Christmas Cards - Quick & Cute!

It's that time again, time to start to plan our Christmas cards.  I love quick & easy cards that my kids can help me make and that don't cost me more than a few dollars!  After all, we need all the time and money we can get at Christmas time! So, I always turn to my scraps.  With all the different sport papers from Scrappin' Sports & More, I have more than my share of scraps in all different shades of green.  Perfect for a cute Christmas tree card!

All you need to do is cut those green papers into strips, punch out some stars and hearts, and add in some brown strips and blue squares.

Then all you have to do is glue them on to your card base!  Cute & easy for sure!

It's that time of year....

...when we crafty folks need to start thinking about, and creating, those homemade holiday gifts.  I stopped by the dollar store today for some candles (which I did NOT find...), but found some super cute glass jars.  I figured they would be perfect for altering into gifts!  For this one, I don't know what i'll put in it yet-- maybe those red and green M&M's, or maybe even a small candle (if I can find one!).  Either way, I think it came out really cute, and I think I know just who it's going to be a gift for!

Products Used:
#1370- Title Sports: Cross Country (green)
#1355- School is Cool: Preschool (red)

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

~Nicole

Who can resist a photobooth??

I know we can't!!  My daughter and I LOVE to hit the mall and do a little shopping and just have a good time (and maybe a latte!!). Scrappin Sports & More has an awesome family line that allows me to scrap our fun times at the mall so easily.  The papers are 2-sided. The "me" was cut from the word "mother"...how handy, huh?

What special things do you do with your kids?  I'll bet we have paper for that!!

~Shannon

Pride Layout

This year when it came time for our son to get his 'play-off mohawk' in football ... my DH decided to join the boys and sport a mohawk of his own!  In this photo, five of the six boys have been getting mohawks together since the first grade (they are in 5th grade this year!)  Great memories!

I think it's SUPER COOL to use SSM's Custom papers to add the team name and colors to a layout!

Products used:
Custom Football paper #995A
Football Reflections paper #1198
Football Cardstock stickers #5549

Thanks for stoppin' by!

~Carolyn

Not Her Sport

Ever have your child play a sport and after the season ends he/she tells you they didn't really enjoy it?  That is what happened after Lily played basketball.  She had skills, she was fast, she got a lot of play time.  Every season since a coach has invited her to play and she kindly turns them down.

Scrappin' Sports & More supplies used in "Not Her Game"
"Title Sports" Line:
Basketball paper (#1368)
Gymnastics paper (#1376)
"Name of the Game" Cardstock  Stickers:
Basketballs (#5527)

Another Page Maps Sketch

We all had such a great time working with the Fabulous sketches that Becky Fleck created for the November Page Maps newletter.  I really love the baby bird & the tree so I knew I wanted to keep true to the sketch.  Stop by the Page Maps blog to see all the wonderful monthly sketches!

Page Maps!

We had so much fun this month designing with the fabulous PAGEMAPS sketches!  Here was the vertical 8.5 x 11 sketch I was given:

and here is my example:

Products Used:

The Sport Is... Soccer

The Sport is  Football

Title Sports - Football

Title Sports - Soccer

PageMaps FUN!!

I feel so fortunate that we got to be a part of the awesomeness that is PageMaps!!  I LOVE the sketch that Becky gave me to work with and I look forward to using it over and over!!  Be sure to check out all of the November PageMaps (including this one)!  They are amazing to work with!

I decided to do the photo of my son wearing his Rally Cap at the Portland Sea-Dogs game.  He was there with the team that he was the bat-boy for (all 7th graders) and had a blast just being "one of the guys."  Unfortunately the team got absolutely creamed!  But, he did is part to cheer them on by putting on his Rally Cap and getting the rest of the boys to do the same!

Products Used:
#1367- Title Sports: Baseball
#1375- Title Sports: Hockey
#1196- Baseball Reflections
#1337- The Sport Is....Baseball
#1363- School is Cool: Sophomore
Baseball Rub-ons

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Don't forget to check out all of the November PageMaps!

~Nicole

Thank you PageMaps!!

Did you get your copy of the PageMaps November Newsletter? If not, you can view it here.

This month the Scrappin Sports & More designers had the opportunity to design with one of the sketches for the newsletter! How exciting!! 

Here is my 2 page 12x12 assignment...

~Shannon

Game Day - Pagemaps sketch!

Here is my sketch inspired from a super fun Pagemaps sketch!  

Be sure to check out the Pagemaps November newsletter to see all of the fantastic layouts by the SSM Design Team!

Products used:

Classic Baseball paper #1145

Sports Head On - Baseball paper #1319

Title Sports - Wrestling paper #1384

Title Sports - Softball paper #1380

Baseball At Bat rub-ons #7501

Baseball rub-ons #636

Baseball Cardstock stickers #5544

Baseball Player Stickers #5501

Thanks for stoppin' by! 

Carolyn

Sanford Soccer & PageMaps

Did you all see this month's PageMaps?  The designers here at Scrappin' Sports & More had the honor of using Becky's sketches and being showcased in the November PageMaps.  Using an 8 1/2" x 11" sketch, I created "Sanford Soccer."  I used papers from several different Scrappin' Sports & More lines to achieve this totally soccer layout.  

I loved the sketch Becky assigned me, but I am more of a 12" x 12" scrapper.  So I took the 8 1/2" x 11" layout and simply added it to some white cardstock giving me the size I needed.  

Scrappin' Sports & More supplies used in "Sanford Soccer" 

"Title Sports" line:

Soccer Paper (#1379)

"The Sport Is" line:

Soccer Paper (#1349)

"Sports Head" line:

Soccer  Paper (#1330)

"Name of the Game" Cardstock Stickers:

Soccer Balls (#5530)

The end of the season

It's hard to believe that another football season has come to an end.  Alex had an amazing season, almost went undefeated, darn last game!!  I wanted to focus on his picture for this layout as it shows me how fast he is growing up.  I used the Football Title Sports paper as my background and used some scraps form the School is Cool line and Title Sports lines for some fun color!

