Spring Has Arrived

Spring has arrived....how do I know? Flowers poking through the ground reaching for the sun...maybe. Trees in bloom...certainly. But I know it's spring b/c I am constantly running from one thing to the next with no time to spare. The spring sports have begun. Practices for baseball, practices for soccer, normal gymnastics classes, clinics for hitting, clinics for hockey, it is NON-STOP. With all of that, I just haven't had time to keep up with my blog. I have a ton of pictures to share but no time to download. In the meantime, I did manage to get these layouts scanned to show you.

This first one is BoBunny Mamarazzi --- if you haven't gotten any of this line, get it! Both the A side and the B side are fabulous....and the chipboards are an ABSOLUTE must!!



This one is LYB Generation Z --- I had to get it just for the name. Check out the gears, aren't they awesome?! I might have to order some more of those.

B is For....

I am a planner by nature. I have a calendar in my pocketbook at all times, a wipeboard calendar at home, pages of "lists" (things to do, grocery/target lists, etc.)...scrapping on the fly and just throwing bits and pieces together does not come naturally to me. I attempt "fly scrapping" every so often and rarely like the end results. Today was an anomaly. I am fairly happy with this layout of my son. The papers are Sassafrass, the mists were a combination of Ranger Inks and Maya Mists, and the alphas are MM, AC, Jenni Bowlin, and Cosmo.

Another Cosmo "Trend-setter"

Once again, I was completely inspired with the Cosmo Material Girl Line. I still had the chipboard shapes sitting out on my desk from the "Are You Cut Out" layout and when I glanced at the little outfit shapes, I immediately thought of a clothes line...but what could I do with that? I then remembered this picture of Hannah in her fancy flower headband (straight out of Sex & the City if you ask me). It is one of her favorites and she could be seen wearing it day after day when she first got it. She looks like such the trendsetter in her "high fashion" headband. LOL.



I plan to add journaling but wanted to post this before I head to bead. BTW, Jing-Jing, thanks for those 7G tags....they were perfect. Michelle, did you see, I used purple (gasp) AGAIN!!

Are You Cut Out?

I was excited to get my box of Cosmo goodies this week!! My favorite of their new lines is Garden Variety. I have so many ideas swirling around my head for those papers. Included in my box were also some of the Joy Ride line...I had to order them just for the cute little cars. I also know exactly what I am doing with those papers. Material Girl...I thought the line was cute but anticipated struggling with them. I couldn't resist getting just a bit of it though. It is Cosmo after all!

As it turns out, Material Girl was the first line I cut into....while the layout has nothing at all to do with sewing or crafts, I think it all works. Is she cut out for gymmastics? Only time will tell....

Project 12

Over at the Scrapbook & Cards today site, they are hosting a Project 12 challenge. They provide a sketch each month for you to highlight your life -- the end result is a scrapbook full of layouts over the course of 2010! Here is my take on their latest sketch: