Beach Day

I did this one of Haley at the beach on one of our trips to Cali. I used a sketch from the Page Maps blog and used the challenge on the Scrapbooks Etc. site to incorporate another craft on your LO. I also love to sew so I sewed on a piece of fabric to hold the journaling. I finally gave in to using some of my Echo Park goodies!

Hugs

I used another of Liz's sketches. This one was on the Sweet Peach Crop Shop blog. It's about the hugs I give and get from Haley, love them!! Papers are from Lily Bee.

Happy Kiddos

This one is just a simple one but I love these pics of the kids. Sketch is from this month's sketch at Memorable Seasons by Liz Chidester.

Can U Fix it???

I used a sketch for this one that was on the Crate Paper blog. Haley is playing with Tyler's Bob the Builder toys. The title I took from the Bob the Builder song and I cut out the letters from the patterned paper. Most of the papers are from the Little Sprout line.

Smile

I have been saving some of the kids' projects and other papers from school but not many of them have actually ended up on many of my scrapbook pages. So I accepted the challenge over on the Cosmo Cricket blog to make a LO using some kids artwork or project that they did. This is Tyler's school picture this year along with some questions that he answered and filled out at the beginning of the school year. I can't wait to do more of these type of layouts with school work and projects. I love having his point of view on there and his handwriting too. I used some papers and accents from the Boyfriend and Lil' Man lines.

This LO was for this week's challenge on the American Crafts blog to show something you are grateful for. Of course I chose my family. I cut out some shapes from the letterbox patterned paper and some butterflies too and of course used some thickers too.

Boating

A little boating excursion. As you can see, Haley was pretty skeptical about the whole boating experience. Tyler, however, had a great time tubing. I used a sketch from the Bo Bunny blog for their LO challenge that was posted here. I used some of my older papers from the Pep Rally and Grease Monkey lines.

Love Bugs

My little "love bugs!" The kids made these hats as one of our preschool crafts. I used a sketch from Page Maps. Not my typical color combo but I saw the colors together on a My Mind's Eye accessory sheet so that's what I went with. Papers are My Mind's Eye and Jillibean Soup.

Play More

I played along at My Mind's Eye Blog challenge. You were to use this sketch and scrap something about a lesson learned, using at least 80% of MME product. These are pictures of Haley playing outside. The journaling reads: What I love about you: That you remind me to have fun, laugh, be silly, and to be myself. I have learned to "play more" because of my kids!!

I combined quite a few MME lines: Little Boy blue, So sophie, and Ooo La La.

Halloween Night

I used a sketch from Nuts About Sketches and a challenge at Memorable Seasons to use a grid your LO for this 2 pager of Tyler on Halloween night '06.

Bath babe

I love this picture of Miss Haley and her bathtime hairdo! I used sketch #89 from The Scrappiest and combined it with Kristen's color challenge over at Memorable Seasons.

Builders

I used a sketch from Sketchy Thursdays from this week. The kids are building their graham cracker houses at Christmas. Green paper is Jillibean Soup and the rest are from my scrap bin. I painted the chipboard letters red and inked the edges.

Clean Up

Little miss Haley lookin' out the window. Sketch is from Liz Chidester on the Memorable Seasons website.

Tyler's 8th birthday was this summer. Finally used some of my hoarded Scrap within Reach papers! Sketch was by Julie Bonner on the Let's Scrap website.

I was cleaning up my craft table today and noticed I hadn't posted this couple of layouts so here they are!!

Rough & Tough

I used a sketch from Sketchy Thursdays for this of Tyler at one of our campouts. Loved the amount of pics I got on ONE layout!!

Easter Egg Hunt

I just found a new sketch site, it's called Sketchabilities. They have some fun stuff going on over there since it's their birthday month. I did this one for sketch #26. I really like the simplicity of this one and really fast to pull together.

August pages

Just some fun pictures of Haley from Spring '07

Sledding as a family at Rotary Park

Family hike up Saddlerock

Here are a few pages I got done in August. They are all sketches from Nuts About Sketches, love that site!!

Sketches and more sketches

Tyler loves to look out the front window so see what action is going on outside. He can't miss any piece of action or adventure!! I used a sketch from Sketchy Thursdays and also had to use yellow and a handmade embellie. I made my first fabric flower. Loved how it turned out and will definitely make more!! I also made this for the Camp Paradise challenge going on at Croppin Paradise to use a song title on my layout. I just googled the word window and this one worked perfect for my layout.
I used a sketch #112 from Creative Scrappers for this little pumpkins layout. I combined it with another Camp Paradise challenge to use a cardstock base, 3 different embellies (one had to be bling) and 2 handmade flowers.

For my Leavenworth layout (which is the name of the town we visited), I used the sketch for this week at Nuts About Sketches (By the way, there is a DT call going on right now for it, go check it out!! Shawn has some awesome sketches every week.) I also combined it with another Camp Paradise challenge. I used ribbon, ink, an envelope and made some embellies.

Nuts About Sketches

Week 117-I really like the way this one turned out of Haley at the train station for a friend's birthday party. Papers are October Afternoon and MME and I stamped some of the stars and punched some of them out.

Week 116-Not crazy about how this one turned out, but hey it's done and Haley likes it. Papers are Stampin' Up and the flowers were cut out from patterned paper.

June Layouts

This one I used a sketch from Sketch Inspiration for this of the first time we went and cut down our Christmas tree. Yes, it looks more like a Charlie Brown Christmas tree, but it was definitely worth the experience!!

