Friday, August 14, 2009

Book of Me

Here are a couple pages I've made to add to my book of me.

This first one was made for a challenge over at The Story Matters, as well as for a few challenges at Scrapbook Dreamer. It was a fun page to make, as I rarely make a page that doesn't have at least one photo on it, and I just played with this. I made a favorites page last fall so I may end up doing a favorites page every year, since my favorites seem to change. ;)


The layout below was done with my local store's kit club and I also did it for a few challenges over at Scrapbook Dreamer. These are old pics! I had made a tiny little sand castle after my mom and I found a huge castle someone made. Obviously mine is substandard. lol


Thanks for looking!

Sunday, August 9, 2009

fun layout and sketch

This layout was done for a challenge over at Scrap The Boys and a couple challenges at Scrapbook Dreamer.

I've been experimenting with doing my own sketches. I've done a few on scratch paper but now I've done two on my computer. Doing a sketch as I plan a layout has sure sped up my planning and assembly time, at least for the ones I use sketches for (my own or other sketches).

Here's the sketch I did last night. If it inspires you, feel free to use it but I'd sure love to see what you do with it if you do use it, so please let me see!

And here's the layout I did with the sketch.

Thanks for looking!

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Snow Card

Woo, I squeezed THREE challenges out of this one card! I created this "Snow" card for the Accent Essentials snowflake cut challenge over at Bitten by the Bug, and for the card sketch challenge #28 at Inspirational Card Sketches, and for the round card challenge over at Scrapbook Dreamer.

How's that for getting the max out of it? lol

I used the cricut Wild Card cartridge to cut the card and the envelope as well, and the papers on the envie and card match. I just wish the sparkle on the flakes showed better. I used Martha Stewart 'Crystal Fine' glitter on chipboard that I cut with Accent Essentials cut #13, the snowflake. The chipboard is fairly thin but I still had to multicut 3 times. I also inked the chipboard white with colorbox liquid chalks. I used Glossy Accents to adhere the glitter.

Thanks for looking!

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Best of Show!

So I entered scrapbook layouts into our county fair and today was judging day. I have never entered anything in the fair before, and since I've only been scrapping since September 2008, I was a little nervous!

I entered 5 out of 6 categories. I placed in all of them! I couldn't believe it! But what really shocked me (in a good way!) is that one of my layouts took Best of Show! Wow!!!

Here's a picture of Kim Garner judging, who is on the DT for my local scrappy store, Scrapaganza and also on the DT for Rusty Pickle.


Here is my "beginner's category" entry. This is the one that took best of show.

This was my entry for the "paper manipulation" category. It took a first ribbon.

My entry in the "purchased elements" category got a second place ribbon.

And my entries in the "memorabilia" and "mixed media" categories got third place ribbons. I really didn't expect to place with these two layouts at all, so that was a surprise! In fact, all I hoped for at all was to get one ribbon, any place, and I'd have been happy. What a wonderful boost to find out all my pages took ribbons!


Thanks for looking!

Sunday, July 26, 2009

July 4th

Took me a little bit but I did get my July 4th layout done.

The interesting thing about the photos are that they are all from my cell phone. I forgot to take my camera when we went to visit my dad and stepmom halfway across the state, so the only camera I had with me was my cell... which actually has more megapixels than my very first digital camera years ago. lol Anyway, here it is!


I am using this layout for challenges at my local store Scrapaganza and for the forum at Scrapbook Dreamer.

Saturday, July 4, 2009

New stuff

I thought I'd post a few new layouts :)

A little new and old... older K and Co papers, and new Prima flowers. Plus some new Making Memories letter stickers and some old Thickers.


Fancy Pants papers and Prima Paintables, some watercolors, Maya Road leaf pins and Thickers.

I had fun doing these. Both were done for challenges over at Scrapbook Dreamer.

Thanks for looking!