Football

When I got Alex's 8th grade professional football picture, I couldn't believe how old and muscular he looked!  When did my little boy grow up into a young man!!  I layered lots of Scrappin' Sports & More papers & stickers to create this bright fun layout.  I love that the focus is still Alex and the mountains in the background. 

Hope everyone has a wonderful day!

Scrappin' Sports & More Product used:
#1395 Girls Rule - Tennis (yellow)
#1368 Title Sports - Basketball (orange)
#1374 Title Sports - Gymnastics (blue)
#1357 School is Cool - First Grade (green)
#1257 Name of the Game - Football
#5528 Name of the Game - Footballs cardstock stickers

Kick

I know I have said it before but I really love how easy it is to mix and match all of the Scrappin' Sports & More papers.  On this layout I used 6 different papers and 1 set of cardstock stickers.  I love the look of the chevron with the stars and the colors were perfectly matched to my daughters soccer colors. 

I have done so many soccer layouts over the past 12 years and I love how Scrappin' Sports & More papers keeps them looking fresh and new!

Here is what I came up with....

Scrappin' Sports & More Product Used:
#1431 Sports & Activities - Wrestling (red chevron)
#1395 Girls Rule - Tennis (yellow)
#1384 Title Sports - Wrestling (background grey stars)
#1379 Title Sports - Soccer (both green papers)
#1349 The Sport Is - Soccer (soccer balls)
#5541 Name of the Game - Soccer (soccer balls cardstock stickers)

Thanks for stopping by!  Having a wonderful week.

Which Sport?

Last week I created "What Sport Will You Play?" during my Helmar Live Ustream class.

I made sure it was full of the great sports papers from the "Title Sports" line. 

My grandson, Chase, is going to be an athlete!  He has a natural attraction to any sports ball and running.  It just makes me wonder what sports he will play when he is old enough to make a choice. 

My bets are on soccer and baseball!  

"Title Sports" Supplies:

Football paper (#1372)

Baseball paper (#1367)

Soccer paper ((#1379)

Hockey paper (#1375)

Golf paper (#1373)

Basketball paper (#1368)
Cardstock Stickers:
Baseball (#5544)
Basketball (#5550)
Soccer ((#5530)

To see out how I created this cute layout, be sure to watch the video! 

Video streaming by Ustream

10 Years of Football

Happy Monday everyone!!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  I am so excited to share this post with you today.  I had so much fun looking back at the past 10 years and remembering all the fun I have had watching Alex play football.  It all started when he was 4 years old and got his first Dallas Cowboys outfit.  I just love that photo of him all geared up on Christmas. 

This is the first 2 page spread I have done in awhile and I am really excited about it.  I just love how all the Scrappin' Sports & More papers work together.  I used two lines of the football papers and combined it with some of the side B papers from other lines to add some color.  A few buttons, chipboard letters, stickers and twine and the layout came together better than I envisioned.  I hope you like it!

Here is the two page spread.

And here are the pages separate so you can see more of the details.

Scrappin' Sports & More Product:

#1372 Title Sports - Football
#1374 Title Sports - Gymnastics (blue stars)
#1415 Sports & Activities - Football
#1395 Girls Rule - Tennis (yellow circles)
#5528 Name of the Game Cardstock Stickers - Footballs

Thanks for stopping by!

Karen

Super Slide

Every year Lily wants to go to the Acton Fair.  If you want to do a pig scramble or check out the area's biggest pumpkin or the local farmers prize winning cows, this is the fair to be at!  For the kids the rides and socializing with their friends is the whole point of going to this fair held in our town every August.

Last year we brought Lily and her friends to ride the rides on a scorching hot August afternoon.  They didn't care one little bit.  They rode rides over and over.  I think they did the Super Slide repeatedly just to catch the breeze coming down.

Since the pictures and papers I chose were pretty busy and very colorful, I stuck with a clean design for this layout.  The "Slide" paper (#1411) from the "Sports and Activities" line was just perfect for this occassion.  I pulled out the green in the photo and Slide paper by using the kelly green striped "Cross Country" paper (#1370) from "Title Sports."

