Scrapbook Pages.

I was going through our Scrapbooks and I found some pages that I wanted to share. **Please forgive the photo quality. I've learned to keep the pages in the albums through an unfortunate incident with Orange Juice!**

This page was to commemorate the Easter Dinner that my auntie cooked wearing an apron that was my grandma. As you can tell, she does NOT like to cooperate for pictures.

The name of this page is "Eat Beef!" I bought that chicken suit at a garage sale while Bree was still in my tummy. I wanted to take a nice picture to frame for my mom's kitchen. But, Bree was not impressed with the suit. Before the meltdown, Gabe grabbed her pig. I thought they turned out cute. I used the paper as part of a challenge. I ended up getting stuck where I'm at...

This was a layout that I did using a page map. The supplies are out of kit from 'Chatterbox!' When we would go to my Aunt Brenda's Bree was obsessed with her doll collection. Here was when auntie melted and let Bree play with one of her dollies.

Scrappin' for Home Decor

I *Love* to scrapbook. But sometimes I get discouraged placing my hard work inside of albums. The Frame is a $5 frame that I bought at Wal-Mart. I lightly sanded and painted Ivory. After it was dry I painted it Autumn Brown which I lightly took off using a wet paper towel. When The light brown dried I went through and painted a dark brown in the cracks and I wiped off with a paper towel. Then Gabe sprayed it with a clear Krylon and we let it set overnight.

I love this picture. It captures the essence of my daughter. So I tried to match it as best as I could. The frame is 11x14. So I stitched the 2 papers (Stampin' Up!) together using an "in-stitchz" template from Bazzill! (love those!) Then I used my Silhouette to cut out her name!!! I had the "Cherish" rub-on in my stash. I was dying to use ribbon, but I wanted to keep it simple!!!!

Stay Warm, Stay Safe

Sketch from Scrap Freak

I belong to an online scrapping community called "Scrap Freak." They have scrapping chat rooms, a place where you can post your pages and receive feedback, a gallery for inspiration plus a great store. It's a fabulous site. http://www.scrapfreak.com

In my email newsletter from them, there was a challenge to see what you can come up with the provided sketch. So, I've spent my afternoon working on my sketch challenge.
Here is my scrapbook page. The background cardstock is "Sugar Daddy" from Bazzill. It's out of their 'Bling' collection. It has a sheen to it. I love Bazzill Bling and now our local Michael's carries it. The patterened paper, ribbon, & metal accents are left over from my Stampin' Up! days. I cut out the letters for 'CONCENTRATION' with my Silhouette. I **LOVE** my Silhouette! Anyhoo. Hope you enjoy.

~Stay warm.