Germany, Busch Gardens

I LOVE how this page turned out! I wasn't so sure it was going to work because I really don't have anything "German" looking for embellishments. I got the inspiration from this week's sketch at Sketch Inspirations but I admit, it doesn't look all that much like the sketch unless you count the orientation and number of photos! But it was my inspiration nonetheless! I used Bazzil cardstock and a piece of Jenni Bowlin patterned paper that I found in an old box of my stash...so its probably quite old! The clocks are leftovers from a package from K&Co. but they worked with the reds and the giant Cuckoo Clock in the bottom left photo. The key is also a leftover and also K & Co. and maybe doesn't "fit" the theme, but its old which is the feel I was going for, and it fit perfectly in that blank space! The journaling ticket is Tim Holtz and the small letters spelling out Busch Gardens are also Jenni Bowlin. I made the German flag out of cardstock (the colors aren't exactly right but they had to match my layout!!), the flower is Bazzil and I cut the GERMANY title on the Cricut using a free font I found online. I'm really happy with this layout and even happier that I got most of the Germany pictures on one layout! I have a few more so there will definitely be one more, but like I said with the Ireland one, if I can keep each "country" to two pages, I will be happy!! Italy is up next!!

A Beary Fun Trip!

When I saw this bear holding a camera in Busch Gardens, I had to make John pose in front of it! And of course, he then made me do it! I love the pictures but was really at a loss at how to work the bear element into it! So I just chose to keep it simple and use a play on words for the title. I used the new sketch just posted from Creative Scrappers and also made a ric rac circle for the Frosted Designs challenge. The papers are by Pink Paislee and Cosmo Cricket. Letters and saying stickers are Bella Blvd. Quite a simple layout for me!!

Ireland, Busch Gardens

Its really been a while since I did a two-pager! You can click the picture to see it bigger.  I really don't want to do a HUGE album for our trip to Busch Gardens considering it was just a long weekend. I have done a few single or two photo layouts already and decided that for the "country" pictures, I will get as many photos on a two-pager as possible, the rest will just go in photo sleeves. This layout is based on a sketch by Cheri at Let's Scrap. She is my GO TO sketch person for two page layouts!!! I used a mix of papers from Best Creations, Reminisce and Daisy D's. I found that I don't have much in the way of GREEN papers!! The shamrocks were cut on my Cricut using a free SVG file from Amy's SVGs and using Sure Cuts A Lot 2. I broke a plate to my Cuttlebug making this layout too!! The 3rd layer of the bottom right shamrock circle is embossed. Well I accidentally used the wrong "sandwich" combination and half way through I thought it was awful tight and then SNAP! Broke plate B clear in half! I actually thought it was pretty funny. I guess you had to be there! Anyway, the other stuff on this layout are doilies that I picked up at the Dollar Tree, the black letters on the wavy paper I THINK are by Recollections but am not positive. Not sure where the white trim came from either!! The small green flowers on the doilies are Prima and the gold coins on the shamrocks are actually tokens from Busch Gardens that the kids didn't end up using!! I thought they worked great on this layout!

Phew, this layout took a long time! I've been working on this on and off since about 9pm and its almost midnight. Time for me to close the eyelids! Have a great night!

Goofy Girls

This was such a fun layout to do. The bright colors of the papers along with the fun of the photo just made it come together so easily!! I did this one for the Supply List challenge at A Cherry On Top. You had to use 5 patterened papers, a button, chipboard and the color yellow. I knew this photo would be perfect and as I was going through my paper bins, this We R Memory Keepers White Out paper jumped right out! The rest was easy! The journaling card was a free download from Creativity Prompts. She has quite a few freebies so be sure to check her blog out! Letters are Thickers that I got from Crafty Steals . The photo is Susie and her bestie Emily in Busch Gardens. In every shop we stopped in they tried on all the silly hats. This particular one had me cracking up because they added coordinating sunglasses and stuck out their tongues which were BLUE from the Icees they had been drinking. Susie's hat had these crazy tube things all over it that lit up but you can't see that from the photo. Emily chose a lovely HOT DOG hat! LOL!

World Travels - Ireland Busch Gardens

So now I am kicking myself for wasting most of today doing nothing. The last two layouts I did from our recent trip to Busch Gardens just flowed together so easily. Now that its Sunday evening, I know that I will not be able to do much more scrapping until Friday. :( That's a total bummer. And being Sunday evening I'm starting to think about work again and dreading going in tomorrow. More drama, more b.s., more crap that I just don't feel like dealing with anymore....oh and there's the work too!

This layout is a photo of me that John took standing by the gate entering Ireland in Busch Gardens. I used the sketch done by Liz Qualman which is the challenge this week at Stuck On You Sketches. I used a mish mosh of manufacturers to complete this! The background paper is glittery but the photo didn't pick that up...its by BoBunny. The circle with the print is Basic Grey Basics, the circle that the photo is mated on is Basic Grey Capella but it was too pastel-y so I gave it a spray with Coffee Shop Glimmer Mist and got the look I was hoping for! The flowers and birds are by K&Co. as is the pearl brad in the center of the larger flower. The letters are both Basic Grey and Pink Paislee. The dot cardstock is from Oriental Trading and the ball trim I have no idea! I really like the way this layout came out!

Going Wild

Haven't done much this Sunday except be lazy. The house has been quiet....Susie had a friend sleep over and when John woke up at 7am, the girls were STILL up. So needless to say, at 3pm they are still sleeping! I am going to wake them up shortly though! Matt had a birthday party to attend and John is helping a friend with his car. So I've had ALL DAY to scrap....but nope. I played on Facebook, did the last of the week's laundry, played some more on Facebook, changed the look of my blog, added more stuff to my wish list at A Cherry On Top, read email, cleaned up my scrap desk, blah blah blah! I finally got some inspiration when I saw this sketch at Sassy Lil Sketches. It worked perfect with these pictures of the animals we saw at Busch Gardens. The kids were totally uninterested in the animal area but John and I really enjoyed reading about them and watching them in their habitats. So while they were off on the roller coasters, we strolled through the animals and got some amazing photos! Isn't that wolf picture awesome!! And there is just something amazing about being this close to an American Bald Eagle. They are so majestic! And SERIOUSLY...a Porcupine? In my 42 years and all the zoos and animal sanctuaries and displays I have seen, I have NEVER seen a real Porky-pine! Soo cool!! Anywhoooo, I used the Sassy Lil Sketches sketch, BoBunny Roughin' It papers and Jenni Bowlin and Basic Grey letters. There wasn't much room for embellishing and I don't have much in the way of animal stuff that I could think to use anyway! Its simple but I love that it focuses more on the photos and less on the doo dads on the page!

Dinner At Cracker Barrel

I love scrapping photos right after they are taken. It doesn't always happen that way but so far I have done two layouts using photos I took last weekend when we went to Busch Gardens. This was our dinner on Friday night, after having left New Jersey at 3:30am, driving for 5 hours and then spending 6 hours in the park. We were all tired and hungry and Cracker Barrel was right next to our hotel. The kids aren't big fans of Cracker Barrel although John and I like it! I used the sketch by Stacy at Sketches for You for her weekly Stash Challenge. I had to use the sketch and buttons. Mission Accomplished!! The papers are My Minds Eye, lettering is JenniBowlin for the little round letters and Basic Grey Capella for the bigger ones. The Old Fashioned ephemera is by K&Co. that I got on clearance at M's two weeks ago during a major K&Co blowout they had! I think it was like 99c for the big pack that was normally $4.99!