Little Miss Personality

I knew exactly what products in my stash to turn to as soon as I saw this week's sketch over at Get Your Sketchy On. I have been hoarding a set of adorable playing cards from My Mind's Eye's Alphabet Soup line for a while and I knew that this would be the perfect layout to break them out for.  Plus, the bright colors of the patterned papers went perfectly with the colors in the photo.

 

SUPPLIES

My Mind's Eye patterned papers, playing cards

American Crafts foam thickers

Bo Bunny journaling page

October Afternoon tag

Jenni Bowlin Studio embellished butterfly

Imaginisce exopy brad

Carolee's Creations tiny type alphabet

Studio G paper flowers

Unknown doilie, thread

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Twenty Nine @ 29

I don't think I have ever done this before - made a scrapbook page about myself.  

Just me.  

No kids.  No husband.  No one but my lonesome self.

It feels kind of weird actually.  Like I am somehow being selfish or arrogant. 

I should probably get over that because it isn't selfish.  Given how much I hate photos of myself, it is actually an act of sacrifice to include it in my kid's album because I know they will appreciate it later in their life.

 SUPPLIES

Bazzil Cardstock

Jillibean Soup patterned paper, corrugated numbers

Jenni Bowlin Studio butterfly

Making memories metal frame & tag, trims, paint

American Crafts rub-ons

Vintage buttons

I based this layout on this week's Get Your Sketch On challenge.  I really love this sketch - probably because it has a butterfly on it.  

 

 

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Opps... Did I Do That?

As I was working on this page I realized that a large percentage of the photos I have of Ellie are of her in her highchair.  

That kid eats a lot!  The other night for dinner she had 5 bowls of soup and two bowls of chicken and rice. Seriously. 

She also makes a lot of mess.  And breaks the odd dish. 

Maybe I should rethink my "no plastic" policy, at least when it comes to her dinnerware.

SUPPLIES

Apron Strings February 2011 "Smaller Than a Breadbox" kit

American Crafts thickers

Royal Langnickel rubons

I used my February Apron Strings kit for this page and based the layout on Get Your Sketch On challenge #9. 

We'd love to have you join us and create a layout based on this week's sketch.  The winner of the challenge will be receiving a prize pack full of goodies from Momenta!

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GYSO #5

I was a little bit worried about completing this week's challenge for GetYourSketchOn.  

Our sponsor this week is the wonderful Pink Cat Studio, and the design team was asked to use one of their images on our layout.  I love their designs but honestly have only ever thought of digital stamps as something to be used on cards, not on scrapbook layouts.  

Fortunately it turned out to be really easy to incorporate the image onto my page.  I simply printed it out, colored it with pencil crayons and then used dimensional adhesive to attach it to a cardstock sticker that had an edge I liked but didn't suit my theme. 

SUPPLIES

Sassafras patterned paper, cardstock stickers, journaling block

Bazzil cardstock

Pebbles Inc ribbon, flower charm

Jillibean Soup corrugated alphas & shapes

American Crafts thickers

PolkadotdoorDesigns cupcake pins

If you head over to the GYSO blog you will be able to see this week's sketch, and have a chance to win this week's prize - 5 digital images of your choice from Pink Cat Studio.

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GYSO#3

We're on our third sketch over at the new sketch site - Get Your Sketch On - and it just keeps getting better and better.  

Unfortunately morning sickness is still going strong so I've been a bit lacking in the energy and creativity departments, but I did manage to put together a simple page for this week's challenge. I  used some photos I took of my son and little brother back in the fall... back before our lovely wetland park got buried under four feet of snow. How I miss those sunny days... and actually having the energy to go out of the house with the kids!

SUPPLIES
My Mind's Eye patterned paper, pom-pom trim, journaling card

Jillibean Soup corrugated alphas & shapes

October Afternoon tiny type alphas

Basic Grey cardstock stickers

You really should head over to the GYSO blog to check out what the other designers did with this sketch, there are some gorgeous layouts this week! Plus, if you play along with us you could win a $25 Stampin' Up gift certificate.

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Want to Win a $100 Gift Certificate?!?

To celebrate the launch of Get Your Sketch On we are giving away an amazing prize - a $100 gift certificate to  a store of your choice!

There are multiple ways to earn entries so head over to the GYSO blog for all the details.

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Some Announcements of My Own

I realize that I haven't been very diligent in updating the blog lately -  fortunately Rebecca is back from her world travels so she is contributing regularly and making up for my lack - but I still feel bad. In my defense though, I do have a very good excuse.  

I have been working on a really, really big project. 

Actually, that's a lie.  It's a really tiny project, the kind that takes about nine months to finish. 

I should have pictures to post mid-July.

I have also been working on something else, though not quite as exciting, or all-consuming (and thankfully not morning-sickness inducing).

For the past four months I have been a design team member for Get Sketchy card challenges, and this month we launched a sister blog for scrapbook layout sketches called Get Your Sketch On.  

We have a fabulous design team to inspire you and some awesome sketches (and prizes) lined up, so please check out the new blog.  We'd love to have you play along!

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