Trumpet Player

Today I have some photos that I took after my daughters Spring Concert.  She plays the trumpet and we can never really see her while she is playing on stage.  I took these photos when we got home from the concert.

I used the September 1st sketch from Stuck Sketches.  I  stitched my circles onto my background paper.  I then used several scraps left over from one of my kits for the strips that would be behind my photos.  I wanted to be sure to emphasize that she plays the trumpet although there is no trumpet in the photos so it is those words that I simply used for the title.

Me @ 49 and 10 months old

To scrap a photo of my self with my current age was the August challenge at Scrap YOUrself.  Since I didn't have my 50th birthday until last week and didn't have any of those photos printed yet so I used this fun photo from our trip to the Adirondack Museum in June.  I love this over sized chair and so had my husband take  an iPhone photo of me.

You may also notice that I have lots of groups of 3s on my page.  That is because the challenge at Kitchen Keepsake is to have sets of 3 on your page.

I have 3 stars, 3 flowers, 3 pieces of string, 3 buttons, 3 stick pins, 3 pieces of colored paper strips, and 3 pieces of patterned card stock. 

I don't feel any older now that I am 50 and hope that feeling continues.

SBC Monday Sketch

Well sorry that I never got all the rest of the SS sketches from SBC up for you to see.  The end of August ended up being very busy for me.  Here is sketch 409

Here is what I made.  These are photos from last Christmas. 

I create the banner from some squares that I cut in half.  To see what the other ladies created from this sketch head on over to SBC to see them all.

My dream ......................for Pixels and Paper Challenge

The September  photo inspiration at Pixels and Paper is below

When I looked at this photo I was drawn to the blue and serenity of the water.  I used a photo of me from my June trip to the Adirondack Museum.  they have this giant chair there that I climbed up in.  Then I used lots of blue: paper, a transparency, washi tape, ribbon, and a pin.

To see what the other DT members created from the inspiration photo head over to Pixels and Paper.

Better late than never

At SID sketch Tuesday it is the double page team LOs this week.

Here is the sketch that we had to work from.

Here is what I created.  It is photo from last Christmas.  If you look closely you will see some of the same photos that I used already on single pages.  These pages will go in my daughter's scrapbook since side 1 is mostly photos of her. 

To see more of the LOs created and to enter their challenge for to SID.  You have 1 week to create a LO and post it.  You could be a guest designer if your LO is chosen.

Winter for Southern Girls

I made a winter LO for the texture challenge at Southern Girls.  I used paint and mist on my white brick paper.  Then I used some snowflakes to add the winter effect.  These pop right off the page to add lots of texture.  We are at the end of our summer and I know I really don't want to think about the harsh winter we had last year.  I did want my kids to be able to remember it so I took these photos.  

SBC Sketch and Sizzling Setches

Well I have been busy and did not put up the SBC (scrapbook Challenges) Monday sketch for last week so today you get 2 sketches and a whole lot of  Sizzling Sketches.  I am actually posting this a day early so that I do not forget to post it tomorrow morning.

August 18th Sketch Sketch 407.  

Here is what I created.  Photos from the restaurant we loved, the Skinny Pancake.

 August 25, Sketch 408

 My LO is of  my kids and their cousins coloring Easter eggs.

Sizzling Sketch LOs that have already gone by.  I am not including the sketches for these as it would be way too much to look at.  Here goes.............

SS 7

These are the adult girls with their fake mustaches last christmas.

SS 8

These photos are from our family Christmas dinner.  This is  before we put on the mustaches.

SS 9

Here are some of the teenagers wearing their mustaches.  It is these mustaches that we adults later wore.

SS 11

Connor with his birthday cake last October.

So as you can see I have been busy creating pages for my kids' scrapbooks.  To see all the sketches go to SBC.  The deadline is August 31at.