While the snow continues to fall...

These are two cards I made for Amy's Creative Challenge.  We were challenged to use 4 colors of CTMH card stock.  

I've finished my 6 pages already.  YEAH ME!  They are basic and simple but that's ok...the photos my SIL/BIL take are so good, really...all  they need is to be put into the album.  The pictures tell the story.  I just put them on pieces of paper.  

I hope to get back to this project but now want to take a break and go play in the snow.

Here's what I did...

SS Sketch Challenge #11

I am one of *those* doggie Mommas. We gave our dog a birthday party when he turned two. I found the cutest paw print hats and had to train him to wear it.

These are the pictures of the training. Buddie gets embarrassed - funniest thing to watch. Anyway, he buried his nose & face under his pillow. He finally came out when we told him he could have a frosty paws (doggie ice cream) treat later.

Weekend Plans 7 - 8 Mar

My thoughts and prayers are with Martha this weekend as she bought a weekend get away package to go to AZ and see her uncle. I hope that she's able to get some great pics to remember the weekend.

This is our weekend to relax and hang out at home. I've accomplished a lot around the house today and most importantly made time to reorganzie part of my scrapping area. I am so happy to walk down the stairs and see the open area by my scrap space and I can't wait to make a lot of great pages there. I'm hoping tomorrow has a little more sun so I can take some pictures.

Otherwise my scrapping priority was to make the SS sketch challenge #10 which I accomplished tonight.


LHS


RHS


Tomorrow I need to make some cards to give to my sorority sisters and work on the taxes (yuck!).

Have a great weekend everyone!

Wrapping up the month

SS Challenge #8



Journaling is simple "My Skippy boy". Bud loves to clean out the mostly empty peanut butter container.

SS Challenge #9



Pictures from last summer of my street, the view from the driveway and the back yard.

The picture of the tree in the bottom middle on the left shows scratch marks from a deer. Wish he would have left his antlers.

Journaling is "The world's favorite season is spring. All things seem possible in May. Teale"

Feb 12 on the 12th



The journaling will go in the white space on the RHS. I'm typing it out and need ink for the printer.

Also got mostly caught up on the pj 365 pages - again need some ink so I can print some more pics.

Our challenges
Altered 4 mailboxes for valentines day, three for us and one for a secret sis.


Made Valentines cards for my sweeties - posted earlier here on the blog.

FEB totals

2 SWAP SETS USED
4 ALTERED ITEMS
18 TRADITIONAL PAGES MADE USING A SKETCH
24 PAGES COMPLETED
6 CARDS MADE
SPENT $0

YTD Page total = 140

So now I'm caught up on the SS Sketch challenges (I think)

Got Mojo?

Wow...I sure have had  a good healthy dose of crafting mojo this weekend.  I can't remember when I was this productive over just a regular weekend.  And more importantly, I can't recall when I have been this  pleased with how my layouts  all turned out.  Seems like lately, I've just been "ah, at least they are done", but for a couple of these...I'm really excited about the final results.

I think a lot is a reflection of the  pictures:  I had a lot of good pictures to choose from, and was scrapbooking one of my favorite places to go:  our neighborhood pool.  We really do live in a great neighborhood!  

This first layout is from SS Sketch challenge wk6.  I didn't have enough photos to make it a 2 page spread.  So, one side is my birthday, and the other is just a summary page of my neighborhood gal pals.  You probably can't read the journaling, but Hubby calls us "The coven".  Pretty accurate description.  We enjoy stirring the pot and cast spells on those that annoy us!  :)
The second one is from GaCyn's challenge, wk 7 I think on SS.  Love my Things and love this photo of them.  Rare that they both cooperate and to be wearing their Thing shirts, well, that was a double blessing!  

These two are from our annual Party in the Park celebration.  Didn't use a sketch, gasp...did this one ALL on my own.  It was easy...the bright colors worked well, and again...I'm so happy doing layouts of my neighborhood.  
This was the last one for the weekend.  Just a Hodge podge of photos that I wanted to scrapbook but didn't really warrant their own layouts.  OMG:  that must be a mistake...I fear I finally managed to get a picture of Hubby!   He's even less willing to have his photo taken than moi!  

