Boy's Rule May 11th sketch

This sketch worked out just great for some of the fun photos I got this week of Bruce (my brother)  we were both joking around with our i-phones and started taking pictures of each other at the same time.
If nothing else we have fun together, never a dull moment.

Memphis trip layouts

These are just a few of the pictures I took at Mud Island.   I used the May sketch at Authentique bloodspot and used the Authentique Journey collection.     I'm really loving their papers.  I thought the background paper went well with the pictures, with the twists and different colors, just like the twists and depths that are cut into the walks at Mud Island.

Boys Rule Challenge

Here is my layout I made for the newest Boy's Rule Scrapbook kit challenge.

gray and 2 color challenge

We are having a weekend online crop today with some of the SnC members.   One of the challenges was to make a layout with the color gray and only 2 other colors.    Plus use the word SPECIAL in your title.

I chose pics of Kai from Christmas 2008 and used gray ornament paper and my 2 colors were green and red.

Authentique Sketch Challenge

I loved this sketch and different from anything I have made before.
Its very hard to tell in this picture, but every other circle I set up with pop dots and also the
matted picture is set up on pop dots for some dimension to the layout.

I used papers from the Authentique Splendid collection:
The background paper is Magnificence
The circles are one side of the Brilliance paper and the matting is the other side of
the Brilliance paper.   Same is the banner with the title.
I used Thickers for the Title and then a pale yellow ribbon from my stash to
tie the 3 flowers from my stash to the circles.

Let's Sketch latest challenge

We just got back yesterday from our trip to Orlando and got to see our granddaughter Avery for the first time.    So this sketch was perfect to use some of pictures I took.

I found a new challenge site

Just 2 weeks ago I joined a new scrapbooking challenge site and I love it.   They have weekly challenges with double page layouts.   It seems I can never find a double page layout I like, but I have entered the last 2 and love them both so now look forward to seeing what they will have each week.

The latest challenge started 4-4-12 and since that is my b'day I decided I had to make a layout of pictures from my b'day that day.   So here is the layout.

Fun at the Lake

Went for a walk last night around the lake with Jason, Susan, Kai and Mylan.   Forgot my camera but I did get a few pics on my phone.    I used the March sketch from My Creative Sketches.

Boy's Rule sketch layout March 18

Everyone is golfing

Jason bought Kai his first set of golf clubs last week.   About the same age that Jason got his first set.

So with everyone in town for the weekend we had 4 generations going to the driving range.

Double layout today

When the kids were in Florida for Thanksgiving, they did a lot of different things including going on a Zip Line in Melbourne, FL.
The top layout is for the Sketches in Thyme sketch #72 in March and since I had more pictures I made the 2nd layout to go with it using some of the same papers.
Everything is from My Minds Eye - Lime Twist collection.

SPRING TIME

It's been a busy day !!!!    I went shopping for some scrappy stuff, only bought one piece of  12x12 stickers of Authentique genuine.   Had a 30% coupon of Authentique.
Then went to Lowe's and bought a new light fixture for the bathroom downstairs.   The one they had there was ugly to say the least.   Plus we are going to repaint the room, so this was the time to do it.
We have had a week full of rain.    2 weeks ago we got some new landscaping and an irrigation system put in.   We decided we were to old to move hoses all around the yard to water it this summer.
But since then we have had close to 3" of rain.  
But today, it actually got sunny so I went out trimmed some more bushes and then got more grass seed, in the low spots and places the landscapers had filled in were so wet I thought seed was washing away, so a spread new seed all over those places and then a little more overseed over the entire yard.
So I'm beat now.   It's getting really black outside, so the rains will start again.   Suppose to rain tomorrow also and then finally clear for the weekend.    Hope all my seeding takes root and then before long it will be major mowing time.

Todays layout

I used the #3 sketch from Let's Get Sketchy.    Everything else I had found sketch wise new for the month I think I had already used.    I actually found the picture just trying to find something to fill into a space for this time frame in Jason's album.

And here is the layout

Cabo was so Beautiful

I spent 2 days rearranging all my scrapbook albums.  Of course I have a separate album for Jason and Susan's wedding in Cabo, but decided to make a separate album of all the other pictures from the great vacation part of the trip.   I already had some made but not in an album by themselves but here is the latest one I just made yesterday.
I used Cosmo Cricket papers from the Salt Air collection,  I had used these on another layout a couple of weeks ago and didn't like the outcome at all, but they really worked much better on this layout.

Authentique March layout sketch

This was a great sketch to work on and I used papers from my Authentique Blissful collection.
I absolutely love these colors in this collection and the quality of the paper is unsurpassed.

another layout from Jason's 21st birthday

I used Rochelle Spears sketch for March

Leslie's 18th birthday

A scrapping day

I matched up a bunch of sketches and pictures last night with the idea of making lots of layouts today but so far have just managed this one.    But I'm now ready to make another one.
This is a sketch by Rochelle Spears on the paper secrets blog.    I love the sketch and its the first time I've torn the edges of coordination card stock and I really like the look of it.

This is from Jason's 21st birthday, only 14 years ago.  Now on to doing another layout from more pictures from his birthday.

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