Disney

Living in FL I have been to Disney a bunch of times. We went as kids 3-4 times a year as my grandfather worked there. As a adult we go about once to twice a year. Last September we went to Disney for Malachi's Birthday. He has been a few times before and really seemed to enjoy his birthday. We got a few autographs from the Characters. I have a ton of pictures from past trips to Disney, so I wanted to get all of the picures on one LO. I had the pictures developed 4 pictures to a 4x6, which makes the pictures 2x3 a great size when trying to get 20 pictures on a 2 page LO.

Products Used:

Close to My Heart Zippidee Level 2 paper pack

Close to My Heart Zippidee Level 2

Getting Wet on the S.S. Miss Daisy

I hope everyone had a great time with family and friends this past weekend for the 4th of July. I was able to spend time with my husband, sister, nephews and my mom. We also went to see Transformers in 3D on Sunday. Great Movie!!!!

Today I wanted to share a Layout that I completed of my Nephew. Last year we went to Disney for his 3rd Birthday. The last time he got in for free :(

I am glad that we spent time at Mickey's Toontown as it permanently closed in February of 2011 in order to make way for a Storybook Circus area.

This is Donald's Boat, the S.S. Miss Daisy, named after his favorite gal. It's a fun water-play area for the little ones, perfect for cooling down on hot days. Which we have a lot of in FL. The boat's afloat on a foamy ocean with lily pads that spout jumping streams and spray without warning. Young first mates and crew members can run around on the spongy ground, and venture inside to spin the Captain's Wheel, pull the ship's whistle (which causes water to spurt out the top of the boat), or clang Miss Daisy's loud boat bell.

  

Malachi had a blast running around the boat and getting wet.

Products Used:

Close to My Heart: Fanfare Level 2 paper pack

Close to My Heart: Fanfare Level 2 Stickease

Cricut: Splish Splash

Close to My Heart: Liquid Glass

Creative Imaginations Stickers

Brothers

Hey Everyone,

Just stopping by to share a layout of my nephews. Malachi has been the baby of the family for the last 3 years. But on March 6, 2011 he became a big brother and no longer the baby of the family. It is crazy how much these two boys look nothing alike. Malachi was a chunky baby and Eli is a tiny little thing.  

Products Used:

Close to My Heart paper: Star Dust

Cardstock: Bazzill

Me and My Big Idea: Brother Embellishment

Cricut: George

Let's Get Peachy Sketch

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Check out Let's Get Peachy

Can you believe that it is already June. 

Are you ready for summer? I know I sure am. I am hoping to get a lot of sun time this summer. 

I turned this sketch on its side to accommodate my pictures. 

I also substituted several images instead of the swirls used in the sketch. 

These pictures are of my nephew, surprise, surprise. He seems to be a big part of my scrapbooking right now.  These pictures are from his birthday 2010. I wanted to get him a sandbox for Christmas 2009, but my mom did not think that he would play in it. Over the summer last year, the neighbors behind my mother got a sandbox and my nephew was in the sandbox, even when the neighbor kids were not outside playing. I decided to get him this little turtle sandbox. It even has a lid. He LOVED it. My mom said he spent hours outside playing with it every day for a week after his birthday. 

Thanks for looking and I hope the sketch and my layout gives you inspiration.

Some of the products used…

ATG gun
Pop dots
Close to my Heart - Good Times
Bazzil Cardstock
Stickles

Cricut Cartridge:
Life’s A Beach

Simply Scrapping Crafts - June 4 - Saturday Sketchy Challenges

Check out this week’s Saturday Sketchy Challenges over at Simply Scrapping Craft.

I added a few extra pictures to the sketch so I was able to get them all on my Layout.

This is us waiting for the fireworks to start last year on the 4th of July. It is hard to explain to a 3 year old why we had to wait so long for them to start

Have the Lit them Yet - Layout recipe

Cartridge: A Child's Year

Patterned Paper: American Crafts

Cardstock: DCWV

Tools: fiskars trimmer

Adhesive: ATG and pop dots

Simply Scrapping Crafts - May 23rd Cricut Corner Challenge

Check out this week’s Cricut Corner Challenge over at Simply Scrapping Crafts

CHALLENGE: We have covered quite a few functions thus far. This this week's challenge will be to use your FAVORITE FUNCTION KEY learned in the past lessons and to also create a project with that particular function.

ALSO FOR THE CHALLENGE THIS WEEK, MAY 23RD IS "WORLD TURTLE DAY", SO MAKE SOMETHING WITH A TURTLE ON IT.

American Pride

Hey Everyone!

I am so glad it is Friday!!!
This weekend I am going camping. I will be gone until Monday afternoon, so wish me luck.

Today I thought I would show to a layout from the 4th of July. This is layout is us watching the Fireworks
We were at the Red Hot & Boom! Cranes Roost Lake, Altamonte Springs, Florida.

Simply Scrapping Crafts - Color Combo Challenge

Hey Everyone!

