All Geared Up with Scrap-Tastic

August 1 was the reveal day for the Scrap-tastic kit, All Geared Up. Becky's kits are chockful of goodies - she has a real knack for blending pattern papers from various manufacturers and adding just the perfect accents. Here is my interpretation of the kit!

First is a layout documenting Danielle's first day at Kindergarten and her first time riding the bus! Gosh, I can't believe that was 2 years ago!!!!! Becky included a transparency that I used as a pocket for my journaling. My plan is to have Danielle write on a tag to include her thoughts too!

Another layout about the girls' love of playgrounds, perhaps this playground more than others. We had just finished an "endless" roadtrip to Osoyoos. Danielle was carsick for the entire trip. We even stopped to do laundry because we ran out of clothes; that happens when you throw up in excess of 11 times!!!!! I will never forget the diver who was "walking" their dog. They tied the leash to their side mirror and drove beside the dog as it ran. Not sure what happened but they inadvertently drove over their beloved dog. That was the saddest sound I had ever heard....and I don't even have a dog.

A simple card; can you ever have enough cards in your stash?

And a thank you card - these I use all the time! I love showing my appreciation to those around me.

I thought these papers lended itself beautifully to some baby pictures I had of Danielle. Sorry this picture was taken with a bit of a tilt.

And lastly, a layout about Madison. Not sure if you can see the tone on tone portion of the title against the blue robot paper but I love it. This is a layout about Madison at 10 years old. I love this layout and plan on doing one of each girl for each age. 

Thank you so much for dropping by! Now head on over to Becky's!!!

More from Scrap-tastic!

As promised, here are the remaining projects I created using Scrap-tastic's Decadent Dreams kit! I do want to mention that the Prima papers Becky put into the kit are SO versatile. There was not one picture I selected that did not match beautifully with the papers.

So here we go...

This is one of my all time favorite pictures of the girls. I begged them to come outside for a photo shoot on the grass. I snapped off a bunch of shots. I look at them and was unhappy with the frozen pasty smiles. So I said to the girls, why don't you sit down on the grass for a minute while I fiddle with my settings on the camera. And so they did. And that is when the magic started to happen! These shots are from the mamma-razzazi angle...and I love them!

The flowers were handmade with the scraps. The butterflies were handcut from a sheet of paper in the kit...and I am SO loving the Prima alphas. Here is a close-up of the flowers and the dimension of the butterflies.

This layout features Danielle hamming it up for the camera. There is alot of Tattered Angels glimmer mist on this layout! LOL I love that stuff!!!!!

I love love loved the Jenni Bowlin buttons used here.
 

And something fun you can do with your Prima bling swirls is to cut them. You get more mileage from them and you can change the swirl direction easily.

Here is the perpetually happy Danielle. I have always marvelled at what her "secret" is in always having a spectactular day.

And lastly, I wanted to capture Danielle's unique sense of style. She really likes things to match, in a rather monochromatic way...kinda like her Mama! LOL What this girl has that her Mama doesn't is the ability to accessorize! Darn she is good!

 Thanks for letting me share and dropping by!

Scrap-Tastic!!!

This month, I was SO lucky to be the Girlie of the Month at Scrap-tastic - thank you Becky for the awesome opportunity. Here were my projects using their kit, Decadent Dreams.

I love the look of the Prima papers with one of my favorite photos - my girls with their cousins. It brings a smile to my face every time I see this picture.

And here is a layout of Madison and our challenges in the tween years...

I have more to share and will tomorrow...*yawn* it is SO late right now...My blog has been neglected lately as I have been heads down busy with the girls. May and June is traditionally busy times with the girls, their activities, the school and the upcoming summer. Bear with me because I have been scrapping but I haven't had a chance to share!

Thanks for dropping by!