On deck layout

I have another baseball layout to share! :)  We just spent the weekend in Steamboat Springs, CO at a pretty big baseball tournament - it's so much fun to go up there to play and lots of team bonding going on!  I am torn with love and hate when my son is on deck with two outs, but I love when he is on deck with his catchers gear on, so naturally I had to snap some pics of it this weekend!

Products featured:

The Sport is ... baseball #1337

Title Sports - Gymnastics #1374

Name of the Game - Baseballs #1255

Baseball Cardstock Stickers #5544

Thanks for stoppin' by!

~Carolyn

New Sports & Activites Line Available from SS&M

Scrappin' Sports & More is releasing a new Sports & Activities line!!  It will be in the warehouse tomorrow and at a store near you soon!!  You are going to LOVE this line.  It has so much to offer with some amazing side two stripped, dotted and chevron patterns.  It's fun and colorful and offers some activities such as trampoline, slide, workout and bubbles in addition to our traditional sports.  Check out all 24 papers and remember to ask your local scrapbook store or favorite online retailer to carry this amazing line. 

Ballet/Tap

Baseball

Basketball

 Bubbles

Cheerleading

Dance/HipHop

Fishing

Football

Golf

Gynastics

Hockey

Karate/Tae Kwon Do

Music

Prom/Homecoming

Racing

Soccer

Softball

Swimming

TBall

Track/Cross Country

Trampoline/Swing

Volleyball

Workout

Wrestling

These papers will be in the hands of our designers soon. Come back and visit the blog often to see what they create with this amazing new line!! Can't wait to hear your comments.

It's Volleyball Time!!

Our guest designer Julie Rainbolt has done an amazing job creating not one, but two fabulous volleyball layouts that we get to share with you today!  I LOVE how she used the volleyball paper and the blue stars to create the award ribbon!  It adds such dimension.  Her titles just jump off the page and is a perfect way to display the team picture.

And here is her second layout.  I love how the large volleyball sticker peaks out behind the photo.  All the layers on this layout create great dimension. By cutting out the "Volleyball" title from the paper she has created a wonderful title that jumps off the page.

Scrappin' Sports Product:
#5573 Volleyball Supersized Sticker
#5543 Volleyball Cardstock Sticker
#1383 Title Sports Volleyball
#1374 Title Sports Gymnastics
#1353 The Sport Is Volleyball

Just One of The Guys

Hey there, everyone!  I hope you are enjoying a beautiful summer day!

For today's project, I was determined to use a photo that I'd already printed and just "had" to scrap, but hadn't got to it yet.  I found the perfect one that was just begging for some SS&M papers to go with!

Unfortunately, my son was not able to play Little League, so we were on the lookout for an opportunity for him to continue his love and participation in baseball.  And, the perfect opportunity presented itself when Colby was able to be the Bat Boy for the 7th Grade baseball team at the school that I teach at.  The boys had been playing together since they were Colby's age, but took him in as though he'd been on the team all along.  In the first practice that Colby went to, they boys were introduced to him and then started running laps.  As they ran off, one of them turned around and said, Colby, are you coming?!"  And, that's how it started!

The season continued and they taught him everything we need to know to be a part of the team-- what to do a bat boy, how (and when) to cheer for his teammates and, most importantly, how to spit sunflower seeds!  I was so proud of my son AND my students for being a great team!

Enough yapping..... here's my layout!  It's simple, because I wanted to focus to be on this fabulous picture of Colby on the bench with his team.

And, here's a close up:

(you may notice that there's no black line in the close up... I decided to add it after I took the first round of photos... it just needed "something else" and I forgot to take a closeup shot!) 

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

~Nicole

Products Used:
#1337- The Sport Is.... Baseball (baseball strip)
#1359- School is Cool: 4th Grade (yellow)
#1370- Title Sports: Cross Country (green)

Soccer is my Life

A New Year's Day Soccer Tournament didn't sound like my cup of tea, but Cammy sure had fun playing!  Her team won her division and she played very well, too!!  I added lots of circles to my layout to mirror the title cut out of the Girls Rule paper. 

Products Used:
Sports Head On #1330 Soccer
Title Sports #1367 Baseball
Girls Rule #1393 Soccer
Cardstock Sticker #5541- Soccer

2, 4, 6, 8....

Am I the only one that has bought sports photos and then found themselves with a slew of wallets left over many years later?  I am loving that I have found these little gems to work with recently. 

Kass was in cheering for a short 4 years.  She outgrew it quickly as she headed towards those Junior High years.  She was a good little cheerleader, too.  She learned the moves quick and was always the tiny one on the top of the pyramid.  

