I am really excited to share some news! I have been asked to join the Creative Team at Get it Scrapped. I have spent the last year or so learning from many of these talented women.  I am humbled, privileged and honored to be creating along side them.

Sue Althouse | Andrea | Carrie Arick | Heather Awsumb

Terry Billman | Susanne Brauer | Marie-Pierre Capistran | Summer Christiansen

Ronnie Crowley | Sian Fair | MarciaFortunato | Jett Hampton

Gretchen Henniger | Michelle Hernandez | Vicki Hibbins | Michelle Houghton

Devra Hunt | Jennifer Kellogg | Kiki Kougioumtzi | Karen Poirier-Brode

 Amanda Robinson | Doris Sander | Rosann Santos-Elliott | Katie Scott

Stefanie Semple | Celeste Smith | Christy Strickler | Audrey Tan

Kristy T | Deborah Wagner

Get it Scrapped is celebrating the announcement of the new Creative Team with activities and specials on the Get it Scrapped forum and blog.

GIS MEMBERSHIP PROMO (May 30-Jun2)

All who have signed up for a free membership at Get It Scrapped by June 2nd, will also get Scrapbook Your Story free. Register today and look for "Scrapbook Your Story"  added to your Get It Scrapped membership on Wednesday, June 3rd at 9am ET. It will be in the last column of the Your Materials page of the Get It Scrapped membership.

Register here: Masterful Scrapbook Design

INSTAGRAM PHOTO CHALLENGE (May 30-Jun 30)

That's right Get It Scrapped is now on Instagram and we're kicking things off with our first ever photo challenge! We’re providing you with 25 prompts based on some of our favorite Get It Scrapped articles from the past year. Use the prompts to inspire some fun photos or even your next scrapbook page, then share it with us on Instagram using the prompt’s hashtag as well as #getitscrapped.

All photos uploaded before July 1, 2014  will be entered to win a lovely handmade camera strap cover from team alumni Leah Farquharson of Bluebird Chic, LLC!  

Click here to print the list of photo prompts + contest rules and get snappin'! 

GUESS WHO CT TRIVIA (May 30-Jun 2)

Join us in the forums and help us celebrate the announcement of our awesome new team! We'll have a few rounds of CT trivia going on throughout the weekend to help you get to know our team a little better. And thanks to current team member Amanda Robinson of Amanda Robinson Studio and team alumni, Jana Morton of Pixels2Passion we've got some fabulous prizes for a few lucky winners.

As always, I hope you will follow me along in my new adventures. And stop by  Get it Scrapped to see what's going on there as well. You will not be disappointed!

Baseball, Hot Dogs & Apple Pie

Good Morning on this fine Memorial Day.  Seeing as it is Monday, that means there's a new sketch challenge up at Let's Get Sketchy.

Another fantastic sketch from the talented Laura Whitaker, but one, I have to say, that took me well out of my comfort zone.  I like my 4x6 photos all grouped together. I had a difficult time making this sketch feel cohesive to me. While I was working on it , I felt like it was disconnected. Don't get me wrong, I love how others can use sketches like this and create beautiful pages. For me it was a challenge, but I embraced it and am actually happy I did.

This page is all about me, my love of Baseball, and celebrating it's Opening Day.  We celebrate opening day every year with the same meal: hot dogs, fries, peanuts, with Baby Ruth candy bars and apple pie for dessert.  All of the word stickers are a play on that fact. The colors are bright, the background is playful and full of energy. I used the arrows and the stitched outline to help move the eye around the page. They were the last elements I added, and made me feel like the page was connected, and flowed together.

I hope you will give this sketch a try this week at Let's Get Sketchy.. Challenge yourself. You may be surprised with the results. 

