Sketches 4 Scrappin

2012-01-26T11:38:00.000-06:00

DD and DS birthday is in the end of August, which also happens to be when Dallas Resturant Week when you can get tickets for a very discounted price to go to a very fancy place and order from a slightly limited menu. So, this has become a tradition for them. Every year they go out together, just the two of them to a place that the two of them pick and they always have a blast.
The other LO is birthday celebration at home for DD and DS.

2012-01-23T14:40:00.000-06:00

These are a few pages I have done recently for DD and SIL album from their trip to San Fransisco. Enjoy.

2012-01-09T13:16:00.000-06:00

Here are some LO's from my Jan counterfit kit challange pictured above. Of course I couldn't help using some stash too.

2012-01-07T16:54:00.000-06:00

Well, I am participating in the counterfit kit challange, but when i looked at the cocoa daisy website I found that I liked the jan kit-tea and cupcakes, more than the dec. kit. My kit is based on this kit instead of the dec. kit.

2011-12-25T19:03:00.000-06:00

A few new LO's for your viewing pleasure.

2011-12-25T18:53:00.000-06:00

A couple of photos from our Christmas with DD and SIL. We celebrated on the 23rd b/c DD is a nurse and had to work the 24th and 25th.

2011-07-05T15:23:00.000-05:00

These are some LO's I did on our Retreat to GA about a month ago. Altogether I did 17 LO's in three days.

2011-06-14T12:15:00.000-05:00

Counterfit kit challenge kit and layouts.

2011-06-14T12:10:00.002-05:00

A couple of layouts from the Georgia retreat!

2011-06-02T13:48:00.002-05:00

A few recent layouts!

2011-05-09T15:19:00.000-05:00

I really have been scrapping, but our normal computer crashed and we are using one we borrowed from someone. It does not have Photoshop or any other way I can figure out to add photos. I started following the Counterfit Kit Challange this month. Hello to everyone and I hope all is well with you all. Thanks for visiting.

2011-02-11T09:31:00.000-06:00

"Cutie" is ds about 17 years ago. The time does fly!
"Shower" is of a baby shower dd gave for one of her friends.
Enjoy!

2011-01-22T15:50:00.000-06:00

Here are a couple more winter/Christmas LO's for your viewing pleasure.

2011-01-07T16:23:00.000-06:00

Here are some Christmas LO's as well as a couple using BG's line "Curio" which I love. DD and I bought the same movie for each other. I thought that was funny. Most of the Christmas ones are on nontraditional papers. that is new for me. In the past I have always used Christmas papers for Christmas LO's.Let me know what you think!

2010-11-13T15:58:00.000-06:00

some new LO's of ds as a baby. HI was done with the new Cosmo Cricket line Circa 1934. IN THE SWING was done with MME So Sophie line. I made the circle in the HI LO using a pattern corner punch and just going around a circle that I had cut out. You can see the tutorial on the Swirlydoos web site.

2010-11-08T18:10:00.000-06:00

Some new Lo's made from the new Studio Calico kit.

2010-11-07T09:19:00.000-06:00

Some of my recent Christmas card creations. The top one is the new MME Christmas line with kraft cardstock. The second one is an older BG Christmas line. The bottom one is the new BG Christmas line. All the stamps are Close to my Heart. If you like any of these and want to add them to your own collection please contact me as I am a CTMH consultant and can order them for you.

2010-10-31T13:25:00.000-05:00

a few new LO's of ds for your inspiration and enjoyment. Thanks for looking. Leave me some love.

2010-10-24T13:33:00.000-05:00

I have been scrapping a lot lately. Many of the LO's have other people's children in them so I cannot put them on the blog. But here are a few for your enjoyment and inspiration.

2010-10-10T19:27:00.000-05:00

Balcony view and out the back is a two page LO using Crate Paper's Restoration line and loosely following a tutorial on the Crate Paper blog. A once in a lifetime shot looks crooked, but it's really not. It is ds with a vacuum cleaner, a very rare sight.

2010-10-09T11:03:00.000-05:00

A few new LO's and Christmas Cards. The cards are CTMH. Short and AWW.. are from the Oct. Scrapbook Nook kit. and Then and Now is from the new Scrapbook Circle kit. Both are brand new kit clubs for me. I think I am going to like them both.

