A Sketch Challenge!!

Scrappin Sports and More has teamed up with My Sketch World for a SKETCH CONTEST!!!  Excited?  I knew you would be!!  So here are the details...

Using this AWESOME SKETCH...and at least 50% Scrappin Sports and More Products, create a layout between NOW and October 1st.  Then come back here and post a link to THIS POST AND on the My Sketch World Blog.  A winner will be chosen and recieve the ENTIRE CALENDAR LINE that was just released at CHA Summer!! 

Here is a peek at what you will win...

Aren't they AMAZING???  For a little added inspiration, the DT has had the opportunity to work with this sketch and will be posting their layouts throughout the week.  Here is Shannon's take on the sketch using the new Music papers (also Debuted at CHA Summer)...

So those are the details.  Are you inspired and ready to scrap?  Don't know where to get the products...check out the Scrappin Sports & More's newly updated website!  Good luck to everyone and thanks again to Lucy at My Sketch World for the awesome sketch!!!

Comfort

What brings comfort in life? That was the question I asked myself this week as I started work on this layout.  The obvious answers to me were those I love most, my husband, kids, family.  But I wanted to do something different than that with this layout.  Then I thought about the peace and serenity I feel when I enter my bedroom after a long day.  Ok, that brings me comfort.  I'll focus on that.  So I went about taking some photos.  When it came time to print the photos I realized the majority of the things that make me feel good and keep me grounded are items either made by my grandmother or skills she taught me.... the lace doilies she crocheted, the pillowcases she tatted the edging on, the cross stitch she taught me, and the quilts she was always working on - those things and thoughts of her have brought me comfort this week.

I hope you find comfort in your life, no matter what form it takes.

Thanks for looking!
Peggy

Tee Ball Mini Album!!

Anyone who knows me will hit the floor when I announce that I MADE A MINI ALBUM!  There are those that never thought they'd see the day!  But, I did it and I almost dare to say that I am hooked!  I saw the cutest chipboard album that was in the shape of a baseball cap at a local scrapbook store's going out of business sale. ( So sad to see another LSS close... ) When I saw the album, it screamed "Scrappin' Sports and More" at me!  So, I printed out the photos of my son's tee ball season, covered the pages mostly with the new "Sports Head On" papers, added some Scrappin' Sports and More Cardstock Stickers, added a few captions and a little bit-o-journaling and BAM- I actually did it!  So, here you go!

The Cover:

Pages 1 and 2:

Pages 3 and 4:

Pages 5 and 6:

Pages 7 and 8:

Back Cover:

Products Used:
#1335 Sports Head On- Watersports (blue)
#1336 Sports Head On- Wrestling (black/gray)
#1320 Sports Head On- Basketball (brown)
#1325 Sports Head On- Golf (green)
#5526 Cardstock Stickers Baseballs
#1175 Defining the Game- Competition (stars)
#1005 Defining the Game- Baseball (words)

comfort over style

For the month of September, each Scrappin' Sports & More Design Team Member is going to create a layout using the word 'comfort' in the title.

I decided to use comfort over style as my title in this layout of my son - he is his own fashion statement sometimes. :)
I just love that he made the effort to put on a hat, gloves & boots but not a coat or long pants after a spring snow storm in March 2010.

Supplies used:
Sports Head On - Music Paper  #1328
Sports Head On - Wrestling Paper #1336
Family and More - Cousin - Cousins Paper #1275
Baseball Rub-ons - At Bat #7501

Thanks for stoppin' by the Scrappin' Sports & More blog!

~Carolyn

Music Man

I am musically challenged but it makes me so happy that my boys aren't!  They can all keep a beat, carry a tune and play an instrument! Scrappin' Sports & More paper is perfect for all things music!  I love the new papers from the Sports Head On Series - so versatile!  Love the focus and determination on my son's face in these photos! 

Sports Head On Music
Playing Video Games
Down on the Farm - Steer

Start Your Engines

Nothing like having a birthday at a Go-Kart Track!!  And nothing like having RACING paper and rub-ons to document it!  Top it off with Custom Birthday Paper...and you have the perfect ingredients for a fun layout!!  The hardest part was accepting that my daughter wanted a Teddy Bear birthday cake for her Racing themed party!!

Shannon

Products Used: 
#1329 Racing (Sports Head On Collection)
#1265 Racing Flags (Name of the Game Collection)
#637 Racing Rub-Ons

Scrappin' Made Easy

Now that school is in full swing as well as all the extra curricular activities, I find myself with less time in my day; which is one of the reasons I Love the new Sports Head On line.  I'm sure many of you can relate.  I absolutely love the Watersports Paper and wanted to showcase it in this layout.  I kept the layout really simple... a couple of pictures, a couple of rub-ons and a few journaling strips was all it took to put this together.  So... the next time your short on time, grab some of this paper and start scrappin!

