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

Oops.....

I did it again.  And now that song is going to be stuck in my head.  I guess it is payback for not stopping in earlier today.  I don't know why, but I was just so tired that I slept in till 9:00.  Well, kinda.  I woke up at 6:00 and then at 7:00 and then at 8:00...but I got up at 9:00, so I guess I slept in till then.  lol

Maybe I was procrastinating on sharing this project because I knew I was going to have to blur the photos? They were taken Easter Sunday and Mackenzie was still fairly swollen from having her wisdom teeth pulled.  Needless to say she was not happy with me and I told her I wouldn't post the photos of her swollen on the blog.  I am going with blurring her out makes it ok...shhhh.

I used lots of the American Crafts Dear Lizzy, Neapolitan line for these Easter photos.  The papers, some of the trims, the crepe paper,chipboard and pinwheels.  And of course I could resist mixing in a bit of Prima.

 The colors in the Dear Lizzy line are so full of spring.

 Oh, and that little bit of green Prima lace?  sigh...I think I need a whole spool.

OK, I think I hear Mackenzie home from the pool.  Better get this done before she sees what I am doing.

Hugs.

Nancy

Good Friday

Hi everyone, and happy Friday.  If you are celebrating Good Friday, Passover, or just that it is almost the weekend, I hope it is fabulous!

I wanted to stop in today and share with you a couple of projects I made with the new Dear Lizzy Neopolitan.  I love the fun, bright colors in this collection.

The first one is based on a Pagemaps sketch, Ainsley's 10th birthday.  When I got busy adding pages into albums (which has stopped for some unknown reason...need to get back to it), I realized I had never scrapbooked her birthday party.

 I love the fun, new Flutterbys, although I have to admit they are not as easy to get off the sheet as I would have liked.

 

Sorry about the color here, but you can see the layering (lots of foam dots used) and the bits of stickles I added to the butterflies.

I have a new found love for these resin roses.  I think they are just too perfect.  hee hee

And here is more Ainsley, this time at one of our many swim meets.  This was lifted directly from the back of the Flutterbys packaging.  I love that there are so many ideas on the packaging these days.  It really made the project come together quickly.

 The little rosette is the perfect embellishment for this swim page.

Well, another full day here.  I hope you enjoy your holiday weekend, whatever holiday you observe.

Hugs.

Nancy

Thursday

Hi everyone!  Today I thought I would pop in and share a few things I have been working on.  Things I made for me...not for a class, not for a DT assignment, just because.  It seems that lately I am always making something for someone else....it is nice to just sit back and create.  I used some older supplies and photos from last Thanksgiving.  I had a lot of fun creating these, and of course had a huge sense of accomplishment when done because nothing makes me happier these days than using up older goodies.  hee hee

First off, Ainsley.....

Prima Marketing papers, stickers, flowers and bling; American Crafts ribbon rose trim, 3Birds Design, lace doily

 And now, Mackenzie.....

Glitz Design papers, transparency; Websters Pages Sparkler, Prima Marketing blooms, alpha; 3Birds Design doily

So, what have you created lately?

Hugs.

Nancy

Hi everyone!  When my friend Holly asked me if I would like to GDT for The Sampler the month December I jumped at the chance.  The All that Glitters kit this month is gorgeous and I couldn't wait to jump in and play right away.

I made tons of goodies with the kit, but thought I would share two of them with you today.

There is such a great variety of alphabets in this kit I really wanted to take advantage of it.   I left space for a photo of my family Christmas Stockings and plan on slipping wish lists inside the the cute little envelopes.  I put one for each child...how perfect is that.  hee hee

I also made a cute little home decor item

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The little Santa was just too adorable and I loved the cute Crate Paper word paper.  I made a few pinecones with a bit of scrap paper and some stickles.  I have been loving pine cones this season.   The Coredinations cardstock in the kit worked well for distressing the holly and branches, adding just a bit of texture.

