Make It Monday #97 at The Memory Nest

Hello and Happy Monday! I hope you had a good weekend and are ready for the new week.

The Memory Nest has a new sketch posted today and Leslie has created a great sketch for us to work with.

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I love this photo of Ada! I can't believe how big she is getting! She was spending the night with us early in September and we decided to take her to Burger King so she could play in the play place. Then, once we got there, she was a little intimidated of it! She did, however, think she was pretty special getting her own crown and was happy to wear it the rest of the night.

I wanted to keep this layout pretty simple to keep the focus on that sweet photo. I used papers from Fancy Pants' - Golden Days - collection, and the turquoise dot paper is from Amy Tangerine. I added a few gold puffy stickers - to match the crown of course - from Maggie Holmes' - Craft Market - collection. They were perfect for this layout!

Head on over to The Memory Nest to see the beautiful layouts from the rest of the design team. We would love to see your take on this fun sketch!

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

Make It Monday #95 at The Memory Nest

Hello, scrappy friends! Good Monday morning to you! Today is Labor Day so that means an extra day off for us. We are going to enjoy every minute of it!

Today is Make It Monday at The Memory Nest. Leslie has created a fun two photo sketch with a spot for a large title.

Oh, my goodness - look at that cheesy grin that Matthew has on his cute little face! We had found this little square that was a Monster's Inc washcloth, and when you put it in water it actually turned into a regular washcloth. Matthew thought it was kind of crazy that the little square really did turn into a rag.

I dug into my Echo Park scrap drawer for the papers on this layout. I went old school and traced my letters and hand cut them out. One of these days I'll get around to getting a machine to do that for me!

Be sure to head on over to The Memory Nest to see the beautiful layouts from the rest of the design team. I hope you find the time to play along with us - I would love to see your take on the sketch!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a great day! I'm getting ready to go spend some time with my boys!

The Best Part Of Summer - Make It Monday #91

Hi, everyone! Good Monday morning to you! We are on vacation this week, but it's going to be a "working" vacation for us. We have a lot to get done around the house this week - cleaning up our uprooted tree and building a deck for our pool...of course this all depends on the weather since the first half of the week is going to be rainy!

Today is Make It Monday #91 over at The Memory Nest, and Leslie has a fun sketch for us today filled with lots of circles.

This is one of those layouts that didn't really turn out the way that I  had pictured in my mind, but we're going to go with the flow and leave it the way it is!

I have used up some scraps from my Echo Park "Summer Party" 6x6 paper pad on this layout. Now that I look at it I wish I would have switched the fish paper and the yellow paper before I glued it all down. The enamel dots...well, let's just say I was trying to see how they would look, but when I tried to take them back up, they weren't going to come up easily, so they are sticking around! C'est la vie!

I added the journaling to a tag and stuck it behind the photo.

Be sure to stop by The Memory Nest to see the wonderful layouts from the rest of the design team. I can't wait to see your take on the sketch!

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

Make It Monday #90 At The Memory Nest

Hello, everyone! Happy Monday to you!  I hope that you had a good weekend and are ready for the new week! We had a busy one! The pool is finally up and going, so a lot of our time was spent doing that, then we had a birthday party for my great nephew who turned 6, and more time actually spent in the pool since we are having some of our hottest days yet!

Today is Make It Monday #90 over at The Memory Nest, and we have a fun sketch for you to work with! Leslie has created a great sketch with lots of possibilities!

I guess since we have been working on getting the pool ready, it got me in the mood to scrap some old pool photos of Shane! I had an old My Mind's Eye 6x6 paper pad called "Summer Splash" that was mostly used up, but I did have enough of it left to make this layout. I love the blues, greens, reds, and yellows in this paper pad. I'm kind of sad that it is all gone now, but I'm sure I can find something to take its place.

I cut the title out with my Lawn Fawn "Cole's ABC's" die set and used some stamps from my June Gossamer Blue Life Pages kit that I had just received in the mail. The stamp set in this month's kit was perfect for this layout.  I felt like it needed something more, so I tried sprinkling some sequins around the page, but in the end, I liked it better just plain.

