a sketchabilities layout!

I was wondering around looking for a sketch to use for my layout today and when I saw this one I knew exactly which pictures I was going to use! Here is the sketch:

and here is what I came up with:

Products used:

•  Bazzil Basics CS in Quicksand
• AC Margarita pp
• AC Thickers in Macaw
• MM tiny type
• Sew Easy floss
• Prima flowers
• Flora doodles by Petaloo
• Ranger stickles in fruit punch, lime green, yellow, and silver
• MS large and small butterfly punches



Going to try and get in another page or 2 today and tomorrow since school starts on Wednesday! YIKES :/

Topaz #3 how about a little EP?

This week's sketch was perfect for using some Echo Park! I have a TON of pictures of Rylee at the beach so I bought the Splash collection exclusively for them! Here is this week's sketch for the third installment of the Topaz club:

and here is my interpretation:

Products used:

• Bazzil cardstock
• EP Splash pp & stickers
• Ranger stickles in baby blue, yellow, fruit punch and diamond
• AC Slick Writers

Well that's all for now! I'm going to try and scrap a little bit more in the next few days since I start school on the 17th! Who knows how much I'll be able to do once it starts :-\ TTFN!

I'm on a ROLL!

I've been doing pretty good lately about getting a layout done everyday! *pats self on back* haha This challenge must really be motivating me! :) Well today is Wednesday and as you should know by now that means MOJO over at SS! Here is the sketch for the second installment of the Topaz club:

and this is what I came up with:

Products used:

• Bazzil Cardstock
• Fancy Pants Beach Babe pp
• AC Thickers in Macaw & Jewelry Box
• Ranger Stickles in Baby blue and diamond
• Sew Easy
• Me & my big ideas chipboard stickers
• Recollections bling and shape stickers

I wasn't thrilled about this one when I finished it...I felt like it was too plain! I have a tendency to over embellish sometimes and I think it's hard when I don't! haha If that makes sense. Anyway I like it, sometimes simple is good. I think the pictures show a lot with Rylee feeling the sand for the first time and wading in the ocean for the first time as well! :) Welp that's all for now folks, hopefully I'll be back again tomorrow! I've got to get lots of scrappy time in before school starts in 2 weeks :( TTFN <3

3 projects down 97 to go!

Well this challenge I've placed myself on is going strong. I've created 3 layouts over the past few days and so far so good! And honestly I haven't had any urge to buy anything...I even kept myself from going to Hobby Lobby the other day! :) Anyway I did the most recent sketch from Bird is the Word...I didn't do the word challenge but instead just used the sketch for inspiration. Here it is:

and here is my layout:

Products used:

• Echo Park Victoria Gardens collection
• AC Thickers in LAX
• Sassafras foldies
• EK Success flourish punch
• Journal genie
• Ranger Stickles in fruit punch, lime green and yellow.
• MS bling

I love how this turned out! I had a feeling once I started working with these papers that it would come out great! Echo Park is amazing! Well I can't think of anything else to say so I'm gonna end here! I'll be back with more soon :)

Challenge countdown-99 to go!

Alright! It's official...I am officially CUTOFF from buying any new scrappy items! Before I kicked this off I did buy today's steal from Scrapbook Steals hehe I just LOVE MME and Hazel is such a BEAUTIFUL collection! Alright with that out of the way I'm here to post my first layout towards this challenge. Here is today's midweek mojo sketch by the awesome Kristy Lee:

and here is my CREATION:

What I used:

• Bazzil cardstock
• MME Lime Twist- Happy Go Lucky pp, tiny type letters & twine
• AC Thickers in Chit Chat
• misc. ribbon
• K & Co. chipboard stickers
• Ranger stickles in lime green & lavender

1 down 99 to go!! WOW!! That sounds like A LOT haha But I really need to take advantage of the amazing things I already have as well as save some MOOLAH!!! That way when I go to the CKC Convention in October I'll be able to buy lots & lots!! :) Thanks for checking in, I do appreciate it :)

A different kind of challenge!

