Obsessed! ~ a layout

Just popping in quick to share a layout I made on Friday. It was for my 52 Week Challenge  last week and for last week's Sketches in Thyme sketch.  

I had so much fun scrapping these pictures!  My sister got me hooked on Bakery Story and Restaurant Story - games that we play on our phones. In one month I went from Level 1 to Level 28 on both games and not quite a week later, I'm on Level 31 lol!!  I found a little camera icon on the games and realized that I could snap pics of my bakery & restaurant, so I thought it would be something fun to scrap. 

I used Studio Calico Classic collection for the papers. The colors in the pictures are so bright, the neutral palette of the papers were perfect.  I used stars for the embellishments since stars are collected in the games to level up. Fun and I'm using some WAY old stash!  Foil thickers finished off this page.

Here is the sketch that I based my layout on~

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Argh! ~ a Disney layout

Happy Tuesday!

Any Smash fans here?  It's one of my new favorite shows.  The finale was awesome but now I have to wait until mid-season next year for it to start again! Tonight is the finale for NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles. Looking forward to watching those with my hubby :) 

Here is a layout I did at the NSD crop and it was my entry for Week #19 of the SNC 52 Week Challenge. I just love how this turned out. I had these papers and a package of buttons in my stash (possibly from a swap??) and I printed these pics to go with them.  Made up my own sketch and plopped the pics and buttons down and voila - a super fun page!  I giggled and giggled as I added the pirate button to my hubby's head LOL! 

I added a fan page for my blog to facebook, if anyone would like to keep up with me that way :)
Here's the link: https://www.facebook.com/ScrapColorReadRepeat  It's still in progress but I'm having fun with it!

Have a great day!

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

Here is a page I created yesterday.  I had lots of fun making it and even had some help from my hubby choosing the papers. October Afternoon has a fabulous collection called Sasparilla and the patterns are all so neat and I couldn't decide which ones to use!  Everything except the thickers that spell big are from the OA collection.  Abby chose the collection and the sketch for last week's SNC 24 Hour challenge but I ran out of time to get it done then and have been itching to make this page. 

The picture is of the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at WDW.  I took this cool action shot from across the river while we were on Tom Sawyer's Island.  I have many other pictures of the railroad so eventually I will do a 2nd page.  

This was the sketch that I used. It's from Liz Qualman's blog.

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Not a Fan of the Antlers!

I found a sketch on Jana Eubank's blog last week that I just couldn't wait to use on these fun pics of our dog from Christmas 2010.  This was my entry for Week 14 of the SNC 52 Week Challenge. I'm finding it harder to decide what to scrap each week but after cleaning my room for a few hours yesterday, I think it will get easier!

Here is the sketch~

Supplies~
Paper: Bazzill cardstock, Georgia Pacific cardstock (photo mats), Basic Grey Jovial
Ink: Colorbox Warm Red chalk ink 
Other: Basic Grey Jovial stickers & chipboard, Cosmo Cricket tiny type letters, October Afternoon Sticky Keys, Thickers, Recollections rhinestones

Ooo what did I get?

I created this double page layout last night for my Weeks #12 & 13 of the SNC 52 Week Challenge.  I'm still in the contest...I had to use passes 2 weeks in a row, hopefully I can keep up from now on!

More pictures from Christmas 2010.  Journaling reads "Amber was a very spoiled puppy on her 1st Christmas! She sniffed each and every gift before she started playing.

I used this sketch from SCS - SBSC142.  I mirrored the right side to make the layout match.

Supplies:

Paper ~TE Choice Buttercream cardstock. Basic Grey Jovial

Other ~ Basic Grey Jovial brads, ribbon from stash, Thickers

Let's Get Sketchy Challenge #1

Did you hear about the new challenge blog Let's Get Sketchy? They have a new challenge every Monday and I'm getting my entry in just under the wire!

Here is their first official challenge~

and here is my take on it!

This is another page for my Christmas 2010 album, maybe I'll finish it before this Christmas?? This is also my entry for the SNC 52 Week Challenge.

All supplies are from the Basic Grey Jovial line.

TFL!

Flutter By Wednesday x2!

Oh happy day, it's Flutter By Day and it's also Leap Day! How you will you spend your extra day? I'm working and then I hope to craft tonight!

After taking off last week due to no mojo, I have two creations to share today. I had hoped to finish more but I ran out of time.  I finally got my desk and chair cleaned off. I spent hours coloring on Sunday!  It's been months since I touched my copics to color a full image...it was rough going at first but I think I'm back on my game :-)

Anywho, this week's Flutter By Challenge is an open one - just remember to include a butterfly, fairy or angel on your creation!  If you play along you have a chance to win a prize from the fabulous Susana of Susana's Custom Art and Card Design.  Susana so kindly sponsored the team with stamps to use this week - thank you Susana! Click {HERE} to enter your creation and find links to the rest of the team to see what they created.

