Sketch 74 ~ Sweet Time

I can't believe my time as a designer at The Scrappiest is almost at an end :o( I have enjoyed it so much, but yet I am excited to see who made the new DT and play along with them each week! My last sketch will be next week. I am sure I will find plenty to keep me busy, there are so many sketch sites I visit weekly just drooling over all the inspiration they showcase wishing there were more hours in the day to play along with them ALL! This week's sketch found me using some of my newest stash (mainly cuz I was too lazy to dig through my older stuff and this was still in the box! LOL!) I had just gotten Pink Paislee's 365 degrees line on sale at Stop and Scrap and couldn't wait to use it. I used the papers, clear sticker, cork buttons and journaling punch out ALL purchase at 40%!!! WOWZERS! These are some of my favorite recent pictures of my son, I captured them while we were out boating with my brother on his boat while in Wahoo, Nebraska last month. In the first picture you can see the "look" I get when I tell him to smile...and then in the second you can see the genuine smile/laugh at some joke when he doesn't know I have my camera ready to snap a pic! Love that smile!!!! I hope you will play along with us this week at The Scrappiest..Apron Strings is the sponsor this month and it is a GREAT prize! Good luck and can't wait to see your work!

Sketch 73 ~ Soar

Happy Monday! Sketch 73 is up at The Scrappiest, and it is a really fun sketch, what I like to call a "squishy" sketch, one that leaves quite a bit of white space, which is a challenge for me, so I was really pleased with how this layout turned out. This layout is using the Echo Park Summertime line, just love this new company! Can't wait to get more of their new releases (like A Walk in the Park!) Letters are vinyl Thickers, these were an impulse buy that ended up being a good investment as they work great with some of the new papers I have gotten recently! The picure was taken a few weeks ago at Sandy Lake Amusement Park in Carrollton. I had never been before and it was really a lot of fun, this is my son and his friend Logan in the swing ride, which by the way goes WAY fast, faster then other similar rides I had been on, so I was glad I was taking pics vs riding rides, I would have been super dizzy! If you like Sketch 73 then don't forget to upload your layout HERE for a chance to win a great prize package from APRON STRINGS..check it out, yummy, yummy!

sketch 72 ~ Katie Bug

Happy Monday and Happy July everyone! For my American friends hope your fourth was a blast!!!! (hehe!) I just love it that Liz releases her sketches on Monday, just sets the week off to a good start don't you think? For sketch 72 I was in a bit of a rush as I had a BIG weekend of festivities planned with little time to scrapbook, so I grabbed the first two pics lying on my desk and got to work. Well, with this sketch it was super easy...I used mostly OLD OLD stash on this page, these papers are My Mind's Eye and from a 2007 Personalscrapper kit...the only NEW thing is my Jenni Bowlin banner and little red letter stickers...so IN LOVE with these things, I actually have to resist putting banners on every page I do! LOL! These pictures are from 2008 and are of my sweet little niece and my son...just loved this costume on her! I have a companion page to show you later in the week so check back in real soon, hoping to catch up on sharing some layouts with you this week! And if you like good deals head over to my other blog, 31 has two great specials this month!

Sketch 71 ~ Dough Boys

Here is my take on this week's sketch at The Scrappiest! I used my May It's Scraptacular kit featuring Bella Blvd's Man of the House papers to scrap these funny pictures of my son and newphew at a yummy Mexican food restaurant we love on New Year's Eve 2007. I love the simplicity of this sketch. Everything is from the kit but the Thickers which are from my stash in one of my fav fonts called "Giggles". Hope you will play along with us, would love to see your interpretations of the sketch and who knows maybe you will get lucky and win the fab prize from ScrapbookDeals4U! Have a fantabulous Monday everyone!

Sketch 70 ~ My Best Friend Forever

Happy Monday and Happy First Day of summer! Sure feels like the first day of summer here in Texas LOL! This layout was made using my recent photos of our trip to see my newest nephew in Nebraska! Isn't he a QT? This is my son holding him! I used my SUPER FUN June kit from It's Scraptacular! This kit was filled to the brim with Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety and the new Pebbles Treehouse line! Super bright, cheery and perfect for you summer photos! Letter stickers were the only thing not in the kit and they are from October Afternoon. We had an awesome time croppin' on Saturday! I met some great ladies and can't wait to crop with them again. I got a lot done and am planning on attending again in July on the 17th! The registration should be opening soon at Scrapbooks on the Go, hope to see you there!

