Cruisin' Camp Double Page Layout

I have a two page layout to share today! Man, it makes me get the camping itch! I can't wait for our first camp trip of the year!

My fabulous Grandparents In-Law bought this cute Power Wheels Jeep for the kiddos . We try to take it out camping with us very time we go. They have a blast driving circles around camp. This Jeep has brought many fun and funny memories. Like the time Peyton was taking Maddy for a cruise and decided he was done. He drive it right up to a tree, stopped and got out, leaving Maddy to sit their by herself facing the tree!

Now onto the layout...

I used a sketch. I can't remember where I got it, but most likely either from Project 12 post or PageMaps. Aren't the papers , sticker words and embellishments just perfect? They came from a October Afternoon set my super sweet friend Karen had won but knew I'd love so had it sent to me! Don't we meet the sweetest people through scrapbooking?
Close ups of the left and right side. The picture above crack me up. Maddy had grabbed the walky talky and was holding it between her ear and shoulder talking on it. And the picture of her parked in front of a tree too!
I drew lines on for my journaling. I've seen this done on many other layouts and like the looks. It helps me keep my journaling straight.

Below, I cute a scallop circle using a Nestability and my Cuddlebug. I also made a 3-d star and matted it on a dark piece of felt. I then scattered some word stickers. I love those word stickers but sometimes struggle in how to use them.

Another scallop circle, layered with a piece of felt and patterned paper. I picked up the trim at a garage sale.

Thank you for stopping by! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend in store! We are going to be celebrating Miss Maddy's 3rd Birthday tomorrow!

An afternoon by the lake layout

I lifted a layout found here for this layout! My super sweet friend Karen won this super cute October Afternoon line on Julie Bonner's blog. Knowing how much I love the outdoors and camping, she had Julie send it to me! I am attempting to do her justice with the layouts I create using it! ;-)

At Birds of A Feather (in July, or maybe it was August????), they challenged us to scraplift a layout from the gallery. I LOVE to scraplift!

We are so lucky in that this lake is only 5-10 minutes from our house! :-0 Yep, we don't spend hardly time there either. :-( This must change, right?

We have had a busy busy weekend as usual. Chris was in a golf tournament Wednesday through Friday. Then squeezed in some hunting. Saturday morning we took off to the first OSU football game! This would be my first game (or at least first game I remember) and Peyton's first game!
He really was not a fan of the 3+ hour drive to get there or the horrid line getting into the game. But he had some fun on a few jumpy houses they had outside the stadium.
Our seats were WAY UP in the corner! This was our view. I told Chris if I looked down I felt like I was going to get sick.
Peyton did good. But considering it the car told us it was 96 degrees when we got back to it, its no wonder he only made it to half time.
This morning Chris went out to the garden with the kids while I made lunch. Peyton was SUPER excited to pull some carrots and beans!
Maddy...she just wanted to do what Peyton did.
Once again, they went out WITHOUT me and DID NOT get pictures. So we went out again and dug up some potatoes!

I am a Craigslist junkie....I am a garage sale junkie....there I said it. I feel much better now! haha! I saw a posting on Craigslist and this gal was giving up scrapbooking! *gasp* I know! So I scheduled to meet her Saturday morning. My plans changed, so I didn't get over there til this morning. I'm a tad disappointed as she said a gal went over yesterday and got a TON of stuff. :-( But I was able to score some great finds!

I found a handful of cardstock, some random pieces to some of my favorite lines, some yummy Bo Bunny Double Dot cardstock.
I found a stack of DCWV cardstock (not my fave, but at the same time, so excited to get some more cardstock) some fall glitter cardstock (I'm thinking flowers for home decor items) and the Basic Grey Granola stack!
Basic Grey Eerie Set and doilies.
Special glue, fuzz/flock and glitter (not sure if I'll use them, but couldn't pass them up) as well as a couple punches for my mom!
A 6x6 BG paper stack, 2 Sizzix die cuts, Tim Holtz metal pieces (almost new packages) and grungeboard album, FAMILY chipboard album by Bo Bunny, Autumn Leaves papers and chipboard pieces, flowers, pop dots and more! Anyone heard of Pearl Ex pigments? Yeah...got some...not sure what to do with it. haha! I spent over an hour looking through this gals stuff and chit-chatting with her! She was SUPER sweet! My total for the day was only...are you ready for it....are you sure?...$20! I am one lucky duck!

