My Heart

Oh my it's been such a fun time going through old photos of my kiddos! I found another great nugget and couldn't wait to get it on paper.  I so miss this cuties smile.  She still smiles but it's all grown up now.

I love this sketch challenge from Let's Get Sketchy.  The page came together quickly and I'm loving how it turned out.

As you can see I used a vertical picture and I used brackets instead of spots. 

Fall Girl

Hello.  I am loving that it's finally getting a little cooler out and fall is here.  I found this cute picture of my daughter from 2002 and couldn't help but scrap it. She was such a big helper and really enjoyed raking the leaves (wish she still felt that way).

I used this awesome sketch from Let's Get Sketchy to create my layout.

Here is what I came up with.  I used a cute kit from Echo Park and my Kiwi Lane templates to create this cute fall layout. I love using the templates to cut out titles to get different shapes.  

Stink Eye Jake

These pictures make me giggle something horrible.  I totally forgot we taught our youngest how to "stink eye" lol.  He does it so well and still gives us them 11 years later.  Jacob was only 5 years old and we were waiting in line and trying to keep him happy.  He loved how everyone around him laughed when he did it.

I chose a layout from Let's Get Sketchy to use these cute pictures. It took me a bit to get it just the way I wanted it.  I played around with a few different templates before settling on the one's I used.

Here is my layout. I used several different Kiwi Lane templates as well as the June kit.  I love how even though it was for camping I was able to make it work here.

This Is Awesome!

Here is a layout I created for the Let's Get Sketchy mid month sketch challenge.  I really liked all the different elements for this layout.  

This is what I came up with.  I found this old photo of my now 21 year old son and just love that smile!! This was a great sketch for this photo as it makes it the complete focal point. 

Family

I created this layout using Let's Get Sketchy March 15th layout challenge.  It was the perfect compliment to the Sisters layout I created.

The actual pictures are the best but I just couldn't, not, use them.  My mother-in-law was always doing goofy things to make people laugh.  She actually started twerking once!!

Sisters

Hello everyone.  I played along with Let's Get Sketchy March 1st layout challenge.  We recently lost my mother-in-law and we found some photos of her and her sisters (and other family members).  The picture I used on this layout is extra special as three of the four ladies have now passed on.  We miss them everyday but finding this treasure was a blessing.

Summer Memories

I'm enjoying some much needed scrapping time.  Since starting my new job, with weekends off, I find that my creative mojo has finally come back.  And with a little help from this awesome sketch challenge at Let's Get Sketchy I'm one page closer to finishing this album!

Here is the sketch

And her is my layout.  You can see it's sister HERE. 

Live The Life...

I've recently been going through old photos and found this one from my daughter's bridging ceremony (years ago) of my grandma, mom, me and my daughter.  It's rare to get a 4 generation photo and since my grandma has since passed this is extra special. 

I'm using a sketch challenge from Let's Get Sketchy.  It's such a cheerful sketch and I have the perfect paper for it (since the photo is a bit washed out).  I love hexagons so this was perfect and I even have hexagon shaped thin dies!!

Here is the sketch...

This is what I came up with...

Not the best picture as it's rainy and dark here.

Adventure Joy Fun

I found this old picture of my now 18 year old daughter and couldn't wait to create a layout using it.  You sometimes forget how sweet and adorable they were before the "teen" years arrive lol.

I found this great sketch challenge over at Let's Get Sketchy and it is perfect for this photo.

Here is the sketch

And this is what I came up with

I used a distress ink on the edges of all the patterned paper and ran it across the background cardstock to add some depth.  It's so bright in my house right now (problems right?) that you can't really see that.

US

Here is a layout of my Mom and my Grandma's youngest sister.  My mom is only about 2 in this photo. I'm hoping to get all of these photos scrapped so I can give my mom a scrapbook for Christmas with all these great memories of her childhood and  her mothers.  These photos are so hard to come by and I'm so glad I was able to get my hands one them.

I used another sketch from Let's Get Sketchy.  This is October's week 3 sketch.

I made a couple of little changes to the layout to suit what I wanted.  I still feel like it's missing something but it's finished none the less.  The photo didn't turn out as well as I'd had hoped but here it is.

 
                                                                               

1957

I absolutely love old photos.  When my Grandma passed I was able to have some of the photos from her life.  These are a treasure I'll never want to loose or forget.  Even though I don't know everything that leads up to the pictures being taken, I still have a bit of her past and can have memories for my children to always be able to look back on.

These photos happen to be of my mom and three of her four siblings.  Looking at these I can't believe how much I look like her, even when she was younger.  We are definitely twins!

I chose this one page layout from Let's Get Sketchy because most of the photos don't have enough for a two page spread (which is how I usually scrap).  Doing these one page layouts really gets my brain thinking.

Here is my layout

Graduate~ Let's Get Sketchy Challenge

Today I'm working on a layout for my new scrap room.  I'm in desperate need of new artwork and this sketch offers the perfect inspiration.  I have all of my son's graduation pictures that I still haven't done anything with.  Such a perfect way to get a start and add some new artwork.

Let's Get Sketchy Week 1

 

Here's my layout

 

 

 

Supplies: my minds eye paper, kiwi lanes stencils, tim holtz embellishments, mftstamps alpahbet dies