A slice of summer

What a great (and painful) weekend!

My oldest dd and I went for an early morning bike ride yesterday. Then my youngest dd and I went horseback riding. Then I picked my little guy and we all tried to go strawberry picking...but we were rained out. So we had to settle for puddle jumping. We got home and I found out the hard way that my little guy tried to clean my floors with Pledge....so down I went...twice...on my already sore behind! I'm trying to do laundry, but every bone and muscle is screaming at me to go back to bed! So I just decided to sit here and scrap all day....

The Paper Variety challenged us to use fruit on this week's project. I had these adorable pictures of my youngest dd in her cute little watermelon dress. I used this week's sketch from Frosted Designs to get started on this fun summer page. :)

I cut the circle out of green paper and inked up the edges. The background is pink and I stamped it with a darker pink to simulate watermelon seeds. I just didn't want to use black or brown. The doily was inked with the same darker pink. All the stickers are from We R Memory Keepers. I bought them a while ago and thought they were so much fun. I added pop dots to all of them.

Is it wrong that I really want to set up a lemonade stand for my little ones...if only for a photo op?? Okay...maybe i won't put them through that....maybe....

Nature Walk

Using Creative Scrappers sketch #158, I pulled out some fun Fall photos.

The polka dot paper is from Stacy Claire Boyd. Each photo was framed with an older frame from Wild Asparagus. So glad to finally use these! The other fun elements...the birds and the ferns, are from K&Company. And finally, I used up some fun letter stickers from Nostalgiques to make up the title. I'm still determined to use up a bunch of these letter stickers! :)

A quick Father's Day card

Taking another break from the heat...

Scrapbook Trends Create Blog is having a Father's Day card challenge. I pulled out some pieces from the Father and Son Kit from Fancy Pants. I love the argyle design on the paper. I added a few layered flowers and a gem brad to the centers. The hubby caught me putting this one together, so I think this is going to be for my Father in Law. :)

Anyone up for some ice cold lemonade??

Break time! Time to dance!

As much as I love nice weather, it is HOT outside! I ran around with the kids for a bit and had to give up. Days like this is when I wish we had opened the pool already. Oh well...time to break out the slip and slide.

Here is Scrapbook Daisies challenge #5. I love using die cut pieces. This is a chipboard piece that was colored black. I used a bit of Stickles all around the photo. And a mish mash of flowers and brads to accent the whole page.

Time for lunch! I'm ready to fire up the grill now! Anyone for a burger??

Fun Artistry

What a beautiful morning! I am so anxious to get out and enjoy this great weather! But I really wanted to finish up this 2 pages I started last night.

This sketch is #4 from Scrapbook Daisies blog challenges. And this finishes up the group of pictures from our fun summer outing last year. I used more scraps to make all the elements. The banner was all tied together with some paper wire. And of course, I just had to add buttons. The border strips at the bottom are from Bazzill Basics. I just colored them up with markers.

I am going to hit the showers and head outside. This sunshine CANNOT be wasted sitting around here!

Have a great Memorial Day!!

Picnics and Ants

A quick and simple page. I obviously need more pictures of picnics! If the rain would only go away....

Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday challenge was to do a project that had a bbq or picnic theme. This was from last year's trip to the zoo where we stopped for a quick picnic lunch.

The checked patterned paper was found at Joann's. It was originally 8 1/2 x 11 and I pieced two sheets together to make the background. I added the red ribbon to hide the seam....sshhh...

These fun giant ants were from a chipboard set from Bazzill. I used some markers to color them black. They did kinda give me the willies...I left them on my desk to dry and my little guy didn't like them either. :)

My Little Man

Another load of laundry finished.....another page finished! I feel so accomplished today! :)

Here is my take on Sketch #156 from Creative Scrappers. I used a larger picture for this one.

The papers and all the elements are from Bella Blvd Man of the House collection. A little bit of fussy cutting...and little bit of Glimmer Mist and a few pieces of ribbon mixed in. :)

The title was made with Thickers letters. My inspiration for the title came from Scrap Fit Workout #44. The challenge was to use the phrase "Stand By Your Man" as your inspiration. I love this picture of my little guy. He was such a trooper to wear this cute little hat.

The dryer is buzzing and the next load is calling me. I sure hope it's the last load! :)