Halloween 2010

This week's sketch at Scrapbook Steals got me in the mood for Halloween.  I dug through my old photos and found this photo from three years ago, when my oldest son chose to be a caveman for Halloween.  Since my youngest son is recycling this same costume this year, I decided I should scrap these old photos.

I had a few Halloween papers from Heidi Swapp and made some fun embellishments with my Silhouette Cameo.  Thanks for stopping by!  Hopefully it won't take three years to get my 2013 Halloween layout completed.

My Duck Man

This week's sketch challenge at Scrapbook Steals inspired this fun layout featuring my favorite duck man and some of his favorite quotes!

The speech bubbles were blank chipboard die cuts by Pebbles.  I made my own rub-on phrases by printing a mirror image of my words/designs on a transparency. I placed the transparency on the chipboard shape and rubbed over the image with a bone folder.  I had some difficulty holding the transparency still, so there were some smudges and some areas that didn't transfer so well.  It was nothing a quick go-over with a Sharpie couldn't fix!  This page was a bit simpler than I prefer and had a few too many mishaps, but we had a busy weekend and I was short on time, so I quickly deemed it "good enough".  My duck loving boy loved it, so that's a win in my book!

Wetlands Trail

This week's Scrapbook Steals sketch was another great source of inspiration!  I keep going back to my Simple Stories collections when I'm looking to quickly put together a great layout.

These papers are all from the Take A Hike collection.  I love the fun, bold colors and all of the campy themed elements. Perfect for some photos that I took on a summer hike at our nearby Potato Creek State Park. 

wonderful you.

I almost forgot to post my version of this week's sketch challenge at Scrapbook Steals.   The original sketch was created by my scrappy friend Minousha Bari.   I actually created this layout last Thursday, but then got busy celebrating the 9th birthday of my youngest little dude.  Since it was his birthday weekend, I decided to do a page in his honor.  For this layout, I used pieces from Seen & Noted by Pebbles and a few elements from Simple Stories' 24/seven collection.  I love the finished product!