my, oh my, Happy September to you. It is a very happy day around here. For me anyway. It's the first day of school! I'll take those early mornings in exchange or a bit of routine for all of us. Oh, a new month also means a new challenge at Picture This.  This challenge is :

2 photos + green + white + black

I think I'll do a Halloween page. I LOVE Halloween. Really. And I love scrapping the photos even more. Bright colors, creepy critters, silly critters, but always smiling faces.  All of those can be mixed together as I've done here. Spider webs? Creepy. Monsters with mustaches? Silly. Photos? Definitely happy. Bright colors mixed into the green, black and white? Easily done. 

My parents came for a visit and got to experience Halloween in all the ways, school parties and parades as well as Trick or Treating. I'm not sure who enjoyed this more, my son or my parents. Regardless, these are the first of several pages of this particular Halloween. 

Thanks for stopping by my creative view today. I'm starting this month off with a bang. There will be much more coming along this month. one back again soon

Supplies-PP-SEI, Echo Park, Bo Bunny, Stickers-Echo Park, Chipboard-BoBunny, enamel pieces-Bella Blvd, sequins-Studio Calico, Doodlebug Design, Michaels, alphas-Eco Park, American Crafts, mist-Dylusions, twine-DoodlebugDesign

Let Her Go, She's 91

Hey there. It's my reveal day over at ScrapStuffz' Inspired by.  We've changed things up and are offering two inspiration photos this month with a verbal prompt as well.  I created a layout for each photo.

"let it go"

 I'm pretty much out of snow pictures, and I thought "let it go" to be quite funny.  I grabbed some blue card stock, a printed neutral paper and some funny pictures, and "Let Her Go" was created. All of the embellishments further the silly theme of the page.

These photos were taken right after we got our first dog. We had a feeling that our younger son would  love playing with her, but wee not expecting this. He would not leave her alone. Thankfully, she was very tolerant of him.

The second photo

"words to live by"

From this photo I took the whitewashed frame and ran with it. I used a whitewashed paper as the background for this LO. The sketch is based off a sketch at Stuck?! sketches. I thought it was a fun one and slightly different form what I usually see. But I was able to use it within my style. That's what it's all about.  I used different blocks of paper at the bottom instead of a triangle, but kept it angular in nature. I did leave the triangle at the top though.  The rest is all humor. Again.

I loved the paper in this collection that had the old newspaper and magazine clippings. I though they were amazingly supportive of a photo of my 91 year old Grandma. Feminine with some attitude. Just like Nani. We had taken her out for her birthday and when we were ordering drinks, she said, "i'll think I'll have a term that sounds good." and right out of the bottle she drank. But really, she is 91. Who is going to tell her otherwise?

Thanks for stopping by today to look at my creative view. Come again soon. I have lots to share.

Ler her Go:CS-Bazzill, PP-Bo Bunny, Fancy Pants, cork-Freckled Fawn, Fancy Pants, chipboard-Freckled Fawn, Crate paper, Brad-Freckled Fawn, die cut stickers-Crate paper, 7 gypsies, sequins-Studio Calico, clip-Queen & Co

She is 91: PP & Die Cuts-Famcy Pants, wood pieces-Freckled Fawn, Studio Calico, resin flowers-Freckled Fawn, mist-Heidi Swapp, washy-scotch, sequins-Hazel & Ruby, Doodlebug Designs

One of the Boys-

Good morning. I am sharing a LO today that is up on the Child's Play Challenges blog for the new Weebles challenge.

These photos are cousins playing with a huge BatCave. They were sharing the piece and playing together. It reminded me of the houses and other themes that were available for Weebles.  I used dark colored papers, like the BatCave. Arrows move back and forth like the boys playing together. and some happy sayings on stickers and called it a day.

Thanks for taking a look today. Head on over to  Child's Play Challenges to find more inspiration and join our challenge. 

Supplies: PP-BoBunny, Simple Stories, stickers-Simple Stories, Alphas-Simple stories, American Crafts

Poser

Please go here for today's Get It Scrapped post.

 Hi and good Wednesday to you.   Today is the first reveal of the month for Child's Play Challenges. And it's definitely a throwback. Even though it's Wednesday...COLORFORMS!

I knew I wasn't going to look deep for inspiration on this one.  I wanted to use the shapes and colors. For this one I actually chose the papers and design before I chose the photos. The design is based on a sketch from Stuck?! Sketches. There are many visible circles on the page. There are triangular elements and a few rectangles. All the papers are primary colors.  

It was fun to put together this way. Once I decided on the photos, the title came to me quickly. I added the camera details. They seemed to be a great choice to go with the title. These photos are from the summer of 2009. Not the best summer of our lives, but somehow, seeing his smile makes it all better.

As always, thanks for taking a look at my creative view.  Come join us at Child's Play this week. We'd love to see what you come up with.

Supplies:
CS-American Crafts, PP-Fancy Pants, Wood veneer-Studio Calico, Crate paper, Sequins-StudioCalico, Thread-DMC, epoxy stickers-Freckled Fawn, Washi-MME, Mist-Tattered Angels, pen-EK Success, Alpha-BoBunny

Happy Birthday

No, it's not my birthday, or anyone else in my family's today. But that is part of the title of the LO I have to share today. It is Monday, which means it's reveal day at Let's Get Sketchy. We had a great sketch to use and I had a lot of fun working with it.

