Birds of a Feather Layout

I had some fun last month creating a layout for a "Telephone" Scraplift game (kinda like the old game "Telephone" game where you whisper the phrase along the line of people and see how it changed along the way---except this time we passed along our layouts for the next person to scraplift). We played on the Scrapping Everyday Miracles Facebook Chit Chat Page and the reveal was a few weeks ago. 

Here's the layout I created using Echo Park's Summer Days paper pack. 

These were fun photos I took of my daughter Ellie and 5 of her best friends for her birthday in October.  

Love these cute girls!

SEM's December Sketch Challenge

This month our Sketch Challenge at Scrapping Everyday Miracles is based on this awesome sketch by Nerrida Mitchell.  The Scrap Twist was to use a Punch!

Here's my take on the sketch:

Supplies:

Gray Cardstock (American Crafts)

Patterned Paper & Stickers (Echo Park)

Border Punch (Fiskars)

Horsin' Around...

And, drum roll please....here's my last layout from my stupendously productive (ha!) scrapping retreat (now 3 weeks ago). 

And yes, another layout made with Echo Park yumminess....love those cute little banners (some of them were stickers and others I made from the coordinating patterned paper). Have I mentioned that I love Echo Park?!:)))

Love that cool old red barn...I played countless hours in that barn as a child. <3

Love You Layout

Another layout to share with you from my scrapping productivity....

This one is of Ellie, my mom and stepdad (aka Mimi & Papa Dan).

Ellie sure adores these two! Fun times!!

Stickers, Orange paper & "Love You" die cut (Echo Park)

Rainbow Chevron ribbon (American Crafts)

Red Ribbon (BoBunny)

*Check back tomorrow for my final layout share from all my "Retreat productivity":))))

Great Catch Layout

Here's another layout I made at my scrapping retreat. I thought I was very productive with the 9-1/2 pages I got made in 2-1/2 days....um hmmm, I'm a really slow scrapper (anyone else that slow?), but hey sometimes it pays off because I was the "BIGGEST LOSER" at the retreat:))))) (meaning I got the least done and won a nice prize pack, but is it sad that I still feel I was very productive??)

This one was a little different for me because it doesn't have any pink on it at all:))) I took all the color cues from the photos...

Love these fun fishing photos (taken at my parent's property near Spokane, WA). The title is kinda ironic because I think all they caught that day was a 3" little fish (which yes, they threw back), but they had a lotta fun!!!

Most supplies from Echo Park except tall tree die cut (which is from My Mind's Eye)

 & Date Stamp (American Crafts "Dear Lizzy")

*Check back tomorrow for another Layout share

Puppy Love...

Here's another layout I created during my retreat a couple weeks ago...the photos are from Summer last year.

This one is all about Ellie and her love of puppies....

More Echo Park Paper and alpha stickers along with some American Crafts Thickers (PUPPY). I Love Echo Park!!

My friend Erica let me use some of her fun washi tape...it matched this layout perfectly!

Family Ties Layout

This month over at Scrapping Everyday Miracles, I got to choose the challenge and I chose something near and dear to me....my family. I would have loved to scrapbook about my extended family but with limited time and limited photos...I chose to scrap our little family instead. 

After my divorce in 1998 (and being close to 30) I wasn't really ever sure I'd be part of a family other than the one I grew up with...and, in all honesty, I never saw myself as having a child. But then God blessed me with an awesome husband and together we decided that we wanted a family...then God again blessed me with our beautiful daughter Ellie (now 7). I thank God for giving me what I wasn't sure I'd ever have...a wonderful little family to call my own.

What family has God blessed you with? 

We'd love for you to share with us over at the SEM blog today.... 

I've titled the challenge "Family Ties" and the Scrap Twist to include this month is Ribbon!

Created with Echo Park Summer Days Paper Pack