LOVING THE LEAVES

For the Colorful Creations Favorite Things challenge this month you needed to do a layout about something you love about Fall or a Favorite Fall Activity.  I love to watch the changing colors of the leaves and to take rides to see how they have changed.  Being a few hours south of where I used to live, the leaves don't change quite as fast, in fact they are only getting started now.  I wasn't able to get photos of any of the actual leaves but I took a few more of the October photos of me and Michael and put them on a wonderful patterned paper of fall leaves and also accented them by putting some silk leaves on pop dots which I added some sheen to with Perfect Pearls. I distressed the edges of everything with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Walnut Stain.  The instructions also were to use warm Fall colors of brown, red, yellow and orange. To create the layout I started with Creative Scrappers Sketch #252.

The Sketch:

I finished it off with some twine and lots of orange bling.  I am also entering this layout in Top Tip Tuesday challenge #113 about the Seasons, Pink Elephant challenge TPE223 for Distressing, Party Time Tuesday #144 Anything Goes, Divas by Design Use some Orange, and Word Art Wednesday #104 Anything Goes.

My Layout:

I am also going to link up at Link up #4 with The Memory Nest.

I have a real crazy day today - layouts to finish, challenges to prepare for November, errands, laundry and getting some odds and ends for my son for Halloween.  So I am off and running.  Have an awesome day and thanks for dropping by.

My Grandfather and his Horses - early 1900's

This was such a special page to scrap.  It is one of two photos I have of my Grandfather whom I never met.  I used all the elements for the Use Your Stash challenge over at Colorful Creations as well as basing it on  sketch #220 at Creative Scrappers.  It also qualifies for entry to the Cherry on Top Heritage challenge which called for using an older photo of someone wearing a hat.

Here is the list of the stash:

Pattern Paper

lace

flowers

bling

doily

a banner

Here is the sketch:

and here is my layout:

Hope you have enjoyed my family trip back in time.

COLORFUL FUN!

My challenge for today utilizes sketch #219 from Creative Scrappers, was inspired by a Beach Ball from Child's Play Challenges and a recipe from Colorful Creations.  My photos are of my youngest son doing one of the challenges at The Franklin Institute.  He was so determined to keep up.

Here is the sketch:

Here is the Beach Ball:

  

and here is the recipe:

• Texture and/or Embossing
• Stitching
• Minimum of 5 circles
• Journaling
• Gems
• 1 Fussy Cut element (this can be ANYTHING as long as you find an item to ‘fussy cut’ from your paper stash)

and finally - my creation:

Hope you have enjoyed this colorful moment!

CREATION FEST NORTHEAST 2012 BAPTISM

This year at Creation Fest my son and his father went forward to be Baptized.  It was a special moment and I am so happy that they brought home photos to share which of course I had to scrap.  The first page was done using Creative Scrappers Sketch #218.

and the submersion shots were done using this weeks Guest Designer Sketch from Colorful Creations which I rotated 1/4 turn clockwise to accommodate the photos.

I am so proud of them for taking this important step in their Christian walks.  Both of them had been baptized as infants but wanted to confirm and affirm these most important vows and their belief in Jesus Christ as their personal Savior.  God bless you Thomas and David.

First Best Friend

I was so happy to find these old photos of me and my very first best friend, Santa and her brother Emanuelle.  I was able to enter this layout in two challenges - the first being "For Girls Only" at Colorful Creations and the other is Sketch #217 at Creative Scrappers.

Here is the sketch:

and here is my layout:

I hope you have enjoyed this little blast from my past!

"THE" LIBERTY BELL

Another day, another bell, another Liberty Bell - this time THE Liberty Bell.  


First I did a page of many wonderful quotes about the Liberty Bell using this sketch from Paper Secrets which I rotated 1/4 turn clockwise.

Next I did a page with photos of my children with the real cracked Liberty Bell using sketch #215 from Creative Scrappers.

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope that you have enjoyed a little taste of my family celebrating our Liberty.

LOOK WHO'S 6!

Well, that should say who WAS 6...the photo is from 1998 and is showcased using Creative Scrappers Sketch #211 rotated 1/4 turn clockwise.

AN APPLE A DAY!

Back when my son was in the Second Grade they had an 'Apple Day' where they tried several different kinds of apples.  Here is my first layout from that day using Creative Scrappers Sunshine Crop Sketch #1.

My second page of Apple Day was done using Sketch #23 from the Colorful Creations Anniversary Sketch-a-Thon which I rotated 1/4 turn clockwise.

Lots of fun in the sun!

Using a sketch from the Early Bird at Creative Scrappers, and the theme honey bees and hexagons over at Paper Issues, using eyelets for the stash challenge and Paper Secrets and challenge #4 of the Scrapping Everyday Miracles Birthday Party I created the following summer layout with a photo from back in July 1996.

This was the sketch:

and here is the layout!

HAPPY FIRST 4TH!

I just came across this sweet photo of my youngest son's very first Fourth of July celebration.  I used Creative Scrappers Sketch #210 flipped on it's side to do this precious layout.  Hope you enjoy it!

Almost Home Sweet Home!

In 2010 my youngest and I took a road trip from our home in New Jersey to Virginia/South Carolina/Florida and came back through Pennsylvania to visit my boyfriend.  I used Creative Scrappers Sketch #209 flipped on it's side to design this fun page.

Creative Scrappers #2

Here's another sketch I chose from the Creative Scrappers Blogspot.  This is #208 and here's the sketch:

and another VBS layhout:

ANOTHER FUN SKETCH SITE

I discovered another fun sketch site called Creative Scrappers Blogspot and I decided to check out a few of their sketches.  #207 was perfect to use up a batch of VBS 2010 photos I wanted to include that did not fit onto any of the other pages.  This was the sketch:

and here is the page I put together with it:

Hope you enjoyed a peek at some of our summer fun at church!