Be sure to stop by The Memory Nest to see the beautiful layouts from the rest of the design team. I hope you can find some time to play along with this sketch!

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

Make It Monday #88 at The Memory Nest

Hello again! I am back with my second post of the day! If you are looking for my Christmas Cards All Year Round reveal, please scroll down.

I am back with the latest sketch from The Memory Nest. Today is Make It Monday No. 88, and Leslie has created a fun sketch for us to work with:

I decided to make the squares on my layout a little bigger and closer together than what the sketch showed, but I think you can still see how the sketch inspired me!

I used Pink Paislee's "Switchboard" collection for this layout. I thought the phone/talking icons were perfect for this photo of Ada when she was just a little one! I have used up most of the ephemera pack that goes with this collection, so I cut out pieces from different patterned papers to use as embellishments. I did add some puffy heart stickers wherever there was a heart on the pieces.

Head on over to The Memory Nest to see the beautiful layouts from the rest of the design team. I hope to see you playing along with us!

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

Make It Monday #87 With The Memory Nest

Hello, everyone! Happy Monday to you! I hope that you had a good weekend. It's going to be a busy day here on my blog, so let's get started.

Today is Make It Monday at The Memory Nest and Leslie has created a fun sketch for us to work with:

It's always fun when a sketch includes a project life style card. I have so many in my stash, and this is a great excuse to get one used. When I came across this one particular card, I thought it was perfect for these photos of Ada. We had gone to the dollar store and she found these sunglasses and hat and thought that she needed them. Of course, I couldn't say no - she looks too cute in them - and she put on quite a show for me once we got home!

All of the papers, with the exception of the background paper, are scraps from Crate Paper's - Cute Girl - collection. The project life style card and the embellishments are from Simple Stories - Girl - Snap collection.
I still need to add the date to the tab, and I think I will do a little bit of journaling around the edge of the white square.

Head on over to The Memory Nest to see the beautiful layouts from the rest of the design team. I hope you have a chance to play along, I would love to see what you do with this sketch!

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

Make It Monday #86 At The Memory Nest

Hello everyone! Good Monday morning to you! We enjoyed a warm spring weekend and we are looking forward to more!

Today is Make It Monday at The Memory Nest, and Leslie has created another fun sketch for us to work with!

I loved the spot for some flair, so I wanted to be sure and include a piece on my layout. I knew I had quite a few flair pieces with a summer theme, and since we are finally warming up (and seeing some sunshine!) I wanted to use a summertime photo. In keeping with my goal to get more of my older photos scrapped, I pulled this one of Matthew from 2002.

I used October Afternoon's "Summertime" collection for everything on this layout, with the exception of the sun and the enamel dots. I also did something that I very rarely do - use patterned paper for my background instead of plain white cardstock. It took me a while to get used to it and not feel like it was too busy, but the more I look at it, the more I like it! It's nice to do something a little different once in a while.

Be sure to check out The Memory Nest to see the beautiful layouts from the rest of the design team. I can't wait to see what you create with this sketch!

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

My Beautiful View - The Memory Nest Make It Monday #85

Hello, hello! Happy Monday! I hope that you had a good weekend and are ready for another week!

Today is Make It Monday at The Memory Nest, and Leslie has not one, but two, sketches for us to choose from. Your choice of using two photos or three photos.

I've had these photos of Ada on my pile of photos to scrap for a while now, and I thought they would work perfectly with the two photo sketch.

I used papers from Maggie Holmes' "Bloom" collection. I love the scalloped paper, and I just cut around one of the rows of scallops to make my scalloped edge. The embellishments are actually from the "Confetti" (?) sticker sheet, and the gold glitter heart is one that I had laying on my desk just waiting to be used.

I had to get creative with my letters for the word - beautiful. I didn't have an "e "or an "l",  but I made them work by cutting apart a "w" for the "e", and I think the "l" was made by cutting apart an "h". Always give those mostly used alpha sheets another look - you may be able to alter a letter for one that you are out of!

