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....