This Week was my week to choose a color combo for the challenge over at Simply Scrapping Crafts.
I choose this color combo

I used pictures from my mom's birthday this past Janurary. For her birthday we went to Olive Garden for lunch. We had Publix Raspberry Elegance cake for the desert. Yumo!
I was able to get my mom 5 cricut cartiages for her birthday.

I used Accent Essentials Cricut Cartiage for the swirl on the left side. The ribbon on the right side is a hand made Bravissimo. I saw these at Michaels and thought I could make my own. I think it came out great.

Mom’s Birthday 2011 - Layout recipe

Cardstock: Bazzil

Pattern Paper: K & Company
Tools: fiskars trimmer

Ribbon: unknown

Ink: Dew Drops - jumbo java

Cricut: Accent Essentials

Adhesive: ATG and pop dots

Let's Get Peachy Sketch

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Check out Let's Get Peachy!

I hope you have enjoyed your week so far. Hopefully you will have time this weekend to work on this sketch. This sketch lends to work with several pictures.

These pictures are of my nephew. He seems to be a big part of my scarpbooking right now. This was from 4th of July 2010. My mom and my nephew came over during the day and played in the pool. He loved running around the pool my mom and I tried to squirt him with a water gun.

Thanks for looking and I hope the sketch and my layout gives you inspiration.



Some of the products used…

ATG gun
Pop dots
Die Cuts With a View Summer Dream Stack
Die Cuts With a View Summer Dream Cardstock Stack
Viva Decor Yellow Pearl Pen
Close To My Heart Date Stamp

Cricut Cartridge:
Billionaire

Let's Get Peachy Sketch

Hey Everyone,

Check out Let's Get Peachy!


I hope you have enjoyed your week so far. Hopefully you will have time this weekend to work on this sketch. I have to tell you that this sketch was a little difficult for me. I rarely use only one photo on a page and when I do, it is a 5x7 or larger. So I was a little worried how the layout would come out. However after I completed it, I really enjoy the white space that is left from the 4x6 photo.

These pictures are of my nephew. We were waiting for the fireworks to start 4th of July 2008. He loves being thrown in the air. He was giggling so much while I was doing this.

I stayed away from traditional July 4th supplies for two reasons. The first being I have a ton of pictures from the day that include other activities and second I wanted to show that even if you have pictures from a certain event, it did not need to be scrapbooked for that event.

Thanks for looking and I hope the sketch and my layout gives you inspiration.

Some of the products used…

ATG gun
Pop dots
White bazzil cardstock
Zig Writer pen

Cricut Cartridge:
B is for Boy
Hannah Montana
Don Juan

SSC Weekly Sketch Challenge

 Have you checked out Simply Scrapping Crafts???
This weeks challenge in the Sketch group was to use the sketch below.

These are pictures from 'date night' with Malachi. We went to Chuck E Cheese and then had ice cream.
I used Mini Monograms, Once Upon a Princess and Birthday Bash cricut carts

Simply Scrapping Crafts

Check out Simply Scrapping Crafts for the Sketchy Saturday Challenge!!

Here is my take on the sketch

 I used mini monograms cricut cart. 

Nuts about Sketches

 Check out Nuts About Sketches Blog for some great sketches. I got this one from this weeks sketch.
I used Imaginisce - Splash Dance paper and chipboard stickers as well as stickers from Hobby Lobby

Layouts completed at January Sunshine Crop

I used Gypsy Wanderings for the sun

Flair Designs inc - Summer Daze Collection

I used Lyrical Letters

Cloud 9 paper

Layouts Completed at Cause for the PAWS

I think I got a lot done this weekend.

I went to the Cause for the PAWS weekend crop and was able to get 7 2-page layouts done plus 4 cards.

This one is from St. Augustine Fountain of Youth.I used DCWV summer stack from last year.

Scenic Route Paper Co. - Cape Town. This one is from the Oldest School at St. Augustine. I used A Child's Year for the little boy.

This is from the same paper line, Scenic Route Paper Co. - Cape Town. I used Straight from the Next for the cupcakes

  This is BasicGrey Max and Whiskers paper. Kahlua rolling in the dirt at the dog park. I used Printing 101 for the title

This is Imaginisce - A shore thing paper line. Malachi came to visit last summer and mom was helping him learn to swim. I used Life's a Beach for the title

Another page from St. Augustine at the fountain of youth. I used Stand and Salute for the cannon and cannon ball. The paper is from storytellers.

 This paper is from DCWV. Joe upgraded to the same car. I used opposites attract.

 This is from Hobby Lobby Football page kit. I used Base Camp for the title

 I used Creative Memories Cheerful Season for the Ice Cream Cone and Create A Critter for the Dino

  

Layouts

These are two layouts that I have worked on recently.

This one is from when Malachi came to visit. He brought his tools to help me finish the door.
This paper pack is from CTMH
This is from our trip to St. Augustine in year.

It has been a while

No matter how hard I try to scrapbook, sometimes life just gets in the way. I was able to complete two cards and a layout at Kate's crop on Saturday.


Sunday I worked on putting up french doors in the house. I will post pictures of that later.