Sweet Baby Girl ~ Scrapbook Page

Hi all!  It's another last minute post from me.  I'm scrambling before the weekend's activities.  Lots more basketball this weekend and February school vacation begins today.  My kids are happy to be without homework for a week, but they're less than thrilled that we have no snow on the ground.  We usually spend a few of our vacation days in New Hampshire with my parents.  The kids love to sled and snow tube there.  But that's looking unlikely with no snow in the forecast.  Such a strange winter!

Today I'm sharing a scrapbook page of my daughter at 6 months old.  It's hard to believe that she was a 4-pound preemie!  I find I'm spending less time on my pages....I no longer flounder for hours with layout designs and paper matching like I did a few months back.  For this page, I quickly pulled together my papers and decided on die-cuts one day, then cut, assembled and embellished yesterday.  I'm trying to use more embellishments, but that's real hard for a girl with a clean and simple style!!  I'd appreciate any advice you might have for me! 



Recipe

"Sweet" word art, dress and socks - Cricut Baby Steps

Scalloped square - Cricut Mini Monograms

Patterned papers and journaling tag - SEI

Cardstock - Bazzill, Recollections

Flowers, pink skittle - goodies from scrapping friends
Puffy black letters - Target dollar bin

Glittered heart brads - Recollections

EK Success dimensionals

Colorbox chalk ink

Creative Memories markers for doodling/journaling

I'm entering this page into 3 challenges:

Crop Stop Challenge #58: It's a Baby - Make a project with a baby theme.

Lasting Memories Challenge #75: All You Need is Love - Use the word "love" on your layout.

My Craft Spot's Monday Challenge #44: Girly Girl projects - Create a project that just screams "girl"!

Have a great weekend!

~Sharon C.





A Great Escape - Scrapbook Page

Hi everyone!  I hope you're enjoying the weekend!  This is the first one in months that we've had very little planned.  My kids wrapped up their basketball seasons last week and soccer and baseball/softball don't begin for another week or two!  Whoo hoo! 

Today I'm posting a page I put together for my oldest son's scrapbook.  He's an athlete...will play ANY sport for hours on end.  It was for him that I made the basketball bookmark a few weeks ago.  But he also LOVES to read.  Well, when I saw that the ladies over at These Are a Few of My Favorite Things are hosting a challenge this week about favorite pastimes, this was the first one that came to mind.  My son, now 11, can be in a conversation with you one minute then have his head in a book mid-sentence.  I think I mentioned that he's been known to read while brushing his teeth and often tries to sneak a book on his lap during meals and at school during lectures.  I'm not complaining....I love to read too and I know that I'm lucky he enjoys it so much.  :-)  I need to find time to read more myself! 

The photos are various ones I've taken over the past few years, usually while we were vacationing.  Don't miss the photo of my son's bedside table!!  :-0  My layout is based on a recent sketch at Sketch Inspiration.  It was perfect for all of these photos.  Suzy at Scrap With Suzy used the sketch to make a SUPER adorable little leprechaun layout...be sure to check it out!!  I thought the title "A Great Escape" was appropriate for a page about a love for reading.  :-)  I cut the book from Locker Talk (I'd forgotten about so many of the wonderful images on this cartridge) and the word 'Escape' from Gypsy Wanderings, both with all the layers.  I was excited to find the blue paper with the tiny script in my stash...it too worked so well on this page.  The two small metal brads say "discover" and "dreams".  Simple, but effective!

Recipe

Argyle patterned paper from Momenta "All Through the Year" stack

Blue 'script' patterned paper from My Mind's Eye "everyday tango" stack

All cardstock from Recollections

Book cut from Locker Talk

"Escape" and top note shape cut from Gypsy Wanderings

EK Success puffy black dimensional letters

Recollections dimensionals to pop up the book

Black Creative Memories marker for stitching/doodling/journaling

I'm entering this page into four challenges:

Die Cuttin' Divas: Challenge #6 - Unused and unloved! - Create any project with a cartridge you've never or rarely used and use a cut that you've never used.  I haven't used Locker Talk in ages...and I've never used the book cut.

Lasting Memories: Recipe Time - Use (1) die-cut, (2) brads and (3) layers on your layout.

These Are a Few of My Favorite Things - These Are a Few of My Favorite Pastimes - Create anything that has to do with your favorite pastime.

Wacky Wednesday #31 - Manly Challenge - Create anything, as long as it's for a guy.

Enjoy the weekend!

~Sharon C.