It's Tuesday!!! Back to school soon?

Can't believe that summer is almost over...you'd never know it from the temperature outside here in Phoenix!! 101 degrees at 9:30pm...!!      And Joseph starts school tomorrow.... my big second grader!! 


Welcome to Sketch Along Tuesday at FROSTED DESIGNS!!!

This week, we have this cute sketch!!!

And this is my DT layout using My Minds Eye....  (I flipped the sketch left to right)

And....over at SCRAPBOOKERS ANONYMOUS this month's challenge is to use those old Journaling Cards/Journal Spots.  So, I dug around a little and found 2 12x12 sheets of Journal cards from Collage Press....I have NO paper to match these...so they were PEFECT for this challenge!!
After I had arranged the Journal blocks & my photos, it really needed to be "tied" together..so I added the large stitched circle...

And they also have a challenge to make a card from the scraps...so this was one of the journal cards that didn't quite work on the layout (cupcakes?)...but perfect for a b-day card!!

And a few other things to share:

DT Layout for challenge at MEMORABLE SEASONS - challenge was to use our "school colors"...
My colors were scarlet/red, grey, white & black.  We were the "Scots" and we had a Tartan plaid...

And also at Memorable Seasons, this week's challenge it to "lift" our Member of the Month...CAROL!!

Now, I always work WAY ahead on my DT committments...but then I realized on Monday that I missed this assignment....  so I whipped up this layout...  First I'll show you Carol's that I lifted and then mine..

Carols:

My version:

And...at Scrap Our Stash in July our challenge was to use Red, White & Blue... this was my 2nd DT layout for the month and when I went on vacation, I didn't know when it was going to post on the SOS blog.  I just realized that it happened while I was gone..and I didn't catch it until just now when I wondered why it never posted.... it did...I was on vacation...I missed it.. I'm so lame!!   

So I'm sharing it now.

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Pieces of my Heart

Over at the online store/site called Your Scrapbook Stash they are having a "scraplift their DT" contest....

I chose to scraplift a layout by Jennie McGarvey called "You".... Nice and simple (and gorgeous) ... and exactly my style...
Here's her layout (hope she didn't mind that I pulled it over here?) ... sorry it's a little blurry..but you get the idea.

And here is my layout... i didn't realized that I had even used the same colors until just now....

Memorable Seasons - DT Kit -- Bo Bunny Liberty

This month at MEMORABLE SEASONS, I got the fun Bo Bunny line called Liberty to work with!!!

You know me...love my distressed edges. Used some jewels around the outside, but the smaller droplets are done with Viva Decor pens from my stash. -- I knew I was getting this paper line, so when we were in Ohio, I made Joseph stand by Grandpa's flag so I could get this shot....although I'd wish I'd have made him change his shirt first!!! -- I fussy cut the lower right hand section..the star and popped it 1 thickness and the rocket & it's "trail" and double popped that...(wanted to mention that since it's hard to see)

I took Joseph to a barn I saw off the road in Ohio for a little photo shoot and got some fun pics.

This one is Joseph's favorite this month...probably because he thought it was so funny to see him & his cousin Hunter perfectly "in step" in so many pictures. (My brother Jason, Hunter's Dad, took these)

And this is also a "family" shot from Ohio. I thought the title was fun for this.... -- I used a Spellbinders Die to make the scallop die cut.

This card I mailed the other day to my Dad for his 80th Birthday. -- It's an easel card (my favorite to make).

I'm featured on Jillibean Soup Spotting today!!!

I COPIED THE INFO BELOW FROM AN OLDER BLOG POST.... Because I had submitted the layout to Jillibean Soup and they picked it up and are featuring it on their blog today...OMG!!!  SO EXCITED:

LINK to JILLIBEAN BLOG POST

Here it is again..


Now, on this layout, I used Jillibean Dutch Mustard Soup... I have to be totally honest...I totally scraplifted this design from another layout I saw...I'm so sorry that all I know is that her name was Helen and I've tried to contact her to give her credit ...


This is my "chickenbutt" layout!! Whenever someone says "Guess What?", it is always followed by "Chicken Butt". (journaled on the tag on the left)

Me & the "T" ??

Hey all... I did a layout with PINK!!!!

Our sketch challenge this week at FROSTED DESIGNS is this really cool sketch!!!

And here is a layout I made using a photo taken outside of the Phoenix Art Musuem (Joseph took the photo).. of me and the HUGE T-REX...

