Home Run!

Last weekend my son had his first baseball tournament with his new baseball team and his first time up to bat he smacked a home run to the fence!  Love that!!  His team also qualified as one of the top 8 teams of 19 teams to play in the Majors division this spring / summer! WHOO WHOO!

Products used:
Girls Rule Dance paper #1388
Girls Rule Soccer paper #1393
Title Sports Gymnastics paper #1374
Baseball Rubons #636
Classic Sports Baseball paper #1145
Cardstock Stickers Baseball #5544

Thanks for stoppin' by!
~Carolyn

Swim Team Buddies

During last year's Maine YMCA State Swim Meet Scott volunteered on the swim deck as a runner.  This allowed him to get some great pics of Lily and her swim team buddies.  I think the comraderie of these girls just shines through in the photo!

Wanting to play on the yellow swim caps, I used the Tennis paper (#1395) from the new "Girls Rule" line.  I spritzed it with some Tattered Angels' mist so as to pull in the blues.

To create the blue banners I cut out 1 and 1-1/2 inch strips out of the Watersports paper (#1335) from the "Sports Head On" line.  I used my square punch to cut the banner ends out and then curled up the edge of the banners to give them some dimension.  Such a quick way to create a banner!

She loves the beam

My daughter has enjoyed her gymnastics season. Even though it was filled with injury (hence the back brace) she fought through the pain and still managed a few blue ribbons!! So to celebrate, I had to break out the Scrappin Sports and More papers to document her victories!!

The thing I love best about Scrappin Sports & More is how versatile the papers are!! Here I used several difference lines, but they all flow together so well (and in school colors, I might add).

~Shannon

Products Used:

1387 Cheer
1388 Dance
1393 Homecoming/Prom
1359 Third/Fourth Grade
1339 Cheer/Gymnastics

"Beware! We're gonna kick your booty!"

I love how Lynette used the pirate theme for her soccer layout.  What a fun idea!!  The distressing technique makes it look rough and tough; perfect for a picture of young boys.  The title is hand drawn and painted; she did such an amazing job on the letters!  What an inspiration!!

Scrappin' Sports & More Paper
#1349 The Sport Is...Soccer

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

Laces OUT!

I saw some really fun cards on the Fiskars website a while back and it was a fun idea that I tucked into the back of my head.  I knew I could adapt it to make some fabulously simple and cute cards with Scrappin' Sports papers!

These cards are perfect for a party invitation, a thank you for the coach, or even something sweet for your football fan (I get a kick out of you....).
Here's how I made the laces....

First, cut a strip of cardstock about 1 3/8" wide.  Then, punch one side with your Notebook Edge punch (mine is from EK Success).

Then, flip the strip of paper around and punch the other side.  Try to match the notches up as best as you can.

Then, using a sharp pair of scissors, cut the "nubbies" off.

Do the same on the other side and you have perfect football laces!

Just affix them to the front of your card made with some Scrappin' Sports football papers and you have a super sweet, simple card!  Isn't it so cute?!?!

Products Used:
#1330- On the Edge Sports: Soccer
#1373- Title Sports: Football

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you were inspired!
~Nicole

Crowd Control!

Another peppy Cheer layout from me this week!  This time, I let the great paper do most of the work for me.  I first trimmed 1/2 an inch from each side of the Girls Rule- Cheerleading (the Crowd Control side) taking care to cut around the letters and then handcut a second one to create the title and I pop dotted it up.  I used Title Sports Gymnastics (blue stars side) for a great framed look.

Here's a close up of the title...

And there you have it!  Crowd Control! 

Products Used:

Title Sports Gymnastics #1374

Girls Rule Cheerleading #1386

Champs

I LOVE LOVE SSM's Custom papers - they are such a fun way to really personalize your projects!
I added my son's football team name 'Warriors" and their colors of black, red & white! With of this going on, it's really easy to leave lots of 'white space' on your layout to show off the cool custom paper & your photos!

Supplies used:

Custom Football paper #929A

Football Reflections paper #1198

Cardstock Stickers - Football #5549

Thanks for stoppin' by!

~Carolyn

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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!

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Pee-Wee Lily

I was searching for some swim photos of Lily and came across this cute photo of her when she played Pee-Wee Soccer back in 2004.  What has changed? She is no long that precocious five year old.  What hasn't changed?  Her ability to kick some soccer grass!

I dabbled in a little bit of a few different SS&M lines for this layout. It is so awesome to be able to put them all together and have them coordinate! The oveall effect of combining SS&M lines is lots of soccer and lots of color.

Scrappin Sports & More Products Used:
"The Sport Is..." Line
Soccer Paper (#1349)
"Title Sports" Line
Soccer Paper (#1379)
Baseball Paper (#1367)
"Sports Head On" Line
Soccer Paper (#1330)
Cardstock Stickers 
Early Years (5574)

It's MARCH MADNESS!!

