Use Your Words Challenge Blog Giveaway

WOW!!! I have not heard of Picture Keeper before UYW posted it on their blog. I looked on Facebook and the Internet to check them out. I liked what I read! I will defiantly be investing in several of these! (Yes, that is how many pictures I have of my son and he is only 7!) Here is how to win one from Use Your Words Challenge Blog:  

1.  Like Picture Keeper's Facebook page at:  

2.  Go to Use Your Words Challenge Blog and comment on this blog post.

3. Enter both UYW challenges for July.

4. Become a follower of UYW.

5. Post this giveaway and link on your blog.

A winner will be picked August 30! 

Happiness is.../Lets Get Sketchy

There is a new sketch at Lets Get Sketchy.  The sketch called for two photos, but I decided to use one and use the other space to journal.  The card is part of the collection from Fancy Pants' Park Bench.  I wrote what happiness was to me on our vacation.  I pop dotted the photo and the journaling card.  Here is the sketch and my layout.  I hope you like it and tanks for stopping by!

Lunch with Nana/Sketch-N-Scrap

It is the first of August and that means a new sketch at Sketch-N-Scrap.  Here is the sketch:

I chose some pictures I took of my mom and son when she took us out for lunch one day.  They have a special bond and love spending time together.  Here is my take on it:

I used Everyday Eclectic by Allison Kreft from Echo Park.  I love this collection.  I hope you like it and thanks for stopping by!

Hello Splash Pad/Scrap Our Stash

At Scrap Our Stash the challenge is to create a Summer themed layout using 3 or more die-cut embellishments.  I used pictures from when I took Noah to the splash pad yesterday.  He loves the splash pad as much as being in the pool.  With school starting in 15 days I thought this would be a nice treat for him.  Here is my layout:

The supplies I used are from Fancy Pants.  The hello die cut is from Amy Tangerine.  The green die cut and white star die cut I have had for a long time.  I don't even know where I got them.  I hope you like it and thanks for stopping by!

My Guy/About A Boy

About A Boy has a new challenge this month.  It is to create a layout using a school age photograph.  It is hard to believe that school starts in 15 days!  I decided to use Noah's spring pictures from this year.  (I have no idea about the smile. It looks like a forced smile!)  I will add some journaling later.  The supplies I used are Bazzill, Little Yellow Bicycle, Simple Stories, and Jillibean Soup. 

                          I hope you like it and thanks for stopping by!

Blue/Scrap The Boys

The August challenge for Scrap the Boys is to use one color, twine and chipboard.  This challenge was perfect to document my son's everyday favorite color.  It changes everyday! The day I took this photo he happened to mention that his favorite color was blue. The supplies I used are Cosmo Cricket, Doodlebug Designs, Studio G, and Fancy Pants.  

I hope you like it and thanks for stopping by!

The Moment/Use Your Words

I love the blog Use Your Words.  It challenges me so much and this is such a awesome concept for scrapbooking!  They have a new challenge this month. The word to use is MOMENT.  This quote is on their blog:

"What I like about photographs is that they capture a MOMENT that's gone forever, impossible to reproduce." -Karl Lagerfeld

It made me think about the first time I saw my son because that moment IS gone forever, but my husband caught it in a photograph that he took.  My little one made a four week early appearance and it is a miracle that he is here.  I thank God everyday for him.  (Sniff! Feeling a little sentimental. I always do this at the beginning of a school year and his birthdays.) The supplies I used on this layout are Crate Paper, Maya Road and Tim Holtz.  

                                                I hope you like it and thanks for stopping by!