Let's Have a Party!

Year end team parties are so much fun...the awards, the cake, the slide shows!!  This Cheer Banquet for my daughter was no exception. The moms that helped host it did a phenomenal job with decor, all the way down to tickets personalized for each girl!  I had to scrap this banquet to capture it all in one place, the certificate, the ticket, the team photo...all of it!

I hand cut the title Cheer from the Girls Rule paper and popdotted it for some dimension. The stars are mounted on chipboard and also pop dotted and given a little bling.

Products used: The Sport is Cheer #1339

Title Sports Baseball #1367

Girls Rule Cheer #1387

Thanks for looking!!

I love this game!

I love capturing moments such as the last huddle of the regular season; here my son's football team is celebrating another win to close the regular season at 8-0! What a great accomplishment!

When I use the Super Size Stickers, I like to keep the layout simple so the sticker really pops. I also added a small pop of color by using the Girls Rule Gymnastics paper for my journaling strips.

I also added the scores of all of the games on the back of the layout.

Products used:

Football Reflections paper #1198

Girls Rule - Gymnastics paper #1391

Super Size Stickers - Football #5566

Thanks for stoppin' by!

~Carolyn

Orange you glad I didn't scrap bananas? :)

Last February, I traveled to California to visit with one of my best friends, Christy. While we were there, I literally walked down the street to a PARK with tons of orange trees...and even passed several orange groves. This Midwest girl was in HEAVEN! So I snapped a bunch of pictures and here is what I came up with...

Using a circle punch and some red ink, I made these orange embellishments for my layout!! The Cousin paper was absolutely the PERFECT color!! I might have to try to make some other fruits now!  Have any ideas? Share them!!

~Shannon

Leprechaun Dust

St. Patrick's Day is right around the corner!  

I made some Leprechaun Dust for some of my little friends.  

The Golf Paper (#1390) in the "Girls Rule" was just perfect 

green for decorating this little recycled drink container.

To make the shamrock, I just punched 3 hearts out of the back side of

 Golf paper and glued the edges together.  

To cover the top I cut out a cardboard circle and covered it

with the Golf paper.  Isn't it a cute way to make sure 

the Lebrechaun Dust doesn't spill?   

The Leprechaun Dust is a sugar and glitter mixture.

Have your children spread it on your lawn 

for Good Luck on St. Patrick's Day!

Duffy the Defuzzinator

We had a new addition to our family this summer, Duffy the Goldendoodle.  We love, love, love this dog!  He is so sweet and funny!  One of his favorite activities is to completely destroy a squeaky tennis ball.  First, he squeaks it until the squeaker doesn't work anymore.  That part takes a while, trust me--  "SQUEAKA, SQUEAKA, SQUEAKA...."    Once the squeaker has died a long, painful (for us!) death, he proceeds to rip the fuzz off of the ball until it's just a poor nekkid, squeakless ball.  Then, he comes to me as if to say, "Can I have a new ball?  This one is broken!"
So, of course, I had to take photos of his favorite activity!  My favorite is the one where he has the fuzz hanging from is lip!  The Tennis Paper from the "Girls Rule" Collection was just perfect for this layout!

Products Used:
#1395- Girls Rule: Tennis

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  We'd love to know what you think of our fun new Girls Rule line!

~Nicole

Hi There!

Well, hello there! It's me, Lisa!  I'm so excited to be on the team and be creating my first post for you...  So here goes!
My middle daughter is on Junior Varsity Cheer at our High School and it's Basketball season so our afternoons and evenings have been spent in the bleachers of the gym.  Last week was our "homecoming" of the basketball season so the girls performed half time as well as their usual cheer routines.  I created this layout to highlight the many pictures from the game.

Title Sports-#1374 Gymnastics

Game Day #1233 Basketball Game

Title Sports #1369 Cheer

Girls Rule #1387 Cheer

The Sport is #1339 Cheer

(I created the title from the letters on the "cheer" paper..lucky us, our high school initials are ECR!)

Thank you for looking! 

SuperBowl party!

Here are some photos from my son's first pre-game SuperBowl party - awwww look at him back in first grade! :)

The journaling reads:  A tradition began here at the Shearon's house on Nov. 17, 2007 - our pre SuperBowl party - good food, game face painting, car painting and team bonding!

