Sweet Little Guy - Let's Get Sketchy

Hello again! If you are looking for my Sketch N Scrap reveal or the Counterfeit Kit Challenge reveal and blog hop, please scroll on down. 

It's time for a new sketch at Let's Get Sketchy today. This post is a little bittersweet as it will be my last reveal with Let's Get Sketchy. My life has gotten a little busier lately and I am having to lighten my design team load a bit. I have so enjoyed my time on the team and I know I will continue to play along with the sketches as time allows. 

Here is the June sketch:

And here is my layout based off of the sketch:

I've used Photo Play's Snuggle Up Boy collection. I had picked up a few sheets of the girl collection to use on some of Ada's baby photos and I loved it so much that I got the boy collection, too. I still have photos of the boys from when they were babies/toddlers to scrap and a new collection really helps to motivate me to scrap!

This photo is of me and Shane getting in a little snuggle time at my grandma's 90th birthday party back in 2001. He was about a year and a half old and now he is heading on 20!

I stayed true to the sketch - only leaving off the big doilies/circles behind the photo and adding another banner piece in the upper left-hand corner.

Here are a couple of close-ups:

Be sure to check out the sketch and the design team's beautiful creations at Let's Get Sketchy. I would love to see your take on the sketch, too!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! I hope you have a wonderful day!

Let's Get Sketchy May Sketch & Mood Board

Hello again! I am back with my second post of the day. If you are looking for my Counterfeit Kit Challenge Kit reveal and blog hop, please scroll on down. 

It's time for a new sketch at Let's Get Sketchy! Not only do we have a fabulous new sketch, but we also have a mood board for you to work with:

Aren't those colors pretty?! I love them! I focused on the right-hand row of colors for my layout:

I have used my May Counterfeit Kit (you can read all about it here) for this layout. The colors were a great match to the colors in the mood board. Everything is from my kit with the exception of the "XOXO" stickers - which are from last month's kit.

I used a lot of the scrap pieces of paper that I included in my kit for the layers behind the photo. It always feels good to use that last scrap of a paper!

I stamped several flowers, a heart, and some labels for my embellishments. I stamped them all in yellow since Miss Ada is holding a daffodil.

I will add my little bit of journaling to the above label (and straighten it!) when I figure what I want to say in that amount of space.

I also added some Stampin' Up candy dots in yellow around my layout.

This is such a fun sketch to work with - I hope you give it a try, too!

Head on over to Let's Get Sketchy to see the beautiful layouts from the rest of the design team.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! Have a great day!

Growing Up - Let's Get Sketchy

Hello again! I am back with my fourth post of the day. If you are looking for my Sketch N Scrap reveal, my Counterfeit Kit Challenge reveal, or my Scribbles Designs reveal, please scroll on down.

It's time for a new sketch challenge at Let's Get Sketchy today. Brenshevia has created a really fun sketch for us this month:

And this is what I came up with:

Anytime I see a big star element like what is on this sketch, I think of boy pages...or maybe birthday pages...but when I came across this photo of my son practicing driving a few years ago, I knew I wanted to make a layout about it.

Funny thing about this layout - all of the papers that I used for layout came from winter/snow collections! I used Simple Stories - Sub Zero - and Echo Park's - Winter Park - so be sure to look at those "B" sides - they may be perfect for something other than what they are intended for!

I also got brave and stamped directly onto my layout. I hope I get more comfortable with this because I love the look of it!

Here are a couple of close-ups:

I added in a bit of basic journaling on the front but I think I will write a bit more journaling on how this made me feel at the time and how it makes me feel now - 5 years later - on the back.

This was such a fun sketch to work with! I hope you give it a try, too!

Be sure to stop by Let's Get Sketchy to see the beautiful creations from the rest of the design team.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! Have a great day!

Selfie Time - Let's Get Sketchy

Hello again! I am back with my second post of the day. If you are looking for my Counterfeit Kit March reveal and blog hop, please scroll on down.

Let's Get Sketchy has a new sketch challenge posted today! Here's a look at the super fun sketch that Brenshevia has created for us:

And this is what I came up with:

Abby had sent me these photos of Ada back in January. We had a couple of really nice days right after the first of the year and Abby and Ada were outside. Ada wanted to take some pictures with Abby's phone and this is what she took - selfies! She even talked Abby into taking a picture with her and I think they all turned out so cute!

I used a paper from Echo Park titled "#selfie" - how fitting is that! One side has the words all over it and the back side has the colorful bokeh pattern. One sheet was all I needed for this layout! I even fussy cut some of the words out of the paper for embellishments. I just needed one more paper to get my 3 triangle pieces and with Ada having on a pink shirt - that decision was pretty easy. I found a piece of yellow and a piece of purple in my scrap box to cut into the strips above and below my photo strip.

