The Rest of the 2013 Layouts

credits: at scrapbookgraphics.com: Captivated Visions- My Heart is Full, Love is All You Need (bird), Yes You Can (bird), Mish Mash Alpha Stash 5, Mish Mash Blend Me Stash Freebie 1 (Blog freebie), Artful Digiscrapping Mixed Media 1 (blog freebie); retired: Alana McCarthy- Golden Moment (bird), Brigit Kerr- Urban Love (flying birds); Anna Aspnes at oscraps: Art Play Socialize bonus (pink glow); font: Cezanne

credits: at scrapbookgraphics.com: Captivated Visions- You Are Strong Value Bundle, You are Strong freebie (newsletter freebie), Collaged: Avocado and Mint Layered Templates

credits: Edgy and Angled by Crystal Livesay at PixelsandCompany.com; Love You More Than Ice Cream by Jenn Barrette at SweetShoppeDesigns.com; Masks We Wear at DigitalFreebies.com
font: Vintage Typewriter

credits: at The-LilyPad.com: by Kim Jensen- Stripedy, Scuffed Blue Alpha, Bloomin' Twisted, Fantabulous Fall, Springity Spring; by Michelle Godin- Lazy Hazy Summer Papers; Amy Marin- July 2013 template; Kate Hadfield- Under the Sea; TLP Collab- Summer Stories; font: Vintage Typewriter

credits: at scrapbookgraphics.com: Mermaid Cove by Flergs, Sea Breeze by Angelclaud Artroom; font: Fishbowl

credits: Mermaid Cove by Flergs; These Moments Vol 2 by Crystal Livesay; font: Fishbowl

journaling: We visited Water World in Denver for the first time during the Rodeffer’s visit. We all had a wet and wild time riding the tubes down the slides and enjoying the cool water in the hot summer sun.
credits: at The-LilyPad.com: Against the Grain and Bloomin' Lush by Kim Jensen, About a Girl Papers and Shadowy Characters by Michelle Godin, Ultimate Vacation Journal Cards by Lynne Marie, Summer Lovin' by Pink Reptile Designs, Havoc Papers by Kaye Winiecki, August 2012 FB freebie by Amy Martin; Messy Date Stamps Vol 2 by Michelle Coleman
font: Typewriter

journaling: We love going to the zoo. You can bet that my camera is with me when we go, and I’ve taken some of my favorite photos over the years there- not only of the animals, but of the kids too. The kids are well trained and know when to spot a good photo opportunity almost as well as me. On this particular trip to the zoo, a large rain cloud was over head and we were waiting out the deluge in the mountain lion exhibit. . Sarah found this spot perched between two of the rock formations and asked me to snap a photo of her.
credits: About a Girl Papers, About a Girl Elements, Snarky Snippets Sassitude by Michelle Godin, Frame-o-mania 1 by Kim Jensen; Grow With Love Summer Sampler by Crystal Livesay and Sara Gleason at PixelsandCompany.com
font: FO PS I Love You, Century Gothic

journaling: I think it is so neat to see Brenna doing something she enjoys and loves - writing and illustrating her stories. She has journals all over the house with short stories, plays and chapter books. She loves the Warriors series by Erin Hunter, so a lot of them are fan fiction stories involving cat characters. Keep doing what you love, Brenna! I can’t wait to see where it takes you in the future.
credits: Studio Mix 55 - The Whole Story Kit, Lights and Bubble Wraps by the Studio Girls at scrapbookgraphics.com
font: custom font by Darcy Baldwin

credits: Effortless Templates Vol 2 by Crystal Livesay at PixelsandCompany; at The-LilyPad.com: Fall in Love Papers and Elements, Sloppy Stencils by Michelle Godin, Newsy Banners and Newsy Shapes by Kim Jensen, Blanc Stitches by Amy Martin
font: Typewriter

credits: at The-LilyPad.com: by Michelle Godin- Dia De Los Muertos, Build Your Wings, by Kim Jensen: Bloomin' Twisted, Bloomin' Lush (leaves), Seriously Stoked, Vivid Intensity Wrought Iron Alpha (retired); by Crystal Livesay and Jimbo Jambo Designs at PixelsandCompany.com; Bad Sewing Machine XII - Don't Be Square 2 by Traci Reed at SweetShoppeDesigns.com
font: FO Weathered Low Fat, Typewriter