Also wanted to share this color challenge layout I did... it's for Memorable Seasons and the challenge is Blue/Teal/Orange which are the banner colors for the website...

Showcased at Nikki's Blog today!!

We actually had some rain here in Phoenix back in April and I got some really great pictures of Joseph playing in the rain with his Happy Face umbrella... so I knew that Nikki Sivil's "It's Raining It's Pouring" line was perfect for these photos....so after getting my hands on the papers (thanks Julie)...here are 2 layouts that I did and today they are being showcased at Nikki's Blog!!!!

Art & Handprints & Fishing!!!

This week at SKETCHES IN THYME we are having another "open" sketch challenge week!!  I used
the LEFT side of this sketch from SKETCH SAVVY

And this is my layout about Joseph's ART that his school PURCHASED from him for their

PERMANENT ART COLLECTION!!!

Also wanted to share a layout that I "totally lifted" but love how it turned out..  I saw a layout over on the Lily Bee blog by Ronda Palazzari -- and I had been trying to figure out how to scrap this photo of the "Stepping Stone" that Joseph gave me for Mother's Day and when I saw this layout, I knew..... so here is what I did:

(Thanks Ronda!! -- and I even used Lily Bee papers too!)

And I thought I'd share one more..... This layout is from our Ohio vacation this summer.  Joseph caught a bass on the very first cast EVER (first time he's ever been fishing).....  I used October Afternoon Campfire papers.  (and that glare is on the actual photo...  just a bad angle... not much posing going on when I wasn't really ready for him to catch a fish on the first cast....AND the fish was wiggly and Joseph didn't want to hold it!!)

All Your Idea!!!

So we're currently in WEEK #5 of our LAST SCRAPPER STANDING contest over at MEMORABLE SEASONS  -- Guess who your hostess for this week's challenge is..????   ME!!!!

So, here is the 411 on my challenge and a link to the "DETAILS"
1) Photo must not have "faces"...(people or animals)
2) Use at least 1 color Medium
3) Use at least 2 textiles (besides paper)

CHALLENGE DETAILS HERE

My layout includes:
1) Shadow photo of Joseph (self-taken)
2) Droplets of Mist (brown) and also ink used for distressing (green)
3) Corrugated Cardboard & Paper TAPE

DOUBLE CLICK on the layout to see it larger if you'd like....(just a reminder for Grandma)

Also last week at Memorable Seasons we had a sketch challenge...here is the sketch & my layout using Echo Park's Splash line..

This week at FROSTED DESIGNS our wonderful sketch is this:

And my layout is Joseph's poem that he wrote and was chosen to read at Poetry night at school...

I made him write his poem on the layout:

If you double click on this layout below, you can see the details and read his poem too!!

And at Memorable Seasons we are in Week #4 of our "Last Scrapper Standing" contest...  This weeks challenge... 
1) NO PHOTO
2) use 3 different Manufactuers Patterned papers - I used Crate, Sass Lass & Studio Calico
3) use at least 20 of the "same" embellishment..     I used 20 DIE CUTS...  (along with some other embellies)

This was an assignment Joseph brought home from school... I thought it was "smart"... although I'm not sure how practical or logical it is...lol!!

Vacation is over & Catching up on some posts!!

Well....we're finally back from vacation!!!  Great to get away and also great to be home...kwim??

So today at SKETCHES IN THYME we have this really cute sketch!!!

And here's my DT layout:

Also, this month at SCRAP OUR STASH our challenge is to use RED, WHITE AND BLUE...

So here is a layout I did that posted over there on Monday (sorry, I was out of town when I found out the post date, so I missed it).

And.... at MEMORABLE SEASONS, my DT kit this month was October Afternoon's Rocket Age Collection...  I added some other pieces that didn't come in my kit and here are the projects that I did:

(oh, here's a quick shot of the kit too)

When I got the chipboard album, I knew exactly what I was going to do .... Joseph has these really cute "allowance" jars.... so I did a makeover....
BEFORE:

AFTER:

And my layouts:

 Non-Rocket Themed:

I made this card for my parents and left it for them in Ohio to find it after we left!

OH, almost forgot this one.. ..... also at MEMORABLE SEASONS we are having a "LAST SCRAPPER STANDING" Contest...  (I'm hosting week 5 in a few weeks)

We are currently in week 3 ..  the challenge is

1) use this sketch

2) use 7 stars

3) Main color of Red, White OR Blue

So here is the layout I did for that challenge: