Pool was Cool

Hi you all and welcome back to my blog for another post today. This layout is from the current LOAD this month and I had added an heat embossed embellishment for my DT spot for this week's challenge over at Use Your Stuff blog.

At one time in my life pool was really cool :) I played on 2 leagues and really enjoyed playing, for some odd reason when I quit drinking then it didn't seem to be as fun as it was. I do still enjoy playing the game, just not in the bars. This layout came about from LOAD516 Day 13: The prompt was: How competitive are you? yes in my younger years I was very competitive from a time when I was a kid and would do just about any dare to now with a game of cards. I think though when I was playing pool that is when I was most competitive and I played with a group of girls that were just as competitive, we had a ball :)
I used a sketch for my layout from Scrapbook Challenges: Sketch 129 updated:

This was the perfect sketch for these 2 pictures and to tell this story. I did a list style of my journaling that consisted of the trophies I won. I added some personal journaling to the tag in the left hand bottom corner. So glad to have this fun time in my life documented.

 The list of trophies on a PL card

My personal journaling, I used the paper from my February kit Color Splash

I used the lettering and the pennants from that same kit as the paper. The title is for a challenge over at Scrappin N Chattin yahoo group :) a rhyming title. So glad to get a story of my life like this scrapped :) Thank you for stopping by and seeing what I'm up too in my little corner of the world.

& Having Fun

Hello again :) Not sure how I missed this one :)  while I was blogging in the order that I was making the layouts. I made this one from Nicole's Demystifying Clustering class, this was the lesson before the one I just posted. This is my husband Dave and our grandson Zachary having a very special moment. Dave got out a harmonica and showed Zachary how to play it. The 2nd photo is Dave saying "Hey you got it!" Zachary sure was having fun with it.

Love this layout :) Has to be one of my favorite pictures of Dave and Zachary together, it took a long time for Zachary to warm up to Pappy and so glad to see these moments. It was fun to use embellishments from a school kit and use it on a layout like this, learning as we grow in life :) I followed Nicole's layout format that she did on my layout. I added a bit more mist than what she did so I had to back it with cardstock so it wasn't to overly wavy. Yep, I'm learning as I go too.

 Isn't this just the cutest picture of these 2 having so much fun :) I used mainly last month's and January's  counterfeit kits Color Splash and Brighter Year Ahead for this layout. Papers from the January kit and embellishments from the February kit :) I also used the prompt  Challenge #17 - Inspired by photos we love Love this photo :) not sure why it took me so long to scrap it :p

the top corner cluster

the smallest cluster but it had that big chipboard piece so thought that was sufficient :) but I added a couple more pieces to the cluster

The last cluster also includes the title. Love how they are having fun and that made for a good title for the layout too. See you all later this weekend :) Another layout for Calvinball too :)

You & Me

Trying to play a little catch up on posting layouts I have made from Nicole's Demystifying Clustering class, while taking a bit of a break from crafting at this moment :) This layout is of the younger grandboys, Zachary and Tristan. Mom took them to a place called Hooplas here near the Mall that just caters to games and they have a miniature golf course too.  This picture was so cool when I seen Katherine post it on Facebook so I grabbed it and it was the right one to use for this lesson that Nicole was doing in the class #7. I loved how she had you bring it out along a line like that, a style I would not thought to do :)

 This was a fun layout to do :) Cool picture of the boys also :) I used some of my counterfeit kits: Camera Crazy and Color Splash for the layout. What was fun about this class you first start out the class making a kit :) So I incorporated alot of my February kit into the kit for this class and from this class I'm learning what I can do with my counterfeit kits so I can scrap just a bit faster :)

 A close up of the boys and the smallest cluster

 The journaling spot

 The top corner cluster

This last photo is the title work with the largest cluster. Just a fun layout to do and will give this style a go again. With all my layouts this month I have been inspired by a prompt over at Whimsical Musings: Challenge #5 - Inspired by Anthropologie
for this challenge they gave you like a moodboard to work with. The bold color of the sweater is like the bold color of the ride that Zachary is riding. the block remind of the blocks on the board to like fading away from the main picture :). Also lots of words on the layout like they have on the left side of the mood board.
Thank you for stopping by and seeing what I'm up to in my little corner of the world :)

Be You as in Be You tiful

Hi you all :) yep midweek and I'm posting, yay :) I hope your week so far has been going well, mine's okay. This layout is from Class #5 for Demystifying Clustering class with Nicole Jones. When I seen this paper while making my kit I knew I wanted to get it used and out of my black paper drawer. I intentionally die-cut the paper the way I did so I could use again and when I went through some old photos to be scrapped during this class I came across this one of Isabelle and knew it was the one for that title.

