I Speed Scrapped!

Last night I was on a roll and after completing 4 pages, I decided to join a speed scrap (the first I've done in months!) because the partecipation prize by Britt was just too tempting. ;-)

I started a new series of LOs:

Credits: Template by Geeky Diva
Black paper from I'm a Dreamer, yellow paper and flair from Sunshine in My Soul, yellow patterned paper from Let's Kick It add-on, We're Just Dating v.1 by Britt-ish Designs
Hand Stamped Alpha by Michelle Coleman
Font: Pea Madsen

Credits:
Template by wm [squared] designs
Wub*ulous by Amy Sumrall
Font Pea Amy*Rica

Credits:
Wub*ulous by Amy Sumrall

Credits:
Template by wm [squared] designs
Wub*ulous by Amy Sumrall

There were the instructions of the speed scrap:

1. Pick you pictures, one or many. But alter the main photo in some way. Turn it b/w, sepia, do some selective coloring, run an action, etc.
2. Pick ONE background paper. Okay, I’ll feel sorry for you. You can use up to three more papers, but keep them small. Mostly use the one background paper
3. Duplicate your main photo and blend it into the background.
4. Hang your picture with something.
5. Embellish as you wish, but be sure to include a critter, an insect, and something leafy.
6. Add a COOL date element.
7. Use an alpha that is NOT from the main kit you're using for the title. Shadow, journal, etc.

and here's my page:

Credits:
What Every Girl Needs - Folded, bee from Lazy Days, Stitching ABC's, doodled leaves from Second Spring by Gina Marie Huff
Bird from April Dawn by Elise Hansen
Hanging clip from Hang In There v. 2 by Britt-ish Designs
Label the Date vol. 4 by Mira Designs
Font: Pea Amy*Rica

I'm glad it's Friday, but because of the QoS competition I have the feeling this weekend will be far from relaxing.. :-P

The Last Stretch

The Queen of Scrap competition ends this week and the race for the 10 top posters is open! :) There are 12 of us fighting for those 10 top positions (among which the Queen of Scrap and the 2 Princesses will be chosen). It's just tough and I would hate to drop from the top ten after working so hard for the whole month. I'll try to squeeze in as many pages as I can, without neglecting DH though. ;)

Last night DH was at choir practice and I had some very productive scrapping time.

I did a 2 pager for the My Story Matters challenge, about a tradition we had as a kid. I love that I thought about this one and luckily my mom was able to dig up these super cute pictures!

Credits:
Template by Little Mrs Liz Designs
Holly Jolly Holiday by Polka Dot Plum
Red Card Alpha and Date Bits 1 by Misty Cato
Font: Pea Olson and American Typewriter

I love this Christmas kit by Polka Dot Plum!!

My February monthly summary is ready so the first 4 months of the year are all done.

Credits:
Template by missrubikscube
Hooty Toot by Mari Koegelenberg
Acrylic numbers from Hodge Podge 9 by Gina Marie Huff
Screws from Summer Fling by Britt-ish Designs
Alpha from Magical Escape by Erica Zane
Font: Note this

Finally, ever since I took these pictures I had this title in mind, and I finally got the page done!

Credits:
Fiona by Matahati Designs
We're Just Dating v.1 by Britt-ish Designs
Fonts: Pea Olson. Pea Stacy Doodle's Script

That's it for now! I am now up to 91 LOs, so this means I'll do more than 100 this month: I never thought this was possible! So if I end up out of the top ten, I just have to be glad I got this much done. ;)

Wedding Anniversary

I already knew it, but it's official once more: I have the best husband ever!!
Yesterday was our 2nd wedding anniversary and he gave me a gorgeous necklace.. it's just beautiful!! And then he brought me out to dinner in our favorite restaurant. It was a wonderful evening!

I can now show off the card and wedding frame I prepared for him:

Credits:
{No Longer} Flowerless Patterned Paper Pack by Pamela Donnis
Skewed shapes from Challenge Shapes by Chelle's Creations
Font: Almagro

We didn't have any wedding pictures in our house and I felt we really needed one! ;)

Credits:
Strawberry Cafe Revised by Sugarplum Paperie
Flower shape from Challenge shapes by Chelle's Creations

This is the hardest hybrid project I've worked on so far, because cutting and applying the paper wasn't easy since it's not a flat frame.. However, I think it turned our beautifully and I'm glad I gave it a try! :)

We took some pretty pictures on Monday (and I'm glad we did because yesterday the weather was bad!) and I'll consider them our anniversary pictures even if taken 1 day early. :-) I scrapped one right away that will go in our 2010 calendar:

Credits:
Fiona by Matahati Designs
Font: Pea Roni Script

With all the celebrations for DH coming home and our anniversary, I've taken a serious fall from the Queen of Scrap top ten, just barely in 10th place.. Ugh! I need to find some time to scrap tonight!