These photos of Ada are some that I took back last summer when we visited the park. It has a really pretty "duck" pond, and with it being in the photos behind Ada...well, I just had a beautiful view!

Head on over to The Memory Nest to see the beautiful layouts from the rest of the design team. We would love to see you playing along with us!

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

Make It Monday #83

Hello everyone! Happy Monday to you! Are you ready for the new week?

Well, today is Make It Monday over at The Memory Nest, and that always makes Mondays better! Leslie has created an awesome two photo sketch for this week!

I have used Doodlebug's "Puppy Love" papers for this layout. How fitting for these photos of my son in law with his new pup! I added in some lines for a little bit of journaling, once I get the details from Shawn! (These photos are from 2011, so it's been a while for me!)

In our 100 Pattern Paper Challenge Facebook Group we have been challenged to use up some metal in March. I did not realize how much metal I still have in my stash! While going through it all I found these metal photo corners and decided to use them on this layout.

Be sure to stop by The Memory Nest to see the layouts from the rest of the design team. We hope to see you playing along with us!

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

Make It Monday #82 At The Memory Nest

Hello scrappy friends! Here we are back at Monday already! Those weekends go by way too fast!

At least this Monday is a little better because it is Make It Monday #82 at The Memory Nest, and we have a brand new sketch for you to try!

I love to use circles on my layouts, and this sketch is pretty clean and simple, so it is right up my alley!

I have used Fancy Pants' Sweet Nothings collection for this layout. I am in love with those puffy alphas and hearts! Such cuteness!

I kept my layout pretty simple - just adding in a few paint splatters and a tag for a tiny bit of journaling. I guess with Valentine's Day right around the corner I had "love" on my mind! I can't believe we have been married for 27 years!

Be sure to stop by The Memory Nest blog to see the beautiful layouts from the rest of the design team. I hope you get a chance to try out this sketch! I would love to see what you do with it!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great day!

Make It Monday #81 At The Memory Nest

Good Monday morning! I hope that you all enjoyed your weekend! Ours went by way too fast, but they always seem to!

Today is Make It Monday at The Memory Nest, and we have another great sketch for you to work with.

For my layout I have used a couple of papers from the Dear Lizzy "Fine and Dandy" collection (the pink and the flamingo paper), and the green paper is from Amy Tangerine's "Rise and Shine" collection. I loved all of the layers that were on this sketch, and I even thought about adding in a few more papers, but in the end I just decided to go with these. 

I love these photos of Ada from this last summer. She was outside playing like the maple tree was her drive thru window and she would hand us out our "food" through it. (Notice in the one picture that our food is grass!) Her little cheeks were so red, and not because of a sunburn, but because it was so hot outside! She was hot, her hair was a mess, but she was having so much fun!

Be sure to stop by The Memory Nest to see the beautiful layouts from the rest of the design team. I hope you have a chance to play along with us this month!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Make It Monday #80 @ The Memory Nest

Hello everyone! Happy Monday to you! I hope that you had a good weekend! After a weekend of freezing rain, which caused us to lose a big limb on our pear tree, we are now forecast to have thunderstorms and 60 degree weather today! Crazy weather around here!

Today is Make It Monday #80 over at The Memory Nest. Leslie has created a fun collage type sketch for us to work with.

I have used Simple Stories "Winter Wonderland" collection on this layout of Ada enjoying the first snow of the season. We didn't get a lot back in December, but enough that she could go out and walk around in it. Oh how she wanted to build a snowman, but there wasn't enough to do that! She kept on about it until Abby finally took her out and they built a tiny snowman.

The only thing that is not from the Simple Stories collection is the little snowman stamp that says, "Baby It's Cold Outside". That is from a Studio G $1 stamp set. When I finally decided I "needed" this collection, it was mostly sold out, and about all I could get was a few sheets of paper and the enamel dots, so I had to get a little creative with what I had, but I love the way it turned out.

