So Fun

One of my favorite places in Philly is the zoo...I know, it is smelly but I love watching the animals frolic about. The polar bear is my favorite, he is usually found diving into the pool chasing his big red ball. I think my kids like the lions and jaguars the best. The Philadelphia Zoo opened a new lion area a few years ago and it is awesome. A key feature in the summer, air-conditioning! They show a Serengheti type movie while you cool off.

With our schedule what it is, we rarely get to go and enjoy the animal park. We were only able to sneak in one trip this year...but we were able to catch the special Lego exhibit....life size animals made solely out of legos scattered about the park. They were amazing!

Anyway, on to the scrapping aspect of the trip --- really what is a trip without pictures?

Sketch #31

Life got the better of me this past week. I haven't updated my blog, I haven't scrapped, but I keep up with all of the tv premieres and the kids activities. Sometimes, you just need a break you know?!? Luckily, when it comes to scrap assignments I am given plenty of time to work with and tend not to procrastinate. The layout below was completed back in early August.

The latest Sketchabilities sketch is sponsored by EAD -- a vinyl lettering and wall accent coompany. EAD was kind enough to send each of the Sketchabilities designers a little something to work with. I got an awesome set of owl stickers. They were too cute and I knew just what to do with them.....a school page of course. My youngest graduated pre-school this spring, hard to believe she is now a Kindergartener!









I also haven't heard back from my RAK winner ---- Jeannine, you were lucky number 4! Please e-mail your address to me at agreenspun@hotmail.com

Sketch #30

Only two more sketches left in the Sketchabilities month long birthday celebration. I hope you have enjoyed playing along as much as I have! Karan's sketches have truly sparked my creativity! So without further ado, here is Sketch #30







As you know
Work In Progress kit club has been one of the celebration sponsors. The above layout was made using supplies found in August's WIP kit. You should be sure check out the WIP site, another site full of scrappy goodness!

Jealous???

The man in brown brought me 10 Mister Huey bottles today!!! So excited to go play with them...if you don't know who Mister Huey is yet, check him out here....
Stop and Scrap. He is wonderful!

And the Winner is.....

Thank you to everyone for participating in the Sketchabilities Blog Hop and for all of the sweet comments and new followers! I was amazed at the number of participants!!

The winner of my RAK, out of 95 total entries b/w comments and followers.....


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jeannine said...
What a great prize and thanks for a chance to win! Great blog and fun hop, thanks!

September 15, 2010 9:51 AM

CONGRATS Jeannine!! Please send your mailing address to me at agreenspun@hotmail.com and I will get your prize pack out to you!

Last Day to Enter

The blog hop is now over....stayed tuned for the winner...




Today is your last day to enter the Sketchabilities Blog Hop and Giveaway!

Sketch #29

The winner of the SKETCHABILITIES Sponsor Giveaway from Work In Progress Kits has been posted over on the Sketchabilities site. If you entered, be sure to go check it out...maybe you won?!?! Also, there is still one more day to enter for the Blog Hop giveaways and RAKs.

Sketchabilities sketch #29 has also been revealed. Again, be sure to check out the Guest Designer's work -- Kristie made an amazing fall layout using the sketch.





I used the October Afternoon Farm Fresh line on my layout and as you can see, I strayed from the sketch a bit. Rather than doing a rectangular journal block, I moved my circle over to teh right of the pictures. I also substituted a couple of photo corners for the bracket and added that cute cow on the bottom right.

Slow Down!

My son took his good old time learning to ride a bike. He just wasn't interested. His sister, who is two years younger has been riding for over a year now. It wasn't until a couple of weeks ago that he felt it was finally time to learn.

The new Basic Grey Wanderer line offered the perfect colors, and with a few of the chipboard and tag accents, the page came together rather quickly. In addition, I had these little felt bicycles from a WIP kit. Besides, with a sketch like this, how could you go wrong?

It's SKETCHABILITIES first ever Blog Hop,

This blog hop is run a bit differently than others. There is an order for you to hop! If you are here visiting from Heather's Blog then you are well on your way....your next secret word is "ENJOYED". You will now need to head on over to Brittney's Blog to continue on the hop.

Be sure to leave a comment here and register as a follower. I will be giving away this amazing prize pack...



It includes papers from Basic Grey, two Maya Road albums, Cosmo Cricket stickers, a canvas tote with album kit, Prima Flowers, Sassafrass Rub-ons, and much more. I have added things since I took this picture ... so many goodies for you to play with. Be sure not to miss out. Comment below to be eligible for this give away as well as the Sketchabilities giveaway. Also, sign up as a follower on the right sidebar to get an extra entry into my RAK.

If you are here randomly, head on over to SKETCHABILITIES to start on the blog hop. You will need to start there in order to figure out the catch phrase and qualify for the prizes.

You have 5 days to complete the hop. The hop runs from today until Sept 20th!

Winners of my Blog Rak and the Final Sponsor Giveaway prize will be posted Sept 22nd!

Sept 15th Reveal

Since it is SKETCHABILITIES one year b-day celebration, I thought it only befitting to produce a birthday layout for the reveal. Of course, it was my daughter's 5th birthday a few weeks ago so that helped get me in the spirit and gave me ample opportunity to get some good b-day shots.





I had a good time making this one. I used a lot of random papers and stickers that I had lying around. The candles were made by rolling up some scraps of paper into which I placed some twine for the wick. I debated on using real candles but was concerned the wax would mess up the page protector. Besides, these paper candles were much more fun to make. I also loved that the Bo Bunny background paper already had numbers running across the top and bottom so I could highlight that this was S's 5th Bday (yes, my baby is 5 already, where did the time go??!?).

