Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

Happy first day of summer! 
I'm going to start the summer off right, haha, by sharing a scrapbook layout with you! Another from our Disney book. This page was mostly done for a little while, but I finally found that train track wheel at my mom's house and finished it off! The stamps are all long retired, but the paper and ink are current! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Choo Choo, Just Perfect Alphabet, Right on Track wheel
Ink: Garden Green, Cinnamon Cider, Cajun Craze, Gray Granite, Basic Black
Paper: Garden Green, Cajun Craze, Basic White
Journaling Font: Hobo Std

I actually forgot to add in the journaling that the ride kept being closed throughout this trip too, which is why it took til evening of the last day for us to finally get on it! 

May Pages #1

So with my scrapbook classes, I show a 12x12 and 8x11 version of each layout. Here is page one! (and actually using the same photos for different kids' books!)

Supplies:

Stamps: Choo Choo, Right on Track wheel, Taffy Alphabet, Just Perfect Alphabet

Ink: Real Red, Basic Black, Bordering Blue

Paper: Yoyo Yellow, Real Red & Whisper White card stocks

Birthday for a Boy

ONE of the crazy things keeping me off the computer lately is that my son’s birthday was this week. Talk about limited supplies...I tried to take the supplies I would need camping with us but I forgot some important things. Like adhesive...! I had to use scotch tape!

Anyway, I made this card for him from us…

Supplies: Stamps: Classic Stars Jumbo Wheel, Little Trucks (retired) Ink: Basic Gray, Red Ink cartridge Paper: Real Red, Yoyo Yellow & White card stock Accessories: Bold Brights markers, Real Red grosgrain ribbon

I made this card for my parents to give him (Mom has been out of town=no time to stamp)

Supplies: Stamps: Choo Choo, Right on Track wheel, Little Layers Plus (retired) Ink: Basic Gray, Real Red, Tempting Turquoise, Yoyo Yellow, Creamy Caramel Marker, Chocolate Chip Marker, Tempting Turquoise Marker, Yoyo Yellow Marker

And this is what my daughter did for him!

Supplies:

Stamps: Sock Monkey Ink: Bold Brights Markers Paper: White card stock

My kids love holidays because they get to stamp cards for other people. And they are so proud of their work! LOL! But here's a shot of the birthday boy!

My Scrapbook Style- Analyzed!

Check this out! I stumbled upon THIS blog and she had a quiz found HERE, which of COURSE I had to play with! lol!!! My result was that I am definitely a BLUE scrapbooker:
You are a traditional scrapbooker for the most part. You probably started scrapbooking to document your children or grandchildren's lives. You prefer multiphoto layouts, and most of your pages feature your family. You favor classic designs and products, and you may organize your albums chronologically. sounds about right, doesn't it? Family, documenting (tho I started with my own life- I was fifteen!), and I used to only scrap chronologically. Now, I take whatever photos I am interested in playing with (and have supplies on hand for!) and then put it in the album chronologically later. :D And in case you weren't sure, here's another page I got done, entirely of my own design (...just like all 700 pages before I heard about sketches, lol!) Supplies: Stamps: Choo Choo (Occasions Mini, check it out) Right on Track wheel (also in the mini!), Letterpress ABC (retired) Ink: Real Red, Tempting Turquoise, Basic Gray Paper: Tempting Turquoise, Real Red, Whisper White

Completed Scrapbooks, here I come!

Back in the day I would drop off a roll of film and have it fully scrapped within a week. Well, now I have two kiddos and many more things going on and that just does NOT happen. Plus the part about me having digital "film" actually takes more effort...you have to choose (and edit) the photos you're going to scrap, instead of just dropping the thing off and hoping something good is on there, lol! A few weeks ago I "found" this section on SCS about a monthly scrapbook goal challenge. I am all for that, since I'd really like to get um, something like caught up... lol. I already put a counter, at the bottom of the side bar here, trying to keep me going...but I'd only done 3 pages total in Jan-Feb. So pathetic, lol! Now that I have three books to work on (ours, his, hers) and everything else is busier, I am waaaaaay behind, and I don't like that fact. You've noticed that I no longer do it all chronologically, I just pick some pictures and scrap THAT! That's making it easier to get done, but harder to put into the books. ho hum... So anyway, when I saw something that would motivate me to accomplish a set number of pages in a month, I dove right in! I committed to 8 pages for the remaining three weeks of March and last night I GOT IT DONE!!! That's right, I did it! Most scrapping I've done for myself in AGES, but hey, I am EXCITED! So here are the 4 pages I did last night, plus a sneaky peek to the Occasions Mini with a page I did last week: ENJOY! (even tho the pictures are LOUSY! It is snowing hard today, it was 31* when I took my son to school and there are WORMS out....???? can someone explain to me how they can move in these temps??) Supplies: Stamps: Taffy ABC ~ Ink: Lavender Lace, Elegant Eggplant Marker ~ Paper: Lavender Lace, Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant ~ Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, White Organza Ribbon
Supplies: Stamps: ABC Lower, Tag Time (retired) ~ Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Green Galore ~ Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Tempting Turquoise, Green Galore, Whisper White ~ Accessories: Spiral Punch, Black Buttons
Supplies: Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Tempting Turquoise, Green Galore ~ Accessories: Black Buttons Supplies: Stamps: Taffy ABC, All Gods Children (retired) ~ Ink: Basic Black ~ Paper: Sahara Sand, Whisper White ~ Accessories: Black Buttons, Black Gingham Ribbon Supplies: Stamps: ABC Lower, Choo Choo (NEW!) ~ Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Yoyo Yellow ~ Paper: Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White