Play Time

Silas got to go out and play in a ball house for the first time.    So that of course deserves a layout.

For this layout I used the Sketch-y Friday 2-16 sketch at "SCRAP MUCH?"
This was fun trying to find all kinds of different papers with a variety of colors to go with the balls but not necessary the pink around the structure so for an offset color I picked a pale blue as there were some pink like colors in my background paper, along with blue, red, green, yellow and white.
Some black card stock matting to separate everything .

Check out the challenge details   HERE  and I added the sketch too.

Together

Happy scrapping day for me.   I'm having a great day, between sitting outside in our great February weather and back inside to scrap I have to say its a great day.

Here is layout #2 for the day.   I had this new picture just a few days old of Gibson & Addisyn and I just had to scrap it.    The way they look at each other and have so much fun together, just an awesome brother and sister.       I did a lot of combining of papers for this one.   The background sheet is a single piece I had left from the Crate Paper - Acorn Avenue collection and then my main paper under the picture is from a single sheet from Bo Bunny - Family Is collection.   The B side of that paper is also where I got the "you and me" square and I combined two other individual square to put the boy & girl silhouette together for more embellishing.   The 2 stripes of paper I used above that paper is cut and using both sides from one piece of paper from Cosmo Cricket - Upcycle collection.
The two circles and the blue cloudy paper were from my scrap drawer.

I'm going to enter this into two different challenges.

First off I used the Feb. 15th sketch at "STUCK ?! SKETCHES"    I  just had to rotate it 90 degrees to make it work for my picture.  

Next the Sketch Crew crush on Kate challenge at "SCRAPBOOK CHALLENGES"  her challenge was to use a mixture of graphic patterns in your layout.

Here is the sketch.

Is This All

Yeah, I'm feeling like the flu bug has left me, although my hubby came down with it last night, but today while he rests I have plans to scrap all day.

Not much snow at all here in Kansas City this year but I still wanted to make one wintery page for the year.   So I took all 3 pictures that I have for the year and put together this layout using the sketch #471 at  "SCRAPBOOK CHALLENGES"  

Week #6 PL pages

If you know me you know I have to keep up with my PL pages.  If it get over 2 weeks behind then I'm lost and have no idea what to do for the pages.   I actually think I'm taking pictures during each week thinking PL.   I know I'm addicted.

The PL page challenge for February at the Facebook page for "PAPER ISSUES FRIENDS & FANS"  was to make using any of these options: a January or February PL pages from this year,
use at least 3 hearts, or PI paper pop.   I have last weeks pages and well more than 3 hearts as I
really concentrated throughout the week on what was going on for and about Valentines Day.  

Week 7 PL title card

I am getting over the flu and yesterday afternoon was first time since last Saturday that I've felt like even thinking about scrapping.     So to get my feet wet again I made the title card for this week for my PL pages.   Nothing else done yet accept a couple of pictures taken that I know I'll be using.

For this card I was inspired by one of my fellow DT Mavens Felicia's take of Sketch #15 made by our own  Angela Smith.  I pretty much totally scrap lifted her card.   I don't get to work with her sketches unless I make something not on my week
for a reveal at  "SKETCHES IN THYME PL STYLE"

Check out the sketch below and check the blog   HERE  every day to see what each Maven makes and every week for a new PL card sketch to work with.

There is a great prize this month.     A Fabulous Instalife album in a fun red polka dot pattern.

Amsterdam Waterways

I'm going to go back and try and finish off layouts from different vacations and make sure I've scrapped all the pictures that I want to from each trip.    This was probably my favorite vacation ever.
In 2006 we took a 10 day vacation and flew to London.   My daughter was in college in Oxford so she joined us in London for a few days to sightsee there, then we moved to Oxford for a few more days and then on to Amsterdam for 3 nights before back in London for 2 days before going home.

I loved Amsterdam.   It was cold there, the end of March so taking the water taxies to sightsee was perfect.  A lot warmer (but still cool) and so relaxing and just loved seeing all the buildings and house boats along the canals.   We took several trips this way and it was great.   Saved our feet too. LOL

I used the 2-15-16 sketch at "LET'S SCRAP" by Michelle VanWyke.    It worked out perfectly for the pictures I had left to scrap.     Check out all the details and enjoy the challenge.

LET'S EAT

Now this is the face of a little boy loving the big people he is eating.  :)    His mouth is full and so are his hands.    Got to love it.

This is my take on using the a card sketch to make a layout and that was this weeks challenge at
"ELLE'S STUDIO"    Of course with this food picture I had to go with one of my favorite collections
of Elle's Studio papers.   The Let's Eat collection.   Everything is from it accept the card stock matting, the thickers for the title and the delicious embellie, which believe it or not I got from a
food magazine advertisement.

I have to say it was fun working with this sketch.    Check out all the details  for the challenge
here at  "ELLE'S STUDIO"