Happy 2nd Birthday Benjamin!!

June 1st was Benjamin's 2nd birthday!! We celebrated with a birthday party last Saturday. A bunch of his little friends came over to celebrate. It was so cute watching all these 2-year-olds running around. What a difference a year makes!

I love this smile. He's such a cheese ball!


Here he is really enjoying his cake!

frame and embellishments are from Birthday Boy by Julie Bullock

Its been a while since I shared some layouts so I have quite a few to share. I've been getting into a bit of groove and have been able to carve out a little bit of time here and there to do fun things for myself.

This lo is from a trip to Key West that Shawn and I took in 2003. We were a brand new couple then. We had no idea that our future was getting married and having 2 beautiful little boys. Sometimes I miss the carefree fun, but even when things get a little rough here with 2 young children, I wouldn't change a thing. I can't wait until they are old enough so we can take them on trips to places like Key West! OK, I totally just went off on a tangent! This lo is for the Pixie Pouch Challenge at Enchanted Studio Scraps. This is a challenge where the host gives you a mini kit and your challenge is to use everything in the mini.

Credits
Put the Lime in the Coconut Mini Freebie by Danimoy Designs
Template 393 by Andrea Gold
Font is How Cute Am I by Darcy Baldwin

Brittney Ferguson (a.k.a BrittBree), who's CT was one of the 1st I became part of and I'm so happy to still create for, is hosting her first challenge at Pretty Scrappy. She's hosting the Plant by Numbers Challenge. This is a challenge where you are given a recipe of what to include in your lo. Here is my lo for the challenge. This is my mom on her wedding day.

Credits
Delicate Blossom by BrittBree
Sonny by BrittBree
Font is How Cute Am I by Darcy Baldwin

My June desktop of course featuring my cute boys!

Credits
A Breath of Fresh Air by Steel City Scraps
CD Calendar Templates by Aja Abney
Desktop Calendar Template by Pixie Perfect Designs

The photo in this lo was from Benjamin's 2nd birthday party. It was an attempt at a family photo. Benjamin wasn't in the mood to be held so this was as successful as we were going to get. Can you blame a 2-year-old when all his friends were there and there were toys and fun everywhere? This lo is for the Template Challenge at Inspiration Lane.

Credits
Covered in Red Mini by Christie Lemmon Designs
Template 4 by Aussie Caz
Font is Holiday Home

This lo is for another mini kit challenge. This one is at Scappity-Doo-Dah and is being hosted by Tam of Digi Overdose. The photo is of Benjamin on the beach at Daytona Beach last year when his daddy biked the MS 150.

Credits
Gulf Getaway Sampler by Digi Overdose
Font is How Cute Am I by Darcy Baldwin

This is a lo for the Font Challenge at Enchanted Studio Scraps. I love this lo! This is Benjamin in an interesting ensemble of a sea animal onsie and spiderman pajama bottoms. Yes, he was dressed by his Daddy, but in his defense, we have to switch Benjamin to a onsie at naptime because he has gotten into this wonderful habit of pooping only at naptime and then playing with the poop. I'm hoping this is one habit he will soon outgrow because its just nasty. There are a couple times recently that we haven't changed him and he's pooped and he hasn't played with it so I'm thinking this phase is almost over (hopefully!!) Anyway, we need to potty train this kid already!!

Credits
iRock Collaboration w/ Steel City Scraps and Simply Scraps
Font is Home Remedy

This lo is a collage of photos of Shawn and his boys. It is for the Fairy Essence Challenge at Enchanted Studio Scraps. This is a word definition challenge and of course for June the word is father.

Credits
iRock Collaboration w/ Steel Studio Scraps and Simply Scraps
Word Art by Becca

This lo was for the May Scraplift Challenge at Inspiration Lane. My little man on the beach at Ocean City, NJ says, "Save the Planet for me!"

Credits
A Better Day by Christie Lemmon Designs
Font is Pristina

This lo was for a really fun challenge and something totally different for me. The challenge is Artist Challenge at Inspiration Lane. This lo was for the May Artist Challenge where we were supposed to create a lo inspired by Anne Geddes.

