Life is Good

I was thrilled to see a two page sketch this week at Scrapbook Steals! I recently printed some amazing photos of my brother and his family and realized they fit this week's sketch challenge perfectly! 

I decided to go for a black/cream/kraft color scheme, combining papers from Simple Stories Documented and Pebbles Walnut Grove. I had to add some pops of color, and was totally inspired by the red and teal embellishments in the Pebbles collection.  I added some crochet trim from October Afternoon.  This layout turned out even better than I expected and came together very quickly.  Thanks for stopping by!

Colts' Skills Camp

This weekend I snuck away to the basement to scrapbook while the guys were upstairs watching the Colts game.  I wasn't sure which photo(s) I wanted to feature for this week's Scrapbook Steals sketch challenge until I was thumbing through my pile of pictures and found photos featuring the Colts.

 

It brought back great memories of this past year, when Jacob had the chance to attend a camp at the Indianapolis Colts' training facility.  I'm not much of a football fan, but I love the passion that Jacob has for the game and I was super excited to give him this opportunity.  He is looking forward to going again this coming year and Caleb should be old enough to join in too. 

 

The original sketch was for a single page, single photo layout.  I had way too many photos that I wanted to include, and this sketch was easily converted into a two page spread.  I was hard pressed for embellishments on this page, since I only had a few football stickers.  I decided to add my own "football play" but had no idea how to actually draw one of these.  I just copied one from Google Images and later asked my husband if that looked like an actual play.  I must say that it's my favorite feature of this page.  Thanks for looking!

Back in the Saddle

In the midst of all of the holiday hubbub, I forgot to post the page I made for the Jade series.  This layout took three days to complete, although I only worked on it 10-15 minutes each day.  Between preparing for Christmas, hosting family gatherings, and traveling to visit relatives, we had a few very busy weeks.  But now things are slowly returning to normal, the tree is down, decorations stashed away until next year, and I've gone back to work.  Even though I had 11 days off work, this layout is the only one I managed to complete.

To see the original sketch and to get details about the challenge, check out the Scrapbook Steals blog.