Flashback Friday @ Scrapbook Challenges

Hello everyone! Happy Friday to you! I hope that you have had a good week. We just have one more week of school and then it's spring break for us! I am looking forward to that!

Today is Flashback Friday over on the Scrapbook Challenges blog. That is where we take an older sketch and give it a makeover and new look. Here  is this week's sketch.

These are photos from Ada's second birthday party. She got a little overwhelmed when everyone started singing "Happy Birthday" to her, and she started to cry. Not to worry - Mommy and Daddy were right there, and she was smiling again in no time! They are just the cutest little family!

I stuck pretty close to the sketch once again, just adding in a few more papers behind the photos, omitting the banner, and adding in extra embellishments around the title.I used Echo Park's Birthday Wishes collection for this layout. When I bought the papers, my local scrapbook store was already out of the sticker sheet, so I had to get creative with my embellishments. I had to dig out an old balloon punch and punched out a couple of balloons, and I just love that little puffy cupcake sticker! 

Be sure to check out the Scrapbook Challenges blog  to see the original sketch, and to see the 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, and have a great weekend!

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #150

Hi guys! I am back with my third post of the day. The latest sketch from Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge has been posted, and it is another fun one.

Since I had the Simple Stories Homespun papers still out on my desk from my last project, I decided to try and use some more of it up. I love the colors in this collection, and it always makes for a fun card.

Head on over to the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog to see the sketch and read the rules on how to play along.

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

Use Your Stuff Challenge #213

Hello everyone! I am back with my second project to share with you today. We have a new challenge up at Use Your Stuff, and I am the hostess this week. This week I am challenging you to use ribbon, twine, lace, string, some sort of trim on your project.

For my card I used the Simple Stories Homespun collection. This is one of my most favorite collections, and I have very little left of it. I have been hanging on to every little scrap I can! I tied some string around the panel and added a tiny little bling heart to the middle of the bow.

I used this sketch from Taylored Expressions Share Joy challenge #24. I'm too late to enter it into their challenge, but I wanted to give them credit!

Be sure to stop by the Use Your Stuff blog and see all of the wonderful projects from the rest of the design team. Our new design team members were announced this morning as well, and a few of them even joined in on my challenge.

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

Make It Monday #55 @ The Memory Nest

Hello everyone! Happy Monday to you! I hope that you all had a good weekend and didn't work too hard. We had another warm weekend and spent lots of time outside working on the yard.

I am here today to share the latest Make It Monday sketch with you from The Memory Nest. Katie has created another great sketch for us to work with!

I stuck pretty close to the sketch, mainly switching out the circle photo for a square. Everything else stayed pretty much the same.

I used the pretty Charlotte collection from Close To My Heart for this layout. I just love the peach, grey, and black color scheme in this collection, and it was perfect for this photo that I snapped a couple of weeks ago of Ada. I had taken several photos of her playing with her toys, and she was actually quite happy to pose for a picture or two as well. That doesn't happen too often these days!

Be sure to stop by The Memory Nest blog to see how the rest of the design team interpreted this sketch. I hope that you are inspired to play along with us this month!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I have a few more projects to share with you today, so stay tuned!

Lasting Memories #283 - Future Mr and Mrs

Hello everyone! Happy Sunday to you! I hope that you are all enjoying your weekend. We have had a busy one around here. We kept Miss Ada over night on Friday, and my goodness, she can wear you out! Add to that the fact that it's been beautiful outside and we have been spending every spare minute out in it! I can't believe that my daffodils are already blooming - it's usually late March or April before they make an appearance.

We have a new challenge for you this week over on the Lasting Memories blog. The theme for March is "Welcome to the Oscars", and this week's challenge is anything goes with and "Oscar" theme. 

For my layout I was inspired by the gold statue - gold foil hearts, the glitter and glam - red glitter heart and bling hearts, the attire, particularly the tuxedos - black and white background, and lastly I made a little seal with an initial to represent the seal on the envelope.

This layout is of Abby and Shawn the year before they were married. It was Abby's birthday and my sister snapped this photo of them at her birthday party. They look so happy and in love in this photo.

I used this week's sketch from Sketches In Thyme. I just couldn't resist playing along with it!

I used the awesome Simple Stories new collection - Life In Color - for this layout. I am in love with this collection. I bought almost every single embellishment, along with the 12x12 collection of paper and the 6x6 paper pad, and I can already tell I am going to want more of it! The colors are so pretty and so are the patterns. Since this sketch had lots of little layers behind the photo, I used papers from the 6x6 paper pad.

Be sure to check out the sketch at Sketches In Thyme - you have until the end of the month to play along with it!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Head on over to the Lasting Memories blog to see the beautiful layouts from the rest of the design team. I do hope you have some time to play along with us this month!

Have a beautiful day!

