School Pictures

I think school pictures are hilarious. My son's 3rd grade picture was no exception. He is not a "smile-on-command" type of guy, so we always get some goofy pictures. I'm not sure what this face is saying, but I think it's cute. We thought about retaking them, but decided, this is who he is. I used my fabulous September Scraptacular kit. The LEO challenge at Willow Traders was to scraplift from a gallery. I chose a LO by Cindy Stevens in the September Scrapbook Sussies gallery. It's called Concentration and is second from the bottom of the page. Thanks for looking.

I'm in love....

with Nuts About Sketches. I created this LO last night using one of the sketches by Shawn. I just love how it turned out. It used the new Cosmo Cricket Boyfriend line, which I got in the September The Scraproom kit.

This isn't camping....

But I still used the Bella Blvd Camped Out line for this LO. I think these papers are very pretty. This goes in my vacation album and I didn't feel the need for a title. The sketch is from Nuts About Sketches. And I used this tutorial by Barb to not waste all my brown cardstock: http://supermamascraps.blogspot.com/2009/08/please-tell-me-that-someone.html. This LO uses the Fiskars Threading Water punch to meet the "use an edge" requirement for the next LEO challenge at Willow Traders. Thanks for stopping by!

Thank Goodness for Short Weeks!

Work has been absolutely insane this week. Thank goodness it's a short week due to the holiday. Just when I thought I couldn't take anymore, Friday arrived. It's a quiet day at work today, so I thought I would take some downtime to do a blog post. Just in time for the Willow Traders Blog Hop. I created a very quick LO last night for the LEO challenge. This time we were to pick a sketch from the May page on Nuts About Sketches. Shawn's sketches are great. You can see them here: http://nutsaboutsketches.blogspot.com/2009_05_01_archive.html . I chose Week #56. Here is my quickie version of this. Life has been super busy and I didn't have much time to scrap, so I whipped this out very quickly. Thanks for looking.

Basic Grey!

I can't help myself! I love it. I am currently in love with the Junebug collection. I got the Sept kit from Scrapbook Deals 4 U and it's beautiful. And then I had to purchase the coordinating Woolies because I just could not resist! The current LEO challenge at Willow Traders is to use old photos. Well, hello, I had been doing that already this weekend but of course those were done prior to the challenge being posted. So I dug out these pics of my oldest son, Ethan, from October 2001. Shhh...don't tell him the title, he would not be pleased!

I love scrapping old photos.

I must be feeling nostalgic this weekend. First I scrapped the old photo of my grandmother and me. While I was digging for that photo on Friday night, I found pictures of my dad and I at the beach with my Great-Aunt Mildred. My dad passed away suddenly a few years ago and I miss him terribly. So after I got done crying, I decided I had to scrap those photos and I had the perfect paper from a Zany Zinnia kit. The flowers on this LO were from my stash, but the rest is from the kit. This is my new favorite LO. I based it on a sketch from 52 Sketches...52 Weeks.
My mom just informed me that the year was 1981 (I was 3) so I need to finish up the journaling. She also told me that I made her put my hair up in a bun to match Aunt Mildred's, so I think I will fix the journaling to include that.

And then I needed to complete a LO for Challenge #3 of the Willow Traders LEO challenge. This time the challenge was to use a recycled item on a LO. I used to have a bunch of tags from clothes and stuff stashed away, but in an effort to declutter, I threw them away (gasp!!!) So I wasn't sure what to use. But then I remembered Lisa's (LisaNroxy) LO for challenge #2. She used cardboard as a mat for a picture of her sweet little pug. And inspiration struck! So I tore apart a kit box and then spritzed the cardboard with gold Maya Mist. This is my family during our summer vacation to Lake Geneva. This is totally us. Ice cream on the little guy's face, husband holding an ice cream cone, goofy faces. I used an old A Kiss on the Chic kit for this LO. I have also been inspired by Lisa and other's fabulous clustering skills, so I have been trying to improve at that.

Thanks for looking!

Scraplift Queen

I am the Queen of Scraplift! And I am not ashamed to say it. There are so many beautiful LOs by so many talented ladies that I just get so inspired. I can't help myself. I am not nearly as creative as some people, and the lifting really gets the mojo flowing. So last night I came home from eating too many greasy appetizers and drinking a big old Perfect Margarita. I needed to complete the second LEO challenge at Willow Traders. I had absolutely no creative powers, so I went for a direct scraplift. I found this picture I love of my paternal grandmother and I together. I think it may be the last picture taken of us together before she passed. And the challenge was to use a specific color palette. So I copied the choice a few others had made (and made my life simpler) and chose Crate Paper Lillian. Then I went to the June TSR Member's Gallery and found a LO by rgeile and directly lifted it. So without further ado, here is my totally lifted LO!

And hello to all the Willow Traders blog hoppers!