SMASH*ing good time !!!

I didn't really know anything about SMASH until a few weeks ago.  I was asked by Sar at Scrapbook Savvy if I would like to give it a go.  "Why not" was my thought.  I have to say that I LOVE IT !!!  It's right up my alley. There is no thinking, no structure (not that I have any in my scrapbook pages), I can put whatever I want on the page and not have to worry if everything "matches".

It reminds of when I was younger and kept a diary.  Everything went in there - but I didn't realise back then that was a form of scrapbooking.

I thought it would be great to finally get some of the 1600 photos from our USA holiday into a book.  We went to 2 years ago, but the thought of scrapping so many (not to mention the cost of doing that many photos!!) had put me off a little - until now.

Here's some of my work in progress.  It might not be right, but it's how I want to remember our holiday.  I think SMASH*ing is going to be my number 1 go to way of scrapping any type of holiday, occassion now as it's just so easy.  These 8 pages took only 2 hours.  It can take me 2 days just to work out what paper to use on a LO.

Anyway, hope you like it

The start of our adventure :)

List of what's on the itinerary, and a few momentos from our collection

Bailey celebrating his 7th birthday in NY

Our life saver - the subway map

And finally, what NYC is all about to us :)

As you can see, not a lot of papers.  Just wanting to get everything down that our holiday meant to us as a family.

Can't wait to keep filling the pages.

Thanks for stopping by

x

White with 1

I haven't had much time for scrapping this week, but I have managed to play along with the current challenge at White with 1.    This month the challenge was to use White/Black/Banners or Badges

Here's my LO

Another photo from our USA holiday scrapped  :)  Have used plenty of Purple Pumpkin embellies on this LO.

Just a quick stop today as I've got plenty of work to do.  But I'll be back to share my LO for the May Sketch Challenge at Scrapbook Savvy later today/tonight

Have a great day, and happy scrapping

Karen

Love Bird is the Word

THere's a new challenge at Bird is the Word and the challenge this fortnight is to use the word

LOVE

on your LO.

I have used it in a very different way this time and scrapped about how we loved going on the Simpsons Ride at Universal Studios. It was the bestest ride ever !!!! and I'm not even a huge Simpsons fan.

That's it for now. Hope you can play along. Will be back with more to share soon

Have a great day
xx

Once Upon A Sketch....

I decided to play along with Once Upon A Sketch this month. I loved the sketch, and the prompt was to journal soemething with "A Perfect Day Is"........

I scrapped about the perfect day we had when the kids met Woody at Disneyland. They were so excited to see him, until Woody stole Aidan's cap, put it on his head and started walking off !! We thought it was hilarious, but poor Aidan didn't. Anyway, here is my LO

It didn't quite turn out how I had it planned in my head, but it's another one done.

I'm off out with the girls tonight to see a band (no idea where or who !!!) but it should be fun, and then tomorrow is the big day - Grandfinal day for Ethan. Fingers are crossed that his team (and the 4 others from our club) come home with a win. Should be a big night tomorrow as well.

Thanks for stopping by. Will be back soon with more to share.

Have a great weekend
xx

Hello Mr Mojo

Maybe it's because I have so many new photos to scrap that I just want to get stuck into it and get them done. Whatever the reason, I'm enjoying scrapping right now :)

Times Square - what a busy place !!!! I have used the June He's Savvy kit again for this LO, and used another of the Wicked Princesses sketches. My fave bit about the LO is my new Unity Stamp that I have used on the background. I love it !!! Anyway, here is my LO

Thanks for stopping by. I will be back again in the next couple of days with more to share.

Have a good one
xx

Central Park

Is truly a beautiful place to visit. It is so BIG and easy to become lost in !!! There is always something going on there, and with the sunny days, people EVERYWHERE !! I couldn't believe when we entered the park, that you totally lose the noise of the concrete jungle that is Manhatten. So, I decided to use one of our many Central Park snaps for The Scrappiest sketch 132.

The sketch

and my take on it

Not the best photo of the kids and I, but you get the idea :) On this LO I've used an old He's Savvy kit.

So there you go. 2 LOs in 2 days !!!! I am busy scrapping as I type this and hope to have more to show you soon.

Thanks for stopping by, and please say hi so I can come do the same on your blog :)

Have a great day
xx

Back to reality.....

What a month we've had !!! Returned from the most amazing trip to the USA last week. So many memories and so many pictures to scrap !!! I'm sure nobody has missed me, but I'll post some pics anyway :)

Meeting Mickey

Snow White

Californian Sunset

We took close to 2000 photos so I won't show them all LOL. I will have plenty to show over the coming months as I scrap our adventures. It was such a great holiday and we are counting down until the day we can afford to go back !! That won't be for some time though.

This week I've been baking again for a friend's 40th birthday. I'll leave you with a pic of my creation. It was rather stressful making it as I wasn't sure how I wanted it to look, but in the end I think it worked out well. Hope it tastes OK !!!

For anyone that is reading this blog still, thankyou !! I hope to have something to share this week with you all. Just have to wade my way through the washing and ironing first.

Have a great day
xx