Scrappin' Sports Products Used:
#1335 Watersports Sports Head ON
#7516 Trampoline Rub-Ons (Jump)
#7523 Climbing Rub-Ons (Fun in the Sun)

I'm Loving You...

August is a month full of celebrations at our house, especially birthdays.  One of those birthday's belongs to by husband, David.  We have spent over 25 years together as a couple - more than half my life and I can't imagine anything different.  We have been through so much over the years, both good and bad, but the constant is my love for him.  Pretty sappy, huh?  It's true though -- I love him 24/7, 12 months a year!

Products Used:

Calendar Sticker Sheet

February Calendar Paper

Here Fishy, Fishy!

 This is one of my favorite photos of my little man.  He was about three years old and when my parents lived on a lake, he LOVED to go fishing with his Papa.  When I saw the Fishing paper in the new Sports Head On line, I knew just the photo I needed to use it with!  I used the back side of the papers for the blue background and then cut the bobbers out for the perfect accent to the page!

Products Used:
#1323 Sports Head On- Fishing

Thanks so much for stopping by today!
~Nicole

It's Feeling Like Fall

As much as I hate to see summer go, I am looking forward to the cooler evenings and beautiful colors of fall in the midwest.

Today I'm sharing a layout using the September Calendars Made Easy paper and September Cardstock Sticker that coordinates with the paper.  I was able to snap some pictures of my cousin's grandson not long ago and I love how this paper is a perfect compliment!

Thanks for looking!

Products used:

#5538 Calendars Made Easy Cardstock Stickers

#1287 September Calendars Made Easy 12 x 12 paper 

Space...the final frontier

Thought I would share a layout from our recent trip to the Wright-Patterson Air Force Museum.  I just can't get enough of our CUSTOM papers.  And with the new website...you will even have the ability to SEE your designs BEFORE they are printed!  Now how cool is THAT??? 

This was truly a fun and educational trip for us and I even got a chance to use up some of my scraps when making the paper pieced planet on the layout.  With a bunch of circles and a little ink...instant embellishment and very little cost!!  So the question is...if you were designing a custom paper...what would it be??

~Shannon

Products Used:

#998 Custome Cheer Prep Rally

#1314 Music Notes Double-Sided Paper

4th season

It's not only hard to believe that summer is coming to an end as football pre-season is in full swing and my son's regular season games start September 4th but it's also hard to believe that my son is in his fourth year of tackle football.

Here is my layout titled "4th season".  This layout was inspired from Creative Scrappers Sketch #118.  Sketches are a great way to get my scrappin' mojo flowing! :)

Products used:

#1324 Sports Head On Football

#1329 Sports Head On Racing

#1336 Sports Head On Wrestling

#1198 Football Reflections

Thanks for stoppin' by! 

~Carolyn

One More Custom Paper Layout!

One more Custom layout from me and it's a 2-pager!  I know, shocking, huh?  Two pagers are usually so difficult for me, but working with the custom paper made it so easy!

Just think of what you could do with your own custom paper?  I have visions of making end of the season albums for all the coaches!  Wouldn't that be a great gift?

Back to School Already!!!

I can't believe that it's "Back to School" time!  My kids are so excited, but I can't say I am because, for me, back to school means back to work.  I love my job, but summer is SO nice!  For my post today, I decided to use the "September Calendar Made Easy" paper to make special cards to put in my kids' backpacks on their first day.  On the first card, I also used the September paper and a border punch to make a fun pleated flower!

Products Used:

#1287 September Calendars Made Easy

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

~Nicole

The Good List

As crafters we know it's never too soon to start planning for the holidays.  A few years ago I started making calendars for my parents as part of their Christmas gift.  Well, one year I didn't get it done in time and what's the first thing my dad said after opening gifts?  Yep, you guessed it "Where's my calendar?"  That was the last time I was ever late with it!  The Calendars Made Easy line from SS&M is helping me get this year's calendar done with plenty of time to spare.  Here's the page for December:

Let SS&M help you out with those Christmas gifts for family and friends! 

Products used:
# 5539 Calendar Cardstock Stickers
#1290 December Calendars Made Easy 12 x 12 paper

#1 Fans

The CHA release of Scrappin' Sports & More's Sports Head On line is a fantastic compliment to Scrappin' Sports & More's other lines!  Love that!!

In my layout "#1 Fans" I combined the new Baseball Sports Head On paper with two previous releases: Baseball Reflections paper (one of my Favs!) and Game Day Baseball Game paper:

Products used:
Sports Head On Baseball #1319
Game Day Baseball Game #1237
Baseball Reflections #1196

Thanks for stoppin' by!

~Carolyn

Back to school...

