Sneak Peaks for CHA!!!

Scrappin Sports & More has two wonderful new lines available at CHA this summer!!  The first is this wonderful calendar line.  There are also coordinating stickers for each month as well.  Be looking at the blog later this week and next for some wonderful layouts and a calendar created from this new line.  If you want to see it up close, please stop by the booth at CHA and place your order!

She Loves Polka Dots

For the past couple of years, my youngest has loved everything with polka dots.  It doesn't matter what it is...bedding, clothing, lamps, drapes, rugs, purses....she wants it all!!!  I wanted to capture this love in a layout for her and the #926 Custom Spirit Dots 2 paper was the perfect choice.  I mean it's polka dots, in the colors of my choosing with her name on the paper.  It doesn't get any better than that!!

What an Adventure!

The Custom Flourish #1 paper design was an instant favorite and a perfect paper for scrapping a recent trip we made to Universal Studios in Orlando.  Being able to use bright fun colors like teal and lime green against the red and black background of this paper really helps convey the fun we had that day at the amusement park.

Supplies:
#912 Custom Flourish #1
#1240 Softball Game paper

For all your professional wrestling needs...

Ok...so let me explain...my hubby and I have this deal...he goes to professional wrestling matches and I take pictures.  I have to tell you...I have learned to really enjoy scrapping the pictures!  It's not your every day pictures to say the least.  Actually...the large embellishment on this page was actually part of the sign we brought to the match to hold up!

One of my biggest challenges with scrapping professional wrestling pictures is that not a lot of companies have papers to accomodate my needs.  NOT the case with Scrappin Sports and More!!  Not ONLY do they care a wide variety of wrestling papers...I can CUSTOMIZE my OWN papers!!  How cool is THAT?  Yep!  They spoil me!!!

~Shannon

Products Used:

#998 Custom Cheer Pep Rally

So Happy Together

My husband and I recently celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary.  I can't tell you how exctited I was about being able to design my very own custom paper to help record this milestone event.  Not only was I able to incorporate our wedding colors in the paper, but I was also able to include our names on the paper.

#921 Custom Stripe 1
#1300 - Down on the Farm Pigs 12 x 12 paper

Batter Up!!

Playing with these CUSTOM PAPERS has been so much fun and, I really enjoyed customizing this one for my son.  He loves baseball and his favorite part is batting!  When he saw this layout he said, "Mom, that's so cool that you made that paper for me!"

Products Used:

#916- Custom Rugged Sports 

#1005- Defining Baseball

More Custom Papers!

I'm back for round number 2 of my Custom Paper Designs!

Of course, the Custom Papers are perfect for sports photos and individual school teams:

In addition to the Custom paper, I used:

#1123 - Soccer Star Green
#1124 - Soccer Star Blue
#1115 - Cheerleading Star
#1032 - Defining Karate

Bronco Fan!

It's no secret around our house that we are Denver Bronco Football fans through & through!  Each year my son attends one Bronco game - but last year he was lucky enough to attend two games!  Even though the second game was very cold he was willing to stick it out to see his football team play!

The Scrappin' Sports & More Custom Diagonal Spirit Names Paper turned out perfect for my Bronco Fan on Game Day!

You can find all of Scrappin' Sports & More's Custom Papers HERE!

Products used:

#908 Custom Diagonal Spirit Names Paper

#1275 Cousin-Cousins Paper

#1025 Defining Gymnastics Paper

#5528 Footballs Cardstock Sticker

#633 Football Rub-ons

#7506 Down on the Field Football Rubon

Thanks for stoppin' by!

~ Carolyn

Like Father Like Son

In today's layout, I used #906 Custom Spirit Names to create my Chemistry paper.  I had already taken pictures of the first time my son used his Chemistry set, so I wanted to use purple as one of my colors to match his gloves.  It's not often I get to use purple on a layout about my husband and son.  To complement the dark background, I used small white circles and pops of colors from scraps I had left over from prior projects.  This layout came together really quickly and could be used for any theme.

