Sweet 'N Sassy

My daughter LOVED her tap costume for this year's recital! And, it was perfect for her- sassy, sparkly, red and covered with stars! Every year before the recital, we stop at the park for a quick photoshoot. This year's photos came out gorgeous and I just can't get over how beautiful my little girl is!

The new Scrappin' Sports & More collection, "Sports & Activities," has a great "dance" themed paper with tap on the front and ballet on the back. I love that the tap one is black and white because no matter the costume, the paper will go with it!

Products Used:
#1408- Sports & Activities: Tap/Ballet
#1430- Sports & Activities: Workout

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

You are my Sunshine!

Scrappin' Sports & More has a new collection of papers and they are FANTASTIC!! The colors are great, the designs are wonderful and they are so fun to work with! Today I wanted to share some of the "b" side patterns that are so fun! There are dots, stripes and chevrons! And the colors are so yummy!

I've been waiting for just the right opportunity to scrap this photo of my daughter and when my new papers arrived in the mail, I knew this was it!

Here's a closeup of the sun! Isn't the yellow just perfect up against the blue?

And check out this little flower garden! So stinkin' cute!! I used the thin green stripe from the teeball paper for the flower stems!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you enjoyed my project and that you are as excited about the new papers as I am!

Products Used:
#1417: Sports & Activites- Gymnastics (yellow)
#1425: Sports & Activites- Swimming (blue)
#1427: Sports & Activities- Teeball (green stripe)

Just One of the Guys

Hi, everyone!  This is the project I have on the Scrappin' Sports & More blog today!

For today's project, I was determined to use a photo that I'd already printed and just "had" to scrap, but hadn't got to it yet. I found the perfect one that was just begging for some SS&M papers to go with!

Unfortunately, my son was not able to play Little League, so we were on the lookout for an opportunity for him to continue his love and participation in baseball. And, the perfect opportunity presented itself when Colby was able to be the Bat Boy for the 7th Grade baseball team at the school that I teach at. The boys had been playing together since they were Colby's age, but took him in as though he'd been on the team all along. In the first practice that Colby went to, they boys were introduced to him and then started running laps. As they ran off, one of them turned around and said, Colby, are you coming?!" And, that's how it started!

The season continued and they taught him everything we need to know to be a part of the team-- what to do a bat boy, how (and when) to cheer for his teammates and, most importantly, how to spit sunflower seeds! I was so proud of my son AND my students for being a great team!

Enough yapping..... here's my layout! It's simple, because I wanted to focus to be on this fabulous picture of Colby on the bench with his team.

And, here's a close up:

(you may notice that there's no black line in the close up... I decided to add it after I took the first round of photos... it just needed "something else" and I forgot to take a closeup shot!)

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you were inspired!

~Nicole

Products Used:
#1337- The Sport Is.... Baseball (baseball strip)
#1359- School is Cool: 4th Grade (yellow)
#1370- Title Sports: Cross Country (green)

Flying High

We are on vacation here in Maine this week and the weather has been AMAZING! It feels very summerlike, but we still have eight LONG weeks of school before it will really be summer. Both of my kids got new kites for Easter this year and have been dying to take them for a spin. We finally got the chance this past Sunday- it was a gorgeous, sunny, breezy day when there was nothing else on the calendar! So, we went down the road to a park about 5 minutes from home where there is plenty of open space to fly their kites. It was really the first time that they could fly them without a lot of help from mom or dad.

Here's Elizabeth and her kite! I had a fun time using the "Title Sports" collection from Scrappin' Sports & More for this layout. The bright colors are so fun for summer-day activities!

Here's a close up of the fun pattern of squares:

And, here's a close up of the cute diecut kite!

This layout is based on a sketch from the fabulous Heather Landry! Thanks, Heather, for letting me share it!

Products Used:

#1381- Title Sports: Tennis (yellow)
#1371- Title Sports: Dance (purple)
#1378- Title Sports: Prom (blue)
#1373- Title Sports: Golf (green)

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you were inspired!

