Last Project 12 Layout for February

Can I say just how much I loved the sketch this month from Becky Fleck?  It was so fun to work with and my layout came together easily.  I also love how I was able to capture so much about our month in one 2-page spread.  If you want to play along, check out the Scrapbook & Cards Today blog.

Here is my layout....

Scrappin' Sports Product Used:
Down on the Farm #1299 Steer (Background Red)
Down on the Farm #1300 Pigs (Pink)
#1148 Classic Cheerleading (Black Polka Dot)

 

Project 12 - February!

My goal with my Project 12 layouts this year is to focus on the month as a whole -- about what that month in general means to me. For January it was a special event, CHA, that I attend every January and look forward to all year. For February, it's more about the month in general -- the end of the long Winter season. Living in the Pacific Northwest, the months of January & February can be pretty dreary! So, I am always on the lookout for little things to brighten my day and bring a smile to my face. One thing that always does that for me is a trip to Starbucks for a Cinnamon Dulce Latte! Then I bring it home and pour it into one of my cute mugs and I have instant happiness! Funny how the little things in life can help you get through a long, dreary winter!

Here is areminder of what the February Project 12 Sketch looks like from over at Scrapbook & Cards Today.



I focused on the right side of the two-page spread:



The fun products that I used from the Scrappin' Sports & More Store are:

#1237 Baseball Game
#1148 Classic Cheerleading
#1015 Defining Cycling
#1171 Defining Dance
#1300 Pigs
#1299 Steers
#1308 Camping

February...focus on Friends & Family

February is known as the month of love so why not spend it with those friends and family you love most? As I looked back on the photos I'd taken over the course of the month, that's what I found I'd done and enjoyed most of all. Here's my layout using the February sketch - thanks for looking!

products used:

# 1237 - Baseball Game Day 12 x 12 paper
# 1221 - In the Garden 12 x 12 paper
#1269 - Mother/Mom 12 x 12 paper
#1297 - Rabbit, Down on the Farm 12 x 12 paper

Project 12: February Sketch

I am having a lot of fun with the sketches for Project 12 at the Scrapbook Cards & Today blog.

Here is the fabulous February sketch:

Here is my take on it - so much fun with all of the hearts & different borders!

Here are a few detail shots:

Products used:

Defining Volleyball paper #1045

Down on the Farm - Pigs #1300

Down on the Field Football Rub-ons #7506

February 2010

Journaling:

February brings us a lot of birthdays - mine, Seth's, both of my parents, Angi & Lance. We found out Angi is expecting #4!  Seth's basketball ended and baseball began.  Seth is still doing Speedstacks at school.  Seth's 9th birthday party was at Action Go-Karts with Peyton, Michael & Rudy.  And just a few great photos of Rick & Seth, Seth & Oswald and Seth with Legos.

Project 12 February Sketch

Yes...it's that time again!! The Scrappin Sports and More team has completed another month of Becky Fleck's wonderful Project 12 Sketches!! Here is Shannon's take on it this month. Rather than staying with the traditional reds and pinks, Shannon added a touch of tan to bring out the elements of her pictures.  And guess what?  The papers used on this page are SPORTS themed!  Gotta love the versatility of our papers!!

Scrappin Sports & More Products Used:

#1251 Tennis Game Paper

#1237 Baseball Game Paper

Last Day of March Madness

It took me a long time to decide what March Madness meant to me.  It is the one month from fall until summer that we are not slammed with sports.  We still have basketball and indoor soccer and track starts at the end of the month, but it's not crazy busy with sports.  So, since I have more time at home during March, I get ready for Spring.  Yes, you guessed it, cleaning.  While I was cleaning my son's room, I decided to take a picture of his diverse task in reading.  Then I decided I should capture his entire space at age eleven and the result is the 2 page spread you see below.

Scrappin' Sports Papers Used:

#1296 Horses from Down on the Farm

#1271 Brother from the Family Line

#1240 Cheerleading Game from the Game Day line

#1237 Baseball Game from the Game Day line

 

Make sure you stop back on Thrusday as the Design Team takes on the Project 12 February Sketch from Scrapbook & Cards Today.

More March Madness!