Supplies: CS-Bazzill, PP-Basic Grey, word elements-Simple Stories, Basic Grey, Freckled Fawn, brads-Making Memories, enamel dots-MME, mist-tattered angels, studio calico, stencil-TCW, tape-Freckled Fawn, MME, chipboard-Bare essentials, wood veneer & alphas-Studio Calico, thread-DMC

The Path

Good Morning. It is my turn to reveal at Scrap Stuff'z Inspired by today.  First I'll show you the inspiration photo.

When I fist looked at the photo, I immediately saw circles. Then I changed my entire train of thought. Here is what came from the photo. In a very round about way....

 I made a decision earlier this month that I am only going to work on Bar Mitzvah photos this month. It's been almost a year and the album is not finished.  I knew it would be a challenge to have a project in mind combined with this particular assignment.  I took a second (third, fourth) look at the inspiration photo. This time I saw shapes within shapes. More philosophically, I saw a path, like the path my son took to his Bar Mitzvah.

I did use a Scrapbook Generation Sketch. I chose to use arrows. They represent a path. I stamped images onto small squares, shaped within shapes. I did also use buttons as circles.  the corrugated paper has texture like the mulch on the ground.

So there you have it. My somewhat deep translation of the photo to the page. Head over to Scrap Stuff'z Inspired by and link up your project over there.

Supplies:

CS-Paper Accents

PP-Fancy Pants

Buttons-Fancy Pants, Unknown

Stamps-unknown

Ink-Stazon

Other embellishments-Fancy Pants

Alphas-Fancy Pants, Thickers

Heritage and more

See, I said I had more to hare this week. Thanks for coming back.  Today I have 2 LO's to share so I will make this brief and to the point.

My Scraps & More Sketches Sketch #80

I found this as yet another great sketch to help me on this long journey to complete the Bar Mitzvah album

I loved the vertical lines in the photo so I played that up on the page. There is a layered die cut vellum over the corrugated paper. i cut 'fringe' into the strips of paper, then added a thin strip of paper horizontally to give the page some balance. Again, keeping the details simple, the page came out nicely.

Next up is a page for Scrap Our Stash. Something older, newer, fussy cut and blue...

Here it is. The 6 months or older is the card stock, "and the" word stickers and the mist. Newer in the last 6 months are the patterned papers. Fussy cut is the chevron paper, and well, blue is kind of all over the page and in the photos.  

I took these while we were on vacation last month. He had a rough day and the blanket came with us everywhere. He decided he wouldn't walk without it, so I draped it over his shoulder. Pretty much don't care who heard or saw me laughing because the title for this page came to me while standing there, camera in hand...

Glad you stopped by today. I still have more to share this week, so check back again!

supplies-Heritage-

CS-Paper accents, bazzill, PP-Fancy Pants, Silhouette, mist-Heidi Swapp, stencil TCW, twine-MME, sequins-Michaels, alpha-American Crafts

supplies-Joshua and the Technicolor Dreamcoat

CS-Bazzill, PP, die cuts, -Fancy Pants, resin and clip-Freckled Fawn, stickers-Fancy Pants, Autentique, ink-VersaMagic, sketch by ScrapMuch?

Friends

Oh the joy of an hour stolen on a weekend day. I snuck up to my room, sat at my desk, and quickly, got this page together. It helps though, when I have a starting point.  I started with this sketch from Boys Rule Scrapbook Kits and the product choices from Scrap & Play for the Word Play challenge, use products for each letter in the word FLOWERS

I am still working on the Bar Mitzvah album, so this is another one checked off the list. The sketch was perfect. I am trying to keep things simple. I reversed the side of the page because the people in the photo are facing the other way. I made a layered banner to give the page some interest and added a snippet of paper in the corner. What an easy sketch to translate!

As for product, F-Fancy Pants, L-layers of papers, O-Orange card stock, W-wood veneer, E-enamel dots, R-recycled paper (the journaling that is hidden under the clip is written on the cardboard from the packaging of the enamel dots) and/or rectangle shaped photo, S-sequins

Thanks for looking at my creative view today. I have more stuff to share this week so come back again.