And finally, the SS challenge, wk 8.  It's from a BH sketch that I've used many of times.  I'm excited I was able to stamp in the corner of the RHS.  That stamp set is from a CTMH set, from?last month...Key to my heart.  Love the swirlies!  

And well...with this, I must clean up my space and shift gears...I would like to get a few pages done on the baby album.  but, it was fun to spend the weekend working on my own family pages.  

The last from the weekend...

I finished up these two sketch challenges this morning.  (From the BOBecky Higgins and a page map from ?Feb. 07).  The second sketch (Math Masters) was a real challenge for me.  Taking pictures at school assemblies is tricky and I never get a shot that I"m pleased with.  But these assemblies are a big part of the Things elementary years so I felt the need to document and journal what I had.  I've tried everything to get a clearer shot and it just doesn't seem to work with the lighting in the cafeteria, the movement of the children and the general sense of chaos during this event.  Go with what you have and be done with it...that's my motto of late.

I've cleaned off the desk and will likely pack things up until the next weekend.  I could make the time to scrapbook during the week but it never feels right.  Weekends are when I do my best work...I just need to live with this reality.

Weekend happenings

Boyd's Card


SS Sketch Challenge #7


SS Sketch Challenge #6


SS Sketch Challenge #5


Fun layout


I accomplished more than I expected over the weekend. Caught up on the sketch challenges, got the Valentines done, organized my pictures to scrap, and went through my scraps and got them filed.

Boyd and I were talking on Saturday night and he was wondering if we should move my scrapping area to the basement. I love it's current location, one level down from the main level (we have a 4 level split) and I'm right infront of a large window. I think I just need to repurpose a few more things and get it to where I want it. :D

Brag Book 5x7

I've had this project on my stack for....well, way too long.  But today I told myself the time had come.  Just do it...and while it isn't exactly as I imagined it to look, I"m grateful to have the project done.

These photos were from almost 2 years ago (5.07 and 6.07).    My friend Marcie turned 40 and we had a couple different events planned that celebrated this big day for her.  The highlight for me was our weekend of cropping.  Now, I could be wrong, but I fear that was the last time I went to a weekend retreat that didn't involve packing a suitcase and catching a plane.  

That simply needs to change...it has been TOO long.

Back to the project at hand.  I'll make a card and take the entire project and mail it to her.  Sure, she really does live just around the corner...but I can only imagine the smile it will bring to her face to go check her mail next week and find this memory book waiting for her.  

Practice Random Acts of kindness...even in the scrapbooking variety and even if the event occurred way too long ago...the thought will still be appreciated I'm sure of that!  

PS:  I have no idea what the letters on the title page  stand for...she's a huge a rocker and she and her BFF, Debbie go to loads of concerts.  This is something they came up with...an inside joke of sorts.  I'd wanted to do more of a Bon Jovi theme (since she would like to be Mrs. Bon Jovi should that ever present itself as an option) but with this size of an album there isn't much room for added details.  So, I just used the DCWV Rock Star paper and kept things rather simple.  Simple and done:  ain't nothing wrong with that!  And the cost involved:  nada, since like I said...I'd bought all the stuff way too long ago...just needed to take time to put it all together.  

Pictures as promised...

Grandparents page
And baby makes four...
Title Page...yummy baby!
These are in reverse sequence, but yeah, waiting for the c-section
And finally, my imagination station which is more like Distraction Attraction but there ya have it.

Am off to rotate the laundry and figure out something for lunch.  

Hope you enjoy...

Sunday productivity

I finally had the time and energy to make it down to my scrap desk today.

This is my interpretation of the SS sketch challenge. It was for 12x12 pages and I adapted it to my 8x8 2008 December Daily album.



It was kind of hard to work on anything else since I was inspired by my Valentine's Inspiration Station.

Slow and steady

wins the race, right?  At least that's always been my approach when it comes to scrapbooking. 