March Madness only means one thing at our house --- the start of Baseball Season! We are so excited this year for the season to get underway - we have new milestones in our house! My youngest is starting in Farm Level this year which means he will get to hit pitching from kids his own age. My middle son is starting his Junior Level and that means "real" baseball with 90 foot bases and metal cleats. My next son has a couple new things happening this year. He not only is playing his first year on a select team but he made the JV team at the local High School and those are some intense training sessons. All in all, we are in for some fabulous baseball over the next 5 months!

My March Madness layout is another layout documenting all the fun years of baseball that we have had around here!



I love all the versatile baseball product in the Scrappin' Sports & More Store. Check out the link and you can see it all!

Products that I used:

#1004 - Dotted Baseball
#1237 - Baseball Game Paper
#1035 - Defining Soccer
#5501 - baseball Player Cardstock Stickers
#5544 - Baseball

Play Ball! Happy March to you all!
Kim :)

For Love of the Game

Bracket-ology, Diaper Dandies, conference tournaments and the NCAA basketball tournament all come to mind when sports fans think of March Madness. In our house we too think of the NCAA and tournament play but we are thinking more about the start of the college softball season. The season kicks off for our daughter and her teammates on Saturday.

This spring's pre-sason ratings have the team ranked 5th nationally. There are some big expectations on these kids. They are anxious to get started chasing after that D-III National title. The kids on this team truely are student-athletes. They don't receive athletic scholarships. They play

For Love of the Game

If you love the game, you'll love everything from SS&M, whatever your favorite sport. I was able to combine a couple of paper lines, stickers and rub-ons for this layout. The diversity of their products amaze me every time I pull them out to do a layout. I know you'll love it all too.

Supplies:
#1260 Softballs
#5531 Softball Cardstock Stickers
#1038 Defining Softball
#7510 Girls at Bat Rub-on
#5510 Softball Player Cardstock Sticker
#640 Softball Rub-on

March Madness

What does March Madness mean for me - I sure did a lot of thinking on this topic ... the obvious reply is basketball but I don't really follow any basketball and my son's basketball season ended in February ... March is definitely does not symbolize spring for us since I think it's our snowiest month! lol!! But usually baseball starts for my son in March ... so that brings me to my layout "it's baseball season". Although this year they had three practices in February, they don't start a regular three times a week practices until March. Hopefully we won't have a long cold late winter and we can enjoy the baseball practices, because I love to watch the boys develop their skills!

This layout was a lot of fun mixing the papers, stickers and rub-ons! I also want to add, that I LOVE LOVE LOVE Scrappin' Sports & More's rub-ons! They go on as smooth as butter! I had actually quit using rub-ons for a while out of frustration of non-working rub-ons ... but now I reach for Scrappin' Sports & More's rub-ons FIRST and make sure I work them in on my layouts!!

Journaling: on your way to your second practice of the 2010 baseball season. Feb. 20, 2010.

Products used:
Dotted Baseball paper #1004
Baseball on Fire paper #1133
Baseballs cardstock stickers #5526
Baseball cardstock stickers #5501
Baseball rub-ons #636

Who's ready for March Madness week on the Scrappin Sports and More Blog!

Up first, Shannon Blinn.....
Not many basketball players in March for us, but it is tournament time for my son, Logan. How lucky am I that Scrappin Sports and More carries Karate paper and rubons to help me scrap the many pictures I take of my little guy in full fighting mode! Add some awesome paper from the Family and More collection (one of my favorite collections) and that's a layout with KICK! Hi-yah!!!

Products:
#877 Karate Rub on
#1272 Grandma/Nana
#1032 Defining Karate

Themed Papers

You can quickly and easily create a layout by using themed papers. Here I only used three double-sided papers to create a layout with many layers. I cut out the elements that I wanted to highlight such as the title, the flags and the red, yellow & green stripe then I used larger parts of the patterned papers such as the flag pattern and the definition. I added some die cut letters, three brads and a journaling tag ... this was a very fast and easy layout to create with minimal supplies.

Scrappin' Sports & More Papers used:

Sports on Fire Playing the Game #1137
Game Day Racing Game #1247
Defining the Game Defining Racing #1182

Journaling:

We found Action Go-Karts while looking for a place for Seth's 9th birthday party. Of course Rick & Seth had to take a test drive! Feb. 6, 2010

Day Four of Project 12 January Sketch

Today, it's Shannon's take on the Project 12 sketch by Becky Bleck at Scrapbook & Cards Today.  I just love the black & white combination she has on this layout.  Beautiful pictures of her & her family make this a really special layout.

