3 Scrappy Boys Challenge

Rebecca Koeppel's February challenge over at 3 Scrappy Boys was to create a layout featuring 8 rounded corners....easy enough right? I'm sure you have a corner rounder in the bottom of your supply bucket somewhere!!

Here is my take using supplies from the 3 Scrappy Boys February Add-on Kit and the SC star I had left from the January kit. I also added a "9" from my stacks of grungeboard. I figured it was time to finally scrap some of my son's birthday party pictures....hard to believe he is 9!!!



The fringed trim was bright pink from MME's Fine and Dandy Line...clearly the pink wasn't going to work here so I spritzed it with some Peacock Tattered Angels mist and some Lunch Tray Studio Calico ink.

My Girly Girl

Sports, sports, and more sports...that is all my older two children care about. Baseball, soccer, hockey, basketball...you name it, they LOVE it!! I suppose I should "blame" it on my husband who is a bit of a sports nut himself (and saying a "bit of a nut" is putting it mildly)! I love that they are into sports, I am....but what mother doesn't want a little bit of a girly girl from her dd once in a while?!

Luckily my youngest dd is into all things pink and frilly. She would wear a dress every single day of her life if she could. Her favorite color is pink. She loves putting on make-up and having her nails done. She likes sports and will join in any game but so far, she hasn't become a die hard fan (yet). So, I am going to treasure this time, who knows how long it will last!



Supplies: 3SB January kit, Pink Paislee artisan chipboard, AC Thickers, EK Success punch, (unknown) decorative tape, baking paper doilies

Times Change

Have you ever just stopped for a moment and thought about all that has changed since you were a child? The price of gasoline has sky rocketed, televisions now hang on walls and range in size from a small box of raisins to the size of a car, information is availalbe to us at a moments notice with the stroke of a few keys....it is truly amazing! I am only 30 something and I am awestruck with the rate of technological change we experience every day.

All of this really came to light for me in November when we were in Disney. We were walking around Epot and my children came across the red telephone booths in England. "Mom, what is this?" they asked. It had never dawned on me that they hadn't ever seen a telephone booth....when is the last time you saw an actual telephone booth?? Even when I see a pay phone, it isn't in a booth these days.

About a month after we returned, Midnight Rooster released a scrapbooking kit with a telephone booth stamp. With only a little bit of begging, my good friend Jing-Jing sent me the stamp for this layout. It was too perfect not to use with these pictures.



It may have taken a few minutes to grasp the concept of a telephone booth but a few weeks later, we walked into the Apple store for the first time. In under a second, DS understood more about his new iTouch than I know about the phone I have had for over a year! Aaah, am I getting old or have times really changed? Unfortunately, it is a little of both!

February 3 Scrappy Boys kit

I can't even begin to tell you how much I adored the February Trio kit from 3 Scrappy Boys. Cosmos, Pink Paislee, American Crafts...how could you go wrong???? And this kit had so many goodies in it...I have already created six layouts and still have enough supplies for at least two or three more!! Go check out the kits -- and remember, everything else in store is on sale now as well and you can combine your shipping!!