Creatively Scrapping...

I love Sundays when there are absolutely no plans at all!  I've been up since 6am enjoying the beautiful morning, listening to the birds outside.  I can't remember the last time I have been this relaxed.

Creative Scrappers started the day out with Sketch #109.  I have been sitting on this picture of my daughter for a long time and decided today was the day to put it on a page.

The background paper is from the K&Company EcoModern stack.  I love this stack for its subtle colors.  I actually bought it for the masculinity of the whole stack, but I have gone back to it time and time again for many other pages.  It's working for everything and I am glad I'm getting a lot of use out of it.

The title letters are again from my ancient stash of alpha stickers - EK Success Inspirables.

All of the ribbons were from a prize pack I won from Prima.  YUMMY stuff!

And lastly, the flower stickers are from Cloud 9. 

Have a great Father's Day!  

I miss my Mouse..

I really wish we planned another Disney vacation this year.  We are in the planning stages for a quick weekend trip to Ohio.  I'm dying to go to the Safari Adventure and Cedar Point!  We also met some awesome people on our last cruise and we are hoping to meet up with them while we are there.

In the meantime, I have to live with working on the pics from our last trip.  Every picture makes me laugh, giggle or just smile.  

Disney is my happy drug!  There is nothing that makes me happier than the Happiest Place on Earth.  

Okay...I'm sure you get it...I'm a Disney fan.

So it's not surprising that I own EVERY piece from the Creative Imaginations Magic Collection.  And I have been a little reluctant to use it, because once it's gone...it's gone.  

So with a little twisting of my own arm, I pulled out this really awesome overlay...finally.  I don't know why I have been afraid to use it.  Maybe I didn't think I would do it justice.  I love how it turned out and I gave myself a pat on the back for using up more of the old stash.

If this keeps up, I'm going to have to do some heavy duty restocking.

TFL!!

More Practical Scrappers

Another great sketch from Practical Scrappers!!  I just love the simplicity of this one.  Even though I prefer multi photo sketches, I still have quite a few larger photos from our vacation to work with.  

I used lots of goodies from Basic Grey's Granola collection.  All of these papers were so amazingly perfect for the photo.

The photo mat was a light beige until I inked it to death with a darker blue.  The flowers and buttons were all found somewhere in my scrap corner.  

I can't believe how much I have managed to get done this morning!!  What a great start to the weekend!

A starring role...

That's what these really chipboard pieces have this page.  I bought them in the clearance section at Michael's last year.  I LOVE that clearance aisle!

I topped them off with star confetti to add a little color.  The big star was actually a decoration I had laying on the kitchen table, waiting to be hung up for our 4th of July celebration.  It was the perfect size and the perfect color for the 8 x 8 album I've been working on.

I was going to use it as a template, but it was so sparkly and pretty, I just put it right on the page.

I had to go digging around in the button box, but I knew I would eventually find my star buttons.  I got lucky and found the big red sparkly one too!

TFL!

Dinosaurs!!!

I have sooo many pics from soooo many outing with the kids.  I really love it when I sketch comes along that calls for lots of pictures. 

This week's sketch from Stuck on U Sketches was right up my alley.

I've had these pics from the Dinosaur exhibit at the zoo sitting around...becoming extinct...lol.

Finding the right size was a challenge, but since I took bazillions, I knew I could work it out.

The text paper is from Karen Foster.  I thought it was the cutest stuff ever!

The green scaly paper is something I picked up from an Expo a few years ago....cuz it was cool looking...and feeling!

The fiber paper behind the title was something that was hiding in my stash too.  

I love being able to use up this ancient stuff!

A few miscellaneous stickers and some metal rimmed tags and there you have it.

Dinosaurs brought back to life!

TFL!

More Fireworks!

I love "trying" to get good pics of fireworks. It takes quite a few tries, but I manage to find something that I like. The papers are from DCWV Metallic Stack and Colorbok. The title is a laser cut from Scrap Your Trip. I inked up the doilies and stamped them with pewter ink. Then I went a little nuts with the Stickles all over the page. Now the wait is on for it all to dry......

Sketches in Thyme...#2

I saw this sketch and couldn't wait to get started on it!  Even the color scheme popped right into my head.  I had the pictures in my hand in about 3 minutes.  Then, of course, it was the dreaded task of sorting through all my papers looking for just the right ones.  

Luckily, I found this really fantastic looking background paper from Basic Grey.  The inner piece is from DCWV Old World Paper Stack.

Next was going through miles of ribbon to find just the right color and design....which of course, didn't happen.  I had no clue what to do next.  I just started opening drawers and looking around.  That's when I found the Prima bling!  Man, I LOVE this stuff!  I cut up one of the swirls to make smaller embellies for the leaves.  To add a little more to the middle of the leaves, I wrapped up some pewter wire and adhered it to the centers.  

BTW...the leaves were in the clearance section at Michael's last fall...and boy, did I stock up!

The title is from a sticker set from Bo Bunny.  I wanted the actual title to stand out a little more so I inked up a piece of chipboard and added a little leftover bling.

Another night, another layout....life is good!