SS&M Products Used:
#1176 Defining Winter Sports
#1248 Soccer Game Paper
#1258 Hockey Pucks

Day 3 of Project 12

As promised, today is Carolyn's take of the January Project 12 sketch sponsored by Scrapbook & Cards Today.

Journaling:
January 2010
brought us warmer temps without any snow! We spent a lot of time with Seth's basketball; I started exercising six days a week again; Seth received a buzz cut because the gal at Floyd's didn't listen to Rick; Rick & I celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary; Rick & Seth shot their BB guns; we played lots of games, puzzles and of course with Legos! January was a nice calm month - a great way to start 2010!

Products used:
Winter Fun paper #1234
Snowman paper #1235

Stop by tomorrow for Day 4!

Day 2 of the Project 12 Posts

As mentioned yesterday, we are all participating in the Project 12 challenge at Scrapbook & Cards Today blog.  Today, Kim Holmes took the sketch in a bit of a different way and used only the left hand side of the sketch. She chose to use the sketch to highlight her most recent trip to CHA this past January.

Again, here is the sketch provided by Becky Fleck.



Here is Kim's take on the sketch.

Journaling Reads:


The highlight of January was the trip to Anaheim for CHA. I loved hanging out with Sherry, Brenna, Robert, Robyn & Carla. I got to meet some online friends too – Christine and Tanisha to name a few! It was fun seeing my art up in a few places and meeting all the great people who run the DT’s. Tons of fun!

Products used:

#1291 – Cats – Down on the farm
#1015 – Defining Cycling
#1254 – Wrestling
#1164 – Cards, Anyone?
#1246 – Marching Band

Stop by tomorrow to see Carolyn's layout.

Project 12 Layout Week at Scrappin' Sports & More

The Design Team decided that they would like to participate in the Project 12 challenge at the Scrapbook & Cards Today blog.  The idea behind Project 12 is to create a layout on a monthly basis which recaps what you’ve been doing. Whether you took 31 photos, no photos, or 100 photos, simply choose your favorites that best described what you were doing that month, and create a layout. And the best part, the sketch is provided for you each month.  Here is the January sketch created by Becky Fleck. 

Here is Peggy's take on the sketch.

Product Used:
 
#1106 Diamonds & Flowers (Young & Active Line)

Make sure you stop by each day this week to see what the rest of the Design Team came up with for this wonderful challenge.  If you want to participate, just stop by the Scrapbook & Cards Today blog and click on the Project 12 icon.

Scrappin' Sports & More sponsors My Sketch World

I mentioned earlier in the month that Scrappin' Sports & More was sponsoring My Sketch World this month to help celebrate their 4th anniversary.  Today, all the members from the Scrappin' Sports & More DT created some wonderful layouts using the February 15th sketch.  Here is the fabulous sketch that we were given.

Now, what did our design team create with this wonderful sketch?  Well, let's start with Carolyn.

How many of you have these same lego's at home?  I know my son has his star wars lego displayed proudly in his room. 

Product Used:
blocks paper #1166
blocks rubons #7534

Next up, Kim. 

Don't you just love this page for your cowboy?  Scrappin' Sports new Down on the Farm paper is the perfect fit for any cowboy.

Down on the Farm Product Used:
1296 Horses
1293 Dogs
1297 Rabbits
1032 Karate


Now it's time to see what Peggy came up with using the sketch.

This sketch is perfect for college age kids too.  Here Peggy's bold & bright layout touches on her feelings as she leaves her son at college for the second time. 

Product Used
#1242 Fishing Game Day 12 x 12 paper
#1247 Racing Game Day 12 x 12 paper
#1079 Writing Paper High School 12 x 12 paper
#1084 Field Trip 12 x 12 paper

Moving on....up next is Shannon.

Are these photos adorable or what?   Don't you just love all the arrows? 

Product Used
#1269 Mother-Mom
#1015 Defining Cycling

And finally, Karen.

If you have furry friends, the Down on the Farm cat & dog paper and cardstock stickers are a must have.