A Purr Fect layout & Alex's New Dallas Room

Today, I have two layouts to share with you.  The first is celebrating two of the furry little friends we brought into our home last year.  I used #908 Custom Diagonal Spirit Names to have both their names printed on the paper.  Can I just say how fun that is to have paper totally customized!!! 

In the next layout, I wanted to capture my son's support of the Dallas Cowboys.  He has had the bedding for over a year, but we finally got around to painting his room Dallas Cowboy grey.  I was able to use #922 Custom Stripe 2 in navy blue & grey to create The Cowboys paper. 

American Pride

I absolutely love the Scrappin' Sports & More Custom Flourish Paper - this paper is perfect for so many different events and themes!  I decided on American Pride because the flourishes reminded me of fireworks.

I enhanced the flourish by tracing it with Stickles.  I also used Stickles to outline the clear stars to make them pop with the flourish.

You can find all of Scrappin' Sports & More's Custom Papers HERE!

Products used:
#913 Custom Flourish Paper
#1237 Baseball Game
#1097 Big Red Slide
#1175 Defining Competition

Thanks for stoppin' by!

~Carolyn

More Custom Goodness!!

These Custom Papers have been so fun to work with!  For this paper, I chose some great boy colors and added my son's name for the text.  Then, kept the layout clean and simple to accentuate the great lines of the paper.  Then, I found a super cute poem online (author was unknown) and it fit perfectly!  These Custom Papers defnitely work a look, if you haven't looked already!

Products Used:
#998- Custom Cheer Pep Rally

Thanks for visiting!
~Nicole

1 Paper...2 ways

If you are anything like me, you go have a stack of patterned paper about a mile high.  When I get patterned papers, I tend to get at least 2 of each pattern.  The cool thing about Scrappin Sports and More's Custom Papers is that not only can you get 2 of each paper, you can get a bunch of each paper and make an entire album with one personalized paper made just specifically for you. 

Here, I used one of our customized papers to work on a recent trip to Mexico. How cool is it that I not only get an awesome vacation, but now I have an awesome customized scrapbook!!

~Shannon

Products Used:
#921 Custom Stripe
#1087 Hop, Skip, Jump
#1294 Ducks

Fabulous Custom Papers!

When  I heard that I was going to design my own custom papers, I admit that I jumped up and down just a bit!  How exciting to be able to choose the perfect color combinations along with the paper and font styles?  I went right to work searching through my pictures for just the right ones -- the unique ones that were screaming for unique paper! 

Did you know that ordering custom papers is a snap with Scrappin' Sports & More!  It was super easy and quick and the end result was fantastic!

Throughout the month, I will be sharing them with you here -- a couple at a time!

In addition to my Custom papers, I used:

#1114 - Bowling Star Yellow
#1294 - Ducks

In addition to my Custom papers, I used:

#1152 - Classic Hockey

Seth Lontin: the closer

I fell in love with my son's nick name of  'the closer' during spring baseball, so I jumped at the chance to have a Scrappin' Sports & More Custom Paper made with his name and nick name to scrap one of my favorite photos from this season!

Here is my layout, the custom paper worked so well with so many of Scrappin' Sports & More's other papers!

You can find all of Scrappin' Sports & More's Custom Papers HERE! 

Products used:

#916C Softball Custom Rugged Sports Paper

#1148 Classic Cheerleading Paper

#1175 Defining Competition Paper

#1196 Baseball Reflections Paper

#1045 Defining Volleyball Paper

#1269 Mother-Mom Paper

Thanks for stoppin' by!

~Carolyn

Happy Belated 4th of July!!!!

I hope everyone was able to celebrate this wonderful country we live in by spending time with all the important loved ones in your lives.  We are so lucky to live in such a wonderful country that gives us such freedom.  God Bless the USA!!!!