I love that the backside of the NEW Girls Rule Gymnastics paper is my son's football team colors - red, black & white ... I am sure I will use this paper a lot!

Products used:
Title Sports - Football #1372
Girls Rule - Gymnastics #1391
Cardstock Stikers - Football #5549

Thanks for stoppin' by!

~Carolyn

Huntin' Dogs

When I saw this new line of paper, I thought to myself...nice, but I don't hunt anything. Then I heard the distant sounds of my beagles yelping at the squirrel in the back yard. I may not hunt, but they sure do...I own HUNTIN' DOGS!

So here is a layout to showcase my howling hunters! Aren't they cute?

Shannon

Products Used:
1327 Hunting
1403 Hunting

These Girls Make Me Laugh!

Apple picking always leads to some fun pictures.  This year we had some friends join us.  The girls are so in awe of Lily and follow her around.  They are also so darn funny!  I have never met a girls, including Lily, so quick whitted and funny. I really enjoy being around them. 

I went  bright for the background so the black & white of the "Girls Rule" papers really popped in contrast.  Don't you just love the animal print? I know I do!  

The word "laugh"was fussy cut from the Cheer paper.  After crinkling and lightly sanding the cut letters, I misted it with Glimmer Mist.  The effect is a pretty shimmer.  

Scrappin' Sports & More Supplies:

Girls Rule Line

Cheer Paper (#1387)
Track/Cross Country Paper (#1396)
Homecoming Prom Paper (#1392)

Calendar Preview!

I am so excited to be teaching a class this month at Wholly Scrap!, a scrapbooking store in New Hampshire!  I'll be teaching a calendar class using, none other than Scrappin' Sports & More's Calendar collection.  Today, I want to share with you what the January page of the calendar will look like!

Isn't he just the cutest?!  There will be a fun and simple page for every month.  I'll have several more to share with you next time, so keep an eye out!

Products Used:
#1280-Calendars Made Easy- January

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  We'd love to see what you've done with our Calendars Made Easy collection!  Share them with us on our Facebook page!

~Nicole

Calendar Line

Its been a long time since I posted a layout using the calendar line!  This line was perfect for scrapping my Christmas pictures.  I combined the December paper with some scraps I had left from a couple of the other lines and this layout was complete.  I love how well the papers compliment each other.  I got the amazing Christmas Tree off of Pinterest. 

Cards!

I love making cards from scraps - so today I have some fun cards for you using all using scraps & a similar design!


First up - this card fell together while I was cleaning up my scrap room - I just had to stop & glue it all down! :)


Products used:
Football Cardstock Stickers #5549
Title Sports - Softball paper #1380
Title Sports paper - Golf #1373
Title Sports - Cheerleading #1369
Football Reflections paper #1198

Secondly, I made this one since I wanted to share the card above and then I noticed how similar they were in design lol:


Products used:
Girls Rule Soccer paper #1393 (both sides)

Finally, I decided to continue the design & my son loved this one, so I told him I'd give it to him this summer when (if) his baseball team wins the World Series! :)

Products used:

Sporty Words Golf paper #1400

Cardstock Baseball stickers #5544

The Sport is ... Baseball paper #1337

Thanks for stoppin' by!


~Carolyn

Think Spring!!

The weather here in Indiana has been so mild...even on the day when the Groundhog saw his shadow and predicted more winter. Well Mr. Groundhog...scrapbooking predicts there is gonna be SPRING...

By going through my scraps and running them through my Sizzix and varies punches, I was able to create the feeling of the tree that my daughter was climbing in.

What's the weather like where you are??

Shannon

Products Used:
1274 Aunt/Uncle
1296 Horses
1331 Softball

Meet Our Newest DT Member Lisa Spiegel!!

First of all, I want to THANK all of you who submitted to our DT call.  We had an amazing group of talent and it was extremely difficult to choose just one designer. 

I want to welcome Lisa Spiegel as the newest member to the Scrappin' Sports & More Design Team.  I am really excited for Lisa's first post with us.  Of course, we will have to wait a little while until she gets her first shipment of Scrappin' Sports goodies!! 

