My Katie-bug {Birds of A Feather March Kit, Authentique: Genuine}

I'm proud to say that after a two month break from scrapping, I still know how to do it! This is a simple page, but it still counts :) I used a sketch over at BOAF for the April challenges using the March kit. 

NSD is coming up and I'm choosing to celebrate by scrapping with my friends at BOAF :) Come join us!

Finger Licking Good {Birds of A Feather Kit Co: February; Basic Grey: Kissing Booth}

Three posts in three days - crazy, huh?! I really am trying to be more consistent about my scrapping and truly hope to get quite a bit done this weekend.

Today's layout is created for the current challenge at The Paper Variety. They've made some changes to their challenges (more time to get them done) but this is the first one I've been able to complete so far. It's a sketch challenge: 

and here's my interpretation {click on image}:

I used pictures from over a year ago that I had printed - love pulling from my stash of photos :) I used the February kit from BOAF and added just a couple of Bo Bunny embellishments and alphas from my stash. I'm so glad that I was able to play along at TPV again! 

Fun at Birds of A Feather in February

I completed this layout for a journaling challenge this month at BOAF. The pictures are a tad lighter than in real life...but be sure to click on them for better viewing!

I misted this flower...or rather poured the mist all over it because my mister was clogged. Grrr. Then I curled the petals and popped the middle up for some dimension. Inspired by a layout/tutorial Janet posted last month using this kit.

My journaling:

Speaking of Birds of A Feather....they are having a crop this weekend! I hope you'll come join me - I always get lots of layouts done with the crops there and if you are lucky to win a prize, Amy is always giving away great stuff! :)

January 2012 Project 12 {Simple Stories: Year.o.graphy}

I'm sure that none of you are keeping up, but I am behind 2 months on my project 12 albums. Well, only one month now...because I skipped December! I will be getting to it soon, very soon :)

{don't forget to click on each picture for a better view!}

I decided to go with January first to try my new kit from Simple Stories line Year.O.Graphy. Since S&CT changed how they are running Project 12, I'm just going to do my own thing, still documenting one month on a two page spread. Even before the changes were announced, I decided to go with this Simple Stories line to give the year of pages a cohesive feel. I did still use a sketch from one of the past two years of the project by S&CT. 

 We didn't take too many pictures in January. Most are from our Valentine's sessions and then there's a sleeping baby picture. The picture in the upper right is hard to figure out - but it's my two girls with their friend playing outside in a tent that they created using umbrellas. They had so much fun that afternoon :) And of course I'm just now realizing I didn't include that in my journaling at all...I'll go add  a little blurb next to the picture before I put the layout away.

I have two more layouts to share with you so check back soon!

I'm back! {Basic Grey: Kissing Booth; February Birds of A Feather Kit Co}

Hello! Are you still reading? lol I know it's been a long, long time but I have lots to share :) I'm going to share two layouts today and then I'll try to get my (completed!) December Daily posted to share tomorrow.

I can't tell you how happy I am to be back to creating full size layouts. These are both direct lifts from Linda (was sooo happy to see her chosen as a DT member for BOAF this term!). My kit was fresh on my doorstep yesterday and she happened to blog her first two layouts yesterday as well. I'm not sure that I would have thought to go with baby pictures with the kit - but once I saw her pages, I knew which photos to use :) Here is Linda's:

and mine:

 My darn sewing machine. I did NOT miss haggling with it during my break from using it!

 And then Linda's again:

The hearts were calling my name! lol Here's mine:

Sorry, the wind kept carrying my layouts away so I couldn't get any more closeups of this one! I hope everyone's new year is treating them well. If you are still reading, I would love to hear from you!

We Believe

I saw this weeks sketch at Sketchy Thursday and was immediately drawn to making a Christmas tree with my photos & papers. I strayed more from this sketch than normal...and was most excited by turning it into a 6" x 12" layout!

{please click on the image for better viewing}

This next layout by Janet totally inspired me, too. 

My papers are K&Company I think...I dug deep in my stash to find the perfect holiday papers for this one. I allowed myself one regular layout but now I need to return to my December Daily ;)

December Daily, part 1 {Birds of a Feather December Kit; Fancy Pants: Saint Nick}

I am desperately behind in my December Daily album, but I'm still trying to get caught up. Now that school is out and all of my photography sessions are edited, I should be able to catch up easier :) We had pictures with Santa before December but I wanted to be sure that I included that photo somewhere. I meant to put the date as 11/2011. Oops! Hard to see in the photo but I've used some Shimmerz paint around the border of the cover.

 The first picture is of our advent calendar that I made two years ago. You can see the blog post about it here. The second day is a picture of us before a much deserved date night :) The missing child is behind the camera and she was thrilled to get to use my camera for the first time!

 Days 3 and 4 were a blur mostly spent cleaning the house in preparation for putting up our trees. One is in our main living area and the smaller is in the girls' bedroom.

 Day 5's activity in the advent calendar was to make these cute little owl ornaments. Day 6 is a picture of my youngest sleeping with Snoopy...he's well loved but only comes out at Christmas :)

 Day 7 is our newest family member with his "wall" decorated for Christmas and day 8 was a picture of our first frost for the winter.

So I'm about 1/3 the way there since I'm only documenting through the 25th in this album. I hope I can get caught up in the next couple of days! All of the materials here are from the December kit at Birds of a Feather.

I'm linking up to The Paper Variety this week...for their anything goes challenge! :)