journaling: Elizabeth and Carissa got together with their friends Jamie and Courtney to get ready for the homecoming dance this year. After tap classes were over, they went to Jamie’s house to get dressed and do their hair and makeup. They had a potluck style meal, to which they contributed Spoonbread, that they shared together before the cameras came out for the required photo shoots. After that they headed off to meet more friends at the dance at Vista Ridge.
credits: I believe in Second Chances by Captivated Visions and Jenn Barrette; Photocentric Vol 3 by Crystal Livesay at PixelsandCompany; Amber Clegg at The-LilyPad.com; Grungy Months by Michelle Coleman
font: Loosie Script

journaling: The theme of this years homecoming dance at Vista Ridge was Eerie Elegance. Carissa met Josh at the dance since she isn’t allowed to date yet. We are all aware wof which way the wind blows and they would be dating if she could. I appreciate that the two of them are willing to work within the rules of our house. I’m happy they had a good time together at the dance.
Credits: Lifetime by Rosey Posey at scrapbookgraphics.com (available in TheDigiFiles October 2013); Edgy Single by Crystal Livesay at PixelsandCompany.com; Amber Clegg at The-LilyPad.com; Grungy Months by Michelle Coleman; I Can See Clearly by Misty Cato; font: Loosie Script

credits: at scrapbookgraphics.com: Art Origins {01} by Rosey Posey, Enchanted Autumn Painted Wordart by Dawn Inskip, Captivated 2012 September and Mish Mash: Stamp Stash 2 by Captivated Visions; font: Carpenter ICG

journaling: I had made cupcakes earlier in the day, but those were for the birthday party on Saturday. So  we decided to surprise Sarah by bringing home a Baskin Robbins ice cream cake after dance classes were done. We picked a chocolate cake/chocolate chip ice cream roll topped with confetti sprinkles and balloons. Sarah was definitely surprised and happy to have a cake to blow out the candles on and eat that night. It was fun and delicious to surprise you :) Happy 8th Birthday baby girl! October 17, 2013
credits: Holiday Hoopla Template by Crystal Livesay; They Say It's Your Birthday by Jenn Barrette, Gesso Messy 5 by Tangie Baxter at scrapbookgraphics.com
font: custom font by Darcy Baldwin

credits: Breathless by Crystal Livesay at PixelsandCompany.com; Gina Cabrera at DigitalDesignEssentials- So Spooky, Halloween Ephemera; Mansion Masquerade alpha by Britt-ish Designs
font: CK Pirate Hand, CK Sketch

credits: at The-LilyPad.com: by Amy Wolffe- Caramel Macchiato, Miss Mint- Wild Week Papers, by Kim Jensen- Stringbats, Stringbats 2, Sketchy Characters, by Michelle Godin- Black and White Basics, Black and White Artsy Papers Overlays, Kate Hadfield- Wizardry; font: Old Newspaper Type

credits: at scrapbookgraphics.com: Storytells 1 by Jen Maddocks, Count Your Blessings by SuzyQ Scraps, The Photo Project Autumn Photo Clusters by Sherwood Studio
font: custom font by Darcy Baldwin

credits: Key to Happiness, Phrames by Kim Jensen at The-LilyPad.com; Effortless Templates Vol 2 by Crystal Livesay at PixelsandCompany.com; font: custom font by Darcy Baldwin

For the December 2013  Color Inspiration challenge at scrapbookgraphics
credits: at scrapbookgraphics.com: Home for the Holidays by Rosey Posey, Lace in Love by Angelclaud Artroom
font: custom font by Darcy Baldwin

credits: Studio Mix 51-  by The Studio Girls at scrapbookgraphics.com; font: FG Script Elegant

