Miracles Momma Monday - Easter Layout

Hi everyone!  I hope you had a great weekend.  Mine....busy.  I can't believe Mackenzie is 15!  And, I actually convinced her this year to have a party!  Yesterday my house was filled with teenagers listening to music, playing video games, hanging in the hammock and of course eating everything they could find!  lol  Actually, we did BBQ...but they do eat quite a bit.  lol

OK, well enough about Mackenzie's party....how about a bit of scrappy goodness.  Today Heather has a fabulous sketch up on her blog and you know I had to play along.

Here is the sketch....

And here is my take....

Ainsley dying Easter eggs just a few weeks ago.  She had selected a golden egg decorating kit...which turned out not to be dye for the eggs...but paint.  While they looked quite lovely, it really wasn't the same as dunking in the cups.

I used the new Echo Park Sisters mini theme kit, some lovely Studio Calico ephemera, a couple of Maya Road stick pins, and some gorgeous Thickers....lastly, I used some of the washi tape I have been hoarding.  Not sure why I am hoarding it...I love the colors, the patterns, I just haven't really figured out a good way to use it?

Anyway, I hope you have a great day!  For us...back to school and planning Brighton's Graduation Party.

Hugs

Nancy

Here Kitty - MMD and Hydrangea Hippo

Hi everyone!  Well, another week has just flown by and I have one last project I can share with you.

This one is based on sketch 34 from Heather.  Be sure and check out all the other designer's work over on her blog.

The sketch....

and of course my take...

I used a bunch of the new My Minds Eye Remarkable goodies I picked up after CHA as well as some gorgeous trims from the Hydrangea Hippo etsy shop.  I don't often take photos of my pets or find the time to scrap them, but....

Well, hope you have a great day.

Hugs.

Nancy

Miles of Smiles - Disney Scrapbooking

Hi everyone!  Hope you are having a great day...for those of you in the US...Happy Presidents' Day.

Today I wanted to share with you a project I made with this fabulous sketch by Heather Landry....  This is sketch number 32 for Heather...hard to believe she has made so many...wonder how many I played along with?

Here is my take...from this past Christmas at Disneyland.  It isn't often that I get my photo with any of the characters since I am usually behind the camera...but this evening, at dinner, Minnie came up behind Phil and I and Mackenzie was able to snap this photo.

I used a bunch of older Disney papers along with my Cricut to put this together.  I really need to try and make better use of my supplies.  hee hee  And scrap more of the photos from our numerous Disney vacations.

Thanks for stopping by today and checking out my project.

Hugs.

Nancy

Let the Eat Cake

Hi everyone!  Today I wanted to share with you a layout I made using a sketch from Heather.  I have been trying to make more multi photo layouts...at least sometimes.

OK, well....here is the sketch.

And my take

I used some older Glitz papers, a few Prima letters and lots of flowers and trims from the Hydrangea Hippo Etsy store.

These are our desserts from Thanksgiving.  We had only a small celebration this year.  The five of us, my sister and niece.  So of course we needed a lot of desserts....Apple pie, gingerbread cupcakes, blondies, and a crumble.  Needless to say, no one went hungry.

Anyway...I think I am gaining weight just looking at them.  So I better get busy.  Hope you are having a great day.

Hugs.

Nancy

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Back to Nature

Hi everyone!  I hope that everyone had a great weekend!  Here we were busy with yet another swim meet, holiday shopping...and fortunately time with friends.

Today I want to share with you a project I made for that woman, Heather's, sketch challenge.  I love this sketch...just perfect for the bunches of photos I took of Ainsley when we cut down our tree.

It was such a beautiful day...the sun was shining, the birds were singing...hard to think about winter, and cold winds, and all that ho,ho, ho when it is so lovely outside.

Lots of older Origins papers from Basic Grey with these photos.  Bits of chipboard, tags, and brads.  Feels so good to use up some of my stash.

Well, lots to do today.

Hugs.

Nancy

Monday, Monday

Hi everyone!  Hope you are having a great day.  Me....crazy busy.  Mackenzie being at the Junior college and me having to drive has become quite the adventure and can really suck up my morning.  Anyway.....

Today I wanted to share with you a project that I made featuring my wonderful husband using Miracles Momma Designs sketch #25.

Here is the sketch...

 and my take...

I used some super cute goodies from My Minds Eye to complete this project featuring photos of Phil's birthday celebration.

Love my new chevron die from Die-namics.  Super fun.

Well, still lots to do around here today.

Hugs.

Nancy

Let's Hike - Miracles Momma Designs

Hi everyone!  Today I wanted to share with you a project I did for Heather's sketch DT, MMD.  These are photos from our recent trip to Hawaii.  We spent a day hiking and checking out waterfalls.  The weather was somewhat iffy that day, making the hiking a fairly unattractive activity that day so we had many of the falls to ourselves.  hee hee

These are some ancient Scenic Route papers.  I am forever trying to clean out the stash.