Long Weekend

I really enjoyed the long Memorial Day weekend! DH came home Saturday evening after a 2 week absence, so this long weekend was much needed too. We enjoyed the nice weather and cool air (it was in the mid fifties and beautiful) and used the smoker last night.
Too bad the weekend is over, and worse still because it's our 2nd wedding anniversary today! But I really cannot complain.. And the weekend is only 4 days away. :)

Since DH came back home my scrapping time has been drastically cut down, but I still managed to get a few pages done over the weekend.

I finished scrapping all my class pictures from kindergarten up to 6th grade!

This page from my 1st year in kindergarten matches this one.

Credits:
Sunshine in My Soul by Britt-ish Designs
Font: SS Whimsy

Credits:
Girls Rock Collaboration by Brenda Smith Designs, Happy Scrap Girl and Jeni Hopewell
Blue paper from I'm a Dreamer by Britt-ish Designs
Tag by missrubikscube (Dana)
Font: SS Whimsy

Credits:
Natural Wonders by the ScrapMatters Design Team
Hat and glitter from Witchy Woman by Britt-ish Designs
Font: SS Whimsy

I really love the pictures from kindergarten and I got most of them from Facebook!

Credits:
Rose Cottage collab by the Scrap Matters Design team
Font: SS Whimsy

This one from 3rd grade has to be my favorite picture of me from school!

Credits:
Background paper, alpha and colored bees from Hippity Hoppity by Polka Dot Plum
Bee on the left from Oh So Happy by Amy Sumrall
Bee on the bottom from Natural Wonder collab by the ScrapMatters Design Team
Font: SS Whimsy

The 4th grade pages are in the previous post.

Credits:
Meadowlark and Black Scuffed Up Alpha by Sugarplum Paperie
Challenge Shapes by Chelle's Creations
Font: SS Whimsy

Credits:
Natural Wonders collab by the ScrapMatters Design Team
Solid red ribbon and apple ribbon from Fairchild add-on by Britt-ish Designs
The Dog Ate my Alpha by Erica Zane
Font: SS Whimsy

And I'm all caught up with my Project 365 too:

Credits:
What Every Girl Needs - Folded, Playing with Wire - Spring and Hodge Podge 10 by Gina Marie Huff
Basic Alpha by Sahlin Studio
On the Dot Alpha by Chelle's Creations
Photo stamps from Project 365 #2 by Sugarplum Paperie
Font: Note this

Finally Friday!

I'm so excited it's Friday!! This is a long weekend and DH is coming home! This also means I'll have to get the house cleaned before he comes back and I'll have less time to scrap... But hey, priorities, right! ;)

In the meantime, here's what I scrapped last night. This one was for the Everyday Magic challenge at SM, I really loved the prompt:

Credits:
Background paper, bobby pin and cloud from I'm a Dreamer, Pinky Dinky Alpha and flowers from Sunshine in My Soul by Britt-ish Designs
Red paper from Spring Melody and Label the Date vol. 4 by Mira Designs
Tomatoes from Cinco de Mayo by mle card
Doodled flower from Oh So Happy by Amy Sumrall
Fonts: Pea Amy*Rica Script, Pea Summer Funkyness

This one is for the My Story Matters challenge:

Credits:
Where the Heart Grows by GG Digital Designs

I had my mom scan in all my class pictures from school so I'll be doing a few pages with them. Here's the first:

Credits:
Where the Heart Grows by GG Digital Designs
Pinky Dinky Alpha by Britt-ish Designs
Fonts: Note this, KarabinE

Whew, I can't believe it I almost survived this crazy week, and got a lot of pages done too! ;)

TOOT!!!

I made Layout of the Week at The DigiChick!!! :D

It's my first LOTW ever and I'm so excited!!!!!

Blogging at Last!

