LOVE MY GIRLS

This was a layout I made for a design team call a few months back for the Nuts About Sketches blog.  Although I didn't make the team, I did get the chance to make a layout using my absolute FAVORITE pictures of my girls my dear friend and former neighbor Scherry took for me back in October 2012.  It was one of those layouts that came together very quickly.  The sketch was easy to follow, and I absolutely loved the Little Yellow Bicycle Acorn collection I featured in this layout.  My husband bought me an easel for Christmas to display my favorite layouts; this one is out quite often!

SILLY GIRLS

This was the most recent layout posted to the RCS challenge blog.  The inspiration for this blog were movie reel.  In other words, we needed to make a layout featuring a frame.  Whenever I think of movie reels, I think of those old projectors my elementary teachers used.  And when I think of old movies, I think of film stars from the 1930's like Charlie Chaplin.  To be a fly on the wall of my brain....Anyway, I took this picture of my girls and my neighbor girl posing at our local amusement park wearing their Charlie Chaplin mustaches they won playing a game of some kind.  I've been looking for the perfect pictures to use my October Afternoon "Midway" paper, and suddenly I found myself "framing" this silly picture of my girls with all the fun patterns found in this collection.  I guess they have actually "been framed!"

TINY DANCER.

This week's RCS challenge was inspired by movie reels.  The catch; incorporate ribbon on thelayout. When I think ribbon, I think of ballet shoes.  A very long time ago, my tweenager took ballet class.  The song to her routine was "Animal Crackers in my Soup."  I thought her costume was going to be animal themed, but instead, her teacher selected the most dainty costume.  It was the most beautiful dance costume I have ever seen.  I found this picture in my stash of "to be scrapbooked" pictures. It originally wasn't a good picture; way too bright, but I wanted to keep this picture because she was smiling at her Dad who was off to the side.  I turned it into a black and white picture just to see what would happen, and I loved it!  I sure do miss this tiny little dancer, but I'm enjoying the wonderful, creative girl that my ballerina is turning into these days.

HOPPY EASTER

Red Carpet Studios was given a wonderful gift from Verve Stamps; these beautiful Easter themed stamps.  I have not worked with stamps in years, and honestly, I was a little intimidated at first.  But working with this product was an absolute blast!  I decided to fore go a scrapbook layout which is my usual MO for RCS and decided to make a paper craft.  So my daughter and I made a field trip to JoAnn's...And this was the end result!  A small brown planter, a handful of Easter grass, a tiny bit of foam, a small amount of pink tulle, and lots of dumdum pops to make an Easter bouquet.  The final touch was my Verve stamp bunny, flowers, and "Hoppy Easter" greeting.  It took little time at all to put this project together, and it's made a cute centerpiece on my kitchen table.  That is if it survives my daughter plucking out a dumdum pop here and there.....Happy Easter everyone!

CUTE AS A BUTTON

This RCS challenge was based on the movie, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."  In other words, we had to use buttons in some way on this layout.  In December, my nephew Noah was born.  This is a new one for me....While I did have nephews prior to Noah being born, they live in Hawaii, so I've never really been around  baby boys.  My house is a bit estrogen dominated, so this is a new one for me   What I've found is there is not much difference between a baby boy and baby girl......Well, I know I'm biased, but I think my Noah is cute as a button.  And I hardly ever get to do a boyish layout, so I decided he would be the perfect subject for this challenge.  That and I came across this adorable baby boy Doodlebug paper at Archiver's, and I just had to buy it.  In summary, this is the curious case of how my button layout came to be....ENJOY!

LUCKY LEPRECHAUN BLOG HOP!

Welcome to Day 1 of the Lucky Leprechaun Blog Hop, brought to you by the layout design team of Red Carpet Studio!

If you've come from Rochelle's blog, you're in the right place. If you've just come across the hop and would like to start at the beginning, please visit Red Carpet Studio.

This hop was put together to share with you fun and creative ideas for St. Patrick's Day projects along with introduce you to our new design team members AND officially announce our March Lucky Link-Up contest!

Before we get to all that fun information, I'd like to share my project with you. I created...

 

 

It's no secret in my household...we hate winter!  We like snow at Christmas time and a snow day here and there to get the day off school.  And that's it!  So we look for any reason we can to do fun things at the tail end of winter.  As a result, we like to celebrate St. Patty's Day!  My husband has Irish blood pumping through his veins; my family does not.  But that doesn't stop me from dressing my girls up in green and taking fun pictures of them.  This particular St. Patrick's Day was one of those Spring teaser days.  We live in Ohio so you can have all four seasons in one day; this one was an all around warm mid March day.  So the girls went outside, and I had lots of fun snapping pictures of them.  Speaking of snapping pictures, we would love to see what you all have created!  Be sure to check out Red Carpet Studios Challenge blog to see what fun ideas are coming up!  Remember, lots of awesome prizes could be had!  And no lephrechaun will come snatch them from you; we promise!


And of course we have some wonderful sponsors giving away prizes to those who comment both days on every stop of the hop. :)

Dilly Beans Digi Stamps

3 digis of winner's choice

Paper Pretties

6 digital image sets

QKR Stampede

5 digital stamps

The Robin's Nest

$10 gift certificate

Winners will be announced at Red Carpet Studio on Tuesday March 5th along with the winners of our wedding/anniversary card challenge.

And now for our March Lucky Link-Up announcement! Each challenge entry in March will enter you to win over $200 in gift certificates to all sorts of online scrapbooking stores, from stamp companies, to paper piecing, to digital scrapbooking sites, and more. Check out the Lucky Link-Up page on the blog for a complete list of sponsors and details about the contest. We're also listing ALL of our March challenges in advance so you can get a head start on all your projects. :) 

We'd also like to give a warm welcome to our new layout design team members, Olga, Rochelle, and Darcy! These very talented ladies are sharing their first projects as DT members in this hop with you. :) 

Your next stop is Darcy's blog
 

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Robin

Chas

Rochelle

Stephanie

Darcy

Bev

Olga

Thanks for hopping with us! :)

THE NOTEBOOK

This week's challenge for RCS was to design a page based on the movie "The Notebook" where journaling would play a key design element in the layout.  My immediate thought was Alzheimer's.  Strange I realize....I read the book right after my Grandmother's death which was Alzheimer's related.  It touched my heart how the husband told his wife their "story" over and over.  Alzheimer's is an cruel disease....It's so unfair to watch someone you love forget who they are. My Grandmother passed away 18 years ago.  Before her death, my Mom and her sisters and brother sold my Grandma's house.  I was in college and didn't get a chance to go through it one last time.  I have so many wonderful memories of the house.  It backed up to a hilly golf course, and my cousins and I would go sledding in the winter.  I had my first vegetable garden in her yard.  Speaking of gardens, she had a rock garden that was her pride and joy.  I would go outside and weed the garden with her while she would tell me stories about growing up during the Great Depression.  It was my Grandmother who turned me on to history intriguing me with tales of her childhood.  Last year, my cousin, who was looking to rent a house, discovered Grandma's house was for rent.  So we all went over there to go through it one last time.  I've told my daughters so many stories about Grandma's house; I can not express how amazing it was for me to take my children through her home.  It was my home away from home....And that's how my Mom's house is for my girls.  They are as comfortable staying at their Mimi's as I was at my Grandma's house.  So that is how the movie The Notebook inspired this layout.  And I pray that someday, a cure is found to stop this horrible disease.