I found the felt numbers at a shop a few months ago and knew they would be perfect for a cheer page full of Scrappin' Sports & More papers.  I made the banners by cutting 1 inch strips of "Girls Rule" Golf paper (#1390) and "Title Sports" Volleyball paper (#1383) and wrapping them around a thick toothpick.  The Cheerleading paper (#1386) is from the "Girls Rule" line, too.

Baseball Layout

Here is another baseball layout for you as we head into a baseball filled weekend !

Supplies used:

Sports on the Edge - Baseball
Title Sports - Cheerleading
The Sport is ... Baseball
Game Day - Volleyball
Girls Rule - Soccer
Baseball Cardstock Sticker

Thanks for stoppin' by!
~Carolyn

2 Layouts Today!

I created two layouts using my inspiration paper, the back of The Girls Rule Tennis Paper (Yellow Circles) with similar accent papers that have two very distinct looks.  I challenged myself to use some of the scraps on my table after completing the Biker Girl layout to create another 12 by 12 layout.  I am really happy with how they both came out.  I dug out some pictures from 2003 and got to reminisce a little while I scraped :)

And here is the second layout. It's a little hard to see the edge of the white background paper but there is an half an inch outside the words.  My poor little man had a bad ear infection and fever and just crashed on the couch.  His face is beet red from the heat of the fever :( 

Scrappin' Sports Product Used:
#1395 Tennis Girls Rule (yellow circles)
#1393 Soccer Girls Rule (black circles)
#1380 Softball Title Sports (red stripes)
#1374 Gymnastics Title Sports (blue stars)
#1381 Tennis Title Sports (yellow stripes)
#1356 Kindergarten School is Cool (blue dots)

Hey Batter by Julie

I know many of my friends are right in the middle of baseball season, so I am very happy to showcase this wonderful layout created by our June guest designer Julie Rainbolt.  Julie has a very distinct style and loves to outline her papers and embellishments with black cardstock.  I think on this layout it really makes the individual papers stand out.  Look at that adorable smile :)

Scrappin' Sports Product Used:

#1367 Baseball Title Sports line
#1397 Baseball Sporty Words
#5544 Baseball Cardstock Stickers
#1337 Baseball The Sport Is

What's up Buttercup?

Every time we go to Arkansas to visit my sister in law, the kids are excited to go visit the horse, Buttercup, that lives next door. She is a very nice horse and enjoys the carrots she receives from my kids very much. It's hard not to stop and snap a picture because she is truly a very beautiful horse.

I have to say that it is very handy that Scrappin Sports & More also carries animal paper, so I always have plenty of horse-related paper and embellishments to use when I am in the mood to scrap some pictures of our dear Buttercup.

~Shannon

Products Used:
#5557 Horse Cardstock Stickers
#1296 Horses (Down on the farm)
#1243 Football Game (Game Day)
#1251 Tennis Game (Game Day)

Album Tips

As you Sports Moms know, there are often hundreds, if not thousands of pictures taken during a season of our children's activities.  As was the case with my middle daughter's Cheer Team...so I decided that I would create an album for her with all of the layouts for the year.  Being that the first page of the album works so well as a title page, I created this page with the team photo and a large title.

I kept the design simple and I added the roster to the back of the layout since there were so many girls (over 60!).  I think it sets the tone for the whole album and I just love that all of my pages will coordinate because I've been scrapping them with the Scrappin' Sports papers! 

Products Used: Title Sports Baseball #1367

Girls Rule Cheer #1387

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)

6-3-12 Playlist

Our daily life is full of music. Not a day goes by that the house isn't full of our favorite songs whether it be in our cars or in the house.  My husband, Scott, is even known to still play his favorite 80's records on the weekends.  This weekend I thought it would be fun to document what we were listening to that day. 

Scrappin' Sports & More has several lines that include music papers.  I pulled out two of the lines to work on this layout, "The Sport Is..."(#1346) and "Girls Rule" (#1404).  

The big curves with music notes is a SS&M Supersized Cardstock Sticker (#5569). I have been waiting for just the right project to use this!  I cut pieces of the sticker off (initially it was round) and mounted the cut pieces on black cardstock.  Doing this made them stand out on my page. 

What are you listening to today?  

Pre-Game layout

I came across this fun sketch the other day and I knew it would be great to mix a bunch of SSM's papers!

Products used:

Sports on Fire - Baseball

Title Sports - Cheer

Title Sports - Volleyball

Name of the Game - Baseball

The Sport is - Baseball (both sides)

Cardstock Stickers - Baseball

Thanks for stoppin' by!

