Polka Dots, Green Bag

You would never know by the title that the layout I am sharing with you today is Lily's first day of 8th grade photo.  This is the first year that I didn't have a say in what Lily wore heading off for an occassion such as this.  I really wanted the cool pink dress with her jean jacket to be "the" outfit.  She had other ideas! Lily went with the polka dotted jean shirt and her new green canvas backpack.  

I really wanted the polka dotted paper to pop in this layout so I chose the bright yellow dotted Gymnastics paper (#1417) from the " Sports & Activities" Line. I love how it stands out in contrast to the green cardstock.

To give my photo and all the bits of handcut chevron Racing paper (#1422 from "Sports and Activities) height, I used Helmar ZapDots.  You can see in the photo above how the picture and paper are about 1/8" off the paper.

What did your child wear for the first day of school this year?

~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)

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)

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)

Tales from Fourth Grade....

I can't believe that Elizabeth is already in Fourth Grade.  When it was time to get her school pictures done, she really wanted to have a purple background for her photos.  She even wore a white shirt so that she wouldn't have to worry about matching their shade.  I was super excited because the Fourth Grade paper from the School Is Cool collection is purple and it was going to be perfect!

I really like to have Elizabeth do her own journaling on her school layouts.  She likes to write the important info about the year, as well as what she's into right now.

Products Used:
#1357: First Grade (green)
#1359: Third Grade/Fourth Grade (yellow/purple)

Thanks for stopping by today!

The Last Day

Almost every year I scrap the FIRST day of school.  For some reason, I never really thought to take photos and scrap the LAST day of school!  Maybe it was because I was so excited to get to the beach and start enjoying the summer.  So, this past June, I remembered to bring my camera and had the kids pose outside the school as I picked them up.  The smiles were big and the sun was bright!

I used a mix of the "School is Cool" collection and the "Title Sports" collection to create this page.  It was only a few months ago that these photos were taken, but I can't believe how much they've changed already!

Products Used:
#1357- School is Cool First Grade (Green)
#1357- School is Cool Third/Fourth Grade (Yellow)
#1361- School is Cool Seventh/Eighth Grade (Gray)
#1380- Title Sports Softball (Red Stripe)

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

--Nicole

First & Last Day of 6th Grade

It is amazing how much children grow within the course of a school year.  It was never so apparant to me as it was in Lily's 6th grade year.  

The primary paper in my layout is both sides of the Fifth/Sixth Grade paper from the "School Is Cool" line with a splash of the Watersports paper from the " Sports Head On" line (yes, puns were totally intended).  

Scrappin' Sports & More Supplies:

"School Is Cool" line

Fifth, Sixth Grade Paper (#1360)

Early Years Cardstock Stickers (#5574)

"Sports Head On" line

Watersports paper (#1335)

An Elegant Card...

There are lots of words that come to mind to describe Scrappin' Sports & More's School is Cool collection:  bright, cheery, fun, kid-friendly, elegant....ELEGANT?!  YES!  The beautiful colors and subtle patterns on the papers can be used to create elegant projects, as well as fun, bright projects that involve our kids!

I paired the elegant School is Cool collection with a sketch from Sketch Support and created this beautiful card that will be sent long overdue to a good friend!

Products Used:

#1357- School Is Cool: First Grade (green)

#1359- School Is Cool:  Third/Fourth Grade (yellow)

#1363- School Is Cool: Sophomore (black)

Thanks for stopping by today.  Be sure to share your fun, bright or even elegant projects made with Scrappin' Sports & More products on our Facebook page!  We'd love to see them!

Eighth Grade Graduation

I wanted to do a layout featuring the new School is Cool stickers.  I love how they add all this amazing color to my layout.  It was simple & easy, yet effective.  Hope you all have a wonderful 4th of July weekend!  Stay safe.

Scrappin' Sports Product Used
#1361 Seventh/Eighth Grade
#5574 Early Years Cardstock Stickers
#5575 High School Cardstock Stickers (graduation)

School is Definitely Cool!

Hello again!  I am here with another couple layouts for you created with out School is Cool line.  One of them you might have seen last week on my blog during the 1st ever Scrappin' Sports & More Blog Hop.  In fact, you can still get in on the fun of that blog hop! You can win the entire School Is Cool line of paper and the cardstock stickers to go with it!  You only have until Midnight on June 27^th, so hurry!  Just scroll down the blog to see all of the details… Don’t miss out on the fun!

Okay, so here you go....

Third Grade!

Third grade has been a fantastic year for Elizabeth!  She has learned a ton and has had a wonderful time along the way.  We are so grateful that she has had her teacher this year!  This layout was fun to create because I got to use several of the fun School Is Cool papers AND I used up some of the wallet sized photos that I am usually stuck with.  Elizabeth liked that I included some of the things she learned this year in the journaling.  

Products used:
#1357- First Grade (Green)
#1359- Third Grade (Yellow)/Fourth Grade(Purple)

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!  Make sure you stop by our page on Facebook and "like" us, then reccommend your scrappy friends to like us too for a chance to win our entire "School is Cool" line of paper and cardstock stickers!!!

~Nicole~

Freshman Year...Where did it go?

