More Layout fun!

Well I promised more layouts, here you go:

Layouts, Layouts & Layouts!!!

I have been seriously slacking on the blogging but have been creating layouts and playing with my new E2!!!   I love it!  Stay tuned for layouts with more cricuts images on them, now it is time to put it to use.
In the meantime enjoy the layouts I have created.  Most of these layouts were done during PersonalScrappers.com National Scrapbooking Day (week) Crop.
(The pictures are a little dark, I took them at night with very sleepy eyes :) )
1.  Sweet Girl Cousins- used Bella Blvd, & Echo Park PP, Sweet & Cousins were cut from my E2,

2.  Princess Dress Up Fun.  I thought it was great the my dd was a good sport in dressing up with her little cousin.  The scallop border was cut with my E2, used more Echo Park and Bella Blvd PP & stickers.

Playtime: Use MME & Pancy Pants PP.  The butterflies are Scenic Route Chipboard covered with MME alternate side papers and used SU stamps for the swirls & polka dot desings on the wings.  I also added some bling for fun :)

Silly Girlz

I love to watch kids acting silly like a bunch of KIDS!  The colors are way off on this one.  I will try to take another picture with natural light instead of my flash.

Papers are from MME and letters are AC thickers.

These sports die cuts are so FUN!!  These pics are from my sons baseball team last year which my dh coached.  Die Cut paper & sports quote is from Reminisce and Varsity letters are from MS.

Kraft paper is from Papertrey

When we do not want to travel too far for a baseball game we head over to see a L.I. Ducks game.  The kids enjoy being at the ball park.

Kraft cardstock is from papertrey, alpha stickers is from Boxer Designs.  Small baseball is a stamp from Stampin Up'  (green cardstock unknown)

This was a fast pictureless layout for my dd's Brownies album.  For World Thinking day, each girl wrote a letter to a secret Brownie within the troop.    If I can get the two girls still for a moment, I may add a picture of them together.  This was a fast way to document the date and the card as well as use up some of the scraps I have laying around.

Sleeping babies, they are simply heavenly to watch!

PP from Echo Park

I have more to post but have to run.  Stay turned for more layouts!!!  I hope you enjoyed these and have inspired you!

April Showers Crop at PersonalScrapper.com

Whew!  I just finished uploading all of my layouts I created for this months's crop.
I really love these crops becasue I am so inspired to scrap and get a few more pages done. 
Challenge 1: Scrapbook a celebrationI scrapped something that happened at a celebration- during my dd's party the girls decided to get all dolled up:

2.  Lisa's April Sketch:

Here's my layout based on this sketch (I flipped the placement of the pictures):

#3: Flowers: Create with a layout with flowers:

#4. March Madness: Scrapbook something with Sports in it:

#5: Scrapbook Recipe: Follow this recipe for your layout
2 manufactured papers 2 pp from Fancy Pants Love Birds line
2 color cardstocks: pink & blue
2 alphas: Black papertrunk & AC Thickers
2 extra embellies: MM Journaling tab & heart sticker from FP Love Birds

6. Scrap lift a layout:  I lifted Emma from the PS Forum (she created a super cute 2 pager of her DD's birthday party with lots of photos and journaling at the bottom):

7.  Timer:  Create a layout in 30 minutes:

8: Sew Easy: Create a layout with some type of stitching or sewing on it.

I stitched the left border with stitching you can find on a football:

9.  Title Work: Focus on your title for your page:

10: Rainbow Brite: Use all the colors of the rainbow in your layout:
I used all the colors plus a few more :)

11 Misc Layouts:

I created a few more layouts with the last of my snow pictures of this year.  Hopefully I will be able to upload them tomorrow.





New Blog Site

I decided to seperate my Stampin' Up items from my other creative endeavours.
For all Stampin' Up news, gallery and ideas post check out my new site: http://www.stampinwithlydia.blogspot.com/

New Sketch site (at least for me)

Sometimes when I get on the internet to browse for some inspiration, I find my self gravitating more and more to the sketch sites.
This week I discovered Creative Scrappers.   Their sketches seem to be right up my alley. This is last weeks sketch:

This is the layout I put together using the sketch:

Stampin' Up Cards using mini-occasions & Sale-A-Brations Items

These first batch of cards are thank you cards created for all my customers.  These cheery cards are  for each order I have received and delivered.

I used Sahara Sand Cardstock for the base, pacific point cardstock and ice cream parlor patterned paper and quick accents.  The ice cream parlor pp and quick accents (yellow flower sticker) is one item from Sale-a-bration catalog. The ribbon and small buttons are a 2nd item in the Sale-a-bration catalog.  I also included a big button from the Spring Mini-Occasions Catalog.  The Thank you stamp is from Curly Cute set in the big catalogue.
My next set of cards were created for a co-workers birthday this week:
I forgot to take a picture of the inside, it is a gift card holder.
I love the new Take A Spin stamp set currently being sold in the mini occasions catalog.  There are 4 stamps.  I used tempting turquoise cardstock base with red real red and tangerine tango. 

 This card was created using some old scrap papers I had left from Imaginise's Birthday line.  I used the create a cupcake stamp with coordinating punch..  It is too stinkin' cute!

SALE-A-BRATION ENDING SOON 3/31/2011

If you have been thinking about ordering any items from the Big Catalog (link on the right sidebar) or from the Spring Mini-Occasions Catalog this is the perfect time to do it.  For every $50 you spend you can pick any item in the Sale-A-Bration catalog for FREE.  Sale Ends 3/31/11.  If you host a workshop by 3/31/11 you will earn additional product on top of the hostess incentives.  If you would like to learn more, please contact me at: lydia_jimenez@hotmail.com

Tomorrow I will be posting some cards I created using product from the Spring Mini Occasions Catalog.  These items are available until April 30th.