Wow

I created my first Christmas layout of the year.  On the way home from a dog show, we saw an awesomely lit tree.  We went to get a closer look and found it to be at the Montgomery Library.  It was gorgeous....

I created my page with a photo of this tree I took on my phone.  I used Creative Scrappers, Sketch #257 for the page.

And here's my page....

I am also entering this page at:

Whimiscal Twist - Holiday Themed Project

Through the Purple Haze Challenge Blog - Here Comes Christmas

Thanks for stopping by....

The Cluster

I hope everyone is having a good week.  Another busy one here.  We had a real good time at the trial last weekend.  Going to another one this weekend.  So I didn't get my page for the 52 Week Challenge at Scrappin'-n-Chattin' done over the weekend.  But I started it last night and finished it tonight.

I wanted to incorporate one of the monthly challenges at SnC into this layout.  I've only created 2 pages this month, and nothing for the challenges.  For this page I used 4 photos, which is one of the challenges this month.  Of course I needed a sketch.  I chose Sketch #228 from Creative Scrappers.  I really liked this one and it was very easy to put the page together with it.

The photos I used are from last year.  Willie and I traveled to West Springfield, MA to attend an AKC Agility trial at the Big E.  What an awesome place.  They have agility, obedience, rally and breed shows all going on at the same time.  So much to see, so many vendors.  Very exciting.  It was the first time that Willie has stayed in a motel.  He was a little nervous, and cried when I had a shower.  But he was real good.  It was a great experience.  I'm not going to compete there this year, but hope to go and hang out for the day with my boyfriend.  Here's my page....

I am entering the page into a couple of other challenges as well.  ScrapFit's Warm-Up #32 is to use buttons or bows.  Well, I used a bunch of buttons here.  I am also using this as my 2nd entry into this month's challenge at Scrap It Girl.  The challenge there is also button, use at least 12.  I used 15.

Thanks for looking.

My March Page

Well, I did it. I finally finished my calendar. I have one more post after this one for a page I completed yesterday. I will make posts after that of both calendars in order.

This is my March page. I followed Sketch #202 at Creative Scrappers. I was having a hard time finding the right sketch for the photo I wanted to use. I almost searched for a different picture to. But, once I saw this sketch, I thought it was perfect for this page.


The photo on this page was taken by Stew last year, one day that he was home and I was at work. He was so excited that he actually got a good photo of the boys.


I am also entering this page into Scratastic Club's Challenge #3 for March which was to include a banner and staples. I have a staple on the center circle on the banner, 2 staples at the bottom of tehe orange strip of paper and 2 at the top of the green strip of paper.

I am so excited to have this done. I hope you will stop back by and check my next posts. I hope to make one tonight or tomorrow night. Thanks for looking.

Stew's October Calendar Page

I am finally getting our calendars for 2012 done. I created the photo page for October for Stew's calendar today. I followed Sketch #194 from Creative Scrappers for the page. Such a cool layout.


I am participating in an online crop this weekend for the Yahoo group Scrappin'-n-Chattin'. I haven't been able to participate much, but it sure is fun. There are special challenges that members are offering. One of them was to use mostly purple and orange in a layout, so I entered this page for the challenge - and I won!!


I am also going to use this page as my entry for the 52 Week Challenge at SnC. I got the January page and cover done. I hope to at least get Stew's calendar completed this weekend.

All Ready To Go

Today we had a 24 Hour Challenge at Scrappin'-n-Chattin'. Actually it started at 6pm last night, but I couldn't get to the layout until today. Each participant lists 3 collections that they have and would like to work with. April, the host chooses 3 sketches. Then April lets everyone know who will choose a sketch and a collection for who. This time, my friend Ann chose Sketch #3 and the DCWV collection dots, stripes and plaids. Here is the sketch, which came from Creative Scrappers.


And here is what I came up with....


This is a photo that I took just before Willie and I left for our first agility trial. He's sitting there with the chair, his cage, the cooler and a bag with miscellaneous things I thought I might need. I posted the photo on Facebook and sent it to my boyfriend before we left. I thought my friends would get a kick out of it.

