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!  

SS&M is sponsoring Sketch Inspiration

This week SS&M is teaming up with Sketch Inspiration and sponsoring this weeks sketch!  Each member of the Design Team had the privilege to work with this weeks sketch and provide inspiration for all the members of Sketch Inspiration.  For those of you who are not members yet, now is a great time to hop over to the Sketch Inspiration site and sign up.  Each Sunday a new sketch is revealed and the members of the site have one week to upload their projects and be eligible for the weekly prize.  What is this week's prize?  You get the Entire Title Sports line AND the Entire School is Cool line!!!  How fabulous is that??  Just so you have an idea of what it would look like showing up in your mailbox, below is a picture of everything that you could win :)

So....hop on over to Sketch Inspiration for your chance to win!  The site is filled with wonderful sketch's and lots of great ideas!

Each Designer will be featuring their take on the sketch this week so stop by for some great inspiration!

Best Friends

The new Title Sports line from Scrappin' Sports & More is a perfect match for fun, silly friends photos with it's brigt colors.  I love that the cell phone camera's are so much better now, that I can use the photos Victoria & her friends post to Facebook to have fun scrapbook layouts!  These are pictures that were taken over the past couple of months and I can't believe how old they look!  I remember when they met in Kindergarten....seems like yesterday :)

Scrappin' Sports & More paper
#1378 Prom Title Sports (blue stripe)
#1371 Dance Title Sports (pink stripe)
#1381 Tennis Title Sports (yellow stripe)
#1359 Third Grade School is Cool (yellow with circles)

Goodbye Summer!

With the recent warm weather, I have certainly been reminded of why I love summer so much. So it was only fitting that I scrapped some of my summer photos!

~Shannon

Products Used:
1335 Watersport
1351 Swimming
1284 June

Tales from Fourth Grade....

I can't believe that Elizabeth is already in Fourth Grade.  When it was time to get her school pictures done, she really wanted to have a purple background for her photos.  She even wore a white shirt so that she wouldn't have to worry about matching their shade.  I was super excited because the Fourth Grade paper from the School Is Cool collection is purple and it was going to be perfect!

I really like to have Elizabeth do her own journaling on her school layouts.  She likes to write the important info about the year, as well as what she's into right now.

Products Used:
#1357: First Grade (green)
#1359: Third Grade/Fourth Grade (yellow/purple)

Thanks for stopping by today!

Fall Baseball!

This is the second year my son is playing both football and fall baseball - while things are crazy busy, he loves it and I would totally miss either one!

Here are some baseball photos from this fall - when I see photos of my son at bat I always hear the crack of his bat against the ball, man I love that sound! :)

I was inspired by Kim to cut SSM's Super Size baseball sticker - great way to frame my photos and to show off the background of the Title Sports baseball paper!

Products used:
Title Sports - Baseball #1367
Title Sports - Volleyball #1383
Super Size Stickers - Baseball #5564
Cardstock Stickers - Baseball #5544

Thanks for stoppin' by!
~Carolyn

Wrap it up!

I love to decorate plain colored paper bags for gift giving.  Having enough scraps to decorate a bag to match the card I am giving is even better!  The bag and card below were made for a co-worker's baby shower.  She just had her baby boy last week.  

Baby showers are always an excuse for me to give away my favorite gifts...books. A few of our family favorites were tucked inside the bag.  The altered tag on the bag doubles as a bookmark.    

I punched the yellow laced trim out of the Tennis (#1381) paper from the Title Sports line.  You would not believe how nicely it punches! 

I am very much loving the contrast of the blue starred Gymnastics (#1374) papers and the yellow striped Tennis (#1381) paper from the Title Sports line.  They compliment eachother so well and are so boyish together.  

The Last Day

Almost every year I scrap the FIRST day of school.  For some reason, I never really thought to take photos and scrap the LAST day of school!  Maybe it was because I was so excited to get to the beach and start enjoying the summer.  So, this past June, I remembered to bring my camera and had the kids pose outside the school as I picked them up.  The smiles were big and the sun was bright!

I used a mix of the "School is Cool" collection and the "Title Sports" collection to create this page.  It was only a few months ago that these photos were taken, but I can't believe how much they've changed already!

Products Used:
#1357- School is Cool First Grade (Green)
#1357- School is Cool Third/Fourth Grade (Yellow)
#1361- School is Cool Seventh/Eighth Grade (Gray)
#1380- Title Sports Softball (Red Stripe)

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

--Nicole

Love this Boy!