I have always heard that once your kids get into high school you barely have time to blink and they are leaving for college.  I have to say as fast as Victoria's Freshman year flew by, I believe it!  I can't believe we are already in the last week of school, it doesn't seem possbile that it has been 10 months since these pictures were taken.  I am thankful that I got to use the new School is Cool line from Scrappin' Sports & More to scrap these special pictures!  I love how easy it is to combine grades and even added the custom paper too!  If you haven't used this paper yet, we will be having a fun giveaway soon, so stay tuned!!

Scrappin' Sports & More Paper
#1362 Freshman  School is Cool
#1359 Third Grade School is Cool (yellow)
#906 Custom Spirit Names

School's almost out...

and I am finally getting all the pictures scrapped from the BEGINNING of the year! 

I am so happy that Scrappin Sports and More has come out with this AWESOME new school line!!!  It's so bright and cheery.  It just makes me happy when I scrap with it!!  It's also 2-sided...BONUS!!

So are you caught up with this school year's scrapping?  What was your favorite thing to scrap?

~Shannon
Products Used: 
#1349 3rd/4th Grade Paper
#1295 4-H Paper (backside)

First Day of Sixth Grade

It's hard to believe that another school year is almost over already.  It seems like this picture was just taken a couple of weeks ago.  Time sure does fly by quickly which is why it's important to get hese pictures scrapped!  I am in love with the new School is Cool line from Scrappin' Sports & More.  The colors are so fun and you can combine all of the grades for even more options.

Products Used:
School is Cool Line
#1360 Sixth Grade
#1355 Preschool (red apples)
#1357 First Grade (green)
#1359 Third Grade (yellow)
#1358 Second Grade (orange)

School is Cool!

Keeping up to date with our children's school pictures is always a task - we end up with mismatched pages over the years that never look quite right in an album together.  One thing I like to do is create a small minibook that spans their whole school experience.  Making it ahead of time keeps all the pages cohesive and makes adding photos super easy!  The new Scrappin' Sports & More School is Cool line is perfect for this! 

For this mini book, I kept it all very uniform and simple - just adding the basic paper and photo mats for each year of school from Preschool thru Graduation!  All you need to do is add a few pictures that represent that year and you will have a wonderful keepsake!  You can still scrapbook all those wonderful memories as pages too along the way - but the basics will be here in this book - guaranteed to look good together!

Here is a sampling of the inside pages:

For this book I used all the papers from the new School is Cool line!

New School Line

I was so excited to work with the new School is Cool line from Scrappin' Sports & More.  The younger grades have bright vibrant colors that just pop on the page.  They also combine very well with each other, which makes picking out your paper for your layout very easy.  I used 3 different grades in this layout...Fifth Grade, Kindergarten (blue) and First Grade (green).

You can check out the complete School is Cool line here.

Product Used:
#1360 Fifth/Sixth Grade School is Cool
#1356 Kindergarten School is Cool (Blue)
#1357 First Grade School is Cool (Green)

In honor of standardized testing week...

I thought I would try out a school layout and the new customized papers!!  These new papers are AMAZING!!  You can add your school name or pretty much anything else.  As this is my daughter's freshman year, what better way to highlight her school picture?  And you can even change the background color.  I chose white because of the teal shirt she was wearing, but you can choose one of many colors!!

Be sure to check out the catalog as you can even add images such as school mascots to some of the papers!! 

Oh...and for those of you students taking standardized tests this week (at least they are here in Fort Wayne)...GOOD LUCK!!!

~Shannon

Product Used:

#1809 Locker

School's out for Summer!!!

I can't believe that another school year is over, not that I'm complaining!!  Bring on Summer!!!  I love the lazy days that summer brings, no homework, not too many scheduled activities, everyone is just happier :)  This year we celebrated the last day of school by adopting our first dog, Delta.  It should be a fun summer!!

Scrappin' Sports papers used:
#1080 Writing Paper Primary
#1190 Girls Dance (blue stripe)
#1226 Frozen Treats
#1271 Brother/Sister

School is OUT!

I remember the thrill of the last day of school and now I am experiencing it again with my son.

Here is a layout of my son on his last day of third grade this year.  My journaling is going to be pretty sappy, so I left it blank for online purposes. :)

Products used:
Defining Third Grade paper (both sides) #1209
Defining Third Grade Cardstock Stickers #5020
Cousin - Cousins double sided paper #1275
Fishing Game paper #1242

Thanks for stopping by the Scrappin' Sports & More blog, hope your summer is off to a great start!

~Carolyn

Celebrating Graduations!

With the end of the school year upon most of us, we decided to celebrate our graduations / graduates!

I created a layout using some photos from my son's kindergarden graduation;  I had already scrapped the ceremony photos but I still had a lot of snapshots of him with his pals and one of my favorites - my son giving his teacher a great big bear hug (I also figured you didn't want to see my horrible early 1990's graduations photos ;) )

I really love Scrappin' Sports & More's grade specific papers and stickers - they were just so fun to use!!

Supplies:

#1206 Defining Kindergarten (both sides)

#1269 Mother / Mom

#5017 Defining Kindergarten Cardstock Stickers

Thanks for stopping by the Scrappin' Sports & More blog ... be sure to check back soon to see more graduation tributes by other members of our design team!

~Carolyn