Something for Everyone

It was great to get scrapping today. I started to think about this layout yesterday at work. For SnC, one of the challenges this month is to create a layout with a list. I was thinking about Willie and how amazing he has turned out to be and it hit me that words about him would make a perfect list.

I really wanted to do a page for Papercraft Star this week as well, but was really not sure that I could get it done. While I was running errands this morning, I decided to try to combine the SnC challenge and this week's Papercraft Star challenge on the same layout. PCS challenge is to include buttons, bows and bling on a layout. I did it. Here is the layout.....



The bling is at the bottom of the photo mat, on each side of the date. And I tied bows on the 3 buttons. Thanks for looking.

~~Sue~~

Get Ready for a Blog Hop

I am so excited!! I get to be a part of a blog hop. My favorite scrapbooking group, Scrappin-n-Chattin is having a blog hop this week. It will will be Thursday through Sunday, the 12th-15th. There will be a lot of great projects displayed on the participants' blogs and many of them will be offering their own prizes. Take a look at the goodies being offered as the grand prize.


I hope you make plans to join our hop. It's sure to be great fun.

A Blog Giveaway

My friend Abby is having a great giveaway on her blog. She is offering a 6 x 6 mini deck and Ready, Set Chipboard from the new Cosmo Cricket Matilda line. This line looks adorable. Take a look at this wonderful offering at Abby's blog. There are several ways to be eligible to win. One way is to become a follower of the new, exciting challenge blog that Abby and Suzanne are starting. It's called The Paper Variety. They are planning many great and inspiring activites. Another way for a chance at the drawing is to create a blog post of your own about Abby's giveaway. Or you can post a link to Abby's post on Facebook or Twitter. So many chances for a great prize. Good luck.

Broadway at the Beach

When I went to South Carolina to visit my sister and nephews, we went to Myrtle Beach. One afternoon, we went to Broadway at the Beach in search of a cinnamon roll store. We never found it. The phone was disconnected, so it must have gone out of business. We walked around a little bit and paid a visit to a candy store near Margaritaville Cafe. There was a giant bear outside, so one of the boys decided to pose with it. Then the other, and Jill posed too. This week's Sketchy Thursdays sketch worked out well for the layout with these photos.


And here is my take...

I am so glad that I was able to get a layout done with this sketch. I really didn't think I was going to be able to. Thanks for looking.

Thinking Rock

I have been working on pages today on my day off. There's other things I should have done, but I really wanted to get these pages done. I'm so glad I did.


The last layout I needed to create for the Scrappin-n-Chattin' challenges for this month was to include the words Rock and/or Roll in the title. This was a bit of a challenge for me. Luckily, we are loaded with rocks around here. I decided to use photos of Harley trying to decide if he wanted to go swimming at the quarry. This layout is based on the current sketch at PageMaps Blog.


This is what I came up with, using some more of my Echo Park Summertime paper.

I created a page 2 for this layout, to answer the question posed in the subtitle, To Swim or Not To Swim. This page was based on a sketch from The Scrappiest.



I used some more Echo Park Summertime paper. It was pretty easy to make the pinwheel. I think it adds a fun element to the page.

Here are the pages together.

Thanks for looking.

Lollipop Crafts

There is a new challenge blog that will be starting up next week. It's called Lollipop Crafts. They will be offering challenges, tutorials and much crafty inspiration. How exciting!! Today they are offering some blog candy to celebrate. Head on over to Lollipop Crafts and check out the crafty goodness.

So Cuddly

I have gotten much braver about having my photo taken. I would never allow one to be taken before, and if one was, it was destroyed or hidden. Being a part of the Yahoo Group Scrappin 'n Chattin has really helped me to come out of my shell and realize how important photos of me will be in the future.

I had Stew take a picture of me holding Willie today. I had decided I needed it to complete the Fuzzy challenge at SnC. I had only found a couple of fuzzy embellishments when shopping and one was a puppy one, the other a teddy bear. When I saw the teddy bear one my thoughts started to churn.

I used a sketch and challenge from Page Maps to do the page with the fuzzy embellishment.


We were to use the colors at the bottom of the sketch in the layout. That was the tough part. Here is the layout:



Willie is such a lover. Thanks for looking.