Supplies: CS-Bazzill, PP, clip & buttons-Fancy Pants, Wood venner-Studio Calico, word sticker-Jillibean Soup, ink-VersaMagic, twine & enamel dots-MME, sequins-Studio Calcio, Michaels.

Wise Words

I'm still in the midst of LOAD. I'm not posting all of the completed LO's this time around.  A few days ago, I changed my whole approach to LOAD. I've had all the photos from my son's Bar Mitzvah all organized and ready to go. They have been staring me in the face. i've done a few pages here and there, but I really want to finish. So, as much as I love the theme and all of the prompts in this months LOAD, I decided to work on the Bar Mitzvah album instead. I've already given myself permission to do a page a day right?

So on to today's page. There is a new challenge blog in town, Scrap and Play.  The first challenge is a sketch

I found this to be a great sketch to use for one of the pages in this current project. 

I used a single 4x6 photo instead of the two smaller ones. All of the pages in this album are on the simpler side, so I treated this one the same, with small details and clusters of embellishments. This sketch lent itself well to this idea.

Thanks for stopping by today. Check back again later this week for more of my creative view.

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

Scrappy Fridays

That's my new thing. Well, not really new, I just gave it a name. I've been reserving Fridays as my Scrap Day for a while. Today I begin blogging about what I do on Scrappy Fridays.  So here goes.

LOAD began yesterday. Layout a Day. Why do I do this? It gives me an excuse to take time for ME each and every day. So, for the months that I participate in LOAD, I scrap a bit more and read a bit less.  Today I did not follow the prompt and instead did my own thing.

We recently went to Hawaii. Our family's first time there. This is us just after arriving. 12 hours of travel, 3 hour time change, but still smiles on our faces. Most of our faces anyway. I used sketch #18 form the My Scraps & More April Sketch-a-Thon. Have you been over there? Their site is fantastic. Lots of inspiration.  I changed it up a bit by using a larger photo. The title and embellishments are moved as a result. Great sketch, easy to use.

I also used some stuff from the JBS Mercantile April kit. I wanted to see what everyone was raving about, so I decided to check it out and purchase a kit. Good mix of papers, even things I can't get at my LSS.  I like the exclusive stuff, but I don't see the need to subscribe at this time.

Supplies-JBS Mercantile April kit papers, Wood-Citrus twist, Studio Calico, Freckled Fawn, sequins-Citrus Twist, Doodlebug Designs, alpha and clips-Freckled Fawn, Washi-October Afternoon, stamp-Kate Spade, enamel dots-MME, mist-Studio Calico

Next. This makes me smile.

I am working on the photos of my son's bar Mitzvah. Slowly but steadily, I am making progress. This bis an absolute favorite photo. It is so rare to get a beautiful photo of them together. Pretty much nothing else needs to be said.

I used sketch # 79 from My Scraps & More.  I  used a larger photo, so I change the orientation of the papers, moved the title, created my own place for embellies. A cool sketch to use and can see myself using it again.

Thanks for stopping by. More new things to come as I attempt to create a Layout a Day, or as we say at Get it Scrapped, a Page a Day

Supplies: CS-Bazzill, PP, die cuts, buttons & brads-Theresa Collins, Wood-Studio Calico, AC, twine & washi-MME, clip-Freckled Fawn, bling Queen & Co, mist-tattered angels

Composed

Good Morning and happy Monday. Hmmm. Mondays. I like Mondays. Especially Mondays when I get to share a new LO for Let's Get Sketchy.  Here is this week's sketch:

I found this to be an easy sketch to work with. It's easily adaptable to may sizes and shapes of photos. Good thing. I used 4x6 photos.

I'm working on making an album of my son's Bar Mitzvah. I've decided to take a simpler approach in creating the pages. I want the focus to be on the photos and the event, not the product and techniques. Most of the pages won't have a lot of journaling on them. I also want to get it done!  Sketches are woking really well as part of this process.  I can keep them simple of jazz them up. I chose to keep this one very simple. I didn't vary from the sketch very much, and didn't add a lot of extras. 

