Americana by Bits N Bobs (plus S2L Challenge pages)

Julie doesn't really have any other new kits out right now, her mojo is a lost lol So I went back to some older kits of hers and saw this cute American kit! It is called Americana and I love that the colors aren't the normal dark blue and deep red! I ended up making 4 pages with it today!

Anyway, here is a preview of the kit. Aren't the colors cool?!
And now to my pages. I guess I used flowers on all the pages so any of them can count for the S2L Challenge for the week of 2/21-2/28. The first two are at the fourth of July parade in Rexburg, ID last year. My niece wanted to get lots of candy so she found a helper! lol When she returned from getting loads of candy her pockets were bulging and her pants were falling down from the weight of it all! lol

This one meets the 2/14-2/21 challenge of using a heart on your LO. (not the normal V-Day page, but it still has a heart on it, so it counts! lol)

These are from the 4th of July the year before (2008). Aren't the kids so cute with their red, white and blue on?!

And then I flipped the page over and made a two page spread using a different picture and a few more embellishments!! WOOHOO go me!! lol

So head on over to Bits N Bobs blog and click on the banner for Exquisit Scraps so you can grab this kit for yourself!

Cupcake Darling by Spinky Dink Scraps and Amanda Carlson

Spinky Dink Scraps is out with another adorable kit! (I know a few people who if they did digital would be all over this kit! lol) Lots and lots of cupcakes! hehehe
Here are my LOs. The first one is a birthday party we went to last year for one of Tye's classmates.

And this is one of my adorable nieces! Her smile makes my day! :-)

So head on over to Linday's blog to find out how you can get this kit for yourself!

STS SS #104

On Tuesday I participated in another Speed Scrap at STS. Here are the instructions:

Step 1: Pick out 3 pictures all from the same event.
Step 2: Pick out 2 papers, 1 solid 1 pattern
Step 3: Put your pattern down as your background, and with your solid, give it a decorative edge (scallop, etc.) and put it on top of your pattern background so the pattern paper can still be seen.
Step 4: Arrange your 3 pictures in a row, anywhere on your page.
Step 5: Frame 1 picture with any shape other than what the picture shape is. So, if you picture is rectangle, you can't use a rectangular frame, but maybe a square or circle, etc. Staple it down
Step 6: Pick any 1 embellishment, 1 ribbon or ricrac, and 1 button. Put the 1 embellishment on the framed picture. Put your button on your ricrac, and put that anywhere on your page.
Step 7: Give your layout a title and journal like crazy about the picture. Don't forget to date it

So here is what I came up with! What do you think? I think it is simple yet cute! lol

Take a Dip by Digi-Designs by Nicole and Nibbles Scribbles

And then I went ahead and completed the second page to go with it today.

100 Days of School 2010 by Shel Belle Scraps

Shel Belle Scraps has a kit that came out recently. It is the third edition of this kit, called 100 Days of School 2010.

Tye just celebrated his 100th day of school on Monday, but I wasn't there and didn't take any pictures of it. So I ended up scrapping some pictures of his Pre-K graduation. These four kids were such good friends the entire year of Pre-K, they would come home talking about each other every day. (Tye even would call the two girls--who are twins, at different times, his girlfriend! lol) Here are some pictures of them being so silly! It took forever to get some good pictures of them sitting nicely and then they had fun playing after we got the formal stuff taken care of. lol

I did this first page during a speed scrap at STS. I am not going to post the directions, but it was SS#100 if you want to go to STS and get the directions for yourself.

There are lots of cool science pieces to this kit if you are looking for a kit for the science fair or something like that. So head on over to Shel's blog and find out how to get this kit for yourself!

My Love by Bits N Bobs

Bits N Bobs has a new kit out called My Love. Here is a preview of the kit.

And here is what I did with it! Thanks to my friends and family for allowing me to use their pictures to create these beauties! lol

So head on over to Bits N Bobs blog to find out how to snag this kit for yourself!

Little Things by Spinky Dink Scraps (and a few S2L Challenges)

Lindsay has another great kit called Little Things! I love the pinks and browns and oranges! I love how my pages turned out with this kit. I have a few things that I combined together to make my pages so here goes. This is the full preview!

Now to my pages....last night at Stuff to Scrap they had a speed scrap. So of course I had to participate. Here are the instructions:

1- Choose 2 solid papers (one darker and one lighter) and 1 patterned.

2- The darker paper it's your main background, put the patterned paper on top of your background, resize it enough to show a little of the background paper.

3- Resize the lighter paper to 10x10 and put it on top of the patterned paper. Use some stitches to hold the paper.

4- Choose a wordart to be your title and emboss it in a corner of the smaller paper.

5- Choose 3 photos and frame them. Place your photos close together(they should touch each other)on the upper 3rd of your page in the opposite corner of your title.

6- Underneath your photos you'll place a ribbon and two swirly elements.

7- Pick two kinds of flowers and a button, duplicate twice and make 4 little clusters and place them close to the photos. You can put them on top or underneath.

This is what I came up with. It also goes with the S2L Challenge for last week Jan 31-Feb 6 of pink and brown!!

And while I was at it I couldn't forget to scrap the rest of my sissers so I basically flipped the page, put the other sissers in with some additional frames and moved the elements around and was done with my accompanying page! lol This takes care of the S2L Challenge for this week (2/7-2/13) of use 7 pages on a LO and scrap something that makes you happy! These girls make me happy!! I cannot wait for every Friday when we get to have our online chat/scraps and each year when we get together to have a scrapbook retreat! Too much fun!!! Definitely makes me happy!

The last one is a picture of my parents that was taken a couple of years ago. I think the colors really make the "dullness" of the picture fun! lol

So there you have it. If you love the kit like I do, run over to Spinky Dink Scraps to see how you can get it too!

Love Ya by Shel Belle Scraps and MyLife Challenge Week 4 (1/24-1/30)

I am such a bad girl! I totally forgot about the new kit that Shel has on her blog! It is called Love Ya. She will be giving out one portion a week. So hurry and get part one before Sunday so you don't miss it! Here is a preview of the full kit.
Here is what I did with it. It is for the MyLife Challenge at STS for week 4. The challenge was to use LOTS of journaling on our LO. She told us to journal about something that is important to us. So I decided to use Shel's kit and make a LO about a portion of my weight loss journey.

Don't forget to head on over there and get the kit today before it goes into the store on Sunday!