Happy Birthday!

Happy 16th Birthday to my nephew Nathan! A really great kid with a big heart.  This was taken at Virginia Tech where he volunteered in the 3.2 mile Run in Remembrance event. #WeAreVT #NeverForget #HokieBird

Make It March 2023

To say it's been a while would be an understatement at best. So why not get back into things with a bang? Here are 31 sketches inspired by Tracie and Tiffany over at The Scrap Gals. Amazingly there were only a handful of repeats. 😀

1. Paper Pad Play

2. Lots of Photos

3. Stack Your Scraps

4. Comparison/Contrast

5. Myself in the Mirror

6. Bar Graph

7. Bubble Up

8. Clouds or Rainbows

9. Like Project Life

10. Big Changes

11. Pattern Play

12. Connection Reflection

13. Make it Like Missy

14. Get Sketchy

15. Clustered Column

16. Monochromatic Mania

17. Out of the Pocket

18. Pocket Full of Memories

19. Triangle Clusters

20. Anaphora

21. Diagonal Line

22. Framed

23. Paint a Rainbow

24. Fabric Frenzy

25. Tag, You're It

26. She Said, She Said, She Said

27. 6x8 Paper Pads

28. Recipe Redux

29. On the Edge

30. Vivacious Verbs

31. Write a Letter

August Sketch - Better Late than Never

Here is my take on The Scrap Gals sketch for August. Most of the embellishments came from free sources like digitalscrapbook.com.

The Scrap Gals - NSD Challenge (Stitching)

Guess what guys? I won the random Scrap Gals challenge!!! Here's the layout I did for the stitching challenge (1 of 7). 

The Scrap Gals - NSD Challenge (Cluster)

On National Scrapbook Day I made seven digital layouts following the prompts posted by Tiffany, Tracie and all of their wonderful guests. The challenge for this layout was to use a cluster of embellishments. "The View" is from my office window and the star of the show in my opinion is the paper.

The Scrap Gals - April Challenge

Here is this month's sketch from The Scrap Gals. This is a spring ski trip that my husband took with his best friend to Mammoth Mountain and as luck would have it he ran into another friend that he's known for 30 years. ...small world. 

The Scrap Gals - March Challenge

It's been a while since I posted but I wanted to share this layout that I did for the The Scrap Gals. If you haven't listened to their podcast on pod.fan I would highly encourage you to do so. It's not free but totally worth it. This particular page was done in honor of my sister-in-law that passed away from cancer on March 3rd. Unfortunately we've had two other close family deaths occur in 2021 and I hope to honor those women as well.

O' Christmas Tree Layout

Although we are always traveling over the holidays, we put up our tree the weekend after Thanksgiving. Almost every ornament is different and most have a story behind them. Enjoy! For this layout I used a sketch from Rochelle Spears.

Social Distancing

Who would have thought the new normal would be Zoom and Houseparty online events to celebrate birthdays? This month there have been many but here are two screenshots of online birthday parties that I hosted. The inspiration for this layout came from My Creative Scrapbook's May Sketch.

Pandemic Layout

The inspiration for this layout came from one of the Spring 2020 sketches from Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine. For those of us fortunate enough to still be  going into the office a few days a week, this is our current normal...no traffic.

Uncharted Territory

The inspiration for this page came from Wendy P Designs and her pandemic freebies. We are definitely in uncharted territory these days. Stay safe and stay home!

Stick It Down - June Layout

We are very fortunate to live in an area surrounded by National Forest with hiking trails and Forest Service roads where we can let our dogs run loose for the most part. This was taken on one of my favorite hiking roads where you can see and smell the beautiful mountain lupines. The sketch for this layout came from Stick It Down.

Stick It Down - May Layout

Last weekend we celebrated Joe's birthday at The State restaurant. Can you believe he rode his bike 33 miles to the restaurant and didn't even break a sweat? This inspiration for this layout came from Stick It Down's One Page Sketch.

Stick It Down - March One Page

Another great bike ride to benefit the Redlands Conservancy. Tons of SAG stops including three brewery stops.  The sketch for this month's layout can be viewed at Stick It Down.

Stick It Down - February Sketch

Kobi and Reggie are our two rescue dogs and as you can see they are super spoiled; I think the title says it all. All the papers are from SU. Here is the single page sketch from Stick It Down.

My Creative Scrapbook - February

We successfully completed our annual Tour de Palm Palm Springs ride. While the temps were in the 40s at the start it turned out to be a beautiful sunny day. Here is the link to My Creative Scrapbook's sketch for February.

Stick It Down - January Single Page

This was our first training ride of the year. The trail was in relatively good shape and as you can see the weather was awesome for January. We are less than one month away from the Tour de Palm Springs so hopefully we get a few more rides in. For this layout I followed the single page sketch from Stick it Down.

My Creative Scrapbook - November

For this month's sketch from My Creative Scrapbook, I thought this picture from Jennifer and Tyler's wedding last month would be perfect. The frame cluster was a freebie and the background paper is from SU. Happy Thanksgiving!

Stick It Down - November 1-Page Layout

Here is my version of the November one page sketch from Stick It Down. This photo was taken in Pittsburgh from the Duquesne Incline. 

My Creative Scrapbook - September

Here is my layout for My Creative Scrapbook's September sketch from one of my favorite sketch artists. These photos were taken at the last regular home game for the Dodgers. The sentiment was created using Procreate on my iPad.