Flower Girl ~ Sketch 68

Happy Monday again everyone! I am so excited to share this layout with you today based on sketch 68 from The Scrappiest! This layout was super easy to put together and uses the new Bo Bunny Petal Pushers line. I really love this girly girl line, it is so bright and colorful! These pictures are of my niece picking flowers (really weeds) at her brother's baseball game a few weeks ago. She was so sweet and intent on picking them all! LOL! She got quite a collection! I bought just a few sheets of this paper and the chipboard at my local scrapbook store, just couldn't resist it on a little shopping run a few weeks back...I did have to resist the lovely summer line though, really wanted it, but decided to wait. Usually I don't even like Bo Bunny, but to like two lines at the same time is rare for me! So share with me your fav line that you really really want but haven't got yet or even that line you like me couldn't resist on your last shopping trip. I'd love to see your layouts with it as well so link up in the comments please! And if you want to use Sketch 68 at The Scrappiest you could win an AWESOME kit from Scrapbook Deals 4U and then you wouldn't have to buy ANYTHING! LOL!.. just link your layout here! Have fun creating everyone!

Sketch 67

Sketch 67 is up today at the Scrappiest! Here is my take on it using an older picture of my son I found while organizing pictures. I used my Its Scraptacular May kit featuring Bella Blvd's Man of the House for this page. Everything on this page except the ribbon which is some Basic Grey from my stash and the letters which are Thickers are from the kit! Haven't used ribbon on a page in a long while and was fun! I am really loving these Man of the House papers! The May kit is now on sale at It's Scraptacular if you want to grab yourself one! Hope you enjoy your Memorial Day and thanks to all who served or are serving this great country - we appreciate your sacrifices.

Sketch 66

Happy Scrappy Monday! We are doing sketch 66 this week at The Scrappiest, and the prize for May is that awesome kit from It's Scraptacular! Only a week more left to win, so get to work on those sketches, any of them from the month of May qualify to get your name in the "hat" to win! The more you do, the better your chances! For this layout I used pictures of my little nephew with his dad (my brother) on his first lawnmower ride...so cute isn't he?! The papers are from October Afternoon's Weathervane collection that I have been hoarding for awhile now (yikes!). The chipboard accents are from Bella Blvd's Man of the House line and are in that yummy Scraptacular kit you can buy here! Letters are thickers (again). Hope you are getting ready for Summer...we made it official yesterday when we went to the pool for the first time! Fun for the kids, but the water was too cold for me! LOL! I've got some fun stuff in store for this week, can't show it yet, but check back again real soon!

Sketch 65 and Its Scraptacular!

Hi everyone, happy Monday! It's time for another great Liz Chidester sketch! Sketch 65 was a great sketch to show off some cute pics of my littlest nephew! Don't you love that hat! I used the Bella Blvd Man of the House papers from my new May It's Scraptacular kit! I must say this was my first kit with them, and it is spectacular! LOL! It was full of yummy Crate and Bella papers and embellishments! Everything on this page I got in the kit except I added some Stampin Up River Rock cardstock from my stash and I "doctored" the title block a bit by using some letters from Adornit from my stash to cover the word "BROTHER" on the sticker in the title and make it say "MOMMA'S" the chipboard letter for boy are from Scenic Route. I love it when you can use a sticker and "alter" it! So if you like what you see and would like a chance to win one of these kits, get your scrap on, use one of The Scrappiest's sketch for May and link it up on the blog to be entered to win a May Its Scraptacular kit! You will love it! Good luck and have a wonderful week!

