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.

Anytime Card

I recently subscribed to Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine and used this sketch for what I'm calling the Anytime Card. If you haven't checked out their website you're missing out. I would highly recommend subscribing to the magazine (it's so beautiful), you can also download it from their website. What?!

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 - Easter Card

For this month's card sketch from Stick It Down I went a little off course and took some liberties to make the sketch my own. This adorable little rabbit was leftover from another card and I had been looking for an opportunity to use this 6x6 paper. The orange grid on the right is actually the B side.

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 Card

Here is the card that I made for my Adopt-A-School teacher. I made another 38 cards for her to either give to her students or have them decorate for their parents. In place of the sentiment in the sketch from Stick It Down I replace it with the cute little dog from SU.

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.

Stick It Down - September 1-Page Layout

Here is my one page layout for Stick It Down's September sketch. These photos were actually taken outdoors in a cleverly designed "photo booth" using an iPad. I created the sentiment using the Procreate app on my iPad.

Stick It Down - September Card Layout

Last month I was fortunate enough to have my card selected as one of the August winners. Here is my card for Stick It Down's September challenge. The sentiment and the papers are from SU.

Stick It Down - September 2-Page Layout

Several weeks ago we went to San Antonio, Texas for the first time. I thought these pictures would work well on a 2-page layout for Stick It Down . A good part of our trip included a 5-hour bike tour of the Missions including the Alamo. Highly recommended and super impressed with the City.

Stick It Down - August Layout

Here is my 1-page layout for Stick It Down's August sketch. These pictures were taken in the Angeles National Forest on one of my favorite hikes.

Stick It Down - August Card Sketch

This year I'm participating in an Adopt-A-Teacher program and I thought this would be a cute card to welcome my teacher back to school. The sketch for the card is from Stick It Down.

Added 9/3/18:  I won! I won!