A couple more to add

Made with the amazing Lilypad Adventures by Irene Alexeeva for challenge 8

and another week I used Julie Bullock's Vintage Treasures

and one for Casual Attraction, a gorgeous collab by mgl Scraps and Flergs

More challenges...

The past few weeks have been a challenge to say the least, foremost being that my home computer needs some TLC and between the mouse freezing and lack of free time, I have barely spent time on it. Regarding the ADSR challenges #3 and #4, and especially 4, I found them to be fun, but then again, I am a big fan of Altered Art. A lot of scrappers tend to find ATC's to be out of their comfort zone. For my first half of #4, I found this precious photo of my daughter taken just a split second before bursting into laughter. When she pouted, I would always say "Don't you DARE laugh...I mean it" and of course she would. Actually, I still say it to her.

The other portion required us to scrap our team partner. I really had fun with this one.

The Amazing Digital Scrapbooking Race is on!

I completed my first two assignments for this years race. Two things you should know...I don't know WHAT I was thinking when I took it on again this year, what with opening a new business and working 10 hr days and weekends...BUT I am glad I did it anyway. I need to have time to breakaway from it if even for a hour at a time. The other thing is I am so happy to have Bec, YES THAT BEC, as my partner. Her Layouts are knocking off socks all over the world. Miss Rebecca also made us the cutest team blinkee.

Here is a look at what I (literally) threw together for week #1
I should have added "gorgeous" and Meryl Streep lookalike...tee hee. I made the background out of a bunch of textures and cut it out like a window. Certainly not professional grade, but it worked.

 

This one allowed me to use some of my older photos of Toot that are pretty low resolution. It's amazing at how much she has grown since these were taken.

 

Layouts with Clover Designs

My friend Jen has been daydreaming for some time about designing and she finally got her big break..She is guesting at Scrap Orchard and has some very useful and cute stuff in her store. I made a couple pages with them:

In the layout above I used the paper from Ziggle Designs freebies from the new kit Count S.W.A.K.ula, found on the Ziggle blog.

Also in the layout above I used Magic Medley by Irene Alexeeva.

Beside photos masks and word art, Jen has a football themed kit there. She is beside herself with excitement that her team is playing the Superbowl. (Saints) which is what inspired this kit.

One of the things I had been anxiously waiting to arrive this past month is this super mega kit from Monica aka mgl Scraps. Check out all the wonderful  kits, deals and layouts... and there is a freebie tucked into one of the recent posts at the mgl Scraps CT blog

Here are a couple of my layouts made with Dreams in Color 2

Another designer favorite...

We are SO lucky over at Scrap Orchard...We have been getting some really talented designers joining the Orchard. Fortune smiled on us when Julie Bullock decided to sign on as permanent designer and I have found myself drawn to her palettes and style more and more often.
Here is a page that basically made itself at tonight's speed scrap:

 Kit Credits: Sunshine N Rainbows by Julie Bullock

My Grown up Christmas List

Page design for a scrap challenge of a Christmas song using Irene Alexeeva's Amazing Snowland kit:

I adore her kits because the pages make themselves and that song is so wonderful, don't you agree?

Hoping you all have a Very Merry Christmas!