GRAB YOUR PARTY HAT....IT'S BIRTHDAY WEEK!!

Nuts About Sketches is celebrating their birthday with a sketch a day for the next 7 days. YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THE FUN! And...are you ready for this??? There's a PRIZE. Not just any old prize either, but your very own spectacularly awesome May kit from The Scrapping Spot!!! Who doesn't want to win that? To enter just become a follower of NAS and email your take on the sketches to Shawn at shawneerie17@yahoo.com with the sketch number in the subject line. You get an entry for each layout you complete. What could be simpler??
Here's the prize:

May kit from The Scrapping Spot

isn't this amazing???

And here's today's sketch. This was so fun to work with! I really struggle with one picture layouts, but this sketch was perfect. Love it!

And here's my take on it. This photo is the hubby and I at the beach a few weeks ago. My 10 year old daughter took the picture and I must say it's one of my most favorites ever! I used paper from Fancy Pants Beach Bum line - love it, definitely need more!





Happy Monday...no, wait...um...er......

There's no such thing as a happy Monday, right? I'm soooo not a morning person, sooooo not a Monday person, but there's always one thing for me to look forward to on Mondays - a new Nuts About Sketches posting :) Here's mine from week 154. These pictures are from my son's very first football scrimmage. Isn't he cute??

new sketch up at NAS!

Shawn's newest sketch is amazing, of course! It worked great for pictures of our second trip to Camden Park in 2010. CP is a nearby (small) amusement park that seems extremely magical to most children, my own included. I remember going there as a child and thinking it was the biggest park in the world. If you're local, you understand the whimsy behind this nostalgic thinking. BUT, the kids all still love it, and in recent years the park has upgraded quite a few rides.

For the past few years we've gotten season passes to Camden Park and I can't seem to go without dragging the camera along. As a result I end up with loads of pictures (seemingly) of the same thing. This sketch was a fun, quick way to scrap the faves from trip #2.

We haven't bought our season passes yet, but they're 40% off through the end of this month...gotta get 'em :)

Hello...remember me?

I'm sure I'm one of *the worst* bloggers out there. My last update was September...really? Yes! So what have I been up to? Life, mostly :) I work, I read, I scrap, I chase kids and husband...life!

So here's my latest layout from the world's BEST sketch sight, http://www.nutsaboutsketches.blogspot.com/. I <3 Shawn!!

Last summer my husband found the neatest amusement/water park in Santa Clause, IN. HOLIDAY WORLD! We went for a few days in early July and absolutely loved it. Shawn's sketch called for one 5x7 photo, but I decided to use it for a bunch of those left over theme park photos using a collage print.

So once again...I promise to try to keep up with this blog thing...promise!

DT Debut at Nuts About Sketches

Make sure you stop by Shawn's blog to see her latest sketch and the layouts by the new design team. Great work, everyone!!!

Here's my LO from the sketch.

How are YOU spending Labor Day?

We're busy today working on our house. My  husband has been spending spare time putting new siding on our house and I'll be the first to admit that I'm not much help. Today, though, I pitched in and started scraping paint from the chimney - so not fun, but definitely needed :) This is the new color siding. We haven't decided on a color for the chimney yet. I say it should match the trim, Shane says it should match the siding. Opinions, anyone??  The front is completely done now...today Shane finished the flashing, soffet, and gutters and it looks so great! I love having a handy hubby :)

Kiddos return to school and Sketch DT announced at Nuts About Sketches - and I'm in :)

Last Thursday my 3 kids started school at a new elementary school. Davis Creek seems to be a wonderful fit for our family and everyone seems to be adjusting very well. Don't they look cute in their first day outfits??

Congrats to all the new and returning super sketch designers. I'm thrilled to be on the DT again - Shawn's sketches simply R-O-C-K!!! This was my DT submission.