Happy Mother's Day

Well...a day in advance.  I don't think I'll have time to wish all my scrappy friends Happy Mother's Day tomorrow!

I hope you all have a great day!

Strign Art Frame

Hey all...Check out this layout.  I'm really loving it.  I was inspired by challenge #1 of Big Picture Studios crop last weekend.  Well, challenge #1, #4, and something I pinned on pinterest.

Let me explain.  Challenge #1 was about using a bunch of something to frame a photo.  Like brads, flowers, bling, etc.  I have done something like that before, so I was sort of struggling with this challenge.  Then challenge #4 came up and it was all about twine.  I think the artist had 10 different ways you could use twine.  I also had recently pinned a bunch of cool string art on pinterest.  It all came together...a string art frame with twine...Oh yeah!  I love the way it turned out!

Family photo

I posted this photo in an Easter post...now it is scrapped.  I was inspired by this post on sketch support.  It's a card sketch.  But look further down, and Sue Althouse created a 12x12 layout from it!  Brilliant.  I thought it would be perfect for a family photo.  So vioala...

It's the First

Which means new challenges at Scrap 'N Chat!!!  Oh yeah!

Anyway...I picked up the OLW challenge this month.  That is One Little Word.  A word that hopefully will spark your creative juices.  Our dear friend Tania is taking some time off to recover from her family emergency.  I decided I'd keep the challenge rolling this month with the word "Memory" in honor of making sure we get those cherished memories down.

When I choose that word, this memory of my mom came to mind.  I just loved the seeing the joy and happiness on her face when we were finally able to connect with Jim via skype on her birthday.  I didn't actually catch that moment on film.  But I had a couple of photos from the day that would fit the story I wanted to tell.

So...jump over to Scrap 'N Chat and check the OLW challenge and others that are being posted today.

 

Tag, you're it!

Yep, thats right...I said tag!  Every month at Scrap 'N Chat we do a scrapbooking tag, sort of like telephone tag.  The first person lifts a layout which is then sent to the second person who lifts that one and so on.

I started out in April.  I've been dying to post this one.  The original layout used a gingham background with a big circle of flowers and journalling at the top left corner and lower right.  So I came up with this.

I started with the checked background paper and added cardstock to it.  Then threw on a big circle.  The original had soo many flowers that I had to add a couple.  And viola...a layout about my daughters 3rd grade favorites (I do one every year)

 

Got some projects done!

Oh yeah!  I don't get much time to scrap these days so it takes forever to get a project done.  So I'm relying on inspiration from the web.  The first is a card I sent to an online friend who unexpectedly lost her husband.  I cannot even imagine getting the phone call she got.  Still thinking of you my friend.  I hope all is well.

The next project is for the SNC Weekend Blitz over at Scrap 'N Chat.  I finally actually got a challenge done in one weekend!  I'm soo excited.  The challenge was to use a sketch and a painting technique that was shared.  I also decided to do the card stock only challenge.  Viola...I got 6 cheer photos scrapped...Oh yeah!  And, btw...there should be a button with twine (like the one near the title) on the top star.  It had fallen off when I went to take the photo.

Another Mom Layout

Which took forever!  I think I started this one the week before Easter for Scrap 'N Chat's weekend blitz of 3-30

This is the first layout about the things mom loved.  I don't think I'm going to journal on this one.  She loved flowers, all flowers really.  But orchids and roses were her favorites.

I struggled a bit with the title.  Should I have used Loved or Loves.  I obviously picked Loved.

Mom Loved Orchids