My last few Scrappin' Sports and More layouts have been full of green and yellow.  They really are my favorite colors to use these days.  What are your favorite colors to use?

Love this game

For several years now Victoria has been in love with all things soccer.  She plays pretty much year round and when she isn't playing it we are watching it on tv.  I have to say that her passion for the game has rubbed off on me too.  I absolutely love going to the games and watching her play.  My hope is that she will continue to keep her foot on the ball long after high school is finished. 

I love that I was able to get 5 photos on one page and you can still see all the action of the game.  I love the combination of the red, blue & green from the SS&M papers.  And while the zebra print is a neutral, I love how it pulls everything together. 

Scrappin' Sports & More Paper:

#1405 Sporty Words - Soccer
#1387 Girls Rule - Cheer (zebra print)
#1374 Title Sports - Gymnastics (blue stars)
#1380 Title Sports - Softball (red stripe)

Waiting for Daddy

I am sure that these photos are not new to many of you.  Our pets show such love for us.  Delta will wait forever by the back door waiting for her Daddy to come inside.  She will sit and whimper if he takes too long.  And then...once that door opens....she is just a wiggly mess.  LOL  We are so fortunate to be able to be shown this unconditional love by our pets.

It may be hard to tell but I curled strips of the blue stripped paper to create some flowers in the left hand corner of the layout.  I also roughed up the sides of my two background papers.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful day and hug those faithful pets!

Scrappin' Sports Product Used:
#1293 Dogs (Down on the Farm line)
#5554 Dogs Cardstock Sticker
#1263 Tennis Balls (Name of the Game)
#1378 Prom (Title Sports) - blue stripe
#1384 Wrestling (Title Sports) - gray stars
#1395 Tennis ( Girls Rule) - yellow/white circles

What Is This Feeling?

In our family music is a source of happiness!  Quite often silence is not heard in our house because music is being played on the iPod, or Scott playing Bass, or one of us belting out a song just because we feel like it at that moment.  

Lily is the singer in our family (I pretend sometimes).  She loves Broadway tunes and has an affinity for the musical "Wicked."  This past spring she performed "What Is This Feeling?" from "Wicked" with her girlfriend at A.D.A.M. They were pretty good for their first live performance together!

Due to the lighting at this venue getting a good picture was difficult, but I still wanted to document this event for Lily.  I focused on using a great color in the background to pull the viewer in. This is why I chose the kelly green dotted paper.  It is the backside of the new Golf paper (#1416) found in the "Sports and Activities" line.  Isn't it so bold and fun?

To create the hexagons, I cut the Dance paper (#1341) from "The Sport Is..." using my Sizzix 2" Hexagon die cut.  The pictures and hexagons are bordered with plain black cardstock to make them pop just a little bit.

I hope you find some time for a bit of music in your life today!

~Katie

Kindergarten Readiness

This is my now 8th grader his first year at St. Michael's School.  He looks so excited in the pictures it's hard not to smile and remember those simpler years of school.  No homework, just fun times!!  I love looking back and seeing just how far he has come.  They grow up so fast; it's hard to believe that this was only a short time ago.

I used a fun star border punch that always works well with school themes and added a few star brads.  I also braided 3 colors of twine together for the banner topper. 

Thanks for stopping by!!

Scrappin' Sports Product Used:
School is Cool:
#1355 Preschool (red background)
#1356 Kindergarten
#1357 First Grade (green dots)
#1358 Second Grade (orange stars)
#1359 Third Grade (yellow dots)
Title Sports:
#1369 Cheerleading (grey stars)
#1379 Soccer (green stars)
#1374 Gymnastics (blue stars)
Sports & Activities:
#1417 Gymnastics (yellow w/ white dots)
Girls Rule:
#1395 Tennis (white with yellow circles)

Worth The Wait?? Worth The Wait!!

This week I thoroughly enjoyed playing with the B sides of our new paper line.

I used them on a two-page spread of my sweet grandson and his birthday cupcake.  

"Worth the Wait?" was created as my sample for this week's Helmar Live Ustream.

The focus of my Ustream class was simple distress techniques. SS&M are great 

papers to distress because the distressing shows the wonderful second side of the paper.  

