The Twins and their Furry Friend

I made this layout of my twin sister and me with the "furry" Phil the gorilla at the St. Louis Zoo.  We were about the same age as my sister's daughter and my son! It is weird to think that so much time has passed since this photo!!! Anyway, I saw the photos and thought they would fit great with Simon Says Stamp Furry Friends challenge; so I made this layout!!!

Thanks for looking! Hope your summer is going great!

Steve and Kelly's Favorites at the San Diego Zoo

                                                 

Steve loves polar bears, and I love koala bears! Actually, I love polar bears, too! But, I chose these photos because they were some of our favorites at the San Diego Zoo.  I meant to place the photos a little more to the left, but I had already peeled the paper and photos off for another issue... I made the flower with several layers of Sizzix flowers which I then crimped and inked with some turquoise to go along with the paper and butterflies.  The layout is not wonky in real life either... I made this using Frosted Designs lovely sketch!  I'm in a hurry today because for the first time in his life, my hubby locked his keys in the car, and I am going to take them to him and have lunch with him also! So, yay for that!  

Get Well Card and Some Great News

Well, here is a get well card. It is for my mom who has been in the hospital twice now in the last few weeks. She is having some heart problems (first time), and it has been stressful, especially so close to losing Alex (our nephew).  My mom got out of the hospital today after being there since last Wednesday. We're all hoping she won't have to go back anytime soon. They are still trying to get all of her meds regulated properly!  Anyway, I did the card using a new sketch site (to me) called Card Patterns.  It is their Sketch #106, and I did it for the Paper Variety's challenge to make a Get Well card and for Simon Says Stamp's challenge--anything goes.  I wanted to use some bright, cheerful colors.  The butterfly is from Fancy Pants, and much of the rest is from Pebbles!


In other news, my son and his friend got first place in NFL (National Forensics League) districts last weekend AND first place at the 2011 MSHSAA Speech District Tournament this weekend which means they get to compete at Nationals in Dallas, Texas, this summer and at State in April at The University of Missouri--Columbia for their speech and debate duet acting performance!! We are so proud of them! Mitch worked really hard this year in Speech and Debate and had a job as well as taking some tough classes! Yay, Mitch!

Julie - Senior Pics - 2010

I used Sketch Inspirations #147 to make this layout just full of punches!!!!! These are some senior pictures of  my niece, Julie! Isn't she pretty?! No, I'm not partial! :-)  Anyway! I used some Harmonie for the background.  You can't tell very well, but I shimmer misted the turquoise circle.  I used my I-ROCK for the bling!  Simon Says Challenge this week is to use punches!  I used a bunch of Martha Stewart butterflies and flowers from Marvy Uchida! I thought it turned out well! :-)

1968- Pink Dolly with a String

My sister and I got "pink dollies with a string" in 1968 for Christmas--or at least that's what we called them!  I actually can't remember the real name of the dolls. All I know is that We were so excited!!!! The pictures are old so they have a "faded" appearance.  But, you can tell we had so much fun with our dolls!  I made this along with the bookmark and card as part of the TRIFECTA for the Design Dollies challenges this week!  I used Cosmo Cricket's Jolly by Golly on all 3 projects--the snowman and the pink snowflake papers went on all three! I used a lot of jewels on the layout to brighten up the photos! I used American Crafts fabric Thickers for the letters!

You were to use the following:

1.  Colors

2. Design Element:

Your challenge (should you choose to accept it) is to create a THEMED project... That means a minimum or two or three matching pieces... I did 3.

3. Sketch

Big Red

I made this for a challenge over at Sketches For All. I used Brenda's sketch and Christy's colors: turquoise and red.

1999 Steve's first trip to the Ocean

I created this layout using Splash Dance from Imaginisce.  I won it on their blog! I was so excited to get it that I whipped out a layout as soon as I opened the box.  It helped that I had a color scheme in mind from Frosted Designs (orange, yellow, turquoise, and green) and a sketch in hand from Pages in Time.