Now off to put my goodies away and scrap! I hope you all are having a wonderful holiday weekend!

Layouts and Garage Saling

I have been super busy lately! Haven't I been saying that the last couple of posts???? I just finished up, well, almost finished up a special mini for a blog hop I'm participating in late July! Keep your eyes open for it! Its one of my favorites I have ever made!

While at the wedding last weekend, I remembered it was my Mother-in-laws birthday today! :-0 I had nothing in mind and no ideas! I had started her an 8x8 album a while back so I decided to pump out a couple simple layouts to add to it. After all, its all about the photos, right?

My good friend Karen won this adorable October Afternoon camping line and had it sent to me cause she knew I'd have lots of camping and outdoor photos! I just LOVE this line!
For this Christmas layout I used my My Minds Eye paper stack and a few other odds and ends of embellies.
Sorry about the glare in the photo above. Remember...I said super simple...you don't get much more simple than this one! ;-) I used Echo Park for this one!

I need to work harder at making sure I do layouts for my mom's and mother-in-laws albums. I get so behind in my own I forget about theirs!

Not on to garage saling! I just LOVE this time of year when they start popping up like crazy! I try to limit how many I go to and plan a little route out so that I can get the most out of both kids! Yes...I take both with me! :-0 I hit some REALLY good sales today. Wanna see some of what I got?

This Little People Set in EXCELLENT shape, the gal had even taped the above image to the front of a plastic zippered bag she kept the animals in. Its roughly around $50 and I got it for $5!!!!
This game has gotten much cuter than the version I played as a kid. Cowboy hat and bows instead of ears. Lips and teeth instead of the chin swirl thing. Skates and feet instead of legs. Yeah...much cuter! It looked brand new, only a $1.
These things are so fun! They are called Popoids. Amazon has the set for around $50-60. This isn't the set we got, but really similar. I scored it for $2!
A Spiderman Mask to go with the Spiderman costume I bought Peyton for a quarter. Making his whole halloween costume under $1!!!!!

I also found a really nice OSU fleece jacket and t-shirt for Peyton, some cones to set up courses for Peyton on his bike and a few other things. Tomorrow is a neighborhood garage sale. I'm hoping to find a little childrens table and chair set for our kitchen.

The Great Outdoors Layout using October Afternoon Campfire Line

Hello! I hope everyone had a great weekend! I was able to finish up this layout at the end of last week. My long lost twin, Karen, won this super duper cute Campfire October Afternoon line of of Julie Bonner's blog (or at least I think it was Julie's blog). She knew it would be perfect for me and being as sweet as she is, had it sent to me! :-0 I have the BEST EVER scrappy friends I tell ya!

A while back I won a fabulous Sketches for Scrapbooking Volume 7 from Allison Davis's site, Sketch Support. If you haven't checked out her site yet, your missing out! They have one incredible design team and fabulous sketches (2 pagers, 1 pagers, cards and more!).
I used a sketch from the book for this layout!
Again, I'm going to back to using more photos on a two pager. Haha, I just noticed one of my little words has moved in the journaling spot! I better go check that its still there!

The journaling goes a little something like this: This is my favorite camp spot. It is only about 15-20 minutes from our house. There is an old Ranger Station, a outhouse (still shocked that an outhouse would have two seats in it!!!) and a little creek that ran near it. Peyton is getting old enough he now gets to help by dragging wood/kindling for the campfire. Maddy wanted to do whatever Peyton did. Both LOVED going down to the creek and roasting marshmallows. The picture of the calf, well, it apparently wanted to race us. The rest of it friends wandered off down the hill. But not him, he kept running up the hill! It was pretty funny!

Last week, one evening, the sun decided to come out for a bit. So we took off for a little walk and took the kids to the creek. It is so full right now, actually loud enough too that we can hear it from our house at night if we are outside.

Of course it wouldn't be going to the creek if we didn't throw rock after rock after rock in the creek.

The kiddos searching for rocks. I thought I should take my lawn chair down there next time. The kids could play for HOURS and it would be a nice break. Although I think I'd have to tie a rope around Maddy to myself as she has no fear!

Thanks for stopping by!