One of the challenges that I face with kids in school is what to do with all their artwork, papers, etc.  Sometimes, I scan them, sometimes I take pictures of them...and sometimes, I just use them on the page itself like I did here.  Since Scrappin Sports and More came out with this AWESOME calendar line, it makes it easy to do a month by month recount of all the fun activities my kids did while they were in school.  Now...if only I could get my kids to cooperate and let me sit next to them in class so I could take better pictures!  :)

~Shannon

Products Used:

Februrary Calendar Paper and Stickers

London In July

Today I'm sharing a page I created from our recent trip to London.  We are so fortunate to get to visit our family over there every other year.  This year was the kids first trip to London and even though they enjoyed the sites, they were happy not to have to ride the tube after the first 2 days.  Who would have thought it would be in the 90's in London!

I used the July calendar page as my main background for this layout.  I also used the Game Day Swimming (stripe) and the Mother paper from the Family Line (red).

Scrappin' Sports & More Papers Used:
#1285 July Calendars Made Easy
#1269 Mother/Mom Family & More
#1250 Swimming Game Day

Scrappin' Sports has Done it Again!

Scrappin' Sports has done it again!  They have created another fabulous sports line that will become a classic!  I love how fun the "B" side is -- perfect for every kind of background!

This paper line is perfect for any and all sports you can think of!

Sports Head On

Scrappin' Sports & More's new "Sports Head On" line is so fun to play with!  For today's Layouts, I used the baseball paper and the water paper.  The papers are so fun to use as is, or in the case of my baseball page, to cut the baseballs out! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!
~Nicole~

Faces of Summer

First, let me say that I absolutely love, love, love the versatility of SS&M new calendar line!  The patterns and designs can be used singularly or in combination with one another, as I've done here.  The layout I'm sharing with you today uses the papers of Summer, June, July and August (along with the reverse side of the Water Sports paper from the Sports Head On line)

Products used:

1286 - August- Calendars Made Easy

1285 - July - Calendars Made Easy

1284 - June - Calendars Made Easy

1335 - Watersports - Sports Head On

Thanks for looking.

Calendars Made Easy Papers!

These new month themed papers by Scrappin' Sports & More are prefect for monthly recaps or capturing the theme of each month, be sure to check out the Calendars Made Easy Paper & Stickers!

My first layout features Calendars Made Easy - March paper.  I LOVE the patterned shamrocks!  I cut out a few shamrocks from another sheet of Calendars Made Easy - March paper and pop dotted them onto my background paper.

Journaling: green shirt / green socks / green eyes / green hair / you sure were in the St. Patrick's Day spirit!  2006

My second layout features the Calendars Made Easy - October paper.  I used the preprinted 'October' on the paper as my title and added a few die cut pumpkins and photos!  Super easy with these great papers!

Thanks for stoppin' by!

~Carolyn

Shootin' Hoops

On our recent vacation to Arkansas, our cousins had a trampoline with a basketball hoop.  This was a crowd favorite for my kids...and when I was taking pictures (because that is just what I do every second of their lives) it suddenly occurred to me how very perfect this new paper would be with this particuliar shot.  The Sports Head On Line brings the pattern down the middle...perfect for bringing photos like this to life!!  Add some real-life basketball cardstock stickers and pop dots and the page really comes to life!! 

~Shannon

Products Used:

#1320 Basketball Paper

#5550 Basketball Cardstock Stickers

Thee is no Season such delight can bring.....

Happy Sunday Everyone :)  I hope everyone is having a wonderful start to the week.  Hopefully you are getting to spend some time with family or friends or maybe a good book. 

Here is a layout that I created using the new Calendar Line and the New Sports Head On Line (blue checked background).  This layout featured the August (yellow), October (orange), January (blue) and the April (green) calendar papers.  This line is wonderful and you can mix and match across months or in this case across seasons to create wonderful layouts. 

Scrappin' Sports & More Product Used:

#1326 Hockey Sports Head On line (blue checkered background)
#1286 August Calendars Made Easy
#1288 October Calendars Made Easy
#1282 April Calendars Made Easy
#1279 January Calendars Made Easy

More Calendar Fun!

Oh my --- I am in love with the new calendar line!  In fact, I couldn't help but create a 201o calendar even though the year is almost over!  It was so quick & easy!

Here is a peek at the inside:

In addition, just take a look at these fun cards:

How great would it be to create a whole set - one for every month - to give away as a Christmas gift?

Make sure you get your hands on some of this wonderful paper soon!

New Calendar Lines!

These new Scrappin' Sports & More Calendar line is so fun!  The designs on each page (front AND back) are really sweet and the colors are bright and cheery.  The front side of each paper includes the name of each  month and the back has just the design on it.  Since my daughter's birthday is coming right up, I wanted to show you the page I did of her using the August Calendar paper.  Aren't those suns just TOO CUTE?!

And, since we are all getting ready to think about that "back to school" business, let me share with you the layout I did using the back of the November Calendar Paper.  The fall colors matched the oak leaves that fill my yard every fall PERFECTLY!

You can see the whole set of calendar papers HERE.  And, you can be looking for these papers available for purchase very soon!

Have a great day!
~~Nicole~~