Happiness

Hello!  Hello!
A new month = a new layout to share with you for Challenge YOUrself!  This month it's all about geometric shapes and patterns, and most importantly including YOU in the photo!  Here is mine to share.

This man of mine is my absolute soulmate and he brings me nothing but happiness to my life!  I just love him to pieces and love to show him off whenever I can!

Hmm, it's actually hard for me to pinpoint the geometric shape that I used.  I was going for diamonds but the more I look at it, it can be squares or triangles too.  But none the less, it involves shapes and a pattern!  This is also a great way to use up scrap paper as well.

Now it's your turn to join in with Challenge YOUrself.  This is such a fun challenge with unlimited possibilities!  Go get creative and be sure to link up with us before July 4 for your chance to win a prize!  I'm really looking forward to seeing your layouts.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Enjoy your day and happy scrapping to you!
Tracy xo

Wholehearted

Today I'd like to share a layout I created for the May scrap challenge at Scrap Our Stash.   It's book inspired and you must use flowers.  Here is my take

and here is the book cover

I totally fell in love with this book cover the second I seen it.  The first thing that inspired me was the heart and then the colors.  From that very moment my mind started racing with ideas and I knew the perfect picture to work with.  And as for adding flowers... who doesn't have enough of them?

I have been wanting to scrap this photo for some time now.  It is one of my favorites and I really love how my layout turned out.  Here are a few close ups for better details.

Such yummy papers, wouldn't you agree?  And my photo fits in so perfectly!

That's it from me today.  Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you again.  As always, happy scrapping and have a great day!
Tracy xo

All The Possibilities

Happy May friends and welcome!

Our new challenge is up at Challenge YOUrself!  Yes, we're a few days early because for this month we are gearing up with Scrap It With A Song!  That means double the fun in one layout!  We've got a mood board for inspiration and a song for you to choose.

As for the mood board, choose anything about it that inspires you most.  Whether it be the colors, a certain element, the words or one particular photo.  Also, don't forget to include YOU in the photo!  And for the songs to pick from here are your choices... a pop song by American Authors "Best Day Of My Life" ~or~ a rock song by Kensington "So Am I". The choice is yours!  Just click on the title for the song lyrics.

Here is my take.

What inspired me most about the inspiration board was the sun and the shining rays.  So that made me get out a stencil and my molding paste to create my sun rays.  After drying I painted it yellow to make it pop and to pull all my colors together.

As for the song, I chose "Best Day Of My Life"  I feel any day spent with my three grandchildren is the best day of my life.  Besides the song being beautiful, the lyrics "all the possibilities" really hit me because with little ones all things are possible and I hope all their dreams come true!

Here are a few close ups for better detail.

One tip I'd like to share.  As a scrapper, who doesn't have an overwhelming amount of paper strips??  Well my design is the perfect way to use some of them up!  So easy peasy and I love how it turned out!  What do you think?

That's it for today.  I do hope I have inspired you in some way to join in with Challenge YOUrself and with Scrap It With A Song this month.  Check us out for full challange rules and for tons of inspiration as well.  And be sure to link up by the end of the month with each of us to double your chances in winning some fun goodies!!

Thanks so much for visiting.  Happy scrapping to you!  I really look forward to seeing some cool creations.
Tracy xo

Yum!

I've never participated in a lift challenge before so I decided it was time to join in on the fun at Scrapbook Challenges with Ali's liftapalooza.  For some reason I liked her design and wanted to copy it in my own way.  Here is what I came up with.

and here is Ali's original liftapalooza layout

As you can see I stuck with the three photos but turned my design to better accommodate my photos.  I really like how it turned out.  And just look at my beautiful granddaughter.  She is totally hamming it up for the camera as she eats up her ice cream.  Here are a couple of closeups. 

I had a lot fun with this challenge and I love showing off my granddaughter too so it's a win, win!

Thanks so much for stopping by and feel free to leave some love, it's much appreciated!  Happy scrapping to you!

Tracy xo

Meow Humbug

No, it's not the Christmas season but by the looks of my layout it is.  Ok, so I'm behind on my holiday scrapping but I bet I'm not the only one.  These photos are just too cute not to scrap, no matter the time of year.

As I was scrolling through Scrapbook Challenges for some inspiration I stumbled upon sketch 477 and it really intrigued me so I decided to join in.  As I was searching my photos to fit the sketch I came across these and and it just blossomed from there.  It all came together so nicely and I'm very happy with my turnout.  Here are a couple of close ups followed by the sketch.

What do you think?  Your comments are always appreciated and welcome!  Thanks so much for stopping by and happy scrapping to you!
Tracy xo

My Happy Life

I've got a new layout to share today.
It's been forever since I've just scrapped for me so I decided to visit an old stopping ground of mine, Stuck?! Sketches and join in with a current sketch challenge.  This is my take on their April 1st challenge.

and here is the sketch

I followed the sketch pretty closely, only changing the elements somewhat.  There are so many possibilities with this one, that's why it caught my attention.  Here are a couple of closeups as well.

This is my growing family!  The entire clan was able to make it over for Easter and that is one task that is getting harder and harder to accomplish nowadays.  I am so blessed and these beautiful faces are my happy life!

Thanks so much for stopping by and your thoughts are always welcome!
Happy scrapping to you!
Tracy xo

This One's For The Girls

Good morning!
Today I have a new layout to share with you for Challenge YOUrself.  This month it's about music and who doesn't love music?  It really plays an important part in my life and I truly couldn't live without it.

For this challenge you are asked to incorporate the song lyrics of This One's For The Girls by Martina McBride.  How fun is that?  I think we can all relate to this song in one way or another.  Feel free to use the lyrics in any way you'd like but remember to use a photo with YOU in it!  Here's mine to share.

This was such a fun weekend with my scrappy girls for a scrapbook weekend retreat that I had won.  I felt this was the perfect choice for this challenge.  My title is the title of the song and my journaling are some song lyrics that I felt were very fitting.

For this layout I used my March kit from Gossamer Blue.  I also incorporated some stamping in the background to kill some of the white space and because I don't stamp enough.  I've got tons of stamps and I really need to do this more often!  Here are a few closeups...

Now it's your turn!  Please check out Challenge YOUrself for full challenge rules and for tons of inspiration.  And for song lyrics click here.  I really look forward to seeing what you create.  Now go have some fun with it!  Be sure to link up with us by May 4 for a chance to win some goodies!

Thanks so much for the visit and happy scrapping to you!
Tracy xo