So...here is a little bit about Lisa

Hi all, I'm Lisa and I live in Southern CA with my husband of almost 20 years, and my three wonderful daughters, two crazy dogs and a fish!  I have been scrapping in some form all my life, but the “safe” way since 1995. I really feel that scrapbooking is my legacy to give my daughters, and the bonus is it provides me with some sanity in my otherwise hectic life.  Besides my full time job as Mommy, I am a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator, Newborn Hearing Screener and Girl Scout Leader. My girls are involved in school, dance, cheer, band, soccer, scouts and more and I am their biggest cheerleader!!  I hope you enjoy my view of them through my scrapbook pages.  I am privileged to have been published many times and be on amazing design teams and this is no exception!  I am thrilled to be working with Scrappin Sports and More!

We are thrilled that Lisa is joining us, but we have also decided to give 6 additional designers a chance to be guest designers for Scrappin' Sports & More.  Over the next 6 months, you will also see wonderful creations from the following ladies:

Lynette Daniel

Suzanna Lee

Lana Day

Lisa Moen

Julie Rainbolt

Jill Utrup

I hope you will all join me in congratulating all these wonderful designers!!



Girls Rule Line - Track

Okay, I know the name of the line is Girls Rule, but this track paper is perfect for male athletes too!  The colors in it were perfect for the green uniforms of my son's team.  I just love it when I get good action photos!  His feet are both in the air as he is flying down the track.  It was a great season; can't wait for this year!

Scrappin' Sports Product Used:
#1396 Track Girls Rule
#1377 Marching Bank Title Sports (green stripped)
#5537 Stop Watches Stickers

2008 Baseball Team

Lately I have become obsessed with reorganizing my scrapbook albums, I have decided to put each sports season into it's own album and I LOVE IT!  I can browse my photos from a particular season as I flip through the album to see if I have scrapped it or not.  Sadly, it seems more of the photos aren't scrapped - I will slowly catch up. :)

Here is a layout using SSM's FANTASTIC new winter Lines!  I love this big baseball on the Sporty Words paper!  This is perfect for my son's first baseball team photo from May 2008!

Products used:
Sporty Words - Baseball paper #1397
Girls Rule - Soccer #1393 paper (both of the black patterns)
Cardstock Stickers - Baseball #5544

Thanks for stoppin' by!

Carolyn

Be Mine!

It's time to start thinking about what kind of goodies you are going to make for Valentine's Day!  It's less than three weeks away, afterall!!  I used this tutorial to make this fun little gift box.  Then, I covered it with some fun red Scrappin' Sports papers.  I am going to fill it with candy for one of my kids.  And, of course I'll have to make another one, too!  These would be great as party favor boxes for birthday parties and baby showers, too!
It's hard to believe this is baseball paper!!

Products Used:
#1237- Game Day: Baseball

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Be sure to share your Scrappin' Sports & More projects with us on our Facebook page!  We'd LOVE to see them!

~Nicole

Soccer Playoffs

I love to watch Lily in motion.  Whether it be soccer, swim, or dance, she is fun to watch. She is such a sprite. Small and fast and graceful.  

For this layout, I use both sides of the Soccer paper (#1405) from the new "Sporty Words" line.  I played on the big "Soccer" at the bottom for my title work.  The big soccer ball is handcut from the other side of the same paper.  The little soccer balls, Soccer Balls Cardstock Stickers (#5530), are mounted on black cardstock. I gave them some dimension by using PopDots for height.  

Ready for some Softball?

Nothing makes me feel better when the weather gets cold than to scrap about warmer times! As I scrapped this page, I could think about the warm sun beaming down on my neck as I watched my daughter, Bailee, play. 

The right and left page of this layout are the A and B sides of the new Sporty Words paper (plus an oldie, but a goodie). It is so nice when you can use both sides of the paper. By cutting out the word "softball", my title matched the colors on the left side perfectly, allowing for a cohesive 2 page layout!

~Shannon
Products used:
1145 Classic Baseball
1406 Softball (Sporty Words collection)
1260 Softballs
1237 Baseball Games
5542 Softball Cardstock Stickers

So long...

... it is with a heavy heart that I write my last blog post for Scrappin' Sports & More.  The last few years have been amazing and I have absolutely loved working with all the great people and products here at Scrappin' Sports.  But, life changes are looming for my family & I and it's time to say goodbye.  I wanted to leave you with a re-cap of my time here  - these are some of my favorite projects:

A big huge THANK-YOU to everyone at Scrappin' Sports & More - I love you guys and I'm going to miss you tons!