This is our Isabelle :) This girl marches to her own drum too. Inspired by the prompt over at Whimsical Musings too, inspired by little girls. Yes she is inspiring, unique, beautiful and special is just naming a few words that make up Isabelle.
This layout worked out well for this class too, not quite what Nicole did but the same style layout was achieved from what she did. I'm really enjoying the clustering class and how the clusters really emphasize the photo more :) The black pinstripe paper was in an old counterfeit kit from last year, many of the embellishments were in older kits too, but the heart washi tape was in last month's counterfeit kit Color Splash.

 This is the bigger cluster withe the journaling spot, oh yes that journaling spot is from this month's counterfeit kit: Camera Crazy. The metal embellishments were in the October extra kits during LOAD last year.

 This little cluster draws in that 6X6 paper from Simple Stories So Fancy paper pad.

 This cute bottom corner cluster has a fun chipboard banner, as the other clusters had the chipboards too all came from the Maggie Holmes Flea Market chipboard sheet.

The journaling that I added from the facebook post that Andrea had up with the picture. Our little fashionista statement was from me. It was fun to actually use that fashion paper I had that for ages. This is also a Calvinball layout, need to add it to the gallery :) Thanks for stopping by today and seeing what I'm up too in my little corner of the world.

2 layouts for Calvinball

Hi you all, how is your day today ? It's a bit cool here and it's been raining most of the day. I thought best to do some catch up today :) I've been busy doing my Demystifying Clustering with Nicole Jones and have to say it's been a great class. She too is doing Calvinball so cool that I can do her class and use the layouts for Calvinball. What is Calvinball? It's a blast! That is one thing that it is :) Everybody on the forum seems to be having fun and the rules oh my you have to check each day to see what is different and added to the rules :) If your interested you can find out more about it here: Calvinball over at Get It Scrapped Debbie Hodges has some fantastic classes too, a very worthwhile membership.
Here are a couple of the layouts I've done so far this was the 1st layout I did with Nicole's class. What I've been doing is lifting her layouts majority of the time other than a few additions of my own. I used 2 photos in this layout and a different placement of my title.

This layout was also inspired by Whimsical Musings Challenge #36 - Inspired by the Earth This layout also used some old counterfeit kit elements and some from the current kit Camera Crazy.

 I have been enjoying the learning of clustering from Nicole, she makes it so easy to understand it. I used mainly the pinks color to this layout, but brought in some of the teal with the ticket element and that made a nice title effect to the layout too.

 Lots of cut aparts are used in the class, stickers and die-cuts make for nice clusters.

This is my largest cluster and includes my journaling spot too. I have a puffy sticker in each cluster and the sequins too.
My 2nd layout is from her 3rd class: Nifty

 My Grandson, Avery, and his boy scout group doing their community project. I was able to snag this photo and the journaling from the American Legion's Facebook Page. So this fits right into the Whimsical Musings  Challenge #9 Inspired by the voice of others (- copying facebook statuses or wall posts)

 This layout also includes some elements from my current counterfeit kit Camera Crazy and some of last month's kit Color Splash for the paper. A fun little cluster corner here at the top.

Another cluster by the journaling area. Nicole's thoughts on page kitting is like the counterfeit kitting too. You make the kits for each page and just about any picture would fit that kit. When I added the picture to the kit I added the star paper and the wood veneer stars, other than that the rest was in the page kit.

The journaling and the title cluster :) That sticker with the people hand and hand was perfect for the layout :) this was another layout that I followed along with what she did in her class

Christmas Joy for a Lasting Memories Challenge

Hi you, how have you been? Sorry so quiet on the blog this past week, I've been working on an online class so I've been a bit busy with that :) Hopefully I'll get some of the layouts I made this past week up on the blog this week ahead :) Today is the new week challenge over at Lasting Memories.
This week's challenge is "Black Tie Affair" Use this challenge to showcase a fancy occasion OR use black in your LO. This is the layout I made:

 I used both a fancy occasion (Brad, Katherine and Zachary are all dressed up for the holiday events going on) and I also used black cardstock for my background on my layout for the SNC yahoo group challenge. This is the 2nd layout I did with my Demystifying Clustering class by Nicole Jones. When I made my kit for this class I was also added also items from my February Counterfeit Kit: Color Splash to my kit cause that is when I had planned to do the class. But now I'm still using the kit as is :)

 My journaling and my main cluster

 My title included in with the 2nd cluster. I also drew in on that pink that was on the tree with some of the ornaments :)

My 3rd cluster. It's been a great class so far :) I've enjoyed all the little tips Nicole provides in the videos. She shows in real time why she is doing what she was doing. 