So while perusing around on facebook today I stumbled upon a different kind of challenge that should really be interesting! I try to scrap AT LEAST once a week if not more, and sometimes it just doesn't happen at all :( Meanwhile it seems that I buy something scrap related more than I actually scrap! haha So in honor of actually CREATING I'm doing this 100 card or layout challenge! And besides I need to save money for more than 1 occasion. So here's how the challenge works...I am NOT allowed to buy ANYTHING scrap related (adhesives not included) until I have completed 100 layouts or cards. Hopefully some of my other scrappy friends will join me on this frugal journey :) I look forward to showing you all what I create <3

Happy scrapping!

Long time no scrap :) MWMs #51 & 52

annnnddd I'm back! haha Sorry it's been so long...last week was the family vacation in Myrtle Beach, SC and since then I've been playing catch up on everything! But I'm back and just in time!! This week marked ONE whole year of mojos at Scrapbook Steals!! WHOOHOO!! I seriously can't believe I've been mojo-ing it up for that long!! Time flies when you're having fun :) I was a little late with last week's mojo so I will start the catching up process NOW! Here is the sketch:

and for the first time I turned a 2 pager into a 1 pager! Here is my layout:

Products used:

• Bazzil cardstock in Quicksand
• MME Lime Twist-Life of the Party pp
• AC Thickers in Lullaby
• MME Lime Twist twine
• Ranger Stickles in lime green
• misc. buttons

I really love how this turned out! This collection from MME is so cute and fun! They truly have some beautiful papers :)

And for this week's sketch we were honored by Erin Colby, this month's guest designer! She did a GREAT job coming up with not just one but TWO sketches!! I honestly got teary eyed when I saw her first layout!! :) Here is the first sketch she came up with:

and here is my interpretation:

Products used:

• Bazzil cardstock in Fussy
• Echo Park Life is Good pp
• AC Thickers in Lullaby
• MS large butterfly punch
• misc. brads
• Ranger Stickles in baby blue, fruit punch and diamond
• Prima flowers

Right when I saw this sketch I knew it would be 1 of 2 pictures that I had recently taken. I've done a couple of daddy/daughter layouts lately so I went with this picture of Rylee and her stuffed Mickey Mouse doll. She is OBSESSED with Mickey!! lol When I saw her cuddled up with him one night I had to take a picture! You would think with such a love for him I would have more pics of the two but sadly I do not. Anyway I'm very happy with how this came out! I love me some Echo Park <3 Thanks for stopping by...until next time :)

MWM #50 Certified GOLD!

I have FINALLY become a member of a club on Scrapbooksteals.com!! It's only taken almost a year!! LOL Anyway I really enjoyed this sketch because A) it's a 1 pager and B) it's simple I was able to change it up just a tad and add my own little flair to it :) Here is the sketch for Mojo #50:

and here is my layout:

I really love how this one turned out! I just bought some foldie flowers from Sassafras and I LOVE them!! So pretty and I love how they pop and add dimension to my layouts!

Products used:

• Kraft paper
• Little Yellow Bicycle Fresh Print Clothesline pp
• AC Thickers in Salutations 
• Sassafras Foldies
• Prima flowers
• Ranger stickles in silver, baby blue, fruit punch and yellow
• Ranger liquid pearls
• MS small butterfly punch

Stay tuned, because in a couple weeks Scrapbook steals will be celebrating 1 whold year of Mid-week mojos! So it's bound to be filled with wonderful scrappy goodness! :)

Oops I'm a little behind :/ MWM #49

So I'm over a week late with posting my last mojo from SS! I've been wrapped up in this Casey Anthony trial and getting ready for vacation but I did submit my layout on time just not on here :) Please forgive me haha So without further ado here is the sketch for mojo #49:

and here is my layout:

Products used:

• Bazzil cardstock in Quicksand
• MME Lime Twist- Happy Go Lucky pp and butterfly diecut
• AC Thickers in Sprinkles
• MS large butterfly punch
• Misc. buttons
• Recollections brads
• Ranger stickles in lavender

MWM #48 yet another amazing sketch!!

I throughly enjoyed scrapping this layout! Not only was it a GREAT sketch from Kristy Lee, but the Country Drive paper collection from Echo Park is SOOOOO CUTE!!! I think by far this line is my favorite from them. I'm very lucky to have such a cute daughter to scrap along with some amazing products. Anyway here is the this week's mojo from Scrapbook Steals:

and here is my layout:

I love the colors and complete girly-ness of these papers! I can't wait to use it again, and again and again! haha Thanks for checking it and have a wonderful Thursday :)

Products used:

• Kraft paper
• Echo Park Country Drive patterned paper & stickers
• AC Thickers in Delight
• Ranger Stickles in baby blue, fruit punch and yellow
• Ranger liquid pearls in flamingo
• Tiffany's Treasures Petaloo flower
• MS small butterfly punch
• AC Slick Writer in black

MWM #47 A Day at the Zoo!