These photos are just before the service began. He was visibly nervous, but working through it himself. Once the service began, you wouldn't have known how he was feeling.  

Come on over to the  Let's Get Sketchy blog. Get some inspiration from the rest of the deign team and join us in our newest sketch challenge.

Supplies-CS-Bazzill, PP, die cuts, brads, washi-Theresa Collins, Alphas-AC, ink-Studio Calico, Heidi Swapp, stencil-TCW

Finally some Scraptime

I guess going on vacation for a week really threw me off my game.  Ok, back to scrapping and blogging. Yup, Fridays are my day to play. And play I did last week. My Scraps & More has a sketch-a-thon going on. I can't think of a more perfect way for me to get back into a scrappy groove. Now to show you what I did:

Sketch #7, twist-use block alphas:

Oddly, I don't have very many photos printed that could be used for a one photo LO. I am going to have to go searching for more. Anyway, I did have this one.  After he pulled out his tooth, he walked around with a big sideways grin so we could all see the empty space in his mouth. And every chance he had, he asked us if we could see the empty space where the tooth used to be.  Crazy kid. 

I liked this sketch. It was a good way for me to proactive my layering skills. I'm beginning to find my way in layering paper. Now I'm moving on to layering die cuts and embellishments. I have a ways to go...but I did get to continue to play with patterned papers from the same collection. Also an easy way to get started after not scrapping for a few weeks.

Supplies: Simple Stories papers, die cuts, stickers and alphas, Heidi Swapp Mist, bling-Hobby Lobby, wood veneer-Studio Calico

Sketch #11-twist-use flowers

I have one LSS that I shop at, Ben Franklin. They have a class called Paper Mania. Each month I am given papers and some embellishments. I create a project, bring it to the flowing month's class, and share.  Last month we were given Doodlebug Designs papers. Bright and colorful. Oh, and a twist-use a photo from the 80's. ok. sure. Let me did those out. then let me see what goes with these papers. How I came up with this photo I'll never know, but it works!

The sketch uses a 'shelf' design. Great for these bright and busy papers. I used a punch to soften the lines a bit. Flowers are fun to use on pages about me. A fairly simple page with lots of little bits for details.  

Supplies: CS-Bazzill, PP, twine, epoxy and sticker-Dooddlebug, punch-Fiskars, journal card-Project Life for AC, flowers-recollections, prima, sequins-Hero Arts, Citrus Twist Kits, mist-Studio Calico, Heidi Swapp, bling-Hobby Lobby, alphas-Freckled Fawn, American Crafts

Take time to...

Good morning! It's Monday and that means it's reveal day at Let's Get Sketchy.  Take a look at this wonderful sketch created by our own Bev Code. 

I think it's great! It was so easy to use!

I chose not to change it very much. I liked the layers of paper. I did change the sizes and moved the embellishments.  The edges of the paper were so straight, I chose to add several circular embellishments to soften it up. That worked well with the colors and patterns of the paper.

My son was riding his bike and stopped to touch the flowers. All I could think of was "stop and smell the roses".  I just wanted to highlight a little moment, which is why I used the clocks.

Hope to see you creating with us this week at  Let's Get Sketchy.  Thanks for stopping by my creative view!

Supplies:

CS-Bazzill

PP, die cuts, buttons, chipboard-Fancy Pants

Wood chips-citrus twist, Recollections

Enamel dots & washi-MME

Twine-Doodlebug

Mist-Tattered Angels

Just Us

Good morning and happy April 1. Are you a big April Fool's prankster? It was never a big deal when I was growing up. I'm not about to change that now.