All in all, this kit is just so fun!  Be sure and grab one.

Hugs

Nancy

Another Day

Hey bloggers!  It is a lovely Tuesday here and although I am still battling with the children to complete their tasks, I thought I would drop in and share a project I completed for tomorrow's Ideas for Scrapbookers post.

With Thanksgiving rapidly approaching, we decided to have a post of scrappy goodies we are thankful for.  Mine...Scrapbook.com.  Over the years the website has offered me a lot of inspiration, great products, scrappy opportunities (including my spot on IFS); but most of all it has given me the chance to meet many wonderful people and travel throughout the country to meet them.  I count some of the friends I have made on the site some of my best.

Rusty Pickle papers, American Crafts large alphabet, Jenni Bowlin tiny types, Blue Moon florals, Prima bling and button, Websters Pages journaling tag, The Twinery twine, Unknown lace.

I used a sketch from Pencil Lines to complete this layout, and bunches of older products, many from companies that are no longer around.  The paper is from Rusty Pickle and the flowers are from Blue Moon.  I added in an older Prima bling bird as well.  Super fun.

I have another fun project for you tomorrow, so be sure and stop by.

Hugs.

Nancy

More Pumpkins

I am sure you can't possibly be tired of looking at photos from the pumpkin patch yet?  lol  Oh the joys of trying to complete multiple albums.  I am sure each of my children will simply be thrilled to move out someday with an entire bookcase of scrapbook albums devoted to their lives.  lol

I have this one layout tho, and one photo still to scrap...so I promise it will all be over soon.  hee hee

Here are my three little darlings back in 2004 (oh, how I wish my older photos were digital).  And look...I even have Phil in this one.  hee hee

 And here they are just a week ago.

Scenic Route papers and chipboard alpha, Prima flowers, felt vine, butterflies, American Crafts felt embellishments, WeR tag, EK Success punch, Tim Holtz distress inks

Again, used my stash of older papers, this time from Scenic Route.  I have tons of older Halloween papers and as much as I love the new patterns and colors....I really should use some of these up!  I added in some Prima flowers and butterflies, some felt embellishments from American Crafts, a tag from WeR and more of those super fun corrugated alphas from Jillybean soup!

Hope you are having a great weekend!

Hugs.

Nancy

Too Many Photos....

not enough time.  And seriously, anyway.  I don't know how to print them all unless I have a plan for what I am going to do.  But, I have a friend coming over tomorrow so I went ahead and printed almost 2 dozen photos in what I thought would be good sizes.  Cross your fingers.  Oh, and cross your fingers that I can find paper to go with my pumpkin patch photos.  I know I have got to have something somewhere....should be interesting.  hee hee

While I wait to scrap those, here are a few other pages I have done this last week.

This first one is Ainsley on the observation deck of the Space Needle in Seattle.  OMG...what an adventure that was.  She fussed and kicked and screamed that she didn't want to go.  The whole way up the elevator whining and crying that she was scared.  And of course, I am the worst mom on the planet because I am telling her to be quiet and suck it up.  Of course, once we got to the top she couldn't wait to look over the edge and check everything out.  sigh....

Crate Paper Random line, Prima canvas, AC Thickers, The Twinery baker's twine, Prima flowers

I made this for a challenge over at Scraptastic.  You had to use different shapes and distress your elements.  I inked just about everything here.  hee hee  I have a couple of rectangles, a square and circles.  I used my new Random kit from Crate Paper, which I love and a few smaller Prima flowers.

And these are some photos from sight seeing in the Olympic Village in Vancouver.  We had great fun in Vancouver and I would definitely love to go back some day.

Making Memories Passport line, Prima chipboard, MME rub on, AC ribbon

I finally used up the last of my Making Memories Passport line throwing in a Prima chipboard and a MME rub on.  Simple but done.  hee hee

Well, off to run the children to the pool.  Cross your fingers for me that the mojo is strong tomorrow and I get this stack of photos scrapped (or at least make a dent).

