Template Challenge at PolkaDotPlum!

Guess what? I'm hosting the this week's template challenge at PolkaDotPlum!! Come on over and download the free template and play along!

I used Lauren and Amy's new kit . . . Rocky Top Sweetheart, just released today to create this layout from the template.


Enjoy!

Layouts of Bradley

I've been spending a lot of time stalking the challenge boards at http://www.scrapable.net/. They have a great participating prize . . . a $5.00 store gift certificate when you earn 20 points. And I've had not trouble earning one two months in a row now!!

Bradley has been the focus of a lot of my layouts recently. Some from when he was younger, but most recent photos. There's been so many photo opps . . . his first semi-formal school dance, 8th Grade Graduation and just spending some quality time in the backyard with the camera.

His latest thing has been to take the camera from me and make me model for him. It feels awkward, but he is really talented! Watch for a layout of me soon with photos by Bradley!

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!!