About a Boy March 15th Challenge

Back to scrapping and my first three projects are all going live within two days...no wading into the water for me!  Sorry I'm a few days late in posting this About a Boy layout, but unfortunately we are still unpacking a few boxes and the weekends are the only time for my honey to work on my "honey do list"...and a lot of my requests require helping hands (i.e. hanging shelves).

The March 15th challenge is to use scraps. Not a problem for me...I have a plethora of them and I'm always looking for a way to use them before they build up even more. And here's what I created:

I used photos of Santiago with his first teddy bear given to him by my grandma. An interesting tidbit about this layout...I did not use a sketch which is absolutely unheard of for me! I just started laying down my scraps and photos, shuffling them around and voila! Maybe I should use scraps more often lol.

Anyhow, thanks for looking, and please go to the About a Boy blog to see what the other girls created with their scraps.

S.W.A.T. Drill #4

I just can't begin to tell you how amazing it felt to unpack my new craft area and to start creating again in my beautifully organized space. I guess that's one positive note to moving! I have had a lot of catching up to do with all the design teams I serve on, but it was one of the most cathartic things I could have done.

As of yesterday I have been officially back to the scrappy world and just in time for the S.W.A.T. Drill #4 which was to use the following color palette:

And here's my layout:

I used some fun photos from when Santiago was 3, and not much older than Paolina is right now, performing in his preschool "end of the year" production. I really wanted to include the program on the layout because in my opinion scrapbooking shouldn't just be cute photos, but memorabilia as well, but its obnoxious color has been preventing me from ever getting to it. I finally realized I would probably never be perfectly happy with anything I did with it anyway, so when I saw this pretty color palette I hoped that it would blend nicely with it and keep it from overwhelming the photos.

Thanks so much for looking! I encourage you to head over to the S.W.A.T. bog and check out what the rest of team did with these cheery colors.

Sketches With Color March 15th Challenge

Welcome to the second challenge of March over at Sketches With Color! I technically won't be completely taking over administrative duties until April ist, but since our founder is out of town I'm getting a trial run under my belt. Going forward I will be using color palettes from a very cool website called {design seeds}, and at least to start out with, all the sketches will be of my own design. Here's what you all have to work with...

And here's what I did with the sketch and color palette...

Since life always seems to get away from me so quickly, I figured I would attempt to stay ahead of the game and make a Mother's Day card for my mother-in-law.

Please swing by the SWC blog and take a look at what the rest of the talented design team has come up with.  And don't forget to link up your own project to be eligible for the randomly drawn monthly prize.

Let's Get Sketchy! March Week 2

After being away for over a month I'm finally back to scrapping and blogging! Yay!!! Due to circumstances completely out of my control, our house is still not entirely unpacked (long story completely unrelated to scrappy news)...but I sure as heck have a craft area that is 95% unpacked and organized. Yeah baby!

So without further ado...my design team work for the second week of March over at Let's Get Sketchy! 

Since I'm feeling a bit homesick, I pulled out these photos of Paolina and myself from her one-year photo shoot at Crystal Cove Beach, California. I would love to be at the beach right now that's for sure!

You should really go check out the sketch for yourself (I rotated it 90 degrees) and play along. The more challenges you enter per month, the better chance you have at winning the monthly prize.

Changes

Wow I can't beieve it's been over a month since I have been able to post! The first three months of this year have just flown by. If you have been following, then you know that after 3 months of being unemployed my husband accepted a position in Dallas, TX. I have had mixed emotions over all of it. Happy for him to be working again, relieved to not be struggling to live off unemployment, food stamps & WIC, excited to be near both of our parents...but I have been more than sad to leave Southern California for many many reasons. We have left our dear friends and church family, an amazing climate, and a culture that I feel fits me  like a glove. For years I have felt as though I were a native Californian and had hoped to raise my children there, retire there and to even die there. Alas, God had other plans for me and my family...so here we are in Texas. I have yet to form a good opinion of my current situation, as I am still consumed with unpacking boxes and completing all the tedious and time-consuming tasks associated with a move to a new state (finding a new church, getting Santiago enrolled in school, getting a new driver's license, applying for a new business license, finding ALL new doctors...and the list goes on!)

But on a good creative note, I was able to get my new crafting area pretty much unpacked and organized, and I have already completed two layouts for upcoming design team work. Looks like March 15th will be my official day back from my "leave of absence" from the scrappy world!

I also have some very exciting news! The founder of Sketches With Color has decided to step down from the position of administrator. We are of course very sad to see her go...although we know we will still see her working hard at her various other endeavors. And you can read her message of farewwll here. But this does not mean the blog will be closing...quite to the contrary! On April 1st I will officially become the new admistrator of SWC! Please read my announcement and introduction here.

And if that's not enough change for you...we are also running a Design Team call on the blog. All the information can be found here.

Whew! Lots to get you all caught up on since I have been away for a month! I look forward to posting my projects again later this month...