Sketch 64

Ok, here is sketch 64 isn't it just the most fun thing?!!! I LOVE that robot! Liz has outdone herself this time! This sketch was so fun for me, and one I plan to use again. I wanted to use the robot with some pics I had from Disney World, but just didn't have any great ideas on creating my "own" robot (since I didn't have a premade one)...I now have somewhat of an idea and can't wait to try it out. This layout uses the July 2009 Personalscrapper kit which featured the Fancy Pants Summer Soiree line, which is my all time FAV Fancy pants line! The pics are from a 2005 water park trip, fun time with my little nephew (who isn't so little anymore!) This was my first time using an underwater camera on people vs fish, a bit harder and really haven't done it since, although I thought these pics turned out pretty good. I also used my new Fiskars wave border punch on this layout! I got the Upper Crest and Wave border punches at CKC for $8 each, a real steal! I hope they have a few different ones for the same price when I go to The Great American Scrapbook Convention next month! I did stray a bit from the sketch here adding in another photo, but I LOVE the way this layout turned out! If you wanna see what I did with my other Fiskars punch, tune back in Tuesday, I have another fun challenge layout to share and it involves a LOT of punches! And don't be shy, come play with us at The Scrappiest this week...we wanna see what you come up with for sketch 64, plus there is another AMAZING prize for May...a chance to win a May kit from Scraptacular!

Sketch 63

Has it been a week already?!! Wow, time sure flies...so how was your National Scrapbook Day? I did a lot of scrapping, but couldn't show any of my goodies until now as they were all for upcoming design team assignments. So glad to be able to show you my take on The Scrappiest's sketch 63...what a fun and EASY sketch, I think you will find the focus is on your pictures in this sketch, so it comes together super easy! When I saw all the circles it made me think of bubbles, so I immediately thought of these pics of my son and niece from Easter Sunday...the paper is an OLD piece of Pink Paislee Office Lingo paper from my stash and the thickers, journal box and circle accents are all from scraps of Fancy Pants Delight papers from my May 2009 Personalscrapper kit. I used some of the small flower/word rub ons from this kit to accent my circles as well. The word stickers are from Scenic Route Garden Grove sticker scraps...this was a great page for using up those itty bitty pieces of scraps! And if you want to give sketch 63 a try hop on over and check out this months prize!!!!! It is a super kit from Scraptacular - so gorgeous I actually bought one for myself! Check it out here, you are not gonna wanna miss this! Hope your Monday was enjoyable! I am so excited about this week, as Thursday is my FIRST reveal over at Practical Scrappers, so check been then to see my first reveal...hint...the challenge is stickers! Catch ya'll then!

Sketch 62

Happy Monday, time for more sketch fun! Isn't that the best way ever to chase away the Monday morning blues? I just adored this week's sketch at The Scrappiest! I had been wanting to use the ever popular banners on a page, but really had no creative ideas to do so, so when I saw this sketch, I was so excited to use my new Jenni Bowlin banner stickers that I recently purchased, as well as my new October Afternoon Fly a Kite papers that I won on the October Afternoon blog! These papers are just divine, they just SCREAM Spring don't they?! And since no stores I have visited have these papers yet, I really feel lucky! This is another layout completed towards my year long goal of finishing my Disney album...I think the reason I didn't finish it is because I was trying to use only Red, black and yellow papers for my pages...but yet, this picture just needed more springy colors, and these papers were perfect! Hope you can participate with us at The Scrappiest this week, because it is your last chance to enter to win the awesome Paper Poppy Kit company kit! So what are you waiting for you better get busy! LOL! Have a great week everyone, I will be busy completing my DT work for my debut on the Practical Scrappers blog next week, so check back soon for some fun stuff!

Sketch 61

Hope everyone had a relaxing weekend! It was rainy all weekend and even today here, so it was perfect scrapping weather! I have to say, this week's sketch from The Scrappiest, is just a blast to work with! I love circle sketches! For this sketch I added extra pics and a journaling block in the place of one picture. The circle paper I used had a scalloped edge around it, but since this was a masculine page I just cut it off and saved the outer border for another project! Yes, I save ALL my scraps! I used Bella Blvd's Camped Out line of papers and bits'n piece for the embellishments, this is a piece of 12x12 paper with a bunch of elements on it (the journal box and all the little words and circle in the upper left where from this sheet)...it is priced the same as a piece of paper, but you can get a BUNCH of embellishments for your project for under a $1 WOW! The circle paper is from Crate Paper's Lemongrass line. The stickers are of course, Thickers! These pics are from last Thanksgiving when we went to feed the ducks at a nearby lake and the boys decided to fish! Don't forget to play along with us at The Scrappiest for a chance to win a Paper Poppy Kit Company kit!! Happy Monday everyone!