Hugs.

Nancy

Today is Monday

Hey Everyone,

Hope you all had a great weekend.  Mine was good with plenty of time with family and a bit to play with paper.  hee hee

Today I have another installment of Menu Monday.  Last week, it was hot!  So stinking hot!  Lots of salad....let's get started.

Monday was burrito bowls

Tuesday we had a mexican cobb salad.  One of my faves!

Wednesday was something brand new for me.....Hungarian Beef Stew.  I enjoyed it, not sure about the children tho.  Ainsley thought it was a bit spicy.

 Thursday we had herb and citrus grilled chicken tacos...which I turned into a salad.

Friday the boys were out of town, so the girls and I had cheese, crackers and some veg for dinner...nothing exciting there, definitely nothing to show.

So, since I don't have much to share in the way of menus...How about I share a layout?

Scenic Route papers, 3tailscraft chipboard,  Maya Road, Prima flowers, AC felt and alphabet, Martha Stewart and EK punches.

I made this using some old, old, old Scenic Route papers and some super cute chippie I got from 3tailscraft. There is a challenge every month on scrapbook.com to use 3tailscraft chippies and I always have the best time playing.  This month we had to emboss.  I started with a dry emboss, but didn't really get the look I wanted, so I did a heat emboss.

Thanks for dropping by.

Hugs.

Nancy

A Great Weekend

Hi everyone!  I hope you are having a great week.  Can you believe it is already August?  Time is going by so fast.  Summer is almost over!  Soon the children will be back to school and there is so much still to do, and not nearly enough days to enjoy!  Where did the beach time, the water park time go?  I guess it was all spent at the pool.

Anywho...one of the things I did find time for was a class at my LSS with Tim Holtz.

This was his Creative Blocks class.  Lots of Tim Holtz papers, distress inks, crackle paints and ideaology. Super fun....we even were able to play with beeswax.  It was amazing how we all started out with the same supplies, and yet each person's project was totally unique.

I have also managed to make a few pages.

This first one is from Mackenzie's dance class.  She has decided not to continue with the ballet, but instead to go back to competitive swimming.  There is hidden journaling talking about the decision.  Originally this was supposed to be for the Glitz Designs challenge, but I didn't get it posted in time.  I used lots of Glitz goodies, some old naked Basic Grey chipboard, and a Pencil Lines sketch.

Glitz Designs Papers and stamps, Prima Marketing flowers and lace, Basic Grey Chipboard, Tim Holtz Distress Ink.

And here are the girls, at the start.  Well, the start of their races...one of many that weekend.  I think they each competed in 9 individual events over the course of the three day meet.  I used some old Little Yellow Bicycle papers for this, a few epoxies made with my Epiphany Crafts tool, as well as a Sassy Lil' Sketch.  Such a different look from the one above.  hee hee

Little Yellow Bicycle papers and border stickers, American Crafts alpha and journaling block,  Epiphany Crafts epoxy, The Twinery twine, unknown buttons, ribbon trim.

Well, I have another project to share tomorrow for Your Memories Here.  Hope you have time to drop by.

Hugs.

Nancy

Sassy Lil' Sketches

Today is the 28th and that means another fabulous sketch from Cheri at Sassy Lil' Sketches.

A super fun, double photo, sketch!  I have been loving these lately.  They are just perfect for my Disney photos.  Brighton adores Donald Duck.  He is one of the few characters that Brighton still enjoys seeing when we are in DisneyLand.  I think the fact he is hard to find is a motivator.

Crate Paper Neighborhood Collection Kit, American Crafts Thickers, Mickey and Friends Cricut Cartridge.

Be sure and pop over to the Sassy Lil' Sketches blog for all the other DT samples and to link your layout for a chance at these prizes.

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Snow?

