Summer Show Off by Edit Me Challenge

Over at Edit Me Challenge,  they are doing something different.  Instead of editing a picture supplied by them we are showing off a pic we took and edited.  Then at the end of submission day we will be voting on the favs.  The pic I chose was Michaela a few hours after her First Holy Communion.  She was so tuckered out.  She fell asleep waiting for the guest to arrive for dinner.

Original

Edit

I used Photobucket for this edit. But I did my edit 2 months ago so I don't remember exactly what I did.
I know that I cropped it and used a color filter but I don't remember which filter.  I also put some bokeh in it and lighten the bokeh up.  I also used a grungy frame but don't remember the name of it.

Thanks for looking!

Chillin' At the Zoo Layout

It is so HOT outside!! Just thought I share;)

This is the 10th installment of Paper Secrets Scrap Your Butt Off.
Here is the sketch we were to use and the 5 requirements I chose to do was

• eyelets
• photo corners
• border punch
• staples
• twine

I am also entering this layout at Use It Tuesday. We were to do anything animal related. You are also supposed to use something that you have had in your stash for a long time. For me, it was the animal stickers. I had those since the mid 1990s!!

Stay cool and cross your fingers for no rolling blackouts. I will cross for your community and you will cross for mine;)

Random Layout

I haven't done a scrap layout since August!! Thanks to Maryanne's Scrappy Gifts Online crop...I got it done:) We were to visit one of the other players in the crop and scraplift something they had done. I chose Katie's first layout in this post.
I also am entering my layout in Create For Fun Color Challenge. We were to use light pink, medium violet and gray.

Today is the last day of our winter break before the weekend. It went by so fast:(

Another Sweetie Layout

I am sooo behind on my posting! I have another one to do after this one. This whole year I felt like a lazy bug. Not just with my blog but with other things.

Okay, lets move on...I did a layout using a few challenges.


I used Scrapbook Challenges sketch # 209 with...
...the current Scrapmaster's Paradise Color Combo.
Here is my finished layout. I got kind of carried away when I was sewing the page and jabbed the needle through to the other side. So now I have a hole in one of my pictures:(
I am also linking this layout to Scrappy Saturdays on Scrappy Gifts for her July 31th edition.

Thanks for looking:)

Best Friend/Sister Layout

There is a contest over at Pagemaps that I would like to win. The prize is wood diecuts. So I did the sketch and the color challenge that went with it.


Opps! Just realized I forgot to put a flaggy thing on top. Oh well. You all have a nice weekend. It is supposed to be cooler. That would be nice to have fresh air!

Thanks for looking:)

p.s. Loving Photobucket again!

Bingo!

A few days ago I had finished a FUN challenge over at Sketches By Tamara. It was a bingo challenge. I used the diagonal line starting from brads to bling.


In the line is one of their archived sketches and I used sketch # 86.
BINGO!! He He! It is a layout of my Mom and Michaela. We were at a birthday party which was held in the basement and it was COLD. I had kept Michaela's hat on and wrap her in a blanket with my Mom holding her. She was sooooo cute!

Thanks for looking at my layout and I gotta go. There is a bad storm coming our way. The tornado producing kind.

The Wonders Of Winter

School was canceled today!! Woo hoo!! But I still have to go to work tonight. Hopefully the roads will be cleared by then. As I am typing this, the plow trucks are on our streets shoving snow up our driveway. I should go out there and shovel that mess up;)
Here is the current sketch from Sketchy Thursdays. I had fun with this sketch.
I sprinkled white paint on the background. Unfortunately the pictures are dark. This was before I had my digi camera. The title is a sticker that reads The Wonders Of Winter. Lindsey was introducing Michaela to the snow. She was and is so happy to have a sister:)

AHHHH! Work just called me and said I didn't have to go in today because of the snow! Yeah!!

Thanks for looking at my layout:)

Happy Michaela

The layout I did this week I entered into two challenges. Here is the color challenge at Scrapmaster's Paradise:

Here is the sketch challenge at Sketch Inspiration this week:
This is what I came up with.

Sooo...who got hit with the snow storm yesterday? It just missed us by a county!!

I hope the rest of your weekend goes well and thanks for looking at my layout:)

My Little Spartan

I was so hoping for a freak snow storm today so I didn't have to wake up and get the kids ready for school today. Didn't happen. Oh well. Shows me right. I shouldn't have stayed up to 3 in the morning!!

Here is a sketch from Sketchy Thursdays.
This is what I did with the sketch. I have pictures of all the girls in this Michigan State outfit. I gave away a bunch of our baby clothes but this is one of the items I kept. You never know..there might be a maybe. Jason says no, but you never know!! Actually there are just some things I couldn't part with. So this is Michaela, January of 2005.

Lindsey is a fan of the University of Michigan so she shrieks when she sees her pictures of herself in this outfit. The only reason why she likes that school is because the mascot is an animal, wolverine. She is just crazy about animals. I tell her Mommy's school's mascot is a WARRIOR. But since it is not an animal she wants nothing to do with it. Of course if she wants to have a career with animals she has to deal with MSU. My school is known for its agricultural work. So, in the words of Queenie Jeannie....nanner nanner!!

Thanks for looking a my layout:)

That's Right, She's My Sister

Last night I worked on a sketch. I thought I wasn't going to because today I start my new job. Since this past Sunday I have been anxious. If I tried not thinking about it, I felt okay. So I thought it will keep me busy. It worked for that bit:)

Here is the current sketch over at Sketchy Thursdays.
Here is what I came up with last night. Lindsey loved holding her little sister. She was always asking me to hold her. Of course the camera cord got in the way:p

Thanks for looking at my layout:)

New Years 2005 and Job News

Here is a sketch from Sketchy Thursdays.
Here is my take on the sketch. This page looks a lot nicer in person. The middle embellie is supposed to be darker but because the sticker is kind of glossy there is a glare. I had written the names of the people and the year. Jason likes it but that is because brown is his favorite color and the picture is of his Dzia Dzia. Who would pass away five months from when this picture was taken.

It was New Years 2005. Lindsey was 4, Michaela was 3 months and the other girl is Karrigan, who is the girl's cousin. Jason's Dzia Dzia and Grandma are also in the picture.

As some of you may already know...I got the job and I start next week Wednesday. I am really trying to feel good about it. The place seems relax and easy going. I can even wear sweatpants if I want!! Whoa!!

Thanks for all the good lucks and wishes:)

Christmas Eve and Job News

Here is a sketch from Sketchy Thursdays. One of my favorite challenge blogs. I am trying to do every one of their sketches along with Sketch Inspiration.
Here is my take on the sketch. I was gonna use my kids Crayola spray paint maker but it is the mess free kind where you use that special paper. So I couldn't get a spray paint effect. Instead, I used a snowlike embossing powder in that area. I hope you can see it.

I mentioned this on twitter..I have a job interview this Thursday. It is a part time retail job at a scrapping store. The store is one of my favorites. I just have all these different feelings. We can use the extra money that I may be bringing in, but I feel anxious, nervous and a little sad. I have been a SAHM for nine years. Parts of me don't want to go back to work. I would have to go back to work in a year and a half anyway because Adela will be in kindergarten. The hours would work for us. Nights and weekends. In a way, I feel it is the universes way of telling me take this one now because I may not get another chance.

Thanks for looking at my layout:)