Sketches 4 You August Card

I bought this beautiful new paper by Paper Loft at CKC Valley Forge the stamp is by Close to my Heart. I am starting my pile of holiday cards for Operation Write Home and this card sketch challenge at Sketches 4 You is perfect! Sketch is by Cherie Averill

No scrappin' this week :(

I'm on vacation with my husband this week, so no scrappin' for me :(
Oh well, time with him is important too!
Thanks for checking in on me!

Happy Day

Quinn swinging at Uncle Paul and Aunt Cathy's on July 4th.
Sketch challenge at Design Dollies.
All product is Echo Park "A Walk in the Park"

Pansy picture and punch!

Robin gave me the Martha Stewart Pansy punch set.
There are two punches, one that does the straight edge and one that does the corners.
They line up beautifully.
I took a picture of a pansy in my yard and made this little picture to hang in my room.

Happy July

The Gordon's annual picnic 
to celebrate Juliana and Zachary's birthdays 
and the 4th of July.

This sketch is by Lucy Chesna.
Challenge at My Sketch World to use this sketch and make a Red, White, and Blue layout.

Paper is Close To My Heart and Basic Grey.
"JULY" circle stickers and flags are Jenni Bowlin.
Letters and numbers are Basic Grey.
Chipboard Stars are Lil' Davis Designs.
Pearls are Recollections.

 You can click on the image to enlarge it and zoom in.

New Cousin

Quinn was not too sure what she was supposed to think of her new cousin when Jacob arrived. The pictures were so adorable, I just had to scrap them.

Liz at The Scrappiest had the perfect sketch this week.

All paper is Crate Paper from the Sweet Branch Collection. Letters are from the Fancy Pants Father & Son line. Circle is hand stitched with DMC embroidery floss.

Pictures were taken on May 7th. Jacob was 3 days old and had just come home from the hospital.

You can click on the picture to enlarge it and zoom in.

Jacob

Here is beautiful Jacob on his one month birthday.

Sketch and color challenge at Page Maps.
All paper is from the sweet "Baby Bee Paper Kit" by Crate Paper.
Felt ribbon is Making Memories.
Yellow Gingham ribbon is Offray.
Brads are Basic Grey.
Letters are American Crafts Thickers.
Distress Ink is Tim Holtz.

She Like Beans!

The challenge this week at The Inspired Crafter is a scraplift
and the prompt this week at Scrap That Baby is "good eats".

Here is Quinn enjoying green beans!

Paper is Little Yellow Bicycle "Fresh Print Clothesline", American Crafts "Dear Lizzy", and Making Memories "Spring Fling" - cool how they all match!

You can click on the layout to enlarge it and zoom in.

This is the inspiration piece for the scraplift. It is by Kathy Martin.
I turned the layout to the right to accommodate my pictures.

Baby Love

This is Jacob with his two living Great Grandmothers.
Robin's maternal grandmother (my mom) and Bryan's paternal grandmother.

The sketch is by Liz Qualman and I am the featured artist on her blog today:
"My Little Sketch Blook"

If you click on the layout, you can view it close up and zoom in on it.

 

The base paper is My Minds Eye Notebook Doodles.
The rest of the papers and the elements are Basic Grey from the Urban Prairie line. Here are some close ups:

Daddy's Hands

Sketch by Kristy Dalman for Design Dollies.    Paper is BoBunny; Journal spot is My Mind's Eye; Paint is Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist; Screen is Chatterbox; Pearls are Recollections; Ribbon is Offray.                Precious picture is of Jacob by Bella Baby Photography

Wanna Play?

This layout is about the tennis ball being Lizzie's favorite toy!

I am entering it in a contest at These are a few of my favorite things.
This week's contest is "favorite toys".
I used a Page Maps sketch posted for a challenge on The Inspired Scrapper.
Patterned Paper is My Minds Eye; Journal Block is Creative Imaginations; Ribbon is Offray; Brads are Paper Wishes; Brown cardstock is Die Cuts With a View; Letters are Sizzlits "Monkey Tails" and "Naturally Serif" I took this picture of Lizzie today!

