My Little Angel

I simply adore this photo of Lauren. She was about 9 months old and so sweet. The whole angel theme cracks me up since her bottom lip is split from where she fell! She was just starting to stand and move around objects and lost her balance the day before these were taken. I thought about rescheduling the photos but decided that this showed Lauren at this age! Sometimes split lips happen! It kind of adds to the charm of the photo!!

I used the sketch from Sketchy Thursdays this week and took on Fern's challenge of doing a girly layout this week at Frosted Designs!

Scrapping for fun!

 Thursday was a great day for me... I finally had time to do some scrapping that was just for fun! I didn't have any deadlines to meet for design teams so I picked a few challenge blogs and decided to play along!

This first LO is of my sweet little girl 2 years ago at her cheer camp. She was so cute doing her little cheer!

I used the sketch from Sketchabilities #38...

This also works for Scrapfit because they want us to use our scraps! Boy did I use scraps on this one! The papers are from 2 different stacks that I have had for ages!!

And because Frosted Design's challenge this week is to use 3 or more photos, I was able to use this for that challenge too! (It was my week off but I decided to do a LO anyway!!)

This next LO is from the cruise we took last April Greg (my hubby) and Matt (my son) were going through this play fight stage soooo... what else was I to do but to scrap it!!  heehee!

I had a lot of fun distressing, stapling, inking and misting all the pieces on this LO!

This LO was made using the Sketchy Thursdays sketch...

We thought when we moved to Texas we would escape the winter weather... but we were wrong! We got dumped on with snow on Sunday! When we went into church it was doing a sleeting rain thing but when we came out, there was already 2-3 inches of snow on the ground! Here are a few pictures of our day....

 This is our backyard... my poor, poor palm trees!!

 This is Lauren with two of her buddies that live on our street!

I can't wait to scrap this picture of Lauren! She was having so much fun!

Greg and I had to get a picture in the snow!

My son needed to clean his truck off!

These are all the neighborhood ladies that were brave enough to get out and play with the kids!

We had so much fun! Now it can all melt and get up to 60 degrees again!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Barb  :)

New Challenge Blog and a LO!

I am soooo excited to tell you about a new challenge blog that is starting!!!!!!!!! Yay for new challenges!!! Our lovely friend Kim (Memories in Thyme) has started a new sketch blog!!!!! And guess what she named it........ are you ready for this?!!! It is called Sketches in Thyme!!!!! And.... to make it even more exciting (at least to me!) is that Kim has asked me to be part of her design team!!!!!!! I absolutely love to scrap using sketches and Kim has picked out some wonderful sketches for us to get started with!!

The premise of this blog is to post a sketch found about the land of blog, give credit to the person/blog where it was discovered, and challenge you to get scrapping.  We will be a bi-weekly challenge and may occasionally have prizes. We will have a top 3 each challenge and a winner that will be chosen by random.org.

So..... be sure to hop on over to Sketches in Thyme and check it out! Each day Kim will be introducing a new member of her design team each day and you won't want to miss it!! There are a lot of familiar faces and a whole lot of talent (which makes you wonder why she picked me!!!) LOL!!! I know this is a busy time of year, but we would love to have all of you play along with us!!!!

Now... on to my LO! As I was wandering through blogland this week, I happened upon the Sketchy Thursdays sketch and I just couldn't resist!! It is a 2 pager!!! WOW!! And I liked it so much, I really didn't change much on it! These pictures were taken when my parents took me, my sister and our kids for a little weekend get away to Dollywood!!! (Sorry about the glare on Brayden's picture!!) Lauren, Brayden and Emmy had a blast and I have so many fun photos! It's hard to believe this trip was 2 years ago!!! I am always so behind on my scrapping!!!

The papers are My Minds Eye Simply Delightful. Flowers are Prima, Making Memories, and Heidi Snapp. The large flowers were white that I sprayed with yellow and pink glimmer mist! The other embellishment came from a Making Memories pack. I personally like the silver wings on Lauren's back!! (Even though she told me that it looks silly!!!)

Thanks for stopping by and visiting!! I love to hear all your very kind comments!! Be sure to stop over at Sketches in Thyme to check it out!! If you like what you see, grab a badge and help us spread the word!!

Barb  :)

You Are So Beautiful To Me

I spent the morning Saturday at a local park cleaning up as part of my daughter's Kid's Give Back group. We had so much fun (yes... picking up trash can be fun!!) working together!! After we were done picking up trash, some of the group took some time at the park to relax and enjoy ourselves!! I took this picture of Lauren on the slide.... I just love her precious smile!!

Well, this weekend, my good friend Sheila (aka She's A Sassy Lady) posted a challenge on her blog and the prize is so great.... everyone will want to play along. Here's what you need to do.... create a card, layout or project that reflects summer!! How easy is that?!! The ONLY requirement is that you include something from your Cricut!! What are you playing for you ask?!! Well..... you are playing for a Cricut cartridge...LOVESTRUCK!!!! That's right!! You could win!! But you better hurry.... you only have until Tuesday to get your project completed and posted!! Sheila and her team would LOVE to see what you create!!! Click HERE and check it out!!

I am also going to put this into a couple of challenges!! This week Stuck On U Sketches is mixing things up.... no sketch, just an item..... which is BUTTONS!! I know I only have a single button on this, but, I am going to submit it anyway!! I think the flower that the button is on is adorable!!

And... the sketch I used is from Sketchy Thursdays! As soon as I saw this sketch, I knew it was one I wanted to use!! It just screams summer.... perfect for the She's A Sassy Lady challenge!!

I used:

Paper: We R Memory Keepers Rainbow pack

Cricut: Forever Young

Martha Stewart Punch
Misc. Ribbon and button

Now.... get busy and create something that has to do with summer... don't forget to link it up by Tuesday to She's A Sassy Lady for your change to win the Lovestruck cartridge!! Thanks for stopping by and I hope everyone has a fabulous week!!

Barb :)

All you need is love!

*This is my second post of the day.... I know! Can you believe it!?! I never get 2 done in a single day!!

Have to tell you... when I saw that title... had to use it for this pix!! I was trying so hard to get a nice picture of Matt and Lauren when we were in San Juan and they just wouldn't cooperate!!! Here we are... beautiful location, gorgeous day... and there they are... pushing and shoving!!! I couldn't get them to stop!! So... this was the best I could get... but truly, this is probaby the most accurate picture of them and their relationship right now!! The sketch is from Sketchy Thursdays!! The papers are from We R Memory Keepers. Flower are Prima!  Thanks for taking a look!

Barb :)

Catch a Wave

Okay... here's the deal... Sketchy Thursdays had this really great sketch and I thought it would be fun to use it for a LO... but funny thing.... my LO looks nothing like the sketch!! How does that happen?! I guess once I had my papers picked (which I really liked and wanted to use) the sketch kind of needed to be rearranged to fit with my pictures and papers!! LOL!! So.... here is the sketch....

And here is my LO....

Seriously... you would never know that I started with the sketch... Oh well, the good news is that I really like the way it turned out!! :) And we all know that is all that really matters!! LOL!!

These are some more pictures of my son surfing in Maui.... I seriously never thought we were going to get him to come back home with us.... he LOVED it!! You may remember the other LO I did of him surfing ... Surf's Up... and I think this goes really well with it without looking too planned.... after all, he is 17, we wouldn't want his LOs to look planned!!  :)  You can find the other LO by clicking HERE! 

Supplies used:

Papers: DCWV - Fun In The Sun

Cricut: Sentimentals (Waves) and Graphically speaking

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog and looking! Your comments mean so much!! Barb :)