Relax - Stew's April Page

I have been pretty busy trying to get our calendars completed.  For 2012, it was March before I was done.  That can't happen again.  I am very close to finishing Stew's.  I want to share his April page now.  For this page I used Sketches in Thyme Sketch #98 for this one.

I also followed the current challenge at Frosted Designs.  The challenge is a recipe challenge, where you choose 4 items from the list:

rubons
transparency
brads
eyelets
misting/masking
punches
stamping
stickers

Here is the page....

My recipe items are:
Transparency - The flowered paper on the right side of the photo is a transparency
Brads - In the centers of the little flowers on the lower left side of the page
Punches - Punched flowers and circle.
Stickers - Sticker letters for the title.

I am also entering this page into our monthly challenges at Scrappin'-n-Chattin', the Summer challenge.

Thanks so much for looking.  Please stop back by to see more pages.  There are going to be a lot of posts in the next week or so....

Swim - Stew's August Page

For my Week 51 page at Scrappin'-n-Chattin', I created the August page for Stew's calendar.  One more week and I will have created a page a week for 2 years.

I used this week's sketch at Sketch Inspiration to create this page.  The page was originally supposed to have 3 photos, but I really liked this sketch, so I eliminated 1 of the photos.....

We were so surprised at how much Tessa loved the water this year.  She would go into the creek every time she was out.

I am also entering this page at Frosted Designs, for the Day 9 of the 12 Days of Christmas Challenge.  The challenge is to use 9 pearls or sparkles.  There are 9 pearls on the page - 3 under the right photo, 1 in each of the 4 flowers and 2 stacked in the upper left corner.

Thanks for looking.  I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas.

House Calendar - May Page

I have started creating the pages of our calendars for 2013.  Maybe I will be done before March this time.... I usually make 2 calendars one for my office and one for Stew's office.  This I am adding 1 more.  I am making the calendar for the house.

I started with the May page for the house calendar.  I was inspired by this week's sketch at Sketch Inspiration.

I wasn't sure I liked it when it was done.  But the more I passed by it, the more I liked it.

I am using this page as my Week 50 entry into the 52 Week Challenge at Scrappin'-n-Chattin'.  I have completed a page a week for a total of 102 weeks so far.  Wow...

I also entered this page into one of the monthly challenges at SnC.  The challenge is called Around, and we are asked to journal around the photo, an embellishment, the page, etc.  I journaled around the photos.

This week's challenge at Lasting Memories is Anything But Snow.  These photos were taken at the beginning of spring, so no snow here....

And I am entering 1 more challenge with this page.  Frosted Designs is doing 12 Days of Christmas challenges.  They have a bunch of great challenges.  I hope to join in most of them.  On this page I used 5 gold brads, which qualifies this page for the Day 5 Challenge of using 5 gold things.

Thanks for looking.  I hope to get a huge jump on these calendars this weekend.  Stop back by and see how far I get.

2011

Over the weekend, Scrappin'-n-Chattin' had their monthly 24 Hour Challenge.  You list 3 collections that you have, and our host April chooses 3 sketches.  April then chooses which participant will choose the collection and sketch that another participant will use.  This is one of my most favorite challenges and try to do it each month.

My friend Dawn made the selections for me....  She chose Nikki Sivils Happy Holly-Days, and sketch #1 which was the 11/05 for BasicGrey....

This is a really nice sketch, but it really kind of scared me.  I didn't think I could come up with enough photos or enough journaling on something that I had not planned out for several days.  But I was able to come up with something.  I'm quite happy with the page.



I had taken advantage of a sale Nikki Sivils had last month and a ton of great papers came a couple of weeks ago.  I have not had many of Nikki Sivils products and really enjoyed working with these papers.

I am also entering this into this week's challenge at Frosted Designs.  The challenge is Buttons - use at least 5.  I used 5 green buttons as my circle elements along the journaling card.

Thanks for looking....

Happy Halloween

A couple of weeks ago I created a layout using the November 9th sketch from Boys Rule.  I really liked the sketch and thought it was a great jumping off point for my page....  Here's the sketch:

The subject again is my Willie, the poser.  I had to bring the flowers and pumpkins in to keep them from freezing, so I set them up in the solar room.  I had wanted to do a photo shoot outside with everything, but that never happened.

I hope to work with the November 30th sketch too.  I have missed using the Boys Rule sketches.  Thanks for looking.

      ~Sue~

Happiness is....

Week #48 in the 52 Week Scrapping Challenge at Scrappin'-n-Chattin'.  I can't believe the year is almost over.

For my page this week, I used the great sketch at Sketch Inspiration.  I had taken a lot of picture of Willie with the new toy I got for him over the weekend.  So I was able to choose the perfect photos.

And here's my page....

This guy loves the camera.  The other 2 are getting better too.  I was also inspired by this week's challenge at Frosted Designs, Happiness is....  They asked to create a project that shows what make you happy.  When Willie has such fun playing, it makes me really happy....

Thanks for stopping by.....

Cheese

Happy Thanksgiving.  I hope everyone is ready to spend some time with family and friends over this holiday weekend.  All of my boys will be coming over tomorrow, with wives/girlfriends.  It will be so nice to have everyone together.  It's been a super busy several weeks here, and this week is even rougher.  We are working 10 hours days all week (except for tomorrow).  It will be nice to have the weekend off.

I created my page for the 52 week challenge at Scrappin'-n-Chattin'.  It's Week 47 this week, and since I haven't missed a week since starting this challenge in 2011, this will make 99 weeks straight that I have created at least 1 page a week.  WOW!!!

For my page this week, I chose some photos of Tessa I took with a Halloween costume on.  It was a little black and purple witch's costume.  She's still learning to pose nicely, so they are not the greatest photos.  I used several pieces of inspiration as a jumping off point.

The first inspiration was this month's sketch at DCWV.

I love this sketch.  I was so excited when I saw it.

The next inspiration was the photo/color inspiration for this week's Fabulous Friday Challenge at Frosted Designs.  Just perfect for Halloween themed projects.

And my page....

I used DCWV Indian Summer Fall Stack.  Perfect colors.

I am also entering these challenges:

ScrapFit - Layered banner with at least 2 textures.  The banner has paper, cardstock that is embossed and ribbon.

Scrap It Girl - Tree Challenge - Stamped tree on the journaling spot.

Lasting Memories - Stamp Those Layouts - Tree stamp and bird to the left of the banner.

The Cuddlebug Spot - A Feathery Challenge - The stamped bird has feathers.  I used my Cuttlebug Tiny Bubbles embossing folder to emboss the cardstock banner pieces.

Thanks for looking.