Well, it looks like it is going to be terribly cold this weekend here in Northern California.  The snow level may drop as low as 500 feet and there is even talk of flurries at sea level (ok, only 10%, but it is a chance.)  There will be no accumulation as the ground is too warm, but the hills behind my house may get a dusting, and if it does, I promised the children a hike!  It is a pretty steep one, 800 feet in 1 mile...but if there is snow????

If there is no snow, I plan on holing up in my scrap room and playing all day.  Before I start more though, how about if I share a few I have already completed.  Both of these are super simple, really not my style, but they are done, and they can't all be masterpieces.  lol

Ainsley was not happy with me taking her photo.  The handwriting here is crooked...I hate my handwriting.  I think I will have to erase it and start over, but the overall design doesn't thrill me.

American Crafts, Dear Lizzy everything.

And here are Brighton and Mackenzie playing around.

Cosmo Cricket Earth Love patterned papers.  Prima flowers

Well, we have tickets for the ballet tonight, Swan Lake.  So I guess I should hurry and get ready.

Have a great weekend.

Hugs.

Nancy

And It's Back.....

The cold (I know some of you won't think it is cold, but cold is relative, highs will be upper 40s), the rain,  looks like we are in for a fabulous weekend.  The Boy Scout snow camping trip was cancelled due to inclement weather, so my boys will be home this weekend.  No one wants to be stranded.  So, that means I should have lots of time to play if I can convince the family to help with the chores.

Speaking of playing, I have a few more projects to share today.

Mackenzie is growing so fast.  Hard to believe that this is her second year en pointe at the ballet.  She is getting so much stronger.  She really enjoys her class and has made a few good friends.  Lots of lovely Prima Marketing yumminess.  Last year's Analee line and a few doilies.  Can't bear to break into this years new Prima yet.  hee hee

Prima Marketing patterned papers, flowers, pearls, chipboard.  American Crafts glitter alphabet

And here is a little bit older photo of Mackenzie.  This time of her at the San Diego Zoo.  We were on one of the trails and she sat on the rock and began meditating.  Such a goof.  But the landscaping was so beautiful and so peaceful.  That zoo is amazing!  If you ever get a chance to go you definitely should.  I am not usually a huge fan of zoos, but this one I just love.  Lots of Crate Paper Restoration and a bit of Prima.

Crate Paper patterned papers, chipboard, rub ons.  Prima Marketing flowers, bling, lace.  American Crafts chipboard alphabet

Well, I probably should get dinner going.  I have a few more projects to share tomorrow.  And then, hooray! It will be the weekend.

Hugs.

Nancy

Thursday means....

Well, that besides my life being crazy, it is my day to post over at Catch the Moments Kits.

I have two layouts today made with the fabulous grab bags that Devon has available at the Catch the Moments.  These grab bags are such a great deal.  Less than 50 cents per sheet and such a gorgeous selection of American Crafts paper.  You can even request certain lines.  These are from the Dear Lizzy Enchanted.

First up, Mackenzie.  I used lots of flowers and pearls to highlight my photo.  This is her waiting to see Woody at the California Adventure Park just a few months ago.  Why is it that waiting doesn't seem to be so bad when you are at Disney?

 

For this layout, I decided to really let the photos and the papers shine!  My adorable niece.  Ainsley gave Lili and older baby doll and carrier.  Lili just adores it!  She has such a good time carrying the baby around and will even share the occasional bottle.  hee hee

Well, off to my crazy busy life.

Hugs.

Nancy

Valentine's Day, Already?

It is hard to believe that 2011 ins't just upon us, but it is already February!  Tomorrow is Groundhog's Day and I know that many of you are desperately hoping the little guy predicts spring!  I can't imagine how many of you deal with those icy temperatures.  I know I am cold when it dips down into the 50s.  hee hee

Oh yeah...Valentine's Day.  I have been working on a few cards and other goodies for my little darlings and thought that I would share.  Please forgive me....I am not a card maker.  Any helpful hints on taking photos of these in the future would be greatly appreciated.

