So Happy...together

The Turtles are running rampant through my head right now. Everybody with me.... I can't see me loving nobody but you. It's no secret that I adore my husband, but that's how it should be, right?

Anyway, I actually took this picture of me and my husband at the Mesilla Valley Maze in Las Cruces. We spent the morning there with the boys doing all the "pumpkin patch" things.

This one actually wasn't a sketch but inspired by the colors and my scraps.
One more tip. I love the Prima crystals and pearls but they can get a bit pricey so what I do is cut them up and only use a little bit of the swirl on each layout. That way my one swirl can last for at least 2 layouts. That and I stock up when they're on sale.

S'mores N Snores

Here's a super easy layout that's cute as can be. For times when you have tons of pictures that you want to include (but don't want to do 15 layouts) trim them all to a uniform size and "block" the page. I also had a lot to say so this Becky Higgin's sketch out of a Creating Keepsakes magazine was perfect!

Note: my band new pack of Thickers only had 3 s's so I'll be needing to get another pack to finish my title which should be S'mores N Snores.

Summer fun at the water park.

I admit it, I'm a bad mom. I'm really not into holidays and things like that. My husband and I don't like to make a big deal about them (read teach our kids that it's all about the presents etc). Since Leo's birthday is in August, my girlfriends and I take the kids to the water park and I call that his birthday party. I'm an August baby too and when I was a kid, my mom did the same thing, took 3 of my friends to the water park. I thought it was great and I'm sure she did too. No party to prep for.

This is my version of Prima's Build-A-Page-November. In my last post I mentioned that I use sketches for my layouts. To go a bit more into my process, I see a sketch I like (like this one) and then print my pictures to fit the sketch, or my adaptation of said sketch. Once I get the pictures and the sketch worked out, I go through my paper and see what papers and embellishments I want to use. (paper/embellishment collections I keep together in a bag) Then I toss the pictures and the sketch into the bag with the paper and I'm ready to go. I usually do this in the evening while chatting with my husband or watching TV. Then, when I feel like scrapping (or go to a crop) I just grab a bag and it comes together in a jiffy. This layout here only took about 10 minutes from start to finish.

Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles

No trip to Los Angeles would be complete without a stop at Roscoe's. Jen wasn't too sure about fried chicken and waffles on the same plate, but I think she enjoyed it. I know I always do. This is my take on Creative Scrappers sketch #75. Many people ask me how I manage to get so much scrapping done and all I have one word for you..... sketches! I'm getting so bad now, that it's really hard for me to scrap without them.

Exciting times!

I'm finally getting around to scrapping the last few things from my girl's weekend at CKC Pasadena. Since 3 of us (Mary didn't have a camera at the time) were taking all weekend, we decided that we should burn CDs with all the pictures. Of course, blank CDs aren't something any of us packed so that meant a trip to Target. Yeah, what an exciting Saturday night in Pasadena, a trip to Target.

This is based on an Inspired Blueprints layout, #34

Batting Cages

Martel had such a great time taking the boys to the batting cages. Sadly, this was the second time he took them as the pictures from the first time got lost.

Meerscheidt Park

Just a simple layout of the kids playing at the "big park" in Las Cruces. This is based on a Pagemaps sketch.