No Place I'd Rather Be

Hello my Scrappy Friends!  I hope everyone has recovered from daylight savings time!  Here at home, we all seem to be doing ok which I am quite thankful for!

Since we have off this week from school, teacher's conventions, I got my scrap on...even with several kids playing in the house all day!

Lets Get Sketchy has a fantastic sketch for the beginning of the month that peeked my interest so I went hunting for photos and papers!

 

I turned the the photos and moved the banners but I think it's pretty clear where I got my inspiration!  

I used the Gypsy Font from Cricut for the title, patterned paper from Scenic Route and clock stencil from The Crafter's Workshop 12x12 sheet.  Perfect for my son's hours of sitting writing stories!

Thanks for visiting~

Jennifer

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

Good morning my scrappy friends!  Hope you had a great weekend.  Chilly here in NJ but I love it!  My kids, not so much!  They weren't happy that I had the windows open before they went to school but it's so invigorating, this fresh cold air!

Yesterday in between a boy scout event, cooking dinner and laundry, I found some time to make a LO of my son.  I don't love this LO but  they all can't be masterpieces, now can they?  I'm sure I'll tweek it a little bit this afternoon once I get home from work.  But for now, here it is:

I made this for the Frosted Designs blog using fall colors, ink and bling.  The prize for this month's winner is....

We would also like to welcome back Scrapmatts as this challenge's sponsor!!!!

Scrapmatts is offering up a prize pack of chipboard valued at over $30.00!!!!

 

Go to the Frosted Designs blog to check it out for yourself.  Good luck!

 

Thanks for stopping by~

Jennifer

 

Summer photo using Fall colors

Good morning my scrappy friends!  Slept in again and now will miss church, boo hoo :(  Guess we'll just take out our bibles this afternoon for some reading...in between the mounds of laundry that needs to be washed!  But before any chores, lets see a scrapping page!

I made this LO featuring my daughter from 2010 during a 4th of July party at my sisters house.  Her dad, my husband, was traveling for work and I tried to plan so many things so we wouldn't miss him so much.  It worked for the most part!

I was inspired by Colorful Creations October 1st challenge using a mood board and sketch.

I also used the color board from Scrap Much? for this month...very similar colors to Colorful Creations.....

Here is my submission using the various fall colors even though the photos are from the summer. I love using the "wrong" seasonal colors for my layouts!  The colors worked with the toys, carpet, and fire place stones.

Lastly, I'm submitting my layout into the Pumpkin Spice #87 challenge - using orange and Child's Play Challenge Jack in the Box challenge.  The toy reminds me of the toys my daughter is playing with along with with bright colors.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!
~Jennifer

Scrappy Weekend!

Hello my scrappy friends!  I have several layouts for challenges I completed during this past weekend at my once per year scrappy weekend retreat!  So without further comments, here we go....thanks for looking and commenting!

The Paper Secrets girls posted a great sketch for the second challenge for this month.  Along  with the sketch, you needed to use ingredients beginning with A-P-P-L-E.

 The ingredients I used were arrow-patterned papers-pennants-letters & layers-embellies.

My Scraps & More has a wonderful sketch this month, #91.      Here is my submission!

 

 This month XoXo Scrapbooking challenge is to lift this layout.  I lifted the sketch, by Tess Pretty, for the most part with one photo, layers, ink and a pennant. 
Child's Play is another great website for challenges.  This month we are working with The Cat in the Hat for our challenge.  I lifted the colors of the book's cover.

 

Thanks for stopping by!!

~Jennifer

Quick card

Happy Friday and Happy Labor Day Weekend!

I have a quick post this morning.  I made a card for my niece's 5th birthday this weekend.  Hoping we can make it to the party since I've been sick, hubby isn't feeling well, and our daughter has the sniffles!  Gotta love end of summer colds!  Praying our son doesn't get sick too!  School starts in 6 days!

Here is my quick card using scraps from my stash, sketch by Paper Players -- my first time entering into one of their challenges!

Have a fantastic weekend, thanks for stopping by!
~Jennifer

End of 5th Grade

Ahhh, the summer is closing in on us.  I'm excited for the kids to get back into school and for me to start working again!  I'll miss our trips to the lake and having friends to our house, but I crave the routine of non-summer living!

With the start of school, perhaps I'll find more time to scrap!  But till then, I have made a quick layout for a few challenges!

 

That's my son in the light blue shirt with black hair in the back!  He just turned 12!  Went by so fast!  Anyway, this was his last day of 5th grade (picture and mat and washi tape given to me by his teacher!) and the school where he has learned for the past three years.  Next week he begins 6th grade...in a school that just houses that grade!  It was the original school for kindergarten to 12th grade before the houses went up like crazy around here!

I used DCWV papers, Cricut Mickey Font cartridge and perfect pearls.  The bingo card is stamped using Jillibean Soup sold by Unity Stamp.

> Lasting Memories Challenge: Going Back to School using numbers/alphas

> Rochelle Spears: August Scrappy Friends Challenge

> Creating with Paper and More: August Scrappy Friends Challenge: Color

> GrandDiva's Creative Corner: August Scrappy Friends Challenge: Sketch 

That's all for now folks!  Enjoy your Monday afternoon~

Jennifer

Flying By....

Good morning my scrappy friends!  My son's 12th birthday is tomorrow, YIKES!  That went by too fast!  I made a card for him but I think this is the last year I can make this kind of card...perhaps a little juvenile.  We'll see next year....

Moving on, to keep my tears away about him growing up so fast, I've entered this card into a few challenges.  

Stamplorations Blog Bi-Weekly sketch challenge #17
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge, #222 But Out
Scrapbook.com challenge: Stamping and Cricut

Thanks for stopping by...Enjoy your weekend!
~Jennifer