Welcome Guest Designer Lisa Moen!!

I am excited to introduce SS&M guest designer for the month of May.  I'm sure you will be just as inspired and I have been with her work.  First though, a little about Lisa :)

Hi, my name is Lisa Moen and I am so excited to be a guest designer here at Scrappin' Sports & More! I have been scrapping for a little over 15 years now and I enjoy it more now than I did back then, if that's possible. My husband, Greg and I live in Wisconsin and have 2 children, Sierra, 14 and Austin, 12. We also have a very rambunctious yellow lab named Bender. My kids enjoy playing baseball, softball, volleyball, basketball and my DD surprised me this year and is out for track!

I have really enjoyed playing with the Scrappin' Sports & More product and are so grateful they gave me this opportunity!

And now, Lisa's first creation for us :)

I love all the movement that Lisa created by the little stars and the balls!  Just wait to you see her next project :)

Meet Our Newest Guest Designer Jill Utrup!!

Today it is our privilege to introduce you to our next guest designer Jill Utrup.  I am really excited to show you some of Jill's work, but first a little about Jill.

Hi, my name is Jill Utrup and I am so excited to be a guest designer for Scrappin' Sports.  I have been scrapbooking for over 13year now.  I am a single mother of three children 2 girls 17 and almost nine and a boy who is 13.  My children participate in soccer, football,basketball, 4H, FFA, and choir.

I love the SSM lines!  Each new introduction brings new ideas and ways to use them for my children. I also love to take papers and use them for non traditional uses such as cards or mini albums. I love to brighten someone’s day even if he/she are suffering in a bad situation.  It lets them know someone is thinking of them.

This is the cheer paper and soccer paper.  The title is too big on the 12x12 paper to fit on one 8 1/2 x 11 page.  So by cutting it up and matting it I utilized the wonderful lettering.

New Sporty Words Clear Super Size Ball Stickers

NEW NEW NEW!!!!!!!! ASK FOR THEM AT
YOUR LOCAL Papercrafting STORE

NEW Sporty Words CLEAR Super Size Ball Stickers
IN STORES NOW 7 Sports to choose from....
Baseball
Basketball
Football
Golf
Soccer
Softball
Volleyball

LOVE these stickers!!!
They are SUPER CLEAR and SUPER SIZED!

ASK For
SCRAPPIN SPORTS AND MORE
AT YOUR LOCAL
Papercrafting/Scrapbook STORE! 

She's Got Mad Skills

My Lily is a girl that sets her mind to doing all the things she loves and doing them well.  This layout is all about what she is loving right now; music, swimming, dance and soccer.  What do I love?  I love that "The Sport Is..." line has theme papers for all of Lily's loves making them perfect for creating a fun layout of my girl.

The ruffles are made from the back sides of the swimming, dance & soccer papers.  The bottle caps are made from SS&M stickers.  Believe it or not, the music note bottle cap is made from the negative part of the Music Super Size Cardstock Sticker.

Scrappin' Sports & More Supplies~
From "The Sport Is..." line:
#1341 Dance paper
#1346 Music paper
#1349 Swimming paper
#1351 Soccer paper
From "Name of the Game" line:
#5541 Soccer Cardstock Sticker
From "Super Size Cardstock Stickers" line
#5569 Music

The Man

Austin is definitely the man around here when it comes to baseball -- I find myself taking so many photos!  It's a good thing that there are so many wonderful papers here at Scrappin Sports & More!

Supplies Used:

The Sport is.....Baseball
Title Sports - Baseball
Baseball Stickers

Hockey

As soon as I saw the new SSM Title Sports Hockey paper, I couldn't wait to dig out some photos from an Avalanche Hockey game earlier this year. The backside of the hockey paper has pin stripes - love them!

I kept this layout simple, by cutting out the word 'hockey' and pop dotting it over the top of my photos and accenting it with a hockey puck cardstock sticker and a skull brad.

Products Used:
Hockey Cardstock stickers #5540
Title Sports Hockey paper #1375
Title Sports Cheerleading paper #1369

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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)

baseball ... baseball ... baseball ...

Yep, that is pretty much our spring & summer, that is where I was at today & where I will be at tomorrow, too! :)

So... here is another baseball layout from me - using one of my absolute favorite stickers ever!  The Scrappin' Sports & More's Super Size Cardstock Stickers!

