{{happy birthday to me}}

My hubby spoiled me with a new phone and camera for my recent birthday. I used the pictures with the latest sketch from Rochelle:

Do you have 'portrait mode' on your iphone? It's amazing! I used PhotoPlays "Party like a Panda" collection.. so fun!

Thanks for stopping by! Happy National Scrapbook Day!

Suzanne

{{backseat photobomber}}

This picture just cracks me up! It had to be on it's own page and the latest sketch at "Let's Get Sketchy" was perfect for it:

I dug out an oldie but a goodie - Echo Park's "Country Drive" collection, which was at the bottom of my spring papers drawer.

My hubby and I were cracking up at our daughter peeking into our "car selfie" on our recent road trip. We had such a great time - more layouts to follow ;)

-Suzanne

{{happy girl}}

What four year old girly girl doesn't love princesses? Our daughter was in awe at our first Disney on Ice show last fall. Even though she was dressed in her favorite Ariel dress - and she wasn't one of the acts - we had such a good time.

And how could I NOT have opened/used my Doodlebug Fairy Tales collection yet?! It was perfect for this magical page.

I used this awesome sketch from Stuck?! Sketches:

Thanks so much for stopping by! I am ready to enjoy a 4 day "spring break" :)

Suzanne

{{ hashtag dad life }}

My husband is such a good dad; so even if masculine pages aren't my jam - I had to make a page for the ridiculous snapchats I get when I'm away. This sketch from Let's Get Sketchy was perfect for the 3 smaller pics and journaling card I wanted to include:

I used my new Bella Blvd "Dad Style" for the page - working with a collection makes guy pages a little easier lol.

I'm so happy this story is told!

-Suzanne

{{waiting on winter}}

Be careful what you wish for! My girl COULDN'T WAIT for it to snow... and now a blizzard may be dumped on our area next week; you know.. first day of spring?! ugh!  At least she's cute ;)

I used the March sketch at Stuck?! challenges:

Fingers crossed its a bust like the last few snow forecasts have been! :)

Have a great weekend!!

-Suzanne

{{December Magic}}

Everyone told me that four was the BEST age at the holidays. [So far] they were right. The title "December magic" and that face says it all! She was SO excited for Christmas Eve and her new flannel, gingerbread pajamas. I'm so glad I documented it!

I used the sketch at "Sketch N Scrap":

Snowy days make the best scrapbooking days! :)

-Suzanne

{{Rudolph}}

Now that the tree is down and toys put away, it's time to for this momma to get back in the scraproom and start documenting Christmas :) I loved the sketch Rochelle posted this month:

For my Mom's birthday in December, I took her, my brother, and my daughter to see the musical play of her favorite Christmas movie -- Rudolph. It was FANTASTIC. You can see a clip of it HERE on you tube.

I am also entering this into Brenda's Christmas cartoon challenge -- inspired by the theme (Christmas), colors (red, green, blue) and icons (Santa, reindeer and specifically, Rudolph :)

I trimmed down the program to include as my title, along with the ticket from the show. I love these selfies we took during intermission.

Those cute reindeer are from Doodlebug and remind me of Rudolph and Clarice :) 

I hope you had a wonderful holiday!!

-Suzanne

{{Snapchat Smiles}}

I'm so glad my teenage niece put Snapchat on my phone (and taught me how to use it haha!)  The fun filters crack up my daughter and I. It's usually when she's tired and fighting sleep, that we take a few silly selfies to get her settled in.  I printed off a couple favorites for this sketch by Freckled Fawn:

I thought these pictures were the perfect time to cut into my Simple Stories Emoji Love collection. Those speech bubbles in the sketch inspired me. I also used a fun paper clip from Freckled Fawn that I got in a kit several years ago.

Back to packing for vacation ;) Thanks for stopping by!

-Suzanne

{{Daddy's Caddy}}

Since this month's June scrapbook challenge from Brenda was Father's Day inspired by this subway art:

and Father's Day hasn't happened yet - I decided to use some throwback pictures of my hubby's first father's day 3 years ago. I special ordered a onsie for our daughter that said "Daddy's Caddy" and took some pictures of her with his golf clubs. I printed them and had them framed for him - but hadn't scrapped them yet. I also used a photo from her 1st birthday (July) session of the 2 of them.

The journaling includes the phrase [number one dad] from the inspiration photo. I love this "oh happy life" collection from Amy Tangerine! I also used the Rochelle's monthly sketch:

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you are enjoying the start of summer!

-Suzanne

{Sea Sun Sail}

Wahoo for 3 day weekends!  I hope to finish my January-June 016 album and that means part 1 of our Cape May sunset dolphin cruise - featuring a favorite cousins photo. My girl is the little one ;)

I used the fun sketch at Stuck Sketches!

and my new Echo Park Mermaids collection.

Enjoy your Saturday!

-Suzanne

I teach - Whats your superpower?