Credits
A Better Day by Christie Lemmon Designs
Modern Neutrals by Christie Lemmon Designs
By Chance by Steel City Scraps

This is a lo of Alexander in one of those truly adorable newborn moments. He had basically passed out in the middle of nursing and I didn't have the heart to try and move him. So he blissfully slept on his boppy pillow curled up on me. I know I need to cherish these moments because as I'm finding out with Benjamin, when they are 2, they are too busy to cuddle with mommy! This lo was for the May Scraplift Challenge at Enchanted Studio Scraps.

Credits
A Breath of Fresh Air by Steel City Scraps
Font is How Cute Am I by Darcy Baldwin

And finally, you can never have enough wedding lo's, right? Maybe one of these days I'll actually print out a few of my favorites and make an album out of them. This lo is for the Nesting Challenge at Scrappity-Doo-Dah. This is another fun and different challenge where you get a mini kit and a template and then you get a list of instructions on how to make your lo. Its interesting to see all the different lo's you get when everyone is working on the same kit and the same set of instructions.

Credit:
Template and Natural Neutrals Mini Kit by Artistic Leanings
Flower, Foil Accent and Ribbon are from Bold and Beautiful by Trish H. Designs
Font is How Cute Am I by Darcy Baldwin

Happy Valentine's Day!!

I'm really not a fan of this holiday. The frugal part of me does not see the point. However, my sweet wonderful hubby did bring me home roses last night and for that I love him. He is the best! To celebrate we are taking Benjamin to the Florida State Fair. Nothing says Valentine's Day like livestock!!

So I need to be a better blogger. I need to make myself come on here and post some lo's after I've done 2 or 3 because posting this many lo's is a daunting task sometime! I've recently joined up at Elemental Scraps. They have a ton of awesome challenges over there and it seems I need a challenge anymore to get me to scrap.

This lo was for Elemental Scraps Week 2 font challenge. I used King of Hearts by Sherri Tierney and the font is Fiolex Girls.

This was for Elemental Scraps Inspired by Challenge where they gave you a mini kit to scrap with. The kit is called It's My Day by Chrissy W. Its this adorable pink birthday kit. I rarely scrap with cutesy pink kits even though pink is one of my favorite colors because I have mostly boys in my life. Then I remembered these pics from my mom's surprise 60th birthday party. Not only was the party a surprise, but she didn't know that Shawn and I came up from Florida either! It was a fun night! The template on this one is from Ashley Kennedy and the fonts are Mia's Scribblings and Fontdinerdotcome Sparkly.

This lo is for Elemental Scraps weeks 2 surprise challenge which was a scraplift. I used Poppy by Designs by Jannylyn and the font is Mia's Scribblings

This one is ES Week 1 template challenge. I used Slowpoke and Buttoned Down Dates both by Bella Gypsy. The template is by Chrissy W.

This next lo is from ES week 1 scraplift challenge. I used Happy Days from Steel City Scraps and the clipping mask is from Masquerade Party from Jennifer Barrette.

And here is the week 2 scraplift challenge lo. I used These Days are Golden by Krystal Hartley and Doodle Dates by Scarlet Heels.

Here is a lo using the adorable Something Cutsie collab with Steel City Scraps and Christie Lemmon Designs. The template is by Trish H. Designs and the font is Daisy Script. This one is for the Enchanted Studio Scraps font challenge.

Another one of Benjamin and his cousins using A New Day by Steel City Scraps and Monkey See Monkey Do. The alpha is from Happy Days by Steel City Scraps. The template is from Lalpuche.

Here is a wedding lo using Little Charmer and Little Charmer Add On by Christie Lemmon Designs. The template is by Robyn Pali Designs. I also used Stay on a Path Straight Edges by Sharia Braxton. The font is Complete in Him.

The next 2 lo's both were made using Delirious Love by Steel City Scraps. The word art on this first lo is by Neverland Scraps. In the 2nd lo, the kiss is from Always and the alpha is Always Alpha both by Digi Overdose. The font is Edwardian Script.


I love this lo of my 2 sweeties! I used Something Cutsie by Steel City Scraps and Christie Lemmon Designs. The template is by Dunia.

