Be filled with Joy

 Good morning!!!  I'm stalling going out to the shed to start bringing in the Christmas decorations....

I  know I really want to get the majority up today, but my scrap desk was calling me!

I had pulled out all of my scrap stash to get ready for Christmas pages.

These pictures are from last year.

I have pics from 2015 to work on!

Here is the color palette from Lasting Memories that inspired me:

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Gratitude Changes Everything

                                   From our Family to yours,  HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!

One of the few pictures I make sure I am in...lol

This is my holiday page for #83 at Challenge YOUrself:

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!

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Happy Thanksgiving!!

 I thought this 2 pager was appropriate to work on the day before Thanksgiving.  

This was from last year. 

We won't be getting together like this for this year.

So glad I was able to score lots of pictures from the family.

I added a few hexagons for the Studio Challenges idea for the November challenge.

I inked all of the edges and then proceeded to cover most of them up with other embellishments...lol.

Here is the sketch from Sketches in Thyme #444 that inspired me.

I'm not usually a fan of 2 page layouts, but since I had so many pictures that were pretty similar, it worked perfectly.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving this year!   Stay safe

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Family - Thanksgiving

 I love that I have so many pictures form Thanksgiving!  I usually don't take many pictures but having the whole family together and EVERYONE having a camera - it makes for many photo ops!

I used up a few more of these veneer leaves I found at Michael's.

Here is sketch #446 from Sketches in Thyme that inspired my page:

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Pool Party

 Since I am not ready for Winter yet,  I was so happy to see this distraction from the new challenge at Cookin' Up Creations.

The challenge was to lift this page from the gallery by BarbP:

We also had to use a water / beach / pool theme.

I had these great pics from a pool party we had over the summer.

We weren't able to have many, so we made sure this was a good one!

I played along with the Tic Tac Toe challenge from Use Your Stuff too:

I went across the bottom - any sketch - Brads/ bling - design paper.

The sketch I used is from Sketch N Scrap:

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Take time...

 I have been glued to the computer watching Season 4 of The Crown!  So while I watch, I play.

Tonight's project was brought to you by the wonderful challenges from Scrap Our Stash:

I used bits and pieces of a paper pad from One Canoe Two - Willow.

The watercolor paper is mostly hidden behind my title.

I used some chipboard bits from Creative Embellishments - all painted white.

For the circle element in the sketch, I used a doily and added a circle cut from the same patterned papers.

Time for a another episode!

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Unbelievably Blessed

 Now I wish I had taken more Fall pictures this year.  With all this rain and high winds, there are no more leaves left on the trees.

I had this huge leaf that I found at Michael's a long time ago that I added behind my picture.

In the Fall clearance section at Hobby Lobby, I was lucky enough to find these awesome burlap doilies and tags.

I added a big of burlap ribbon and a strip of wood scrap paper.

My title was inspired by this challenge from Scrap Our Stash:

It also reminded me that I bought those burlap doilies...lol.

Here is the sketch I used from Sketches in Thyme #445:

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