Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Again, please excuse the poor photography of my layout....this Florida weather (and most of the country's weather) has been difficult this winter.  Here we have had one dreary, chilly day after another.  I know it is better than the weather that most of the country is experiencing but it is out of the ordinary for us here.  So I have been forced to photograph my pages in my photo booth which frankly is much more suited to photographing cards than 12x12 pages.

I really like how this layout turned out.  Have you ever been working on a project and just not liking it until the very end when you step back and take a look?  That was how it was with this page.  When it was finally done, I looked at it and said "Hey, that's not so bad!! I rather like it"  My hubby and I have a real weakness for diner food.  It is our guilty pleasure.  We also like to take notes while watching Guy Fieri's show and visit some of the same places that he visits.  I decided to document all that with this retro diner inspired page.

I used this perfect sketch from Lasting Memories for my layout:

And I am entering it in their month long food themed challenge.  Details are HERE.

~~Sandi~~

A Day in the Sunshine

I loved the February 15th sketch from Stuck? Sketches this month and thought it would be perfect for a throwback picture from 31 years ago.....1984.  That is me with my two little boys who are not so little anymore!  Sorry for the awful picture....the Sunshine State has not been living up to it's name recently.

Here is the sketch I used:

The challenge is still open until the end of the month if you would like to use the sketch and link up an entry.  You can see all the details HERE.

~~Sandi~~

Lawnscaping's 100th Challenge

I love Lawn Fawn stamps and the Lawnscaping challenge blog.  When I saw they were celebrating their 100th challenge, I knew I had to play along.  My granddaughter Abby's 7th birthday is coming up and in addition to the TON of clothes I bought her (I just LOVE buying cute little girl clothes), Dave and I are giving her a Visa gift card and taking her out to breakfast and then shopping anywhere she wants to go for her birthday.  I am so excited that we will be able to share her birthday with her this year.  Living 1000 miles away, I miss many of the celebrations.

I used my Lawn Fawn gift bag die and all the papers, twine, sequins and even the little flair badge is from Lawn Fawn.  This bag is just the perfect size for come confetti and the gift card.

There are still a few more days to enter the Lawnscaping challenge the theme of which (naturally) is a Birthday Celebration.  You can see the details HERE.

I am also entering this project in Red Carpet Studios My Fair Lady Challenge which is to create a girly project with lots of layers.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my project....the weekend is over and now it is on to Monday....ugh.

~~Sandi~~

Surrounded by Love

I am almost done with my wedding album.....lol it will be 12 years this May that Dave and I got married but in my defense I have only been scrapping 7 of those years.  This is one of my favorite pages so far that I have created.  I used this awesome sketch from My Scraps and More Sketches:

I am entering it in their sketch #99 challenge....there is still time to enter.  You can see the detail HERE.

I am also entering this in Red Carpet Studios Casablanca Challenge...to use black/white and one other color.

Thanks for stopping by...hope your weekend was wonderful.  Mine was.

~~Sandi~~

With Sympathy

I have not made many sympathy cards....I think they are difficult to make given the emotion of the situation.  This past week however I decided to keep it simple and elegant.  I went with classic black and white with an embossed background and a simple heat embossed sentiment.

I am entering this in Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge -- Add a Little Texture

It's the weekend.  I hope you are not snowed in where you live and are able to get out and do something fun.  Dave and I are going out to breakfast in a couple of hours (I am up REALLY early this morning) in St. Augustine and then on to do some sightseeing, shopping and walking around a really cool area of Jacksonville Beach that we recently discovered.

I will be back to post more later....promise.

~~Sandi~~

So Happy Together

I am not much of a 2 page layout scrapper.  I rarely have enough photos to warrant a 2 pager.  But last summer while visiting with the family up in the midwest we all went blueberry picking and I got a number of decent pictures.  It was such a fun day that I wanted to document the day and a couple of collages and this awesome sketch were perfect for telling my story.  I used Elle's Studio Sycamore Lane which is a fall themed collection but it worked perfectly for my summer layout.  Here is the sketch by Laura Whittaker from Scrap Much?:

As you can see I stayed pretty true to the sketch which is also a little unusual for me.  I love the way the 2 pages flow together.  Here are some close ups of each page:

We got a TON of blueberries and the next morning I made blueberry pancakes but that is another possible 2 pager.  There is still time to work with this sketch and link yours up.  You can see the details HERE....and did I mention ....there is a prize!!  Woo hoo!

Thanks for dropping in and checking out my blog.

~~Sandi~~

Happy Bee-day

I recently bought February's Swag Bag from Paper Issues shop.  What is a swag bag, you ask? It is a bag of fun little embellishments and journal cards usually built loosely around a theme. In February there was lots of Valentines goodies and other little pretties.  Cassie Box, the owner of Paper Issues does an awesome job of putting them together all for the low price under $10.  

I used the card sketch from Paper Issues for this card for my niece's upcoming birthday.  Except for the enamel dots and blue bumblebee background paper everything is from my swag bag.  I used my Lawn Fawn alpha stamps to create the sentiment.

 

I am linking this card up to the Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday.

 

I have been creatively very productive this week so I have lots to share....I hope you will continue to check out my blog....I love visitors!!

~~Sandi~~