My Life: Up Close and Personal

Scrap Yourself

My first design team post is up for Scrap Yourself. This weeks theme is little me. Like my fellow DT members, I don't have very many pictures of my little me. This past April my dh and I took a trip to NY to visit family. My Aunt had several photo albums that I just had to go through. I found this jewel of a photo of myself. It is my 2nd grade school picture. No one at home even has this picture. It was in pristine condition as well. This is the second time I have scrapped this photo since April, guess I'll have to retire it soon.

If you ever wanted to do a layout to include a letter/advice to your younger self, this is the perfect challenge to use. That's what I did. the title of my layout is be Kind and here it is.

The envelope tucked under the picture contains the letter. The letter reads;

To my younger self,
that saying about all you really need to know you learned in kindergarten is true. The most important thing you learned then was to be kind to people, you never what they may be going through. Later in life you will understand just how important that is, as you will find yourself going through some trials.

Fortunately, you will come out on the upside of the trials. During your journey, you will encounter many people, some were kind and some were unkind. Those that were unkind could have affected your outcome in a very negative way, had you let them. You were lucky, you have a strong support system and developed a healthy self-esteem. You chose to to focus on those that were kind during your struggles.

Remember the way that those who were unkind to you made you feel? Do you want to be responsible for making someone else feel that way? I know your older self doesn't, so always remember, be Kind.

I used the August kit from Swirlydoos to complete my layout. I hope this inspires you to pull out the little me pictures and do some scrapping.If you decide to play along, leave me a link to your layout, there may be a little something in it for you.

Good News

Two days in a row and 3 times in one week, this has got to be a record for me. It my last post I said I had good news, well today is the day for me to tell it. I have been selected to be on the design team for a great challenge blog called Scrap Yourself.

The new DT is being introduced all week. Today is my day, stop on by and say hello. The new challenges start next week. The topic will be posted on Sunday and the DT will post layouts all week with their interpretation. You should play along.

Remember, we need to get from behind the camera. One day you will be looking through all you wonderful scrapbooks and notice something missing, YOU! What do you want your family to remember about you? Put it in a layout.

Or what about all those time you have talked about doing a book of me, but just didn't know where to start or what to include. Join us at Scrap Yourself for the weekly topics, they are sure to get you started on that book of me.

Well that's it for my good news. Oh, sorry if the blog is looking a bit wonky, I'm working on redesigning it and it is slow going. I'll be back with some new layouts that i'm working on.

Twisted Sketch 123

Told you I'd be back later this week with a new Twisted Sketch. This week the twist was envelope, any way any how. I used a photo of myself from 1st grade.

We went to NYC back in April and I had a chance to visit my aunt. Of course I had to go through her photo albums for pics of my dad. I found some really great one too. But I also came across this photo of me. No one else in the family has this photo and she had 2.

I used my Swirlydoos August kit to create this layout. I also did some masking and tried using molding paste for the first time. I just had a lot of fun creating this layout. Like most of my layouts this one is untitled.

I must apologize for the bad picture. My background paper curled from the misting and I couldn't get it uncurled. So there you have it, Twisted Sketch 123. Stop by check out the sketch and play along with us.

I haven't forgotten about the good news I promised. It's coming later this week.

Dance

I have been doing a lot of scrapping lately. There are tons of challenges going on over at Swirlydoos. I created this layout for the Swirly-hues Challenge. This is a new monthly color challenge. I used my September kit that is full of the new Bo Bunny ETC collection.

The photo is of my grandmother and one of her several husbands. My grandmother was a beautiful woman back in the day.

 

I used lots of Prima flowers, glimmer mist, smooch spritz, and dusty attic on this layout. I love using doilies on my vintage layouts. On the title letters, I used diamond dust after I painted and stamped the raw chipboard. It's a tutorial from Swirlydoos. It makes the letters look like the sugared Prima letters. Although, I think I may have used a bit too much diamond dust.

Don't forget to stop by Swirly-hues and check out the contest and all the amazing entries. Hopefully you will play along one month.

Tune in later this week for a new Twisted Sketch and some exciting new news.