I like beginning the month with a new LO to share.  We are having a special event at Child's play Challenges this month. We are having a crossover event with ScrapStuff'z Inspired by. What does this mean? You will find the same inspiration photo on both challenge sites as well as a sketch to use. There are prizes available to you on both sites. Create and your project using the sketch and inspiration photo on both challenge sites and double your chance to win a prize.

So here goes!  This week at Child's play it is Craft Challenge week.  We decided SAND ART would be a fun challenge.

here is the sketch we used, created by the talented Laura Whitaker.

this is what I created

I liked the feeling of movement in the jars of colored sand and tried to recreate that with the chevron patterned papers. I did like the colors of the sand as well. Not too pastel, but not overly bright. The papers are in those shades and worked well not to over power the photo.  The sketch was fun and easy ti use. It was a great choice for multiple patterns of paper.  The circles for me are a nice contrast to all of the stripy lines.  Universal themed embellishments seemed like a good choice as well.

Thank you for taking a look today.  I hope you will stop by both Child's Play Challenges and ScrapStuff'z Inspired by this month and join in our crossover event. Head over to them now to see what prizes are up for grabs.

Supplies:

CS-Bazzill

PP, arrows, stickers, stencil-Fancy Pants

wood veneer-studio Calico

enamel dots-Basic Grey

mist-tattered angels

4 Together

Blogging has really taken a back seat this month. That was not my intention. I have been scrapping. Some projects though are for DT assignments, so you will see them coming up soon. Others are of an ongoing project that I am working on of my son's Bar Mitzvah. Not all the pages are for sharing, but some are. Today's is one of those.

I used sketch #71 from My Scraps & More sketches.  I love playing over there. Their sketches are versatile, their challenges are fun. I didn't get to participate as much as I wanted this month. I hope to more next month.

These are some of the family photos taken before the service. We all love the top one where we are all looking at the Bar Mitzvah boy.

Yup. I used my 4x6 photos for this and it still worked!  I adjusted the background to the same size as the photos, kept the borders in the middle and moved the embellishment clusters.

Another fun sketch and another page of this project is completed. Thanks for taking a look

Supplies:

CS-Bazzill

PP & embellishments-Theresa Collins, Fancy Pants

alpha-Authentique

He Plays to Discover

Good morning! I'm happy to be back so soon.I've actually been very busy creating, but too busy is my life to take time to write. So, here it is Monday morning again. That means it's a reveal day at Let's Get Sketchy.

This week we have a really cool and different sketch from the talented sketch designer Jenessa.

I will admit, I was very afraid of this sketch.  You have to have realized by now that I am a 4x6 gal. I knew it was going to be a huge challenge, so I got to work, looking for ways to use this sketch.  Well, lucky for me, while playing with my younger son, a photo opportunity came along.  I decided to tackle the sketch using the photos. Let's just quote a favorite TV character of mine. "Challenge accepted" (How I Met Your Mother)

What started as a struggle, quickly turned into a fun puzzle for me. I thoroughly enjoyed piecing all the elements of this page together.  I applied some PhotoPlay into this layout. I played with some photo editing tools by fading out the color of the first and second photos. The idea being to give the focus to the photo with the most color. It is the most important. The page is busy and full of energy, playing off the idea of a child playing with toys. It is vibrant and colorful, again reinforcing that theme. The title is small, but meaningful, telling part of the story in the photos. Overall, I have to say, I am really happy with how this turned out. It is colorful, playful and full of meaning.

After all of my hesitation, I'm glad I tried something outside of my box. It was a fun sketch to use!  I hope you will try it too, then link it up at Let's Get Sketchy. 

Supplies:

PP, alphas, die cut stickers-Echo Park

Wood veneer-Citrus Twist

cork-Fancy Pants

enamel dots-MME

epoxy stickers-Freckled Fawn

washi-Jenni Bowlin, Queen & Co, Bella Blvd.