HELLOOOOO Summer Vacation!! :)

Hence my first layout in a LONG time. And guess what? IT'S ABOUT SCHOOL!! LOL!

When I saw this month's sketch at Creative Scrappers.. I knew those stars would be perfect for my superhero themed layout.

Superheroes and school.. you're wondering what's the connection, right?  Well, each year for Teacher Appreciation Week our PTO goes all out with a theme and this year was TEACHERS ARE HEROES. Pretty awesome right?

I spent my first and last time in HOT TOPIC on a Sunday night looking for the perfect superhero shirt to wear to school on that Monday and so glad I did! They  had the whole lobby decorated with skyscrapers, stars, and a telephone booth (( had to explain that one to the kids!! )) Insert I feel old now sigh here.

This slogan was hanging on all of our doors, along with attributes that make us a great hero :) So clever and fun and APPRECIATED. 

Side note - how fun is that Wonder Woman flair?! My hubby voted for that and got vetoed. My last name starts with S so my first graders loved my shirt and thought it stood for ME. lol!

Thanks for stopping by today - have a GREAT week!

{Frosty Friends}

I wanted something different to document the Blizzard of 2016.. I just LOVE this Wonderland collection by Pretty Paper Studio! I love the nontraditional color scheme, vintage icons, and all the little bits and pieces that coordinate. The papers, however, only come in 8x8. 

I thought the sketch challenge at The Scraproom Blog would go perfect with the sizes I had to work with! So I cut everything and adhered to a soft pink base:

These lovely people are my teacher friends (we all teach K-3); who decided to get together for a snowman making party with our kids. It was SO fun. And that's my awesome hubby who didn't want to miss his daughters (she's 2) first snowman. Also we needed the manpower (LOL!)

The candy dots added the perfect trio to the tag and flag element at the top.

How fun are those scripty titles?! So many would have worked here. I can't wait to use them all. That arrow is pointing to my very cold and unhappy daughter. Three feet was just too much snow to have fun for her (plus her mittens were wet within 5 minutes of building). 

Isn't that vintage snowman adorable? Love a trio of itty bitty emellishments to call it done ;)

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a great week!

Are We There Yet?

I've thought about this page all month and finally made the time (and the stars aligned.. ha!) to put it together this evening. I used the sketch at Imaginisce:

The Imaginisce "Happy Traveler" line was perfect for this adorable photo of my daughter (far left) and 2 nieces squished in my backseat on a road trip to the American Girl Store last December. Everything on this page is from the collection with the exception of the glittered hearts.

What a road trip this was!! :) So glad to have this photo and memory documented. Thanks for stopping by! Have a great week!

{back to school}

No telling when I'll be back to school! We're buried under 3 feet of snow here :) But my kiddo is napping, so I am scrapping :)  I am SO glad that Imaginisce is releasing 2 new collections and have started their sketch challenges again. I just love Imaginisce's cute designs and bright colors. Their diecuts are the best!

Here's the January sketch:

Here's my layout, featuring a photo of ME (shocking right) setting up my classroom at the end of last summer. It was napped by our social media person and posted on my district's facebook. How fun to have this memory!

Thankfully, I still had stashed away some of my favorite Geek is Chic collection! Aren't those papers perfect?! The journaling explains this is my TWELFTH year of teaching first grade and that my FIRST class of first graders are now SENIORS. shut the front door people.

If you're on east coast; stay warm! :)

{Donut Worry. Be Happy}

I saw that phrase on Heidi Swapp's instagram and wish I'd seen it before I made this layout LOL. Oh well, "First Donut" it is!

I used the new Bella Blvd Valentine collection - I could not resist that donut paper!

I used the new sketch at the Scraproom Blog:

I would love the opportunity to work with their Flavor of the Month kit! Using a collection or kit makes my pages come together quickly.  I used a glassine bag with hidden journaling for the tag element on the top. The pics are cute but this quite the adventure to Dunkin Donuts and I had to document the hilarious (read: Toddler Mom) chain of events :)

I stuck to the sketch, but used 3 photos instead.. because, well.. these expressions were priceless. I cut a donut from the patterned paper base layer to make the "o" in donut. I love how the black matting makes everything pop on the fun patterned papers.

I'm also linking up at Paper Play Sketches. 

Thank you or visiting, enjoy your week!

{Furever}

My brother, Alex, gifted my daughter this puppy among other things. She loved it, she loves all dogs, but she was especially attached to it and kept it under her arm throughout all our Christmas travels. Maybe because that dog reminded me of one our dad had when I was younger, named Bear. 

He sent me a text, that seeing her carrying it on my "Christmas Morning" facebook post made his day. I love included texts in my scrapbooks, it provides another documentation, another point of view. Let's face it, it's makes up a lot of my communication!

I used Rochelle Spear's latest sketch and Echo Park's "Bark" for my page:

Hope you had a great holiday, filled with many special memories too!