2010-10-07T21:45:00.000-05:00

a few new LO's. Loving the new Sassafrass on the "Really cute" LO.

2010-10-05T08:17:00.000-05:00

Here is my first Christmas card for the card challange. I made six like this, three o
out of this pp and three out of a different pp. have not gotten them all made by any means, but it has gotten me in the spirit.

2010-09-29T18:55:00.000-05:00

The first one is a famous pose of dd: with her eyes closed. It is a family joke. This is done with the Sept SC kit. The second one is of our friends that did ds birthday party this year. it is done with this month's zany zinnia. The third one is from a mix of kits, glimmer mist, MM paint and dear lizzy thickers.

2010-09-26T20:32:00.002-05:00

and one more. this one is of DD and the dr. who delivered her at our 6 week check up.

2010-09-26T19:42:00.000-05:00

Some how the index is working again....not the same way it used to mind you......i have to search and search for stuff because it is in no kind of order that I can see. Hope you enjoy.

2010-09-23T20:25:00.000-05:00

This is a test. Now I can find some things and not others. This is to see if it really posts. I don't know if I have put this one on the blog before or not.

2010-09-19T11:27:00.000-05:00

Something is wrong with my computer and it won't let me access my index so that I can open my photos to post on my blog. Anybody have any ideas how to fix this problem let me know.

2010-09-14T18:54:00.000-05:00

This is Bo Bunny PP and BG buttons and brads. Isn't she cute?

2010-09-14T18:52:00.000-05:00

This is all from an old Swirlydoos kit. I used Liquid Glass to hold the string of beads around the photo.

2010-09-14T18:50:00.000-05:00

With the new studio calico kit and buttons from stash, rubons from stash.

2010-09-06T12:22:00.000-05:00

This is one of the LO's that I like the best out of ones I have done lately that have not been lifts. This is dd when she was about 2.

2010-09-02T16:30:00.000-05:00

This is a lift from Valerie for the OSU bloghop scraplift challange.

2010-09-02T16:22:00.000-05:00

This is a scrap lift from the magazine Scrapbooking and Beyond.

2010-08-31T10:42:00.001-05:00

Here is another LO from the Blog Hop Lift Challange at OSU. This is from Kylie and you can see her blog here http://longlivepaperandscissors.blogspot.com/

2010-08-27T13:57:00.001-05:00

This is for a challange at a board I belong to called OSU. It is a scraplift from one of our members, Valerie. You can see the original LO here http://myhere-rightnow.blogspot.com/2010/08/layout-for-couple-of-challenges.html#comments

2010-08-16T18:24:00.001-05:00

Just a couple of new LO's, one of dh in Waco and other one of ds when he was 11.

2010-08-12T19:03:00.002-05:00

another LO from our trip to Waco. Wanted to tell the story of taking the class but did not have any photos of the store or even of the project, so had to use this photo of me by the Waco historical marker. Used MME some new "Sophie" and some older that matched well. I was surprised how well the colors matched. Also used some bloomers from BG.

2010-08-09T15:59:00.001-05:00

Just a couple more LO's from our anniversary. "Bed and Breakfast" is done with mostly the new Studio Calico kit.

2010-08-01T11:50:00.002-05:00

This is the sign in desk in the lobby of the Cotton Palace. I keep wanting to call it the Cotton Patch Inn for some reason! The way my mind goes sometimes. This is the lovely travel themed paper from Girls'Paperie, some BG basics and some MME.

2010-07-23T13:51:00.002-05:00

Here are a couple of LO's from our Anniversary weekend.
We went to Waco and stayed at a very nice Bed and Breakfast called The Cotton Palace. Saturday we explored the city and went to a couple of museums and saw the city center and the courthouse which has a beautiful white dome. We ate at Mexican resturants three times in two days! Both of them are chains that do not have locations near us, but I have eaten at in the past.
Both were great. I took a class with Jenni Bowlin. She was very nice and the class was fun. The breakfasts were delightful also.

2010-07-12T12:26:00.002-05:00

A couple of new LO's for you. The one without a title is made with the new Studio Calico kit and is a scraplift from my friend Betsie. Time flies is dd at about 2 and a half years old. I also used the new Studio Calico kit for this one.

