Splish Splash - Scrappy Saturday

Digging in to some old photos I found these adorable ones of Emily when she was little in a bathing suit in the water where she loved to be.  She is totally my little mermaid. 

I did start this originally for a challenge that included a sketch and the need to use a song title.  I think I have 3 song titles on this layout.  I got to use my Counterfeit Kit along with one of my Spellbinder dies(the mermaid) to create this.  I did find the sketch challenging so it took me too long to do.  But it doesn't look as bad as I think it did in the beginning.

Hope all is well.  Hang in there!  Hugs everyone!

Play Ball Scrap Our Stash Challenge

  

I know this is not a great picture but I'm so rarely in photos and I cherish this one with Abbigayle.   This was my companies Summer work outing to Picnic and see the Chicago Dogs play(THEY WON!).  The kids really didn't want to go but I made them and we all ended up having a great time together.  Abbi and I made funny face pictures and the lighting is terrible because of the lights on the baseball field.   

The layout itself uses a "new" paper pack I added to my stash from Tuesday Morning from Echo Park - Good Day Sunshine.  The baseballs I made with a circle punch and a red pen.  From my stash I used Heidi Swap rub ons, glitter dots from Archivers(blast from the past), the puffy arrow is Basic Grey(another blast from the past) and a wood veneer @ from my veneer box and some older MME Christmas washi tape. OOOH and my journaling block is a stamp from KI Memories.  I just found it recently in my stash. That is probably the oldest thing on my layout.  It's fun to use things that are older, some of them are even coming back around in style! 

The sketch comes from the Scrap Our Stash challenge blog March 2020 Sketch Challenge.  

 

I had a great time working on this and remembering our evening as a family.  This is the reason I scrapbook to keep the memories alive.  Happy and not so happy that turns in to happy as the case may be.  

Hope your keeping busy in this crazy time and  staying safe with your family.  Thank you for stopping by to take a look.

Best Friends - Scrappy Saturday

 

The puppies love sitting in the Sun everyday we move their bed in front of the open door and they watch the neighborhood as they sunbath.  Layout background created with scraps and a stencil.  Then I mad some tags and inked and stamped them added my journaling to 2 of them.   The My Day was already on the photo as I took a screen shot from one of Emily's snapchat posts.

 

Hopefully everyone is having a sunshiney day as well!  Hugs.

Scrappy Saturday- Puppy Pool Time

 

These puppies hate water.  So Pool Time is not really a thing to them.  We have moved baths outside though for the summer.  No need to have water all over the house  when they can run around outside.

 

The layout is done using an old paper pad from K&Co.  I took it apart and made a bunch of base pages that I can just add photos and a title and whatever else I want.   Love this for quick scrapping especially this time of year when I need a little break from Craft Fairing but not too long a break.

Hope everyone is enjoying our late summer days.  Thanks for stopping by.

Sandpipers - Scrapbook Saturday(Flashback)

This layout I love it's a circle which I thought was really cool at the time.  However I insisted on adding those points all around the edge of the already 12 x 12 circle.  It's brilliant right?  NO it doesn't fit into a page protector(DUH brain fart moment).  The photos of the girls playing on the beach (Lake Michigan, MI side) are awesome though.  They were so little and still liked each other, total Besties then.

The paper are all Basic Grey(oh how I miss this company).  I just cut out the flowers and used hem as an element.  I added rub ons for a title and subtitle and the white doodles were done by hand.

Thank you once again for stopping by! Hope your having a fabulous weekend getting ready for the Holidays!

Sweet Summer Mini Album and Beach Tote

Here is my Sweet Summer Mini Album and tote!  I love love how it turned out using all Doodlebug Papers from the Sunkissed line and a few extra pieces.    The Album fits perfectly into the tote bag with a little extra room to expand with pictures, more pages and ephemera.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Merry Go Round

Working on some layouts yet again.  This one I challenged myself to use what I had laying around!  It turned out cute.  I can't believe my girls had hair that short.  That was the summer they wanted their hair cut!  Now they go to Marty and tell him only an inch or two, maybe long bangs.  Oh well reminds me of all the memories we make all summer.  I should really get the pictures off my camera from this past summer. HA

Proof I still Scrapbook!

I do scrapbook just not often!  I have a bunch of layouts I've done in the last few months to share though.  So here we go.  The Girls at Navy Pier after getting all of their hair cut off.  The pics are old cause one is now almost a teenager and the other one turned 10 last week.  YIKES time flies.

Oh well I used a Papertrey Ink stamp and die cut along with a Martha Stewart deep edge punch.  The papers are American Crafts.

As Always...  Thanks for stopping by I appreciate your visit!