Sketch 60

I know I am sure ready for summer! These pictures get me excited about taking the boys to the waterpark again real soon! It will be opening on Memorial Day weekend and I plan to head there for opening weekend, but I most likely will spend little time in the water as it will be too cool for me, but the kids will love it, the cold water doesn't seem to bother them! LOL! Since I take so many of my pictures in the vertical position, this sketch was perfect for me! I didn't even have to rotate it! LOL! I used my August Personalscrapper kit featuring Scenic Route Garden Grove with a scrap or two from the July kit featuring Fancy Pants Summer Soiree thrown in! The stickers are from Scenic Route Garden Grove and the letters are fabric Thickers! The chipboard flower border is by Making Memories, I got this border pack for a Christmas gift, and it has been a great gift, almost used it up! I hope you will play along with us at The Scrappiest this week, this sketch is super easy to use, plus the Paper Poppy kit company is offering up a kit as this month's prize! WOW! Aphra's kits really are packed with fun stuff...so get your scrap on and post your link in Mr. Linky at The Scrappiest! Good luck!

Sketch 59

My goodness I am a day late and a dollar short this week as they say! LOL! Just getting around to getting this posted! Very busy around here getting ready for CKC! Can't wait for a weekend of scrapping time with my friend! Here is my layout that I made for this week's sketch #59 over at The Scrappiest! I used an old picture of my son with a car we got for TEN CENTS at a garage sale, boy did he get his money's worth with this toy! The papers and embellishments are by My Mind's Eye and letter stickers are Thickers (daydream) and Jenni Bowlin. If you use this sketch, don't forget to link up your layout over at The Scrappiest's blog, the prize this month is another awesome one!!! A kit from this awesome company! Now who wouldn't want to win that! Well, off to pack frugally, which by the way is hard to do when you are going to a crop...I mean what if you get there and decide you NEED that one embellishment or piece of paper you haven't used in THREE years! LOL! Have a good week everyone!

Sketch 58

Sketch 58 is up at The Scrappiest! It was a fun sketch to play with, and as you can see I did a flip with it to accomodate my vertical picture! I used Cosmo Cricket Joy Ride papers and chipboard from the Cosmo Cricket Boyfriend line on this layout. These two lines coordinate well I think. I love the versatility of Cosmo Cricket papers allowing you to "mix and match" them on your layouts! I loved this Joy Ride line, but was afraid to purchase it as I really had no "travel" or "road trip" pictures that needed scrapping. I am SOOOO glad I got it though, cuz as you can see these papers are super versatile and look great on this sports themed page! I hope you will play along with us at The Scrappiest this week, don't forget up for grabs this month is an awesome prize of $20 of STASH CASH...so what are you waiting for????

Sketch 57

It's Monday again her at My Creative Endeavors and you know that means another sketch from The Scrappiest! This week's sketch is so fun, love that tree....the possiblities are endless, limited only by your imagination! My layout uses Crate Paper's Lemongrass line from the October 2008 Personalscrapper kit. I am trying to use up this kit and just have a few strips of paper left, so you will be seeing some more fall pages soon....it will bring me almost half way to my resolution for 2010 to use up FIVE older kits! I really loved this kit, the paper is just gorgeous! These are pics from Thanksgiving Day 2008, taken at a lake near our house. Sticker are from 7 Gypsies and the tree chipboard trunk is from Pink Paislee. Sticker letters are Thickers Daydream font, my fav of the moment! Hope you will consider playing along with us at The Scrappiest, I have been loving all the creative and stylish layouts being created by the fans of The Scrappiest blog! Happy Monday everyone!

Sketch 56

Happy Monday again everyone! It seems spring has sprung here and as a result I am spending time spring cleaning and catching up with much neglected house repairs. Of course, since I do most of them myself it takes me double or triple the time a more "handy" person could complete them in, so I have been a bit absent this past week, however, been busy creating yesterday and today as there is another online crop over at Personalscrapper! It lasts through Wednesday so I hope to get a few more layouts done tonight and over the next two days! This layout uses sketch 56 at THE SCRAPPIEST. These pictures of my niece were taken last July 4th. I used the February 2009 Personalscrapper kit for this page which featured We R Memory Keepers papers. I added some Scenic Route chipboard and my mainstay thickers and voila another layout! I hope you will find time to play along at The Scrappiest, for your chance to win this months awesome prize of $20 in stash cash over at Your Scrapbook Stash! What a great prize! Have a great week everyone, off to take my son to his golf lesson, yes, spring is finally here!