Mid Year Mark

Ok, if I have figured correctly, we are only about 2 weeks from the middle of the year! I can't believe how fast this year is flying by. Things have been relatively calm around here for a couple of weeks, and we have had some great family time together.

I have been scrapping quite a bit and I am currently at 115 layouts for the year. Technically, this puts me slightly ahead for my yearly goal of 213, but I always slow down during Christmas holidays so I really wanted to be further ahead than this. Maybe I can really kick it in gear over the next few weeks and get further ahead. It's funny how sometimes you are inspired almost everyday to scrap a memory, and sometimes you don't get inspired at all for several weeks. (Sometimes my lack of inspiration seems linked to whatever good book I am lost in!)

Of course, challenges always seem to get my insipration stirred up! Along with the daily challenges at Scrap Orchard, I have signed up for 104 Days of Inspiration with Traci Reed. Basically, you get two challenges each week via email. I am loving it so far!

Okay, here are the layouts I have done in the past few weeks:

My Project Scrap layout for May. Kit is Parker by Shabby Princess and template is, of course, from her as well.

Another summer top ten spread. I realized after placing all the pics, that my numbers were gonna go right to left and, while my OCD wanted to fix it, it was very late and my heavy eyelids won the battle! :) Kit is Tracy Howard's Capture Life July. Alpha and numbers from Chelle's Creations.

Template is Little Green Frog Designs and kit is Hold Your Horses from Bella Gypsy with a few sneak ins from various kits.

Template is LGFD again and kit is Apple of My Eye from Chelle's Creations.

Templates from Scrappin with Liz. Whew! That's alot of pictures! Kit is I Love You 100 by Bella Gypsy.

Have you spotted a theme? All the "highlights" layouts? I did a photobook for my parents! This kit is Cozy Up by Bella Gypsy.

Template is LGFD with blend added. Kit is Hoppin into Spring by Kay Miller Designs except alpha which is from Bella Gypsy.

 These pictures are from just a few days ago. As I looked at them, it just struck me what a beautiful girl Anna is growing up to be. Kit is No Bummer Summer by Bella Gypsy and Megan Turnidge. Template is from Shabby Princess.

Well, that's it for now! As I look at these layouts, I realize Will is a bit missing. Guess I better scrap some about the little fellow next. Happy Scrapping!

May Layouts!

Well, things have calmed down a bit around here! T-ball has ended and baseball is winding down. I have scrapped more, but I am gonna have to kick it up a notch to get to 106 layouts (halfway to my yearly goal of 213) by the middle of the month! Here are the rest of my May layouts:

The pictures in this layout are from my mom's phone when my ds fell asleep under the buggy in Walmart one day three years ago. I never scrapped them because they were not good quality and I couldn't blow them up much. A challenge to use this template was the perfect inspiration! Kit is Night Owl by Tracy Howard except purple alpha from Taste of Easter by Suzy Q Scraps.

This one is about my girls constantly catching catepillars/bugs! Mostly Buggalicious kit by Kristin Aagard.

This is another picture that is not good quality. I tweaked what I could with color and lighting, but it was still not crystal clear. However, it is about her dreamily letting the wind blow her hair through the window so I figured it didn't have to be super sharp. Don't be afraid to scrap those pics that are not perfect. Sure, a great pic really makes a layout, but a bad pic still tells the story and capturing the memory is what's important! Everything is My Sunshine kit by Megan Turnidge except the butterflies.

Another old pic! Love the feeling that I am catching up on those old pics I never got scrapped because I was a SUPER slow scrapper who thought every page had to be a perfect work of art. This layout came from a challenge to use the word life in the title. I immediately thought of the day my 88 year old grandma wanted to ride the four wheeler with my son! You can't read the journaling, but it says she whispered to him to go fast! Kit is My Happiness by Tickled Pink Studios. Template by Little Green Frog Designs.

Love the ability to get so many photos in! That task is so easy with templates from Scrappin with Liz! This particular layout is all about my ds getting to go on air with a local meteorologist and touring the TV network. It was a very cool day and I am so happy I got the memory scrapped. Kit is Techno Geek freebie from Scrap Orchard designers except orange alpha from Bella Gypsy and green stitch alpha by Chelle's Creations.

I am making a photobook for my parents which will include the yearly layouts of my kids with a picture from each month, so I made this layout to go in it of my sweet neice, Ellie's, first 8 months. Brady's Room kit. Template by Chrissy W.

Template by Little Green Frog Designs. I got lazy on this one and didn't label the kits. Sorry.

This layout is a summer recap of 2010. I love these "Top Ten" lists for summer! Template is another by the lovely Liz. Kit is Perfect Picnic collab from Scrap Orchard.

Well, that's what I accomplished in May. I am currently at 100 layouts for the year! I will check in again in a couple of weeks! Happy scrapping!