"Worth The Wait!" is the layout I created on Helmar Live Ustream. 

Scrappin' Sports & More Supplies:

Sports & Activities 

"Worth The Wait?"

Fishing Paper (#1414) - B side: blue dotted paper

Wrestling Paper (#1431) - B side: red chevron paper

"Worth The Wait!"

Teeball Paper (#1427) - B side: teal/green striped paper

I have embedded the Helmar Live Ustream class from Tuesday in 

which I create "Worth The Wait!"  Hope you enjoy! 

Live broadcast by Ustream

Welcome Guest Designer Lana Day!!

Scrappin' Sports & More is happy to show the work of our newest guest designer Lana Day.  But first a few words from Lana :)

Hello! My name is Lana Day and I'm excited to be able to create a few layouts for Scrappin' Sports &More.

I have been scrapping for years. With each year that comes along my scrapbooking style changes. Right now my main focus for scrapbooking is my two boys, they are total posers so I always have lots of pictures of the boys that I can create with.

I guess I would describe my scrapbooking style for them as "Simply and Real". I love lines and circle so I am often drawn to those types of papers but my real passion in paper is to be able to use it as my embellishment. I love to be able to cup up my papers and decorate my scrapbook layouts with it! I hope you enjoy.

If you want to see other cards and layouts I have created, check out my blog www.spiclylady.wordpress.com

Cheers and Scrap On!
 
And now a layout from Lana using our latest line Sports & Activities.  How adorable is this little girl! 
 

Tappin' Good Time

What to do with those annual dance, softball, football, soccer pictures?  Do you struggle with making them pop in a cute layout?  I know I do!  The new "Sports & Activities" papers totally inspired me to move beyond boring with this year's dance photo.

Think color and clean lines....I wanted the color of her costume to stand out on this page so I pulled out the fun red dotted Cheerleading paper and I wanted to follow through the clean look of the photo onto the layout.   I think I accomplished both!

Scrappin' Sports & More Papers:
Sports & Activities Line
Ballet/Tap paper (#1408)
Cheerleading paper (#1412)

We would love to see what you do with these new awesome "Sports & Activities" papers.  Please do share them with us on the Scrappin' Sports & More Facebook!

~Katie

What a Kick!

Ever since I went Christmas shopping last November and saw The Gap with string art signs, I've wanted to incorporate it into my scrapbook page.  I started out with a simple L shaped design and used different colors of twine to make the design.  Once it was finished, it reminded me of a soccer net, thus the inspiration to make this page.  I think it adds some fun dimension to the page.  I cannot wait to try another shape in the future!

Scrappin' Sports & More Product Used:
#5580 Super Sporty Words Soccer Clear Sticker
#5541 Soccer Cardstock Sticker
#1379 Title Sports - Soccer (green stars)
#1378 Title Sports - Prom(blue stripe)
#1417 Sports & Activities - Gymnastics

Thank You to Guest Designer Suzanna Lee!!

We want to thank our wonderful guest designer for July, Suzanna Lee!  She has provided us with some amazing layouts to share with you and today is no exception.  Today she has created a beautiful dance layout.  I love the embossed paper on this layout, it just screams ballet dance to me!!  The pink, black and grey combination provides the perfect backdrop for these adorable dancers!!

Here is a close up of her title work.

Thank you again Suzanna!! We really appreciate you sharing your talent with us!

Scrappin' Sports Product Used:
#1371 Title Sports - Dance
#1388 Girl's Rule - Dance
#1369 Title Sports - Cheerleading (grey stars)
#1375 Title Sports - Hockey (grey stripe)

Water Trampoline

I knew when I saw the new Trampoline paper in the "Sports & Activies" line that I would be using it for a layout of the kiddos at camp. The water trampoline at camp is a favorite activity.  It was so easy to get fun action pictures of them using the water trampoline, as they were constantly on it.

I had a little fun with the word "trampoline." If you look closely you will see I highlighted the word by adding a chipboard "t" to the first letter each time trampoline is printed on the paper.  The photo below shows up close of this in the title work.  

