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