Splashin'

What a fun day this was back in January 2010. We had gone to the Great Park in Irvine to go ice skating as they had a special display set up. We didn't get in as there were many more people in front of us. So before we left, the kids ran around. I told Mandre to go splash in the puddles. I don't think he could believe what I was telling him, and away he went!
(Edited to add: a few people have asked where I picked up that cute stamp. It is from Crafters Companion, you can see all their lovely stamps here.)

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.

Time with Dad

If you are here for the Urban Anthology Birthday Blog Hop, please see my earlier post HERE!!!!

This is a layout with Mandre Jr and his daddy. The pictures were taken at Disney's California Advenure and the top one was taken at the Rain Forest Cafe. I even used one of my new Unity Stamps - which was one of my goals this weekend!

Mande @ 10 months

Here is our baby Mandre with no hair!! Boy let me tell you, Jillian was really mad when she came home from the market to discover her baby boy with no hair!! No worries, it has since grown back!! I used Sketch #84 I found at at Got Sketch's blog. With the exception of the base paper, I used all scraps on this page! You will also see Making Memories Animal Cracker pattern paper, Making Memories glitter stickers, Creative Imaginations Swatch Book rubons and my Spellbinder dies for the scallop shapes!

Mande @ 11 months

Another layout for Mandre's 1st year baby book. This time the sketch came from MixItUP Challenges. For this layout I used 5 stars, a chipboard one painted green then painted with blue Rangers Distress paint, a brown expoy star, a metal star, a paper one under the metal star, a glittered chipboard star, an epoxy star and a plastic button star. The background is green Eli Pooh paper and Making Memories Animal Cracker pattern paper. I also used the aqua vinyl Thickers, green felt Thickers and Leisure Arts letter stickers. Isn't my grandson the cutest!!

Mandre @ 12 months

Still scrapbooking today. I love using sketches and this sketch I found at A Peek into Yesterday. For this layout I used the Making Memories Animal Cracker papers and epoxy stickers, green felt Thickers, blue/green Cloud 9 Design puffy stickers, green Bazzil paper and turquoise Eli Pooh paper. The stamped image is from Cats Press.

Mandre @ 9 months

I am a little behind at finishing Mandre's 1st year album. here is the 9 months page. I used Sketch 85 I found on the Got Sketch blog. Consistent with the album, I am using primarily the Making Memories Animal Cracker line