I received the Fairy Good Hair Day from the Victoria Case Fairylicious Collection. Isn't she adorable? It took me two attempts to color her but I am pleased with how she turned out.  I paired her with some new Bo Bunny Ambrosia paper also from Susana's store. There are lots of new papers there, I did leave some for the rest of you to buy, he he :)

Here is my 2nd creation using last week's inspiration challenge. I finished it Friday night but didn't have much time to blog over the weekend.  It's also for Week #8 of the 52 Week Challenge, I've managed to still get a page a week done even though I haven't shared them all here.  For this layout I used various pieces from the My Mind's Eye Lost & Found collection and the sketch I used from Sketch Inspiration.

This is the first page that I've scrapped for my wedding album. I can't wait to scrap more of the photos!

Thank you for fluttering by today :-)

52 Week Challenge - Week #5 & 24 Hour Challenge!

Well lookie here, it's only Saturday and my 52 Week layout is DONE! Whatever will I do with myself on Friday night now? LOL!

We had our monthly 24 Hour Challenge on SNC, I missed the deadline to get my layout entered for it but I still wanted to get mine done since I loved the collection and sketch picked for me by Amanda. She picked Echo Park Country Drive and this sketch from Creative Scrappers:

I've had this collection on my 24 Hour list a few times now and this is the first time it got picked. I've been saving it to use for pictures from my day trip to meet Sue!

I started off with inking the edges of all the papers with Tea Dye distress ink. I think it helped the papers not blend in together since they are a bit on the busy side. The thickers are from a kit I took apart and I used some flowers from Recollections and the blue one is one I've been hoarding from Precocious Paper! The butterflies were punched from a few of my Martha Stewart punches.

I can't wait to scrap more pictures from this day now that I finally started :)

TFL!

52 Week Challenge - Week #4

Yay, I made it a whole month! *patting self on the back* lol

I don't seem to have a good track record when following through with challenges or classes so I'm trying very hard to stay motivated to get my layout done each week. I saw Frosted Designs sketch for this week and knew I had to use it!

Here's my take on it. I used more of my October Afternoon Holiday Style collection. It felt a little strange scrapping a picture of myself LOL. Usually if I'm it in, so is my hubby or my dog! Every year I add at least one new nutcracker to my collection - this year I added 3! Next year I'm going to have to find a new way to display them since I'm sure I find another to add.

TFL!

52 Week Challenge - Week #3

I put my 52 Week Challenge layout together tonight...took me what seemed like forever LOL! 

I knew I wanted to use this sketch from Artful Delight (designed by our SNC leader Abby!)

I finally decided to scrap some pictures from this past Christmas and it's the first time I got to use my new printer! My friend Suzy got an awesome printer and since she loved it, I decided to use a gift card to get my own. No more running to the pharmacy for just a picture or two to scrap!

All supplies except the kraft paper and Thickers are from the October Afternoon Holiday Style collection. Initially I wasn't going to get any but one day I went to the LSS and they had it in stock - it just jumped into my basket, I swear!  I also got those cool stitched Thickers that day - I think I need more even though I only opened the package tonight. The kraft paper is MME Funday and I took it from my Artful Delight January kit. I like that it has a light pattern to it so I could still journal on it and it broke up having so many busy patterns. 

It's supposed to start snowing overnight! I hope to get some good pictures tomorrow to scrap!

New Toys

Yes, I waited until Friday again to do my 52 Week layout challenge...it's been a long week!! Don't worry, I already have next week's page scheduled to be done during my 3 day weekend :)

I scrolled through my desktop of sketches I saved this week and picked #302 from Sketch Inspiration to play along with.

I did flip it for what I had in mind, needed to pull some extra duty and enter in a Scrappin-N-Chattin challenge! Abby challenged us to use a vertical title and this sketch was perfect for accomplishing that.

I am still scrapping pics from Christmas 2010. Hopefully it's only 3-4 more layouts and then I can retire these BG Jovial supplies for cardmaking. I already have several collections in mind to scrap the 2011 pics!

TFL!

SNC 52 Week Challenge #1

This year I took the dare, double dare and triple dare to join in the Scrappin' N Chattin's 52 Week Challenge. Each week we have to create a layout and at the end of the year, everyone that is still in it is included in the big prize drawing (a $ prize that we all contribute to).

This is week 1's page and my first page of the year!

I used a sketch from Jana Eubanks

Everything except the black letters are from the Bella Blvd. Tail Waggers and Cat Naps collection. Such a cute pet collection! I know the letters are a little hard to follow but the title reads 1 2 3 Strikes and Amber is out of beds.  The journaling talks about how we crate Amber during the work day and how she chewed up 3 different beds. These pictures were taken just a few weeks after we got her. The first picture is when she actually broke out of her crate LOL. It's since been reinforced with metal ties so she can't escape.  I have some other pictures to scrap from the day she escaped her crate. I hope to get those scrapped soon!

TFL!