Thanks, Coach!

As the soccer season winds to a close, it's time to think of a way to say "Thanks" to the coaches to give their time to our kids.  Both of my kids play for a "rec" league where the coaches are all volunteers.  I think they deserve a little something speical at the end of a long (WET!) season. 

So, I made this card (three of them, actually) as a token of my appreciaton for what they've done for my kids.  This could easily be adapted to any sports season using the wide variety of papers that Scrappin' Sports has to offer!

Here's the front:

 And, here's the inside.  I created a pocket to put a Dunkin' Donuts gift card in.  Based on the weather forecast, they are going to need a nice, hot coffee to warm them up after this weekend's last game!  I also put a blank spot at the top (using non-textured cardstock) to write a note of thanks.

Products Used:
#1370- Title Sports: Cross Country
#1379- Title Sports: Soccer
#1349- The Sport Is... Soccer

So, as the fall seasons wind to a close, don't forget to thank the coaches!  Scrappin' Sports makes it SO easy!!

Thanks for stopping by today!

~Nicole

Fifth Grade

The back sides of the Title Sports line is so flexible, you can mix and match it with anything!  

Products used:
Early Years Cardstock Sticker #5574
Title Sports - Softball #1380
Title Sports - Wrestling #1384

Thanks for stoppin' by!

Carolyn

Sketch Inspiration

Hope you all got a chance to visit Sketch Inspiration this past week and particpate for the SS&M prize package.  I know we all had a great time working with the sketch.  Here is my take....

I used the backs of the Title Sports papers, which I absolutely LOVE!!  If you haven't tried them you need to, they are the best!  Stay tuned as you will have another chance to win this line & more soon as we team up with Becky Fleck!!!!

Sketch Inspiration!

This week we are honored to be hosting the sketch challenge over at Sketch Inspiration!  Just look at this fabulous sketch that we all got to work with:

Here is my take on the sketch:

Supplies Used:

#5544 - Cardstock Stickers Baseball

#1337 - The Sport is...Baseball

#6500 - Baseball Album Emblem

#1145 - Classic Baseball

Be sure to visit Sketch Inspiration today and play with this week's sketch!  You could be the winner of this fabulous prize:

Santa's Little Helper

Ok, perhaps it is too early to be thinking about Christmas, but when I saw this picture of my dog, Jenny, I knew it would be a perfect fit for the sketch at Sketch Inspirations!!  Scrappin Sports & More is hosting this week's sketch so make sure to go on over there and give it a try!!!

~Shannon

Products Used:

1272 Grandma/Nana

1237 Baseball Game

Sorry Mom....

This week we get to share the fabulous sketch at Sketch Inspiration!  Scrappin' Sports is giving away a FABULOUS prize package of papers and stickers, so get on over here and post your take on the sketch!

We had a new addition to our family in August...Duffy the Goldendoodle.  He's about the sweetest, most mellow puppy I've ever seen.  He's only a little naughty, but that's a part of his charm!  I love taking photos of him although he usually tries to chew on my camera strap during our "photo sessions" so the photos aren't always the best.  This photo is a bit of an "out-take" but it truly made me laugh out loud when I saw it.  What are the chances of getting this shot again?  I can just pictue him saying, "Sorry, Mom!  I think I blinked!"

**I created the camera using just a corner rounder, some circle punches and som foam tape for dimension!  Isn't it CUTE?!

Products Used:

#1328: Sports Head On- Music (gray)
#1330: Sports Head On-Soccer (green)
#1362: School is Cool- Freshman (black)

Thanks for stopping by today!  Don't forget to share your take on Sketch Inspiration's sketch on our facebook page so we can oooh and aaah over it!

--Nicole

Game Face

Scrappin Sports & More is hosting this week's sketch at Sketch Inspiration!!  Here is my take on their fabulous sketch!

Products used:

#1198 Football Reflections

#1324 Sports Head On - Football

#1136 Sports on Fire - Football

#5549 Football Cardstock Stickers

#7520 Spring Rubons

Thanks for stoppin' by!

~Carolyn

Dance Diva

We all had the pleasure of designing examples for this week's sketch at Sketch Inspiration.  The sketch this week was exactly what I needed to pull together a layout using this picture of Lily right before last year's dance recital.  

All of the patterned papers I used for "Dance Diva" are from the Title Sports line.  Don't you just love how bold and fun the colors look together?  They are a great compliment to the yellow in Lily's dance costume.

"Title Sports" supplies used:
Tennis Paper (1381)
Dance Paper (#1371)
Prom Paper (#1378)

Adding the white dots on the right side, under the title, helped make the colors of the SS&M papers pop even more.

Since I wanted a bit of dimension when I created the dots, I used a simple technique often seen in multi-media art with the items below.

To create the textured dots place the punchinella on the paper where you want your dots and hold firmly.  Dip your sponge/brush into the Gesso and simply dab the sponge/brush directly over the punchinella and onto the paper.  Once you have the desired effect just lift the punchinella straight up (as to not smear the Gesso).  Let the Gesso dry completely.  

This is a messy technique, so be sure to put something like a splat mat or newspaper underneath your work area.  You can mix any color paint into the Gesso for a colored dot effect. I also recommend creating the dots on the paper and then adhering that layer to the rest of your layout/card/project since Gesso is a wet medium.

I hope you enjoyed this simple tutorial.  Now go on over to Sketch Inspiration to grab this week's sketch & enter your take on it to be eligble for an awesome prize package from Scrappin' Sports & More!