Challenge Monday

It's my day to do Challenge Monday over at Sisterhood of Scrap. My challenge for the ladies today was to use my sketch and to have at least 4 different patterned papers on their LO's. If you feel inspired too use my sketch, please share! I'd love to see it! Thanks for looking & happy scrapping!

p.s. all products on my page are from Shabby Princess

Baby's 1st Christmas

I made this page using the Shabby Princess template for challenge 11 on their blog. I used the Shabby Princess Holiday collection 2006 which you can download for free here. This challenge runs through April 28 and you could win a $25 gift certificate to their shop. Thanks for looking!

Socks for Japan

Scrap it Forward is having a contest (ending today - sorry!) that is supporting the victims of the recent earthquake in Japan. You were to make a card & send it along with a pair socks to Japan where they will be distributed to victims. Here is my card & a picture of the socks I sent. Be sure to check out Scrap it Forward for their next contest! If you're looking for a current contest to enter you can join the Sisterhood of Scrap as they turn 4!! We will be having several challenges & games that will be posted from now until the 14th. There have already been 2 challenges posted for today so come on over & join the fun! There are some awesome prizes to be won (including some much coveted Thickers!)!

A layout & a card

This layout is for a challenge at Sisterhood of Scrap. The challenge was to use something from Dr. Seuss for his birthday which was Mar. 2nd. I took the happy sections (LOL) from Oh! The Places You'll Go! and wrote them out into journaling. I also highlighted specific sentences by using different stickers. The sticker that says "Life is short, stay awake for it." is actually off of a coffee mug wrapper. That quote so suits my son!! He never stops!This next card is for another challenge at SOS. This was in honor of Alexander Graham Bell's birthday which was on Mar. 3. The challenge was to mail a card to someone. I also used a Sat. card challenge from SOS to layer something & pop it up with dimensionals. I am sending this card to my grandma in Texas with pictures of my kids inside.

Thanks for looking!

Lucky

This page was done for a few different challenges. The first challenge was at Scrap it Forward & it was to use the word "lucky" in your title and make your LO mostly green. The second challenge was at Crop Suey & that was to use tape on your page. I followed the directions that Stacy from the Crop Suey DT had linked to this video on her blog. It was a pretty neat & easy technique. I did it the other day to make the tape in the last picture. I used a cardstock bookmark the first time & it took a little longer. The 2nd time I used magazine paper & it was much easier. The third challenge was at Sisterhood of Scrap and it was for Colleen's March challenge. Her challenge was to have something flying, have an animal & make your LO mostly green. Thanks for looking!!
close up of my homemade tape

More chances to win...

Everybody loves a chance to win something right? Here's your chance to win at 2 awesome prizes. The first chance is at Scrap it Forward. I love this blog because the challenges combine scrapbooking and paying it forward. We all need more challenges like that!

The next chance to win is at WeScrap Kits. You could win a year's - yes, I said year's - worth of kits. Now that's an awesome prize, huh?

Good luck & if you win, be sure to send some my way :-)

Recent digital layouts

Here are some digital layouts that I've completed in the last month. Most of them were for Sisterhood of Scrap challenges. If you're looking for some inspiration, check us out. We've had a great January, a very busy February & I'm sure March will be no different! All of these were done using different components of Shabby Princess kits.

This is my grandpa & grandma's wedding picture. Isn't her dress pretty? Eventhough this was taken in 1955, I still think her dress is very timeless.


This is my neice and this layout was done for one of the Saturday sketches at SOS. I edited the picture a little in Photoshop by blurring the background.

This is a picture of my kids & my neice & nephews. My sister & I took pictures of the grandkids for my mom's 50th birthday in November. I was pretty proud of myself because my sister had to sign a copyright release when she went to print them out. That means the pictures were so good, they thought they were professional photos. Yay me!!

This is a digital template that came in a kit I downloaded from Shabby Princess. It was so nice because I just popped my papers in & added some journaling.

This is my daughter at one of the parades in my town. We have taught our kids to put their hand on their hearts when the flag goes by & I think this shot is just so cute. This was also blurred a little in Photoshop.

Thanks for looking!