Stuck on U....Beautiful....

So happy that I got to play along today at Stuck on U Sketches! This sketch is just fabulous....

 My niece, Ashlea just graduated junior high and they had a "prom" at the end of the school year. She is nothing more than stunning in this photo. 

Rather than going on bling overload, I chose to stamp some flourishes and add bits and pieces of bling as not to distract from her lovely photo. So very pleased with how simple, clean,  yet elegant this page is. 

Recipe: Papers~Bo Bunny "a gift of love", title~Thickers, bling~Prima "Say it in Pearls", stamps~Autumn Leaves by Rhonna Farrer, Cricut~Elegant Edges, ink~CTMH Archival Black

Kim Sparks 

boys of summer....

Good Morning,

As you are reading this, my first day of school with students, has begun. We have 61 beautiful new third graders coming in this year. Please pray for us today!

For those of you who joined in our Anniversary last week and this weekend at Practical Scrappers, Thank You, and I hope you enjoyed every minute of it!

Moving on to the new challenge this week, a summer theme project! Pull out any photos of boating, swimming, watermelon eating, bbq's, camp fires with smores....we want to see them!

I used this sketch from SOUS for my inspiration.....

Here is my layout. I chose some fun photos of my little boys from July at the lakehouse. It doesn't get more summer than this...

We had docked the boat up on an island and the kids played for hours in the lake. You can see that Megan's pink float was worth a million bucks to them that day!

All papers used are Junkitz from long, long ago. The ribbon and staples are from stash and ink is ctmh.

I hope to see you playing along this week! don't forget to visit the dt each day this week to see their summer theme inspiration!
Blessings,

Snow Angel

Good Morning,
It is Monday, the week of Thanksgiving, and a new challenge is up at Practical Scrappers. This week we are asking you to show us your stitches! If you are like me, the old sewing machine doesn't work any longer. I loved the sketch at Stuck on You this week, so that was my inspiration. I had this paper from Kaiser and thought, pull out the really old photos of Ashlea playing in the snow with her daddy. I wanted my stitched flourishes to resemble the winter winds whipping the snow all about. I hope you get time in this busy week to play along with us.
Thanks to everyone who participated in the online crop this weekend, it was so much fun!!

Isn't this sketch terrific? I just love it!!!!

Snow Angel Recipe"

papers-Kaiser

ink-CTMH

floss-Bazzill

bling-stash

cricut-George and Basic Shapes

Thickers

Blessings,

Tri-Challenge....

Good Morning,
There is some exciting things happening right now at Practical Scrappers! First, we are introducing our brand new design team members all this weekend. Check out Practical Scrappers to meet our fabby new sisters!
For the next week, we will be conducting a tri-challenge with Frosted Designs and Stuck on U Sketches. Because of this, we are announcing next week's Practical Scrappers challenge early! Our challenge will be to use at least 3 ribbons on your project. You can play individually or combine all three challenges like I did. If you do, be sure to enter on the Mr. Linky to be eligible to win all three prizes. That's right, all three blogs have a prize. One lucky winner at Practical Scrappers will win a $10 gift certificate to JuJu Bee's. I hope to see you playing along this week!

Genuine Friends Recipe:
dps:Colorbok
Chipboard, tag, and alphas: K & Co and Wild Saffron
cardstock, ink, ribbon-CTMH
ribbons-CTMH and stash
Blessings,

My Dream For You....

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Well, my Jon-Christopher came to visit today, Ashlea went with my other sister, Auntie Tee, to get her Halloween costume. Jon-Christopher and I made some of his Halloween cards. He made it through about 10 and decided he was tired. We'll finish them tomorrow he says. I think that might mean, it is yours now Nee Nee! Anyways, when he went to Granny's I got to go play in some scrapping challenges. This layout features the sketch over at Stuck on U Sketches. Isn't this a great sketch! You need to go over to there and check out their amazing DT projects, wow they are incredible!

The next challenge I am entering this one in is Frosted Designs. Three of my Practical Scrappers sisters are involved in this challenge. Meg and Jamie are the founders and team leaders. Jessica is one of the very talented DT's there. The challenge over there is to use a marquee. I really like how this layout came together. I'm loving getting some scrapping done! Don't forget to check out Stuck on U Sketches and Frosted Designs! Have a great evening!

My Dream For You Recipe:
dps- My Mind's Eye
cricut-Storybook and George
glitter alphas- Making Memories
stamps and ink-CTMH
Blessings,