I fussy cut the camera from another patterned paper and added a few die cut hearts to my cluster.

I just love how this layout turned out!

Head on over to Let's Get Sketchy to see the beautiful layouts from the rest of the design team. I hope you have some time to play along with the sketch, too!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog! I will be back soon with another project to share with you!

Sweet Storyteller - Let's Get Sketchy

Hello again! I am back with my second post of the day. If you are looking for my Sketch N Scrap reveal, please scroll on down.

It's time for a new sketch at Let's Get Sketchy today! This is such a fun sketch - perfect for a large photo - or two photos like I used! Here's a look at the sketch:

For this layout, I raided my Bella Blvd drawer because I knew the colors in their collections were perfect for these cute photos of Ada. All of the papers that I used were just scraps and I used a couple of 3x4 and 4x6 cards, too. The circle at the top with all of the hashtags on it was a 2x2 card, and then I cut heart circle and banner piece, and the rectangle with the pink arrow from the 3x4 and 4x6 cards. 

This sketch was perfect to get those bits and pieces used up and to help tell my story! 

Here are a couple of close-ups of the embellishments:

Ada was looking so incredibly cute on this day (of course, I think she always looks incredibly cute) and she was pretty full of herself riding her giraffe and telling stories. I know for a fact the in the second picture she was saying "Uh, I dunno!" She is quite the character!

Be sure to stop by Let's Get Sketchy to see the awesome layouts from the rest of the design team. I can't wait to see what you create with the sketch! Be sure to join us this month!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I will be back with one more project to share with you today!

Five - Let's Get Sketchy

Hello and welcome back! This is my third post of the day. If you are looking for my Sketch N Scrap Reveal or the Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog Hop, please scroll on down.

It is time for Let's Get Sketchy's first sketch of the new year and I am thrilled to be sharing my first layout as a design team member for them with you! January's sketch is the same sketch that was used for the design team call. Here is a look at the fun sketch:

And the layout that I created:

Ada had just had her birthday party and I couldn't wait to scrap this photo. I used papers from Echo Park and Crate Paper for my background and the rest were all found in my scrap box.

I pulled out a stamp set and die set from Sizzix and put it to use creating the embellishments for this layout. To finish off the cluster area I added a few enamel dots and the number "5" puffy sticker - since it is her 5th birthday. The title was created using my alphabet die from Close To My Heart.

Head on over to Let's Get Sketchy to see the rest of the design team's creations. I would love to see your take on this fun sketch!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I will be back soon with one more project to share with you!

Lasting Memories #299 - #buddies

Hello everyone! Happy Sunday to you! I hope that you are having a good weekend! Our weekend seems to be going by way too fast!

We have a new challenge up today at Lasting Memories. This is the last challenge for our "All About Me" theme this month, and it is "I Love To...". This can be about absolutely anything that you love to do.

One of my favorite things to do is spend time with my granddaughter. Let me tell you, this summer has been hard on this Nana! I'm used to seeing my girly every day during the week, and now I only see her a couple of times a week. I miss her! So, of course my layout is about spending time with her!

I used the - oh so pretty - Simple Stories Carpe Diem papers and embellishments for this layout. I had a really light grey card stock that matched the background to the dot paper perfectly, so I used that instead of plain white.

I based my layout on the June - Week 1 sketch from Let's Get Sketchy. Here's a look at that sketch:

Be sure to stop by the Lasting Memories blog to see the layouts from the rest of the design team. I hope you've enjoyed our challenges this month! You have until July 1 to enter any or all of our June challenges.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a great day!

Hello My Name Is... Lasting Memories #295

Hello everyone! Happy Sunday to you! We are right in the middle of a nice long weekend here in the states, and I have been enjoying every minute of it! It has been busy, but it's been filled with lots of family time, and I love that!

We are almost into a new month (can you believe it is almost June?!) and that means a new theme and a new set of challenges over at Lasting Memories. For the month of June, our theme will be, "All About Me". Our first challenge is, "The Meaning Of My Name".

My name is Lori, and as I said in my journaling, I've never been a big fan of it, but I don't really dislike it, either. Here is what I found out about the meaning of my name - and what I said in my journaling:

Lori...the meaning of my name:

English origin - with the meaning - Laurel tree or sweet bay tree - symbolic of honor and victory.

It was kind of fun researching the meaning of my name. I've never really been a fan of it, but I don't dislike it either. While researching I found out that people with this name have a deep inner desire for a stable,loving family or community, and a need to work with others and be appreciated. I find this to

be true with the way that I am. 

I know the reason my Mom and Dad picked this name for me was because I was their last hope for a boy. They had already had 3 girls and were hoping I would be a boy - no such luck for them!