I am also entering this layout in the current challenge at The Paper Variety. This week's challenge is Tic Tac Toe. I always love that challenge.


I used the column on the right side - Journaling strips, buttons and a one photo layout. You should check out TPV and join the challenge. We have an awesome prize again this week....

A Fun Day

I sure am enjoying the weekend so far. I have already created 2 pages and I'm working on a 3rd. I wanted to do a blog post about the first layout I did today.

This weekend was the 24 Hour Challenge at Scrappin'-n-Chattin'. We provide the names of 3 paper collections we have and then someone chooses which one we will use along with one of three sketches. My friend Barbara made the choices of Sketch #1 which is from Creative Scrappers #146 and Echo Park's Springtime collection. Here is the sketch:


The pictures I chose for this layout are from a couple of weeks ago. I got to meet, in person, a friend that I met first at Scrappin'-n-Chattin'. Kristie Wilson and I met at Hobby Lobby and went shopping, while her husband, my boyfriend and our dogs waited outside. It was so much fun shopping with a fellow scrapper. Then we stopped to eat, then went up to the fairgrounds to Pet Palooza. This was an event that people could bring their "pets" (I only saw dogs) to. It was really cool being able to bring the dogs to an event like this. It was a beautifully, sunny day, which was totally awesome because it had rained for at least the whole week before that. We had a really great day and I am so happy we were able to spend some time together in person. I hope to go visit Kristie in Connecticut real soon.


I used this layout for 3 different challenges at SnC - 24 Hour Challenge, 52 Week Challenge and the 4 Legs challenge. I am also entering it into this week's challenge at Frosted Designs. The challenge is to create a project that celebrates friends. And into the challenge at Flutter By Wednesday, which is an open challenge that must include a butterfly, fairy or angel on your project. And one last challenge. The current challenge at Sweet Peach Crop Shop, which is to hand stitch on your page.

Baby Me

My friend Abby, from the Yahoo Group Scrappin-n-Chattin had the greatest idea for a challenge. The challenge was to create a layout of yourself with photos of you as a baby, or a child under 5. That was hard enough for me in itself. The layouts were emailed to her and she uploaded them into a file for the group to see, unidentified. The players were to send her a list of who the subject of each layout was. The one who identified the most correctly won. There was also a vote, that the whole group could vote on, for the best layout. My friend Suzanne guessed the most - 10 out of 11. I only got 4 correct, and 1 of them was my own..... But I cannot say enough about this contest. I had a blast with it.

I don't have very many photos of myself and my sister from when we were growing up. When my mom and sister moved to NY, they had to store their stuff in a storage unit until they had a place of their own to live. The storage unit was broken into, and most everything was stolen, including all of our photos. The only photos I have are a few that were in my mom's wallet and I had a 11 x 13 framed photo that my mom must have hung up at home. The frame had no glass, so the photo was not in the greatest shape. I decided that I wanted to see if it could be restored and scanned. So I took it out of the frame and had the most awesome surprises... Right beneath it was another photo of me that was in pretty great shape for its age. As I was showing Stew what I had found, he said what about the 3rd one. I said there aren't 3, that's the backing. He said no, there's a 3rd. When I turned the back over, there was a photo of my mother, from her wedding day. WOW. You cannot believe how excited I was. I took all of the photos in to be scanned, so they are now on my computer. I had them print a couple of 8 x 10's of my mom for me. I'm going mat and frame one of them to surprise my sister. I haven't told her yet what I found.

So now onto the layout. I really, really like how this page turned out. I used Basic Grey's Olivia collection and Sketch #142 from Creative Scrappers. I think this sketch was perfect for the photo...


And here is my layout.....


I have a few more photos of me from when I was little. I think I will scan and scrap them too. Thanks for looking.

Happy Valentine's Day and Blog Candy

This week at Lasting Memories, we would like Valentine's Day to be your inspiration. Your layout should include the colors red, white and/or pink. Pretty versatile, and fun. And this week, we have a sponsor!! The winner of the challenge will get 4 digital images from Stef at Glitterbabe's Art. There are some really nice images there. Check out what she has to offer.