Scrappin' Sports & More Supplies:

Sports & Activities Line

Trampoline/Swing paper (#1426)

Soccer paper (green chevron paper, #1423)

Doesn't this make you want to go play on a water trampoline?  

~Katie

Sweet 'N Sassy

My daughter LOVED her tap costume for this year's recital! And, it was perfect for her- sassy, sparkly and red with stars! Every year before the recital, we stop at the park for a quick photoshoot. This year's photos came out gorgeous and I just can't get over how beautiful my little girl is!

The new SS&M collection, "Sports & Activities," has a great "dance" themed paper with tap on the front and ballet on the back. I love that the tap one is black and white because no matter the costume, the paper will go with it!

Products Used:

#1408- Sports & Activities: Tap/Ballet

#1430- Sports & Activities: Workout

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

~Nicole

Final Season

These pictures were taken during Madalyn's final season playing in Findlay.  We are in the process of moving to North Carolina, so I wanted to make sure I captured a couple of photos from here last season playing in Ohio.  I'm happy to say it's not the end of her soccer career, just changing teams. 

I love the new trend using hexagons, so I decided to create a layout using some of my favorite papers.  I love that this layout can be created completely from leftover paper from other projects.  Next time though I need to invest in the Sizzix die to make it easier :)

Scrappin' Sports & More product used:
#1379 Title Sports - Soccer (green stars & words)
#1374 Title Sports - Gymnastics (blue stars)
#1417 Sports & Activities - Gymnastics (yellow polka dots)
#1423 Sports & Activities - Soccer (green chevron & figure with words)
#1395 Girls Rule - Tennis (yellow stripe & yellow circles)
#1393 Girls Rule - Soccer (black/white stripe & black circles)
#1349 The Sports Is - Soccer (words & soccer balls)

Suzanna Lee shares a wonderful Soccer layout!

We have been very blessed to have some amazing Guest Designer the past several months and Suzanna Lee our guest for July is no exception.  I love all the layering she did on this layout.  She created the perfect backdrop for pictures of her daughter.  I love all the stitching and the "ribbon" she created out of the blue patterned paper.  Excellent job!!

Here is a close up of some of her work. 

Scrappin' Sports Product Used:
#1379 Title Sports - Soccer
#1374 Title Sports - Gymnastics (blue stars)
#1393 Girls Rule - Soccer (blue/white stripes)
#5570 Super Sized Cardstock Stickers - Soccer
#5541 Soccer Cardstock Stickers

Hip Hop 2012

I hope you have had a chance to check out new SS&M "Sports & Activities" line of papers.  It is full of fun colors and trendy backsides! This just might be my favorite line yet.  

Lily has groove.  She naturally has rhythm.  She can pick up the beat and move like nobody's business!   It is no surprise that Hip Hop is her favorite dance class.  I took these fun photos of her in her Hip Hop costume right before her evening recital.  

I knew I wanted to use the fun Hip Hop paper from the new line for this layout, but didn't want to leave out the pink in Lily's costume.  Totally love the contrast of the blue & black from the SS&M papers with pops of pink. 

Scrappin' Sports & More Supplies:

Sports & Activities Line

Dance/Hip Hop Paper (#1413)

Music Paper (#1420)

Hope you add a little bold color to your life today!

~Katie

Hello Summer Fun!!

I just LOVE the newest release from Scrappin' Sports & More - Sports & Activities.  It is 24 pages of bright, fun patterns!  For this layout I used the side 2 of several of the papers and created a bright fun layout to highlight the kids having a Blast at the Lake. 

The blue chevron background is the side 2 of the swimming paper.  It is so bright and fun, I'm sure you will see it appear a lot on the blog :) 

What's your favorite paper from the newest line?

Scrappin' Sports & More Product Used:
#1425 Sports & Activities Swimming (side 2 - blue chevron)
#1417 Sports & Activities Gymnastics (side 2 - yellow dots)
#1430 Sports & Activities Workout (side 2 - red dots)
#1395 Girls Rule Tennis (Yellow/White circles)
#1379 Title Sports Soccer (green stars)
#1378 Title Sports Prom (blue stripes)