Happy Friday!

Can you believe we are almost 2 weeks into the first of 2012?  It’s been a busy week with a mid-week snowstorm and some cold days!  I got to spend a bit of time with Lori today at Starbucks (we met for a drink and snack and stayed until 1:30).  On my way home to get the girls I stopped at Michael’s and found some thickers on clearance for $1.29 that I just couldn’t pass up!

I did start my Scrapbook Life Journal - all the pages are cut and I started the title page.  So finally a bit of progress.  I fully intended to do some tonight and just don’t have the motivation.  Instead I watched the last two weeks of Grey’s Anatomy and the Good Wife and Castle.  Nothing like catching up on TV!

So I got the Bigger than a Breadbox (and I did actually get the Smaller than a Breadbox kit as well) for designing this month and what  blast!  I love winter pages :)

This layout was based on the included Becky Fleck exclusive sketch for Apron Strings:

And this was loosely based on a sketch from the Scrapbook Generations books.  I believe the sketch had a ton more pictures :)

And this was from this last November in Texas - the girls had so much fun hulling pecans and raking leaves (we just don’t have many here yet)….

Off to see if I can find a bit of motivation.  Or another show to catch up on LOL!

Happy New Year!

Here’s to being a better blogger this year….  well, one can hope!

December whirled by with many intentions and only a few successes at least as far as scrapping went!  I made my December Daily album and then it sat.  I did journal in a notebook for the first 11 days and a few after that….  but that’s about as far as I got.

I did sign up for a class by Stephanie Ackerman - for a full year.  A scrapbook life journal.  I’m already behind!  LOL.  I didn’t sign up until New Year’s Eve.  Hoping to spend some time this week getting all ready for it.  And I have a scrap night on Saturday coming up with my SIL so hopefully by this time next week I’ll be ready to go!

I did actually do some layouts for December for Apron Strings!  And I got my kit from Lori just last Thursday for the January kit.  Hoping to get some scrapping done today afte rmy dentist appointment.  Or later tonight.  I did print pictures last night and my desk is relatively clean (thanks Mom!).

So here are the layouts I did for December with the Smaller than a Breadbox kit.  This first kit was based on the sketch included with the kit (I hate cutting photos but I did….  If I did this layout again I probably would just move them over!).

I never used to use non-traditional colors for Christmas - the blues and pinks didn’t do it for me.  Maybe because of my 3 girls, but I love this pink.  It is on white cardstock, I probably should’ve put a border around it to make it easier to see on my blog (next time!).

This is not my favorite layout this month… I had an idea and cut some of the paper and that didn’t work so I had to improvise.  But it is what it is…. done! :)

Hope you had a wonderful Christmas season and a Happy New Year’s Eve!  I’m off to get ready for the dentist and hopefully eek out some scrap time!

Whirlwind of Activity!

I cannot believe I haven’t posted in so long!  It’s been a very, very hectic month.  Soccer has finished up though (last weekend) and drama club finishes this week and then we’re into the holidays!  So hard to believe this year has flown by so fast.  I haven’t touched my scrapping since I finished my Apron Strings layouts.  I started (finally) cleaning the area up so maybe soon!

Just thought I’d show the rest of my Apron Strings October layouts and maybe I’ll have something new to show soon!  The first one I used a sketch from the Got Sketch 2 class and the second is based on the exclusive sketch from Becky Fleck included with the kit!

 

Hope to start scrapping again soon :)

Edited to add:  Just saw this awesome giveaway from Purple Pumpkin, be sure and check it out!  How cute are these monkeys!

Apron Strings October...

What a difference a week makes in our weather!  It was mid-80’s Monday.  Today I am seeing bits of white stuff mixed in with the rain.   And a soccer game at 1 which has yet to be cancelled.  I’ts going to be miserable out there for those young girls - and for the parents watching.  I might have a rebellion on hand from my other 2 who are currently refusing to go!  Worst case I guess DH can take her and we can stay warm and toasty here at home.  Not like I can take pictures or anything anyways!!

Just one from the October kit - got this one finished before our vacation to Vegas last week (which, BTW, was the FIRST time I came home with more money than I left with!)….  

This was loosely based on one of the sketches from the Got Sketch Express 2 class by Valerie Salmon - love the lovely fall mix of papers!

Still hoping for a cancelled game, hope you have a nice weekend in the works!

Some Goodness from AS!

A few more layouts from my September Apron Strings Kit…  and I’m getting the Smaller than a Breadbox kit sometime this weekend to start working on that one!  Have you seen the peeks?  Here’s a little sample of the paper - such fall goodness!!

I can’t wait to meet Lori this week….

Here are the other layouts I did with the September kit!

 

I used a lot of sketches for inspiration this month - I had to get things done!  The first layout was based on the kit sketch by Becky Fleck and the second one was based on a sketch in book 7 of the Scrapbook Generations sketch book.

Busy weekend here - hope you’re having fun!