I made the card and the little tin for Ainsley using some papers from the Catch the Moments Grab bag.  The tin is holding some small treasures she received for Christmas.

American Crafts Dear Lizzy papers, letters, brad and trims.  Maya Road Trinket Pins. Prima Marketing flowers

This card I made with a sketch from Sassy Lil' Sketches.  I think I will be sharing this one with Mackenzie.  I also used some of the grab bag papers here.

American Crafts and Fancy pants patterned papers, Twisted Papers vintage image, Prima Marketing flower, Websters Pages trim

Well, I need to get some more cards made...this time for the men in my life.  And maybe a few other projects.

Stay warm and safe.

Hugs.

Nancy

So....

I started to blog last night, but then we had another Earthquake (3 now in 5 days) and I just wasn't up to it.  Well, really, just wasn't up to many things yesterday.  The dreary, cold weather is getting to me I guess.

Well, I wanted to stop by for a few minutes with a more layouts using some fabulous sketches I have found. The first one is from my good friend, Heather, over at Ideas for Scrapbookers.  She has a digital template as well as the sketch if you are into that type of thing, which I am not....  lol  I just can't get past the love of paper.

I am trying to work my way through some of my older papers to make room for new.  lol  And the colors in the Basic Grey Fruitcake line were great with the tint of these photos.

Basic Grey Fruitcake, Making Memories sheer embellishments and flower, Maya Road trims

And this time I even managed to stick pretty close to her sketch and not junk it up with all kinds of flowers and embellishments.  hee hee

This one I did with the Catch the Moments Love Kit that has been laying on my desk (well, was laying, it is gone now...cry) and a sketch from Ally Scraps.

Catch the Moments Kits - Love Kit, American Crafts...everything!  lol

Ainsley loves opening presents, Christmas is the best in her book!  She can't wait to dig in.  hee hee  And she was thrilled with all the pink Barbie goodies.  shhh, don't tell, she still loves Barbie!    Probably should have gone with something more pink...but I love these papers.

Lots of fun cool things going on over at the Catch the Moments forums!  Sneaks, sales, chatting, fun! maybe even a challenge or two!

Well, gotta run!  Tomorrow is the end of the semester for Brighton's online classes and this weekend is our huge Zones swim meet (1800 swimmers).  We are busy, busy, busy!

Hugs

Nancy

Back to the Routine

It has been a very long week around here.  After almost a month of vacation, travel and holidays; going back to school, swim, and ballet has been quite the adjustment.  Brighton is rapidly finishing up his semester with finals this next Friday.   Then, the following week he starts with his classes being moved back to Apex Learning.  Long story there, I should share sometime.....

Well, but for now, how about if I share some scrapiness!  While I haven't loved getting back into all the driving, I have enjoyed time playing with my paper!  lol

This one I did using Sassy Lil' Sketches January 7 sketch.  I love Cherie's sketches.  It is also using the fabulous Love kit from Catch the Moments kits!

American Crafts Papers, Thickers, Trim (pink), Jouranling Sticker, Martha Stewart Doily Punch, Seam Binding, Stickles, Cricut

I made the cute little bird banner using my Cricut and the Give a Hoot cartridge.  Since we were travelling most of December, or so it seems, we ended up making cookies over New Years.  hee hee

Here are my two gorgeous girls.  Again, I used the Love kit from Catch the Moments Kits.  The colors, the flowers, the buttons, the trims....oh my!

American Crafts Papers, Thickers, Flowers, Buttons, trim, Sassafrass Flower, Cricut, Fancy Pants stamp.

And of course, broke out the Cricut yet again to cut the tree from the Cindy Loo cartridge.  Not sure I love the green in the tree, but I couldn't bear to cut a teal/turquoise tree.  lol  Oh, well, I tried.  hee hee

Well, that is all I have time for today.  My sister and niece are here to play.

Hugs,

Nancy