A scrapolicious weekend . . .

My friend Sabrina was home all weekend without kids . . . she has four . . . yeah, it was a big deal! Thinking of you Sabrina . . . (smile). I'm guessing she did some scrapbooking too. The Quote Challenge at Scrapable.net required us to make a layout using this quote: If friends were flowers, I'd pick you. Since Sabrina is my best friend . . .

Hope you like it!

I got this fabulous kit called One Fine Day from My Creative Pixels with a gift certificate from Scrapable.net for winning Layout of the Week and went to town . . . I made three layouts already with it . . . I'm absolutely in love with this kit . . . I love the word strips, the colors, the elements . . . just everything about it. And with all the layouts I've made for the Scrapable.net challenges . . . I'm well on my way to earning another $5.00 store gift certificate just for play along!

This layout I did for the Scraplift Challenge . . . remember those photos I took of Chrystal, Joe and baby Savannah . . . you knew I'd be using them for layouts right? Before long, I'll have a little gift scrapbook for Chrystal!

This layout was for the 1, 2, 3 Challenge . . . they give you a list of required items to use. In this case, it was:

1. Photo

2. Leaves or leafy springs.

3. Flowers

4. Circles or round elements.

5. Other items.

Jaimee is hosting the Technique Challenge and has an great tutorial on using brushes in Photoshop. She even gives you some FREE brushes (for personal and CU use) to use for the challenge. I used them to "paint" the background paper on this layout which ties into my journaling. Love it!

And this layout I made a while ago and am posting it because it features Sabrina's only daughter Katie Joe . . . my favorite niece and I think it's pretty!

Page Frocks has a new kit . . . a boy kit!

Woot, woot . . . I've been designing and have created a kit around my favorite photos of Bradley! A little artsy with the brush strokes and a little masculine/boyish with the duct tape . . . that's Bradley for you!

We even took some photos tonight!

Bradley's Charm is available exclusively at ScrapMatters!

PolkaDotPlum . . . new stuff!!

I just love the name PolkaDotPlum . . . have you been there lately? They got an amazing Template Challenge Week going on and new designers and amazing digi-products! Check out these layouts that I created today . . .

Using NEW designer (Chris) Pixel Perfect Designs' kit Friendship Daisy for these two . . .

I also used BTA Designs Color Lover's 3 Template Pack for that one and this next one that features the Mommy Is Me! kit by Danielle Corbitt designs . . . isn't this precious? Photos are my niece Melissa, who finally had a girl after three boys!

A trend . . . bright colored kits!

And I'm loving it! I realized that since joining MyLifeAndScrap's CT my layouts have so much more color . . . it's a bright and happy bunch of designers there!

I created this layout featuring Leslie with one of their May collabs . . . Mama's Kitchen:

New Release by Bubblescrap Designs!

I'm LOVING this new kit by Bubblescrap Designs . . . Here Comes the Sun . . . the fresh, bright colors have me psyched for summertime! Pssst . . . it's on sale at Scrapbookbytes right now!

I pulled out some photos of my Aunt Janet and Uncle Charles for this first layout:

and then used a new one of Paige from our April photo shoot for the next one . . .

Exciting news for Mye . . . she is now at Scrapable.net and Scrapbookbytes.com! I've been hanging out there and really enjoy it! They have great challenges, so if that's your thing . . . head on over!

Football Pics

Sabrina - These are the ones I'm talking about . . . .

Recent layouts . . . because Sabrina asked!

She's right . . . I haven't posted any layouts for a while . . . wow! Not that I haven't been creating them . . . just soooo busy scrapping that I forgot to post. (grin)

Hope everyone had a great (inter)National Scrapbook Day . . . I know that I did. I haven't even been able to unzip and look at everything I bought yet!

Here are a few of my most favorite recent layouts . . .

Happiness

. . . using a photo of Reece from a recent Middletown Maniax football game

Credits: SAS Designs kit Natural Symphony.

Perfectly You

. . . . featuring Paige from our latest photo shoot!

Credits: Tempus fugit's kit Bloom and Strawberry Twinkle Alpha

from her May Grab Bag (which is only $2.00 - seriously!)

Joy

. . . featuring photos of Josie who is now a local pageant winner!

Credits: Springtime Zen kit by Sweet Tomato Designs

Cupcake Love

Credits: Cupcake Sweetie kit by JustJaimee Designs.

Max

This was my last entry in the Scrapping Survivor Contest at GingerScraps.

It made me get to the final round, but I didn't complete the last layout . . . I KNOW!!

Life got in the way that week!

This was my first attempt at blending which was requirement and we had to use two camo papers and the word camoflauge in the layout. Of course that would have suited Jeremy well, but I already used his camo photo for the first layout and didn't want to be redundant, so I used this one of his Uncle Max that I had taken at a football game. It's a great, true photo of him.

Lovely Day

. . . photo is my sister and her husband with their youngest daughter off in the distance. I really like this photo!

Credits: Rise and Shine kit by Bubblescrap Designs.

So there you have it . . . I still have a bunch more, but will save them for another day!

Baby Savannah . . .

Because I know mommy Chrystal and grandmommy Diann will be blog stalking until I post a sneak peek at the photos I shot today . . . let me introduce Savannah!

This little girl has some of the most enthralled, excited and eager parents I think I've ever seen . . . the photos ooze emotion and I feel so honored to have been given the opportunity to capture this family today! Thank you!!

Easter layouts . . .

This is probably the quickest I've ever gotten holiday layouts done after the holiday! It was easy though, because I had MyLifeAndScrap's April Collab - Easter Parade to use . . . isn't this lovely?

I'm adoring the alphabet that's included and these colors are going to be so practical for all the upcoming spring layouts.

Then I had a chance to play with RebeccaPSP's kit In My Pocket . . . I knew immediately that this was the perfect kit for this new photo of Paige . . .

Off to finish up my Scrapping Survivor layout before the deadline . . . it requires camo papers and blending . . . oh my!

New Layouts . . . using Josie's photos and more!

I've been creating layouts all week . . . but not posting any . . . shame on me!

I've been using a lot of Dream Big Designs kits from MyLifeAndScrap . . . she uses such amazing color schemes that allow for really dramatic layouts . . .

This layout is from the new Delight kit by SAS Designs, also at MyLifeAndScrap . . . and because I know Sabrina will ask who she is . . . she's the daughter of one of the football players from Jeremy's team . . . she was running around after the game and her mom was so excited that I was trying to get her photo, so I thought I'd make a layout of her too!

I used Kate's template from MyLifeAndScrap's April 1-15 Template Challenge . . . it's FREE . . . grab it here!

And for this week's challenge at GingerScraps Scrapping Survivor contest, we had to create a layout about the food we miss the most while on the island . . . and the layout has to include journaling explaining why we miss it and hopefully make others drool too (grin) . . . so here was my layout that includes a love letter to these amazing chocolate cream cheese cupcakes . . .

Hope everyone's having a great weekend . . . I'm off to plant some veggies!