Passing on the Faith

I am very excited today to announce that I am the guest designer for the whole month of June over at Lasting Memories.  I consider it a real honor to be asked and have been working hard on the layouts to share with you this coming month.

For this first layout, the theme is Faith and the inspiration is this verse:

 I used a picture of my son, his dad and my grandsons on Easter Sunday a few years ago.  My son has been diligent in passing on his faith to his sons and they attend church together nearly every Sunday.  I am so proud of him as he raises those boys as a single dad and instilling in them the faith he grew up with.

I used this awesome sketch sketch from Page Maps:

Thanks for stopping by my blog today and I hope you will stop by next week to see my next reveal.  In the mean time, I hope you will play along with the challenge at Lasting Memories.  I hear there is an awesome prize so you know I linked up!  You can click HERE for details.

~~Sandi~~

Love & Cherish Each Other

I get to see my family in the Midwest once or twice if I am lucky each year.  I never remember until after I am back home in Florida to take family groupings of pictures.  The day before we left I asked Matt and Amy if I could take a family photo.  Of course they agreed....that is everyone but lil' Miss Izzy.  She was miserable with an ear infection and I did not want to push the issue.  So I took Amy, Matt and Abby's picture but I wanted to include Izzy on this layout so I added a picture of her from a couple of days earlier.

I used this very cool sketch from My Scraps and More Sketches:

There are still a few days to play along with the sketch challenge and there is an awesome prize up for grabs.  You can see all the details HERE

Thanks for dropping in....have a wonderful weekend.

~~Sandi~~

SPLASH

These pictures of my granddaughter Abby are nearly 4 years old and I am so glad I came upon them over the weekend because when I saw the May BoBunny sketch, I knew I would use these pictures with some older BoBunny collections.  I had been hoarding this background paper and some various bits and pieces for a special page.  They all came together perfectly tonight.  I used this sketch:

I turned the sketch a quarter of a turn to accomodate my horizontal pictures.  I just love all the layering in this sketch.  There is still time to enter the sketch challenge.  You can see all the details HERE.

I am also entering this page in Rochelle Spears Scrappy Friends' Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge

I went straight fown the right hand column using an arrow, something pink and lined paper.

Thanks for stopping by tonight....I will be back tomorrow night with that layout for Matt's scrapbook that I promised you last night.

~~Sandi~~

Matt's Best Friend

I have been wanting to document the relationship between my oldest son and his dog for quite awhile but could not find any pictures.  On our recent trip to see them, my son handed me several pictures that he came across recently.  And so I had what I needed to create this page.  All I needed was the right sketch and some time.  Well that all came together this weekend when I found the time and came upon this sketch from Sketches in Thyme:

I loved it and knew it was perfect to document this story for my son's scrapbook.

I am also entering this layout in Clique Kits May Anything Goes Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by....I will be back tomorrow to share another page I did this weekend for Matt's scrapbook.

~~Sandi~~

Life is Good

Dave and I were able to get away for a weekend in April to celebrate his 47th birthday.  We rented a vacation condo on a sleepy little key in the Gulf of Mexico called Cedar Key.  We had a wonderful and very relaxing two and a half days.  We snapped this selfie on the balcony facing the water shortly after we arrived.  the colors in the photo really matched the colors of the new Pink Paislee collection -- Citrus Bliss.  The only thing on this whole layout that is not from that collection is the yellow felt banner behind the photo.  I used another awesome Laura Whitaker sketch, this time from Stuck? Sketches!

Another reason I really love this photo is that for the last 6-8 months I have been consciously changing my eating and lifestyle to reflect a healthier approach to life.  To date I have lost 45 pounds and I feel great.  Dave has been going to the gym for nearly 2 years and looks incredible.  This picture reflects those changes.  It has been difficult at times to stay on track but we are both determined to enter our golden years in as good shape as is within our power to do so.  For that reason I am entering this page in Lasting Memories Anything Goes -- Determination Challenge.

I was inspired by this color challenge at Kelly's blog Creating With Paper and More

I think I used all these gorgeous colors so I am entering it in Kelly's challenge also.

We are getting ready to celebrate Memorial Day by donating blood and then taking a long walk at the beautiful Waterfront Park.

How are you celebrating this weekend?

~~Sandi~~

#BizzyIzzy

I am still working on catching up my granddaughter Izzy's scrapbook.  Her sister Abby loves having her picture taken and there was a time when Izzy was 2 that she absolutely HATED having her picture taken.  Therefore Abby's album has more pages than Izzy's.  But when we were out in Chicago in March that all changed....Izzy was more than willing to let me take her picture.  In fact in these pictures she took them  herself.

I used leftovers from several Scrapbook Circle kits for this page.  In fact the only thing that was not in a SC kit are the Thickers for the title and the couple of enamel dots.  I used the Scrapbook Circle May sketch by Diana Fisher:

Edited 7/6/15 to add: I am linking up this page to the new issue at Paper Issues -- Hey, Tech This Out! With Color Cast Designs

I am also entering this page in Clique Kits May Challenge....which has a fabulous prize from a new stamp company.  Details can be seen by going to this link:

https://cliquekits.wordpress.com/2015/05/02/clique-kits-may-challenge/

~~Sandi~~

Hello Friend

I live in Florida and I must confess to being totally helpless this time of year when all the nautical/beachy and summery collections come out.  I must get them.  Every one of them.  DCWV recently released a new stack called Seaside Yacht and when I spotted it recently at my Michael's it somehow fell in my cart.  LOL  I used it on this card for a friend of mine in Missouri.  

I am entering it in the current challenge at ShowCASe Your Style -- Make a Friendship card.

Thanks for stopping by....3 more work days for me and then I get a nice long 3-day weekend.  Woo-Hoo!!

~~Sandi~~