Whew , Glad this is off my desk!

  This 2 page layout has really been difficult for me. I had certain parameters to work around and I just could not make it work. My husband recently went on an 8 day business trip to Switzerland.   Two of his best buds from work went with him. They had  ton of fun .All the pictures are pictures that my non photographer husband took with his iphone and sent me during the week. I wanted to incorporate as many as I could and the sketch at Lets Scrap Sketches helped me with that. Also I wanted to keep it masculine and the main embellishments had to be my very broken goose egg. In one of the photos is a market stand. Jeff knew that I would love to see the sidewalk market and did not realize that the picture had an Easter tree in it. so this one had to included. He bought me two handpainted Easter eggs for our Easter tree while there and the big goose egg did not make it home. I was determined to scrap the trip and have the embellies be parts of the goose egg.Jeff was heartbroken that it did not make it so I wanted to showcase it and preserve it the best I could. I am very relieved to call this one done and get to move on! I hope he likes it!
 Here is the sketch

Here is my take

I originally wanted to sprinkle around pieces of the goose egg but it was not pleasing me so I decided to make some round embellies using the pieces. I was very pleased with how they turned out. They got to Olten on Sunday morning and Jeff said that all the churches were ringing their bells. Kind of a dueling church bells. He said it was amazing. Here in the US we don't hear church bells much anymore. So churches had to be the focal point. Jeff loves the food so had to sprinkle that in too.
The journaling is hidden on one of the tags.
 I am also entering this in the Mystic Mountain challenge at Lasting Memories 
going to link up at Paper Issues   for their Prints Charming link up party. 


 Thank you for stopping by and visiting with me. I so love sharing with you.
Brenda

Not done with Easter yet!

  I have one more Easter layout done and pictures for 2 more! I just had to preserve the egg-citement Zade showed when he got his Easter basket. As the journaling states, he is clueless to what was in it but he knew that it was the same as Skyler and Neal's. He is in a stage where he wants.....demands... to have what they have. So he was beyond thrilled Easter morning.
   I am entering this in 2 challenges.. PaperCraftersCorner Magazine Monday challenge. I loved the retro colors in the picture and thought they worked well for my photos. And of course it doesn't get much more spring than Easter! I am also entering it in a sketch challenge at Sketch-N-Scrap.
I was very intimidated by this sketch when I first saw it and did not even pin it. A friend in my yahoo group used the sketch and I loved her layout so decided to give it a go. You can check hers out here.
The sketch.....

My take......

All the papers are Bo Bunny Lemonade Stand. I have never had a border added to a picture before... These were poor quality photos with lots of blurring so I thought it would be fun to try with them. I am not sure how I feel about them?

  Thank you for spending your time with me. I am humbled.
Brenda

Easter take 2

 I did get some of my "Cinderella" chores done today so took the opportunity this afternoon to scrap again. This is another one that just was not going to together for me. I kept throwing stuff at it but... Decided to walk away and call it done. I have a wonderful memory scrapped and that is a victory.
  I started with a sketch from Sketchabilities  The design team there is beyond amazing. So much talent!
Here is the sketch

And here is my take

 I am also going to enter this at Picture This. The challenge was one photo, corners and splatters. I think I will link it up at Paper Issues too.

 Thank you for stopping by. Hope your blessings are many.
Brenda

Easter take One

  I am feeling so incredibly blessed. This is my third week of unemployment. I have been trying to tackle my out of control to do list around the house..ugh today I just wasn't feeling it so decided to scrap instead..Yep made a mess instead of getting ahead.....
   I have felt that my scrapping has been in a "box" lately so trying to do some new things to break out. One of the "box" things is somehow I had gotten to where I always started with a sketch and tried to make my pictures work, so no sketch for this one!! I used zero enamel dots on this...... that was HARD! Well, without further ado here is the layout.

I am going to enter this in the Scrap Our Stash Challenge. The challenge is to use the word S_T_A_M_P
  S-Stamp, stitching
 T-twine  thread
 A-arrow
 M-matting
 P-Pattern Paper
I am also linking it up at Paper Issues EGGs-cellent ADD-ventures link up party

 I had so much fun making this. It is a reminder to me that even when I have no inspiration JUST START. This is soooooo far from where I started it is almost comical...And I Loved working with my gelatos in a different way. (blending with damp fingers)I will definitely be doing that again.
Thank you for stopping by. I hope today finds you feeling blessed.
Brenda

Sparkle and Shine

  I love this challenge blog and am so happy to have had time to play along. I was told last night that my job has come to an end. I am sad but relieved all rolled together. But I know that God has a plan and if I seek after him it is all going to be great.
So today I got to spend lots of time with my grandsons and even stole a little time in the craft cave.
  I am so excited to find time to create a card for the challenge at Sparkle and Shine. I really loved all the inspitration from the design team at Winnie & Walter.
Here is the sketch

And here is my take

This is the first time I have used a lawn fawn die and I am so happy with it. I loved the stitched look so much. May have to invest in more!!!.... LOL maybe it would help me use up some of this paper.....

Thank you for taking a moment to visit me.
Have a blessed day!
Brenda

Kraft Plus

  I absolutely love this site!!! The challenges and the inspiration from the DT are awesome. But to me the greatest thing about this challenge blog is the quality of the entrants work. I was blown away by the amazing layouts last month  in their first ever challenge and so far the month of March has not disappointed. I hesitate to even add mine because it is a hot mess... some by design some by frustration. But it is mine and the day is documented!
    Amanda had sent me a picture of this banner for Trips half birthday and I never got one made so decided to make it for a layout. The picture of the banner was the color inspiration. And then just kept adding. And of course the challenge this month is glitter so I got to bling it up!!!  Here is the sketch

And here is my take.....

Thank you for taking a moment to see my take on the challenge. Don't I have the cutest grandchildren!!!!!

Hope for you a day filled with many wondrous moments!
Brenda

A LAYOUT!!!!!

  I have so struggled recently trying to get a layout complete.Just nothing I did made me happy enough to add adhesive to it.  I had a block of time that was not designated this morning so decided to re visit it with fresh eyes. Still not in love with it but I find often they "grow on me". But the fact is I have another one for the books and hopefully the mojo will stay with me this time lol. I am also linking it up at Paper Issues Enamored with enamel link up party
  I followed sketch #114 at Let's Capture Our Memories. Here it is

And here is my take... This is my beautiful youngest daughter Amanda and her precious boy Trip. It was taken at my house at some point during Christmas. She just looks so happy!

I used mostly Authentique Hope collection papers.
The flowers are all Paper Studio and the hearts are Teresa Collins.
And of course my MTC for the frame and the title.

Thanks for taking the time to look.
Hope your day is sunny and bright!
Brenda