Rising Sun

Good morning! Whoa. I've been lagging on my blog posts. Busy week, not a lot of play time for me.  Enough with that. Time to get back to business.  Today is my reveal at ScrapStuffz' Inspired by.  I really liked this month's inspiration photo

When I first looked at the photo, I saw a rainbow of colors. Bright colors. Colors I like to use. Want to see what I came up with?

Not even close!  I was walking my dog about a week ago. I came around a curve and saw the sun burning through the morning fog.  I knew when I took the photo, what I wanted to do instead. Turns out, it wasn't so much the colors after all. It was the burst that they created.

I applied some knew found knowledge about gained from the Photo Play seminar at Masterful Scrapbook Design/Get it Scrapped.  I extended the colors in the photo out onto the page. I mixed some paint colors, painting lighter to darker around the photo, in between the bursts, mimicking the background of the photo. After painting, I used the same colors to stitch along the lines to give it some texture. My journaling is a six word memoir. the embellishments are subtle, but add some shine, like the sun rising.

This is my new favorite page.

Come take another look at the inspiration photo. What sparks ideas for you? We at ScrapStuffz' Inspired by want to know.

Supplies:
PP & border sticker-Sassafrass Lass
Thread-DMC
paint-making memories
bling-Queen & Co
enamel dots-Basic Grey

Let's Get Sketchy Birthday Blog Hop #2

Please go HERE for Let's Get Sketchy Week 2 reveal

Welcome to hop Let's Get Sketchy Birthday Blog Hop #2!  You should have come here from Jenessa's blog, if not, please go back to the LGS blog to start the hop from the beginning. 

As you make your way along our hop to visit each of our DT blogs, you will find a sketch challenge along will possible twists.  Complete as many challenges as you can and return to LGS to upload your entry.  For each challenge you complete please upload and tag according to that Design Team Member's instruction.  Once you have completed your layout, please head back over to the LGS website to upload your entry. Please tag your entry: BH2DEVRA.   The more you play, the better your chances of winning this great prize courtesy of Creative Embellishments!  ANY PROJECT NOT PROPERLY TAGGED WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR THE DRAWING!!!  At the end of hop we will draw a winner so the more entries you submit the better your chance of winning a wonderful prize from Creative Embellishments!

Please make sure you visit the entire team, as each member will be hosting a sketch challenge with their own little twist.  So although you may see the same sketch twice, they will be "different". 

Here are the rules for playing and winning:

1. You MUST be a follower of each LGS team members blog and leave a comment on each blog and;
2. You MUST also be a follower of the LGS blog.

This is the sketch I chose and LO I created.  I would like you to create a layout using the sketch you see below.  My twist is to use at least 3 different patterned papers on your layout.

You can will this fabulous prize for participating!

Now head on over to Lisa's blog and see the great challenge she has in store for you!

Remember you have to have your projects linked up no later than midnight, CST, March 18th!

Here is the lineup in case you get lost!

Pat -BH2PAT

Connie-BH2CONNIE

Laura-BH2LAURA

Lynn G-BH2LYNN

Jenessa-BH2JENESSA

Devra-BH2DEVRA (you are here)

Lisa-BH2LISA

Tone-BH2TONE

Bev-BH2BEV

Let's Get Sketchy (to link up)

 Happy Hopping!

Remember...

Please go HERE for Let's Get Sketchy Birthday Blog Hop #2

Good Morning! It's going to be a busy day here today. It's a double post day, and both posts are good ones!  So you want to be sure to look at both of them today.  First, since it's Monday, it's reveal day  at Let's Get Sketchy.

Here is the March week 2 sketch and my layout:

 My apologies for the poor photo of the layout. It has been extremely grey here, so lighting has been awful.

I am working hard on completing the album from my son's bar Mitzvah. This is a photo from that day. It's just a small moment, but I am so happy our photographer stopped to notice it.  I know I could have done a lot more with this sketch, but I am trying to keep the pages in this album clean, with little details.  

I hope you will find this sketch as fun to work with as I did. Please link it up at Let's Get Sketchy if you do!

