Fun Day

Hi everyone!  I hope you are having a great day today.  Me....I have been cleaning.  After our freak rainstorm the other day, I needed to get out in the yard, uncover the furniture and clean up the mess left behind.  I doubt I will be scrapping photos of that in this cute little mini album I made with my leftover October Afternoon supplies and Scraptastic kit.

 Lately I have had so many extras left over from my kits that I just haven't known what to do with.  So, I decided to start creating some little mini books with my Bind-it-All.  Just for fun.  I love that I can use all different sizes of papers in my books by just varying where the o wires go.

Well, Back to work.

Hugs.

Nancy

Thursday

Hi everyone!  It is a beautiful day here, finally some nice weather to enjoy...before the rain starts again.  I am on my way out to grab some of that sun, but before I do.....

I wanted to drop in and share a layout I made of my niece...She is growing so fast.

She came over and we were playing with stickers...which of course she stuck all over her face.  hee hee. Bits of a kit from Scraptastic and a few gorgeous Prima blooms and resins tie the page together.  

Thanks for stopping by.

Nancy

It's almost here....

No, not the Superbowl, a weekend when dh and ds are away with the scouts.  So looking forward to some serious girl time with my daughters.  Chick flicks, crafty play, pj time!  Oh, I can't wait.

Until then, let me share another project I recently made.  Another layout with my January kit from Scraptastic.  This is Brighton baking and eating cookies.  I based this on a sketch from Creative Sketches.  Boy pages are always so hard for me.  sigh

Well, gotta go run and start dinner before my swim team meeting tonight.

Hugs.

Nancy

YMH New DT

Hi everyone!  Well, I don't have a project today for you from Your Memories Here...instead, of a project, I have the DT announcement!  You know how much I love YMH and I am just thrilled to be part of the team.  And today we welcome a new member and welcome back an old one!

First off, our newest member, Dana Tartar!  You can see her blog here....

And after a break, Kimberly is back with us!  You can see her blog here....

Be sure and check out both their blogs.

Since I can't leave without sharing something, how about a project I did using my good friend Heather's sketch for Ideas for Scrapbookers. (she also has a digi template available)

Here is her sketch

And here is my take.

I used my Scraptastic January kit for this one.  Such fun colors.  The photos were taken with my cell phone, love me some photo apps.  hee hee

If you want to see more of the IFS design team takes on the sketch, you can check them out here....

Well, I have to get back to work.

Hugs.

Nancy

Friday the 13th...

oooohhhh, spooky!  lol  Luckily for me, I am not superstitious.  You want to know what I am instead?  I am not exactly sure what the word is, but....

Yep, that is the stack of scrapbook pages that I need to put into albums.  I do not like putting them into albums...that is not the fun part!  So, I make the pages and then I throw them into a box.  sigh

I would much rather scrap.  And talking about scrapping.....

I made this with the Button Box kit from Scraptastic.

 I love this photo of Mackenzie.  She just looks so happy.  I think that her hair may be turning red.

Everything but this cute little vinyl piece (from Pink Paislee) and the alpha came from the kit and add on.  So super cute, and super fun.

Well, gotta run.

Hugs.

Nancy

Happy First Day of Fall

I feel like I should have something very autumnal to share today, but unfortunately this has been the hottest week so far this year...go figure.  lol

I would very much like to thank my friend and fellow Sassy, Cher for highlighting me on her blog today.  If you are looking for the photo she posted and what I did with that blob.... it is here.

This first project I did for my daughter's swim coach who resigned his position so that he can go to work coaching a college team.  A quick thank you for his being such a great coach.  We will really miss him.

Scenic Route Patterned papers, Cricut Just Because Cards cartridge

The inside has a pocket that contains a chocolate bar, gift card, and letters from both girls thanking him for being such a wonderful coach.

And here is a layout I made using my friend Heather's sketch over at Scraptastic.

Crate Paper Portrait collection, Prima Flowers

My whole family...and Mickey!  on formal night on our Disney Cruise.  Where else can you get dressed for dinner and hang with Mickey!  lol  I love me a Disney Cruise.

Well, back to running around!

Hugs.

Nancy

Hooray for Friday!!!

Yep, it is Friday and I should have some time to play this weekend...and I should be getting a box of yummy Prima goodies today!  So, who cares that it is cold (mid 50s) and raining.  I will lose myself in the beauty of my new goodies!  lol

Speaking of new goodies...Did you see this over at Catch the Moments Kits?  Love!  Can't wait to get my hands on it.