Another wonderful thing that happens in the month of July, is CHA!!!  I just love seeing all the new lines and new products, its really inspiring.  Here at SS&M we are showing off our custom paper.  On this layout, I used 2 custom papers.  The first is the #905 Custom Cotton paper, which I chose to use a black background & white lettering for Washington DC.  I paired it with another Custom Paper, #906 Custom Spirit Names, which I choose to use a blue, yellow & white.  The words in yellow say "8th grade class trip" and the white letters say "White House Capitol Mt. Vernon"  Just love how you can customize to meet your needs!!  Check out the SS&M website to create your own paper!

Scrappin Sports Paper Used:

#906 Custom Spirit Names
#905 Custom Cotton (Black with Washington DC)

It's the Dog, again.

Yes, you guys are seeing yet another layout featuring none other than "SirBarksALot"!  I absolutely love the fact that SS&M does custom papers for their customers - I mean, where else could I get paper with the endearing nickname we have for our dog? Toby is sure a sweet fella, despite the barking. Thanks for looking!

 

thanks for looking!  May you all have a safe and happy 4th of July.
Supplies:
# 908 Custom Diagonal Spirit Names
# 1237 Baseball Game Day 12 x 12 paper
# 1310 Football On The Edge Sports 12 x 12 paper

Who's ready for some SNEEK PEEKS???

Can you believe it is July already??  And scrappers around the world know what THAT means...CHA SUMMER!!!  This summer, our booth is gonna be blazing HOT with some awesome CUSTOM PAPERS!!!  Did you even know that Scrappin Sports and More had Custom Papers?? 

This layout was created using a combination of the Custom Waves Paper and Defining Boating Paper.  I was about to design the custom title and the colors I wanted to go with the pictures I wanted to use.  It's perfect for vacation pictures, school albums...almost ANYTHING!  So make sure to CHECK IT OUT!!!

~Shannon

Products Used:
#907 Custom Waves
#1186 Defining Boating Paper

School's out for Summer!!!

I can't believe that another school year is over, not that I'm complaining!!  Bring on Summer!!!  I love the lazy days that summer brings, no homework, not too many scheduled activities, everyone is just happier :)  This year we celebrated the last day of school by adopting our first dog, Delta.  It should be a fun summer!!

Scrappin' Sports papers used:
#1080 Writing Paper Primary
#1190 Girls Dance (blue stripe)
#1226 Frozen Treats
#1271 Brother/Sister

Summer's Heating Up!

So, I wanted to cool us down with a Summer Splashdown! I made this layout using some of Scrappin' Sports & More's custom papers! They are so much fun! You can check them out HERE!  You will be seeing lots more about these super fun papers very soon!  *wink, wink* 

Products Used:

#1148- Classic Cheerleading

#901- Custom Marbled

--Nicole

Frolicking in the Sun

My dog loves to play and frolick around in the backyard, especially in the summer when the grass is lush, green and soft.  The summer paper from the Young & Active Seasons line were a perfect choice for displaying Toby's playfulness in the summer sun.

Products used:

#1223 Defining Summer 12 x 12 dbl sided paper

#1193 Girls Soccer 12 x 12 dbl sided paper

#1271 Brother/Sister 12x 12 dbl sided paper

#7523 Climbing Rub-On

#5523 Summer Carstock Sticker

As you frequently see when looking at the products used in all of our Design Team layouts and projects, we combine papers, stickers and rub-on from many of our various lines.  This layout for example uses product from 4 different product lines. Mixing and matching the colors and styles of the various papers always produces amazing results.  Don't be afraid to try it - you'll have fun and love the results!

Hope you all have a great summer!

Bring on Summer Vacation!!!

Living in the Midwest, summer is special because we don't have warm weather all year 'round.  So when we get warm weather...it is swimming pools and parks!!  One of the main reasons I fell in love with Scrappin Sports and More is because of their Young and Active line.  It's an older line...but a staple in my collection!  A perfect collection to document all my favorite park pictures!!  If you haven't checked it out...make sure you do!!

~Shannon

Products Used:
#1105 Jungle Gym Paper

Sweet Summertime - Finally!