I can’t believe May is almost over

Oh my, May has gone by in a flurry of school music concerts, dance competitions, rehearsals and photos, finals, graduation celebrations and end of the school year parties! Bryce is set to attend Vista Ridge HS next year now, and he is looking forward to all of the band classes activities that he gets to do. Rookie Marching Band camp is next week, so he won’t have to wait long! We finish up the dance photos tomorrow afternoon, and dance recital is next Saturday. It’s been a long, busy year and I am looking forward to summer when I hope to be able to enjoy a few of those lazy days of the season. We’ve got the 4 girls signed up for a whole slew of dance classes starting mid-June, but they are all on 3 days of the week (instead of the 5-7 days'/week that I’ve been doing this school year) and we will at least have 3 days over the weekend where we can go do fun things without having to work around going to dance. Brenna’s much anticipated, and very belated, birthday tea party is scheduled finally for next Wednesday, and it looks like we will be having Bryce’s belated party on June 11.

I haven’t done nearly as much scrapping as I usually do because I’ve been sick (fighting a very long-lived sinus infection with allergy symptoms on top of it, I think) and there just hasn’t been much energy for scrapping left at the end of the day. But, here are the pages I’ve done in the last few weeks.

journaling:I know you sometimes feel overlooked, Carissa, and I’m sorry for that. You are a wonderful girl that I’m so proud of. you are a happy, positive young woman who is a joy to know. You might have to work a bit harder at the things you share with your twin, but I think that makes your success at them all the sweeter. Having someone to push you to do your very best isn’t all that bad of a thing- if you don’t make it into too much of a competition between the two of you. You will find the activities that you love and are naturally good at- be patient until that happens and keep giving it your all. All I ask is that you do your best, and no matter the end result I will be happy for you. Please don’t be afraid to ask for help when you need it though too.    I love you, Carissa!
credits: Everyday Awesome by Pixel Works and Aja Abney at scrapartist.com; girl drawings by Carissa Staley; pen from Desk Mesk by Hollie Haradan at deviantscrap.com; fonts: SP You've Got Mail, FG Freja

  journaling: Sarah dances to “I Won’t Grow Up” as a Tinkerbell fairy for her first dance recital. Ms. Jillian plays the role of Peter Pan for the two combo 4-5 classes taught by Ms. Cindy. picture taken April 8, 2010
credits: at SweetShoppeDesigns: I Do Believe and Bad Sewing Machine 18 by Traci Reed, Cookies 4 Kids 2009 template by Darla Vasquez; Warp It by Wendyzine at scrapbookgraphics; fonts: Sweetheart Script

 
journaling: I was fairly comfortable in my own skin by my senior year of high school- happy with who I was and less concerned about what others thought of me. I was a music geek and proud of it. I was the Drum Major of the marching band and a member of Treble Triad, active in the Palouse youth orchestra as well as Cornerstone and orchestra at church. Getting good grades was important to me, and it turned out I was Salutatorian at the end of the year. Matt was my boyfriend of 2 years. I called people from many social groups across the school friends, and I’m sure known for the things I wouldn’t do as well as the things I did. They were pretty good years all in all.
credits: at scrapbookgraphics.com: by Maya- High School Confidential, Poetic Cut-Ups- Happy and Sad, Old Team Tags from Queen of the Crop Stash, Steampunk Type Keys, Hullabaloo (rainbow sticker), Warp It and Shadow It 2 (Acrylics) actions by Wendyzine, Late Afternoon by Natali (red ladybug), Bouncing Brownies and Bunnies by Lorie Davison (pink ladybug), Rough to the Touch by Lorie Davison (bug pins, bead charm, flower rivets, heart charm), Colour Coded 2 by mgl (rainbow pin); notepaper from Outnumbered Girl by Jessica Bolton; star, flowers and leaf, oboe pin, and various HS memorabilia by me
fonts: LD Jacob, CK Becky

Photos from Legacy of Beth and Carissa doing their tap duet.

