We've got spirit, yes we do!

This is the last of my cheerleading layouts...this one, the "formal" shot I took of Jillian in the early fall.  This is for the first page of her Cheer Album, so no journaling on this one, just lots of SSM papers! A mix of Gymnastics (blue stars) Tennis (yellow stripes) and Cheer papers made for a quick and easy layout.  I added some "confetti" from the tennis papers for a fun look, too.  

This is my final post for Scrappin Sports, and I want to take this opportunity to thank the entire team here for a wonderful term! I've really enjoyed working with everyone and these great products!

Gym Fun!

My girls are not gymnasts, not by any stretch of the imagination, but several years ago, my youngest was able to enjoy a birthday party that was held at a local children's gym.  She absolutely loved flying on the trapeeze...and did it over and over again!

I used my new Silhouette Cameo on this page to cut the balloons and the title.  The Scrappin Sports papers worked SO well in the cutter!  I can definitely see myself using it over and over again with these papers!

Products Used:

Title Sports #1374 Gymnastics and #1378 Prom

Girls Rule #1391 Gymnastics (MY in title)

Are you scared?

Does the thought of using sports themed papers for a Halloween layout scare you?  Do you shake in your boots at the idea of making "something" work?  Well fear no more, my friends!  I created this adorable Halloween layout using three of our papers and you can too!! I started with some fun photos I took last Halloween in our front graveyard-errr..yard...under our big tree...these children are my youngest daughter and her best friend all ready to go trick or treating.  My daughter was a little freaked out about her friend's Werewolf costume, I just love how the photos turned out with the Hipstamatic app.

The chevron background of my layout is the "B" side of the new Sports and Activities Volleyball paper and I used the School is Cool Second Grade paper for the orange stars.  My bats are from the School is Cool Freshman paper (a black on black polka dot)...I added my own chipboard tree (misted with the new Heidi Swapp color mists) and my little quote card that says "clothes make a statement- costumes tell a story".  I 

stamped the Oct 31 on cardstock and created a little accent with a circle of the Second Grade Paper and some more bats...and there you have it!  A great Halloween page with sports themed papers- who would have thought it!!
"Sports and Activites" #1429 Volleyball
"School is Cool" #1358 Second Grade
"School is Cool" #1362 Freshman

Rhythm of Life

Another dance rectial layout from me..shocking, I know!  Well, when each girl does 4-5 dances in every show there are many photos to take!  It's always hard to get good photos during the recital because the lighting is typically dim and the girls are moving so quickly.  I tend to keep my photos small for printing because the larger they are the blurrier they are... so I use a group of smaller wallet sized photos to tell my story.

This was my first time using the "b" side of the Girls Rule Dance paper..I just LOVE it.  My daughter always looks so happy on stage...she loves to dance and it shows!  I offset the black and white of that paper with the "b" side of the Title Sports Dance paper because I love how the purple offsets the green of her costume. So there you have it.  Another great recital layout thanks to the Scrappin Sports papers!

I'm your biggest fan!

While my girls only have one dance recital a year, there are several opportunities for me to tell them how great I think they're doing in their classes.  Both of my dancers work VERY hard  to meet the standards of their levels and this year, they were both promoted in several of their classes so I am one proud mama!
I made this card (two of the same, really) to let them know that I am their biggest fan!!

Just a quick and easy card...I spent more time coloring in my stamped image than assembling the card (of which I used no real adhesive..I sewed the papers to the card base and used pop dots for the rest).  All from scraps on my desk from the last ballet layout I created...so next time you are finished with a layout, create a card with your scraps and let someone know that you're their biggest fan!
Products Used:
Down on the Farm-Pigs
The Sport Is- Dance
Classic Cheerleading

Football Season

For my husband, Football Season is the happiest season of the year.  No matter the weather, no matter the team, he is happiest if he's watching football.  And while usually, he's playing armchair quarterback, occasionally, he gets the opportunity to go see a "real game".  Two weeks ago, he was invited to go see a BYU preseason game and he jumped at the opportunity.  Never mind that we live in Southern California...lol and usually BYU is playing the team we usually root for... he made a special business trip to visit a client in Utah just so he could also attend the game.  And while he was there, he happily texted me photos of himself and the stadium so that I could scrap this memory for him.

I added the pocket to the page so that he can save his ticket in there and journal on the tags about his experience at his first "home" BYU game...it's a great way to save memorabilia without creating an element on the page with it. I fussy cut the title from the "Title Sports" paper and added pop dotted footballs inside the "o"s for a little dimension.  I chose to keep the rest of the page pretty simple because all of the patterned paper really kept the eye moving on the page.  Hope he likes the page and it is a nice reminder of his quick trip to Utah!

