Sketch #38

We may not have gotten to experience white Christmas this year, but at least we got snow the day after!! I won't say that I love Winter b/c I don't. I could do with out the grey, dreary days. They days where I have to go to work in the dark and return home in the dark. I could do without the bitter cold winds that slap you in the face the minute you walk outside. HOWEVER, I LOVE THE SNOW!! The fresh white snow that slowly drifts to the ground. The flakes that land on your nose and cheeks while you try to catch some on your tongue. That is what I love about winter.

Since we hadn't really gotten a real snow, I wasn't able to scrap with this year's pixs but I did manage to wrangle some from last year.




As you can see, the latest Sketchabilities sketch just screamed winter snow --- So, I got out my snow supplies and got to work. I used the latest Crate Paper line with an old Technique Tuesday Tile to frame it all. I added in a couple of Martha Stewart doilies, a few punched snowflakes, and the circles left from the punched border (almost nothing went to waste on this one!).



Now it's your turn, get those winter goodies out and start scrapping. Be sure to link up your layout to the Sketchabilities Blog

Did you Notice?!?!

The awesome new blog design I have going on here?!?!? That is ALL Thanks to my good friend Cheryl!! She was looking for something to give me for the holidays when I had this GREAT idea -- she could redo my BLOG!! One amazing gift that doesn't cost a thing and another thing I can check off of my "to do" list! What do you think?

Now that the holidays are over, I can get back to scrapping. It has certainly taken a back seat these past few weeks!

With all of the Black Friday and pre-holiday sales, I was finally able to pick up some of Basic Grey's Olivia line (at a steep discount)! Put that line together with a sketch from Little Shop of Sketches and you have a layout in minutes! How cute are these pictures of N being a big brother?!?! It really melts my heart when I see the kids showing real love for one another!

Oh and then on to some school pixs...I get a package every year yet I never have any idea what to do with them. These have been sitting around for over a month now and I haven't even cut the wallets to send to our family -- so bad of me! I went the quick and easy route here as well, I cut three strips from the Crate paper school line, added some machine stitching and some diecuts and called it complete.
I also decided it was time to tackle some more of our fall soccer pictures -- again, I always order the team picture package and am never sure what to do with it. I usually put it out on the matle for a few weeks but then what?!? Again, during the holiday sales, I grabbed the Pink Paislee Old School -- with the diecut paper and the sticker sheet, it was perfect to do a simple two-pager. I added a baseball card sleeve for S's trading card so we would be able to flip it over and see her stats later one. Those soccer kid stickers have probably been around since I started scrapping -- they are too cute but since I was never much of a sticker girl, they just sat in the drawer. It is about time I put them to use!!



(disclaimer -- I wasn't comfortable putting the team picture up on my blog since I don't really know all of the parents so I blurred the faces out -- it clearly doesn't really look like that in real life :) )

Merry Belated

Merry Belated Christmas!!


Our house was overrun with hoiday cheer yesterday! Santa, who according to my 5 year old does not exist, was very good to us....


Favorites: BeyBlades, Crayola Presto Dots, and a Giant Tangled Coloring Book


Favorites: Skate Ramp (see below) and UnderArmor Sweatshirt which she hated at first but hasn't taken off since!


Favorite: WWE DS game -- has he come up for air yet?!?!

I hesitated to get the older two a skate ramp but they asked and asked....as you can see, H is certainly the daredevil of the two!! She was popping wheelies the minute we got it put together. This morning she came in all excited b/c she had "flipped the bike" -- oh lordy, what DID I get myself into?!?!


We are now bunkered down waiting the big snowstorm out (8-12 inches) --- back tomorrow with some layouts to share. I certainly can't be stuck in the house and NOT scrap!

Sketch 37

Wow, life sure does get hectic around the holidays. I am normally so organized and it just isn't happening this year. I seem to be working day to day just to keep up -- assignments are stacking up, presents haven't begun to be wrapped, and I can't recall eating breakfast today. Not a good mix.

Luckily, Karan is nice enough to get the design team our Sketchabilites sketches months in advance. I was so excited to finally scrap these pictures of my daughter's first time on ice skates. She wasn't too sure what to think that day.....





Be sure to head over to the Sketchabilities blog to check out all of the amazing layouts!! We all start with the same sketch yet everyone creates such different layouts. I am always blown away with everyone's talent!!

Cosmo Circa love

When it comes to scrapbooking, I am always surprised by the supplies I end up falling in love with.....I am not a vintage type of girl yet, I have grown trmendously fond of Cosmos's Circa line. Tremendously fond meaning, "I MUST get more"! I have used every patterned paper and intend to use up the scraps this weekend on my annual calendar!

Here is a layout I created over the weekend -- so excited to put some of that awesome AC ribbon to use as well!

Haven't Shared.....

Things are so crazy these days, I forgot to share my 3 Scrappy Boys layouts! This month's kit is awesome! It features the winter kraft papers from Jillibean Soup. I am so in love with this company --- they have such fun papers and embellishments! I love their sprouts in particular -- fun to use as an accent or for journaling...and many can be mixed and matched amoungst different paper lines. The 3SB kit includes not only the papers but fun embellishments as well. I loved the coordinating ribbon and string (as you can tell from my layouts). In addition to the kit, I also grabbed some Studio Calico mits -- which 3SB sells in the store and it is still on sale....

Festivities

It is hard to believe it is December already and we are in the midst of Hanukkah, struggling to keep up with the gift buying/giving, with Christmas soon to follow on it's heels! I am normally such an organized person and have planned everything out well in advance but this year, I am flying by the seat of my pants.

I think my lack of preparedness for the holiday season ties back to our Disney trip. I had so much to plan and then with two childrens' b-days in there, the planning for Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, and Christmas just didn't happen. Oh well,it will all work out in the end and it makes things a bit more interesting.

and since I did mention Disney, I will share with you one of the layouts I recently did from a vacation picture of me and my "thrilled beyond belief to be in Disney" children....