EGG HUNT / SSD Speed Scrap...

Good morning! It's Monday - where did the weekend go? This is a quick page I made LAST Saturday playing along with a speed scrap at Sweet Shoppe Designs. You know I l-o-v-e speed scraps! The template was actually provided, and I used a gorgeous kit,  Flowers After the Rain by Wishing Well Creations and Sugarplum Paperie.

These were some Easter egg hunt pics taken down at my grandparent's 'pond' house. We were back there this past weekend, and my brother found an Easter egg that hadn't been found on Easter. So weird, it was practically out in plain sight!

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TV TIME / Sweet Shoppe Challenge...

Here's a layout I did last week about our family's tv time... just interesting stuff to look back on some day! I loved the papers for this! Didn't "love" the pic of myself so much - heehee!

The kit is Love from Afar by Meghan Mullens and the template is by Penny Springman,  This Life: February Templates.

  

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JANUARY 8-14, 2012 / Sweet Shoppe Challenge...

Here's a layout of the second week of my "365" project. Lots of goofy pics and notes for each day. I'm having so much fun with this project & can't wait to see what the finished product will look like at the end of the year!

These are the kits I used to document my second week of pics:
Template - Scrap Your Heart 4 - Janet Phillips
Kit - Domesticated by Kristin Cronin-Barrow

   

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FUNNY FACE / Sweet Shoppe Challenge...

Today my baby turned 2 years old! Maisie is one of those kids that is just an absolute joy. She is almost always happy, but if you cross her she makes the funniest little faces!  Recently she laid down on the coffee table and when I started clicking pictures, she began crunching her face up. I love watching her, she's so expressive!

I used the kit is Dream Wish Love, by Meghan Mullens. I love the color combination of this kit!

Have a great day!

CREATING / USSIS #141 & Sweet Shoppe Challenge...

Good morning! We have a new challenge for you over at Unscripted Sketches - I love this sketch - SO versatile! I decided to scrap a page with a picture that I love, that isn't very in focus! But I think it almost goes with the journaling of creating yourself (or rather letting God create you).... I'm out of focus because I'm still a work in progress!

This digi kit is Easy For You To Say by Lauren Grier. This layout is for a challenge over at the Sweet Shoppe to "Scrap a page about the person you want to create."

   

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JANUARY 1-7, 2012 / Sweet Shoppe Challenge...

Twenty-Twelve in Photos is a group & blog that my best friend, Lori Boyd started at the first of the year. We take a picture everyday, like some of the other "365" projects that people have done over the last couple years. What I "LOVE" about this one though, is that having a FB group not only reminds me to do it everyday, but also pushes the bounds of my creativity. When I was in college studying graphic design & photography I ALWAYS had my camera - a 35mm Pentax. It feels good to be doing that again!

This layout is also for a Sweet Shoppe challenge to document part of your month.

These are the kits I used to document my first week of pics:
Template - Scrap Your Heart 4 - Janet Phillips
Digi Kit - Easy For You To Say - Lauren Grier

   

Have a great night!

HARVEST FESTIVAL / Sweet Shoppe Challenge...

Back in October we took the kids to a festival and met my mom, and another family there. There were animals,  farming demos, sugar cane juicing and syrup making, We had a lot of fun!

This kit is by Kristin Cronin-Barrow, Give Thanks.

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EXPLORATION / Sweet Shoppe Challenge...

One of the December challenges at the Sweet Shoppe was to add a frame to part of a large photo. I had taken this ho-humm pic of Alex at the Harvest Festival. I think using this technique really helped this pic out!

The kit is Softly Falling by Dani Mogstead!

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CHRISTMAS COOKIES (day two) / Sweet Shoppe Challenge...

Here's the second page of my two pager of our cookie baking adventures! the kids loved cutting htem out and adding some little candies to their gingerbread men and women! Maisie also liked poking holes in the dough, too!

Below, you can see how both pages fit together!

The kit I used is "I Want to Bake You Cookies" by Laura Grier.

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QUILTlove / Sweet Shoppe Challenge...

I created a layout of some of my favorite quilts that I've found online. I a secret/in the closet quilter wannabe! I actually have bought quite a few (7 or 8) charm packs for the day I finally take the plunge - LOL!

The kit is from Zoe Pearn, called C'est la Vie.

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LOVE / Sweet Shoppe Challenge...

Here's a quick card I made for a hybrid challenge over at the Sweet Shoppe. You had to take a photo of 2 subjects "interacting". So I took a pic of each of us (Jeff & I) holding candy canes to make a heart.

I used 2 kits by Kristin Cronin-Barrow, Tis the Season: for Love & A Bushel & A Peck.

 

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CHRISTMAS COOKIES (day one) / Sweet Shoppe Challenge...

Here's a page featuring the kids and I making Christmas cookies! Mommy got to measure and the kids got to put the ingredients in the mixer! We had a lot of fun, and "day two" will feature us rolling them out and decorating them.

The kit I used is "I Want to Bake You Cookies" by Laura Grier.

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MAISIE GRACE / Sweet Shoppe Challenge...

Here's one of Maisie's Christmas pictures. The December Portfolio over at the Sweet Shoppe is to pick challenges from the previous 11 months, and there was a really cool one to cut shapes out of your background, so I chose to do these cool snowflakes! The kit is by Kristin Cronin-Barrow, called Deck the Hall: Classic.

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MERRY / Sweet Shoppe Designs Challenge...

Here's another pic from Alex's Christmas "Photo Shoot"... he was a regular Zoolander, making all kinds of wacky faces and carrying on like a male diva! He grabbed this hat and I'm so glad the photographer got this shot! I have to warn you, I bought 20 of the pics, so you'll more than likely see a few more layouts with them, since I haven't even scrapped my favorite yet! I'm thinking of having this one printed and framed to hang each Christmas...

I made this for one of the MANY challenges over at the Sweet Shoppe... This kit is called Tis the Season, by Zoe Pearn! I love it!

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FAMILY REUNION / Sweet Shoppe Lift Challenge....

One of the challenges over at the Sweet Shoppe this month is to "lift" a design by Tracy. Below is the layout I chose. I sorta went with a similar layout and color scheme. We had a big family reunion with Jeff's family the weekend before Mother's Day, and these are the pics from that day. SO MUCH FUN!

I used this kit from Kristin Cronin-Barrow and Traci Reed, called Blink of an Eye.... LOVE THIS KIT!!!

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