Products Used: Game Day- Football Game
Title Sports- Football
Sports and Activities- Football
Cardstock Stickers- Football

I hope you dance...

I hope it's not too cliche to use this song title for yet another ballet scrapbook page...

I love the meaning behind the words...as well as the obvious statement it makes, and this photo of my daughter was so fitting, especially in her pointe shoes...Last year she was forced to choose between cheer and pointe class...so she went to the director of the dance studio to ask her what other options she had and they allowed her to take a lower level of dance class, completely on pointe (a full 1/2 hour longer than her regular class and all floor work)..this was so NOT easy for her, but she was totally commited and stuck to it and in the end was so much more advanced for all her efforts.  I am so proud of her for making the choice to NOT sit it out...

"When you get the choice to sit it out or dance...DANCE!"

Products Used:
Sports and Activities- #1408 Ballet (banner)
Girls Rule #1392 Prom (banner)
Girls Rule #1388 Dance (banner and butterflies)
The Sport is #1346 Music (die cut leaves and flowers- misted and glittered)
Down on the Farm #1300 Pigs (the perfect ballet pink..photo mat and butterflies)
Classic Sports #1148 Cheerleading (layout mat)

Make a Splash!!

Even though we are back to school already, with the temps still in the 90's we feel like it's still summer, so I'm happily scrapping pics from summer (while enjoying the nice cool air conditioning in my scrap room!).  Today I am using the Sports Head on Watersports paper and the new Sports and Activities Swimming paper to scrap a few pictures of my daughter enjoying our friend's pool. 

I fussy cut the waves and bubbles from the Watersports paper, then used the wave as a template to create the wave cut on the swimming paper.  I added some splashes of glimmer mist in the background and some stickles on the the bubbles for some bling then topped it off with a few rhinestones, too.  A quick and easy, multiphoto page that came together in under an hour...just how I like them! 

Summertime is Slurpee Time!

I'm sure you'll all agree that there is nothing better on a hot day than a cool drink...and sometimes, a Slurpee just fits the ticket of tasty and cold...mmm...

I had fun layering a bunch of new papers and this whimsical photo my daughter took of herself enjoying her slurpee...I used Summertime, Tennis and Pool papers with a pop of the Gymnastics stars for this bright and colorful look.

Don't be jealous...

Early summer brings recital time to our family...and the new Sports and Activities papers are just perfect for those dance recital photos!  I used the Tap papeer and soccer papers to create this layout of my middle daughter during her tap number "Don't be jealous of my boogie".  I just love to watch her tap, it is her favorite style of dance and she is SO good at it, too!!  Just look at that smile!

I was honestly a little afraid to use a whole sheet of the Sports and Activities paper at first, but I found it really lent itself to layering and made my photos pop!!  So don't be afraid to try it...and don't be jealous of her boogie! ;)

We've got Spirit!

We've got SPIRIT and we've got the best new sports and activities papers out there!  I just love this new Cheer paper....great colors, fun words and it coordinates perfectly with so many of the "b" sides of the other papers...you can't help but create a great page quickly and effortlessly!

Just a few layers, some circles and a punched banner (just punch circles and cut in half) and voila!

Products used:
Sports and Activites- Cheer #1412
Sports and Activites- Fishing #1414

Ballroom Dance Partners

I'm fairly certain that the experience of Ballroom Dancing wasn't as pleasant for the kids as it was for the grown-ups to watch, but it is offered as part of the curriculum in 4th and 5th grade at our elementary school thanks to a grant.  All year the kids worked on their Foxtrot, Cha-Cha, and other ballroom dances with their dance coach and the last class the parents were invited to watch.  They all did very well, and in fact, kids from our school won the 1st place trophy in the Ballroom Dance Competition that was held for our cluster of schools!  I was so excited to see the Ballroom Dance paper in the new release and got right to work to record this momentous (and sweaty palmed) occasion!
Can I just say that I love how well all the papers work together-again?  How perfectly the greens in the soccer paper match the dancing paper is no accident!  I also think one of the things that allows all of these papers to work so well together is the addition of black cardstock to help the photos "pop"...try adding some black cardstock to your next layout and see what happens!

Products Used:
Sports and Actvities #1413 Dancing
                                  #1418 Hockey
Title Sports               # 1379 Soccer

New Papers = New FUN!!!

It's always so exciting to open a package of new papers...ahh..I even love the smell of them! (please tell me I'm not alone, here!)  I just love the new "Sports and Activities" line..it's SO cute...and like Shannon, I was inspired first by the Softball Papers.

I chose to use both sides for my layout, and added the backside of the Workout paper for the red polkadots and some whimsy.  I used the older Sports Head On Racing paper as the background as to me, it looks like the softball fence! I also used some of the Baseball Cardstock stickers as background to my title and the banner. I love how all the lines work so well together!!

