Creative Scrappers #91....Best Friends

I totally blew my goal of keeping up with the February Creative Scrappers sketches.  I'll try again after my Got Sketch? 105 class is done...maybe start fresh in April.  Anyway, this one just seemed perfect incorporated in with the Felicity papers.  I absolutely love the Felicity kit and hope that it inspires some of the paper packs in upcoming catalogs!!  These die cuts were honestly some of the prettiest I've ever seen and they really aren't my thing in all reality.  But, I think these have changed me!  This is probably one of the most simple layouts I've ever done, but I really love how it looks.

Paper: Felicity

Cardstock: Bamboo and Cocoa

Ink: Bamboo and Cocoa

Stamps: Felicity (swirls and alpha)

Other: Zig Pen and When It's Cold Outside Cricut Cartridge

Creative Scrappers #89...A Girls Best Friends

My sister and a friend of hers came across this paper pack for just a $1.  She isn't a scrapbooker, but she likes me to do pages for her.  So, she brought me the paper and subtly reminded me that it could be used for pictures of her dogs!  She cracks me up.  She's single and has survived a couple of major vehicle accidents.  Her doctors have told her that although she technically could have children, her pregnancy would be extremely painful and both her and the baby would be put at very high risk due to her immune deficiencies.  So, knowing that, you can kind of understand how important her dogs are to her, they are her constant companions and protectors.  I paid for a photo shoot and a picture package one year for Christmas with a local photographer that happens to specialize in animals.  In fact, he's been published in both Dog and Cat Fancy.  She was so not amused with my gift, but I think that she's happy she went through with it despite some embarrassment! ;O)  Anyway, I was pretty pleased with the way this turned out considering it was so simple and quick...that was, until I remembered the two albums I bought for her are 9x9 and 8.5x8.5....not 12x12!!  Oops!!  Guess this one goes in my albums...hehe!

I'm loving Creative Scrappers sketches and hope to do more of theirs soon!!!  I'd love to keep up with their weekly challenges....wouldn't that be nice to have a minimum of six layouts (counting Inspired Blueprints) done a month!  We'll see!!

Happy Valentines Day by the way!!  Hope everyone is enjoying spending some time with their special someone!  We don't have any real plans, just to hang out and enjoy the day!  It's been sunny AND warm...around 40 degrees.  So, we're all feeling a little springy...too bad that this is just a tease.  No doubt we'll be back to subzero temps in no time! ;O)

Paper: Scrapbooking Supplies Modern Trails Collection
Cardstock: Cocoa
Other: Bazzil Basics Flowers, Mrs. Grossman's Stickers, Cricut Designer's Calendar Cartridge (title), Martha Stewart Punch, Sticko Tile Stickers, Martha Stewart Scoring Board, and Zig Pen 

Creative Scrappers #87...First Snow

This sketch was so much fun and so fast!! I so seldom put a layout together in less than a week. This one was really simple and went together in just a few (interrupted) hours, but it left room for your own creativity...which clearly, I didn't pretend to attempt this time...just stuck to the sketch! ;O) I'm looking forward to doing more Creative Scrappers challenges in the future, including this week's super cute sketch...we'll see if I can get it done before the end of the week...I'm on a roll so far, although my house is beyond a total disaster and I have extra hours to put in at work in the coming days!!!

The title is kind of goofy on this one. My little man was literally born during a snow storm, so this is far from his first snow. But, this year was really strange for us up here in Alaska. Usually, we have snow, lots of snow, by Halloween. This year we had nothing until November 8th, I don't remember EVER having a first snow fall after October!! In fact, growing up, most of our first snows usually happened before the end of September, although, the snow never stuck! Winter stinks with cold temps and no snow, I don't hope for this ever again! ;O)

Paper: Cosmo Cricket-Li'l Man

Cardstock: Olive, Autumn Terracotta, and Colonial White

Ink: Desert Sand

Stamps: Large Chocolate Alpha

Other: When It's Cold Outside Cricut cartridge, Maya Road Mini Snowflake chipboards, Delta Ceramacoat Magnolia White paint, clear glitter from JoAnns, Martha Stewart Snowflake punch, Stickles, Robin's Nest Dew Drops, and a Zig pen.