My May Page

Another calendar page I was able to get done for my calendar is my May page.  Looking over the sketches I had collected over the past couple of weeks, I was trying to match them up with challenges at the Yahoo Group Scrappin'-n-Chattin'.  One of the challenges this month is Then and Now.  I started thinking that Tessa's birthday page (May) would be a great option for this challenge.  And the January sketch at My Creative Sketches was perfect.

As I was choosing the papers for this page, I realized the colors I was using follow the inspiration photo at Scrapstuffz "Inspired By" Challenges.

I did notice that I was missing that punch of blue.  I added blue gems inside the pink flowers.

I will also enter this into the current Friday Challenge at Frosted Designs, which is Polka Dots.  I used Polka Dot paper under Tessa's grown up photo.

In addition to entering it into the Then and Now challenge at SnC, I am using it as my 52 Week Challenge entry for this week.

Thanks for looking.  I am really excited about getting more pages done.

Buds - Stew's June Page

For Stew's June Page, I used the December sketch from My Creative Sketches.  Such a nice sketch.

I used a random photo of Willie and Tessa I had taken during the year for this page.  I love the way Tessa looks in the background of the photo.

Thanks for looking.

The 3 B's

Several of my friends from my favorite scrappin' group, Scrappin'-n-Chattin' submitted layouts at My Creative Sketches using this month's sketch. I had never been to this site before and I totally fell in love with the sketch.



My first thought when I saw the sketch is that it would be perfect for an older photo from my mom's childhood. I picked a photo of her with her 2 brothers. The caption of the back of the photo said "The 3 B's" - Betty, Bill and Bud. Therefore the title....

I used papers from the K & Company Ancestry.com collection. I love using these papers with the photos from my mom's album. I have 2 more pages in the works with these older photos.