My grandpa's name was Lawrence, and Lori is the feminine version of that name, so I guess I was 

named after my Poppy! I'm thinking Lori is not so bad after all!

Here is a look at the hidden journaling:

I finally broke down and used the beautiful Maggie Holmes Bloom collection for this layout. I love the papers and the colors in this collection, and thought I had better start using it instead of just hoarding all the pretty papers. I also used a couple of flair pieces and ephemera pieces that I have had laying out on my desk for ages.

I also (loosely) based my layout on this Week 4 sketch from Let's Get Sketchy - I'm barely getting it in by the deadline!

Check out the Lasting Memories blog to see the layouts from the rest of the design team. Design Team member Wendy is offering up a fun prize for this month, so be sure to check that out as well!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day!

Lasting Memories #246 - The Journey

Hello everyone! I hope you are all enjoying your weekend. We have had a busy couple of days with a trip to the zoo, some shopping and bringing Ada home with us to spend the night so her Mommy and Daddy could go see Jurassic World. I don't know of a better way to spend the weekend!

The new challenge is up over on the Lasting Memories blog today. Our theme for June is Amusing Anecdotes/Inspirational Photos and this week's challenge is - The Journey.

 

Supplies used - Patterned Paper - pink flowers and dot - Doodlebug Designs- Sunkissed, green grid - Studio Calica - Snippets, stripe - Recollections, flair - My Minds Eye - Now and Then - Dorothy, enamel dots - Basic Grey,  small alpha stickers - Theresa Collins, "explore" - Lawn Fawn Coles ABC's die.

 

 

I fell in love with this photo of Ada that Abby had posted on Facebook. There is a great big world out there for Ada to explore and she is up for the challenge! She has a big journey ahead of her and I can't wait to see where it takes her!

 

I still need to add a little bit of journaling, but I need to find out some more details from Abby first.

 

I used the March 2 sketch from Let's Get Sketchy for my layout.

 

 

 

 

Head on over to the Lasting Memories blog and see how the rest of the team interpreted this challenge.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today and have a wonderful day!

Lasting Memories #224 - Gentle Giant

Good morning - I am so glad that you stopped by! This week's challenge over at Lasting Memories is "Captured Moments".

Here's a photo of the hidden journaling:

Supplies used- Patterned paper -blue heart and pink ombre triangle paper - Authentique - Crush collection, black diagonal stripe - Fancy Pants- Merry Little Christmas, buttons - Bo Bunny, stamps - Important to remember tab - Close To My Heart - D1378 - Notice the Details, brads - Making Memories, arrow brads - The Paper Studio,  candy dots - Stampin' Up, die cut alphas - Lawn Fawn.

I just love these photos of Shane and Ada standing beside each other. Shane just towers over her and she is not one bit intimidated by him - at least not for the moment!

You see, Shane and Ada have a love/hate relationship with one another. Shane is super sensitive to any noise, and baby squeals usually just send him over the top. So, when they are together it goes something like this - Ada makes a noise, whether it's babbling, or squealing, or whatever, and Shane gets upset and loud, which scares Ada and makes her cry, which makes Shane even more upset, and on and on it goes. But then there are these little moments when out of the blue they just get along. On this particular day Ada crawled in to see what Uncle Shane was doing, and Shane was all right with her watching movies with him. I love these little moments when these two get along!

I used the Jan. 5th from Let's Get Sketchy - posted below and I am also linking this up at Shopping Our Stash  #183.  Their challenge was to use something new on your project. The blue heart pattern paper and the pink ombre triangle paper are both new. I am also linking this up over at Crash Your Stash. I actually pulled out some old brads and stamps from my stash to use on this layout!

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a blessed day!

 

Christmas Pajamas

Since Christmas is this week I thought I would share a Christmas layout with you! I am awful about scrapping Christmas photos right away. I may have a few photos that I really want to scrap, but for the most part they get put off for another time. Like this photo of the kids in their Christmas pajamas from 2012...and I'm just now getting around to scrapping it...2 years later!

One of our family traditions is to open up one present on Christmas eve and that present is always Christmas pj's. Even though the kids know what it's going to be, they still love being able to open a present. Shane loves opening presents, but is never impressed with "pants and a shirt" as he calls them, but he's a good sport anyway!

For this layout I used My Mind's Eye - 12 Days of Christmas collection. It is one of my most favorite Christmas collections and I think I only have two sheets of the same paper left in it. I'm sorry to see it gone, but happy to know that I used almost every bit of it!

I am entering this layout in Lasting Memories Home for the Holidays challenge - where you are to show a holiday tradition that you do.

I also used this sketch from Let's Get Sketchy - December week 2.

I am also entering this into Scrap and Play's Challenge #15 - Happy Holidays:

The three items that I used are red, green, and a present.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I'll be seeing you soon!