Easter eggs and polka dots

So our day at the zoo was cut short due to the rain. But of course, I took lots of fun puddle jumping pictures! We were totally soaked to the bone by the time we got home, but it was worth it. The temps were high enough that no one wanted to quit too early. So now I'm back home, doing laundry (lots of wet clothes) and trying to complete a few pages.

This sketch is from Sketches in Thyme. I had to flip it to work with these pictures. Scrapfit Weekend Workout challenge #6 was to use polka dots. I LOVE these fun mugs I found at a home store. They are soooo colorful and bright! I just HAD to use them for coloring Easter eggs this year.

These fun papers are from the Target dollar section a few years ago. They were plenty of polka dots to work with to make this page. The big Easter eggs are wooden accent pieces from Michael's.

I think it's my turn for a hot shower...if they saved me any hot water!

:)

Back to School

I just recently organized another huge box of pictures. This one had all my kids professional pictures...from baby pictures all through school.

This challenge from The Paper Variety came at a great time. Now that I have TONS of school pictures to work with! I used this fun collection from Crate Paper called School Spirit. Our local scrapbook store just reopened and they had tons of goodies to choose from. I loved these fun colors!

The sketch is from Show Us Your Stuff. This was the 2nd challenge for May. I'm still getting used to adding banners to my pages. But it worked out well for this page.

We are off to the zoo today!! I sure hope the weather holds out!! It's cloudy, but going up to 75 degrees today! That's great puddle jumping weather. The kids have their umbrellas and are ready to go! Not sure if I want it to rain or not...either way, it could be FUN!

Enjoy your Sunday!!!

Echo Park Splash

My new FAVORITE collection is from Echo Park! Its called Splash and it is sooo much fun! I really need this weather to warm up so I can start getting some pictures to use.

Here is the first of many. I started out with sketch #47 from Sketchabilities. All of the pieces from the Echo Park kit seemed to come together nicely. This huge water splash was so much fun! I popped it up on foam dots to add dimension. I also popped up a few other elements too.

Time to open up the pool!!! Bring on the sunshine!!!

Cheers!

And yet, more fun pictures from one of our Girl's Nights Out.

I used sketch #157 from Creative Scrappers. Everything on the page was from the old stash. I really want to clean some stuff out before CHA Summer comes. I have a feeling I'm going to need room for lots of new goodies....and maybe a second job!

The drink stickers are from Jolee's. I think I bought 4 different sets. Too cute to pass up...I just need to drink more so I can use them all up! The flowers are all miscellaneous goodies from the drawer.

Another goal of mine is to use up all these letter stickers I have. I have a whole drawer full of them and I would hate to ignore them any longer. These fun letters are from Doodlebug Designs. :)

I'm off to get some great Memorial Day pictures today. Lots of celebrations to be had!

Have a great Saturday!

Harvest Days

Well, here is my last page for the 14 days of sketches from Artful Delight. I didn't get to finish all of them, but I made a pretty good attempt. There was a lot of fun inspiration, great sketches, and I was happy to give it a shot. I'm saving the sketches for later...hopefully, I'll be able to finish them up later on. :)

Turns out, the weathermen didn't have a clue as to what was going to happen this whole weekend. Both days were supposed to be rainy and windy and miserable. But lucky us, we had a great weekend! And believe me, I took plenty of pictures to prove it!

I hit up the scrap box for this fun page. Lots of strips of leftovers. The center piece is a cut circle from a scrap. I printed out the text, cut it with my circle cutter, inked it up and dressed it up with a little raffia. The fun corn/maize piece was from a set I found at Michael's.

Seeing Stars

I'm seeing stars! This week's challenge from The Paper Variety is to use stars on your project. I totally forgot I still had these random pictures from last years' 4th of July party. Glad to get them scrapped and out of the box!

Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday Challenge is to use a patriotic theme. I am so glad I didn't wait to buy the K&Company goodies! I wish I had bought more of the themed papers...yet another excuse to go shopping!

Sketch #3 from Artful Delight! I was hoping to use a big star die cut on this one. But when I saw it in the store, I decided to wait until after the holidays to buy it. I figured I didn't have any pictures from the holidays yet, so why buy it now. Yes, I am kicking myself...

I decided to use these smaller star die cuts to form the circle on the sketch. The paper is from the scrap box and the border strip is new from KCompany.

Another sketch down....more pictures scrapped...so far, so good. :)

More Margaritas!

Now that my friends and I have made it a point to get together at least once a month, I am starting to collect a bunch of these fun pictures!

I used sketch #220 from Sketch Inspiration for this page. I happen to have lots of scalloped goodies to add to finish this one up. All of them came from the dollar section at Michael's. Many different colors and shapes and I was able to use a few....finally!

I decided to "build it up" and add some dimension so I could participate in the challenge at The Studio Challenges.

For dimension, I added a wooden accent from Michael's, a real umbrella from one of our fun drinks, page pebbles, and I popped up the drink stickers with foam pop dots. :)

So glad I saved those little umbrellas...but I need to go back for different colors...yeah, that's it...lol