Well, house guests this week.  Lots of school to do.  Gotta run.

Hugs,

Nancy

A Two Pager?

When I first started scrapbooking...oh those many years ago, I made single page 12x12 layouts.  After a while...looking at my books...I began to notice that my pages didn't really "match".  So, I started making every layout a two page spread.  It wasn't always easy, but......Then, trends changed and my children got older...there were fewer and fewer event pages and more just photos, I turned back to single spread pages.  Every once and a while tho, it does happen, an event that calls for more photos...that calls for larger photos, or...in this case a sketch comes along that I have to use.

Here is the sketch from Heather

and here is my take

Fun, huh!    These are older photos of Brighton (yep, that almost 17 year old that you see all the time).  Here he is 10 or so, at a camping weekend with the scouts...Oh, how young and cute he was....sigh.  They just grow too fast.  I used some of my older Basic Grey, Archaic papers and a few odds and ends.

Well, crazy crazy here....what's new huh!  lol  We went to the beach camping for a couple of days...more about that later.

Hugs.

Nancy

I Warned You

So, after a crazy, swim filled weekend I am back today with a quick post to share my latest project for Miracles Momma.    Heather once again came up with a wonderful sketch to play with

Fun, huh!  Here is my take.

I flipped things around a bit and added individual photos instead of the larger ones.  But I think you can see it.  These are some photos from almost two years ago, surfing in Oceanside, CA.  So much fun.  And look at the size of those long boards.  It makes it much easier to learn is what I have been told.


Anyway, be sure and check out the other designer takes on the sketch here.


Hugs.


Nancy

Declaration- Your Memories Here

Hi everyone!  For those of you in the USA, Happy July 4!  I hope you are having a great day full of festivities.  Not sure what we are up to yet, but I am sure there will be fireworks involved.  

Today I want to share with you a project I made using Declaration papers by Pink Paislee that I purchased from the Your Memories Here store.  These photos were taken at our swim team overnighter....which is where Ainsley got to spend her birthday.  Nothing like having 100+ friends to sing "Happy Birthday" at midnight.

 I used a sketch from my good friend Heather...yep...that Heather.  lol

 I used lots of older Prima flowers and a Pink Paislee doily for embellishments.

And one little Webster's Pages flower.

Well, thanks for stopping by.

Hugs.

Nancy

It's Mad Fun - MMD

Hi everyone!  Happy Friday!!!!  I hope you are ready for a great weekend.  I can't believe how fast this week has flown by.  Crazy.

Today I wanted to share with you a project I made with Heather's sketch 19.  (yes, that Heather...the one I always am talking about.)

So, here is the sketch....

And my take....

Lots of American Crafts Dear Lizzy, mixed with some trims from the Hydrangea Hippo Etsy shop were used to create this layout of Mackenzie at Penguin Madness (our swim team's spirit relays).

I have really got to get better with my photos.  Just struggling these days with my new desire to take the photos upright.  sigh

OK, well....busy, busy, busy.

Hugs.

Nancy

Mixed Media and Miracles Momma

Hi everyone!  I hope you are having a great day.  It is supposed to be super hot here today so we are planning on lots of water play.  But, before we do, I wanted to sneak in and share with you a mixed media piece I made using my good friend Heather's sketch for inspiration.

Here is her sketch.

And here is my piece.

I used my April kit from the Sampler.  And of course lots of paints, inks, gesso, and stamps.  I even used the letter template from the kit for the background and bits of the flocking.

Be sure and hop over to Heather's blog to see what some of the other designers did with the sketch.

Hugs.

Nancy

The Sampler - Dye It

Hi everyone!  Sorry I missed you yesterday, but it was crazy around here.  We got my scrap room painted on Mother's Day, but that meant yesterday I spent the day putting everything back in its place.  I think I may make too many things.  lol  Well, more about my scrap room in a bit.....

Today I wanted to share with you a project I made using this month's kit from the Sampler, Two Scoops.  I love, love, love the colors in this kit.  So bright and springy.  

The Hambly transparency was just perfect to add a bit of depth and texture to my layout.  And I used a bit of baker's twine left over from my April kit.

Wood buttons, gorgeous colors and cute decorated brads were just perfect for the sketch I received from my good friend Heather.  There is still time to enter the April sketch and card challenges at the Sampler.  And later this week we will have the May challenges up.

OK, so onto my scraproom and our winner.....