Products used:
Super Size Cardstock Sticker - Baseball #5564
Cardstock Sticker - Baseball #5544
Baseball Rubons - At Bat #7501
The Sport is ... Baseball pattern paper #1337
Baseball Reflections paper #1196

Thanks for stoppin' by!

~Carolyn

Game Day 2011

This past weekend my son played in his first AAA tournament, it was a weekend full of baseball & a great time!  I snuck into the dug out right before the last game to grab some candid shots of the boys.  I created this layout using a sketch created by Julie Bonner.

Products used:
Baseball Paper #1812
Custom Spirit Names Paper (#906)
Baseball Reflections Paper #1196
Baseball cardstock sticker #5544


Thanks for stoppin' by!
~Carolyn

Spring Training 2011

Here is another baseball layout from me - I love scrapping baseball photos! :)

Since my son started practicing with his new team in December, I wanted to scrapbook the amazing catching & pitching coaching he is receiving from this one particular coach - whatever my son will learn from him this season will be worth the move to this team.  It's wonderful to have a catcher / pitcher only coach in 10 year old baseball.

So, when I saw them warming up together at a seeding tournament earlier this month, I grabbed my camera!

Supplies used:

Baseball on Fire paper #1133
Baseball double sided paper #1255
Defining Baseball paper #1005
Baseball cardstock sticker #5544

Thanks for stoppin' by!

~Carolyn

All I Really Need to know about Life, I Learned Playing Soccer!

I created a fun mini album about my son playing soccer and while I was trying to decide how to do it, it occurred to me how many life lessons there are in soccer- or any sport, for that matter.  So, I used several different SS&M soccer papers, some SS&M Soccer Rubons, some black chipboard for the pages and some book rings and it came together quickly!

Products Used:
#1349 The Sport is...Soccer Paper
#1248 Soccer Game Paper
#5530 Soccer Balls Cardstock Stickers
#5541 Soccer Cardstock Stickers
#1336 Sports Head On- Wrestling

Thanks so much for stopping by today!! 

~Nicole

New Papers & Super-Sized Stickers!

You are going to love the new patterned papers debuting at CHA this week!  The new line is called "The Sport is ..."  and in this case it is BASKETBALL! :)  I also used the new super-cool super-sized basketball sticker!  These stickers are going to be so much fun to add to scrapbook pages!

Check back for more projects featuring new CHA releases!


Products used:
The Sport is ... basketball paper # 1338
Sports Head On - Wrestling paper #1336
Super-Sized basketball sticker #5565
Basketballs cardstock stickers #5527
Basketball cardstock stickers #5550

Thanks for stoppin' by!

~Carolyn

Tennis Lessons

You may recognize this Becky Fleck sketch that the DT members used as inspiration a couple of weeks ago.  This sketch was perfect to capture the few photos that I had of my daughter taking her first tennis lessons.  I'm glad I was able to get these photos, as she decided maybe tennis wasn't really her thing :)  I was able to use several of the SS&M lines to create this layout.  The background is from the game day line, while the smaller patterns come from the Name of the Game, On the Edge Sports and Sports Head On lines. The stickers coordinate with the Sports on Fire line. Just one of the reasons I love SS&M papers, they can be combined to give you more options when scrappin'. 

Scrappin' Sports & More Products Used:
#1263 Tennis Balls (Name of the Game)
#1316 Tennis (On the Edge Sports)
#1332 Tennis (Sports Head On)
#1251 Tennis Game (Game Day)
#5534 Tennis Balls Cardstock Stickers

Tee Ball Mini Album!!

Anyone who knows me will hit the floor when I announce that I MADE A MINI ALBUM!  There are those that never thought they'd see the day!  But, I did it and I almost dare to say that I am hooked!  I saw the cutest chipboard album that was in the shape of a baseball cap at a local scrapbook store's going out of business sale. ( So sad to see another LSS close... ) When I saw the album, it screamed "Scrappin' Sports and More" at me!  So, I printed out the photos of my son's tee ball season, covered the pages mostly with the new "Sports Head On" papers, added some Scrappin' Sports and More Cardstock Stickers, added a few captions and a little bit-o-journaling and BAM- I actually did it!  So, here you go!

The Cover:

Pages 1 and 2:

Pages 3 and 4:

Pages 5 and 6:

Pages 7 and 8:

Back Cover:

Products Used:
#1335 Sports Head On- Watersports (blue)
#1336 Sports Head On- Wrestling (black/gray)
#1320 Sports Head On- Basketball (brown)
#1325 Sports Head On- Golf (green)
#5526 Cardstock Stickers Baseballs
#1175 Defining the Game- Competition (stars)
#1005 Defining the Game- Baseball (words)

Baseball Baseball Baseball!

