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.

Life Is Like A Golf Swing

Hey it's Lynette, and it's double treat Tuesday! Where I load up TWO Scrappin' Sports & More projects! One that was displayed in my retail store never seen here AND another exciting fresh brand new one! 

Below is a golf layout I made for SSnM's Design Team tryouts that was never shown on SSnM's Blog. It's a very simple layout that only used a few strips of textured cardstock to frame out the beautiful photo I took of Jessica Headley. I spent the most time hand drawing and painting the flourish across the photo and the "Name of the Game" paper. If you love my unique quote I wrote and would like to use it, please give me credit. :)

Name of the Game - Golf Paper #1262

Sportsmanship layout

I love to catch my son in acts of kindness during his games - here I snapped a photo of my son assisting the referee fix an athlete's equipment on the opposing team.   I worked one of my favorite quotes into my journaling "sports do not build character, they reveal it" and I am proud of my son's character!

Products used:
Name of the Game - Footballs paper #1257
Title Sports - Wrestling paper #1384
Cardstock Stickers - Football #5549

Thanks for stoppin' by!

~Carolyn

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

Milestones

For me, running a 4 mile race never seemed possible, but this year...at the ripe ole age of FORTY, I did it!!! Yep, I was slow, but I did it! So what was the first thing I did after gulping down a bottle of water, taking some Advil and a nap? I broke out my Scrappin Sports & More supplies and got to scrappin...

I definitely see more races in my future. Good thing I have a large supply of papers in my stash!!

~Shannon

Products Used:
1383 Volleyball
1376 Homecoming
1322 Cross Country
1265 Racing Flags
5548 Stopwatches Cardstock Stickers

You've Been Served!

I added 2 projects to the blog today because one was done in the summer. I needed to use the leftover fresh flowers from designing St Bede Academy Homecoming bouquets for Adam Schweickert & Leo Lopez, they were big hits for their dates, lol. I decided to do a "follow up" from the martini glass and tennis tag from my Guest Design Team Debut using matching ribbons. This time, I covered a paper mache` wine decanter/carrier with The Sport Is.. tennis paper (both sides) and designed a lovely corsage down the side of the box. it's held on by a ribbon so the recipient can use the tennis themed carrier again and again!

The Sport Is.. Tennis #1352
Name of the Game.. Tennis #1263

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

How fast can you pitch?

The last time we were at the Rockies baseball game, my son wanted to test his pitching arm strength to see how fast he can pitch - I think 51 & 53 mph is pretty good for an 11 year old (and much harder & more accurate than I could throw! :) )

Products used:
Name of the Game Paper - Baseballs #1255
Title Sports Paper - Baseball #1367
Sports and Activities - Baseball #1409
Baseball Cardstock Stickers #5544

Thanks for stoppin' by!

~Carolyn

Scraplifting for inspiration

Do you ever see something so inspiring that you just have to scraplift it? Isn't that why we all have tons of pins on our scrapbooking board? Well, Creating Keepsakes hosts a monthly scraplift challenge and I just had to try it out with our new Sports & Activities line.

Check it out...

Here is the layout that inspired me to create this...

Thank you so much for the inspiration!!! So blog fans...what inspires you? Is there a project on the Scrappin Sports & More blog? If you scraplift a project, come back and tell us about it. Share your layout. We love hearing from you!!  And remember, we are now on Pinterest!!!

~Shannon Blinn

Products Used:
1423 Soccer (Sports & Activities)
1259 Soccer balls (Name of the Game)
1393 Soccer (Girl's Rule)
1379 Soccer (Title Sports)
5570 Soccer (super sized sticker)
5541 Soccer (cardstock stickers)
1405 Soccer (Sporty Words)

Hey Batter Batter ...

The spring baseball season might be over, but I still have a lot of great photos from a fun season!  :)

Supplies used:
Name of the Game Paper - Baseballs #1255
Title Sports Paper - Baseball #1367

Thanks for stoppin' by!

~Carolyn

Slam Dunk!

That's what the new Sports & Activities line is. So fun and so versatile!!! I am just in love!!! Here is a layout I made with the basketball line...

~Shannon

Products Used:
Basketball (Supersized Sticker)
Basketball (Sports on Fire)
Basketball (Sports & Activities)
Baseketball (Name of the Game)

Scrappin' Cards

I love using my left over scraps of SS&M papers for cards.  Quite often I am creating a card on the fly. That so many of the SS&M lines have complimenting color schemes makes it so easy to pull together a nice card quickly.

My first card is chocked full of baseball goodness.  Scott & his Dad are big Red Sox fans so the red, white and blue color scheme is perfect for them.  I made this card as a Father's Day Card for my FIL, but really, it could just as easily been given for a birthday card.  

I did a little bit of distressing on the edges of the paper and crinkled the Dymo "happy" for a bit of depth.  The star is die cut using my Sizzix star dies and some corrugated cardboard.