Here is the next installment of mojos from Scrapbook Steals:

and here is my layout:

this is from Rylee's first trip to the zoo and she LOVED it!! I can't wait to take her again :)

Products used:

• Basic Grey Urban Prairie collection
• AC Thickers in Poolside
• WRMK Sew Easy 
• AC Slick Writers
• Jolee zoo animal stickers

I think my mojo has returned!

So after a pretty rough drought, I think I've finally become scrap HAPPY again! haha Over the past couple days I have cranked out 2 pages (GO ME!) The first one is a new one for me, it's a challenge from Sketches in Thyme. I've been following their blog for a little while now but this is the first opportunity I've had to actually participate in one of their challenges! Here is the sketch:

and here is what I came up with:

Products used in this layout:

• My Mind's Eye So Sophie-Clever collection
• MME Fine and Dandy rick rack ribbon
• Me and my big ideas chipboard letters
• MS Large and small butterfly punches
• Ranger Stickles in Baby Blue & Fruit Punch
• Pebbles Floral Lane Chips 

and my second layout is the current mojo from Scrapbook Steals. Here is the sketch:

and here is what I came up with:

Products used in this layout:

• My Mind's Eye Lime Twist-Life of the Party pp, alpha letters and diecut
• AC Thickers in Iguana
• Ranger stickles in silver
• WRMK Sew Easy & SE floss in bubble gum
• misc. button and brads

Well that's it for tonight...I'm off to bed! Thanks for checking in :)

MWM #45~ a sketch by the great Lisa Z!

Hello??? Is anyone out there??? LOL Hopefully there is :) I know it's been awhile since I've posted...it's been a busy past few weeks for me and my mojo has definitely taken a hit! But hopefully I'm getting back on track and will be posting again more frequently. Speaking of newfound mojo, my current layout is last week's midweek mojo from Scrapbook Steals. And it just so happens to be a sketch by a good friend of mine! Lisa was the guest designer for the month of June and she came up with a GREAT sketch...I really loved it!

She and I share a love for 1 photo layouts so I really enjoyed working with her sketch! Here is what I came up with:

Honestly for my lack of motivation lately, and the unintended hiatus, I think this came out really well. The beautiful paper by My Mind's Eye was a great inspiration and learning to make a new embellishment (ie: the pinwheel) was a wonderful motivation booster! So I hope to be back real soon with yet another scrappy creation! Thanks for stopping by <3

Ingredients:

• Kraft paper
• My Mind's Eye Stella & Rose (Hazel)
• Echo Park Life is good alpha stickers
• AC Thickers in Jewelry Box
• Misc. buttons
• AC Precision Pens (copper)
• Misc. brads

Is it summer yet??? MWM #43

*sigh* summer needs to hurry up and get here!! This spring has been so dreary and cold...I'm SO over it!! I want to go swimming and play outside with my daughter!! haha Since I haven't been able to take a whole lot of pics of her outside, I resorted to using some pics of her from last summer in her baby pool! She LOVES LOVES LOOOOVES playing in the water! So for this week's mojo I tapped into my love of summer. Here is the sketch from Scrapbook Steals:

and here is what I came up with:

I don't think I've ever used so much yellow! haha But yellow is the color of summer and these papers and letters just worked so well with my pictures!! I can't wait to get Rylee in her pool again and let her splash around! Thanks for checking in...I'll be out of town starting tomorrow so it'll probably be a few days til I post again!! Have a wonderful, scrappy weekend :)

Products used:

• Kraft paper
• Fancy Pants Beach Babe pp
• AC Thickers in Lullaby
• Echo Park alphas
• CC buttons in Upcycle
• Recollections adhesive flowers and brads
• MS bling stickers
• MS large and small butterfly punches
• Ranger stickles in Fruit punch
• misc. ribbon