 

 

Twisted Sketch Wednesday

Today is sketch reveal day at Twisted Sketches. Here is my layout for the sketch, the twist was clear. I used the July kit from Swirlydoos.

This is a photo of me from my friends wedding, hence the title bridesmaid again (I am terrible at titles). Sorry about the big shadow across the photo, we have had lots of rain here and it has been hard to get decent light for a good photo.

Head on over to Twisted Sketches and check out the other layouts from my twisted sisters.

I know it's been a while since I updated, no promises, but I will try to do better. I do have a ton more layouts and projects to post,

See you later.

Weekend recap and a Twisted Sketch

Twisted Sketch 94 is up. Here is my take on the sketch. This was my mom's favorite photo of herself. Ok so I scrapped this same picture a month ago, I used it in a sepia color the last time. This time I used the color version. Who said you could only scrap the same picture once? Head on over and check out the rest of the Twisted Sisters.

I used the March Swirlydoos kit with this layout. It is filled with the new Prima papers, head on over and check it out.

Now for my weekend update. Kisha came to town and we were able to get together for lunch. We had a great time and great food at Pappadeaux. It was like we were old friends even our spouses were like long lost friends. When I tell you we talked and laughed and ate and talked and laughed. Here are a few pictures from our time together.

Check out Kisha's blog for more pictures and all the food we ate.

Hey Kisha and Don.

Me and Kisha. it was freezing out there. poor Kisha was not use to the Chicago weather.

Me with the whole family.

Me, Armand, Kisha and Don.

We can't wait to get together with Kisha and Don again. We have made another set of life long friends.

Toodles!!

Twisted Sketch # 88

Today is my first design team layout post over at Twisted Sketches. Sketch number 88 is up, the twist is soft. Here is my interpetation of the sketch and twist. The photo is of my mom when she was 18. I have scrapped this photo before, but I felt like using it again.

I used my Swirlydoos January kit for this layout.

Glitz Paper

Dusty attic Chipboard

Thickers letters

Prima bling

Petaloo Flowers

Ribbon, brads and feathers

 

Head on over to Twisted Sketches and check out the other twisted sisters. Hopefully this weeks sketch will inspire you to play along.

 

CHA goodie Giveaway

There is a CHA goodies giveaway over at Swirlydoos blog. You have to go check it out. All you have to do is post a comment telling them what your "moost" have are from CHA. How easy is that?

What are my "moost" haves you ask? Anything by Prima, Bo Bunny has really stepped up their game. I am totally in love with their Timepiece and Gabrielle collections. Plus I'll take anything created by Timmy.

So head on over to the Swirlydoos blog and enter the giveaway. Good Luck.

A new beginning

This month starts my design team term over at Twisted Sketches. Today our design team application layouts are posted. The twist was Map, any way, any how you chose to interpret it. Here is my layout.

This is a photo of my monthly scrapbooking group. My twist is in the title, "Scrapbooking is the roadmap to friendship". I used a bunch of older supplies I had left over from a kit. The stamp on the tag is from Stampin Up and the metal plate on the bottom that says "circle of friends"  is by Making Memories (got it at Michael's).

So head on over to Twisted Sketches and check out all my new twisted sisters for some scrapping inspiration.

 

I've been scrapping

I'm trying to get back into the swing of blogging. What better way than to post a few layouts I've done over the past week or so. A few of them were done for a challenge over at Swirlydoos. This is one of the best kits clubs ever.

I won't start my design team layouts until February, so stay tuned.

This first layout was done on a thin sheet of acrylic. The challenge was to use white, plus one other color and winter embellishments. The photo is of me grooving at a concert this past summer.

This next one is a Christmas layout. The photo in that is from 1989, again another Swirlydoos challenge.

This layout was done using the January kit from Swirlydoos. I found this old photo of my mil and it was screaming to be scrapped, so I did.

And finally, a layout for a current challenge that is going on over at yep you guessed it, Swirlydoos. this is for the round robin. You have to lift the layout of the person before you and the twist was to use hoarded items. can you guess what I hoard? If you said flowers, you would be correct.

So, that's all I have for now, but stayed tuned for some Twisted Sketches.