A Bottle of Sunshine!

Have you ever wished you could send someone a bottle of sunshine? Well, I have! If you have a friend or family member who could use a little cheer, you can send a bottle to brighten their day!

First, I talked my husband into drinking some of the Starbuck's Frappacchino's from the grocery store. Then, I ran the empty bottle through the dishwasher and cleaned off the label. Then, I set to work creating SUNSHINE! I picked out the yellow candy from some leftover Easter goodies. Then, I covered the cap with some fun Tennis paper from Scrappin' Sports & More's Girls Rule collection. Then, I traced and cut a sun on to the same paper and adhered it to the front of the bottle. Finally, I added a bow and VOILA! A bottle of sunshine!

Products Used:
#1395- Girls Rule: Tennis

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you were inspired!

Just Dance!

My daughter LOVES to dance! She's always on the move and nearly every pass down the hallway or through the yard includes a twirl, or two. Throughout her years of dance, her costumes have run the gammet from frilly to funky, but she never seems to get into any other "character" but her own. I love that about her!

This "Just Dance" paper from the Girls Rule Collection from Scrappin' Sports & More is perfect for so many occasions. I love that it has a black and white color scheme so that no matter the color of the photos, the paper will fit it perfectly! Together with some cardstock, ribbon, bling and chipboard stickers from my stash, and the layout came together quickly, and beautifully!

Here's a closeup of the title. Believe it or not, the words "Just Dance" are a part of the paper! I just added the butterfly and a little bling-- after all, no dance layout is complete without some bling!

Products Used:

#1388- Girls Rule: Just Dance

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you were inspired!

Laces OUT!

I saw some really fun cards on the Fiskars website a while back and it was a fun idea that I tucked into the back of my head. I knew I could adapt it to make some fabulously simple and cute cards with Scrappin' Sports & More papers!
These cards are perfect for a party invitation, a thank you for the coach, or even something sweet for your football fan ("I get a kick out of you....").

Here's how I made the laces....

First, cut a strip of cardstock about 1 3/8" wide. Then, punch one side with your Notebook Edge punch (mine is from EK Success).

Then, flip the strip of paper around and punch the other side. Try to match the notches up as best as you can.

Then, using a sharp pair of scissors, cut the "nubbies" off.

Do the same on the other side and you have perfect football laces!

Just affix them to the front of your card made with some Scrappin' Sports football papers and you have a super sweet, simple card! Isn't it so cute?!?!

Products Used:
#1330- On the Edge Sports: Soccer
#1373- Title Sports: Football

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you were inspired!

Wild About Tigger!

I am having so much fun playing with the new paper lines from Scrappin' Sports & More! I think it's really fun to come up with ideas to use the papers other than the way they were intended. And, today's project is no exception!

First, I used the zebra print on the Cheer paper from the Girls Rule Collection. Then, I got comfy with American Idol and a marker and went to town. (Yep! I'm a lefty...)

Before I knew it, I no longer had zebra paper-- I had TIGER paper.... make that TIGGER paper!

Seriously! Is that fun, or what?!!? Here's a close up of the paper. I cut the word "WILD" out of the paper with my cricut to make my title.

I have so many fun ideas swirling around in my head of what to do with all of this fun paper! I can't wait to show you more!

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you were inspired!

Scrappin' Sports Products Used:
#1387: Girls Rule- Cheer

Duffy the Defuzzinator!

Our sweet Goldendoodle LOVES to completely destroy tennis balls.  First, he attacks the sqeaker and then off comes the fuzz.  Since we aren't really tennis players in our family, scrapping Duffy's escapades seemed like a great use of Scrappin' Sports & More's new tennis paper!  I just added some Momenta stickers (the cool black ones) and POOF... a layout about Duffy the Defuzzinator!

Thanks for stopping by!  Come on back for a fun Momenta project soon!