
chipboard - unknown
mist - Tatterned Angels
stamp and ink - Stampin Up!

going WEST

I used sketch #221 at Sketch Inspiration.
Pictures taken at Wall Drug backyard on our vacation to South Dakota August 2010.

Supplies used:
pp - Basic Grey, Dream Street
clock transparency - Teresa Collins
alphas - Making Memories, Heidi Swapp rub-ons
ribbon - Basic Grey
brads, button and felt flowers - Stampin Up!
chipboard - Maya Road
epoxy sticker - Little Yellow Bicycle
journaling stickers - Bella Blvd

Queen of Hearts Crop

This past week-end I participated in the Queen of Hearts crop over at Scrap Attack Scrapbooking.

There were 8 fun challenges and because of the offer by my awesome DH to take Katie to the birthday party of one of her friends on Saturday I was able to complete them all. There were also several games and impromptu challenges. If you missed this one, come on over to the board and check out the monthly challenges. That way you'll be around for the next crop.


This picture still makes me laugh.

1} This was a menu challenge.
My menu:
Appetizer - Butter Poached Lobster Salad - die-cut paper
Side Dish - Steamed Spinach - 1 photo
Main Course - Beef Wellington - embellies my choice
Dessert - Molten Mocha Cake - pink
Beverage - Shirley Temple - journaling strips
Mandatory Item: Hershey Kiss - heart



2} We were to do some type of paper folding - I made the paper flower, hadn't done this type before and it was easy and fun. Papers are by Dream Street.

Pictures are of Katie opening her gifts after her birthday party - the favorite was her first Webkinz, a black kitten she named Ava and loves to this day. Ava sleeps with her and often goes on adventures with us.



3} For this challenge we were to use "love" in the title or journaling. This picture is of DH's nephew and his bride. The papers are by Cosmo Cricket.


4}More wedding pictures - we were to use a love song for the title or journaling.


5}We needed to find something in our stash we didn't like and alter it to work for our layout. I had the Stampin Up! silver star brad I wanted to use, but it was to shiny for this distressed layout - so I rubbed it into the Staz-On Timber Brown ink pad.

Pictures are of us feeding the donkeys in Custer State Park, South Dakota.

6} Another hand made paper embellishment, the heart flower. After a couple failed attempts, I really like how this one turned out. Great way to use up some of those odd scraps of pp. Papers are Basic Grey.


7} We were to use a playing card or card element on our layout. I chose a heart, since I was trying to get these wedding pictures scrapped.

8} Scrapping someone or something that has stolen my heart was an easy challenge in some ways, my family means a lot to me and I have a ton of pictures - the hardest part was deciding which pictures to scrap. These pictures are of Katie and me at Disney in 2007. Papers are 3 Bugs in a Rug.

To top it off I won two of the impromptu challenges and one of the games. But, the best surprise was getting the "Queen of the Crop" charm, who doesn't want to be Queen? I've already spent my gift certificate on some items from the Pre-order section. Thank you to Lauri and the fabulous Design Team for putting together this fabulous crop.

Now I need to get back to scrapping so I can use up some of my stash before this next order comes in.

Thank you for stopping by.

We've Finally Arrived!

There's a new challenge at Scrap Attack Scrapbooking that just might become my favorite - Scrap Your Stash. I've always liked recipe challenges and love the possibilities of using up stash to make room for new stuff, plus it seems to work no matter what pictures I'm ready to scrap next.

Supplies used

pp - Little Yellow Bicycle "Pack your Bags" and Basic Grey "Periphery"
Sticker #'s - LYB
ribbon - LYB
Buttons - Stampin Up!
Border Sticker - LYB
metal circle clip - Stampin Up!
stickers and journaling note - LYB