MORE Summer Fun!!!

Here are more of the pages that I scrapped over the weekend!
I added a Build a Brad to the center of the flower on this one!

That is my dad in the cocunut bra and my hubby in the grass skirt! I had to scrap these pics so that I had a reason to post them on my blog again!!! Isn't my dad silly? If you have been reading my blog long then you know that is not the first time I have used "Goofy Stuff" as a title for a page about him! I used the stamp from the set "Smarty Pants" and it says "You are never to old to do Goofy Stuff."

My order from the new catalog is scheduled to arrive today!!! In fact it has been "out for delivery for 2 hours and 12 minutes. So if you see a crazy lady chasing a UPS truck today- then wave! It's probably me!!!

Summer Fun Scrappin'

After a long and busy weekend playing with the kids, I was in need of some "mommy time." So I gave my hubby the puppy dog look, batted my eyes, and asked in my sweetest voice if he could watch the kids last night so I could scrap. And it worked!!! BEWARE! The puppy dog look does not work on all husbands so use at your own risk. And don't hate me because it works on my hubby!!!

Anyway- I managed to get 8 pages scrapped in a couple hours!! I used the Summer Fun Simply Scrappin' kit for 7 of those pages. Those kits make it so easy to scrap quickly!! The Summer Fun kit did just retire with the last catalog. But the good news is that the new catalog has the exact some kit with slightly different colors. It is called the Pina Colada Simply Scrappin' Kit. Mine will be here tomorrow!!!

I decided to scrap some pics from the girls' birthday party from last month. And I am happy to report that I am done scrapping the party!!! I used about half the Simply Scrappin kit and some white thickers from American Crafts and a little bit of striped ribbon. (I can't wait to get my big shot so I can start cutting out my own letters with chipboard and other mediums!!!)


I did a 2 page layout!!! I get asked for these a lot and it is not my normal style- but it worked great for getting a lot of the pool pictures on one layout!

I will have several more party layouts for you tomorrow!!!

Happy Stampin'!

Some more summer fun!

Don't you guys just LOVE these simply scrappin kits??!!! Right now my favorite is the Summer Fun one. The colors are so bright and happy! Click here, here, here, and here for more projects that I have made using this kit.

I found these pics of Kyler, who is now 4 1/2. He is just 5 months old in the pictures. They were hidden in a photo album. When Kyler was a baby- I scrapbooked holidays and special occasions. I didn't scrap many of my FAVORITE pics like I have done with the girls. So I am have been going back through photo albums and picking some photos to add to Kyler's scrapbook. For this layout I used a sketch from the Got Sketch 101 class. It was supposed to be a 2 pager- but since I only had 3 pics, I just used one side of the sketch.

Everything comes from the kit except the Brilliant Blue Cardstock, the clear button, and the rhinestone brads.
I punched a piece of that fun DSP to go behind the clear button.


I used the word window punch to make a few strips for this simple who, what, and when journaling.


Life sure has been busy!! Dentist appointments, pool parties, haircuts, pictures, puppies, various illnesses, etc!!! And tomorrow my cousin from New York is flying in for a week long visit. So tonight and tomorrow I am going to be cleaning up my scrapbook room so that we will have space for us both to scrap during the week. I am sure I will have plenty to share!

Happy Stampin!!

That Face

Today I am showing you a layout that Jill and I put made together last week when we were scrapping. She had a 5x7 pic of her daughter that she really loved. And although the background is busy- she didn't want to crop it out as it was part of the memory for her. So I mounted the photo on white to help separate it from the DSP.

The DSP, Cardstock and die cut adhesives are from the Summer Days Simply Scrappin Kit. We did add rhinestone brads, flower fusion, some wild wasabi ribbon and Thickers from American Crafts.

Are you getting sick of all the scrapping yet??? Well I promise that I have a Stampin' Up! card to show you tomorrow!

Where there is Love

Before I share my layout- I just have to tell you my good news!!!! I got an email today from Cards magazine and they are going to be publishing 2 of my cards in their November issue!! I am doing the happy dance! And I needed something to brighten me up after stepping in a puddle of puppy pee (say that 10 times fast) and drinking sour milk (for the 2nd time in just a few days)!!! I can't wait for the July Issue of cards magazine as my first published card ever is in there!

Now on to a scrapbook layout. I made this with one of the sketches from the Got Sketch 101 class. It has so many more elements than I am used to and I LOVE that! (Just wait until you see the next layout!)
I made this with the Summer Days Simply Scrappin kit. I begged Jill to let me have her kit to make some invitations for a friend. (No worries- I ordered her a new one!) And after I finished the invites, I decided to use some of the leftovers for a layout.

I just had to add some flower fusion and some brads!!!! But there is no ribbon!!! Did your jaw just drop? No worries! The ribbon will be back!

This cool little bracket shape was made with a template that they gave us in the class. I just printed it on to some DSP and then cut it out. The journaling around it says: the Sears family: full of laughter, full of energy, but most of all full of love. I just wrote it with my white gel pen.

I am off to work on some swap cards (hello GSG!!!) and the next sketch for the class! And I have MORE scrapping to show you tomorrow!!

Summer Days

I went to Jill's house to scrap again last week. She was making a mini album with the Summer Days Simply Scrappin' kit. I was drooling over the paper! When she was done with her mini album (very cute and quick to make!) she had some patterned paper and stickers still left from the kit. So I made this 12x12 layout for her!
I added some of my Flower Fusion and some of her Rhinestone Brads but everything else came from the kit!
I made her promise to take some pics of her adorable girls at their swim lessons to finish the page! We made another page together. I will have to show ya next week!

Last night I ordered the kit for myself! I just HAD to have it!!!

I have received many inquiries as to why I do not do more 2 page layouts and so I am putting my response here for everyone to see. I love 2 page layouts! I love 1 page layouts! I used to only scrap 2 pagers. But I found it tough. I often had trouble filling the second page. I LOVE big titles so the first page was always a breeze. So in my early scrapbooks- I love the first pages and am not happy with the 2nd page. So I finally gave up the rule that I had set for myself. Now I get more scrapping done! If a 1 page layout comes to me- I go with it! Some people say that they just have too many pics to do one page layouts. Personally- I don't scrap all my pics. (I take about 500-600 per month.) But I also find it quicker sometimes to make two 1 page layouts than to make a 2 page layout. It just depends on my inspiration! And honestly- I am having so much more fun scrapping! So tell me what you gals think. Do you do 1 page layouts or 2 page layouts or a combination of both?