Another Amazing Giveaway

Another day another Giveaway! Sketchabilities has yet another Giveaway so be sure to click on over and get yourself entered. Work In Progress has generously donated one of their amazing kits for the Giveaway...one which I used for today's sketch!! Isn't it awesome?? The WIP kits are amazing so be sure to check out their site and the work of their design team --- so, so inspiring!






Also, don't forget to leave a comment and register as a follower to increase your chances of winning my giveaway during the Sketchabilities Blog Hop which starts on the 15th!

Back to School

Every CHA I swear I won't buy a ton of new school related supplies, but every year I can't resist and purchase more than I could ever really use. This year was no exception. I had to order the new Bo Bunny line as soon as it came out. Thursday night I decided to start using some of it up so I won't feel so inundated when the new Crate Paper line gets here (because I couldn't resist that school line either)...or when the new Studio Calico Line gets here (almost forgot I have that one coming....oy!).



This is almost all Bo Bunny. A couple of the stickers are from the BG basics lines and those chipboard apples are from FP (I must have had these for like 2 years now!). The alphas are Jillibean, BG, and AC thickers. The envelope is 7G.

Sketch #25

Another Sketchabilities sketch is up....be sure to check out the sketch and Sarah Buck's (the Guest Designer's) take on the Sketchabilities blog!



Sketchabilities will be hosting a blog hop on the 15th with RAKs along the way. If you would like to get a jump on my giveaway, with extra entries, sign up as a follower to my blog right here on the sidebar. You will receive one entry for my giveaway per blog comment (one per day) from now until the 15th, and another entry just for signing up as a follower. I promise it will be worth it!

Also, you have until Tuesday to get those entries posted for the Sponsor Giveaway.

Sponsor Giveaway

Today is the first Sponsor Giveaway over at Sketchabilities

All you need to do is create a new layout using any of the sketches from July or August(Sketch 20 thru 24), link your layout using Mr Linky on the Sketchabilities site and state the sketch number that you used. You have 5 days to complete this challenge....a winner will be posted on Tues, Sept 14th 8:00 p.m. EST

Here is what you have the chance to win---



Awesome giveaway right? So get creative and show us what you got!!!

Check back tomorrow for yet another sketch!

Sketchabilities B-day Celebration

The celebration is underway! Sketchabilities is turning ONE!! The site will be filled with amazing sketches, prizes, and inspiration galore so be sure to check it out! Today, Karan has invited an amazing digital scrapper to be the guest designer. You won't believe what she did with this sketch. It is just awesome so click on over and check it out.

In the meantime, here is my take on the sketch. My daughter was in the Camp Show last month which was all about dogs and cats learning to get along. The Basic Grey papers couldn't have been more perfect!






Sketchabilities will be hosting a blog hop on the 15th with RAKs along the way. If you would like to get a jump on my giveaway, with extra entries, sign up as a follower to my blog right here on the sidebar. You will receive one entry for my giveaway per blog comment (one per day) from now until the 15th, and another entry just for signing up as a follower. I promise it will be worth it!

On a Mission

When my youngest rides her bike, she does so with such determination. She wants to go fast (and course wants me to take her picture) just like her brother and sister. I snapped these pixs a few weeks ago and couldn't resist using them on The Color Room's latest sketch. I wasn't quite happy with the layout using only this week's color scheme so I ended up adding a bunch of yellow to the mix. I also finally opened a digital template I bought at CKC in July for my journaling -- so much easier than me guesstimating my end stops to make a circle!!



This yellow paper is the last of my stash -- it is my absolute favorite from BG's June Bug line. I think I may have had 6 pieces of this at one time. I just ADORE it!! I also threw in some Echo Park stickers, a LilyBee rub-on, and that cute little scooter from BG's Wander collection.

91/100

As you may know, my scrapbooking goal for the summer was to complete 100 pages between Memorial Day and Labor Day. It was a lofty goal, I admit, but one that I had no problems achieving last summer. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like I will quite make it this year. I stand at 91/100 and technically speaking, a number of those 91 are not really layouts, rather crafty projects. #91 is this duvet cover that I made for my son. He wanted a baseball cover but we had yet to find anything in the stores that we were happy with...so instead I went in search of fabric and my good friend Cheryl was kind enough to share instructions. It was very simple to make -- it took me more time running to the store for the heavy duty snaps and then back again for the attaching tool than it did to actually sew it all together (although I did have to piece together the fabric since it was only 44 in wide and I needed it to be 78 in wide).



Looks nice doesn't it? Too bad I didn't make my son clean his room before I took the picture!!

Don't forget to stop back in a few days for the beginning of the Sketchabilities Celebration!!! (see post below for details)

Hard at Work

I have been VERY busy getting ready for the SKETCHABILITIES 1st Birthday Celebration! I have a stack of layouts here that I am just dying to share with you....but can't do, not until at least September 7 when the festivities get under way. So, get your scrap on and get ready to come party with us. There is sure to be lots of inspiration, sketches, and there may even be some prizes involved!

In the meantime, I will share another of the many, many layouts I created while I was at CKC in July. While I have used these Pink Paislee papers before, I had yet to actually use them for their intended July 4th purpose. They do work wonderfully for sports pixs as well!



Before you go, and I will post this again, if you have a moment, please stop by Helmar's Flip Video Contest and vote for my friend Jing-Jing's scrap video. She did an amazing clip for Helmar's and is in the running to win the grand prize. Be sure to check it out, and vote for #1 Jing-Jing Nickel. You can vote once a day until September 9th I believe.