I don't always go to retreats, but when I do I mean business

 At the fall scrapbook retreat I beat my all time record and finished a total of 36 pages!

At the time getting me totally up to date with my 2013 album!

(now there is halloween to scrap and other cute pics of the kids)

Here are a few of my favorite layouts from the weekend! 

 Family pics from my cousins grad party.

layout inspiration: Scrapbook.com  paper: Stampin Up

 5km fun run that the girls and I ran in. 

layout: Club CK  paper: Stampin Up'

 

 T's Circus birthday party. 

layout: No source paper: Imaginisce

 My bro-in-laws 30th bday (my sis threw a surprise mustache themed party)

layout: My own  paper: CTMH cardstock

 S and two of her cousins.

layout: Dolores Schaeffer paper: Echo Park

 Fun at the Fair with my mom and sis.

layout: Dapfnie Design  paper: Echopark

 S's Princess and the frog birthday party.

layout: No source paper: Stampin Up'

 A day hiking in the mountains.

layout: I Said I'd Never Have A Blog  paper: My Minds Eye

 Fall family photos.

layout: Scrapbookers Rock  paper: Echopark and CTMH

 Autumn at my parents farm.

layout: Scrapbook Generation paper: Doodlebug

Happy Tuesday!

A gift.

I had my sister in laws name this year in the family draw on my hubby's side. As part of her gift I decided to make and frame a scrapbook page for her. Their family had really nice pictures taken back in summer (same photographer as us actually), so I had some great pictures to work with. The one of them walking away (above) is one of my faves!

 I used the CTMH paperpack Avonlea as my starting point. Added some texture with velvet rub-ons, ribbon and flowers as well as some filigree brads. I didn't want to take away from the photographs with a large title so I just used the small 'family' tag and the rub-on above the large picture.

I am definitely happy with how it turned out. And she had it hanging on her wall Christmas day so I guess that's a good sign that she likes it too.

P.S. I made a couple other handmade gifts this Christmas season... I made my mom a 12x12 scrapbooked calendar and my mom-in-law a mini album. I had been trying to get these projects done in time for Christmas (hence the shortage on posts in December) and totally forgot about pictures for the blog, oh well, there's always next year!

Almost Caught Up

At the end of October I was able to go to the local scrapbook retreat, again. This time I came home with a total of 28 pages completed. It felt so great to be caught up again. Although I now have Halloween to do and I didn't quite finish up T's first year album, so that's now at the top of my list.

Anyways I thought I would share a few of the layouts I did.

From T's album...

 Mothers Day...

 

A random layout of T's cuteness in the family album...

 Some summer activities....

S's third birthday...

And last but not least, my favorite layout from the weekend. One of the girlies together...

Layouts of the Girlies

 Another round of recent scrapbook layouts for you... featuring the girls of course!

Christmas Layouts

Sorry I've been busy this last week, and although I have had time to do some projects I have not found the time to get them on the blog! Today as a quick post I thought I'd share with you my Christmas layouts from last year.

The above layout is from the Close To My Heart Magic book and I used the Mistletoe paperpack. Here is a closer look (although feel free to click on the images to enlarge them even more):

Below is a layout from Becky Higgins Sketches book (which is one of my absolute favorite layout books). The paper is leftovers from years ago and I am not sure of the company or collection.

I have some Christmas projects coming your way very soon, I promise ;)

Some Layouts from Retreat

A couple of weeks ago I attended a local scrapbook retreat. It was tons of fun and I was able to get 24 pages done!! I caught up on my 2011 family album and even started Thia's first year album. Here are a few of my favorite layouts that I did that weekend.









...and that's just 7 pages out of the 24, maybe I'll show you more in the future. Want a lil more info on the actual event, checkout last years retreat. Happy Scrappin'!

Pumpkin Carving Layout

Another layout from last fall, our annual pumpkin carving night.

Hubby and I have been carving one pumpkin each since our second year of marriage, we carve them so that the other can't see and then we do a big reveal at the end. It's a thing that I made him do to get into the fun of halloween (he actually really enjoys it now). Last year we were able to include Sadie a little bit. It was a lot of fun watching her reactions, this year should be even better!




The details:
This layout is from Becky Higgins 'Sketches' book. The paper used is Boo to you by My Mind's Eye, as well as the little character cut outs. I embossed the title, did some stitching with green embroidery floss, and distressed the edges of the paper. The cream colored lace is from the dollar store and the black felt flowers are cut out from a roll that is made to look like lace (sorry don't know the brand). There is also a tiny bit of bling with some orange rhinestones.

This weekend I'm heading to our local scrapbook retreat (remember last year?). I am super pumped and I am just in the process of getting everything organized....so excited to get caught up... hopefully Thia won't be too distracting.