Supplies:
Name Of The Game
Baseballs paper (#1255)
Girls Rule
Gymnastics paper (#1391)

"Hugs & Kisses" is filled with scraps from the "Title Sports" line.  I am putting it away for when Lily goes away to soccer camp this summer.  It will be her first time going to overnight camp and I want her to know that we are missing her while she is gone.

Supplies:
Title Sports
Cross Country paper (#1370)
Tennis paper  (#1381)
Homecoming paper (#1376)
Girls Rule
Homecoming/Prom paper (#1392)
Sporty Words
Volleyball paper (#1407)

We would love to see what you make for cards using SS&M papers.  Feel free to share on the Scrappin' Sports & More Facebook Page! 

On deck layout

I have another baseball layout to share! :)  We just spent the weekend in Steamboat Springs, CO at a pretty big baseball tournament - it's so much fun to go up there to play and lots of team bonding going on!  I am torn with love and hate when my son is on deck with two outs, but I love when he is on deck with his catchers gear on, so naturally I had to snap some pics of it this weekend!

Products featured:

The Sport is ... baseball #1337

Title Sports - Gymnastics #1374

Name of the Game - Baseballs #1255

Baseball Cardstock Stickers #5544

Thanks for stoppin' by!

~Carolyn

Pre-Game layout

I came across this fun sketch the other day and I knew it would be great to mix a bunch of SSM's papers!

Products used:

Sports on Fire - Baseball

Title Sports - Cheer

Title Sports - Volleyball

Name of the Game - Baseball

The Sport is - Baseball (both sides)

Cardstock Stickers - Baseball

Thanks for stoppin' by!

~Carolyn

A Chilly Homecoming Game

This year's Homecoming Football Game was VERY chilly for Southern California!  When we arrived at the game, the cheerleaders were wearing their sweatshirts and *still* freezing as it was only about 45 degrees at 4pm!  The girls looked so pretty with their hair all curled with flowers tucked in, and I'm so glad I got photos at the beginning of the game!

By halftime, it had began to rain, and then hail. The temperature dropped down to 39 degrees and the girls were sopping wet and freezing..not exactly the great look they were going for...but I was so proud of them for sticking it out with the football players despite the weather and they will never forget this Homecoming game!

Products Used:
Girls Rule #1386 Cheerleading
Title Sports #1369 Cheerleading
Classic Sports # 1150 Football
Name of the Game #5549 Cardstock Stickers Football

Fundraising!

We are knee deep in baseball fundraising for spring and summer tournaments!  This past weekend we had a raffle drawing for lots of fantastic prizes!  I decided to use some SSM papers in my Silhouette Cameo to make goodie bags - SSM's papers worked like a charm in the Cameo and it was even better that they were double sided!

Products used:

Name of the Game - Baseballs paper #1255

Thanks for stoppin' by!

Carolyn

Just for Kicks!

Soccer moms know the truth...pretty much every soccer game starts to look the same when you are a scrapbooker. I decided I should mix it up a bit and scrap a practice instead of a game for the week this was taken (it helped clinche my decision that I had a crop to go to during the game that weekend, tee hee!).  My daughter certainly mixed it up color wise for her practice outfit that day, didn't she?  So scrapping the pictures was a bit of a challenge.  I went with the pink of her shirt for a little contrast and I actually love the look against the green, white and black of the soccer papers.

  Notice, too, that I used the mini soccer balls popped up on the larger ones for my little banner. I love a little dimension on my pages! So next time you're faced with the same old weekly game photos, mix it up and photograph a practice instead, just for kicks!!

Products Used:

Sporty Words- Soccer #1405

Sports Head On- Soccer #1330

Name of the Game- Soccer Balls #1259

Girls Rule- Soccer #1393

Soccer Stickers #5541

Soccer Ball Stickers #5530

Soccer Playoffs

I love to watch Lily in motion.  Whether it be soccer, swim, or dance, she is fun to watch. She is such a sprite. Small and fast and graceful.  

For this layout, I use both sides of the Soccer paper (#1405) from the new "Sporty Words" line.  I played on the big "Soccer" at the bottom for my title work.  The big soccer ball is handcut from the other side of the same paper.  The little soccer balls, Soccer Balls Cardstock Stickers (#5530), are mounted on black cardstock. I gave them some dimension by using PopDots for height.  

Pirates {fall} Baseball Team

For the past two years, my son has played both spring and fall baseball; fall baseball is supposed to be less intense and more informal than spring baseball it still doesn't stop me from taking a lot of photos and insisting on a team photo. :)

I left the journaling card blank for my son to add his teammates names, since he likes to do that part and I like having his handwriting in his scrapbooks!

Products used:

Name of the Game - Baseballs paper #1255
The Sport is  ... Baseball paper #1337
Cardstock stickers  Baseball #5544
Cardstock stickers Baseball Player #5501
Baseball Rub-Ons #636

Thanks for stoppin' by! :)

~Carolyn