This has been a super busy week for me and I've spent all my free time in the evenings scrapping because I'm giving a serious shot at the Queen of Scrap competition at ScrapMatters, so I haven't had a chance to show off here what I've been doing.
For the past 3 days I've been doing 3 pages per night, and here they are. ;)

Credits:
Oh So Happy by Amy Sumrall

Credits:
Oh So Happy by Amy Sumrall
Paper Shapers by Britt-ish Designs
Word stripes from Hodge Podge 8 by Gina Marie Huff

Credits:
Spring Melody by Mira Designs
Paper Shapers by Britt-ish Designs

Credits:
Paper from Call Her Beauty by Dani Alencar
Tiny Typewriter Alpha by Mira Designs
all the rest from Meadowlark by Sugarplum Paperie Font: SS Whimsy

Credits:
Natural Wonders by the ScrapMatters Design Team

Credits:
Natural Wonders by the ScrapMatters Design Team
Pinky Dinky Alpha by Britt-ish Designs
Font: Note this

Credits:
What Every Girl Needs - Folded, Alpha from Second Spring, Hodge Podge 9 and 10 by Gina Marie Huff
Stitches and frame from Sunshine in My Soul by Britt-ish Designs
Font: Pea Amy*Rica Script, the King & Queen font

ETA: some 2 weeks later, this page, one of my favorite EVER, made a Gallery Standout at ScrapMatters. I'm so happy because I poured a lot of myself into this page!! ;)

Credits:
based on a template by Dana (missrubikscube)
Spring Melody by Mira Designs
Acrylic numbers from Hodge Podge 9 by Gina Marie Huff
Screws from Summer Fling by Britt-ish Designs
Font: Note this

ETA: this LO made LOTW at TDC!!!! Yipieeeeeeeee! The kit Spring Melody by Mira Designs just worked great with the picture.

Credits:
Template by Dana (missrubikscube)
Spring Melody by Mira Designs
Acrylic numbers from Hodge Podge 9 by Gina Marie Huff
Screws from Summer Fling by Britt-ish Designs

Whew, finally caught up! :)
I'm very happy with myself: I have done a lot of pages this week so far, and I love them all!
I haven't been getting nearly enough sleep, though.. :-P

Overall, not a bad weekend..

I didn't scrap very much this weekend, but still not too bad..

I finished the pages from our trip to the park:

Credits:

Cherry Delight collab by The DigiChick designers

Challenge Shapes by Chelle's Creations

Credits:

Cherry Delight collab by The DigiChick designers

Messy Stamps by Mira Designs

Pink Dinky Alpha by Britt-ish Designs

Beads from Round 1 Design Star freebie by Chelle's Creations

Credits:

{No Longer} Flowerless Patterned Paper Pack and Paper Flowers by Pamela Donnis

Credits:

{No Longer} Flowerless Patterned Paper Pack by Pamela Donnis

NSD Challenge Freebie Paper Shapers - Designs by The Werners

and I continued the series about our smoker. :)

Credits:

Oh So Happy by Amy Sumrall

Little flower from Fairchild Add-on by Britt-ish Designs

Also, I'm all caught up with Project 365. ;)

Credits:

Hodge Podge #8 and #10 and What Every Girl Needs - Folded by Gina Marie Huff

Photo stamps from Project 365 #2 by Sugarplum Paperie

Pink Dinky Alpha by Britt-ish Designs

Not a bad weekend at all! :)

And a Few More Pages..

I haven't scrapped too much today, but I did get a few pages done.

The first matches one of my favorite pages ever (see it here).

Credits:

Papers from What Every Girl Needs - Folded, Hodge Podge 8 and 9 by Gina Marie Huff

Then there's a 2 pager to go with 3 pages I did about the cutest little bunny ever (see this and this post).

Credits:

Papers from Spring Melody by Mira Designs

Skewed shapes from Challenge Shapes by Chelle's Creations

Elements from Wildflower, MSA collab

I seriously think I have a problem. I'm really crazy about bunnies! I was scrapping these adorable pictures and I went in the kitchen to get dinner started, I looked out of the window and saw 3 bunnies.. Awwww. Needless to say, I spent at least half an hour snapping away pictures and having fun watching them. Bunnies are seriously too cute!! I cannot resist them!

Time to Catch Up

Here's the little project I've been working on for the past couple of days: I scrapped all the pictures from a weekend DH and I spent in Verona a little over 2 years ago.

Credits:

Cafe Latte by Sugarplum Paperie and Tracie Stroud

Staple from Natural Wonders collab by the ScrapMatters design team

Paper Shapers and String Theory by Britt-ish Designs

Font: CK Rugged

I used the same kit for all the pages and I loved it!! As you can see I matched the pages in pairs, except the first and last one.

I really love all these pages and I think I finally found the right way to scrap pictures that come together in a series!