Celebrating 12 years

This picture was actually taken last year.  This coming August will be lucky year thirteen for us as a married couple! Yay! We have been together for 19 years, I always feel I need to mention that fact ;)

Thank you to the Challenge YOUrself  blog for inspiring me to get this picture off of my phone and onto a layout. The challenge is about YOU and the male(s) in your life. You have until July 4th to participate too if you feel like it!

I used sketch #397 from Scrapbook Challenges to make this. I'm not usually a fan of large triangles like this, but I really like how it turned out! Challenge closes on June 30.

Papers and most embellishments are from the Daydreamer line from American Crafts - Dear Lizzy. I won this collection from Scrapbook Circle and I love it! Thanks for dropping by! ♥

S.W.A.T. Drill #26 - Love

 
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Good morning everyone! I'm here today to share my take on S.W.A.T.'s drill #26. The theme? LOVE, of course!

I took this picture of Kira and me before I had a front facing camera on my phone. Basically, I was shooting blind. This was the best shot of both of us. Kira always complains that her face is cut in half, but I just love this picture. We look so happy!!

I'm so glad my friend Erin and I bought this Crate Paper paper pack to split. It's absolutely gorgeous! And that chipboard polaroid frame from Creative Embellishments is great, I love the size of it.

Supplies:
Papers: Crate Paper (Love Notes)
Chipboard frame: Creative Embellishments
Flair: Paper Bakery
Washi: Bella Blvd and unknown
Circle die-cuts: Elle's Studio and Chic tags
Circle embellishments: Making Memories (I know, right?!?!)
Chipboard heart: American Crafts
Letters: American Crafts and October Afternoon

Life is not a race. Take it slower. Hear the music before the song is over.♥

Practical Scrappers Blog Hop - Scrapping our Stash

This month at Practical Scrappers, we are focusing on scrapping our Valentine's stash, or at least stash that has to do with love.  I decided to focus on love-themed embellishments.  

I used these awesome chipboard letters from American Crafts that have cute little hearts on them. The chipboard hearts are from them as well. The circle embellishments are from Chic Tags. See bottom of post for full list of supplies.

 We are thrilled to have Kiwi Lane Designs sponsoring this month!  

Kiwi Lane Designs creates templates that help take the frustration out of scrapbooking!  And one lucky winner today will get a border set and an accessory set from Kiwi Lane.  We are big fans of Kiwi Lane Designs and in fact have several members of our design team who either currently or in the past have been a part of their design team!  Details on how you can win this prize can be found on the Practical Scrappers blog!

  We recognize that this is a huge list for the blog hop and would love for you to visit as many as you can...but we are not making that mandatory to qualify for the prize here.  That said, many of the designers are offering prizes of their own so I do recommend seeing what you can get in on :).

Practical Scrappers Blog Hop List

Practical Scrappers

Krissy Clark

Christine Meyer Kim Ryden Patty Selah Charity Hotrum

Lissa Mitchell Jennifer Haggerty Alison Day

Bobbi Smith

Michelle Johns
Kerri Yarus

Cathy Harper

Nicole Laha
Lanette Erickson

Majken Pullin

Erin Morehouse

Lisa Peeples
YOU ARE HERE>>>>>>>>>>Claude Campeau
NOW GO HERE>>>>>>>>>>>Wendy Coffman
Lee-Anne Thornton

Supplies:

Papers: My Mind's Eye (Kraft Funday and Miss Caroline); Echo Park

Enamel dots: My Mind's Eye

Word stickers: My Mind's Eye

Burlap button: Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker 

Ribbon: Green Tara

Stamp: Autumn Leaves 

Letters: American Crafts and Basic Grey

 

Fulfilled

This past Fall, I did an impromptu photo shoot with the kids. Sean and Kira had just come back from school, Zoey was happy, and it was warm enough outside. Sometimes, that's all you can ask for!

I took the picture of all 3 kids; Sean took the one of the girls, and Kira took the one of Sean & Zoey. Pretty good, right?

I am entering this in the following challenge: Fill 'Er Up from Paper Issues. Thanks for the inspiration.

Supplies:
Patterned paper: American Crafts (background) and My Mind's Eye (Adorbs)
Chipboard: American Crafts
Letters: American Crafts
Washi tape: unknown
Acetate clouds: My Little Shoebox
Dylusions mist
Distress stain
Life is not a race. Take it slower. Hear the music before the song is over.♥

Practical Scrappers February Sketch Reveal

Recently, I've been working a lot with sketches. They got me out of my funk and I started scrapbooking more and more. Sketches are a great starting point to give you some mojo. Then just add your own twist and you're good to go!

This month at Practical Scrappers, we have this wonderful sketch by Christine Meyer to get you going.