Glitterbabe's Art

It took me a couple of days to figure out what photo(s) I wanted to use for this challenge. I do have a couple of photos of my nephews that were taken on Valentine's Day when they were babies, but I was thinking more along the lines of a baby photo. So I looked through photos of the granddaughters. I chose a photo of Jessie. I had done several layouts of her from this day, but not with the particular photo. I followed the Creative Scrappers Sketch #141 for the jumping board for my page. Here is the sketch:

I found the placement of the embellishments on this sketch very interesting. I used my Cricut again this week. I used the Paper Lace cartridge for the 2 heart borders at the bottom of the photo. I'm really enjoying this cartridge. This layout also qualifies for the Heart challenge at Scrappin-n-Chattin. The challenge was to use at least 3 hearts on a layout.


Thanks for stopping by and checking out my layout. Ohhhh... Blog Candy. I am offering a little something as well this week, as are some other Design Team Members. Leave a comment on my blog and enter the LM challenge for a chance to win. I will share a post later in the week with a photo of what I am offering. Be sure to visit the other DT member's blogs and check out their awesome work. I look forward to seeing what you create this week.

The Baby

This week is the 2nd challenge for The Paper Variety. This week is an ABC recipe challenge - to create a layout using autumn colors (A), borders (B) and cinema (C). This was quite challenging, but very fun.


To create this layout I used Sketch #122 from Creative Scrappers. I thought it was perfect for this challenge, especially because of the borders.


This is what I came up with. Lots of autumn colors, and leaves, making this page qualify for the Leave challenge for Scrappin-n-Chattin. I got to use one of my border punches. I always love using border punches. The cinema part was the hardest for me. Since this is a photo of David when he was a baby, I chose the movie The Baby for the title. This is a movie that I found from 1973, a horror film. The theme of the movie surely does not fit the photo, but the title is a movie title.


Thanks for looking.

A Fun Summery Layout

This past 3 day weekend for me was pretty productive. I accomplished quite a bit of housework and gardening work. And I was able to get 4 pages completed and a 5th one started. It felt good to get so much done and to start scrapping again.

I did a 2 page layout of Josh and Jarred with photos that my sister took during our vacation at Myrtle Beach at the beginning of the month.

The first page contains a photo of my nephew Josh. It's based on the 6.17 sketch at Sketchy Thursdays. I flipped the photos a bit to make the page work as a 2 page spread. This is the sketch:
And the page:

The photo of Josh looks a little dark in this photo, but in person it's nice and bright.

The 2nd page is based on Sketch #107 at Creative Scrappers. The picture is my nephew Jarred. He sure looks like he's having a blast.


And here are the 2 pages together.

These pages will qualify for the Coastal Challenge at the Scrappin-n-Chatting Yahoo group. Thanks for looking.

Up Mommy, Up

I have been taking time to scrap or plan the last couple of evenings. It's doing wonders helping me to relax and forget about work. I may make this a habit.

I completed my color copy challenge layout tonight for SnC. I struggled with this for a while, but I think I got it. I used a few of my photo boxes as color inspiration...



And here is the page I created. Of course it's of Willie. I also followed the 1, 2, 3, 4 challenge
at Scrapbook Challenges and used Sketch #97 at Creative Scrappers.



Thanks for looking.

Homemade Challenge

I worked on a page that I started yesterday. The embellishments at the bottom of the page I made with wire and beads. It was pretty fun. I really like working with beads. I think I may do it more. The layout is based on Sketch #99 at Creative Scrappers. I really love this sketch, and the layout as well. This page also qualifies for the homemade challenge at Snc.

2009 Garden Layouts

Today I started working on some layouts of the gardens from last year. We have been trying to decide how to track the gardens and organize vital plant information in one place. We found a garden tracking system last weekend and I will incorporate a sheet for each plant into the garden album amongst the layouts.

Here is the first layout I did. The page is based on Sketch #90 from Creative Scrappers.


The next layout is my favorite that I have done in a while. It may be due to the subject. We just marveled at this Hydrangea all year with the brilliant blue/purple flowers. I used another sketch from Creative Scrappers for this one too, Sketch #91.