I added in a couple of snowflake die cuts and buttons for embellishments. I will add in a little bit of journaling on the "I {heart} winter" block when I figure out what to say in that little space!

Head on over to The Memory Nest to see the fabulous layouts from the rest of the design team. You have until the end of the month to play along with us!

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

Make It Monday #78 At The Memory Nest

Hello everyone! Good Monday morning it you! That weekend seemed to go way too fast! But then again, don't they all?! I have a busy day here on the blog, so let's get started!

Today is Make It Monday over at The Memory Nest, and we have another great sketch for you to work with! Here is sketch #78, courtesy of Leslie.

I just love the angles on this sketch! They add just enough interest to make it fun! My only problem was picking out the papers! At first I didn't think I was going to like this - it took a lot of laying them out, rearranging, walking away for a while, but in the end I really like how this layout turned out. 

I used Bella Blvd's Christmas Cheer and Make It Merry collections for my background. Since the background was a little on the busy side for me, I kept the embellishing to a minimum.

These photos are of  Ada from Christmas time last year. It was the first year that she really got to help with decorating the tree, and she loved every minute of it!

Head on over to The Memory Nest to see the beautiful layouts from the rest of the team. We hope to see you playing along with us!

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

The Memory Nest - Make It Monday #77

Hello, hello! Happy Monday to you! The weather around here is getting colder and it's really starting to feel like Christmas is just around the corner. There "may" even be the mention of snow flurries in the forecast. I'm not holding my breath, but I'm ready to see some snow!

Today is Make It Monday over at The Memory Nest, and Leslie has created a great sketch for us to work with!

While looking through Ada's layouts, I noticed that I don't have many - if any - of just her and her Daddy. I've had this photo that Abby took out on my desk for quite a while and decided now is a good time to get it scrapped!

The papers that I used for this layout were all scraps from the box that holds my supplies for her first year album, but I know the grey background and the pink paper is from American Crafts, and the yellow is a piece of paper that I have seriously had in my stash since the early 2000's! I didn't need much journaling for this layout, so I let the filler card do that work for me. If I am not mistaken it is from a Simple Stories collection...I think...I could be wrong! I know the "Cutest Baby Ever" embellishment was cut out of one of the Simple Stories cut apart cards and matted with the same pink paper to match the layout better. The title is made from rub-ons that I found in Target's dollar spot back in the fall. I wasn't sure how they would work with just being a dollar, but they work like a dream!

Be sure to stop by The Memory Nest to see the beautiful layouts from the rest of the design team. I hope you find some time to play along with us!

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

Make It Monday #76 at The Memory Nest

Hello everyone! Good Monday morning to you! I am so glad that you have stopped by today!

Today is Make It Monday over at The Memory Nest. Leslie has provided us another great sketch to work with.

I created a layout of Ada trick or treating this year. This was the first year that she really got the whole idea of Halloween. Last year she refused to put her costume on - this year she wanted to wear it all the time! She was Skye from Paw Patrol, and a pretty darn cute one! Abby said she did really well with saying "Trick Or Treat" and "Thank You" at every house, but when she saw a golf cart full of scary clowns, she was ready to go home! She said that Ada enjoyed passing out the candy as much as getting it.

Since Ada and Abby's costumes were no where near traditional Halloween colors, I decided to make my layout in non-traditional, non-Halloween papers. I did embellish it with a few ghosts, and I kinda like this non-traditional Halloween layout!

Be sure to stop by The Memory Nest to see the beautiful layouts from the rest of the team. I do hope that you play along with us!

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

Make It Monday #75

Hello and Happy Monday! I hope you had a good weekend and are ready to start the new week!

Today is Make It Monday over at The Memory Nest, and we have a great sketch for you! I am a big fan of circles, so this sketch was right up my alley!

I die cut several different sized circles from the pattern papers I chose - a mix of Kaiser Craft's Holly Jolly collection and Echo Park's Christmas Cheer collection. The papers in these two collections were a perfect match, even though they are from different companies. Since the circles already made this layout a little on the busy side, I opted to keep embellishments to a minimum and just add a few gold gems around the layout. After I took the photo I realized my title was on a slant, and that has been fixed as well!