For the layout I Love the addition of the silver ribbon for some fun bling on the layout. Used Heidi Swapp's White color shine too :) Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see your creation of this challenge linked up at Lasting Memories.

Standing On My Own Two Feet layout

Hi you all :) Happy Monday to you! How was your weekend? Mine not to bad :) Today is the 7th and that is Sketches in Thyme Project Life Style post :) This is the card I made:

This is my handmade 3X4 card, I made it for the journaling spot on my layout. Gold elements (heat brads and enamel dots), blue enamel dot, veneer and a couple of labels This is the sketch:

Sketch #17 by our amazingly talented, Shawn Lahr.....

This is how I used it on my layout:

This is Emily standing well, and she's wanting a book to look at. I used last month's counterfeit kit, Color Splash. I had a blast putting this layout together. I used a sketch over at My Creative Sketches for inspiration for my layout.

and I used the challenge over at Scrap Our Stash for my color used that was on the book's cover and a few gold embellishments and some gold lettering too.

 A couple of close ups of the layout

This is made too for Calvinball, it's been fun so far, I'm not anywhere near what some of the crafters are in points but it's been fun counting the points up and trying to use up anything I can to acquire points. Thanks for stopping by today and I hope to see your creation linked up on the Sketches in Thyme Project Life Style post

The March prize is this darling Penelope Complements set....

You have until March 31, 2016 to link up for a chance to win!

Seriously.......... for Funday Friday

Hi you all sorry for the delay today, we had a power outage over in our area from the winds the other night, finally caused a wire to be knocked out. Took them awhile to get it fixed for some odd reason. So, today is Funday Friday and

 This week's Challenge:

"Anything Goes"

Create a card, layout or project with

this week's theme!  

I got to use this cute digi stamp from Sherri Baldy's My Besties collection to use for my card today :) I'm not quite sure when Dave will get it but it's for him :)

I used the current sketch over at Mojo Monday for my card.

 

It was a fun sketch to play with. I used my current counterfeit kit Camera Crazy and last month's kit Color Splash for my card. I just carried the elements from my past 2 kits over to this month too. Then in April I'll split it up and put away :) Thank you for stopping by and I look forward to seeing what you created.

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State Fair for Stick It Down Challenge

Hi you all and welcome to anybody new to my blog :) Wow March already! Where did February go? Oh that's right LOAD took place and that usually makes the month rush by :) I have a packed full month of craftiness ahead and will tell you about it along the way, but first.......
Welcome to the March Stick It Down sketch blog challenge. This month I'm the featured DT member for the Double page sketch so my layout is on the post over on the Stick It Down Blog.

 I thought that the sketch was so cool with all those photo spots so made sure to get this event scrapped :)

Isn't this cool :) Lots of places for photos :)

 The left side of the layout has a couple of pictures of the city outside of the hotel with included map to carry on that theme from the 1st 2 pg layout I did called 19 Hours

Lots of pictures and lots of journaling too. Each block depicts a certain event taking place.
Close ups of the layout:

 Pictures of the city from the hotel, it was great to get outside once in awhile when I could sneak the time to do it :)

 I added the cover of the brochure I received about the membership with NNEP as one of the pennants

 Close up of the midway for the Friday night fun

My journaling block that was about the email I got about the show.

 The 1st event was a welcome session. The theme of the event was State Fair, so they were doing something with the pig and their charity so that was pointed out here too. Added a fun pig flair from a CTMH kit :)

These pictures are from the dinner we had on Saturday night :) with a State Fair theme. Hot dogs, chicken, variety of salads and such :)

 I did my journaling here and over there in the corner too :)

I used my current counterfeit kit for the layout and the Midway collection from October Afternoon, the flair buttons came for a CTMH kit. Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you join in on the fun of this challenge :) Can't wait to see what you create.