And I guess some other people are with me because Devon said she has already sold quite a few.  If you love this as much as I do, you may want to hop right over and take a peek.  Filled with yummy Stella and Rose papers and goodies from American Crafts.  There are even Prima flowers in the add ons (which you know I had to have).

So, with lots of Prima and kits and yummies on their way I am a most happy girl.  You know what else makes me happy?

These....

I made this layout with the last of my big sheets of my Scraptastic Boys Will be Boys Kit.  And yep, not a boy in sight on this one.  lol  Why should boys have all the fun with these fun bright patterns?  They were perfect for Ainsley and her chocolate covered strawberries.

Echo Park Patterned papers, prima and Maya Road flowers, American Crafts and Pink Paislee alphas, Webster's Pages Eyelet trim.

Here I mixed a bit more Echo Park paper, this time from Wintertime, with some Bo Bunny.  Mackenzie was having such a good time on the tubing hill.

Echo Park patterned paper, Bo Bunny die cut paper and embellishments.  Making Memories alpha

Well, there is a have finished project on my desk (Your Memories Here) and the children need help with their work.  I need more coffee...and with this cold and rain, I see chicken noodle soup in my future.

Until then....

Hugs.

Nancy

This Weekend was.....

Scraptastic!!!!

I was so lucky to have Jessica invite me to GDT for her fun club Scraptastic.  And I was thrilled to receive the Echo Park Little Boy line to play with.  While my boy is no longer little, I just love the playful patterns and bright primary colors.  The kit came with everything you could want...cardstock, patterned papers and fun embellishments.

The kit came super fast, just in time for me to throw it in my bag and head to a crop over at Our Paper Place!  I got to spend my night chatting with both old and new friends while playing with paper.  What could possibly be better than that?

This first project features photos from a few years ago when we went to Fort Collins for vacation to see Phil's family.  We took the children to a local farm where they were able to play on the farm equipment and pet animals.  They have grown up so much since then.  sigh  Now I can't get them to go to the farm.  Really it is all I can do some days to get them out from their video games.  lol

Did I mention, that we got to Colorado by train?  For some reason, we got it into our heads that travelling by train would be quite an adventure...and it was.  Who knew that train travel was so much fun, so relaxing....as long as you didn't need to get anywhere quick.  hee hee...Really tho...it was very nice.  They had a fabulous restaurant with great food and service, beautiful scenery, movies at night...what more could you ask for?  Well, trains that ran on time would be nice.  lol  We plan to do another train trip some day.  It really was that much fun.  Think next time it will be the Pacific Coast Starlight.

And finally, here is Brighton just a few months ago.  Can you tell how much he enjoys my taking his photo?

And, I still have quite a few goodies to play with later so you may be seeing more of these fun colors soon.

Well, gotta run.  I will be back tomorrow with some fun projects for Your Memories Here and Ideas for Scrapbookers.

Hugs.

Nancy

So Excited

I am so excited to announce that I am a guest designer on a new site, Inspired to Scrap.  The site has kits, classes, and a fun forum and gallery.  The site is practically brand new and there is a ton of talent over there.  I will be guest designing in November.  You should for sure check it out!  Stacey has some fun tutorials and free classes going on right now.


Let's see, What else has been going on.....


I made a few projects.


You may remember that my dh had to skip his birthday this year because we had to push Ainsley's birthday sleepover to his birthday.  hee hee....Well, we finally got him his own cake. 

 The Color Room Palette.  Basic Grey Origins everything else.  

Ainsley riding the mechanical bull at Phil's group picnic. She and Mackenzie must have ridden it a dozen times.  So much fun.

Basic Grey Lemonade papers, Prima flowers, Pink Paislee Title

I loved this photo of my good friend Michelle's neighborhood and really wanted to scrap it.  So....Well, it is on its way to her now.  You may have seen this on the Ideas for Scrapbookers blog.  It was one of my "mist" examples.  I masked the leaf paper, the Prima felt and the title letters.

 Basic Grey Archaic, Tattered Angels Glimmer mist, Maya Mist and felt trim, Prima flower leaves and felt border, Making Memories journal tag.

Here is Mackenzie at Phil's company picnic.  The bull, the petting zoo, it really was a super fun afternoon.  I used one of my good friend Heather's sketches.  You should totally check out the post at Ideas for Scrapbookers.  You could win a prize from Scraptastic.  A super fun kit club Heather designs for.

American Crafts Dear Lizzie papers, trim and chipboard.  Prima Flowers.

School and swim and ballet are keeping us crazy busy!  So.....Gotta run.


Don't forget, if you won a prize, please email me your shipping information so I can get your goodies out to you.  Ainsley and I have been having a great time kitting.


Hugs.


Nancy