Jackie & Jen

It's Monday and I have my page for the 52 Week Challenge done at Scrappin'-n-Chattin'!!  It's been a while since I have gotten it done early in the week.   Woohoo!!!

My layout tonight is not of an animal.  David's girlfriend, Jackie, graduated from college last week.  We got quite a few photos and Jackie posted some on Facebook from prior to the ceremony.  I picked a couple of
pictures that she posted of her and her friend Jen.  I have known Jen since she was a baby.  David and her brother were great friends when they were in elementary school, so I saw her quite a bit.  It's amazing how quickly kids grown.  These photos are so fun and refreshing that I just had to scrap them.

To create my page, I used the current sketch from The Paper Variety as a starting point.  It's an awesome sketch.....

I have splurged a few times when shopping recently and I have quite a few new collections.  I haven't used any of them because my room is such a mess.  I have been just going in there, grabbing a few things then going back upstairs to create my page.  Tonight I actually cleared off the desk and made sure the dogs could join me and made the page in the scrapbook room.  I used one of my new DCWV stacks - Chateau Lavender and the matching cardstock stack.

I hope to get another page or 2 done this week.  I have pictures printed and a sketch chosen for another page already and several ideas swirling in my head.  Thanks for looking.

                Sue

I Love My Big Brother

I hope everyone is keeping cool during this heat wave. It seems most of the country is sweltering. I hope we all see some relieve soon.

It's time again to reveal a new challenge at Lasting Memories. The challenge is all about the title. Make the title stand out or use an unusual technique to create a memorable title. Check out the video that Karen has linked on the LM blog.

To create my page, I used the current sketch at Sassy Lil' Sketches. I loved this sketch as soon as I saw it. I took me a little bit to find the photos I wanted to use with it.


I love the banner, but I don't have any pre-made ones left, and I didn't think I had the time to cut out all of the triangles. But I was inspired by one of the design team members, Lisa Rounds. Her banner was made with circles folded over the string. That seems easier to me. So this is what I came up with.

I used a variety of alphas to create the title, and a punched heart and heart button for the word love. When we picked out Tessa, we got her from the same place we got Willie. The guy told us that they have the same parents. We hope so. Willie has been nice to her since we brought her home, but a little standoffish. This past week, he has been getting very friendly. He is constantly playing with her, letting her climb on him and pulling on him. He seems very concerned about her, always making sure that she comes back in from outside, or helping to look for her when we can't find her.

I am using this layout as my entry into Scrappin'-n-Chattin's 52 Week Challenge and this month's twine challenge. I used twine for the banner, but you can't see it. I also used twine on the heart button in the title and the buttons on the centers of the flowers.

Make sure to check out the stand out titles the design team came up with. I hope you will give it a try too.

I am also entering this layout into the following challenges:

Sketches In Thyme - Open Challenge
Crafts and Me Challenges - Add a flower
DYSU Challenge Blog - Wings
Flutters By Wednesday - Open Challenge
Paper Cutz Challenge - Anything Goes