Summer Memories

Last week I posted about how much I love the "Lakeside" collection from Pebbles and today I am going to share some more layouts that I made!  My mother in law just had a new dock put in at the camp in the Thousand Islands and it is LONG.  The kids love running up and down it and jumping off of it into the water!  I wanted to use a really big photo to capture the size of the dock.

I used every piece of patterned paper that came in this collection on this page.  With the large photo, I was able to use a lot of the patterns together and still not distract from it.  

I simply cut a whole bunch of strips of paper and distressed them all and started layering them down the sides of the photo.  Then I machine stitched down the edges of my photo.

 I just layered a few simple embellishments and stickers to top it off and kept it simple in that department!

I have a few more from this collection to share in the next few days, so stay tuned!  :)

Stay Scrappy My Friends!

Happy Birthday Sara Z! Blog Hop and Giveaway!

Back in October, I was so excited that I got to attend a 3 day scrapbook retreat called "Crop til you Drop" way up North in Ogdensburg, NY, hosted by the lovely Sara Z.  I pretty sure that we hit it off right away!  :) As a matter of fact, I will be seeing her next week for another scrappy get together!  So excited! (Yes I am pretty much wearing pajamas and didn't think that my photo would be taken that day...)

The lovely girl is celebrating her BIRTHDAY today, and what better way than with a blog hop with her bestest scrappy buddies!!!!  This hops starts today and ends at midnight on February 9th.

Here's what Sara has to say:

“ Its my birthday and I want to offer up some gifts to you – my readers! I have asked a special group scrappy friends to join me in celebrating my birthday with a blog hop – you are going to find a ton of inspection among this talented group!

We have a sketch that was created just for this occasion by my bestie Diana Fisher. 

We have 2 gifts up for grabs!

                   1)  A $30 Gift Certificate to Paper Issues – to one lucky winner who links up their layout based on Diana’s Birthday Sketch to the linky below (on Sara's blog) by midnight on February 9^th.  ( You must be a follower of Sara's blog to eligible)

2)      Creative Scrappers / Creating with Sketches – (ebook) – We will be giving away 2 copies of this ebook to two birthday hoppers that leave a comment on each post though out the hop.

Lets get this party started!  Hop along with these amazing girls for even more chances to win some extra goodies! "

Here is the blog list for the hop:

Sara  Zenger– www.sarazenger.blogspot.com

Diana Fisher - http://designbydiana.blogspot.com/

Audrey Yeager - http://audreysreflection.blogspot.com/

Corrie Jones - http://corejones.blogspot.com/

Heather Landry - http://miraclesmommadesigns.blogspot.com/

Missy Whidden - http://littlenuggetcreations.blogspot.com/

Cassie Box - http://www.somethingfromcassie.com/

Ashley Horton - http://www.ashleyhortondesigns.com/

Angie Gutshal - http://mylittleblessings123.blogspot.com/

Aimee Madden - http://aimeesarmoire.typepad.com/

Shannon Morgan - http://designsofapaddymack.typepad.com/

Becky Litz - http://scrapcircus.blogspot.com/

I loved the idea of the large photo on this sketch, so I printed a 4x8(ish) photo of my little guy that I just ook a few weeks ago.  He just turned 18 months on January 19th, and is just totally scaling this whole house...anywhere he can get into!  He is such a boy.  Love him to BITS!

I got my hands on some new My Mind's Eye and just LOVE the bright colors (and have always loved the texture) of their papers.  I rotated the sketch, added a bit of white paint and doodling to the background, and then just a few other bits here and there! Oh and I fussy cut some stars and popped them off the page in some spots, too.

Enjoy the hop and HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY SARA!!!