EIO Tuesday + a TSG sketch challenge!

Here is my take on this fun sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches.
There She Goes is the sponsor for this week and we would love for you to play along.
Visit the TSG blog for details on how to win a fun TSG stamp set!

I picked up the Basic Grey Eerie Collection from Embellish-Online this weekend
and paired it with the There She Goes HSH Halloween Additions stamp set.
You would think I don't own any other Halloween sets since this is the only one
I use these days! I tried to make this card a spooky one...not sure if I actually
succeeded or not :). I'm still learning how to use these darn Copics! I definitely need some lessons...and a few ( read ALOT!) more colors would be nice as well.

EIO Tuesday

I am featuring the Cosmo Cricket Boyfriend collection for this weeks post. It's got great colors and patterns for lots of boy themed pages! It's hard to find I tell ya and this collection works fabulously!

I am slowly catching up on the millions of birthday pictures! These are the 6 year old pictures of Jack. Good golly how they change. That's one of the great things about not being caught up on the scrapbooking...you get to revisit special memories every time you pull out a stack of pictures. I can not believe how much this one has changed in just 2 1/2 years. Scary really how fast this growing up thing is. Just the other day I saw a mom get out of her car with her toddler and new baby and while I'm happy (most of the time) to be done with the baby stages...it did make me a little sad! I do miss the constant compainions that you get when your kids are small and the fact that you are their whole world. As they get older school, friends, extra activities take center stage. I know they have to grow up and be independant but it doesn't make it any easier!

TSG25 Dry Embossing

Are you ready for a challenge? This weeks TSG challenge is Dry Embossing brought to us by Maki! I used the Branching Out set and a cuttlebug embossing folder. I don't know the name of it but it isn't the swiss dots, it is a small polka dot strip which I love cause it gives just the right amount of embossing....for me any ways! :)

If you want to play along here are the details. Make a card featuring Dry Embossing and link it up on the TSG blog for a chance to win a $5 gift certificate to the store.

monkey girl

I am happy to say that with the completion of this page I have officially scrapped all of 2006! While this may not seem a hug feat to some....it certainly is for me! I love finishing something. I can now organize the whole year which also makes me happy. Plus it's a whole year of photos out of the binders that I keep them in, so that also means I can move pictures up and make room for this years pictures. It's the little things, people, that keep me going. :)

hello fun!

Although I purchased this paper for one single use in mind I was so happy that it worked for this set of pictures as well. I've had these on the desk for months now just waiting for the inspiration to scrap them. I wanted something fun and young and I got it! I used a Got Sketch? sketch for this layout and I actually stayed true to the sketch, which I can't seem to accomplish these days for some reason. I try to bust out some pages using sketches just to save on time and it rarely works for me....it doesn't stop me from collection sketches though!

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Don't you just love when a paper collection matches your photos perfectly! I totally bought this paper with only this photo in mind. I love, love, love the blues here and it's a perfect match for her shirt. I wanted to make this one fun and sassy just like her...I think I succeeded!

~ supplies~
paper ~ kraft, ac blue skies
accessories ~ AC blue skies felt, remarks and flair AC thickers

grateful

I found one more patch layout and since it's one of my favorite pictures, I just had to share it! It's very rare that I can get Jack to sit still for a picture so when this one came out I was so happy because it's also rare that I'm even in a picture at all!

~ supplies ~
paper ~ kraft, pink paislee twilight
accessories ~ basic grey buttons, ac thickers, ac felt flower, imaginisce brads