Scrapbook Challenges Flashback Friday #106

Hi guys! Happy Friday! I hope that you are all doing well. We are having another round of warm, sunny days, so all is well in my neck of the woods!

Today is Flashback Friday over on the Scrapbook Challenges blog. I am so excited to be returning for another term with the team. We have several returning members and quite a few new faces to inspire you the next several months. 

Here is this week's Flashback Friday sketch:

I love that this sketch has a larger photo and then several smaller photos. It was perfect for these cute photos of Ada at the pool this last summer. There's really no story to tell other than she looked so cute in her bathing suit, and she loved the water!

I used Echo Park's - I Love Sunshine papers for this layout. I also used my new favorite obsession - roller stamps from October Afternoon to stamp a few phrases. I just love to add these to my layouts - at least when I remember to pull them out and use them!

Head on over to the Scrapbook Challenges blog and see the beautiful layouts from the rest of the team. I hope you can find some time to play along with us!

Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic Friday!

Sketch N Scrap Throwback Thursday - Beach Bum

Hello everyone! I hope that you are all doing well! We are inching ever closer to the weekend, and it looks to be another nice one around here.

On March 1st we celebrated our 100th sketch over at Sketch N Scrap.We are celebrating this milestone all month long with a special Throwback Thursday! One of the design team members will be your hostess, and she will pick an older sketch for you to work with.

For this first Throwback Thursday, I am your hostess, and I have chosen sketch #17 - created by Lisa - from September 16, 2012 for you to work with.

I just loved the overall design of this sketch and thought it was a great way to showcase a special photo.

This is one of my most favorite photos of my youngest son from the summer of 2002. He has always loved the water, so trips to the lake were always fun (and they still are!) with him. I'm surprised I got a picture of him sitting down on the beach instead of being in the water. He loved the water so much and it was always a fight to get him out. I also love to see that this was his rock collecting stage. Everywhere we went he always had a hand full of rocks that he had picked up in the driveway before we left. He held on to them at all times and knew exactly how many he had.  Not only that, but he is such a cute little stinker!

Check out the Sketch N Scrap blog to see the layouts from the other design team members that played along with the sketch I picked. I hope you're able to play along with us all month long. Check back next week to see who our next hostess is and which sketch she has chosen for you.

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

Try Stampin - Or Not - On Tuesday #260 - Hello

Hello again! I am back with my third post for the day. The latest sketch from Try Stampin - Or Not - On Tuesday is posted today, and I am in love with this sketch! I can see myself using it a lot! Our optional theme is - In like a lamb or a lion?

I chose to just use the sketch for my card, and I used the We R Memory Keepers Chalkboard 6x6 paper pad. I just love the colors in this collection, they are so soft and pretty.

Head on over to the Try Stampin blog to see the beautiful inspiration from the rest of the team. You have two weeks to enter our challenges and you can enter either over on the blog, or on our Facebook page here.

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

Sketch N Scrap #100!!!

Hello everyone! Happy March 1st to you! I can't believe that it is March already. So far our winter has been pretty mild, and with the official first day of spring only a few weeks away, dare I say that I don't think we're going to have much winter around here this year. (I hope I didn't just jinx us!)

I am so excited to be sharing with you Sketch N Scrap's 100th layout sketch today! Lisa has created a fantastic sketch for us to work with.

I just loved this sketch the first time I saw it and I wanted to use some special photos for it. These super sweet photos of Ada at 6 months, standing - with Pops' help - in the field of daisies were perfect for this sketch. I may go back and add in a little bit of journaling, but there's not really much to say other than this was part of Ada's 6 month photo shoot.

I dug out a couple of sizes of old daisy punches that haven't seen the light of day in quite a while. The shock must have been too much for one of them, because with the first punch it completely fell apart! I do love the daisies layered on top of one another, and I added a little bit of glossy accents to the middle of each one. 

Now head on over to the Sketch N Scrap blog to see how the other design team members interpreted this sketch. We will be celebrating our 100th sketch all month with Throwback Thursday. Each week on Thursday we will be posting an older sketch picked for you from one of our design team members. Be sure to come back on Thursday for our first throwback sketch. 

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

Feeling Sketchy #140

Hello everyone! Today is the first and that means a new sketch is posted over on the Feeling Sketchy blog, and I am sharing it with you as well!

I don't make long, skinny cards very often, I mostly stick to the standard A2 size, and even though this sketch could have been adapted to that, I thought I'd step out of my comfort zone. I stayed true to the sketch, only I spaced my squares to fit all the way across the card, and I omitted the area for the sentiment since my sentiment was on one of the squares.

Be sure to check out the Feeling Sketchy blog to read about our sponsor, Bugaboo Stamps, and to see the beautiful creations from the rest of the team.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I will be back with a couple more projects for you today!