These last 2 lo's are from Speed Scraps. I've recently discovered the fun of Speed Scraps. I've read about them on other blogs and I finally found 2 that I could fit into my schedule. This 1st is from a speed scrap at Elemental Scraps. I used Party in the Playroom, Party in the Playroom Blue Alpha Stickers and Poppy all by Designs by Jannylynn. Font is Mia's Scribblings (yes, I downloaded a new font and used the heck out of it!)

This lo is from the Enchanted Studio Scraps Speed Scrap. I used Happy Days from Steel City Scraps and Something Cutsie by Steel City Scraps and Christie Lemmon Designs.


See, I told you I need to blog more. This was too many lo's for 1 post!! I'll try to be better!

Scrap Shanty Scraplift Conversion Challenge

I made a lo for Scrap Shanty's Scraplift Conversion Challenge. We had a template made from a gorgeous layout by monica*k "Almost 2." My lo is "Almost 1."

Credits
Template by Sugarplum Paperie
Run ABC by Digitreats
Run ABC Add-On by Proudmommyvanj
Run ABC Stitch Alpha by Lisa Minor
Stencil Alpha by Michelle McCoy @ Crafty Scraps
Date Bits by Misty Cato
Font is DSP Tiffany

Sunshine Studio Scraps Template Challenge

There is another great challenge at Sunshine Studio Scraps (http://sunshinestudioscraps.com/blog/2008/04/15/challenge-4-the-template-challenge/). This is a template challenge. Here is my entry:

Credits
Template from Sunshine Studio Scraps
Paper from the Bold and Beautiful Kit by Templates and More
Word Art from Unconditional Love Word Art by Tina Chambers
Sparkle Action from Atomic Cupcake

My Scrap Shop Design a Kit

I've designed my first mini kit! Its nothing too grand, but I'm proud. I really enjoyed learning more about Photoshop Elements and I know there is so much more to learn. I designed this for the My Scrap Shop (http://www.myscrapshop.com/) April Design a Kit challenge. The challenge is to design a kit using this color swatch:

The theme is wedding/new life, you know spring in general. So here's my offering:

If you are at all interested in downloading and playing with it you can find it here: http://www.4shared.com/file/44296711/2f1f2368/April_MSS_DAK.html

I want to give credit to Atomic Cupcake for their actions and Obsidian Dawn for their brushes.

Sunshine Studio Scraps Element Challenge

Yay, another fun challenge from Sunshine Studio Scraps (http://sunshinestudioscraps.com/blog/). This one was an element challenge. We are supposed to use 3 frames in a layout. I scrapped some wedding photos of our first dance. Over a year after our wedding I'm still scrapping photos from it. I guess I'm a little behind!! Here's my entry:

Credit: A Cool Summer by Templates N More
Font is Signboard

Sugarplum Paperie Challenge & Coffee Crisis Over!

Nicole Seitler of Sugarplum Paperie (http://www.sugarplumpaperie.com/) has a new challenge going on until April 7th. Design a layout using her "10 Things List" freebie and other products from Sugarplum Paperie. Here is my entry.

Credits: Whimsical Wonderland and Love Actually by Sunshine Studio Scraps. The font is Kristen ITC

My coffee drama mentioned earlier today has been fixed. I made it to Target today because the contractor guys only staged materials today. The real work is tomorrow. Check out my beautiful new coffee maker!

I know. I'm way too excited by a coffee maker!

Sunshine Studio Scraps Challenge #2

The wonderful designers of Sunshine Studio Scraps have posted another challenge. Its a color challenge. Check it out here: http://sunshinestudioscraps.com/blog/
Here is my submission for their challenge. These are some photos of Benjamin at one of the birthday parties from this past weekend at Gymboree. It was bubble time!


Credits are Walking on Sunshine megakit and Whimsical Wonderland by Sunshine Studio Scraps.

Sunshine Studio Scraps Challenge

The girls at Sunshine Studio Scraps have a cool challenge going on until March 31st. Its called "The Sunny Side of You." They are giving away a really nice participation prize. Check out the details here: http://sunshinestudioscraps.com/blog/2008/03/27/are-you-ready-for-a-challenge/#comments

Here is my submission for their challenge. I used Sunshine Studio Scraps "Walking on Sunshine" Megakit. The font is Digital Scrapbook Place Tiffany font.