And just in time to celebrate those basketball memories, Scrappin Sports & More has SUPER SPORTY WORDS to add to your page (the large transparent basketball on my page). They are SUPER FUN to work with and SUPER EASY!!

Also... Scrappin Sports & More is giving away a prize next week during the Scrapdango Crop. If you want to win...go HERE and sign up to play! The crop starts off with a Blog Hop on Saturday, March 3rd (check it out for some sneeks at getting started on the challenges) and runs through Sunday, March 11th.

Shannon

Products Used:
5577 Basketball SSW
1320 Basketball
1368 Basketball
5550 Basketball Cardstock Stickers

Introducing our First Guest Designer....Lynette Daniel

We had such an amazing response to our DT call that we decided to ask some of the ladies to be our guest designers.  I am excited to show you work from our first guest designer Lynette Daniel.  But first, a little about Lynette...

Lynette Daniel is a widow and has two beautiful children. She owns Scrap That Moment, Central Illinois' largest scrapbooking store. She is a talented photographer, graphic designer and has been a nationally published scrapper since 2003. Lynette has had the privilege of working with over 20 scrapbooking manufacturers and is thrilled to design for Scrappin' Sports & More. In Lynette's spare time she coaches in city programs for kids, sponsors local sports teams, and photographs and writes editorials for different IL newspapers. 

And now a little sample of her work :)

The first one is a gift tag on a bottle that says, "you been served."
Her nickname is "Net" and the tennis paper was her inspiration.

  Below is a little Easter (basket) flower pot Lynette painted and put little football Easter chocolates & green skittles in the cardboard grass.



Stayed tuned this month as we will have some Amazing layouts to share from Lynette as well!

Just for Kicks!

Soccer moms know the truth...pretty much every soccer game starts to look the same when you are a scrapbooker. I decided I should mix it up a bit and scrap a practice instead of a game for the week this was taken (it helped clinche my decision that I had a crop to go to during the game that weekend, tee hee!).  My daughter certainly mixed it up color wise for her practice outfit that day, didn't she?  So scrapping the pictures was a bit of a challenge.  I went with the pink of her shirt for a little contrast and I actually love the look against the green, white and black of the soccer papers.

  Notice, too, that I used the mini soccer balls popped up on the larger ones for my little banner. I love a little dimension on my pages! So next time you're faced with the same old weekly game photos, mix it up and photograph a practice instead, just for kicks!!

Products Used:

Sporty Words- Soccer #1405

Sports Head On- Soccer #1330

Name of the Game- Soccer Balls #1259

Girls Rule- Soccer #1393

Soccer Stickers #5541

Soccer Ball Stickers #5530

Dance All Day!

Our family spends every New Years Day with a group of our friends kicking off the new year 

with snow activities (if we have snow) and games.  Last year was the year of "Just Dance."

Lily & her friend, Kate, spent hours dancing.  I took pictures of them dancing to Tina 

Turner's "Proud Mary" and then tried it myself.  I have no idea how these girls did this over

and over again as it wasn't an easy routine, but they did it and smiled the whole time! 

I used a sketch from ScrapFreak for this layout.  

I love that these SS&M dance papers are a neutral black and white.  It really allows me to 

add color without taking away from the great dance papers.  

Scrappin' Sports & More Supplies:

Girls Rule Line

Dance Paper #1388

The Sport Is... Line

Dance Paper #1341

Title Sports Line

Hockey Paper #1375

Wild About Tigger!

I am having so much fun playing with the new paper lines!  I think it's really fun to come up with ideas to use the papers other than the way they were intended.  And, today's project is no exception!

First, I used the zebra print on the Cheer paper from the Girls Rule Collection.  Then,  I got comfy with American Idol and a marker and went to town. (Yep! I'm a lefty...)

 Before I knew it, I no longer had zebra paper-- I had TIGER paper.... make that TIGGER paper!

Seriously!  Is that fun, or what?!!?   Here's a close up of the paper.  I cut the word "WILD" out of the paper with my cricut to make my title.

 I have so many fun ideas swirling around in my head of what to do with all of this fun paper!  I can't wait to show you more!

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you were inspired!

~Nicole

Products Used:
#1387: Girls Rule- Cheer

Homecoming

I know it's a little late, but I finally scrapped some of my daughter's homecoming photos.  The SS&M Title Sports paper made it easy to capture those special moments.  I paper is so beautiful it doesn't need much embellishment.  The paper is a muted blue/grey so it acts as a great neutral background not matter what color the dress or suit!

Scrappin' Sports & More Paper
Title Sports #1376 Homecoming

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!