Sunday, March 20, 2011

Standing at the Dock of the Bay


I can't believe that it has been nearly 2 weeks since I last posted on my blog. It has been a rough couple of weeks....very busy and being short handed at work makes for coming home exhausted and lacking any spark of creativity. Throw into the mix the sudden, unexpected death of one of our sweet little birdies and I just haven't been in the mood to do much in my scraproom or on my blog for awhile. However this past Wednesday morning I saw the new challenge over at The Paper Variety and I was instantly excited again about scrapping. It is a beautiful sketch from one of my favorites sketch artists out there...Jana Eubank. I finally got a chance to spend some time today in my scraproom and play with my Little Boy collection from Echo Park. I used a picture of my boys and their dad from 1989 on our one and only trip to Florida and Disney. Matt (age 9) and Adam (nearly 8) had gotten terribly sunburn earlier in the day which might account for the reason no one is smiling in this picture! I went shopping for a few hours and asked Ed to make sure to put sun screen on the boys and he did....once. And it was right before swimming. This was 1989 when the sunscreens were not as good (or as waterproof) as they are now and the boys got terrible burns. A couple of days later at Epcot, Matt was especially miserable as his burn blistered. That was the only bad part of an otherwise fun trip. I am working on my sons' childhood books and will do another layout of this same picture but I will probably change it up a bit just to keep the two books different. I really love working with old pictures and new collections. I feel like my creative spark has returned so hopefully I will have more new projects to share soon.

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14 comments:

  1. Gorgeous layout Sandi. Too bad about the sunburn, but I'm sure the boys have fond memories of the trip. Great job.

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  2. LOL at their thrilled expressions! Sorry that they are sunburned of course, though. I'm so glad Jana's sketch for TPV brought your sprappin' groove back! Great layout!

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  3. Sorry you have had such a rough week, Sandi. :( Im glad this sketch caught your eye and sparked your creative spirit! That little sailboat bunting is too cute! Thanks for sharing this with us at The Paper Variety!

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  4. great layout Sandi! glad you found your mojo!

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  5. Sandi I'm so sorry for the loss of your feather friend :( so sad. I do love the layout though! The title is fab :D Thanks again for playing along this week at TPV!!

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  6. Nice layout. I love all the sailboats.

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  7. Love the layout! Sorry about your bird, I have lost TWO birds since the new year :(

    Hummer Hugs,
    Misty
    http://deliteful-gifts.blogspot.com/
    hummingbird204 at comcast dot net

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  8. Sandi I love this layout. You have truly become very talented. Each layout gets better and better!

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  9. Very Lovely page!!!!Thanks for sharing it with us at The Paper Variety!!

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  10. hi Sandi, I LOVE your title work, sailboat pp and sweet sailboat banner!! This lo rocks! Thanks for playing with us at the Paper Variety! :)

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  11. Love this page, Sandi.. especially the boats and waves border.. so cute! Thanks for participating at TPV, good luck in the drawing tomorrow! :)

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  12. Ohmygoodness... your waves and boat banner are so wonderful. Love the products you used. This LO is just spectacular.

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  13. I'm so sorry to hear about you sweet bird. Pets are such a huge part of our lives!

    The boats and waves are fantastic on this beautiful layout.
    Thanks for joining us at Frosted Designs!

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  14. Very cute page! I love the colours and the way you used the banner! Well done! Thanks you for joining Frosted Designs Challenge this week! Best of luck!

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