It's Baseball Season!

We had our first game of the season - all without Zach as he broke his arm two Sundays ago. The was Saturday evening (6:00) against the Lug Nuts. It came down to the final inning when we were losing19 to 15. The boys didn't let us down though- we won 20 to 19 with only 1 out. Nicky had 4 runs and never struck out (although he was tagged out twice - once at second and again at third). I have a scrap book page in the making - more to follow....

Climb

I'm in a Spring Break kind of mood. Two weeks from now we'll be on our annual Spring Break with the kids - this year the destination is the British Virgin Islands. So I had better hurry and finish my scrappin' from last year's trip before I get too overwhelmed. Here's a one-page layout I did this weekend from our trip to Hawaii last year. I used the new CoreColor Cardstock from Coredinations that I bought at Scrapbooks-Plus. I'm usually a patterned paper gal, so starting with (and only using) cardstock was way different for me. But once I started sanding that color off, I really had fun. The only thing I didn't like was the dust. I was worse than glitter in my workspace. But the rough look of the green and black really complimented the photo. I used a few Petaloo Flora Doodles to top the page off. And I used a number of green and black Candy Dots from Pebbles, Inc. These are my new favorite. They give the look of brads with out punching holes (if you misplace one, it's easy to move it!) They come in all colors and I just haven't bought enough yet! I love them!

Hopefully I can finish up these Hawaiian pages in the next few weeks. I've bought some great paper from K&Company to take along for my daily journaling of our Spring Break '09!

Bunny Love March Basic Grey Class

I just finished the design on next month's Basic Grey class. When the Bittersweet line came out, I immediately was reminded of the fabric colors and patterns of a Rabbit block-of-the-month quilt I bought several years ago. So I pulled out the quilt (which is still not finished) and was inspired by a few of the bunnies to do a paper piecing layout. Though not my favorite technique, and not in line with my typical "less symetrical" designs, I think the end result is really cute. I added some Martha Stewart glitter to brighten things up a bit and turned the photo mats on the right page into pockets for journaling or more photos (your choice) to give the page more interest. The class will be the last day of March - Tuesday the 31st from 6:00pm - 8:30pm at Scrapbooks Plus in Chantilly VA. Call the store at (703) 263-9503 to reserve a spot or to order a kit.

The layout below gives you an idea how cute this can be for little girls or for boys. This is my son at about 6 years old with his new chocolate bunny. Enjoy!

January - Baby Its Cold!

I am participating in Basic Grey's "All About Me" class series this year at Scrapbooks Plus taught by Misty. The first class was the last Saturday of January. I really liked the January design, so I scraplifted it to create my first "Photo-of-the-day" layout highlighting January's calendar and all my phots this month. I used some old Basic Grey Blitzen and Dasher papers I had lying around. What fun!

Thankful 2008

I saw a similar page featuring the entire alphabet in little boxes on a page somewhere (in a magazine I think) and decided to create something like it for my own book. 2008 was an awesome year for me and my family, and I wanted to express my gratitude some how. (Before the feeling slipped away and became overwhlemed by whatever 2009 might bring. )

The layout is quite simple actually - the journal boxes all measure 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 and the mats are 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 . Two photos are 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 and the third photo is 2 1/2 x 2. The paper is from Basic Grey's Mellow line.