Every year on Christmas eve we try to get a few fun family photos. This was one of my favorites from last year - it wasn't the best quality photo, but I love it anyway!

Head on over to The Memory Nest to see the layouts from the rest of the design team. I hope you find some time to play along with us this month. We love to see your creations!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a fabulous day!

Make It Monday #74 - The Girl Has Style

Hello, hello! How is your Monday going? I can't believe the weekend went so fast! It's looking like it's going to be another hot day around here - upper 80's in the middle of October...that's crazy!

Today is Make It Monday over at The Memory Nest, and do we have a fun sketch for you! I was so excited when I first saw this sketch - I knew it would be a fun one to work with!

Abby sent me this photo of Ada back in September. Ada has never been much of a hat girl, but when she saw this Paw Patrol hat she had to have it! Abby said on this Saturday they were getting ready to go to Springfield and Ada picked out her own outfit. Of course the hat was included! Now we're talking it's the middle of September here, when it's still pretty hot outside. Abby said she wore it all morning and until they got to Springfield, then she said her head was itchy, and took it off!

I went with the pinks and grays to match her outfit, and added in a few extra layers under the photo. I really wanted the title to be - The girl's got style - but the alphas just weren't there for it! The journaling is on the tag underneath the photo.

Head on over to The Memory Nest to see the beautiful layouts from the rest of the team. I look forward to seeing what you create with this fun sketch!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I will be back a little later with another project to share with you!

Star Spangled Cutie - Make It Monday #73 @ The Memory Nest

Hello, hello! Happy Monday! I hope that you had a good weekend! This weekend seemed to go by super fast for me...I guess I was enjoying spending time with the family!

We have a great new sketch posted over at The Memory Nest today! This fabulous sketch was created by Leslie!

I dug into my Basic Grey drawer to find papers for this layout of Ada on the 4th of July weekend. Bless her heart, she was just getting over strep throat and she still did not feel well at all. One minute she would be happy and giggling, and the next minute she would be whining and crying! Poor thing wanted to feel good, she just couldn't for very long!

Head on over to The Memory Nest to see the beautiful layouts from the rest of the team! I hope you get a chance to play along with us!

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

Make It Monday #72 @ The Memory Nest

Hello scrappy friends! Are you ready for a new week? Fall officially begins this week here in the US,  but it looks like the summertime heat will be sticking around here for a bit longer. I don't really mind as summer is my favorite season, but 70's instead of almost 90 would be nice!

Today is Make It Monday at The Memory Nest! This week Katie has created a great sketch for us to work with.

If this photo looks familiar it is because it is the last in series of photos that I scrapped about here. I just couldn't resist scrapping this photo, too. Ada is just so adorable in my reading glasses!

I stuck with paper scraps from Bella Blvd again, and the heart paper is from Crate Paper's Love collection. The wood veneer word was in a package of words that I picked up at Michael's in their $1.50 bin. The perfect title for this photo!

Be sure to stop by The Memory Nest to see the layouts from the rest of the design team. I hope you find some time to play along with us! I can't wait to see your take on the sketch!

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

The Memory Nest's Make It Monday #71

Hello everyone! Happy Monday! We are enjoying the last day of our long weekend, so our week is already off to a good start!

Today is Make It Monday over at The Memory Nest. We are back to our regular schedule of posting twice a month. Our first sketch of September is courtesy of Leslie.

Wow! Look how little Ada is in these photos! She wasn't quite 6 months old, and she was rockin' the shades!

I kept pretty close to the sketch on this one - only switching the title placement to the top and omitting the other layer under the left photo - I didn't want to cut up that cute XO paper! Speaking of the XO paper - it is another sheet off of my 100 Patterned Paper Challenge stack! The pink grid is the back side of it, so I got more of it used than you think!

Be sure to stop by The Memory Nest to see the layouts from the rest of the team. I hope you play along with us this month!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day - I know I plan to!