A Fun Fall page...

I needed a break from all the Winter pictures, so pulled out these fun photos of my cousin's family. This was also a Christmas card with smaller photos along with a larger family photo.

I used this card for this week's sketch at Sketchy Thursdays.

The larger yellow leaves are actually doilies. I used some scraps of kraft paper for the photo mats and I tore the edges instead of cutting them.

I am getting ready to cook the lobster ravioli for New Year's dinner....YUM!!!!!

Jellies!!

During the summer we took a family trip downtown to the Shedd Aquarium to see the Jellyfish exhibit. It was soo much fun!!! They are such fascinating little creatures.

These two pictures were perfect for this color scheme from Scrap Whispers #113.

And this is using Sketch Along Tuesdays #31 from Frosted Designs.
Lots of pretty trims that were laying around not doing anything added some fun elements. And since I bought lots of fun new colors of Stickles, I added quite a bit of sparkle.

More Echo Park Winter Fun!!

Since I had my Echo Park collections scattered all over, I thought I would do another fun winter page.

I used sketch #64 from Sketches in Thyme, which was this fun 2-pager.

I broke out a few punches and made a couple of fun borders and punches lots of snowflakes. At first I thought I was adding too many...but then I remembered that page was all about a blizzard! So there had to be many many snowflakes!!

Time for New Year's Eve lunch!! Then I'll be back to scrapping!!

Echo Park Christmas!

I love that Echo Park's Merry Christmas and Season's Greetings collections work so well together!

A little mix and match and a fun Santa photo and I have my first layout of my Scrappy New Year's eve party. :)

This sketch is from Once Upon a Sketch. I did my journaling on a sheet of vellum and adhered it to a pretty inked doily.

I used quite a few stickers from both collections and some pop dots to make a few different clusters for challenge #112 from Scrap Whispers.

I am so happy that all my housework is done, so I can spend the whole day in my jammies!!

Have a great day!!!

Paper Lovin' Gals #12- Happy New Year!!!

I cannot believe this year is coming to a close already. I flew by so fast, it's almost depressing!

But I am looking forward to a new year of fun!!

Here is inspirational photo challenge #12 from Paper Lovin' Gals. Aren't these rosettes so pretty!!??

I just love my new score board, so I waste no time in pulling out some scraps and making more rosettes. I punched some circles from metallic paper and added some bling-y snowflakes.

Come see what the Paper Lovin' Gals design team has created!! Bet they can get your mojo started for the new year!!

Day after Christmas lull...

I thought I would avoid the after Christmas rush to the mall for the big sales. I decided to have a jammie day and do some organizing, scrapping and online ordering. :)

I just ordered the January kit from Artful Delight. So excited! Lots of kraft goodies! I'll be stalking the mailman all week...lol.

Here is my page for sketch #62 at Sketches in Thyme. I love these older pictures of my oldest daughter. I had so many of them, I thought putting a few on the same page would be cool. Then she can see how she has grown over the years. And Santa was always the same old guy!

I thought I would give a sketch from Basic Grey a try. I used some bits and pieces from the Marjolaine collection. These colors are so pretty!!

My title is also going to be my "Word of the Year" for ScrapFit #57.

I have so many issues that I have been dealing with, with my family, I vow to make 2012 a much better year.

More Echo Park

Oh well....the daylight is diminishing quickly....last picture for today.

More Echo Park Winter and Wintertime papers!! Love these two collections! And they work so well together. And they are perfect for the Blue, Red, and White challenge for Show Us Your Stuff. :)

This page was made with the sketch inspiration from Scrap Whispers #111.

I"m really missing snow this year. Usually by now we have a few inches. We have NOTHING! So unusual for Chicago....keeping my fingers crossed for just ONE day of good, fun snow pictures......