After seeing Nicole's post where she cut out the fun title letters from the patterned paper and re-arranged them to create her own title, I just had to give that a try too!  Here I used the title "Volleyball" and after some creative re-arranging, I ended up with:

Supplies Used:
-The Sport is ...Volleyball
#1239- Bowling Game
#1360 - Fifth, Sixth Grade Paper
#1291- Cats - Down on the Farm

Bittersweet

This is Jordan's final season of college soccer.  It seems like just yesterday that she was 4 years old and tripping over her feet when she ran.  The doctor suggested putting her in soccer where she would have to keep the ball at her feet when she ran.  Who could have guessed that that would be the start of 17 amazing years of soccer. Soccer has been part of our lives for almost 18 years and now we are 2 months away from this chapter in our lives coming to a close.  I can't even imagine that there will be no more games.  No more butterflies in my stomach as she takes the field.  No more private celebrations every time she makes an amazing save.  No more instant prayers when she collides with another player.  I will no longer be the mother of the keeper.  No one envied me that role, but I reveled in it.  I wouldn't have had it any other way. 

Here is a layout from last year's season.  She played amazing and was awarded some great honors.  This year is starting out no different.  Already this preseason, she has been the Defensive Player of the Week for her conference twice.  I can't wait to watch every single game.  I won't miss one minute.

Products Used:

The Sport is.... Soccer - #1349
Super Size stickers - Soccer - #5570
Title Sports - #1384 - Wrestling

Title Sports - #1375 - Hockey
Title Sports - #1370 - Cross Country
#5575 High School Cardstock Stickers
#1357- First Grade

Our Champion

I just love the new soccer paper from Scrappin' Sports.  I love how easy it is to cut out the title so you can place it exactly where you want it on the layout. 

SHS Graduation

The month before joining the SS&M team my daughter graduation from high school.  I was estatic to find custom high school papers made by Scrappin' Sports & More at my LSS.  Did you know that SS&M does custom school and sports papers?  They are just fabulous!  

Supplies:

Custom SS&M Paper

Sanford High School/ Redskin

"School Is Cool" Paper

#1366 Graduation

"Title Sports" Papers

#1367 Baseball

#1369 Cheerleading

Sports Cards

It's always fun to use up scraps to make cards!  Here are a few sports themed cards:

Products used:

Title Sports Volleyball paper #1383

Products used:
Title Sports Tennis paper #1381
Title Sports Golf paper #1373

Thanks for stoppin' by!
~Carolyn

Soccer party!!

At the end of the soccer season, the kids got to have a party at the bowling alley.  So then the decision...do I use SOCCER paper or BOWLING paper?  Luckily, Scrappin Sports & More has BOTH!! 

So here is my son with his 2 besties hanging out at the bowling alley, but wearing their soccer shirts!!  Confused yet? 

~Shannon

Products Used:
1248 soccer game
1330 soccer

Boo!

I know, it's still way to early to be thinking about the holidays, but really Halloween is just 41 days away! The boys started talking today about costumes and such and it got me thinking. With a little bit of time on my hands today, I decided to start planning ahead --- well, at least a little bit. I went through all my fun Scrappin' Sports & More scraps and pulled out all the colors that reminded me of Halloween. These are the papers I used:

School is Cool - #1358 - 2nd Grade

School is Cool - #1359 - 3rd/4th Grades

Title Sports - #1384 - Wrestling

Title Sports - #1375 - Hockey

Title Sports - #1370 - Cross Country

Down on the Farm - #1291 - Cats

Family & More - #1275 - Cousins

Family & More - #1276 - Niece

Here is what I created with my scraps:

I am 2 cards closer to being ready for the holidays!

She shoots....SCORE!!

After sitting on the sidelines for three years watching Colby play soccer, Elizabeth decided to give it a try. And, she scored her first goal in only her second game! She was so excited (and shocked)! I love her smile as she ran over for her congratulatory hug!


Of course, there's nothing better to scrap this momentous occasion, than Scrappin' Sports & More papers! I used mostly the soccer paper from the "Title Sports" collection, but also a strip of soccer balls from the "The Sport Is...." collection. I was pretty excited to figure out that I could use the SOCCER title but cutting it out, re-arranging the letters and leaving out a C to spell SCORE! Love it!

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

Thanks for stopping by today!

--Nicole

Best Friends

This is a layout I created for last year's homecoming.  I may not be invited into the dance but at least it's still okay to take pictures before the dance :)  It's amazing how grown up these Freshman girls look when they are not in pony tails playing sports!!  The newest homecoming paper from the Title Sports is a beautiful blue-grey making it a perfect neutral color for all the colorful dresses. 

First & Last Day of 6th Grade

It is amazing how much children grow within the course of a school year.  It was never so apparant to me as it was in Lily's 6th grade year.  

The primary paper in my layout is both sides of the Fifth/Sixth Grade paper from the "School Is Cool" line with a splash of the Watersports paper from the " Sports Head On" line (yes, puns were totally intended).  

Scrappin' Sports & More Supplies:

"School Is Cool" line

Fifth, Sixth Grade Paper (#1360)

Early Years Cardstock Stickers (#5574)

"Sports Head On" line

Watersports paper (#1335)

Are you ready for some FOOTBALL?

Well we were, but then it decided to rain...THE WHOLE WEEK!!!  But I still managed to capture these photos!!  How's the weather in your neck of the woods??