This layout represents all that I've accomplished this weekend.  But, the day is still young so perhaps more will be accomplished.  But for now, I"m happy with this layout.  It fills a gap in my album and I hate gaps so that alone makes me very content.

So for now, enjoy this layout. I'm including the sketch that I used for this layout.  It's from the Page Map series and I realize I've used it a couple times since I bought the book.  That must mean it works for me!  

Sketch challenge Wk 3 - K

Here's my take on week three.



I used the Rock Star paper as my title and cut out one of the metallic guitars for an embellishment - HL even has sticker 50% off this week.

To be honest when I emailed Martha I was whining. I love the sketch challenges but I tend to only have 3 or 4 pics for an event. Since going mostly digital I order my prints online and only pick the best ones. So I can't easily go back to resize the pics and print them specifically for the layout.


Here are the other pages I did today.

the end of an era - my office when I was working at home and pics from my last week working there.


more winter pictures - and I finally used most of one of my favorite CM packs.

layout for the book of me

Here's a layout I've been wanting to do ever since I saw the layout in the PageMaps book.



I figured out my paper layout (CTMH Game On) and then went to take the picture. Ended up printing them as Antique and I love how they blend with the papers and the yellow on the letters stands out a bit.

There's hidden journaling under the tab that says football. Talks about my addiction to football. How in the fall we have football on from 10 AM Sat through 10 PM Sunday evening and then again Monday night.

Looking at the completed layout I'm wishing I would've left off the touchdown stamp, or stamped it on paper and overlapped the photo a bit. But again it's done. =)

Whale eyes....

I had a little time to kill before American Idol started. And I had these pics trimmed from the weekend only that layout didn't work. I'm glad I waited, I like this one a lot more. It's pretty much a direct copy from one of the Page Maps cards.



The title is whale eyes - I wish the font was thicker but it's the only small letters I could make with my little cricut. Didn't feel like pulling out the sizzix and messing with all of that - maybe another day.

Wrapping up the weekend

I finally made it down to my craft area to wrap up the weekend scrap-a-thon. I wanted to complete the 2nd Sketch challenge from ScrapShare. It took me awhile to find pictures that would fit the sketch and this is what I ended up with.



I switched the columns in the second page to put a solid column with the title on the outer edge.

This was a fun and relaxing weekend at home - I wish it could have last for a few more hours.

Totals:
Pages 19
purchases $2
Cost per page $.11
Cards 1

I decided after my retail therapy last night that I should get some scrapping done today. I did a little rearranging in my scrap area and then hit the papers. hehehe.

This is my favorite layout of the day


I was shocked when Boyd told me I could make a Diva page for Buddie. He was stylin in the little girl scarf I made last winter.


Buddie loves popcorn so much that he drools while watching us eat.


This is my second favorite layout. Buddie intently watched the movie Snow Buddies with us. (this is some of the paper I bought last night)


And finally I did a page on the Packers for Boyd.


Totals:
Pages 17
purchases $2
Cost per page $.12
Cards 1

Wrapping up the weekend

I was able to cleanup my scrap space today and I made some time tonight to work on a few quick pages. I'm not looking forward to going back to work tomorrow but life goes on.

Here's my favorite of the night.


Tracking:
Total pages 10
Total cost 0

Last one for the night...

I've cleaned up my space, put away most of my toys and thought I"d post this last layout before I call it a night.  It's my favorite thus  far.  And maybe a bit too much CTMH in style.  You know, all the colors, doo-dads and what nots...but hey, scrapbooking boy stuff all the time gets old, ya know!  I used a sketch from the Imagine book called Dialogue and just sort of took off from there.  

That's my dad helping Thing Two plant my flower boxes.  Um, from Mother's Day weekend, 2007.  Yeah, where's that blushing smilie dude when you need him?  

Off to dream land...

Christmas Photo

Here's my inspiration...not a sketch but as soon as I saw it I knew what I wanted to do.


Here's my lay out - it's our Christmas card & the page will go in my Christmas cards album.