Here is Washington State, anything over 65 degrees is considered warm & toasty and summer usually starts in May sometime. But, it's been on of "those" years - cold, wet, and dreary and we are already at the end of June! 

We are trying to be patient and wait -- wait for the temperatures to warm up so that we can hang out at Grandma's pool.  That is our absolute FAVORITE summertime activity.  This year we haven't been there even once this year --- but we remember last year!



Here's hoping that we can get back in the pool really quick --- I just love all the laughter and smiles that happen there!

Products Used:

#1041 - Umbrella Stripes and Tiles
#1040 - Defining Swimming
#1300 - Pigs

School is OUT!

I remember the thrill of the last day of school and now I am experiencing it again with my son.

Here is a layout of my son on his last day of third grade this year.  My journaling is going to be pretty sappy, so I left it blank for online purposes. :)

Products used:
Defining Third Grade paper (both sides) #1209
Defining Third Grade Cardstock Stickers #5020
Cousin - Cousins double sided paper #1275
Fishing Game paper #1242

Thanks for stopping by the Scrappin' Sports & More blog, hope your summer is off to a great start!

~Carolyn

Happy Father's Day!!!

I hope everyone is getting to spend some time with that special Father figure in their life.  It's a beautiful day today and we are enjoying just being together as a family. 

Today I am sharing my take on the Project 12 May sketch from Scrapbooking and Cards Today.  I LOVE how easy it is to get an entire month summerized in 2-pages.  The sketch didn't quite have enough room for my photos, so I added a couple more and diveded some of them into two.  The result, a 2-page layout, with 9 pictures summerizing my month.

Scrappin' Sports & More Product Used:

#1222 Spring Showers Paper (both sides)
#1226 Frozen Treats Paper (yellow)
#5523 Summer Cardstock Stickers

Gardening: We Dig It!

I created this layout for May's Project 12 Challenge.  I used the left side of the two-page sketch and made a layout about planting our garden.  Every May we plant vegetable and herbs in our two raised bed gardens in our back yard.  This was our third year doing it and we love planting and tending our garden together as a family!

Products Used:
#1221 Young and Active Seasons: In The Garden
#1095 Young and Active in the Back Yard: Tire Swing

Congratulations Graduates!

Living in a small town and working and coaching in our school system, we get invited to our share of graduations in May and June.  This is a framed layout made for a dear friend's son.  For all those who have graduated this year or will be graduating, I'm joining with Shannon to say congratulations.

The base of this layout uses a custom paper from SS&M.  You guys will get the chance to see a lot of new projects in July featuring these papers.  You're going to love them!

Project 12 and Graduations

It's that time again...May is filled with graduations.  This year we had 3.  For the past few years we have had at least one every year.  It will only be four short years before I will be (sniff) hosting my own daughter's  graduation.  By then, I should have plenty of practice scrapping the pictures!!  This time, I used the sketch from Project 12.  It fit the pictures for my niece, Brianna's graduation just perfect.  She is a graduate of Shirley High School is the town of Shirley, Arkansas.  Go Bri!!!

I used both sides of the Scrappin Sports and More Defining Senior paper for this layout.  Both sides are so completely different, but work so well together. 

~Shannon

Products Used:

#1218 Defining Senior paper

Here fishy fishy

Happy Monday Everyone! It's been a slow start to the summer as far as good weather is concerned, but I think we are finally there! Summer vacation has started, summer sports are underway and I am finally getting time to work on some fun scrapbooking projects!

This layout has been in my head for awhile - ever since developing these cute pictures!



She could sit and watch that fish for hours!

Scrappin' Sports and More has the perfect paper, of course!

For this layout, I used: the Classic Softball paper (#1154) for my deep red background; the Defining Karate paper (#1032) for my black border strips; the Down on the Farm Cats paper (#1291) for more border strips; the Fishing Game paper (#1242) for the photo mat paper; and the On the Edge Sports Fishing Paper (#1309) for that cute little fish cut out!

