Fiskateer Blog Hop

A really cool, orange, and green blog hop will be coming to a blog close to you soon.  On Friday September 10th and Saturday September 11th, there will be a fiskateer blog hop.  You will need to start at the Fiskateer Blog and then hop around to see all of the really cool orange and green projects.  I am finishing up my project and it will be posted and ready to play by 8:00 am on that day.  As you hop around the blogs you may even find a RAK or two.  Come play with us this weekend.

Want to win some paper

If you want a chance to win not only some paper but also some really fun stamps then hop over to A Thousand Sheets of paper  for a chance to win this stack of paper.  While you are there check out the rest of her blog.  You just might find plenty of inspiration for some card making.  Good Luck

Here is the sketch for the week of August 6th from Pieces of Me blog. I must say that I am really enjoying these sketches and the different look that my albums are going to have because of them. I have been working so hard on trying to get Sarah's album caught up and also do a few of Kristen's layouts, that I have totally neglected doing anything for Kurt or I. I have decided that I need to throw in a layout or two for each of us or for the family once in awhile instead of always working on the girls pictures. Several years ago, we were able to get away for a Friday night in September. I know very rare indeed. The football team played on Thursday that night. We went up to Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to see the Brewers play ball. Traveling companions were Kurt's coworker and her husband. We attended a pregame party in the parking lot sponsered by one of the computer companies and then had free tickets into the park. This was the first time Kurt had ever been in a major league ball field, I have been in a few others through out the years. We had a great time and really enjoyed being able to get away from it all if even for just a short time period.

July 30th sketch

Judy has another awesome sketch up on her blog Pieces of Me Scrapbooking.  This weeks sketch was actually done by a friend of hers who is helping out while Judy is on vacation.  Must say that I really enjoyed this sketch and even tried to use two different patterned papers.  Yes, thanks to the sketchs I am getting better at using different pattern papers .  Here is my take on this weeks challenge.

I only have two layouts left for the cheerleading so decided to take a break this week and work on a slightly different topic.  Still working on Sarah's stuff, mainly because I am really trying to get caught up before she graduates.  These are pictures from Marching Band her freshman year.  The show that year was Batman, which is why I have used a few papers from a super hero collection.

New website

Earlier this morning, I heard about a new website (blog) that sounds interesting.  Better Living Through Scrapbooking.  From what I am understanding they are going to be having challenges to help us get those pages done, but they are encouraging people to scrap both the good and the not so good. I am anxious to see what all they have to offer and I encourage you to do the same.  Go ahead and check them out. 

Pieces of Me Sketch 7-16-10

Judy is back and creating her sketches again. Pieces of Me Scrapbooking I am so thrilled as I not only liked her sketches but they led to some fairly neat layouts. Since I started doing the sketches, I think that my pages have improved.

Here is the sketch for 7-16

Since I like to create two page layouts (when I can) here is my takes on her sketch.

and the right sided page

I am not adding much journaling to the cheer pages, as I am hoping that Sarah will go through and add her own notes as soon as I finish the album for her.

Check out this site for more info, or click on the picture above.  There are a few steps you need to do, but they are easy.  Good luck and remember if you already have an Expression, than you can share with me.