October Sketch Challenge - Paper Secrets

I did this layout while at the Scrapbook Expo in Ontario for the Paper Secrets October Sketch Challenge.  The pictures were of Arianna and Jillian on the 1st day of school.  6th Grade, already!  Where does the time go?

Let's Capture These Sketches - Sketch # 148

Every May, the girls school host a Grandparent's Day.  These are a few of the pictures from this year's celebration.

I used this week's sketch at Let's Capture These Sketches.  I would love for you to play along.

Sketch 137 - Reveal!

 My latest layout features Arianna in the Springtime!!

I used sketch 137 at Let's Capture These Sketches and the Basic Grey Kioshi line!  Give this layout a go and link your layout here.

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What a cute photo from Halloweens past.  Arianna as adorably cute bumble bee back in 2009!  I originally did this layout for a Basic Grey sketch challenge, and then when I went to upload it, um, I forgot to use Basic Grey papers!!  Oh well, the layout is still uber cute!!

Let's Capture These Sketches - Sketch 131

It is time again for this weeks sketch revel at Let's Capture These Sketches.  This time it is Sketch 131.  I raided the scrap bin here and it seems to have pulled together nicely.  The picture is a little blurry as it is a snapshot of the preview screen at Disneyland's California Adventure - Tower of Terror ride.  Amara is big enough now to ride, and she loves it, but she still seems terrorized!! 

And here is the sketch.  I would love to see what you do with it.  And be sure to upload it back at Let's Capture These Sketches for a chance to win a prize.

Let's Capture These Sketches - Sketch 112

This week's sketch at Let's Capture These Sketches is sketch 112 and this is what I did with it. Isn't Arianna just the cutest witch? I used an assortment from my stash and a La La Land digital stamp. I am in love these days with coloring these images using my small collection of Copic and Pro Markers.

Here is a copy of the sketch, let's see what you will do with it!

Crop in Chino

So Kari invited me to attend the Chino crop on Saturday. She said there would be a few ladies there that we knew so I took her up on the offer. I was able to complete two layouts!

This laout is basked on Sketch 236 at www.pencillines.com. These pictures were taken on Mother's Day 2008 of Mandre and his wee lil son. Touching is what it is. It is hard to believe that lil Mandre is so big now. The paper line I used is Bo Bunny's Back to Basic's line.

This layout was looslely based on the May 28th sktech at Sassy lil sketches. I useed various scraps from Sasafras and Prima. The Celebrate is from Heidi Swap/Tattered Angels Mist*a*bles flocked & resist title line that I was given while attenting Colorful Connections last month. I just went through my junk bin and pulled things out and just kept puting different things on the layout. Kari chimmed in with various yes that looks great or no, not so much. I love how it came out.

Sweet Girl

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I took this picture of Arianna the day after she had donated her hair to Locks of Love. What a sweet thing for her to do! For this layout I used Sketch 155 at Creative Scrappers. I am a huge My Mind's Eye paper fan and for this layout I used scraps from their Bloom and Grow line. There is also the last of my Webster's ribbon. I love that ribbon!!

Wigs for Kids

Arianna has been growing her hair forever. She wanted to donate it to Wigs for Kids.
Today was the day that she went in for the haircut. You had to give at least 12 inches of hair.
Way to go Arianna! We are sooo very proud of you for doing this!

New Layouts!

Saturday I spent the day with Ching out at a crop in Chino. I got the following 3 layouts done.
This 1st layout was for the Trains & Tiaras challenge at Colorful Creations. I love this picture of Grandpa Pat and Amara. They just seem so relazed getting ready to ride the Tower or Terror at California Adventure! For this challenge you had to use a female picture, the word Grandma or Grandpa, some form of matting and at least 2 patterned papers. I actually used 4 pattern papers (two are in the rolled flowers at the bottom of the page!). I also used the sketch from Pagemaps as my base.

This 2nd layout features Arianna at her 1st day of 4th grade. This layout features a pull out tag that reveals more details of that day. Another layout for a challenge at Colorful Creations. This time the challenge was to use polka dot pattern paper (or ribbon), striped patterned paper (or ribbon)and four specific colors. Done, done and done! I was also able to use the sketch from Pencil Lines.

This final layout was I kit that I had purchased on line. This is Jillian when she was about 4 years old. My how the time flies!

Gymnastics

Last night Patrick and I went to watch Arianna at her gymnastics class. How exciting it was to see these young people putting their heart into exercise!

Way to go Arianna! We are proud of you!!

Pool Fun

Jillian and the kids came down to the park to hang out for Patrick's birthday. We spent a little time in the pool at the Disney's Grand Hotel before going into California Adventure for lunch. They had two slides. A large circluar slide that Jillian, Arianna and I went on and a smaller rock type slide for the little kids that we all went on as well. Amara loved the little slide. She would slide down, get caught and the the first words she would say as soon as you caught her is ~ "I want to do it again"!! Patrick called her the Energizer Bunny as she didn't want to stop!

Arianna's 1st Day of School

Today was Arianna's 1st day of 3rd Grade! She is in Miss Gina's class!!

Slip n Slide

Can't you just tell how much fun the kids had playing on the slip-n-slide!! I dug deep into the supplies for this layout. The paper is from the Rhonna Farrer line that I received two years ago while attending Creative Escape. The lettering and fishes are from the Cricut cartridge, Life is a Beach. The colors are a bit brighter than I usually use. I am quite pleased with the look of the layout. I might have to use the brighter color line a bit more often!!

Meeting Tinkerbell

Aren't these kiddos cute? I created this layout for the Cropping Paradise "Queen of Paradise Island" Challenge - Week 2. It is a Survivor type challenge that is running all month. And guess what? With this layout, I won immunity for this week!! What isn't apparent from the scan is all the glitter pen work. You see the flowers across the top of the page? I used a glitter pen and went over all the petals. In fact, wherever you see words, the letters glisten and sparkle along with the flowers!

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These precious and silly pictures were taken the night of Arianna's school's open house! The papers are from Urban Anthology's February kit available here.