Product Used
Down on the Farm #1291 Cats
Down on the Farm # 1298 Sheep
Down on the Farm Cardstock Stickers #5552 Cats

And there you have it.  Five totally different themes plus one great sketch equal five amazing layouts!!  So, what are you waiting for?  It's now your turn to create something fabulous with this sketch and you could be a lucky winner of product from Scrappin' Sports & More or another wonderful manufacturer.  Check out My Sketch World for all the details.

Valentines Day Winner

Happy Valentines Day :)

We Have a Winner!!!! Congratulations to Jennifer Marusarz, you have won the wonderful layout created by Kim Holmes. Please send me your address to scrappinsportsmore@gmail.com and we will get your layout mailed to you.

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Happy Valentine's Day!!

I don't normally scrap too many pages with me and my husband, but being Valentines Day it seemed wrong not to celebrate our love.  This picture was taken on a date night with some friends last summer.  Hard to believe we celebrated our 19th anniversary. 

So, what Scrappin' Sports goodies did I use for my Valentine's layout, the Steer & Pig paper from Down on the Farm of course!!  I just love the red and the pink combination. 

Well, I hope you enjoyed this week with the Design Team.  Don't forget about your chance to win the layout posted by Kim this past Wednesday.  We will have Random Org pick a winner on Sunday.   On Monday, check out the blog for the newest sketch from My Sketch World and the design team take on the sketch.  You won't be disappointed. 

Say I Love You with a special card

What do cheerleaders, pigs, steers and basketballs on fire have in common with Valentine's Day? ... Well the Scrappin' Sports & More papers make a GREAT combo to create Valentine cards for your special someone! :) Here are two Valentine cards I created using an unexpected combo of Scrappin' Sports & More papers!

Love you card uses:
Classic Cheerleading Paper #1148
Steer Paper #1299
Pigs Paper #1300

I love you card uses:
Pigs Paper #1300
Baseball on Fire Paper #1133
Basketball on Fire Paper #1134
Cheerleading Game Paper #1240

Valentine's Day Giveaway!!

I love to celebrate Valentine's Day year round in my layouts. I am always on the lookout for ways to incorporate hearts into my designs. When the idea popped into my head to make a patchwork heart, I knew I needed to give it a try!

I gathered all the papers from my stash that had red/pinks in them. The beauty of the papers from Scrappin' Sports & More is that they all coordinate so nicely together! For this project, I used:

Baseball Game Paper - #1237
Wrestling game Paper - #1254
Steer Paper - #1299
Pigs Paper - #1230
Defining Recital Paper - #1172

Then you want to cut your paper in strips --- I made mine wavy strips, but straight strips work great too!

Next you want to glue your strips randomly on a piece of 12 x 12 paper.

Next cut your newly made piece of paper into strips again --- straight cutter only --- making sure to cut them perpendicular to the strips that you glued down.

Next cut a heart shape out of another piece of scrap paper. Glue down your strips moving them randomly up and down so that they do not line up with any adjoining strips.

Now turn over your shape and trim the overages along the edge of your heart shape.

Then finish your design! To finish off mine, I added a dark background (#1043 - Defining Tae-Kwon-Do) and a photo mat (#1045 - Defining Volleyball).

There are no pictures! Can you guess why?

Scrappin' Sports and More is now on Facebook and we want you to become a fan! Everyone who becomes out fan on Facebook and/or signs up as a Follower on our blog here will be put in a random drawing to win the above layout. Sign up for both and have two chances to win this completed layout all ready for you to add a picture of the love of your life!

We will draw the winner on Valentine's Day evening, the 14th! What do you have to lose?

What does love mean to you?

Valentine's Day is just around the corner. Show the people you love what they mean to you. Our Family And More line of papers will work perfectly with any project you do about those we hold most dear.


Here's a layout using a quote from a favorite book of my kids' as they were growing up, Love You Forever by Robert Munsch.

Products used:

#1269 Mother-Mom 12 x 12 paper
#1278 Family-Generation 12 x 12 paper
#1169 Defining Prom 12 x 12 paper

Using your scraps...

Cards are always a good way to use up some of those scraps that you just hate to throw away. Here is another way you can do that and get a few valentines done at the same time.