MWM #42

Cutting it close but THIS time I made it! haha Here is this week's amazing sketch from Scrapbook Steals:

and this is my layout:

I really like how this came out! I'm still getting used to my Sew Easy so I made a couple mistakes, but I'm getting the hang out it! I love this picture of Rylee :) She loves that little tug boat soo much! <3

Products used:

• Kraft paper
• MME Lime Twist- Life of the Party
• Basic Grey chipboard letters
• CC buttons- Upcycle
• Recollections brads
• MS Butterfly punch
• Ranger stickles in Fruit Punch
• WRMK Sew Easy
• xy&z chipboard sticker
• AC metallic markers silver

OUAS~ My Girl

Talk about cutting it close! haha It's been a super busy week for me and now that I've started my summer classes, scrapbooking might have to take over the passenger seat! Sad, but definitely not putting it on the back burner! Scrapbooking will break up the monotony of constant reading, and learning! lol Not that learning is a bad thing but I need something to relax me!

Anyway here is the May 1st challenge from Once Upon A Sketch:

and here is what I came up with:

Personally, I don't think it's my best, but it's not horrible either! I started this layout a few days ago and got sidetracked and then finished it in order to make the deadline. Getting the hang of school again after 5 years has definitely put a damper on my scrapbooking. But I know it won't last forever! I enjoy scrapping along with OUAS and plan to do many more challenges in the future!

Products used in this layout:

• MME So Sophie-Clever
• AC Thickers in Salutations
• Recollection fabric flowers Boutique Fleur
• Cosmo Cricket buttons in Upcycle
• Basic Grey Wheels
• Misc. ribbon

May 5th challenge from Sketchy Thursdays

So I decided to stray a little from my norm. Which is scrapping pictures of my daughter. She's always up to something so I've got tons of pictures of her. Instead I found a couple of pictures of my husband and I and decided to devote a page to us. Pictures of the two of us together are few and far between...so I'm going to make it a point to try and take more pictures of us together and scrap more pages of our relationship. And the newest sketch from Sketchy Thursdays helped in creating a memory of me and my husband. Here is this week's sketch:

and here is what I came up with:

I loved being able to work with some different color schemes. Usually it's a lot of pinks, purples, etc. I love using blue and green together. I hope you like what I came up with...it's a little new to me so it was definitely out of my comfort zone! Have a nice day :)

Products used in this layout:

• Bazzil Basics in Avalanche & Blackbird
• Crate Paper Prudence Collection
• AC Thickers in Rainboots
• WRMK Sew Easy hearts head & Misty Morn floss
• Recollections brads (bright circles)
• Recollections faux pearls
• MS Large butterfly punch

Mojo #41 In the Beginning...

Well hello there!! It's been a little while, hasn't it? I decided to give myself a little break from scrapping for a few days because I was beginning to get a little burnt out! I sat down a couple times to crank something out and I just wasn't feeling it! I was getting frustrated so I knew I needed to step away for a little bit! And boy did it help! haha I feel like I've got my mojo back (no pun intended :) ) My internet was down for a few days as well, so I guess someone, or something else was telling me to take a break as well.

Anyway, I'm back with the 41st installment of the Midweek Mojo from Scrapbook Steals. This week we all got the pleasure to find inspiration from the lovely Sheryl Kloke. She came up with this great sketch:

and this is what I came up with:

When I first saw the sketch I had to rack my brain for what pictures I was going to use. Lately SS has been giving us 2 page mojo sketches so I've used a lot of my good multiple pics. After a lot of thought and organizing all of my pictures, I knew I wanted to do something with several pictures I've had since I gave birth to my daughter (which was over a year and half ago haha) I really love how this turned out! It feels good to have my "mojo" back :)

Close up of journaling:

Close up of these super easy flowers I'm obsessed with making lately :) :

Products used in this layout:

• Bazzil Basics Cardstock in Quicksand
• Fancy Pants Designs paper in Road Show
• AC Thickers in Jewelry Box & Salutations
• Crate Paper brads Lemon Grass Collection
• Cosmo Cricket buttons in Wanted
• Color Box Fluid Chalk Ink pad in Chestnut
• Misc. ribbon

I admit I get anxious about certain sketch challenges...

and Sketchy Thursdays is one of them! lol As soon as the new challenge was unveiled I got started! I honestly really love what these ladies come up with every week! Here is the awesome sketch for this week:

and here is what I came up with:

Rylee loves to feed herself lately! Here she was just starting to get the hang of holding a spoon and feeding herself. She's really starting to turn into such a big girl!! 