Supplies:

CS-Bazzill

PP- Fancy Pants

die cuts, twine, alphas & enamel dots-MME

bling-Queen & Co

clip-Fancy Pants

mist-Heidi Swapp

tape-Recollections

The Pipe

Good Wednesday morning to you! It is reveal day over at Child's Play Challenges. Our first challenge this month is a crafty one...Pipe Cleaners!

I went in a more serious direction for this challenge. Yes, as a child, I played with pipe cleaners. But the truth is, pipe cleaners make me think of my Grandfather, whom I called Momo.  As far back as I can remember, Momo smoked a pipe. I used to watch him clean them, fill them with tobacco, then light them. When I got older I even bought him tobacco for Father's Day and other special occasions.  For whatever reason, the smell of his pipe tobacco never bothered me. But I never liked the smoke. These photos are older, and not great quality, but in all the photos, Momo has a pipe.

I chose a simple design for the photos. I had a really hard time finding colors due to the discoloration of the photos. White was too stark, so I settled on ivory card stock matte.  The photos still got a bit lost, so I doodled a frame around them. My memories of Momo or happy, so I chose red as the foundation.  I added a small strip of striped paper, as well as some other scraps to balance the patterns. There are some small details around the page; the photo corners, small pieces of washi tape and the paint splatters.  The journaling is hidden under the matter on the right. The piece of washi is the pull tab on the card.

I hope you can created a project based on pipe cleaners.  Come by and join us at Child's Play Challenges, and show us what you did.

Supplies-

PP, rub-on-Fancy pants

CS-Bazzill

Twine-Recollections

Washi-Jenni Bowlin

Mist-Heidi Swapp

buttons-random

photo corners-Queen & Co

Alphas-American Crafts

Scrapbook Generation Quarterly Blog Hop

It's Blog Hop time!  Welcome to the Scrapbook Generation Blog Hop for March.  You should have arrived here from Steffanies's Blog.  If this is your first stop, you might like to go back to the Scrapbook Generation blog and then hop through each link from there.

I chose a sketch from the SG 2 page sketchbook  Volume 5.  I liked the simplicity of the sketch, but the ability to change it up as much or as little as I wanted.

For this page in particular, I liked the strips of paper. For me, they worked well with the photos of my son the day he got his braces.  I chose to use shades of grey in  a variety of geometric patterns. Again, it emphasizes the braces.  It needed some color so I chose to add red and turquoise. They were fun and contrast the grey nicely.  I moved the placement of the title and embellishments around. lastly I added some extra color by matting the LO on turquoise patterned paper.

You can find the SG sketches in their books and as downloads in the SG store, and there is a free one every month in case you wanted to try it out.

Next on the hop is Melissa. Please leave a comment on each blog and one lucky commenter will receive a free sketch bundle of their choice from the store. The winner will be drawn on Monday, March 10th, so you have one week to leave a comment.

In case you get lost at any point, here is the list all the blogs

Scrapbook Generation blog - http://scrapbookgeneration.blogspot.com/

Ruth - http://scrapmachine.com/

Louise- http://madeatnumber27.blogspot.com.au/

Tina Gale - http://tiggersscrapplace.blogspot.com

Steffanie - http://steffanies.blogspot.com/

Devra - http://mycreativeview.blogspot.com/

Melissa - http://www.scrappyjedi.com

Lori - http://savingmine.blogspot.com/

Mandi - http://www.mjskraze.blogspot.com/

Lori S - http://loriannie670.blogspot.com

Cassie - http://allsmilesandsunshine.blogspot.com/

Brenda - http://granddivasscrappyplace.blogspot.com/

Katy - http://www.scrappinkaty.blogspot.com

Stephanie - http://craftyholidaygirl.blogspot.com

Isbaha - http://isbahashome.blogspot.com

Corrina - http://anotherthingoffthelist.blogspot.ca