Birthday Card and Some Layouts to Share!

This week Kimmy posted a card sketch over at Let's Scrap.  I made a birthday card for my sweet Grams, who I share a birthday with.  In September, she'll turn 90 on my 40th birthday!  These are some big birthdays to celebrate!!  She'll be coming from WA to visit and I can't wait to see her!    Here is the card I made for her:

I really like how it turned out and think I'll have to go make another one for Valentine's day!!

I also have a few layouts to share since I've been a little slack on my Summertime postings!!  (Click on the image if you'd like to see a larger version.)  Here we go:

I finally scrapped the photos from Evan's First Communion.  It was fun to use a large photo on the page and I was able to use a little card he received as an embellie!

This layout is from a trip to Chattanooga.  We just love going there and it's only about an hour away from us.  This is Evan at the butterfly part of the aquarium.  I feel like this layout needs a little extra something.... might be adding a little more brown to it......  :)   Funny how that happens after I see it on the computer screen!

This layout is from a trip to Kennesaw Mountain Park last Labor Day.  Sorry about the color - I did these layouts at two different times and must have taken the pictures at two different times of the day - they do match in person - lol!  I have to add that the green paper is made out of elephant dung!!!  Can you believe?!  I was at Scrapbook Expo years ago and bought it there - finally used it.  I guess I should save the rest for my elephant pictures from Animal Kingdom.  hee hee.

This last layout is from Evan's 10th birthday party last year.  His birthday is on Halloween and it just happened to fall on a Saturday.  He wanted to go trick-or-treating with his friends and have a sleepover with some spooky games.  The pictures of the boys blindfolded are when I read the story of Mr. Hal O. Weens.  We passed around Mr. Weens "body parts."  The boys had a blast!  I had the lights turned out, but luckily my awesome camera caught some great shots!!  :)  I loved this sketch and will definitely be using it again!

All of the layouts I posted were from Cheri's sketches over at Let's Scrap.  She has all of her sketches posted to print so make sure and check them out.  I'll be going on my girls' scrap weekend soon and will be bringing lots of sketches for inspiration!!

Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!!

Disney Memories

Wow, this Summer is flying by way too quickly!  In two weeks my boys will be back in school in 3rd and 5th grade..... how is that possible?!  We've had a wonderful Summer and really enjoyed our spur-of-the-moment trip to Disney World.  Here are a couple of my favorite photos from our trip:

I've got quite a few layouts to share and I'll try and get those up later today!
Happy Scrapping!

A Few New Layouts

Whoa.... where have I been?!  I've been home and I've been scrapping like crazy...  I guess it's about time I share some of my work!

Last week was my turn to host the Friday Challenge over at Let's Scrap.  This was my challenge:

My challenge for you is to scrapbook a layout about the everyday or the ordinary.  I'm leaving this open for your interpretation but some examples are: your everyday routines or schedules or ordinary things in your life (maybe it's something you do everyday, your favorite beverage or a pair of shoes, etc., etc.)

I came across some fun titles while I was thinking about this challenge and my layout. 
Here are some examples:

• Just an ordinary day
• This everyday, ordinary moment
• You take the ordinary moments and make them shine
• A life less ordinary
• Everyday life
• I love my ordinary life...
• Pieces of my everyday life
• Not your ordinary fairytale
• A day in the life of...
• I love these everyday moments
• There is no such thing as an ordinary day
• "Time stands still best in moments that look suspiciously like ordinary life."  ~Brian Andreas

I did a layout about my two boys and chose pictures from an ordinary day at home.  I just love how it turned out and probably wouldn't have scrapbooked these photos otherwise!  Here's mine:

I also did a two-page layout based on one of Cheri's sketches.  This layout is near and dear to my heart.  It is a tribute to our sweet little dog Pickles, that we had to put to sleep several years ago.  I've had these pictures for a long time and just haven't felt like scrapbooking them.  When I saw Cheri's sketch, I immediately thought of doing a layout of Pickles and including the Poem "Rainbow Bridge."  Here it is:

If you've ever lost a pet, then you've probably heard of the "Rainbow Bridge."  If not, click on the right page to see it larger and you should be able to read it.  Soooooo sweet!

Finally, I did a layout of Swim Team from last summer.  This is another fun sketch from Cheri over at Let's Scrap.  Here is my take on her sketch:

I had a hard time getting a good picture of this layout for some reason.... but hopefully you get the idea!  I'm glad I finally got these pictures done - since there's only two more weeks of this year's swim team - hee hee!

Tomorrow a new sketch will be posted at Let's Scrap, so make sure to stop by and check it out!
Happy Scrapping!!

Play Ball!

Happy Wednesday!  I thought I'd share the new double-page sketch over at Let's Scrap that Cheri posted today.  This was a fun sketch that allowed me to get a lot of photos in one layout!  (LOVE that!)  Here is this week's sketch:

My layout is of a trip to the Braves game last summer.  We had really good seats on the 1st base line, but half-way through the game we went up to our friend's suite and watched from there.  It was fun!  Here's my layout:

Supplies used:

Paper:  CTMH

Chipboard Stars:  Breezy Designs

Photo Corners:  Scenic Route

Die Cut Title:  Cricut's Plantin Schoolbook

Ribbon:  Hobby Lobby

Floss:  DMC

You have until next Tuesday to get your layout posted in the Let's Scrap Gallery for a chance to win a prize package from Scrapbook Girl  Let me know if you get yours done!!

Hope you're all having a wonderful week!  Happy Scrapping!!

Blog Hop Winner!!

So, I'm a little late getting this posted, but I did want to announce the winner of my stop along the Let's Scrap Blog Hop!!   Drum roll please................

Rachel Campbell was the winner of my Blog Hop Challenge.  You can see her winning layout here.  I just love how she quoted her son saying pirate as "pie-dat."  Soooooo cute!

Rachel will be receiving this little bit of scrapiness from me:

I've been working on some Design Team layouts for Let's Scrap, but I can't share them yet!  You'll have to keep watching for Cheri's new sketches each week!