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I did this layout for the MME April Sketch challenge using the
Miss Caroline & Follow Your Heart collections as well as some

Elle's Studio tags. 

Here is the link to their blog & sketch:

http://mymindseye.typepad.com/blog/2012/04/april-sketch-challenge.html

I can't decide whether this layout makes me want to shake my

head in amazement & wonder or bawl my eyes out at how big our

babies have gotten and how FAST it is flying by...



good times G U I D E

I did this layout for Shimelle's challenges from last weekend...

You can see more here:  http://www.shimelle.com/paper/1451/scrapbooking-challenge-stamp-just-once/

I used lots of Scrapbook Circle kit pieces and miscellaneous

things but was totally inspired by Tessa's layout for S.C. Challenge

#27 emphasising Stencils...I am not super glittery, even though

I love it, (and see piles of it with an 8 yr old girl) I just can't always

find the best ways to use it sparingly in my scrapbook pages.

This was perfect and the colors worked perfectly with the new

April kit and my photo!

generations...SICILY

I did this layout for Shimelle's challenges from last weekend...

You can see more here: http://www.shimelle.com/paper/1446/scrapbooking-challenge-wilna-s-inspiration-points/

This was for Challenge #5 Inspiration Points from Wilna's layout.

I absolutely LOVE her style, love her use of lots of

light colors but they are always powerful...and tone-on-tone.

I had bookmarked this layout before Shimelle's challenge

and was very excited to use it for an inspiration point.

She always has cool embellishments but the photos

are front and center!  I love that combination!!

Although this layout and the next are very different they are

both about family & being together with generations that have

created us and in turn our children...which essentially sums up

why I scrapbook...I think of it as a graphic, usually busy,

chaotic genealogy "chart"...

grins & GUMS

I found this photo in my belated attempt at Spring cleaning...

It was taken in front of the house I grew up in and lived

for 18 years...when I was almost 7 years old...when I had

literally lost 5 or 6 teeth all at once.  I was nothing but a

mouth full of gums...

The color photo is the 1979 original and the black and white

was scanned in and altered in photoshop.  I thought the kraft

paper and muslin fabric tags leant to the retro feel.

gutter b a l l ...

I finally got down and dirty with my Scrapbook Circle April kit...

there are so many cool innovative products coming out...too much

cool stuff and not enough hours in the day!!  Oh well, might need

a book on time management! ;)
I used the April Scrapbook Circle Sketch and  combined it with the color combo
challenge on Two Peas/Shimelle's website ( http://www.shimelle.com/?pg=3 )

Anyway, we took the kids bowling last year for the first time and

it was so much fun!  They had a ball and we hadn't been bowling

since right after college...as if the soreness in my arm wasn't an indication...

Sam couldn't throw the ball very far and in the end resorted to

the "granny roll" which honestly works pretty well!  However,

I took Sofia to the bathroom and back in the time his ball was still

traveling down the lane!!  Good times...

i am so waaaaaayyyyy behind but....

I finally took the plunge and got an iPhone. 

I felt like I was cheating on my Blackberry which

I was very happy with but it kept locking up like a computer

that needed defragmenting. 

So, I did it and I don't feel like a cheater anymore :)

It is SO cool....I realize the rest of the world

knows this already but instagram is supercool!

I found this photo on Pinterest and thought it was hilarious...

togetherness...

Eventually I want to do an entire scrapbook or minibook about

our honeymoon to Greece.  All of the pictures are printed and

so they need to be scanned in.  I know I still have the negatives and they

are labeled and organized by city & date...now if I could only

remember where I organized them to...

Anyway, this is from a beach trip we took while we were staying in Oia.

We drove out to find as secluded an are to have a little beach picnic and

sunshine to ourselves.  We thought we had found the perfect place!

The beaches there are so different from the white sand in the

Gulf of Mexico that we are so accustomed to seeing...It is basically

all volcanic rock and so it is dark grayish/black and not super

comfy to walk along barefoot...

Still, it seemed deserted...then we heard some voices from farther

down the beach.  There were lots of large rock outcroppings and

after we had a glass of wine that we brought, a very naked

woman ran out from behind the rocks and ran into the water...

We were stunned.  We had found a nude beach...well, nude

except for the sandals that we saw walking past attached to very

naked people...oy.

It was still beautiful and a fun day that unfortunately got Shawn sunburned,

at least for the 8 hours it took to turn into a dark tan that made him look Greek himself.

A sweet dog, not naked, he had a collar, came up to us and we loved on it and played

with him for a bit to ease our puppy cravings from missing Scarpa.

hello sunshine...

I just love the die cut sheets from Jillibean Soup

and used one as the center piece for this layout

and embellishments...

It says:

"Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a Butterfly"...

I have a feeling this will be even more pertinent

in the puberty years, but still...

sometimes...the f i r s t one is the best...

You would think a good photo would take a couple warm up shots...

I know that the attention span of an 8yr. old & 5yr. old are not

the longest, but these little people are always ready to pose and

will be very patient.

However, the first shot always seems to be the best, the following
shots get sillier and goofier.
With everything being digital, the fun is to see the silliness ASAP!

same wish...

Every year I try to do a scrapbook page or other piece highlighting things

I think about at that age...from what is most important to the silly simple

things that make me smile...

And every one always includes that I wish there were an extra 3 or 4 hours in the day.

Just a few more to do some things that I never feel get done or read, or shared.

I guess I need to learn instead that I should make the most of the hours I do have...

not waste a minute.

I pinned this a while ago and it makes me feel a little better about spending so

much time on my hobbies that might be trivial in the grand scheme of things.

http://bubbelsoda.tumblr.com/post/18599951630