Backstroke

The backstroke is Lily's least favorite event in swimming,

yet she is so graceful, so powerful. 

I played on the yellow of Lily's swim cap by using the yellow dotted Gymnastics paper from

the Sports and Activities line.  To create the half scallops in the same paper I used a punch 

by Epiphany Crafts with the coordinating epoxy stickers and then cut them in half. 

Scrappin' Sports & More Supplies:

Sports and Activities Line

Swimming paper (#1425) - both sides

Gymnastics paper (#1417) - yellow dotted back side

Please welcome Lynette Daniel, the newest SS&M Designer!!!

Scrappin' Sports & More is very excited to announce our newest designer to the team Lynette Daniel.  She was our first Guest Designer and we loved her work so much we couldn't wait to ask her to stay on full time.  She said YES!!!  

For those of you who may not know Lynette, here is a little about our newest designer.

Lynette Daniel is a widow and has two beautiful children. She owns Scrap That Moment, Central Illinois' largest scrapbooking store. She is a talented photographer, graphic designer and has been a nationally published scrapper since 2003. Lynette has had the privilege of working with over 20 scrapbooking manufacturers and is thrilled to design for Scrappin' Sports & More. In Lynette's spare time she coaches in city programs for kids, sponsors local sports teams, and photographs and writes editorials for different IL newspapers. 

Here is Lynette's debut design called "Go Long."

#1415 Football

Lynette hand drew and painted the tiger paw onto the new Sports & Activities Football paper. We love the way she worked her son Zach's team colors of grey & blue into the collage. You are not going to believe how Lynette made the flowers- it is sports athletic gauze tape! She fashioned it in and around itself and used a little distress ink to match the tough grunge background.

I am sure you will be as thrilled as we are to have her part of the SS&M family.  Her designs are fresh and very creative.

Welcome again, Lynette!!!

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

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

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

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! 

2, 4, 6, 8....

Am I the only one that has bought sports photos and then found themselves with a slew of wallets left over many years later?  I am loving that I have found these little gems to work with recently. 

Kass was in cheering for a short 4 years.  She outgrew it quickly as she headed towards those Junior High years.  She was a good little cheerleader, too.  She learned the moves quick and was always the tiny one on the top of the pyramid.  

I found the felt numbers at a shop a few months ago and knew they would be perfect for a cheer page full of Scrappin' Sports & More papers.  I made the banners by cutting 1 inch strips of "Girls Rule" Golf paper (#1390) and "Title Sports" Volleyball paper (#1383) and wrapping them around a thick toothpick.  The Cheerleading paper (#1386) is from the "Girls Rule" line, too.

Last Day at SMS

The last day of school normally is a time that all kids are looking forward to, but that was not the case this year for mine.  They knew is just brought them closer to the move.  I know that I was really struggling, knowing it was our last year at SMS.  It is such a wonderful community that I can't imagine finding something that compares.  I was really expecting to find Maddy upset saying goodbye to all her friends, but I found just the opposite.  She had a beautiful smile on her face as she hugged and said goodbye to all of her friends.  They on the other hand were all crying :)  She didn't know it, but it was a gift to me to see her so brave.  I knew then that she was going to be just fine in her new school. 
I started with the 6th grade paper from the school is cool line and then added little pops of color with some scraps I had from previous projects. I love it when I can use up those scraps! I think it really highlights the photos :)

Scrappin' Sports Papers Used:
School is Cool line:
    #1360 Fifth/Sixth Grade (background & red circles)
    #1359 Third/Fourth Grade (Yellow Circles)
    #1357 First Grade (Green Dots)
    #1358 Second Grade (orange stars)
Title Sports line:
    #1379 Soccer (green stars)
    #1381 Tennis (yellow stripes)

6-3-12 Playlist

Our daily life is full of music. Not a day goes by that the house isn't full of our favorite songs whether it be in our cars or in the house.  My husband, Scott, is even known to still play his favorite 80's records on the weekends.  This weekend I thought it would be fun to document what we were listening to that day. 

Scrappin' Sports & More has several lines that include music papers.  I pulled out two of the lines to work on this layout, "The Sport Is..."(#1346) and "Girls Rule" (#1404).  

The big curves with music notes is a SS&M Supersized Cardstock Sticker (#5569). I have been waiting for just the right project to use this!  I cut pieces of the sticker off (initially it was round) and mounted the cut pieces on black cardstock.  Doing this made them stand out on my page. 

What are you listening to today?  

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

Another Great Track Season

I can't believe another track season has come and gone!!  Alex had another wonderful year, sprinting his way to a lot of ribbons & medals :)  These pictures were taken of him running the 100 meter dash.  I can't believe how far out in front he was for such a short distance. 

Scrappin Sports Papers Used

Girls Rule Track

Title Sports Softball

Title Sports Volleyball

Congratulations Cards

I needed several cards for recent grads this past weekend so here are a few quick and fun cards using the amazing backsides of SSM's papers!  

Products used:

Girls Rule - Prom Paper #1392
Girls Rule - Dance Paper #1388
Girls Rule - Cheer Paper #1387
Girls Rule - Track / Cross Country Paper #1396
Sporty Words - Soccer Paper #1405
Title Sports - Dance Paper #1371
Title Sports - Wrestling Paper #1384

Thanks for stoppin' by!

~Carolyn

There is no off Season

It's seems with most sports there is really no off season.  In soccer we play all year long.  Maddy did a great job playing indoor this year; even scored a goal, which is pretty good for a defender!  I used the super-sized soccer ball as the background for my main picture.

