Cutest Gator Fan Ever

In our family football is serious business. Well, I should clarify - University of Florida - football is serious business. I took these pictures of my baby boy watching (sleeping) through his first game on his daddy's chest. His 4 day old eyes just couldn't stay open for all four quarters though. I based the layout on this week's Sketchy Thursday's sketch.


Recipe:
Patterned Paper: Little Yellow Bicycle, Making Memories, The Girls Papiere
Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug: Argyle
Ink: Stampin' UP!
Brads: Sassafrass Lass
Cardstock Embelli shments: Sassafrass Lass, American Crafts
Alphabets: American Crafts, Making Memories
Buttons: Misc


Thanks for looking,

CarrieAnne

Best Friends

I received almost the entire "Whitewash" line from We R Memory Keepers quite some time ago, but hot pink, electric blue, and lime green are colors I rarely reach for in scrapbooking so I had to wait for the right opportunity to use these products. This picture of my 8 year old daughter and her best friend was perfect and I used the sketch from Sketchy Thursdays secret sketch challenge for inspiration. To get in on the Sketchy Thursdays challenge you will need to visit their Facebook page as they are shaking things up a bit this week by not posting the sketch on their blog and asking challenge participants to not post the sketch on our blogs.

I cut tons of the flowers out of patterned paper and layered, creased, and added dimensionals to get the look I wanted. Most of the flowers have centers made from bling, pearls, buttons, glue, or stickers.

Thanks for looking,

CarrieAnne

My first online challenge with Sketchy Thursdays

So here is some of that artwork I promised - even if it is a few days late. This is the first online challenge I have ever participated in just for fun (with no professional obligations attached).

Sketchy Thursdays is a great sketch challenge site where every Thursday a new challenge is posted.

Here is my take on the sketch. The paper is Kaiser Kraft, with a few Pink Paislee and Prima embellishments thrown in for good measure. Simple and quickly put together, but my first project posted on my new blog so I am excited by the result!




This picture is of my two eldest daughters on a day trip to Stone Mountain. One of my favorite things about being their mom is watching the bond between them grow. They are inevitably holding hands and at least for now they think it is pretty cool to do things together.

Thanks for looking!
CarrieAnne