vote for my birthday layout!

I never do this, but I'm wondering if any of my blog readers will vote for me. Go on over to Scrap The Boys and vote for my Third Birthday Party layout.

I am also going to keep the Scrap Freak gift card giveaway open until the end of today - Happy World Card Making Weekend, right?!

Thanks so much! You can comment here or on yesterday's post for the gift card, I'll count both. And thanks in advance if you vote for me!

a happy layout

I love me some birthday cake! Birthdays are the best, aren't they? My son turned three this past May, and we had a party at home for him. Plenty of family and friends came and it was a blast (for me as much as for Nate).

I did this page using a sketch challenge from Scrap Freak (again, if you aren't over there, you are seriously missing the boat!), the week 3 challenge from Scrap Freak (alter your lettering), and the September prompt at Scrap The Boys (a birthday page and journaling).

(This is the part where I say "Jazz Hands" and you all spit coffee at your monitors—you know who are, ladies!)



Supplies: American Crafts (pp), Sassafras Lass (pp), American Crafts (thickers), Maya Road (party chipboard), Tim Holtz Ditressing ink (on chipboard)


Thanks for stopping by! If you know me, you know that this layout was probably pretty tough for me to do (way outside my comfort zone with so many images involved), but I really do love how it turned out.

How are your Sketchy Thursdays layouts coming along? Can't wait to see what you all have cookin'. And... you may want to make sure you work on them now, because come Tuesday you may have something else you want to work on (I'm just sayin'.... lol, Heidi's gonna kill me for leaving all these hints!)

sketchy thursdays and scrap the boys

Happy Monday! Here is the page I did to go with this week's Sketchy Thursdays weekly challenge. I used the prompt over at Scrap The Boys for the motivation. July's prompt is "Real Boys..." I chose the education route and highlighted that my son loves to read, even choosing a book over a toy most times.



I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with this week for Sketchy Thursdays. And if you need motivation for those boy pages, I recommend Scrap the Boys. There are some great people playing over there ... lots of inspiration!


Supplies: Basic Grey (pp), My Mind's Eye (pp), Jillibean (pp), American Crafts (Thickers), Pink Paislee (letter stickers), Vintage Plum (pp-Bingo paper)
Embellishments from: K&Co, Sassafras Lass, Chatterbox and Sandylion
Tools: Fiskars (binding punch)

my little man thinks he can fly

The challenge this month at ScrapTheBoys is to create a LO of your boy(s) with their toys. You must use red, black and one other color, other than that, it is free reign. This is the layout I did for that challenge. Get on over there and play along!

My little man loves to swing. I am sure he thinks he can fly!

Supplies: October Afternoon (pp), Cosmo Cricket (chipboard), EK Success (scallop punch and binding punch), American Crafts Thickers, and Autumn Leaves rub on letters.