Good Start

Since this year started with a weekend, I've had a good start on scrapping. I have finished 9 layouts already (a couple more to upload). Some of these pages were done before the end of December. All these 5 are created based on sketches from So Sketchy, 52 Sketches, and Creative Scrappers. So Sketchy and 52 Sketches have ended at the end of December though...... I started on the next page after supper tonight but can't choose papers! I hate when this happens. Although I encounter this problem quite often, I had a smooth sailing with the ones posted here. Well, I'm gonna browse some scrapping blogs. They always motivate me :)

Autumn Splendor

I definitely need more than 24 hours a day this week! I want to scrap a few more layouts before Christmas and I simply don't have enough time! I managed to create this page of my favorite photo tonight though. It is this week's American Craft's challenge to create a page with a favorite photo. I don't get to have pictures taken with my dd and my dh took this one for me last month. It was such a pretty day and I asked we would go to a park for some photo shoots. We had never gone to a park or any place just to take photos and it was very special for me.

Supplies used are mostly American Crafts except solid color cardstock, brads, and a sticker. I also used a sketch from 52 Sketches...52 Weeks. I also wanted to share this photo taken last night. We went to see Christmas lighting display at square in Canton. It was beautiful!!

Girl Power

I went to donate blood after work today. So I got home later than usual. I still haven't finished decorating our tree. It's up and we got the boxes of ornaments and other Christmas stuff out though. I normally don't wrap the gifts until the tree is up. I think I'm done shopping, but I know there is always a last minute shopping to do. I want to scrap a few more pages by the end of this week..... I need more than 24 hours a day for sure!! Here is the page I made last night. This week's and their last (so sad.....) challenge over at Scrapping Out Loud is to use the colors of the rainbow. This paper from Cosmo Cricket has the most of the colors I needed I immediately decided on using it. I also used a sketch from 52 Sketches...52 Weeks. I will add some more journaling later.

Joy & Christmas Memories

It's raining out here and it's a good time to catch up with my layout posting. These pages here are the ones I made during this week. The first one was done based on a sketch from 52 Sketches...52 Weeks which, by the way, is closing at the end of this month.... so sad...**sigh** I received a great December kit from Scrapbook Kit Club earlier in the week and when I saw those pretty Christmas goodies, I had to use them right away! It was my prize from Sketchy Thursdays. My second page is of old Christmas photos. I used Pink Paislee's overlay that had a frame design. This is my first time using 12x12 overlay. I placed a white cardstock under the photos. Other papers, flowers, rub-ons, etc are all on top of the overlay.

Ready to Dance

I had a day off today. I got my driver license renewed and some Christmas shopping done :) This layout here is what I finished last night. It was created based on a sketch from 52 Sketches...52 Weeks. I didn't get to scrap today but hope I will some tomorrow.

Thankful & X'mas Eve

Posting 2 pages here. The first one was done for MSW and Dreamgirls. They both include a list on their challenges I decided to make just one. I asked my dd to make a list for me. This photo was taken a couple of weeks ago at a park by our house. Trees had started changing colors and I wanted to take some pics there. I layered 2 transparency frames and that was it for embellies. Those flowers are cut-outs from a paper. I don't get to use chipboard numbers much. So I decided to use them up on this page. The second layout was created based on a sketch from 52 Sketches...52 Weeks. I liked how the chipboard alphas turned out the other day and I wanted to do it again. I inked white chipboards and applied Glossy Accents over them.

Sweet Smile

I made this page using a sketch from 52 Sketches...52 Weeks. I also did this for Butterfly Crafts' challenge; what makes me happy.

October Tradition & Picachu

It was so nice to have a day off today! Finished up the pages I've been working on. The first one was done based on a sketch from My Sketch World and the second one based on 52 Sketches...52 Weeks sketch. Both turned out to be pretty simple. No flowers !!

Trick or Treat and Happy & Free

I made only 2 pages this week. I don't do well when the time changes and I was tired most of the week. Plus, I wasn't feeling all that great this week. I am hoping I can get some scrapping done this weekend. We'll see. We may go for a drive tomorrow. Anyway, about these pages.... the first one was created based on a sketch from 52 Sketches...52 Weeks. It is a Halloween photo from 1998. She was 4 and that was the first time we took her trick-or-treating to the neighborhood. We went with her aunt and her cousin. She had a blast. The second page was done using a sketch from Pink Sketches. These photos are of her first visit to Disneyland. We snapped a few photos on Mickey's car right outside his house. I also combined this one with Scrapping the Music. The song of the week is a theme song of Happy Days. Love that show!! Have a nice weekend :)

Wrapping up the week...

I don't think I have posted these layouts. These are the ones I made last weekend. I finished a page tonight but my dd took my camera and can't post it yet. I made this first one here for Method Playground challenge. I stamped white and kraft cardstock to make patterned papers. I like how it turned out.

The Perfect Pick

This is my entry to Oct. 16th challenge at the Studio. I used new and old papers and mist. The pics are of my dd.

Catching Up

I was behind posting again. These are my latest pages. Now I'm caught up :)

Midnight

There she was holding a black cat. We never found out where she came from but she was hanging around our house. We had a cat then so we fed her as well. We named her Midnight. Those 2 cats became good friends. After staying around for quite some time, she disappeared though.... I made this page based on a sketch from 52 Sketches...52 Weeks.

L.A.

I found out about this fantastic challenge blog called ScrapFit. They call challenges workouts!! Just what I need. Anyway, the challenge #4 is to use non-people photos and some Cosmo Cricket items and I decided to play along. I took these pics form the freeway and they remind me of those days I used to work there. This is also a loose interpretation of a sketch from 52 Sketches...52 Weeks.

So Cute

Here is the page I created based on a sketch from 52 Sketches...52 Weeks. I was able to use up some scraps on this one and that always makes me happy :)

Electrical Parade & Solvang

I am posting 2 pages today. The first one was done based on a sketch from 52 Sketches...52 Weeks. I also used a recipe from My Sketch World. The second one was made using a sketch from Pink Sketches.

Sponge Bob & Sal & Mookie's

As I am posting these pages, I realize I haven't posted a couple of pages I made last week. The second page here is a pizza joint and I have scrapped the photos from that lunch. The first page with Sponge Bob is from our visit to Universal Studios in 2005. These pages are based on the sketches from 52 Sketches...52 Weeks and Pink Sketch.

Fun Place & Monkey Girl

I got 2 pages done today :) The first one is made based on the this week's sketch from 52 Sketches..52 Weeks and the second one based on the current sketch from Capture These Sketches.

Layouts

It's getting really hard to keep up with this blog. Just posting the pics of my pages is pretty much it. I don't know how some bloggers write so much so often. These pages are the ones I created

last few days. I am participating a month long crop at My Sketch World but didn't start until late last week and had some catching-up to do. On some of these, I used sketches. Do you notice I used a same sketch on 2 of the layouts here.

Dip & Fun

I love these Basic Grey papers!! I am posting 2 layouts tonight. The first one was done last night using a sketch from 52 Sketches...52 Weeks. I chose these photos for Butterfly Craft's favorite food challenge. My dd and my dh love spinach and artichoke dip. If they haven't tried the dip form a particular restaurant, they would try and sometimes rate them...lol. The second one was created based on a sketch from Pink Sketches. The photo was taken when we went to see a baseball game last week.