scrappy saturday: catch-up

I made scrapbooking a priority this weekend.  Amazing what you can accomplish when you make something a priority.  Three layouts, that's what.

Of course, some sketches and free cut files didn't hurt either.

Here they are:

I struggled with this one.  I love these photos of my little boy#3 when he was nearly 2.  I had run some vintage filters to really soften them up.  I must have spent 30 minutes shuffling them around trying to get them to work with a Sodalicious sketch.  With the large size of my photos, it just wasn't meant to be.  Finally, I settled on this design and called it done.

Next up was this page

made easy by the Creative Scrappers sketch and Sherri Funk's awesome {and free--woo!} cut file.

And then I got myself all caught up with this layout

{don't think you can quite tell from this photo, but boy#3 is hysterically crying}

using this sketch from Lily Bee

 Feels so good to be making scrapbooking a priority in my life this year, and to be caught up to my goal of a page a week.

Thanks so much for taking a peek, and I hope you are making creativity a priority in your life.

scrappy saturday: these are the moments

Happy Scrappy Saturday!

I squeezed in a quick layout today between hockey games and a guitar lesson (and maybe our bathrooms didn't get cleaned because of it).

I did a quick edit and at home print of the photo, then went through my scraps and quickly threw this page together.  

I snapped the photo before it was even adhered down (and before dashing out to hockey game #2 for the day), so some of it shifted a bit in the process.

The border needs a little something, so I'll go back and journal or stitch around the outside edge.  For now it's done, and so is layout #4 for the year!

Have a fabulous rest of your weekend!

scrappy saturday: hello 2014

{on Sunday}

I got sick this past week.  Being sick sucks.

And because of it, I am behind on all my blog posts for the week.

But that's where a little post dating comes in.  Blogger saves my sick butt!

Be sure to scroll down for this week's crochet posts.

Week 3's scrapbook page is a little ode to my One Little Word: {nourish}

Boy #2 took this photo of me back in the summer.  It's very rare for me to be in front of the camera, but I'm grateful that I had this pic to use for this layout.  

The creativity was running a little dry when I sat down to work on this today, so I looked to my i♥MEMORY.KEEPING board, specifically this pin, for a little inspiration.  I loved Karine's collage of mixed papers at the top third of her layout, and the graphically typographic title in the bottom 2/3rds.  I used papers from one of the American Crafts Dear Lizzy paper packs and coordinating Project Life 5th and Frolic cards.  My title is cut with the Silhouette using Bebas and Mr. Keningbeck fonts.

Thanks for looking.

scrappy saturday: layouts 1 & 2

One of my goals for 2014 is to create a scrapbook layout once per week.

Last year, I created a pitiful 10 layouts.  Ten.

In my defense I did attempt Project Life and got about 15 weeks finished.  Still, pathetic.

So this year, I am setting aside more time to scrapbook.

And I am declaring Saturday to be Scrappy Saturday:

Here are the first two weeks' worth:

Going back 5 and a half years to my 12 year old's 6th birthday celebration at the same school I now work at.  I look at these photos with new eyes: knowing how fast my little kindergartners will grow and how happy the small and simple things make them.

layout #1

For this page, I used the Prima Build-a-Page sketch:

My middle one had a tough week this past week.  As I created the page, I just wanted to tell him know how proud I am of him, and that love, kindness and honesty are what matter most.

layout #2

 How about you?  Do you have any scrapbooking or other crafty goals for 2014?