MOC Page 2 - Art Journal

I love Art Journal Challenges - so freeing and fun.  The Lilypad's day 2 challenge is Art Journaling - The kit is Brothers and Sisters from Little Butterfly Wings and can be found here.  When I saw the kit - I had to go back and grab my fav photo of Jason and Sammy.

Goals & FOCUS

A few things have been on my mind starting the new year - Goals - Resolutions, etc... what do I want to achieve this year?  I have a crazy year ahead with work & family.  And with all that I have happening I needed to participate in Ali Edward's One Little Word project  - and really get my "focus" on this year.  I want to focus on work and my career - with the split of my company I think that focus could possibly determine my future state of employment.  I love scrapping and being on Suzy Q Scraps design team, so of course I need to focus on what she is expecting of me.  I need to focus on our finances, with 2 vacations planned, braces for my daughter, and 2 kids in college... a little more attention to tightening the belt is a necessity that I don't want to lose "focus" of.  I am down 20#, so I cant stop focusing on my weight loss, not now. And I know that I need to focus more on my family needs and my personal spiritual needs.  Focus just seems like this is my mantra for the year - I need to buckle down.... (and yes - get focused).

My pages 1 and 2 of the project are below.  (these will go back-to-back in the same page protector in my book). The kit is (of course) from Suzy Q Scraps- Memory & Moments, I love the colors and how versatile this kit is, and hope to complete whatever the year's project brings with this same kit..  Suzy Q also has a Goals add on kit that matches perfectly and I have pulled a few elements out of there too.  You can grab these kits here and here...

We are headed to St Thomas!

This Christmas our dear Aunt surprised the entire family with a trip to St Thomas.  What a gift! All 9 kids and 8 adults will be taking a trip next December and headed to the Bahamas.  The adults have been there before, in fact Dan and I are headed there again earlier in the year (before we knew this second trip was planned).  I am thrilled that the kids will have the opportunity to see what amazing things God has created in this big world out there.

I want to document the trip from beginning to end, so in collaboration with The Lilypad's month of challenges - this was the best way I could think of to kick it off!  (need some inspiration to get scrapping?  click over here to see what this Month of Challenges is all about).  I know It's day 3, I have 2 more to get done asap... come play along - there are prizes!

My first LO was a blind scrap (follow the rules laid out) - the kit is One Little Bird, Candid (minus the string, that is from OLB, Unstoppable.

2014! Countdown to Midnight

It's been a while since I have posted anything - I have been super busy with December and my first resolution for the new year is to slow down!  But I will get to that in a later post.  Before I forget and most important - lets show off the newest kit by Suzy Q Scraps.  Countdown to Midnight... can you think of better more fun colors to celebrate 2014?  Head on over to Scrapbookgraphics and get those memories on paper!  (the template is also Suzy's, Template set #11) (click on the kit to grab it!)

Winter Wishes

Winter is here - and as I was looking for some snowy pics to go along with Suzy Q's Winter Wishes kit, I found these classics on my cell phone.  Miss those days...

The kit is a great bundle and currently at a discount on Scrapbookgraphics.com - click the image to take you to the kit.  I didn't use them on this page - but there are some awesome vellum elements in this kit - definately worth checking out! (and I must give credit to Pagemaps.com where I got the template inspiration for this page)

Ties that Bind

Suzy Q Scraps new kit releases this week - Ties that Bind.  It's a huge collection with all of this included at a steal of a price...click on the kit to take you to her store.

• Ties That Bind kit
• Ties That Bind Journal Cards
• Ties That Bind Word Art
• Ties That Bind Add-on: Father & Son
• Ties That Bind Add-on: Mother & Daughter

When I think of ties that bind - family comes first to mind - and I didn't want o do a bunch of smaller photos - so I dug deep for this family foto from our cruise a few years ago.  The colors coordinated perfectlyand what a better way to show off these cute journal cards?

Another Art journal style page

A new month for Art Journal challenges at scrapbookgraphics, The painted Nest Challenge.  This month (#21) - and here are the prompts.

 You get the freebies, but you have to use them on your page. (I love the reindeer).  Sissy Sparrows creates the freebies - (thank you.)  and you must use 1 of the colors as well as a phrase.






Below is my page... The kids were having such a good time together, the laughs never stopped.  That journal prompt was perfect!

I think I enjoy these challenges because I am a typically very neat scrapper - this gives me the chance to get sloppy.  I think I mentioned it before that it is a bit "freeing" in a way.  Give it a try  http://www.scrapbookgraphics.com/forum/