2010-07-05T15:09:00.001-05:00

Have not been scrapping much lately. But I am loving the new BG Basics. At the Zoo is made with it.

2010-06-21T21:17:00.001-05:00

Got a chance to scrap a little today. Inspiration mostly from the newest Scrapbooks etc and page maps.

2010-06-16T21:43:00.000-05:00

A lift from my friend Valerie! Thanks Val!

2010-06-12T20:05:00.002-05:00

And another LO from that photo shoot. I am enjoying having some new photos to scrap. You know I am at that time in life when there are not any small children around to photograph. The people in my life change very slowly, so we don't do frequent shoots.

2010-06-10T12:09:00.002-05:00

Here are a few new LO's. Most of them are from an informal photo shoot sil did of dd at a local park. When I went to get them from Walgreens, they wanted a copywright release because they thought a professional photographer took them. It took some convincing to get them to believe sil took the pictures.

2010-06-03T13:00:00.002-05:00

Here is a picture of DS getting his award for having an average of 93 for all work done through the year.
Prom prep is done based on a page maps sketch
Santa and Me is also based on a page maps sketch
Friends is a scraplift from my friend Tricia.

2010-05-31T10:13:00.002-05:00

I have not scrapped in many weeks. Spring is just too beautiful to be inside. But, alas, spring is over and summer is here with a vengence. I enjoyed spring, but did not take any photos. We went to my mom's 85th birthday party and did not take picture one. Very unlike me.
Anyway, here are two from May Studio Calico kit.
One is of dd at about 18 mos of age enjoying bubbles.
The other is of a fashion window display ds saw while in Russia.

2010-04-15T16:48:00.002-05:00

"Don't take my picture" somehow looks crooked but it really isn't.
"Bob" is an old pic of dh.
"Bible Quiz" is of dd. used studio calico kit and pp.
Thanks for looking. Your comments are much appreciated.

2010-04-11T15:14:00.001-05:00

I think I have entered a simpler phase. This is much more direct and unembellished than most of my LO's of late.

2010-04-10T19:27:00.000-05:00

Enjoy!

2010-04-07T10:16:00.001-05:00

both these are sneak peeks from the April Telephone Scraplift at OSU. Twinkle toes is the first version I did. I did not like it that much and thought it lacked some of the detail of the original LO. So, I did another one, and I think it is better. You will just have to wait to see the whole LO on OSU.

2010-04-06T05:32:00.002-05:00

Happy was one of those LO's that sit on my desk for a couple of days before I can decide what exactly it is that needs to go on a LO and where it should rest.
Love came together easily once I decided that I wanted a swirl. This is one of my favorite pictures of me ever taken. Of course it was taken over 20 years ago, that might have something to do with it- HA!

2010-04-03T15:31:00.000-05:00

Hope you like these and they inspire you to create LO's of your own.

2010-03-30T13:25:00.002-05:00

I love that picture of ds today on the comparison lo. Those of you who follow my scrapbooking know that it is very very rare for me to make a LO without pattern paper. And to use white cardstock is even more rare. I enjoyed using the ink and paint to create a canvas for "Granny's kitchen"

2010-03-25T10:27:00.001-05:00

A couple of old pics of the kids. I think dd hated this blouse that her grandmother made for her. Ds fancied himself a gymnastic champion; he was pretty good without any lessons.

2010-03-16T18:14:00.000-05:00

A couple of LO's about scrapbooking.

2010-03-14T20:06:00.001-05:00

a couple of LO's with old pics of dd. The one of her as a baby reaching for the TV is MME, and the other one is BG.

2010-03-11T15:07:00.001-06:00

All Things Grow is all CTMH product.
Happy is from dd wedding and was a lot of fun to make.
Tall is dd when she was about 3.

2010-03-08T09:16:00.001-06:00

Happy Mess is one of my fav photos of dd. She is having such fun with her mess!
Uh-oh is such a cute expression in the second photo where she knows she is caught in the act.
Engagement date is all CTMH.

2010-03-06T18:02:00.001-06:00

I'm just going through dd's photo book and scrapping the pics as I come to them. Stuck on pink lately. Guess you didn't notice HA!

