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It's Friday (for me)!

My work week is over, and I am preparing for a weekend filled with paper, glue, and giggles.  I've got tickets to ride crop at Scrapbook Expo tomorrow and Saturday, and I wanna play!    But to play, I need to pack, so I'm headed off to do just that in a few minutes.  Before I go:

If you're looking for my Project Life  updates (like from week 15 to current), please be patient with me.  I'm current through week 26 and the pictures are taken; I just need to crop and post them.  Maybe I'll get to finish weeks 27 and 28 this weekend.

I created this layout last Friday in response to a couple challenges, one of them based on a PageMaps sketch for a contest.  There's still time to enter (like the one I posted yesterday).

 

Scrapping!

Things are a little crazy here!  I'm headed to Scrapbook Expo Friday and Saturday.  Then home on Sunday for laundry and packing.  Then Monday morning I'm off to CHA and a little time in my hometown to visit family!  So, instead of preparing for Expo (cropping Friday and Saturday), I'm updating my blog!  Can we spell pro-cras-ti-na-tion???  Oh well; it's all good.  If I don't spend hours preparing, I won't be as productive but I'll still have fun! 

I created this layout last weekend based upon a PageMaps sketch and for the Punky Sprouts contest.  There's still time to enter if you like!   I picked up this paper at the CKC Portland 2011 Thursday night technique crop.  I actually LOVED the paper, but I didn't love the layout or technique.  So I created something different.  The paper is still pretty busy, but I like how it turned out.

Favorite May Layouts

You may remember that I participated in Layout A Day in May that made May fly by! I don't think I'll post every layout I did, but I thought I'd post my favorites! 

Of all the layouts I completed, this is probably my favorite; maybe because this is one of my favorite photos: 

Then there is this one created with a 26-year-old photo, also well loved.  The kids are all grown; things change. 

Then there's this one -- it makes me grin everytime I look at it.  

Then this layout of Brenna's pup, Miss Lilu.  She turned one year old this year. 

This one just for fun: 

And my favorite layout of Gracie: 

This is my favorite layout of the little Dude; the joy on his face is priceless: 

Dixie Pieces Tropical Paradise Kit Goes On Sale Today!

This was a fun kit to  play with.  Feel free to jump over to the design team's folder and view the layouts, cards and projects created by the designers. 

Here are my layouts.  The first one is of our grandson and his Aunt Bee.  I used the kit's zipper to create the flowers.  Tip:  I split the zipper by pulling it apart.  Zipper flower tip:  use your hot glue gun!  I didn't find any of my trusty adhesives up for the task.  If you have something else that works, let me know!

 

This is our baby girl; pink is her favorite color!  I know this photo is a bit dark, but it's still one of my favorites.  Tip:  You can use your inks to color the Bella Blvd white alphas.  I used pink below.

 

Lastly, we have that lovely, varigated animal print (here in green but above in pink) used on the layout documenting the great t-shirts Krista designed for Damien's first Father's Day gifts. Each tee sports a unique design.  I grabbed some Jillibean Soup corrugated hearts out of my stash and added to this layout.  The green dot material is printed tissue paper from Pink Paislee; I cut a nice, long strip and ruffled it below.

 

You can purchase your kit here!