Dear Judy

Good evening! I hope that you had a great weekend. I had a great time yesterday at an all day crop. SGD puts on the best crops! Prizes, tons of food and loads of tools for everyone to use. I polished off 6 layouts and have others in the wings that I started... All in all a fabulous day!

I have been wanting to share this layout but waited because I just couldn't get a good pic. Now that I have one that I can live with:
This is dedicated to my dear friend Judy. I admire her courage, her sense of humour and her willingness to help. She is just a lovely person. My scrappy friends Heather and Leah pulled together a team for Judy this year and was happy to be a part of it! The group shot is a cross-section of our team at work. I have never participated the Run for the Cure, but now plan to for many years to come!

Have a great night and thanks for stopping by!

cardstock -Bazzill
pp -Basic Grey
alphas -American Crafts, Jillibean Soup
tag -American Crafts
ribbon -American Crafts, unknown
twine -Martha Stewart
punches -EK Success, Martha Stewart

Again!

Hey there! It's Wednesday again! I posted this layout some time ago but then pulled it almost as quickly as I posted it because it was selected by Scrapbook News and Reviews online magazine. I didn't ever get around to posting it again.
This layout is a personal favourite because of the memory. Evelyn's random scribbles and shapes suddenly became people and faces. So cool! I took a picture of one of the drawings as it was just too big to scrap. The bottom face actually showed up in my scrapbook journal. Talk about creating inspiration! My scientific brain loves watching the development!

By the way, Scrappin' Great Deals has an ongoing sale right now in preparation for inventory. They'd rather sell it than count it, so go check it out!

cardstock -Bazzill, American Crafts
pp -Cosmo Cricket
flowers & alpha -American Crafts
tags -Scenic route, Wild asparagus
punches -Martha Stewart and EK success

Baby boy

It's the weekend. And it's sunny out! Oh goody. We have a lot of leaves to finish picking up. It is almost the 15th in Australia so I thought I would post the next layout for Stuck?! Sketches. Here's the sketch:
And here's my take on the sketch:
Our little guy had a heavy duty case of jaundice. We spent 10 days in hospital to get him on the right track. And now, over a year later, we're having a hard time keeping up! The die cut star with the journaling, was cut out using my Cricut and the George and Basic Shapes cartridge. Even though I bought my Cricut years ago, it is a great tool to have on hand. Have a great weekend! Thanks for stopping by!

cardstock -Bazzill
pp -MME, October Afternoon, Jillibean Soup
sticker -Sassafras Lass
brads -Deja views
alphas -Jillibean soup

One of THOSE days

Ever have one of those days? The one where nothing ever seems to go right. That great coat is available in every size but the one you need. Your hand comes out of the fridge crisper with goop on it - you thought the goop was a zucchini... The date stamp lands in completely the wrong spot and you spend so much time fretting about it that you run out of daylight and make a pathetic attempt to photograph your layout inside, at night... yup it's been one of those days. Good thing I didn't have to work today. That's all I have to say about that.

This layout is for the challenge on the American Crafts blog. They requested an Autumn layout with at least two AC products. Here's my take:
So, I promise to be back tomorrow with a better picture of this layout. One taken in the daylight.
Edited -so I added a better picture. It is hard to get home from work in time to take pics! I am going to have to plan this a little better now with the time change and all! Thanks so much for swinging by and I hope you had a really great day! I am off to disinfect my hand one last time before I go to bed. Cheers!

cardstock -American Crafts, Bazzill
pp -Making memories, Bo-Bunny
brads -American crafts
gems -Robin's Nest
alpha & stamps -American crafts
leaves -Prima
punches -Marvy, Martha Stewart
mist -Maya mist in brown, orange, green, red

Santa baby

Hello! A quick post. Christmas is going up in the stores already. It seems that as soon as Halloween is over, the Ho Ho Ho starts up. So along that line, I pulled together a layout of our little guy's first Christmas pictures.
Two things on this layout I normally don't do. I normally shy away from scrapping only one photo and I normally don't scrap the store photos. We get the store photos for the memory of that time frame and so that we can send pics to all the family who are so generous with our kids.

Sometimes you just have to break all your own rules. (What a rebel eh? LOL!) Have a great day! Thanks for stopping by!

cardstock -Bazzill
pp -Making memories, That Paper Company
alpha -American Crafts
twine -Martha Stewart
snowflakes -fussy cut from Making Memories transparency

Collage Press challenge

Happy Wednesday! There was a challenge posted on the Collage Press blog (a favourite paper line for me) and I thought I would play along. I love die cuts and I have been saving this one for the right pictures. Love the shape and the colours and I don't know when I will be able to get my hands on more.
I really like these pics of my hubby and son. They are so cute! (Of course I am biased.) It was a great fall day and they were wandering towards the tractor barn, with mini tractors for small people to pedal around on. It was just one of those fun days when I took lots of pictures that we like. I think my family with grow weary of all the pictures of O'Shea farms ;)

By the way, head over to Scrappin' Great Deals. Sheila has posted some great deals and will be posting new ones daily for the next couple of weeks. Inventory is coming up and she'd rather sell it than count it! Enjoy the rest of your week and thanks for stopping by!

die cut -Collage Press
pp -Upsy Daisy
alpha -American Crafts
brads -MME, Making memories
tag -Jenni Bowlin, Tim Holtz
turns -unknown
punch -Martha Stewart

Tire(d) horse

It has been busy getting back from holidays. Why does it seem to be more work to get ready for and to come home from holidays? Laundry. I need laundry fairies. That would help!

Onto more fun things. The sketch for Stuck?! Sketches is up. You have double the chance of a prize if you use the theme of pregnancy/baby and a die cut on one of November's sketches. Not too bad! Well, my first take was not completed meeting the criterion, but the second one is... you'll have to come back around the 15th to see it. Here's the first sketch of the month:
And here's my take on it:
Our daughter, Evelyn, riding the tire horse. The problem for Ev was it would not swing fast enough, hence the play on words. Funny girl. Hope you have a great day! Thanks for stopping in!

cardstock -Bazzill
pp -Basic Grey, Scenic Route
buttons -Sassafras Lass
alpha -AC thickers (Thanks Mindy!)
brads -Making memories
journal tag -Jenni Bowlin
mist -Maya Mist in Brown