Last Thursday, I stopped at the Ace Hardware next to the pool because they carry my favorite Benjamin Moore Paint; and found a lovely, bright summery yellow called Sundance.  Well, the Ace next to my house has a different display unit, so I couldn't find the color I was looking for.  I picked up the phone and called Phil, who unfortunately remembered the name of the color as Sunburst.  Well, needless to say, the Sunburst was just a bit too bright, almost like a yellow highlighter....so we had to start over.  At least we had only painted one wall.  lol

So, now the room is a bright, but not too bright, sunny yellow and everything is back in place.  I think I need to open an etsy shop or something to share all the goodies (mini books and off the page projects) I have been making.

So, our winner of the 52 Challenges book is....

Heather.  So, Heather....send me your mailing information and I will get your book out to you.

Hugs.

Nancy

Older Prima and a Sketch

Hi everyone!  Hope you are having a great day.  Me?  busy as usual.  Getting ready for National Scrapbook Day.  One of my favorite holidays!  lol

Today I wanted to share a layout I made using a super fun sketch from my good friend, Heather.

 Lots of older Prima, which seems to forever be piling up around here...not that I have an addiction or anything.  hee hee

Older mulberry paper with beautiful trims already added....

 Blingy birdhouses (is that even a word?)

 And of course a sweet little bird.

Thanks for dropping by today.

Hugs.

Nancy

Monday, Monday

Hi everyone!  Sorry I am a bit late posting today but it has, once again, been a crazy Monday.  My husband got back late last night/early this morning and so today was the first time we have been able to talk in a few days...on top of that we of course have school....well.....enough excuses.

Today I want to share with you a project I made for my good friend Heather.  She makes some of the best sketches and always lets me play along.

Isn't that cute?  She has mad sketching skills...as well as digi skills.

Here is my take.  This is before we began hunting for the eggs.  It kinda does double duty because these are some of the first photos since our backyard redo.

I used some of my new Pink Paislee Spring Jubilee papers with lots of ribbons and trims as well as a few blooms and stick pins from the Hydrangea Hippo etsy store.  She has got some amazing stuff.  You certainly should check it out.

Well, off to swim lessons with Ainsley.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugs.

Nancy

Monday...

Hi everyone, Monday here and I am by to share more projects I recently made.  It has been cold and rainy for the last week which has meant lots of time to play.

I made this one using the new Loyal collection from Authentique and threw in some bits and pieces from other manufacturers to create this Pagemaps design.

I can't believe how big Brighton is getting, so mature, so...well "big"!    I am so proud of him!

And here is Phil and I at the annual Bridge School Benefit!  I love this concert and don't know why we don't try and go every year.  I used a sketch from my good friend Heather who keeps coming up with the most amazing design ideas.  Lots of older Basic Grey papers and a few Prima embellishments.

Well, it is a busy day around here and I really should get a few more things done.

Hugs.

Nancy

Thursday...

Hi everyone.  I am trying to be a better blogger...and the projects are piling up around here, so I thought I would share a few that I did from our 2004 trip to Disneyland.  I have soooo many Disney trips to scrap that sometimes I feel overwhelmed by it all and just don't know where to start.  I have decided to go back to the first set I haven't scrapped and work forward from there.  Of course, that means I have seven trips left to scrap, three of which are cruises, and one which is Disney World.  Oh goodness...I get stressed just thinking about it.  hee hee

So let's sneak back in time.....

We have always had the most magical experiences at Disneyland.  On this day, we snuck into the restaurant for Captain Mickey's lunch (no longer exists) not too long before they were going to close.  After a relaxing lunch, we noticed that we were the only family left out on the patio.  Before we knew it, our children were playing hide and seek with Mickey and his friends.  Who gets to do that?  hee hee

 I used a sketch from my good friend Heather to create this one.  Lots of Reminisce papers as well as a few EK Success and Creative Imaginations embellishments.

This one is based on a Pagemaps sketch and features a mix of patterned paper scraps.

Well, gotta get back to work around here.

Hugs.

Nancy

More Tea Anyone?

Hi everyone, today I wanted to share with you the little teapot I created to accompany the little teacups I made last week.

It took me quite a while and a number of attempts to get the right shape and size, but I think I finally did it.  The look of the Prima papers with lots of yummy trims and a sweet little Prima flower from the Your Memories Here store really made the "pot" come to life; and the addition of a huge bloom with a bit more lace for the lid completed the look.

Needless to say, Ainsley is very happy with her little doll tea set and is looking forward to lots of parties with her friends and their dolls soon.

Here is the link for the teapot and cups template if you would like to try your hand at them.  I am kinda an old fashioned girl in this respect...my templates were made by hand with a ruler, pencil, and paper, so my good friend Heather attempted to clean up my chicken scratch and digitize the parts for me so that you could have a template!  Huge shout out for her help!!!!!  You will need two of the spout pieces if you want it to have more dimension.  I painted the underside of my papers with a bit of gold paint and then glittered for a more finished look.

Have fun with your creations today.

Hugs.

Nancy