Relaxing

Hi all! We attended a big family wedding last night. I had a ton of fun and got to bed pretty late, so today I'm just relaxing, and thought I'd catch up on a few layouts to show you.

Here's a layout I did for a mini-kit challenge at Scrappity Doo Dah:


The mini was by Lisete Scraps.

I jumped at the chance to use this multi-photo template offered up for a template challenge at ScrapMatters. It was perfect for these photos from earlier this summer!


The kit is Life's Little Surprises by the ScrapMatters Design Team.

This layout was done for a scraplift challenge, also at ScrapMatters. I love to use blocks of papers sometimes:


If the kit looks familiar, it's Sweet's Tea Party by geniaBeana Scraps, which I showed you a few posts back. And this layout won a Gallery Standout mention at SM!

Finally, I want to show you this layout. I used it for challenges at both ScrapMatters AND Scrappity Doo Dah...at SM you were asked to create a page about "sleep" and at SDD, you were asked to use a large photo:


I mixed two kits here, Dream a Little Dream by geniaBeana Scraps and Lit Up by Dylabel Designs. This layout won Layout of the Day at SDD!

All caught up now, but make sure you check back in the next few weeks...there will be lots of new kits coming down the pike, and a big celebration for Val of geniaBeana Scraps! See you then!

Love, love, love

Scraps by Mara has a softly stunning new kit in the shop at Brownie Scraps today! It's called Love, love, love:


You can get it in the shop HERE. This kit includes a photo mask and some word art, which I was inspired to use in this layout:


Dontcha love it?!

New Releases!

Hi all! I've got a couple of awesome new kits to show you, so let's get to it, shall we?

If you're into sports, either as a participant or a spectator, you're sure to love this new collection from Scraps by Mara called Play Hard! The collection includes a paper pack, an all-purpose element pack, and 10 mini-kits themed for 10 different sports!


You also get a coordinating alpha that goes with any of the minis:


Get the collection as a whole, or you can pick up the individual packs separately to create your own personal collection. But wait, there's more! Mara has also created this coordinating Word Art pack that you can pick up on her blog HERE:


I used the collection to rework a layout I did of Tina's high school tennis days:



Now, if you need a little sweetness in your life, check out this offering from geniaBeana Scraps called Sweet's Tea Party:


I used the kit to do this layout:


And if that's not enough goodness for you, Val has a free add-on mini available in the shop:


AND a coordinating alpha freebie available on her blog HERE:


So what are you waiting for?

Catching Up

Hi all! With all the rainy, yet hot and muggy weather around here lately, I had a choice...work on some projects around the house, or scrap? Well, grab a refreshing drink and a snack, 'cuz you can guess which way I went:

These first two layouts were done for ABC Challenges at Scrappity Doo Dah. As you may remember, we're working our way through the alphabet:


Jennifer's layout is a redo of a page I had done a couple of years ago. This time I used Captured Memories by Dylabel Designs, and guess what? This layout won Layout of the Day at Scrappity Doo Dah and got a Gallery Standout mention at ScrapMatters!

Tina is featured in my layout for the letter K. Kristina IS her given name, even though it's not what she goes by. The kit is Summer's Muse by Mandy King:


Another fun challenge at SDD was the Font Challenge, which in July asked you to create a word cloud using Wordle. I've been to that site before but had kind of forgotten about it. You should check it out! I used it to mix up all the girls' names for this layout using the Minimal Template and Kit by Dylabel Designs:


Here we have a layout I did for a scraplift challenge at SDD. The kit is You Make Me Happy by Designs by Sweet Mesquite:


These next few layouts were all done for challenges at ScrapMatters. The first is this page I did for a Template Challenge. Split-paper layouts are pretty popular right now, but I tend not to layer my papers that way unless I AM going off a template...it just doesn't come naturally to me (but that's why they're called challenges, right?):

The kit is BFF by Wm[2].

Here's another split-paper template, but this one has you split your photo too! This layout, using Verdant Splendor by geniaBeana Scraps, received a Gallery Standout nod at SDD and a mention on the Gallery Standouts blog!


ScrapMatters just celebrated their 4th birthday, and this template challenge was part of the fun:

I used Summer Cookout by geniaBeana Scraps. This layout also allowed me to participate in a challenge that asked you to use a themed kit for a page that didn't follow that theme. See those yellow flowery elements on the page? Those are actually mustard doodles from Val's cookout-themed kit that I made into flowers! This page got a Layout of the Day nod at Brownie Scraps.

Last but not least, we have this layout that I did for a Font Challenge at SM. The font (which I used for the journaling) is called sf Natalie, and the Kit and Template are both by geniaBeana Scraps.


Well, that's pretty much it for now. I'll have some new stuff to show you soon, but for now, since it's 70 degrees and sunny out today, I'm headed out into my garden for some cleanup duty. See you soon!

Found in a Box

Ohana Designs has this softly hued kit new in the shop today at Brownie Scraps. It's called Found in a Box and you can get it HERE:


The vintage-y feel and the little hint of musical notes inspired me to do this layout:


I just love the alpha that comes with this kit!

Odds n Ends v2

You may remember me showing you Ohana Designs' kit Odds n' Ends a while back. Now that Michelle is designing at Brownie Scraps, she decided to re-release the kit in the shop HERE:


I decided to give the kit another whirl too, using it for a template challenge at Brownie Scraps:

It's a nice, versatile kit, don't you think?

Play Ball!

That's the theme behind geniaBeana Scraps' contribution to the August 2011 Mix-A-Kit collection at ScrapMatters:





All the images are linked to the store, so hop on over and take a look! I didn't have any baseball photos to scrap, but the collection was versatile enough for a regular layout:


I haven't taken much scrapping time lately, but I'll be back soon, so see you then!