Products used in this layout:

• Kraft paper
• Crate Paper Emma's Shoppe
• Sew Easy floss in Misty Morn
• Dear Lizzy Element brads
• AC Thickers in Dear Lizzy
• Echo Park Life is Good letter stickers 
• MS small butterfly punch

MWM #40

WOW! I can't believe we're at 40 mojos already!! Pretty soon we're gonna be celebrating a year's worth of mojo madness!! It's gone by so fast! Now that the 40th mojo has been unveiled it's time to get ready for the Sapphire Club...I'm a couple of sketches behind on being a member but I plan on getting those completed so I can finally be a club member on Scrapbook Steals! Here is this week's sketch by the always amazing Kristy Lee:

when I first saw this sketch I was a little taken aback! haha I guess with it being the 40th mojo it had to be spectacular! I was itching to get started so I already had my pictures in mind and the papers I wanted to use! Here is what I came up with:

My daughter is always a great inspiration for my scrapbook pages. I'm so thankful to her for providing me with amazing, silly pictures to preserve for years to come! <3

Products used in this layout:

• Textured cardstock by Colorbok
• Fancy Pants Designs About A Girl PP
• AC Thickers in Poolside
• Echo Park Life is Good letter stickers
• Ranger Stickles in Lime Green
• Cosmo Cricket and Fancy Pants Designs buttons in Upcyle & Trick or Treat
• Journal Genie
• MS Large Butterfly punch

Let's BEGIN with Bird is the Word!

The next challenge from Bird Is the Word has been posted!! I'm super excited! I really love their word challenges! This week the required word is begin/beginning. I had lots of different titles tumbling around in my head and I finally decided on using some pictures from the beginning of April when spring had first begun. Rylee LOVES to play outside on her swing, tugboat and see-saw. The weather was SO nice that day, it had me longing for the hot, adventurous days of summer! After browsing through the DT creations I fell in love with Lisa's creation! I knew it was perfect for the pictures I had chosen for this particular challenge. Here is what my finished product looks like:

Rylee and I are both "Ready for Summer to Begin!"

Products used in this layout:

• Textured cardstock by Colorbok
• Echo Park Springtime patterned paper
• Echo Park Springtime letter sticker
• AC Thickers in ? and sprinkles
• Pebbles Chips
• Cosmo Cricket button in Upcycle

Another Sketchy Thursday layout!

After taking a little break from Sketchy Thursdays (that 2 page LO was a little intimidating haha) I'm back for yet another shot at their weekly challenges! Here is the challenge:

and here is my final product:

I really wish I could have gotten a better picture of my layout! But it's rainy and gloomy out today so I couldn't get a whole lot of natural light. Anyway I love how it came out! I just recently acquired the So Sophie-Clever collection from My Mind's Eye. I can't tell you enough how PRETTY it is!! I LOVE IT!! I can't wait to use more of it! :) 

Products used in this layout:

• So Sophie-Clever by MME
• Cosmo Cricket buttons in Salt Air
• Creative Charms flower embellishment
• Echo Park letter stickers
• AC Thickers in Salutations
• Large monarch butterfly punch by MS

Second challenge for OUAS...

I had so much fun participating in the first challenge with Once Upon A...Sketch. I suppose they hold a little place in my heart since I created my blog with their first sketch <3 With that said I'm here to share with you what I've created for their next challenge :) This week was a 2 picture layout that required journaling explaining why I chose the pictures I did. Here is the sketch:

and here is what I came up with:

Products used in this sketch:

• Bazzill Basics cardstock in Quicksand
• Fancy Pants Designs pp in It's the Little Things
• American Crafts Thickers LAX (black)
• Pebbles Chips
• Echo Park For the Record letter stickers
• Cosmo Cricket buttons in Salt Air
• Large monarch butterfly punch by Martha Stewart
• Journal Genie

and here is a close up of the journaling (hopefully it isn't too confusing to read haha)

Well there ya go!! I can't wait to see what OUAS comes up with next! :) Until next time, happy scrapping!