And here's my take on it:

I took this picture via Instagram in the Summer after Zoey came out of the pool. I sat on the deck, wrapped her in a towel and kept her warm in my arms.  I've made a huge effort to be in more pictures with my kids. When I'm gone, I'm sure they'll be happy to have pictures of me no matter how bad I might think I look.

As you can see, I embraced the heart theme. I used a large stencil and some Dylusions for the large heart and created 3D paper hearts.

As for this Bella Blvd collection? I love every single piece of it! It's full of happy!! So fun to work with.

Make sure you check out what else the DT has come up with, and don't forget to share your own layouts with us!

Supplies:
Papers, stickers, letters: Bella Blvd (Snapshots)
Frame: Jillibean Soup
Dylusions spray


Life is not a race. Take it slower. Hear the music before the song is over.♥

Practical Scrappers - Colour Challenge

I don't know about where you live, but over here the temperature is minus-oh-my-goodness-I'm-staying-inside. I think my brain froze from my craft room because I totally misread this challenge from Practical Scrappers. You see, I saw it was a colour challenge and didn't bother to read any further. We were supposed to make a card; I made a layout. Typical of me.  But Kristine told me to post it anyway because she is awesome!

First of, let me show you the colour combo that inspired it all, courtesy of Design Seeds:

Pretty, right? Now here's my layout. Notice the pink on a boy's page. Love it!

Looking back over the past few years, I'd say using two similar 3x4 pictures on one layout has kind of become a trademark for me. I love the look of it. However, I think the awesome Creative Embellishments chipboard (#boys) might make people think these are pictures of twins rather than just 2 of the same adorable little boy (these pics are from January 2013, btw). But I don't care. I love it!

Life is not a race. Take it slower. Hear the music before the song is over.♥

S.W.A.T. Design Team Blog Hop (and a challenge for you!)

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Welcome to the first

S.W.A.T Design Team Blog Hop

Today S.W.A.T is welcoming the new team with a Blog Hop and a Challenge! I am thrilled to have been asked to join this great group of ladies! They have been incredibly welcoming and trust me: the challenges coming over the next few months are wonderful!  Here is just a peek of what the Design Team has in store for you today!

Becci

Michelle

On to the Challenge!

As you can see, we are celebrating the 4th of July, so everywhere you look you will find Red, White & Blue! We thought we would give you a Color Combination Challenge.  So here is your palette, let's see what you do!

Create something using the colours Red, White & Blue and link it up on the S.W.A.T blog (on the right-hand side) for a chance to win this pretty Pink Paislee Kit. All entries must be received by July 28th 11:59PM EST.

Here is my project. Being Canadian I don't celebrate the 4th of July, but that didn't stop me from taking on the Red, White and Blue challenge! This is a photo of my husband and myself back in 2008 during our trip to Cuba. I put off scrapbooking this picture for years, but now I'm glad that it's done!

As you make your way along our hop you will find lots of Red, White & Blue inspiration to help inspire you for our challenge. But that's not all you will find...
On each S.W.A.T. Girl's Blog you will find a Clue Word. These words will be in bold print or in a picture, no worries they will make it clear what their word is.

Once you have gathered all the words you will have our Blog Hop Quote!

Which is great news because that's all you need to be entered to win a Webster's Warehouse Box! 

My word is UP

Just send us the full quote and your name  to: swatscrappygirl@gmail  and let us know you did in the Rafflecopter below :)

The winner of the hop will be randomly selected and will win a huge Webster's Warehouse Box (which is now sold out!)  packed full of beautiful fun from Webster's Pages!

****Exact embellishments may vary, picture for representation only.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Now remember the Fine Print!

1. You MUST be a follower of each S.W.A.T Girl’s blog and leave a comment on each blog and;
2. You MUST also be a follower of the S.W.A.T blog.
3. You must email your quote answer to: swatscrappygirl@gmail by Monday July 1st at 11:59PM EST

It’s finally time to announce our new Team!  

Here is our New Team & Blog Hop Order

Alison

Becci

Bev

Claude YOU ARE HERE

NOW GO HERE Deborah 

Doris

Lisa

Michele

Nicole

Nicolle

Venetia  

Lanette 

Please make sure you visit the entire team today as some members are hosting additional blog challenges during the hop and offering their own extra goodies for you.

Thank you so much for hopping along with us, I hope you have fun! Remember that you have until Monday July 1st at 11:59PM EST to send your answer to: swatscrappygirl@gmail.com

Love X3

Here's a picture of my sweet kids, when Zoey was only a few of weeks old.  I've had these Echo Park papers in my stash for quite a while and I think they look great here.

I love these resist shapes from Pink Paislee, used them with Distress Stain.  Easy-peasy!

Echo Park papers
Bazzill cardstock
Pink Paislee chipboard shapes
American Crafts letters and heart chipboard
Rangers Distress Stain
Washi tape
Fabric Tape

Life is not a race. Take it slower. Hear the music before the song is over.♥