Again in LONDON 2012

In case you haven't been following, Sisterhood of Scrap's LONDON 2012 Olympic Crop is going on from July 27 to August 3. Challenges, inspiration, games and prizes are all up for grabs!

July 31 was my final challenge for this crop. I drew Rhythmic Gymnastics as my sport for the day. You can check out the particulars of the challenge here but remembering that it's one of only two strictly female sports at the Olympics should give you a good hint as to the nature of the challenge. :-)

Here's my example for the crop:

Gabby loves to get her nails done. In between getting messy with art, getting dirty in the sandbox, playing rough with the dog, she still loves her girl time with momma...  This is the day she changed her orange nail polish for the hot pink she'd picked out all by herself....  She has such fun with it - a well-rounded little girl to be sure!

Thanks for checking in today. Let me know what you think!

Have a scrap-happy day!

Someone who understands

We all want that person in our life who understands, even when they don't really say anything. Just their warm (and in this case, furry) presence is all that's needed to make a day special.

Murphy is such a good pup. He puts up with alot of  "abuse" from the toddlers, but loves every minute of it. He's never gotten grouchy or temperamental with them. He rarely barks and loves to give kisses (he and Hugo are the same height!)....  He's the perfect little pal for Gabby. She takes him places and snuggles with him and loves him to bits. Caught this "moment" on a Very Good Day.

This layout was completed for a challenge at Sisterhood of Scrap's Summer School. It was a daily layout challenge in which we were given some "homework" every day and added it to our layout, not knowing what the final page would look like.

You can find the directions here.  You'll also see the other gals layouts here.

Now I know there are some lurkers here (Colleen) who don't comment but come and look. I'd love to see you over at the Sisterhood giving some of these challenges a try! If you only want to lurk there too, that's fine, I hope you'll show me at least what you've done.

I've joined a challenge at ScrapShotz and have challenged myself to post on my blog 27 times over the summer. I think that this is #10...  I'm super pleased! Wish me luck and don't forget to encourage me by leaving a comment. I LOVE hearing from you!!

Have a scrap happy day!

Back to Babies!

I am still working on my grandson's album. Here is a photo that is long over-due to be scrapped. In it, he's about four hours old and enjoying the quiet of night in his momma's arms.

With this layout, I completed all of the Sisterhood of Scrap's Amazing March challenges! For this challenge we were to use the piece of ephemera that you see in the lower left hand corner of the layout. Since I wanted a soft, Victorian-type feel to this layout, it worked perfectly.

Thanks for checking in and have a scrap-happy day!



I can't believe it's been this long

since I posted something! It's been a very busy week for some reason. I have a layout on my desk that I let STALL on me and can't figure out how to bring it back to life! LOL

I thought I'd cleanse my palette and what better way to do that than with Sketch 9-12 from S:CY this week! It's a lovely little sketch that really lends itself to many interpretations. You can find it at the site but here's my rendition of it.

Why not pop over to the S:CY blog and check out all the other takes on the sketch!

Have a scrap-happy day!

Short and sweet

I didn't think I had anything for you today but this morning recalled the LO I did on Friday for a tag at Scrapshotz.  It wasn't supposed to be a race but everyone finished very quickly so it was over in two days!

Here's another one of my darling grandson. He was wearing his jeans and a skull sweater he received for Christmas. What a "tough" little guy. :-)

Hope you all have a scrap, happy day!

Want to hear something freaky?  I had this all set up to post this morning all by itself but when I turned on my computer on Wednesday, there it was! I nearly had a heart attack! Everything is supposed to be revealed on the S:CY blog first. Oh dear! I had to take it all down and re-put it up this morning. So, if there's any confusion or weirdness.. let's blame it on the blogger gremlins, shall we?

Without further explanations or adieu, here's Sketch 8-12 from Sketches: Creatively Yours!

This time our layout was created by Ali MacDonald, site owner. I love the way she hand draws her sketches - gives me hope that maybe I can draw my own someday instead of "winging it" all the time! LOL

And here's my interpretation

It's quite rare that I have ever had baby Hugo fall asleep on me. It seems that he's always on his way somewhere or cuddling with his mamma.... He truly is his mom's boy, but I have to say that I truly treasured  having these few quiet moments with him.

Have a great weekend everyone! I'm off tomorrow to scrapbook with my local gals. Hopefully working on dh's 50th birthday book or some of those little tag books I shared yesterday!

Chat at ya later!



Couldn't resist

I was just browsing around on the internet this afternoon and came across a poem written by a lady named Cathy Cardell. I knew right away what photo I wanted to scrap. This is my grandson when he was only an hour or two old. The poem really touched my heart. I hope it blesses you today.

The journalling reads:

Wean Me Gently
by Cathy Cardall

I know I look so big to you,

Maybe I seem too big for the needs I have.
But no matter how big we get,
We still have needs that are important to us.
I know that our relationship is growing and changing,
But I still need you.
I need your warmth and closeness,
Especially at the end of the day
When we snuggle up in bed.
Please don't get too busy for us to nurse.
I know you think I can be patient,
Or find something to take the place of a nursing;
A book, a glass of something,
But nothing can take your place when I need you.
Sometimes just cuddling with you,
Having you near me is enough.
I guess I am growing and becoming independent,
But please be there.
This bond we have is so strong and so important to me,
Please don't break it abruptly.
Wean me gently, because I am your mother,
and my heart is tender.

Isn't that sweet?

I used this layout to fulfill a challenge over at Sisterhood of Scrap. This month they are having the Amazing Race - Sisterhood Style!  It's a really fun concept. I hope you'll pop over and check it out!