I Am His MomMom

Baby Jacob at 4 1/2 weeks
Paper: Bazzil Double Dot, BoBunny Ocean Dot, Bella Blvd "Estate Sale"
Letters: Basic Grey Chip Stickers, Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type
Sketch: Kristine Davidson for Scrapbook Deals 4u

Sweet Sleepy Boy

Brand new baby Jacob David Snyder
Paper: Fancy Pants Designs
Sketch: Julie Bonner for The Scrap Room
Picture: Bella Baby Photography

Adah and Juju

Paper: My Minds Eye
Sketch: Sketch Inspirations
Pictures: Adah 3 1/2  years old, June 2010

Explore (Quinn in the grass)

Patterned Paper: My Minds Eye
Sketch: Sketch Inspirations
Picture: Quinn May 5, 2010

Quinn's Silly Faces

Look at my sweet, silly Quinn! Pictures taken June 8, 2010 @ almost 7 months old!
Paper and letters are Basic Grey "Bittersweet",  Journal card and transparency are Fancy Pants Designs.
Sketch is by Diana for Sketchy Thursdays.

Adah picking strawberries

My niece Jocelyn posted these pictures of her sweet daughter Adah picking strawberries, I couldn't resist! The second I saw this awesome Julie Bonner sketch posted as the June challenge at Magpie Club, I knew these were the perfect pictures to use! I purchased a kit from Trisha at Sketch Inspirations, and it was full of yummy goodness and perfect for this layout. The patterned paper is My Minds Eye, cardstock is DCWV, letter stickers are Doodlebug Designs, gemstones are Paper Studio, Floss is DMC. You can click on the picture to enlarge it and zoom in.

6/26 UPDATE - I WON the Mary Engelbreit Challenge

At the Paper Poppy blog they have a challenge to use artwork by Mary Engelbreit as inspiration for a layout. ME has long been one of my favorite artists and whenever I think of her work I immediately think of fire engine red and bright lemon yellow. Ages ago, when I picked up this Basic Grey "June Bug" paper (the red floral) it reminded me of ME, so when I saw this challenge, I knew exactly what paper I was going to use! The yellow dot paper is Jillibean Soup "Soup Staples". The swirl rub-on is Pink Paislee and the ribbon is Offray.

I used this ME piece as my color and sketch inspiration. The quote is one ME uses also.

(sorry for the poor quality, the picture is off the internet). :

Love my Crocs!

Julie over at "These are a few of my Favorite Things" is having a fave shoes challenge so, of course, I had to scrap about my crocs! She is giving away an amazing 28 prizes this week - so, get your scrappy butt movin'! I know you have fave shoes that you've been wanting to scrap about and here's your scrapportunity!

I used Sketch #68 by Liz at "The Scrappiest". If you haven't yet checked out Liz's blog, then click my link and head over there. She puts up a new sketch every week and has an awesome design team for inspiration.

So Happy Together

The Kilborn family, April 2010. All product is Basic Grey.
Creative Scrappers sketch #107 by Aphra Bolyer.
Color Combos Galore #145. Click on photos to enlarge.

Four Generations (Paper Poppy sketch challenge)

Sketch Challenge at Paper Poppy, Sketch is by Aphra Bolyer. Base paper and butterfly cut outs are Prima "Flights of Fancy". Additional papers are K&Co., Core-dinations, DCWV. Doily is Hambly Screen Prints. Pink pearls are Prima, Brown pearls are Recollections. Ribbon is Michael's. Rub-ons are DejaViews. Journaling is printed and then heat embossed using Stampin' Up embossing powder. Also used: Cuttlebug embossing folder, EK Success border punch, Tim Holtz Distress Ink.

Great Gran'mom Gordon and Jacob

This sweet picture of my mom and my grandson was take on Mother's Day this year. Jacob was only 5 days old!

I used Fancy Pants Little Sprout paper and the Sketchy Thursday's sketch for this week.

I am trying to show the glittery outlining I did and the butterflies and pearls I added.

Jump for Joy!

Look at Adah in these pics, isn't she adorable! What a fun and happy girl!

I am entering this layout in a contest at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot. The challenge is to use a color palette of: "Aquas, Pinks, Turquoise, Raspberries, and Swimming Pool Blue, with a big scoop of Vanilla" and of course, to use the Cuttlebug.

The background cardstock is by American Crafts and the Patterned Papers are Making Memories "Spring Fling". I used two Cuttlebug dies "Floral Borders" and "Woman Sign". The tag is by 7Gypsies and the butterfly punches are by Martha Stewart. I also used pearls by KaiserCraft and Recollections; and Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist "pink bubblegum" and "waterslide"
The sketch is #126 from Sketch Inspiration.