 
I am so very proud of both of you girls! You worked hard on this dance for nearly a year. One of your friends told you that doing a duet is more difficult than a solo, just because you have to work together. This dance stretched you in many ways. You learned some new tap techniques of course, but there was acting and stage presence involved in a big way too. Yes, it showed a bit that this was your first time competing in something other than a group. You did it though and I think you did well. It’s difficult to listen to criticism and then turn around and use that to improve, but you improved your scores between the two competitions to earn a gold medal the second time. I hope you learned something and most of all, just had fun!
credits: at scrapbookgraphics: Pottery Barn Summer Papers 2 and Elements by Veronica Spriggs, Big Blue Alpha by Lorilei Murphy, Doubled no 1 PreFABs by Studio Dutchie *coming soon*; gold star by Melinda Staley
fonts: LD Old Glory, Myriad Pro

 

A page with photos of Youth Tap dancing at competitions this year. I combined photos from both of the ones we attended.

credits: everything at scrapbookgraphics: Industrial Velvet and Collage Fodder: Paper Lace by Tangie Baxter, Sketch Collection 33 by Jen Caputo
fonts: Fontdinerdotcom Loungy

 

I made Ms. Cindy a new bag as part of her gift from the Youth Tap kids and parents. She still uses the one I made for her 2 years ago with the picture of B&C’s Tap 5 class; because it is a bit small she only uses it for special occasions like recital and competitions where she doesn’t have to carry many papers. This new one with the ending post from You’ll Always Find Your Way Back Home  is a bigger zippered denim bag, which of course I blinged up in appropriate dance style ;) The kids from Youth Tap, plus a few others of her students from Tap 3 who wanted to, signed the back of the bag in gold and silver glitter fabric pens. I hope she loves it!

 
credits: Cherry Crushed Denim by Veronica Spriggs at scrapbookgraphics;  fonts: TXT Stonewashed

 
non-digital credits: denim bag by Loew Cornell, Inc., Iron-on Art by Horizon Group USA, printable canvas by Avery, rhinestones by Darice;

I was looking for something a couple of weeks ago and came across my old CM consultant album, and flipping through it realized that there were quite a few pictures in it that I didn’t have in digital form. So I had a couple of rare hours to myself Saturday afternoon and I sat down and scanned them all. It’s hard to believe my big girls were ever this tiny, isn’t it? Credits: everything at scrapbookgraphics: Natali Design’s One Beautiful Day; Gypsy’s Grungy Spots; Wendyzine’s Warp It; fonts: University Roman LET

And we had a travel theme playday on the SBG blog, so I put together this overview page of our spring break trip to TX at the end of March.
 
Journaling: We packed up our bags again right after getting home from DEA, and left the next morning to drive to Texas to see Grandmama and the Rodeffers for a week. We had fun doing a few touristy things- Longhorn Caverns, the Texas State History Museum, watching indian dances at a pow wow, and eating some wonderful fried catfish and BBQ. We also spent time together swimming in the afternoons, playing family games, and just visiting while the cousins played and enjoyed each other’s company. We also celebrated Brenna’s 7th birthday with lunch swimming and ice cream cake the day before we had to
leave for home. It was a fun and relaxing week!
credits: Psycho Magnet Reloaded: Bundle and Metallicalpha: Red by Flergs at scrapbookgraphics; Template 186 by Yin Designs; fonts: Echelon

Where did last week go?

oh my- the days are just flying by. The kids are really busy, which means so am I. I didn’t do any scrapping last week at all- just too busy running around and then too tired when I was home. I found a bit of scrapping mojo again over the weekend though.

This next weekend is our second dance competition, Legacy. It is here in the Springs, so that is nice. It is 2 days though, so it will still take up all of our weekend. The Dolls and Beth and Carissa’s duet are on Saturday afternoon, and Youth Tap dances early Sunday afternoon.

 
journaling: Our kids all had a fabulous time visiting with Molly and Brandt during our spring break trip to Texas. They didn’t want to come home they were enjoying each others’ company so much.
credits: everything at scrapbookgraphics: My Favourite Season Bundle by Natali, by Wendyzine: Lift It The Collection {2}, Warp It, Shadow It 2 (Acrylics)
fonts: CK Becky

