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

November kit reveal

Hello! I have the lovely job of showing you this month's kit from Scrappin' Great Deals. This is my favourite kit to date. What can I say but WOW! You have to check out the creations from this month's fabulous group of guest scrappers: Heather, Kim and Diane. It is so fun to see what everyone comes up with using the same supplies.

Here's the kit:

Here are my three layouts for this month:

Our little man and his obsession with everything in the garage!
Our little lady and her fabulous sense of fashion over the past 3 years.
Our little guy striking a pose for the camera. I intend on adding some journal strips above 'treasure' but I wanted to wait so I am sure about what I want to say.
I hope you enjoy the kit as much as I did. As this is going up, I will be on the road home. Back to my bed, my scrappy supplies and a leaf-filled yard. I have a lot of prints to order for scrapping. (Someone is going to make a mint off of me this weekend!)

Thanks for stopping in!

Fast friends

Hello from Chattanooga! We are visiting family and having a great time! I am posting a day early as I don't think that I will have the time to post later! I also don't feel like organizing the post to go up tomorrow. I know, I know. I am being extra lazy, but I am on holidays! Speaking of which I was supposed to post this one last week as it was last week's challenge from 52 sketches. Ah well, I had a lot to do and lost track of the order of my layouts. So here's the take:
Evelyn has a new friends in her Pops. The kids are always so happy to see their grandparents. We are lucky to now have both sets in town! With this layout, I decided to keep the trim piece and take the extra half inch on the other side of the pp. I like the way it turned out! We are having a great week and I have loads of great pictures to share!
This is a shot from our visit to the aquarium. It was amazing and the kids were beside themselves with excitement. Both napped in the car on the way back today. (Do you think I am starting to get a handle on the camera? I am gunning for an SLR, and part of the deal is to know my P&S inside and out).

Anyone have any great tips on shooting a layout with a white background? LOL! I still haven't mastered that one!

I have a new secret assignment for Stuck that I will tackle once I get home AND Sheila gave us the thumbs up to post the November Scrappin Great Deals kit a little early. No peeks for this month! So, come on by Friday. Hope you have a great week and thanks for stopping by!

This girl

Hello from Ohio! We are visiting friends and I have been to Archiver's for the first time. Oh my wallet! Seriously! What a great store and the prices were terrific. I am one happy scrapper!

My layout to share today. Another piece of white cardstock strikes again. The good news is that the upcoming layouts for the Scrappin Great Deals kit and the Stuck Sketches are far from white.
I felt the need to capture our little lady and her current likes -well loves actually. Fun to try a different page. Hope you are having a great weekend! Thanks for stopping in!

cardstock -Bazzill
pp -American crafts
alpha -American Crafts, Making Memories
ribbon -American crafts
buttons -SEI
texture -Cuttlebug swirls

Swing!

Hello out there! It's Wednesday again, which means that it is sale day at Scrappin' Great Deals. Be sure to head over and check it out!

This week I decided to play along with the challenge on the American Crafts blog. The challenge is to scrap using at least two AC products along with black and white photos. I had these two pics printed and thought it was the perfect opportunity to get them done!
Our little lady, doing what she loves best! Always fun to play along! Thanks for stopping buy and have a great day!

pp -American Crafts
cardstock -Bazzill
alpha, rub-ons, stickers -American Crafts
gems -Robin's Nest