Begin by choosing some of your favorite scrap papers. Tear them into small pieces and glue them onto a piece of cardstock. You can then cut them out or run them through your die cut machine. I used my Sizzix to make these hearts. Arrange them onto your card and you have a fun card! You can also save your embellishments for your favorite layout...or use the negative part of your die cut paper for another card. The sky is the limit to your creativity!!

Paper used: #1237 Baseball Game Paper and #1254 Wrestling Game Paper

Tag, You're It

The other night as I was playing around with some of the new Down On The Farm papers and stickers, it struck me. How fun would it be to make a little tag book using this stuff? I mean, haven't we all, at one time or another, said to our kids, "What does a duck say?". The Down On The Farm line can certainly help answer that question!

Here's just a small sampling of the tags I made using the duck, pig and cow papers and cardstock stickers. I think they are just as cute as any baby animal you'll ever see down on the farm.

Hope you like 'em. Thanks for lookin'.

Monthly Sketch Challenge

Welcome to our monthly sketch challenge! This is a new feature for us here at

Scrappin' Sports & More and we couldn't be more excited! Your first sketch was created with hearts with Valentine's Day just around the corner, but those embellishments can be replaced with anything! I love the flexibility of a sketch --- use it all and work from it exactly or go with the basic shape and shape it to be your own!

I hope you have a lot of fun working with it --- we would love to see what you come up with! Post a comment with a link to your creation by the end of February and we will send out a RAK to one lucky winner!

Our Design Team spent some time with the sketch too ---

Carolyn's design:

using the following papers:

On the Edge Sports - Football paper #1310

On the Edge Sports - Red Stars paper #1312

On the Edge Sports - Music paper #1314

Football Reflections paper #1198

Peggy's design:

using the following papers:

#1293 - Down on the Farm - Dogs

#1295 - Down on the Farm - Four H

#5554 - Down on the Farm - Dogs Cardstock Stickers

#1251 - Game Day - Tennis

#1250 - Game Day - Swimming

Karen's design

using the following papers:

Down on the Farm - Ducks #1294
Down on the Farm - Four H #1295
Classic Sports Series - Classic Soccer #1153
Cardstock Stickers - Soccer #5541

Shannon's design

using the following papers:

Game Day:  Marching Band #1246

Leave your Mark - #1096

SS&M is sponsoring My Sketch World

Scrappin' Sports & More is excited to be sponsoring My Sketch World to help celebrate its 4th Anniversary.  If you Love sketches, like I love sketches, this is a great blog with bi-monthly sketches posted.  They have something for everyone creating both layout & card sketches.  In celebration of their anniversary, My Sketch World is having a Sketch-A-Thon starting on Feb 1st until Feb 20th, that's 20 brand new sketches!!  For Each Sketch you do your name will be put into the drawing- a random drawing will be done on March 5th.  If you name is chosen you will win some fabulous goodies from some wonderful sponsors.  You will have until March 3rd to upload your creations in the gallery then post it to the My Sketch World site.  Please see the complete instructions for linking you page at My Sketch World's blog.  Scrappin' Sports & More is sponsoring the February 15th sketch, so stop back and see what the DT has created with this fabulous sketch.

Stop back on Wednesday too, our very own Kim Holmes has created a wonderful sketch especially for Scrappin' Sports & More.  We will be posting the DT interpretations of the sketch & giving away a RAK for one lucky person.  We also have some fun items planned the next two weeks as well.  At the end of the month, check out our very first challenge for the month of March.

Using your patterned paper as embellishments....

A fun and easy way to add your unique touches to your layouts or cards is to cut the patterns out of your scrapbook papers and use those pieces as embellishments rather than leaving it as part of the patterned paper.

In my layout ‘first football uniform’ I cut the football from Scrappin’ Sports & More’s Football Reflection paper, distressed the edges a little bit and adhered it to my layout then die cut my letters for my title from the black paper left over. This allows me to show off more of the football in my layout than had I used the Football Reflections paper as a background paper.

You can also cut images from patterned paper and use it in place of an embellishment as I did here on my “8 second ride” layout. I wanted to add a little something with the photos and a cut out steer from Scrappin’ Sports & More’s new Steers paper worked perfectly.

Your cut out images do not have to be perfect, I think imperfection gives it more of a personal touch … or maybe I just say that to make myself feel better for not being able to cut perfectly! J Start with easier shapes such as a large football then work your way down to smaller more detailed shapes such as the steer. Have fun!