~Shannon

Products Used:
#1372 Football
#1257 Footballs (large footballs)
#1284 June (for the clouds)
#1296 Horse (for the umbrella)

You don't need a lot of other papers or embellishments to create a fantastic layout using SSM's Title Papers!  Here I only used both sides of SSM's Title Sports Basketball paper with a few embellishments.

Products used:
Title Sports Basketball Paper #1368

Thanks for stoppin' by!

~Carolyn

Just playing around...

.... after browsing through all the fun primary colors in the School is Cool line and the new sports line, I decided that I would play with all of them together!  Then I decided to have some play tome with my sewing machine and my mists too - this is what I ended up with:

It was tons of fun just creating and playing with a bunch of wonderful products at once!

Supply List:

Title Sports #1378 Prom (blue stripe)

Sports Head On - #1323 - Fishing

Title Sports #1381 Tennis (yellow stripes)
School is Cool - #1360 5th/6th Grade
Schhol is Cool - 2nd Grade (orange)

An Elegant Card...

There are lots of words that come to mind to describe Scrappin' Sports & More's School is Cool collection:  bright, cheery, fun, kid-friendly, elegant....ELEGANT?!  YES!  The beautiful colors and subtle patterns on the papers can be used to create elegant projects, as well as fun, bright projects that involve our kids!

I paired the elegant School is Cool collection with a sketch from Sketch Support and created this beautiful card that will be sent long overdue to a good friend!

Products Used:

#1357- School Is Cool: First Grade (green)

#1359- School Is Cool:  Third/Fourth Grade (yellow)

#1363- School Is Cool: Sophomore (black)

Thanks for stopping by today.  Be sure to share your fun, bright or even elegant projects made with Scrappin' Sports & More products on our Facebook page!  We'd love to see them!

She's Got Mad Skills

My Lily is a girl that sets her mind to doing all the things she loves and doing them well.  This layout is all about what she is loving right now; music, swimming, dance and soccer.  What do I love?  I love that "The Sport Is..." line has theme papers for all of Lily's loves making them perfect for creating a fun layout of my girl.

The ruffles are made from the back sides of the swimming, dance & soccer papers.  The bottle caps are made from SS&M stickers.  Believe it or not, the music note bottle cap is made from the negative part of the Music Super Size Cardstock Sticker.

Scrappin' Sports & More Supplies~
From "The Sport Is..." line:
#1341 Dance paper
#1346 Music paper
#1349 Swimming paper
#1351 Soccer paper
From "Name of the Game" line:
#5541 Soccer Cardstock Sticker
From "Super Size Cardstock Stickers" line
#5569 Music

Winners never quit ...

My son tried wrestling one season through our local high school's youth program and it was a tough season.  Since my son is a bigger kid he was usually paired with more experienced kids - he sure learned about not giving up!

I was thrilled to see SSM's new Title Sports Wrestling paper - I love the tiny words on the paper!  I mixed the wrestling paper with Title Sports Golf and Title Sports Volleyball for a layout I love!

Products used:
Title Sports Wrestling #1384
Title Sports Golf #1373
Title Sports Volleyball #1383

Thanks for stoppin' by!
~Carolyn

If you give a dog a bunny...

you might not get it back!!  But you might end up with some cute pictures!!

And if you have the cute pictures...you might as well have the coordinating papers and stickers to scrap them with!! 

~Shannon

Products Used:
#1297 Rabbit paper
#5554 Dog stickers
#5558 Rabbit stickers

Way back when...

..when I was 9, I took my first trip out on a salmon charter boat in Westport, WA.  I remember feeling sick most of the trip, but still having a fun time.  I enjoyed the casting, the reeling, and even the waiting, but I didn't enjoy the part where they hit the fish over the head! 

Products Used:

Title Sports #1378 Prom (blue stripe)
Title Sports #1369 Cheer (grey stars)

Title Sports #1380 Softball (red strips)
The Sport is ... #1342 Fishing
Sports Head On - #1323 - Fishing

Wii got Dance Paper!!!

Have you joined the craze?  I admit it, I am officially addicted to Just Dance for the Wii.  So when the new lines came out and included Dance paper AND they matched my Just Dance cover perfectly...well....

~Shannon

Products Used
Music Super Sized Sticker
Wrestling Paper
Dance Paper

Win the Entire Title Sports line!!!!

                                                       CALLING ALL SCRAPPERS

                                                         MORE FREE PRODUCT!!!!

Since we made it so fast to 300 facebook fans, we decided to try and break 500 fans.

Who wants to win some free product?? SS&M wants to give you, our wonderful Facebook followers, a chance to win the entire new Title Sports Line!!! There are two ways you can become a winner. First way is to simply post what you like most about the new Title Sports line and your name will go into the drawing. The second way is to get your Facebook friends to "like" the Scrappin' Sports & More Facebook page. Then, ask your friend to post a message on our Facebook page, stating that "my friend {insert your first and
last name} sent me" and your name will go into the drawing TWICE for each person you refer, so the more friends you send, the greater your chances of winning!!

Simple Right? The contest will run until we have 500 wonderful facebook fans just like yourself.