Give it a try...

This weeks Card Sketch Challenge #16 at PaperPopcicles is a fun one...join the fun!

Here is my take on this weeks sketch, using Martha Stewart Halloween paper.

I've been dying to make some holiday goodies.

Here is the original sketch...

Crafty Weekend

Can you believe it will be September in only 2 days! I can't believe how fast this year has flown by for me, but on the positive side my birthday will be here soon -LOL!!

I know I haven't posted much lately, but I have been working on things...several just can be posted anywhere until they are used for their intended purpose...haha!

So here is a brand new 2 page layout - a RARE event for me these days. The pictures are from a few weeks ago when Katie attended a student council lock-in for team building. She had tons of fun, and gratefully her teacher/sponsor took TONS of pictures (yeah for a happy scrappy mom!)

That makes 2 of us...

I had a blast making this layout from the sketch below, it all part of the challenge over at From Here 2 Scrapternity.

Take the Challenge

Each week over at Paper Popsicles they post a card sketch to inspire you to design your own card. This week, Challenge #13 is the sketch seen below:


This was my first week to play with this challenge. I had alot of fun designing my entry and shuffleing paper around in my craft room!
Here is my take:

Our Girl

Tonight I worked on completing a sketch from Paper Popsicles. I like the way it turn out. This is one of my favorite recent pictures of Katie.

Turn 'em out Tuesday!

Finally a PAGE...I haven't done a layout in awhile...I keep myself strung out doing swaps and altered stuff alot lately. Tonight I watched a bit of TV while completing this layout. It is this months sketch challenge on the local meet-up group I organize. I thought I should try to lead by example and complete the sketch too ( last month I was a bad leader and didn't do it).

This month my local group is also doing a All About Me page swap. Each member creates 12 pages (for the 12 people participating). The pages don't have to be exact...but similar. I did the same layout and same photos and information...but different paper on them. Tomorrow I'll post those - ya, ya, I know they are supposed to be a secret...I've never been one much for following the rules (LOL).

Challenge Sketch...

Just a quick layout I did with a friend last night...It's this months sketch challenge with my meet-up group. Since it the holiday's....we didn't have as many participants as normal...but it was alot of fun!

Quickie...

Just a quick layout from a 1hour sketch challenge tonight at Just Scrappin.

Challenge yourself...

This layout is the last of three I finished over the weekend. It is a challenge also - for Rockin R Retreats...using a cute lil sketch. I didn't bring alot of embellishments to the crop - so I felt a bit limited when completing this one, but I still like it pretty well. The entire page are photos from Ivy's 4th grade awards assembly on the last day of school last year...her LAST DAY of ELEMENTARY school!!!

Working away...

This weekend I got to attend an all day crop with friends in Burleson. I was there for almost 12 hours..I only completed 3 pages, but did make good progress on several banners I am working on for my mom. The page below I did at the swap for a challenge in a local group I crop in. It was using a sketch.

Kinda a lull...

I typically enjoy participating in both challenges and working with sketches...I don't know if i struggled with this most recent one because I was sick and just not feeling creative, or because I just wasn't inspired by the sketch...but I found this one hard to complete.

My local Scrapbooking group, started a sketch challenge for this month, and I wanted to participate to encourage others to join in also...but it just didn't come easy this time. Some you like, some you LOVE and some you tolerate...lol!

So Tell Me Your Story...

I came across a new challenge blog recently launched by a fellow "pea" - and I participated in her very 1st challenge awhile back. This week they are on challenge #4 - All about Music. I am a big music fan, so I thought this would be an appropriate week for me to again participate with them. The challenge is to essentially pick your top 5 songs that represent something in your life, invoke emotion, or remind you of someone/something significant. It was really hard to narrow the list down to only 5...but here is my layout. Enjoy!

Fun Layout

Last night I finished this Layout of Ivy. The pictures totally fits her personality. She is an "in-your-face" kind of gal! Fun and outgoing...always acting silly, and saying some of the craziest things! This page also was my entry for the What's the Word? challenge over at Feeling Scrappy. This months word was YOU!

I won a contest!

I recently made some felt embellishments for a Challenge on The Everyday Scrapper website...and I won!!! Woo Hoo! Be sure to go check it out here!
I get $50.00 of product from the Love Elsie line...can't wait!

Fun Challenge

A fellow blogger started a new Scrapbook Challenge site, So tell me your story...and in effort to support her new endeavor, I participated in her first challenge. It was to scrap your "Beginning".

This was a really great challenge for me, because I have alot of small old Polaroid square photos my mom passed on to me in frustration of not knowing exactly what to do with them. They were from when Polaroid's would print one 3 x 3 print and 2 small 1.5 x 1.5 squares along the side. I realize tomorrow is the deadline to enter the first challenge, but I encourage you to enter another one...I think you will enjoy it!

Little bits...

Today I finished a little project for a scrapbook board. It is a custom CD envelope.

Today is THE DAY!

As member of the month at Feeling Scrappy, today is the day I posted my MOTM challenge! I'd love for my fellow scrapping friends to participate too {hint - hint}! My challenge is to create a layout using the following sketch (by Jana Eubank).

My example of this challenge is this page featuring my daughter Ivy at the local Girl Scout Duck Day event in Ft. Worth.

For those who participate in this Challenge, they will receive a ticket in the drawing at the end of the month to receive a RAK from me for their participation! As a BONUS I challenged them to use an animal in their title (as I did with Duck) for an additional ticket in the RAK drawing! Hope you all play along too and be sure to upload your pages on Feeling Scrappy!

Last Day of the Month

Finished up my final challenge page for Feeling Scrappy today! Can't wait to see what next months challenges are. I hung out at home today until my Dr. appointment at 2:50. Scheduled my surgery for May 30...subject to change. I've got to get Chris to commit which day is best for him to get off work. Tomorrow - I get to crop all day, YEAH!

Crops {R} Fun

This layout is for a recipe swap I participate in. This months theme was picnic foods. Since I take this dish to potlucks occasionally, I thought it would be appropriate.

I completed this layout for a challenge on Feeling Scrappy. It is for the Book of Us Challenge, this months theme was Family Shoes.

I completed this layout for a challenge on Feeling Scrappy. It is for the Book of Me, this months theme was your purse.

This layout is of Chris birthday from this past weekend at the farm.

Don't miss the party!

Today we are having a scrapping party appropriately named "Scrap with us" over at Feeling Scrappy. There are tons of challenges - something to appeal to everyone! Come join us to get your name in the hat for something great and to have a ton of fun!

Here is the 1st page I've completed today!