First NFL game

Today my post is featuring my son Alex's first NFL football game.  He was lucky enough to get to see his Dallas Cowboys beat the Carolina Panthers earlier this year.  It was an amazing day for both Alex and Mark.  I found this sketch posted on Pinterest and knew it would be perfect for this layout. 

Here is the layout I came up with using the sketch.

The Cowboys paper was a custom paper that I had made a couple of years ago and was just waiting for the perfect layout to use it on.  

Have a wonderful week!!

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.

Happy Halloween...a little early

We decided it would be fun to create something with either a fall or Halloween theme.  I found this cute little tray at Michael's and decided it would make the perfect place for a mini-page decoration.  The inside of the tray is 12 by 4.5 making it the perfect size for a mini-page.    It was already decorated with the rhinestones, again making it the perfect backdrop for my page.  Here is what I came up with....

The side B patterns were perfect for creating this Halloween layout.  I just love the black chevron pattern on the back of the Volleyball paper and the orange & black stripes of the Basketball papers.  It just screams Halloween to me.

Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Scrappin' Sports & More papers:

#1410 Sports & Activities - Basketball (orange/black stripe)
#1429 Sports & Activities - Volleyball (black chevron)
#1368 Title Sports - Basketball (orange stars)
#1379 Title Sports - Soccer (green stars)

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

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

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)

School Time Again :)

Now that most students are back in the groove of school, I thought it would be appropriate to share a Kindergarten layout I did for my youngest.  I can't believe how the time how flown as she just started 7th grade this year.  Makes me miss those special days of Mr Funny Feet and Field trips to the Fire Station!  That's the fun of going back and scrapping an older picture, you get to relive those special times.

Scrappin' Sports & More Product Used:
#1356 School is Cool - Kindergarten
#1358 School is Cool - Second Grade (orange stars)
#1359 School is Cool - Third Grade (yellow dots)
#1367 Title Sports - Baseball (red stars)

Always in our Hearts

My mom wanted something to auction off at the family reunion and I knew the perfect thing to do.  I had pinned this wonderful inspiration piece from the Studio Calico blog.  My picture was not the best quality as it was taken many years ago and faded.  I scanned it in and printed it fairly small, therefore I choose to use an 8 in. by 8 in. frame.  I used the side B papers from a couple of the Scrappin' Sports lines and here is the result.  The butterflies are brads.

Scrappin' Sports Product Used:

#1379 Title Sports Soccer (Green Stars)
#1371 Title Sports Dance (Purple Stripe)
#1378 Title Sports Prom (blue Stripe)
#1381 Title Sports Tennis (yellow stripe)
#1357 School is Cool First Grade (green dots)
#1417 Sports & Activities Gymnastics (yellow dots)
#1395 Tennis Girls Rule (yellow circles)

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

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)

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)

2 Layouts Today!

I created two layouts using my inspiration paper, the back of The Girls Rule Tennis Paper (Yellow Circles) with similar accent papers that have two very distinct looks.  I challenged myself to use some of the scraps on my table after completing the Biker Girl layout to create another 12 by 12 layout.  I am really happy with how they both came out.  I dug out some pictures from 2003 and got to reminisce a little while I scraped :)

And here is the second layout. It's a little hard to see the edge of the white background paper but there is an half an inch outside the words.  My poor little man had a bad ear infection and fever and just crashed on the couch.  His face is beet red from the heat of the fever :( 

Scrappin' Sports Product Used:
#1395 Tennis Girls Rule (yellow circles)
#1393 Soccer Girls Rule (black circles)
#1380 Softball Title Sports (red stripes)
#1374 Gymnastics Title Sports (blue stars)
#1381 Tennis Title Sports (yellow stripes)
#1356 Kindergarten School is Cool (blue dots)

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)

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

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

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)

Friends

I just love when I capture these fun shots of my kids just being silly and enjoying their friends.  I took these photos before the start of one of Alex's football games.  I love the combination of the red, black and yellow on the layout, I think it gives it a really fun bright look and feel.  I used paper from several different lines to create this layout.  The background paper is the baseball paper from the title sports line.  I combined it with the black circle from side 2 of the Girls Rule soccer paper.  The word Laugh is cut out from the Cheer paper also from the Girls Rule line and the yellow tag comes from the Calendar Made Easy line.  Love how well they combine together.

Scrappin' Sports & More Paper Used:

#1367 Baseball Title Sports (red stars)
#1393 Soccer Girls Rule (black circles)
#1387 Cheer Girls Rule (Laugh)
# 1286 August Calendars Made Easy (yellow sun on tag)

Maddy Girl

Unlike this February, last year we were covered in snow most of the month.  I love how the simple things still make Maddy happy, like a snow day from school and an icicle.  I combined the January paper from the Calendar line with the beautiful blue stripe on the back of the Prom paper.  The result is a simple yet striking winter time layout.

Scrappin' Sports & More Paper
Title Sports #1378 Prom (blue stripe)
Calendars Made Easy #1279 January