~Carolyn

Welcome Guest Designer Julie Rainbolt

It's another new month and that means we get to showcase another Fabulous Guest Designer.  Please welcome Julie Rainbolt.  Before I showcase Julie's work, lets get to know her a little better.

I’m a 30+ something mom to a beautiful daughter who is married and currently away in basic training for the Army and I also have twin sons that are 19 and one is leaving shortly for the navy to be a pilot. I also have a son who is Ten who is very active in travel hockey, and I have been married to the most amazing man for almost 14 years. We make our home in Illinois where we get to enjoy 4 beautiful seasons! I am a work at home mom, and would not have it any other way. I’ve been scrapbooking for over 15 years but have only become passionate about it in the couple of years.


Scrapbooking gives me a creative outlet to keep me focused and help me relax. When asked to describe my style it is always hard to pin down one style for me. My style is always changing depending on what papers I use or what pictures I am working with. I am one that is not afraid to try new techniques and supplies. I love creating paper crafts that have dimension. Before scrapbooking, I never would have considered myself to be crafty. I am very excited to have been given the opportunity to Guest Design for Scrappin Sports and More.
 
And now, a little of her work :)  I know it can sometimes be difficult to scrap those team photos, but Julie did a fantastic job on this basketball layout.  I love how she has backed everything in black, making it really pop off of the page.  And the placement of the basketballs really adds a lot of movement. 
 

 

A Dose of Humility

Let's be honest-- we love to see our kids walk away with the gold.  I'm no different- I love to see my kids succeed at what they love.  But, in this case, I think that my son's losing what the best thing that could have happened.  He's been lucky that sports have come easy to him.  He easily won his age division of the soccer shoot out.  Then came regionals...  We tried to get him to practice, but he thought he had it nailed.  Even during the wait before the event started, he didn't practice (although he was being a nice guy and retrieving balls for other boys who were practicing.). 

When it came time for his turn, he missed once and then again, and again.  It was hard to watch him lose, but it opened up a conversation about working hard to succeed. I hope that he will take this "dose of humility" and use it as an inspiration to work hard and do even better next year!  Win or lose, I'll always be his #1 fan!

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

~Nicole

Products Used:
#5580- Super Sporty Clear Stickers: Soccer
#1375- Title Sports: Hockey
#1379- Title Sports: Soccer
#1349- The Sport is... : Soccer

Take me out to the ballgame...

My girls love to go to the Dodger games.  It doesn't matter that we usually sit in nosebleed seats...they just LOVE the experience of it all.  Most of the time they go with my husband and his father and neither one of them carry a camera other than their cell phones so this is the kind of photo I get texted to me and am expected to scrap with...maybe you experience the same thing??  I still find these blurry photos "scrap worthy" though..and this one was no exception.

I used the Title Sports Baseball and Gymnastics papers for this layout and kept it pretty simple...I just love that I've documented this special memory despite the blurry photo and the Scrappin Sports papers were a perfect fit for my layout!  Hope you make some time to enjoy a baseball game this summer!

Patriots Lucky Charm

We are big Patriots fans in our house.  Each week they play, DH was insistant that Chase be there.  He kept saying that Chase was their lucky charm. Not sure that is accurate, but it sure was cute.  During a SuperBowl break I took some pics of Scott and Chase in their Pats attire.  

I finally used some of my Scrappin' Sports & More football stash.  I love the browns of the "Title Sports" Football Paper (#1372) and the Football Cardstock Sticker  (#5549) was a perfect accent. I used the front and back of the "School Is Cool" Fifth/Sixth Grade (#1360) Paper because the red and blue are perfect Pats colors! 

Another Great Track Season

I can't believe another track season has come and gone!!  Alex had another wonderful year, sprinting his way to a lot of ribbons & medals :)  These pictures were taken of him running the 100 meter dash.  I can't believe how far out in front he was for such a short distance. 

Scrappin Sports Papers Used

Girls Rule Track

Title Sports Softball

Title Sports Volleyball

Soccer Season

A few years ago Logan was really into soccer. As an officially soccer mom, I can remember running around every Saturday to watch him play in rain, sun and freezing winds. It is certainly not a sport for the weak at heart. But he always looked so cute in his uniform and he always tried so hard. I sort of miss those days as we move on to other sports. That's the best part of scrapping...pulling out those older pictures to scrap or looking at a layout you did from a few years back!

~Shannon

Products Used:

#1248 Soccer Game

#1375 Hockey

#1379 Soccer

#5541 Soccer cardstock stickers