 
Brenna's costume for her preballet class. The name of the dance is "Waltz of the Dolls."
credits: Urban Love- The Collection by Birgit Kerr at scrapbookgraphics
fonts: TXT Antique Poster

 
journaling: Brenna felt left out during spring break when Beth & Carissa got to sleep over at Molly’s house. So, we promised she could have a friend over for a night after we got home. We invited Riley when we saw her at dance class and they had the best time at their first sleepover. They included Sarah in their fun too, which made it even better for all of them!
credits: at scrapbookgraphics: Spring's Promise by MGL, Action: Wordart Stamps {Collab} by Wendyzine and Taylor Made, Metallicalpha: Collection by Flergs; Date Bits 19 by Misty Cato at SweetShoppeDesigns
fonts: SP You've Got Mail, CK Crazy Cakes

and Sarah and I are off to run some errands this afternoon including checking on my mom’s house to make sure everything is OK before she gets home from TX this evening. It will be good to have her back!

Dance Costumes Pictures and a sister page

The girls got the rest of their class dance costumes last week. We brought home a new costume (or two) nearly every day. Sarah in particular is so thrilled to finally have a costume of her own hanging on the rack next to her sisters’. I think the only ones we don’t have at home yet are Beth and Carissa’s costumes for the opening number, and I’m not sure when we will be getting those.

Brenna’s Pre-ballet class costume. They are china dolls who come to life after the shop closes for the day.
Beth and Carissa’s ballet costume. They are dancing to music from the movie, The Secret Garden. I really like the piece of music (it has a wonderful oboe line throughout, so I may be a bit biased towards it LOL) and their dance is beautiful.

Sarah and her classmates are Tinkerbell fairies, dancing to “I Don’t Wanna Grow Up” from Peter Pan. Their class helper is playing the role of Peter Pan.

And Beth and Carissa’s Jazz 5 costumes. This dance is to “Vacation” by Vitamin C from the first Pokemon movie.

It was very good to see and spend time visiting with my sister and her kids over spring break. I wish we were closer so that we could do it more often!

 
credits: Wear A Flower in Your Hair Papers, Elements and Alphas and Vintage Papers and Frames by Pixel Works at scrapartist; Love of Space February freebie by Amy Martin at TheLilyPad; fonts: TXT Abrasive

Dad collection layouts

Saxon teamed up with Microferk Designs at SBE and they have a great new collection out today that is All About Dad. 4 great themed kits to help you get those dad photos scrapped, though they are certainly usable for any pictures you have with mom doing these particular things too. I started with a couple of layouts from Megan’s family as our family doesn’t go fishing or golfing.

credits: All About Dad- Fishing and Alphas by Saxon Holt and Microferk Designs at scrapbook-elements; fonts: Ticket Capitals Impressed

I left the journaling spot on this one blank as I don’t know what particular event Molly was golfing at, or even when it was LOL

credits: All About Dad- Golfing and Alphass by Saxon Holt and Microferk Designs at scrapbook-elements; Collection 26 by Jen Caputo at scrapbookgraphics

Jim Borders sent me a photo he found of our kids with his Elizabeth on a church camping trip over 5 years ago last week, so I dug out the photos we had of that event too for scrapping with the camping kit in the collection.

 

journaling: There was a church camping trip, and Mark  took the kids on the trip while Mama stayed home with baby Brenna. It rained just about the whole time, but they had fun sleeping in the tent, eating breakfast outdoors and exploring the lake area.
credits: All About Dad- Outdoors and Alphas by Saxon Holt and Microferk Designs at scrapbook-elements; Template Pack 7 by Kaye Winieki from DigiFiles 4
fonts: Ticket Capitals Impressed, FO Journal Away

and I used the Tech kit to make a layout celebrating the arrival of my new laptop two months ago. I still wish the other one hadn’t had problems, but the new computer and I are getting along pretty well now that I’ve had time to adjust to the new operating system. (I still like XP better than Vista though LOL)

journaling: After about a month a half of computer troubles we couldn’t pinpoint, my new laptop finally arrived via FedEx. Vista and I had a few issues in the beginning, but we are getting along alright now and I can scrapbook again.
credits: All About Dad- Tech and Alphas by Saxon Holt and Microferk Designs at scrapbook-elements; Template Pack 7 by Kaye Winieki from DigiFiles 4
fonts: Chromosome Heavy, Century Gothic