Project 12: May Sketch

WOW!  I cannot believe how fast this year is flying by!  It's time to share my Project 12 May 2010 layout already!!

Here is the sketch:

I altered the sketch a little bit by adding additional photos:

Products used:

Young & Active on the Playground Jungle Gym 12x12 Double-sided Paper #1105

Young & Active on the Playground Balancing Act 12x12 Double-sided Paper #1101

Young & Active Seasons In the Garden #1221

baseball Rub-ons #636

Up & Down Rub-ons #7521

Swing Rub-ons #7520

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

~Carolyn

10 Reasons Why I Love My Dad

Continuing our tribute to the special men in our lives, I decided to do a layout about my husband and son. They are so alike in so many ways, that I wanted to do a special layout to capture those similarities.

Scrappin' Sports & More Papers
#1087 Hop, Skip & Jump
#1186 Defining Boating
#1269 Mother/Mom (red)

For the "Handy Man"....

My dad is the ultimate "handy man," always puttering and fixing.  So, what better Father's Day card than a card that looks like a measuring tape?  I made a simple box out of black cardstock and then decorated it with my Scrappin' Sports & More papers.  I cut two strips of the Racing Paper (yellow), put them together end to end, marked the "ruler marks" and stamped "lots and lots, and lots, and lots...." on it.  It's actually almost two feet long when it's pulled out.  I also rolled up some of the Cheering Paper (gray) and attached it to the tape as a little handle to pull on.  We will sign the back before giving it to him!

Products Used:
#1240- Cheerleading Game
#1247- Racing Game

Have a great day!
~Nicole~

He Loved Farming

My dad  loved to farm.  He was never able to own his own farm or work his own land, but every spring and fall he could be found in the fields, making round after round in that tractor as he farmed for a dear friend.  I remember spending hours riding along with him in the tractor and when my kids were old enough they would do the same. I miss those days.  With Father's Day right around the corner thoughts of him are frequently on my mind.  When I first spotted the Tractors  paper from SS&M's "Down on the Farm" line, I knew it would be perfect for a tribute to my dad and his love of farming.

Supplies include:

#1302 Tractors 12 x 12 paper

#5563 Tractors Cardstock Stickers

#1148 Classic Cheerleading 12 x 12 paper

#1237 Baseball Game Day 12 x 12 paper

#1248 Soccer Game Day 12 x 12 paper

Thanks for looking.  Happy Father's Day.

Scrapping out of context

The photos on the layout were taken at an outdoor concert last year.  They were not intended to document a relationship or any other emotion, but when I started looking at them, they showed a very candid moment between my husband and my son.  So many times these moments happen and we don't think to take a picture.  I call this my happy accident. 

Another element to this layout is the quote.  I searched high and low for words that would express their relationship.  I finally found it in this quote found at http://www.quotegarden.com/ .  Instead of adding a title, I enlarged the quote and emphasized a few words to convey the meaning of the layout.  No journaling needed. 

Another happy accident is the shirt my husband was wearing.  The writing on the shirt was camoflauge.  I added simliar paper to bring the colors across the layout.  How wonderful that Scrappin Sports and More had just the right papers.  Who knew a paper with a hunting theme could work so well on a Father's Day layout? 

~Shannon

Scrappin Sports and More
Products Used:
#1273 Grandpa-Papa Paper
#1274 Uncle-Aunt Paper
#1245 Huntin Game Paper

This Man of Mine

Father's Day is right around the corner and I was excited for the chance to showcase my husband in a layout!  He is an amazing father and never ceases to amaze me with the things he does - he is an wonderful teacher, a tiehard cheerleader, and a fabulous example for my children.  There isn't a day that goes by that I am not thankful he is the father of my children. 

I wish him and all the fathers out there a wonderful Father's Day!

Products Used:

#1306 Blue Stars
#1295 - Four H
#1253 - Volleyball Game
#1250 - Swimming Game
#1087 - Hop, Skip & Jump