This one I used a sketch from Scrapbookdeals4U of the first day of snow in '06!

This one I used a sketch that was posted over at Memorable Seasons, I just rotated it. I also submitted this one for Camp Rock week #3 over at Scrapbookdeals4U which was to use at least 3 pics, stars, and the title of a Lady Gaga song (I had to look that one up!!)

This one was for Scrapbookdeals4U week #2 of Camp Rock. The rules were to use the title Forever Young or Young Forever, at least 2 pics (having to do with something being young-I thought Tyler and Ryan throwing snowballs definitely qualified), and you had to use a sketch from the May or June Pagemaps.

This one was from Camp Rock week#4 which was to use a picture of a prince or princess (this picture of Haley in the "princess" chair was perfect for it), prince or princess in your title (with a prominent letter P), a lot of pink or purple, petals (flowers) or pinwheels, polka dots or paisley, pleats or pearls, and paint or punches (I painted the crown chipboard and added glitter). I also used a sketch from the Scrappiest.

Chelan County Fair

Here's another one from the county fair, this one of Tyler though. I used a sketch #68 from The Scrappiest and also a challenge at ScrapbookDeals4U to make your own scalloped circle. I love the way this one turned out!

Nuts About Sketches #115

My take on this week's sketch. Pics are Haley at the Chelan County Fair. She loved the horses but not so much the cows. Just too big and up close for her, I think! And of course the kettle corn was a big hit. I also combined this sketch with a challenge over at Scrapbook Deals4U to use the colors green, pink, yellow, and blue.

Nuts About Sketches #114

This is from the sketch from Nuts About Sketches for this week. I just used the right side of the sketch and rotated it. I also entered this one for the LSS contest at Memorable Seasons
The theme was "An American Child" and you had to use stars and stripes on your LO so that's why I went for the Made in USA title. All of the stars are either punched out or stamped and the big star I just traced. Loved getting so many pics on there!!

Camp Rock

So there is this fun contest going on over at Scrapbook Deals 4 U right now and it's not too late to join in! The theme is Camp Rock and each week there is a different challenge and different ways to earn points. Challenges go up on Friday and are due Tuesday night so go check it out!!

Nuts About Sketches #113

My LO for this week, I just turned the sketch on the side. Pics are of Tyler at a friend's birthday party at the train station

2nd Annual Last Scrapper Standing Contest

Tomorrow starts an awesome contest over at Memorable Seasons called the Last Scrapper Standing. Challenges will be given each week, LO's will be voted on and prizes given to the Last Scrapper Standing!! I played along last year and it was a lot of fun! It starts tomorrow so go check it out!!!

A couple of more and a win!!

This was from the Let's Scrap sketch from this past week. This LO is actually for my mom for her scrapbook. We do 2 double-pagers for her twice a year. These pics are journaling are all about the 2nd half of 2009. Also, the exciting news is that I was the lucky winner for the sketch so I won a $25 gift certificate to Memorable Seasons! So excited!!!!

This one was for a challenge at Scrapbookdeals4U to use one picture of you, your favorite color, least favorite color, and your nickname. Well I couldn't find any recent ones so this one's from my 18th birthday. My favorite color is blue, least favorite is orange and my nickname is CareBear. I also used a sketch from Sketchy Thursdays. I had fun flicking the paint on my LO!!!

Just Play-Some summer pics of Haley at Grandma Piercy's house '06. I used a sketch from Let's Scrap

Nuts About Sketches LO's

Week 111-Some Piercy family pics the weekend of Jill's graduation (no not her recent college graduation but her HS graduation!!)

This week's sketch #112-Some pics of us from a camping trip in Sept. '06

Growing Up

This one's of Tyler the night before his first day of preschool (his 2nd year). Papers are Stampin' Up!, Scenic Route, and Bella Blvd. Embellies are Bella Blvd. and alphas are Scrap Within Reach. I used a sketch from Sketchy Thursdays

The Serendipity Show

The challenge for this one was to use 3 ABC products and your title had to use any letter is for...

This was for the I Love Lucy challenge is scrap something you love, use a heart and a film strip

This was for the Happy Days challenge to use Happy Days as your title, a day of the week in your journaling, and a leather-like element on your page (my alphas were vinyl and leather-like) This sketch is from the sketch this week at Nuts About Sketches

For the Three's Company challenge your had to use 3 of everything:

pics, title, lines of journaling, paper, buttons, stickers, brads, chipboard, ribbon

This one was for the Brady Bunch challenge to use the 9 square grid like the Brady Bunch show used at the beginning of the show.

I was able to get in some scrappy time this past weekend and played along at the crop at Serendipity Scrapbooks. These are the LO's I got done. Woohoo!!

Nuts About Sketches LO's

This week's sketch from Nuts About Sketches-It's title Lego Models and these are all pictures of models made out of legos when we went to LegoLand in '06

This one's a sketch from Let's Scrap-Haley having fun at the river at Uncle Lloyd's house

Nuts About Sketches #108-Haley pickin' some strawberries

Cricut Expression giveaway

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Layouts from April

Nuts About Sketches sketch #106-Our trip to the Portland Children's Museum

Nuts About Sketches #105-Our trip to Uncle Lloyd's house is Oregon

Sketch is from Let's Scrap-Tyler and daddy on the riding lawn mower

Nuts About Sketches #104-Christmas time at Grandma's house

Sketch is from Sketch Inspiration-Haley playing in the fire engine costume

Just playing catch-up with some layouts from April. I think I used a sketch for all of them, it makes it so much easier!!