Page Maps Sketch Contest

Hi everyone. I decided to try my hand at the Cocoa Daisy sketch contest on the Page Maps blog. I adore this sketch:

 

Here's my take on it: 

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Some Layouts and a Yippee Skippee Kinda Day!

Here's a layout I completed for the random challenge at Scrappin' Peeps. We were supposed to use our scraps, and goodness knows I have plenty of those laying around!

The weather is still driving me nuts. It has been rainy and dreary and whatnot for so long now. I am over it! It is so hard to get a good picture of a layout when the sky is so dreary. Anyway, here's another page I did. This one was just for fun. I took this picture during a brief (ahem, very brief) moment of sunshine yesterday.

And might I also just say..... YAY ME! Go here to read about the news that made my day:

http://prettylittlestudio.com/blog/?p=13090

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New Layouts

Just wanted to share a few layouts...

This first one is for a challenge over at Scrap Our Stash. I was on the design team there for a while and enjoyed all the challenges. This challenge was to create a layout with a "guy" picture and use at least 5 brads. I admit, I struggled with the brads. I had to dig WAY down into my stash to find any. I'm glad I did, though. They added a cute touch to this layout.

 

The weather was not cooperating with me today so I couldn't get a great picture. I'm hoping I can retake it tomorrow and do better. I'll replace this one if I do. 

This next one if for a the June Title Challenge at Scrappin' Peeps. I am so proud of this layout. It is one of my favorites in a long time. I just love that picture of my little guy! 

The last one is for a challenge at Colorful Creations. 

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I Stink at Blogging....

but in my defense, I've had a lot of internet issues lately. And I was abducted by aliens... and I had to go to Timbuktu for a family emergency... and my computer exploded, etc. Anywho... here are a couple of layouts:

 

This page was created for a challenge over at Colorful Creations.  I just stumbled upon this site the other day and excited to have found it. They seem to have tons of challenges and everyone is super friendly. 

This page was created for case file # 62 at CSI. I always love the challenges there and ADORED the color scheme in this file. I never would have put those colors together on my own, but I'm glad they motivated me to do it. I loved the result!

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Slump City

So I'm going to admit that I've been  in a slump for a while. Everything I worked on just seemed to turn out kind of "blah" to me. I think I've managed to get back on track but I suppose that remains to be seen....

This first layout is a "just because" layout. I guess it's a "just because every challenge/sketch I looked at wasn't working for me so I decided to strike out on my own" kinda layout. Anyway,  here it is (and I'm tickled with it!):

It's one of my favorite pictures I ever took of my little boy. I think I may have scrapped it before, eons ago, actually. The little tag-like-thingies are paint samples. They've been laying on my scrap table since summer, just begging to be used. I did some stitching with my handy-dandy new sewing machine that I bought myself for Christmas. I'm learning to use it but I think it's safe to say I'm no seamstress. lol.

This next layout is for Ashley Horton's January Sketch It Out over at Club CK. I always love her sketches and always worry that I took too much liberty with them. Here's the sketch:


And here's my page:

I wound up loving this layout, too. Thanks for the wonderful sketch, Ashley!

Here's another just because layout. I struggled with this one and I'm still not sure I'm diggin' it, but I'm sick of fooling with it so I guess I'll learn to live with it:

I swear, my little guy has the bluest eyes in the world. The journaling reads: "I have a feeling that a pretty little girl is going to lose her heart to those blue eyes someday."

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CSI and Scrapfit Layouts

Just a couple of quick layouts to share. This first one is for the banner challenge at Scrapfit:

I had so much fun experimenting with paint for this one! Sorry for the crummy photo. The weather is not cooperating. I used two textures in my banner, fabric and paper.

This next one was for CSI a week or so ago. I'm just late in posting it. Bad scrapper lady! It was also for Ashley Horton's November Sketch it Out Challenge at Club CK. Loved the sketch!

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Busy Busy Busy, the Sequal

Life never seems to slow down now a days. Sheesh! I have been running full speed for quite some time. I will go ahead and admit that I have been indulging my other hobby/obsession a bit lately, too. Here's a crochet piece I just finished:

It's an autumn shawl. It's also Tennessee orange. Maybe I'll wrap up in it and cry when they lose again tonight. Ha! My aunt taught me how to crochet years ago and I recently picked it back up. I think I'm "hooked" again. :) 

I did manage to squeeze in two pages this past week. The first one is for this week's CSI challenge:

I adored the color scheme this week. The next one is for Ashley Horton's Sketch it Out challenge for October:

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