2010-03-04T19:33:00.001-06:00

a few new LO's. hope you enjoy. thanks for visiting and leaving comments!

2010-02-28T15:02:00.002-06:00

Casa Manana is his favorite resturant in Lake Charles to eat. He has had many birthday parties there. A place called Jo's Party House makes the birthday cakes.
Vroom is of dsil getting on the motorcycle with my brother. He was the last one to take a ride that day so he ended up riding in the dark. I used some silver paint in the upper right side to simulate movement.
He Won...you can see in the photo if you look closely that he has just thrown the ball that he is trying to get in one of the cups. This is some new pp from AC called Dear Lizzy.

2010-02-25T21:07:00.001-06:00

These are baby pics of ds. On 2 months I used some old MME pp and paint and glimmer mist. Used glimmer mist on the other baby LO with the stars. The Christmas one is all CTMH.

2010-02-23T15:23:00.002-06:00

"Soft" reminds me of how sweet and soft a new baby is. the photos are of ds in his first weeks. All of this LO was made with CTMH except the letters.
Host Family is of ds with the family he stayed with in Russia. These are the new K&Co papers.
"Cherish" is of dd and ds and me at Hodges Gardens Louisiana. Close to where our friend Geri now lives. The stamps are CTMH and the pp is from this month's BPM kit and are BG.
Family Traditions is some old pp, trying to use my stash. I think it is Cosmo Cricket.
K&K is of dh sons. Not my normal shabby chic style, but I like it. It is new Little Yellow Bicycle that was in last month's Scraproom kit.

2010-02-19T17:45:00.001-06:00

Just a few LO's of the kids when they were younger. She is standing in the box and the title ?UPS- could she have been delivered by UPS?

2010-02-16T12:30:00.002-06:00

"click,click,click" is all CTMH product. Their new flowers are great, and come with butterflies too. Love this verandah pp, it is layers of richness. There is a top layer printed of birds and flowers and leaves, that is over a layer of print, and that is over a layer that is subtle shading of the base color.
The other one is from a recent BPM kit.

2010-02-13T11:38:00.000-06:00

Here is a photo of ds with his snowman....or snowbaby.

2010-02-13T11:25:00.001-06:00

Here are a few snow pictures taken from our front porch. Snow at this time of the year is not unusual here, but the amount is. Officially our total was 12 inches. I don't think we got more than 8 here. It makes everything look so different.

2010-02-13T11:24:00.001-06:00

This photo is from the reception after DD pinning ceremony from nursing school. I love this pp. It is 7 Gypsies.

2010-02-07T12:56:00.003-06:00

Just a few newer LO's. Thanksgiving 2008.This one is Daisy D's and BG pp. Dance group is 7 Gypsies and MM pp.

2010-01-30T13:52:00.001-06:00

They're everywhere. The menu was basicly the same as for us. Only there was no Dr. Pepper in Russia.

2010-01-26T16:18:00.002-06:00

Just a few LO from this weekend.
Gifts just shows my gifts from this Christmas. That hand lotion that is my favorite is hard to find. The glasses case represents the new glasses that dd is getting for me. And last but not least, Eeyore, my favorite character. Every year someone gets a gift of one of those stuffed animals that sings, this year was my turn.
The untitled one is of the entrance to the Russian Circus.
And there is a photo of my world traveler of whom I am so proud. He is standing outside the airport waiting for their bus to arrive. It was the first time he was outside in Russia.

2010-01-22T14:57:00.000-06:00

While DS was in Russia they got to see the Russian Circus. He really enjoyed it.

2010-01-19T10:17:00.000-06:00

One of my Christmas gifts. It holds my Bible and note book perfectly.

2010-01-17T13:30:00.002-06:00

While in Penza Russia, the group my son was with performed a play for the English speaking high school there. Part of the cast was interviewed for the local tv station.
While in Russia they rode the train from Moscow to Penza and back again before going home. There was a long walk in the cold and snow to get to their train.
While in Moscow they stayed at the Cosmos Hotel. They could see the Sputnik monument from their hotel room window.

