Finally Scrapping Again

This week I FINALLY managed to scrounge up the creative energy to create a layout again. Actually, to be honest, I started the page several weeks ago, but then my little scrap mojo engine lost steam. The page has sat here on the desk gradually being covered by paper after paper and new purchases.

This week I decided to just get started digging through the stack and do SOMETHING creative!

I found myself here at home, all alone. Hubby was working, along with my son, Keenan. We had dropped Kari off last week for Governor's Scholars. The house just got too quiet, and I got too bored. I had to do something..... so I cleaned. When I found this layout at the bottom of the stack, I had to try to finish it.

The scan isn't perfect, but you get the idea. The original sketch came from one of the Allison Davis books that I purchased from Scrapbook Generations. I LOVE those books! If I had to do it over, I think I would have added just one more of the vertical strips behind the photos, but I guess it will do. At least...... it is done!

Chop..... Chop......Chop!

This is the final week of Challenge Masters "Chopped" Contest. I have to be honest and say that I feel a lot like those reality show contestants who are standing on stage just waiting to hear whether they are the one selected to go home that week.

I have NO DOUBT that if this weren't the final week, I would definitely be on the cutting room floor. For some reason this week's challenge was just that.... a BIG CHALLENGE!

We were asked to select 3 of the elements used in the previous 3 challenges and use them in our layout. I started thinking about my page and decided to use white, circles, and sewing. I then got a basic idea forming in my head, but the more I worked, the more I felt other elements inching in as well.

My final design used white, yellow, lime green, circles, sewing, and scallops.



I'm not 100% happy with the final page, but all of my critics (i.e. my family) kept telling me that they wouldn't change anything, so I guess this is my finished entry.... LOL!

Time For a Riddle...

What do you get when you cross a sweatshirt that's too small with a sewing machine run by a teenage girl?

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Give Up?????

You get a one of a kind creation!!

Today, Kari came home from her BFF's house and informed me that she wanted my assistance with a project. She then showed me an old hoodie sweatshirt that she had outgrown. It was still in good shape and it was one of her favorites, so she really didn't want to get rid of it.

Instead, she turned it inside out, sewed up the bottom of the sweatshirt,and then turned it right side out. She slid the end of one sleeve inside the sleeve cuff on the other sleeve and stitched the two sleeves together.

Her creation was her own version of a "hobo" type bag.



She just reaches inside the "hooded neck" of the bag to put things inside or get things out. If she wants the bag to close, she just pulls the string in the hood.



Gee, I wonder where she gets her creativity???? LOL!