Saturday Revamp Week 2

I am so glad it is Saturday!! Time for my little theme day...Saturday Revamp.

Original

My Edit

This is what I did:

Went to ipiccy

• Cropped and fixed photo.
• Used the eye brighten tool for eyes and hair.
• Cloned out the fence.
• Used the focal soften.
• Used the vintage filter Daguereotype at 50%
• Used the matte filter
• Used the mirror frame.

If you want to play, let me know so I can see what you did.

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:(

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!

Baby Picture Sundays: It's A Shore Thing

Hi again!! This is my last week of work. Actually I just work one day and then I am done. This will give me more time to craft and blog!! Oh ya...and be with the kids;)

I saw this meme on Chasing Little Crocs thru Facebook and thought it was so sweet! It is called Baby Picture Sundays and you play at Who Says 8 Is Enough? The theme for this week is: It's A Shore Thing.

So I dug up photos of Lindsey back in 2002. It was one of our many trips Up North.

This was before my digi camera so I can't really see her face in the last one:(

Let's see your kid's baby pictures over at Who Says 8 is enough?

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:)

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:)

Christmas Sisters

Here is a sketch from Sketch Inspiration. It is a new scrapping/challenge site I just joined. They only been around since the beginning of December. I am hoping it helps me through my sadness that 52 Sketches 52 Weeks is no longer operating in blogland:(
Here is my take on it. It was another Christmas 2004 layout. It is of Lindsey and Michaela.

One of my resolutions is to improve on my blogging. I have been a little sluggish the past few months. Of course this week put a wrench in that plan. As I mentioned in the last post I was feeling under the weather, well the virus got a little mean and a few days there I was wiped out. I just went on Facebook so my crops on the farm games wouldn't die;) Thanks for sticking with me!

Thanks for looking at my layout and have a great week:)

Hush Little Baby

Here is Sketchy Thursday's current sketch.
Here is my take on it. It is really simple. But the picture is the most important part! It is Lindsey when she was just about a year. Don't ya just love it when babies sleep with their butt in the air!!?? For the journaling I used the first verse of "Hush Little Baby".

Thanks for looking at my layout:)

Animal House

Here is a sketch from Unscripted Sketches. I usually just do cards with their sketches but this time I did a layout.
Here is my take on the sketch. I had Michaela on the floor and Lindsey decided she needed a house. So she put all her stuff animals in a circle.

Thanks for checking out my layout:)