2009 was an odd year for us. It was filled with many unexpected challenges, many ups & downs. We took advantage of reasons to celebrate. What a better way to celebrate a birthday than taking in a Cubs game on a warm fall evening. The only thing that could have made the night better was if we had gotten a photo of the birthday message on the scoreboard. Oh well, and excuse to do it again.

I've been having a lot of fun tilting elements on my pages. Why not tilt the entire photo matte? It works. The photos are placed so they are looking at each other. Tilting the strips at the top and bottom  add to the effect as well s pull the focus onto the photos. The papers have a lot going on, so embellishments are minimal, but visible.

I hope to see your entries this week at Let's Get Sketchy. Thanks for stopping to take a look at my creative view. I'll be back several times this week sharing more projects I've been working on.

Sick Pup

Hi there! It's reveal day at Child's Play Challenges. This week it's time for a Classic TV Challenge

One of my favorites as a child. Confession? If my boys are watching, I will sit and watch with them too.

ok, I could have done Halloween, but today, my LO is about our dog. Definitely related to Scooby right? Ruh Roh, he was sick and we took care of him. We were so worried! He'd never been sick before!

The papers are from a kit I received from a monthly class at my LSS. They were vey bold, so I kept the LO really simple. I do like the red as a contrast. I takes the photos stand out.

I hope you will head over to  Child's Play Challenges and join us in the Classic TV Challenge. 

Supplies: PP-BoBunny, CS-Paper Accent, buttons & alpha-AC, twine-Recollections, stencil-Bazzill, thread-DMC, bling-Queen & Co, mist-tattered angels

Quite the Pair

Hey there! I am way late with this post but that's what happens when you are sick for a few weeks!  I am super excited to share today that Sketches in Thyme is back hosting challenges with sketches! Sketches will be posted on the 15th of each month.  I know many of you are as disappointed as I was when SIT closed last August. Well, we're back and hope to see you playing along there again.

Here is sketch #122 we had to work with:

Here is my LO: Just a few silly shots of my guys while we were on vacation in summer 2008

I added a second photo and changed around the embellishments.  It looks like I used less, but because the mask and ink were busy, that was on purpose.  

Short and sweet today. Like I said. Super excited that Sketches in Thyme is back nd hope to see your creations linked up over there.

Supplies:

CS-Paper Company

PP, washi, enamel dots-MME

stencil-Studio Calico

Mist-Tattered Angels

die cuts-MME and BoBunny

stars-Queen & Co

Another Awesome Family Photo

Hi again.  It's another great Monday and that means another reveal for Let's Get Sketchy.  It's been fantastic to be scrapping regularly again! This is also my entry for one of my favorite places to play, Scrap Our Stash,  the Countdown Challenge.  Here is today's sketch:

I have to say, I found it a bit challenging, so I kept it simple.

What was a fun and engaging game of 'wrestle with Mom and kiddo', somehow quickly turned into "Mama is the human chair!" And he sat there on my back, extremely content to watch his movie that way!

What I love most, are the photos and the papers I chose. The collection is called 'Family is" and it is filled with HUMOR! Perfect for this page!  What I like least is the plain background. I was afraid to over do it and lose the focus on the photos.  I like the visual triangle of red. That gave the page some pop.  It is actually well balanced!

For the countdown I used, 5 papers, 4 die cut stickers, 3 photos, 2 enamel dots, and one rub on (the navy circle at bottom right). I had to search for rubons. I got rid of ALL of them. This one sheet that goes with a summer collection is all I have left!

Well, I'm hoping you will join in the fun over at Let's Get Sketchy this week. You can add your entries until the end of the month. 

Supplies-

CS-Pulp papers

PP & die cut stickers-BoBunny

Enamel dots-My Minds Eye

Rub on-Fancy Pants

Silly Siblings

Happy New Year!

Thanks for stopping by today. I have a fun page to share today for the final reveal over at Boy Meets Girl. Yes, you read that correctly. This is the final month for Boy Meets Girl. I am sad to say goodbye, it's been a great blog to be a part of.  

I do have some exciting news to share. Beginning Monday Jan 6, you can find me at Let's Get Sketchy! I will be joining an incredibly talented group of women over there.  And as always, you can still find me at Child's Play Challenges and ScrapStuff'z Inspired By.

On to today's LO.  Our challenge was to do a Holiday page in non traditional colors.  

I don't do a lot of Christmas or Hanukkah pages, so this in itself was a challenge.  I used a Holiday card photo from 2010.  It was our first winter here and we stumbled upon  festival at our local outdoor mall.  I was thinking about how many tries it took to get one good photo, and that led me to the papers that I chose to work with, Family Ties by BoBunny.  The design is a sketch template from Simple Scrapper.  The photo is a little dark, so I did use a corally red, to bring the eye back to the photo. The splatter is a big 'ole mistake, but I left it alone.  I cut the title from one of the papers.  I even typed my journaling, then cut it into strips. I had more to say than I thought.

Well, this is your last chance to join the challenge at Boy Meets Girl, so I hope to see you playing along.

Supplies:

PP-Echo Park, BoBunny

Washi & Brads-MME

Mist-Studio Calico

clips-Lawn Fawn, Citrus Twist Kits

Ink-Memento