Scrappin' Sports Product Used
#1378 Prom Title Sports (blue stripe)
#1374 Gynastics Title Sports (blue stars)
#1349 The Sport Is..Soccer
#5530 Soccer Balls Cardstock Sticker
#2270 Soccer Super Size Stickers

Thanks For Making Me Wiser!

I was so happy to be inspired to make this cute owl 3-d card from a paper bag owl I saw on Pinterest yesterday. I needed a quick teacher gift and this was just the thing!  The inside is filled with a bag of smarties. 

 Before I wrote this post, I went through all great projects my fellow designers had created on the Scrappin' Sports & More Blog over the last few weeks.  Clearly I was none the wiser to the super cute owl card Shannon shared with us a couple of weeks ago.  How cute is her owl!!
Hopefully one of us inspired you to use your left over scraps of Scrappin' Sports & More basketball and football papers to create a cute owl! 

Scrappin' Sports & More Supplies:
Sporty Words

#1398 Basketball

#1399 Football

School Is Cool

#1364 Junior Paper

Sports Head On

#1320 Basketball

I Love To Dance

Kass spent years participating in Hip Hop and Pom classes at Jazz Tappin' Dance Academy.  She danced right through her senior year in high school.  She had no designs on becoming the best. She just really enjoyed it!  

I found these wallets tucked away in a folder of older sports photos so I decided to put them to good use.  They are from 2006.

To add a bit of dimension to the Girls Rule "Just Dance" (#1388) paper I traced Glossy Accents around the lettering.  Hexagons were cut out of the Girls Rule "Dance Life" paper (#1389) and embellished.

Spring into Soccer

I just love spring time!  The birth of new life, the beautiful flowers, fresh spring air after a rain; it just really renews the soul.  But in our house it also means the start of a new soccer season.  I decided to combine lots of bright fun springtime colors when creating this Spring into Soccer layout for Maddy.  It was easy to do using left-over pieces from previous projects.  I can never bear to throw away those beautiful little scraps and it always makes me feel better to use them up!  Here is the layout I created.

Hope you are all enjoying this beautiful spring season!!

Scrappin' Sports Product Used:
#1379 Title Sports Soccer
#1371 Title Sports Dance (Purple Stripe)
#1378 Title Sports Prom (blue Stripe)
#1381 Title Sports Tennis (yellow stripe)
#1369 Title Sports Cheerleading (gray stars)
#1357 School is Cool First Grade (green dots)
#1359 School is Cool Third Grade (yellow circles)
#1349 The Sport Is.. Soccer
#1395 Girls Rule Tennis (yellow & white circles)

All Star baseball layout

It's been hit or miss with the weather if the boys get to play baseball or not ... but last weekend they were able to get a few games in during a one-day tournament.   I love my son's new team's uniforms and I love how I can mix and match so many different SSM lines!!

Products used:
Title Sports ... Gymnastics paper #1374
Sports on Fire ... Baseball on Fire paper #1133
The Sport is ... Baseball paper #1337
Super Size Sticker - Baseball #5564

Thanks for stoppin' by!

~Carolyn

Altered "Gift" Can

I am a collector of all kinds of packaging, from boxes my photos arrive in to plastic containers my craft supplies come in to great bags from stores.  Any of these items can be spritzed up for gift giving!  Last week was one of my dearest friend's birthday and I need something special to package her gift.  I couldn't just wrap it in plain ol' paper.

I designed this altered mini-can (from some Prima flowers) around the "The Sport Is" Music Paper (#1346).  My friend is a love of music, so this was a perfect place to start. I also used the complimenting black/white striped Hockey Paper (#1375) from the "Title Sports" line.  Pops of pink were thrown in for a bit of contrast and femininity.

I even decorated the top of the can!  

S is for Star

I love all the different colored star prints in the "Title Sports" line.  The Football (#1372) paper was a perfect color and print choice to create a home decor project with my grandson in mind.  

I had an idea to use the concept of an old fashioned alphabet flashcard as the base of framed art for Chase's room.  

I designed and printed the flashcard on my printer.  I used some Sizzix star dies to create the stars.  The larger star uses the Football (#1399) from "Sporty Words."  To give the smaller star some dimension I scored each tip of the star, folded along the score lines and then popped it with a PopDot. Once the flashcard was finished, I double mounted it on teal cardstock and more of the "Sporty Words" Football paper.  

I used the scraps from the flashcard framed art for this card....

Little Cheerleader

Last week I decided to do some spring cleaning. While purging items that hadn't been touched in my craft closet since I had closed my daycare (over 2 years ago), I found a drawer full of sports photos of my girls from when they were little.  This one is of Kass in 2002.  What a find!

Kass is no longer that cute little cheerleader.  She is now 19, a freshman in college.  She hung up her poms in 6th grade for soccer cleats and a swimsuit.  The picture in this layout reminds me of how much fun she had cheering with her little friends.  

I used SS&M papers to make the banners and tags.  Again, I used my square punch for the ends of and gave them a curl at the end for a little dimension.

To make the tags I cut out 2"x 4" strips of paper and snipped the top right corner off all five tags at one time.  Then I used the cut off piece to template the other side...I wanted them to be even.  I decided I didn't want the tags to be the same height, so I just placed them where I wanted and trimmed off the excess paper.  Little blue eyelets were added to match Kass' uniform.

Do you have any older sports photos of your children or even yourself?  I'd love to see them scrapped and on Scrappin' Sports & More Facebook Page.   Please do share!

Scrappin' Sports & More Supplies:
"Girls Rule" Line
Cheer Paper (#1387)
Cheerleading Paper (#1386)
Track/Cross Country Paper (#1396)
"The Sport Is" Line
Cheer/Gymnastics Paper (#1339)