2010-01-14T16:51:00.002-06:00

These represent two very proud moments for this proud mom.
One is the first LO from ds Russia mission trip. Thanks to all of you who supported him financially and in prayer.
The other is a LO from dd graduation from college. We were so far away all we could get was this far away photo.

2010-01-12T13:26:00.000-06:00

here is one more LO for Christmas!

2010-01-08T17:36:00.002-06:00

just a couple of LO's from our Christmas. I have been scrappin quite a bit, but it is for a swap called trading pages, and I can't show them here until after they get to their new owners. It is a lot of fun for me to scrap other people's photos. Happy New Year to all. Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving comments is always appreciated.

2009-12-29T12:35:00.002-06:00

here are a couple of lo's of pics from this Christmas. dd and sil got mostly stuff for their kitchen.

2009-12-27T16:11:00.001-06:00

This is of dd when she was about 4 years old. She loved to rub soft things on her face, and this stocking is super soft.

2009-12-21T07:55:00.001-06:00

Did this LO with the new BPM kit. Out of desperation we used You Tube to learn how to use a swiss army knife to open a can. Worked too!

2009-12-12T18:04:00.001-06:00

Just a funny picture of our cat Smokey inside a bag of clothes.

2009-12-12T17:56:00.002-06:00

we made it through a very busy week. Ds had two performances this week of two different plays. Monday and Tuesday he had dress rehersals back to back for both of them each day. Thursday was the performance of "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" and it was a great success. Got lots of good pictures as the lighting for the play was good for photography. Hamlet was Friday. It also went well. No pictures though because the stage lighting was pretty dark.
Dh is in Oklahoma right now as his step mother is in a coma after having a simple surgery. Not sure exactly what happened yet.

2009-12-07T15:28:00.002-06:00

We often scrap the first time our children do something, but seldom do we get to scrap the last time. This is the last visit ds had with Santa. He was 8. I used the Swirlydoos kit for this LO.

2009-11-21T17:39:00.000-06:00

This is my favorite of the Christmas cards I have made so far this year.

2009-11-21T17:37:00.000-06:00

This is based on a sketch from the site called 52 sketches.

2009-11-19T17:23:00.002-06:00

I wish the lighting was better on this one. The colors are much prettier and richer in real life.

2009-11-16T13:54:00.002-06:00

This is my project for the Practical Scrappers challange this week, acrylic paint. I mixed blue and green paint to get just the right hue I needed for the flourish and scallop edge. I also painted the letters. Check out the Lo's this week.http://www.practicalscrappers.com/

2009-11-15T22:10:00.001-06:00

I have added some challange blogs to my favorite scrappy sites. check them out!

2009-11-08T11:59:00.002-06:00

today is Nov 8th. and with these four LO's I have 10 for the month so far.

2009-11-06T08:08:00.001-06:00

When I saw this PP with the flying birds and the photo of my kids with the birds, I thought this is the perfect combo for a LO with the theme "you make my heart sing". Love how the webster's pages card has a heart made out of musical score.
She still loves to talk is of me.....and yes I do...so call me! Ha!

2009-11-03T15:53:00.001-06:00

This one was lots of fun to make. I got to play with paints. Love to do these collage style LO's. Don't do them as often as I should I guess.

2009-11-02T17:21:00.001-06:00

This is my LO for practical scrappers this week. The challange was to use three different ribbons on a LO. I really do have a huge stash of ribbon. I have to start using it more.

2009-11-02T17:17:00.001-06:00

New month new goal. Just 30 for this month. With the holidays coming up I plan to spend more time making memories than scrapping them!

2009-10-31T20:40:00.001-05:00

This is the LO for the triple challange at Practical Scrappers this weekend. I used three ribbons, an owl, and the sketch.

2009-10-31T20:39:00.000-05:00

here are LO's 58 and 59.

2009-10-31T09:48:00.002-05:00

This one is from yesterday, and today I did one that I can't post yet as it is a challange for Practical Scrappers. That makes at least 57 LO's for this month. With the ones I could not post because they were for telephone scraplift and Practical Scrappers Challanges I have lost count.

2009-10-30T12:18:00.001-05:00

It's been rainy and dreary here the last few days. Too dark to take photos of LO's. But, not too dark to scrap! So here are three more from the November C2P kit.