Back again

with another layout challenge from TAAFOMFT about your favorite toy and I found this picture of me with my Shirley Temple (without the pin curls) doll, I guess I was around 6 years old.

I used the sketch from Sassy Lil' Sketches design team challenge, and was waiting till they announced the new team before I posted, alas I didn't make it :(  but be sure to check them out every 7ht, 14, 21st and 28th of the month for a new challenge.  I know the new DT Sassie will offer tons of inspiration!!

 

Scrapbook Chicks has changed things up a bit with their kit club and now they offer a less expensive kit for $20 because we heard everybody saying they didn't have the money to spend, so you still get tons of great goodies to do several pages and cards with.  We have also started a new page kit that I got work to with this month from the Cosmo Cricket Delovely line (loving the bright colors of this one), I got enough product to make a double layout and 2 cards with and still have enough scraps for another page and cards. 


I did get to go crop this weekend at The Scrapbook Princess and will be posting a few more layouts... TTFN


Hope everyone has a great week!!!

I LOVE SKETCHES

 So I have a new found love for sketches when I am scrapping.  It all started with a Page Maps book I bought at The Scrapbook Princess yard sale back in April, and now I have found all these great places to find sketches, like Sketchy Thursdays , Sassy Lil' Sketches and Creative Scrappers .  I am sure there tons more that I haven't found yet, if you know of any good ones leave me a comment :)

Here is my latest layout using the sketch from Sketchy Thursdays , I am pretty literal when it comes to these but I am sure the more I do I will start to add a few more personal touches, but not bad??  I did this layout using Cosmo Cricket Delovely papers, this is my MIL with her 2 sons (my hubs is in the Beat Texas shirt)

More scrappiness to come....

Another challenge..

So I have been working on this challenge, for the chance to be a guest designer for ScrapFit.  This was a mini workout (#2) to create a tag... 

check back with me cause I am working on another
one of their "workouts" and a few other things too!!


off to work I go....

More scrappy goods....

I have been on roll lately....  I have gotten the bug to expand my scrap horizons and start doing more challenges, one I get some pages done and it gets me out of my comfort zone with scrap stuff.  Sometimes I tend to get in the my layouts aren't good enough thoughts, although I am sure everyone has this problem, but trying new challenges helps me evolve my scrap style, it is still essentially mine, but now it might have a new twist to it.. 

In my blog stalking (hehe) I have come across another really cool scrap challenge site called, These Are a Few of My Favorite Things,  and this months challenge was "favorite" shoes..... for me I have a new obsession for Yellow Box flip flops, maybe it is the scrapper in me, but I just love all the colors you can get in these babies!!!

Gotta run, probably will be late for work, but I will post more scrappiness later....

ScrapFit challenge

So I have found this great site for scrappy challenges, ScrapFit, and decided try it out.  The "workout" is to do a layout using machines like cricut, slice, punches, etc.   I used my slice and cut the larger snowflakes and used 2 different size snowflake punches for the others on this layout I did of me and my niece, Paige (isn't she a beauty!!) 

Gotta head to work... I will post more scrappiness later...

May 14th???? SERIOUSLY???

Wow the middle of May already....where is the time going???  We sure have been busy lately... scrapbook retreats, National Scrapbook Day, Mother's Day, my dad's birthday....geez, I am ready for a vacation!!!  Oh and did I forget to mention we are "training" in the loosest (I realize that probably isn't a word too) since for 5K next weekend, more on that after I actually finish it-LOL!!!

I am making myself a promise to try and update the blog at least once a week, more if possible, with scrappiness going on.  I mean we bought this house so I could have a scrap room (and David's "man cave") so I ought to be innudating everybody with creations :)

Here goes... got my Scrapbook Chicks (aka TwoChicksDesigns new website for scrap goodies) May kit and talk about LOVE...  Dear Lizzy, Thickers, Chick Mix, Little Yellow Bicycle...Oh MY!!!

and lucky me got this right before National Scrapbook Day and I was gonna be scrapping away with my favorite LSS The Scrapbook Princes at a "Garden Party" to celebrate NSD.... and here are some of the layouts I did...

SIX layouts and one card and I still have TONS of paper and embellies left, so my goal (and challenge) for this month is to try and use all of my kit up, so needless to say I am gonna be busy scrapbooking, but that's not a bad thing!!

And one more cool thing.... if you sign up for the Kit Club this month and mention my name in the comments along with your favorite color you get a free CHICK MIX with your kit, now what more could you ask for??  And knowing the "Chief Chick" like I do, she is known to throw extra goodies from time to time too!!

A few scrappy layouts

OKay.... so I have gotten back from my weekend of scrappiness at The Red Rooster, which is an incredible place and I really need to devote an entire post to them-LOL... but twice a year my scrappy friend Sandy hosts a retreat here and it is AWESOME, 3 1/2 days of nothing by scrap time, good food and great fun!!   Now I didn't get near the pages done I should have with 3 1/2 days of scrap time, but in the end did do 15 pages, which is 15 more than I had so it is a win!!

Here are a few of my layouts, I still have journaling to add to the others :)
                                   a couple of Christmas layouts

                                                

                             
                          my niece Paige (in the green) and her cousin Mylie

                  this is a layout I did for The Scrapbook Princess April Layout challenge
               done with KI Paisley Parade Papers, Pink Paislee chipboard and a little slice action