Monday Sketch

Hello all! Its been a while since I posted a sketch just for my blog so here ya go.



Really, this was a good day. The cousins enjoyed spending time with each other playing tennis, BBQing and gliding down the lake in my brother's boat behind his house. Love Sundays like this!

I stamped a bunch of butterflies and cut them out to place in a row per the sketch design.
I need to remember to stamp more. ;)

Mad About Sketches

You love sketches, right?
For the whole month of July, Cookin' Up Creations is having a Mad About Sketches event featuring my sketches all month long. What fun, be sure to check them out!

Celebrating our Independence

Independence Day is one of my favorite holidays. I love the fireworks, picnics with friends and family and the morning parade.
This particular parade runs just a block away from my house so we take a stroll down to the bottom of the hill and enjoy seeing the floats, hearing the bands and loading up on cheap candy. These are photos from last year but tomorrow my daughters and I get to walk in the parade with our church's float. Fun!


I cut out several stars with my Cricut machine and folded them to make them dimensional

Practical Scrappers has a large assortment of cards and layouts using red, white and blue to celebrate my favorite day. Check it out here on the Practical Scrappers blog.

Trend Setter

Some papers are so pretty that I feel the need to do an extra little photo shoot of my kids just to use them. Crate Paper's  "Trend Setter" has been on the top of my list for a while.

Both of my girls are close to my heart but Sidney is my youngest daughter so she is my "baby girl".
I cut out a few doily dies and a bike die for added cuteness. :)





Next up is my oldest daughter, Makenzie . She is a beautiful red head and I don't usually change her photo colors because of it but sometimes the color needs to be left for the papers.

River Rats

We are fortunate to live really close to our county forest, like 5 minutes away. It has great hiking and biking trails and a river that is great for kids to wade in and cool off.
For our first day of summer (which was just THIS Wed.) I took the kids on a hike which lead to the river. Exercise and play- can't beat that!

For my layout below I used the June Sketch from My Mind's Eye. I love all of the layers and ink splatters on the sketch.







I used several pieces of My Mind's Eye "Follow Your Heart" collection throughout my whole page. Such cute papers!

Have a great start to your week!

Happiness...

is having happy children. I know you would all agree with that. My 12 year old daughter is just the cutest thing, I love taking pictures of her.

I used the same American Crafts collection that I used yesterday. I printed my photos in black and white, which I really love to do with the right papers, and hung them as if they're on the clothes line out back.

Home-made feathers are easy to make. Just cut out a leaf shape and cut the edges continuously with small, sharp scissors.



Thanks for stopping by today!

You and Bargains Make Me Happy

Roaming through the Target dollar section I came across this adorable little frame for...yes...only a dollar! I immediately knew I'd use it on a scrapbook layout.

I used American Craft's Garden Café collection for all of my paper strips and fussy cutting.

To give let the details of the mini frame stand out I lightly brushed it with an aqua colored paint.


Happy Scrapping!