Your Are My Sunshine

I scrapped this layout yesterday of my favorite little Sunshine, Ava Riley!

I have been saving these photos to scrap for quite some time, she was only 18 months old at the time and is now 3 1/2.  I wasn't sure how I would scrap them until I read the title for the June Title Challenge, You Are My Sunshine, a members only scrap board.  I have had the whole month to work on my layout and just now getting it finished!  

I used a sketch by Allison Davis, one of my favorite scrappers, and love the finished layout!  If you like to use sketches and need inspiration, stop by for a visit.....www.allisonrdavis.com. I like the simple, clean lines of her sketches and fun layouts of her family.   Allison & her family have a scrapbook store in Springfield, Mo., which is on my bucket list to visit in the near future.  

I chose to use the colors in the photos, white, black & yellow, adding the teal for additional color.  The paper is from the Stella Rose Collection by MME with added scraps left over from another project.  The chipboard & say cheese sticker is also from the Stella Rose Collection, the Sunshine chipboard title is from Pressed Petals, and the other two sticker are from Studio 12.  I added the teal washi tape at the last minute for more color.

Wishing all of you a great week.  Thanks for looking!

Ahhhh! Summer has arrived

in Kansas and it is very hot!  Maybe that is why my newest layouts were Christmas related, thinking it might cool me a little by catching up on the last three years of Christmas photo cards that we received each year.  

I love these cards and hate throwing them out, or just sticking them aside and never really looking at them again....they are wonderful reminders of how our family and friends change from year to year.

As you can see, the first layout if from 2010.....so very special since this was my granddaughters first Christmas.  Ava was only 10 months old and has brought so much joy to our family....a true blessing from God. 

I added the "Peace on Earth" card, loved all of the little people and thought it went well with the other photos. 

                                                                                          

My last layout is from 2012!  I am now current

with my Christmas photos.....wish I could say the

same about all of other photos!  

Thanks for stopping by and I hope it cooled you 

just a bit!  

                                                                        

Imperfect Photos Scrapped

 I attended my monthly crop this past Saturday, determined to finish a 2 page layout with photos from 2001.  It was a very quiet crop with only myself and one other scrapper attending, the others ladies were too busy.  My scrap partner for the day is a mother of four young children with no time to scrap at home.  She also doesn't have any extra space for a designated scrap room...the house is full to the brim. Her hubby is a jewel, insisting that she needs her monthly scrap/girl time, staying at home with the kids while she scraps.  We both had a very productive day.

The photos that I took to scrap were of my youngest daughter, Raegen, and some her friends & their dates before the yearly Snowball Dance.  I knew the photos are not very good, but wanted to get them scrapped to add to her album.  

Funny thing, I have had these photos on my desk for quite some time, waiting for inspiration, and, or, motivation to get them on a layout.  Well, the inspiration came in the Weekly Challenge at ClubCK for the week of April 7-14, to scrap imperfect photos.....photos that are blurry, too dark, too light, weird shadows, etc.  I laughed when I read the challenge, knowing instantly which photos I would be using for the challenge!  The red eyes, closed eyes, some people not looking at the camera.....well, they certainly fit the description of "imperfect photos"!   

The photos were taken with a film camera that belonged to my daughter.  I had often thought that I would scan the photos and correct the red eyes.....but, never took the time.  I decided to go ahead and scrap my "imperfect photos" for the ClubCK challenge.  I used sketch #88 from Inspired Blueprints, adapting it from the original single page sketch into a two pager.

I still need to journal on this layout but will have to wait until I visit with my daughter.....some of the girls dates for the evening were from out of town and I need names before I can finish, sure hope she remembers!  

For the year of 2013, I have challenged myself to catch up on layouts for my two daughters' high school albums.....I am getting closer!  Two layouts down, more coming!

About A Girl Blog

I am excited to have found a new challenge blog for girls only, awesome!  It was only a couple of days ago that they were looking for scrappers to join their DT....well, they found some awesome scrappers and are now ready for everyone to check out the newest girly blog.

I know many fellow scrappers that love to scrap for their daughters, granddaughters, and other female family members & friends, so be sure and stop by the newest blog on the block, www.itsaboutthegirls.blogspot.com.  Have fun!



Congratulations to Laurie LaRiviere, today's featured member of the DT, and the other DT members.   Very anxious to see what challenges this blog will have to scrap our precious girly layouts!

New Blog 

I found a new challenge blog that sounds like the perfect match to myself and any scrapper that loves to scrap girly layouts, it is called About A Girl.  

They have placed a DT call and are needing 6 scrappers to create a monthly project.  You will need to stop by the challenge blog to apply.  Applications are being taken until April 20.  Enjoy!

Puppy Love

I have had this layout finished for over two weeks and just now adding it to my blog!  When I  scrap a layout for a challenge on ClubCK I tend to scrap photos of Ava....she is my favorite subject to scrap!  It was my turn to host the Weekly Layout Challenge for the week of March 24-30.  My challenge was to lift a layout from the current Creating Keepsakes magazine, pages 79-88, or any other layout from a past CK magazine.  

The layout by Amy Mallory titled Redsox Love, page 83, caught my eye.  I changed it a little and didn't scrap a sport theme, although I have plenty of sports photos waiting to be scrapped.  

This layout was scrapped to go opposite a previously scrapped layout of Ava and her cousin, Brooke.  I am a little weird when it comes to my layouts matching, or at least having similar colors on the opposing layout!  I know it isn't a big deal to some scrappers but it is the only way to make it work for me!  

Thanks for looking and have a great week!  

Finished layout.....

As I stated in my last post, I have been working on adding journaling & elements to layouts that have been waiting for quite some time.  I actually scrapped this a couple of years ago and felt that it needed more elements before adding it to Raegen's album.

The title & photos looked very lonely before the addition of the elements & journaling.  Yes, the photos on a layout are the most important in telling your story.....but, the addition of journaling & elements make for a finished look!  

Thanks for stopping by!