Products Used:
Sports and Activities #1424 Softball
Sports and Activities #1430 Workout
Sports Head On #1329 Racing
Cardstock Stickers #5544 Baseball

Soccer is my Life

A New Year's Day Soccer Tournament didn't sound like my cup of tea, but Cammy sure had fun playing!  Her team won her division and she played very well, too!!  I added lots of circles to my layout to mirror the title cut out of the Girls Rule paper. 

Products Used:
Sports Head On #1330 Soccer
Title Sports #1367 Baseball
Girls Rule #1393 Soccer
Cardstock Sticker #5541- Soccer

Album Tips

As you Sports Moms know, there are often hundreds, if not thousands of pictures taken during a season of our children's activities.  As was the case with my middle daughter's Cheer Team...so I decided that I would create an album for her with all of the layouts for the year.  Being that the first page of the album works so well as a title page, I created this page with the team photo and a large title.

I kept the design simple and I added the roster to the back of the layout since there were so many girls (over 60!).  I think it sets the tone for the whole album and I just love that all of my pages will coordinate because I've been scrapping them with the Scrappin' Sports papers! 

Products Used: Title Sports Baseball #1367

Girls Rule Cheer #1387

Take me out to the ballgame...

My girls love to go to the Dodger games.  It doesn't matter that we usually sit in nosebleed seats...they just LOVE the experience of it all.  Most of the time they go with my husband and his father and neither one of them carry a camera other than their cell phones so this is the kind of photo I get texted to me and am expected to scrap with...maybe you experience the same thing??  I still find these blurry photos "scrap worthy" though..and this one was no exception.

I used the Title Sports Baseball and Gymnastics papers for this layout and kept it pretty simple...I just love that I've documented this special memory despite the blurry photo and the Scrappin Sports papers were a perfect fit for my layout!  Hope you make some time to enjoy a baseball game this summer!

Powder Puff Football!

The Annual Powder Puff Football game at our high school is always a well attended event...it's so much fun to watch the girls play football and the boys cheer and dance...everyone gets a good laugh out of it, and the bonus is, the kids find out where prom is to be held this year.  My oldest daughter attended the game as a Junior and my middle daughter was cheering with her squad from the sidelines this year.

I used our new clear sticker to back the banner pieces for a little more pop.  I just left them on the backing so they would stay white and shiny.  I like the subtle shimmer it gives, too!

Products Used:

Sporty Words Football Sticker #5578

Classic Sports Football #1150

Game Day Football Game #1243

Title Sports Football #1372

Title Sports Baseball #1367

Name of the Game Cardstock Sticker Footballs #5528

Jazz Dance

I love to scrap the professional dance photos of my girls.  We aren't allowed to take photos at the recital so it's fun to get really nice pictures of them in their costumes.  My youngest daughter's jazz costume this last year was the perfect fit for the myriad of dance papers Scrappin Sports carries. 

I used the Girls Rule Prom #1392 paper for the background and covered the quote with a piece of Title Sports Dance #1371.  I then hand cut the title out of the Title Sports Dance paper and popdotted that over that title box.  I added some bits of The Sport is Dance #1341 for contrast and there you have it! 

Bowling 3.0

With teenagers, I am often not included in their "events"...luckily, their camera phones and iTouch obsession with Instagram allows me to snag their photos so I can still scrap the fun!  Inspired by the simplicity of the Instagram format that my daughter used to take these photos, I created this layout documenting her bowling day.  Each semester, the Humanitas program that she is enrolled in at school rewards the kids with above 3.0 GPAs.  This semester's reward was bowling!  Even though she didn't "win"..she had a blast hanging with her classmates, bowling, eating pizza and just being outside of school for a day!

As design notes, I fussy cut the bowling pins and ball from the Sports Head On Bowling paper and used Glossy Accents on the ball to give it a bit more dimension.  The pins are pop dotted off the "lane" I created from the Girls Rule Track paper, too.
Products Used:
Girls Rule Track #1396
Game Day Swimming #1250
Game Day Bowling #1239
Sports Head On Bowling #1321

They make beautiful music together...

The Concert Band is playing so beautifully this year...it actually brought tears to my eyes to hear them play in the Spring Concert.  I wish a scrapbook page could share that (the video on disc will go in my scrapbook, though) sound...but you'll have to take my word for it. 

The Sport Is Dance and Music papers also play beautifully with the the Girls Rule Music papers to make easy work of this layout.  I think that is what I like best about Scrappin Sports papers..they all just work so well together! Sort of like the Concert Band, beautiful music!!

Products Used:

The Sport Is Music #1346

The Sport Is Dance #1341

Girls Rule Music #1404