play ball!

When it rains, it pours! No, I'm not talking the "wet stuff", I'm referring to the amount of layouts I'm able to complete without the guilt of being indoors when its so nice outdoors!

I've had these papers since February 2010 and it was time to use it up and scrap these photos of Makayla's time at bat during on of her games this past spring. If you look closely at the middle photo, she concentrates with her little tongue out just like her Daddy does - it must be in the genes!

And I've almost reached that goal - 13 complete!!

Godspeed

Oh, how I have missed my scrapping!!

The weather outside is frightful,

but I am so delightful.

As long as my adhesive holds, 

let it rain, let it rain, let it rain!

Needing a stress reliever, I created LOTS of layouts these past two days! Take a gander and tell me what you think. ;-)

I have so embraced the larger banners running across the page idea here! They make for a great backdrop with papers from Pink Paislee for our July 4th photos .....

Our DIL, Michelle, just had a birthday and this SEI Happy Day was just too cute! I used sketch #343 from Sketch Inspiration ......

My Mind's Eye BOO to you! was perfect for trick or treating photos from Halloween 2011.....

Juicing is a great start to my mornings! These Cosmo Cricket Early Bird papers really compliment those bright veggies .....

 And finally, here is my layout from the October Cocoa Daisy kit. LOVE her mix of papers! She included Simple Stories, Amy Tangerine, and Studio Calico for one beautiful box of goodies! One of her DT members issued a challenge called "Lotsa Layers" and I will admit, I was hesitant at first, but love the outcome .....

Thanks for stopping by and I'm now at 12 of my goal of 15 layouts for the month!

Godspeed

Gettin' 'er done!

I keep getting closer to my goal of 15 layouts for the month of October and here are a few more to add to that total:

 Just some good old summertime fun!

I am not a chronological scrapper as these are photos from 2011!

And a simple board game can get a bit crazy around here :-)

That brings my total to seven so far and definitely more will follow! Thanks for stopping by.

Godspeed

Scrappy Season!

It appears the Pacific Northwest "rainy season" has arrived! What's a gal to do when its cold and wet outside? SCRAP INSIDE! I call Fall & Winter "my scrappy season" and I totally got my scrap on these past few days. :-)

 Makayla in action - #62

Spending the afternoon with the grandbabies at the Saturday Market. While Makayla loved her monkey on a tree, Ruby didn't quite get the "princess crown" that adorned her head. LOVE that expression!

Found a bunch of photos that I've printed but got tucked away and they are on my agenda for this weekend. What fun it is to "discover" those moments months later and relive the events!

Thanks for dropping by!

Godspeed

A bit of scrappy time!

Today my daughter had to have surgery and while waiting for that phone call that said everything was okay and went as planned, I nervously sat and scrapped because frankly, my fingernails are gone!

It took a bit longer for this layout than I expected because I decided to paint my chipboard letters different colors. It sure takes paint FOREVER to dry!

For this creation, I had snapped a few photos of Makayla on her first day of 2nd grade this past September and using an older October Afternoon line, Weathervane from 2008, came up with .......

As for that layout goal ....... 1 done - 14 to go!!

Godspeed

Inspiration!

For the month of October I have set a goal of creating 15 layouts, so decided I had better get on a hunt for some inspiration. I was plesantly surprised when I ran across this sketch from an August post on the Lilly Bee Design's Blog.

The designers used the small 6x6 paper pad, but I also spotted someone else using the journaling cards from various manufacturers. I LOVE that idea!! Since I'm trying to bust thru more of this overwhelming stash of mine, its a perfect solution.

Now that I have an idea, I better get to it before another day passes me by!

Godspeed