I love watching my son grow as an athlete - and I sure get a lot of time to do that with three practices and two games a week!  It seems as most of the chilly winter weather has moved out of Colorado and baseball is in full swing! 

I created this layout as a recap of last year's baseball season featuring our new On the Edge Papers!  These papers are quickly becoming a favorite of mine!  I love the baseballs and all of the swirls!   The baseball stickers and rub-ons easily completele the layout!

all star journaling:
Watching you grow as an athlete is simply amazing for me.
In your second year of baseball, you were strong on both
sides of the ball! You made a lot of big plays both at catcher
and third base as well as in the outfield. Your batting was
fantastic too, you had the second highest batting average,
the most runs scored and the most runs batted in on your
team during the season! Those are some pretty great stats!!
2009

Products used:
On the Edge Papers - Baseball #1304
Baseball Rub-ons #636
Baseball Cardstock Stickers #5501

Thanks for stoppin' by the Scrappin' Sports & More blog!!

~Carolyn

Racing Thank You Cards

Since my son had his 9th birthday party at  a local Go-Kart racing place, I thought it would be fun to make his Thank You cards from Scrappin' Sports & More's Racing Game paper and Checkered Flags cardstock stickers.

For three of the cards (for Grandparents), I used Racing Game paper as the background, layered with two of the Checkered Flag cardstock stickers, stamped 'thank you' on the yellow side of the Racing game paper and added a red brad.  Easy & Fun!

For the boys that attended the party, I used these old photo cards to add a photo of each boy riding in his Go-Kart, stamp 'thank you' and then added two Checkered Flag stickers on the inside.

Products used:

Racing Game Paper #1247

Checkered Flags Stickers #5545

For Love of the Game

Bracket-ology, Diaper Dandies, conference tournaments and the NCAA basketball tournament all come to mind when sports fans think of March Madness. In our house we too think of the NCAA and tournament play but we are thinking more about the start of the college softball season. The season kicks off for our daughter and her teammates on Saturday.

This spring's pre-sason ratings have the team ranked 5th nationally. There are some big expectations on these kids. They are anxious to get started chasing after that D-III National title. The kids on this team truely are student-athletes. They don't receive athletic scholarships. They play

For Love of the Game

If you love the game, you'll love everything from SS&M, whatever your favorite sport. I was able to combine a couple of paper lines, stickers and rub-ons for this layout. The diversity of their products amaze me every time I pull them out to do a layout. I know you'll love it all too.

Supplies:
#1260 Softballs
#5531 Softball Cardstock Stickers
#1038 Defining Softball
#7510 Girls at Bat Rub-on
#5510 Softball Player Cardstock Sticker
#640 Softball Rub-on

New Releases for CHA!!!!

It's that time of the year again.  The scrapbooking industries best time of the year, the time when all the fun, new & exciting products are released at the annual CHA-Winter show in Anaheim, CA.  Scrappin' Sports & More is excited to be releasing not one, but two new lines!!!  It's a busy time for designers everywhere getting their projects ready for the booth.  Keep checking back next week as you will see some great new projects from the Design Team using these new products.  Okay...here they are....hot off the press today & ready to ship to your store :)

The first line was created by Ronnie McCray and is called On the Edge Sports.  This is an amazing new line; I mean who doesn't like those dotted swirls!!  Make sure you take a close look at the camping one...how fun is that little camper?  And the fishing paper....such a cute little blue fish :)  Okay, I'll stop writing and just let you judge for yourselves.

Pretty amazing, don't you think?  Well, that's not all.  The next line was created by Steve and is called Down on the Farm.  This line has so many uses.  For those of you involved in 4-H, you will be all set not matter what animals you brought to the fair.  Did you ever take pictures of your kids or grandkids feeding the ducks, well we have some paper & stickers for that too.  Do you have a couple of furry companions that live in your house like I do?  Well, check out the dog & cat papers & stickers.  You get the idea, so take a look for yourself.

And here are the stickers that coordinate with the Down on the Farm line.

And last but not least, we have some cardstock sports stickers being released at the show.  These coordinate perfectly with the Name of the Game line.  There are 3 different sizes on each cardstock sheet.