Need a vacation?? I DO!!!

It's getting pretty warm around here.   Today is was close to 90 degrees and tomorrow is going to be hotter!  This weather just makes me want to skip work and head to the beach!

But since work is crazy lately, taking time off right now is NOT a good thing.  So I have to deal with it by reliving our vacation from last year.  Which I am NOT complaining about.  We had an amazing time on our Disney cruise and I am dying to go back again.  But for now....I am having fun scrapping all these pictures.  I'm kinda glad I still have lots to work with.  It should get me through the summertime blues.  Not that I have them....yet....

We are hoping to take a small vacation this year, but I'm still not sure if that's going to happen or not.  Keeping everything crossed.

Anyway...this layout was inspired by Creative Scrappers - sketch #107.  I had to flip the sketch to make it work for me.  Other than the background paper and the title, everything I used was found in the scrap box.  So glad I am making a dent in that thing!  Whatever is leftover at the beginning of the new school year, is getting donated to the art class.  

L.O.A.D.

Layout A Day!!!  I have been trying to stick to this rule lately and it's getting really difficult...especially when my daughter is hovering over me, talking nonstop and really annoying me!

I actually started this one last night.  All I had to do was add the final bling.

This is for Creative Scrappers Sketch Challenge #108.

TFL!!

Sneaking in another one....

quick and easy, but cute!...if I may say so myself.  Of course, it may have to do with those two cute kids.....or monkeys.  

This is another page from our 8 x 8 Bon Voyage Party scrapbook.  

Of course, I used Disney stickers....they've only been around for a few years.

The flowers are from Prima and just happened to be the perfect color.

I also misted the background paper a little bit with Copper and Electric Blue.

The border paper is a strip I had cut from a sheet from W R Memory keepers White Out Collection.

The sketch is #106 from Creative Scrappers.

That's all the energy I have for tonight....Goodnight!

Rain rain, go away!!!....

before the power goes out!!!  It is coming down in buckets right now and I am hoping to get this posted before we lose power.  

I started this page last night and was determined to get it off my desk tonight.  I've been thinking about what to do to finish it up all day.  I started searching...again...and came across these really fuzzy fibers.  Well, I thought it was a good idea, but now I have little tiny bits of these fibers everywhere.  At least they look pretty added to last night's glitter escapade!

I'm still digging through my old stuff and I am really happy to finally get a chance to use it all.

Now I have lots of room for new stuff!...well...not quite yet but...it's getting there.

The background paper is from the Wild Life collection and all the cute little monkey stickers are from DCWV Safari Kids collection.  I love the added pinks!  

Okay...I really have to clean off my desk now....

Have a good night!

Practically Scrapping...

Don't you hate it when you see an awesome sketch...and you draw a complete blank on what to do with it??

I knew I wanted to use these pictures....they came out first.  Then after about an hour, I decided on the background paper.  I refused to cut up more 12 x 12 patterned paper, so I went through the box of scraps about 4 times before I settled on the white strip with circles and the darker blue strip with circles.

I remembered right away that I had these really colorful swirls from Bo Bunny...but of course, there went another hour searching for them!  

Then it was time to dig out the Toy Story stickers....which were playing hide and seek with me.  While I was searching, I found my Toy Story gift card.  Ya know, the ones at the Disney Store....sitting there on the counter....looking really cool....

If you know the store manager, she let's you take a few inactive cards to use as embellishments.

Then I had to find the right sized chipboard tags to put the title on, to make it pop a little more.  I covered them in cardstock, which I inked a few different colors.  

Luckily, I found the Toy Story stickers and made them fit....which took a little maneuvering of the whole picture.  

So here is my page....using a great sketch from Practical Scrappers.  

And it only took me about 6 hours of searching....

All That Glitters....

It's amazing what you can find when you start digging through stacks of stickers!  I had this really cute set of Winter stickers from Bo Bunny that were perfect for these snow pictures of my little guy.  

This title was also perfect for this week's challenge over at Frosted Designs and Practical Scrappers!

Still determined to use up my old stuff before I spend tons of money on new goodies, I went searching for the rest of this layout.

The background paper is from DCWV Old World Stack.  On top of that is Heidi Grace's Snowflake Park paper with flocked snowflakes.  I have the whole collection and I REALLY need to start using it!

Some of the stickers are mounted on metal rimmed tags just to give it a little something something.

Then there are the snowflakes...I found these in the clearance section at Michael's a couple of years ago.  I HAD to have them,  and I always forgot about them!  They are so glittery and pretty!  I dropped a gem in the middle of each one just to add to the sparkle a little.

The smaller snowflakes were gems I found in the dollar section at Joann's.  

Those clearance and dollar sections are DANGEROUS!  Now I know why my stash is out of control!

TFL!  

Happy Monday!

Girls just want to have fun~

That is the song this week from Scrap it with a Song.  It finally motivated me enough to do some more work on our Girl's Night Out album.

We rented a limo, had dinner at an amazing Italian Restaurant in Downtown Chicago, and then went to see Wicked.  It was an awesome evening!  

My best friends and our daughters!  All dressed up and hitting the town!

Wow...I wish we could do that again soon!

These papers are from my All My Memories stash.  All of the titles are rubons.

I thought that little limo sticker from Jolee's was just too cool!!!  So glad I got to use it!

TFL!!