Scavenger Hunt Sunday

Hello!! I haven’t done a Hunt since March!! That is far too long! I had some things happen to me that took up much of my attention so that kept me away from Scavenger Hunt and blogging, in general. I’m back and I hope to stick around! I had fun with my photos! I did use my archives, but the farthest back is May 6th! Pretty good, I think! I also had fun playing with the editing of the photos in Picasa!

Linking up with the wonderful Ashley Sisk!

 

Here we go!

1. Travel- at the beginning of May we had a weekend getaway to Reno, Virginia City Nevada

 

2. Silly- Captain in the sand on Wednesday

 

3. Black and White- only color on the flag. taken on Memorial Day

 

 

4. Dots/Spots- large sun spot on the piñata

 

 

5. Paper- two buddies, Captain and Pickle, playing with stickers and paper.

 

 

Thank you for stopping by and taking the time to look at my pictures!! Can’t wait to look at other interpretations!

Sabrina

 

 

BIG NEWS and Scrapbook Layouts

Hello! I wanted to share some BIG NEWS with everyone! I received an email on Tuesday from Scrapbook News and Review that EIGHT of my layouts will be PUBLISHED!! I am so thrilled!! I start screaming at the park and the other Mommies thought I was so silly, but were definitely proud of me!

Here is a screen shot of the email.

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I also wanted to share THREE layouts using Inspired Blueprints sketches. I have always loved their sketches and they are one of my favorite places to go for sketches.

‘The first one is of my son and his friend riding the train. They both waited so patiently for this train ride; despite the fact it only lasted about 4 minutes. 

I used Inspired Blueprints sketch #71.

I used Echo Park’s Boy collection for this layout. I also found the perfect home for the cardstock train stickers. I could have easily die cut some train cars, but I wanted to use these instead. I adhere all the cars to pop dots and then removed the adhesive with baby powder. I then added pop dots. I also die cut the large ‘train wheel’ in the background. I then just added some arrows to add to the movement of the layout and the theme of the train moving.

Some close ups:

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This next layout is a hilarious time my son and I had while shopping at Joann’s. I was looking for some St. Patrick’s Day decorations and I found this awesome hat that I couldn’t pass up. I put it on my son, snapped a picture and sent my Mom a text saying “I caught a leprechaun!’ She couldn’t stop laughing! 

I used Inspired Blueprints sketch #65

I misted the layout with two colors and then inked the edges in two colors. I added half of a die cut paper and some flowers. AND the large yellow paper flower FINALLY found a home!! (Don’t you just love when old stash finds the perfect place and gets used!)

a close up:

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This last layout uses pictures from my son’s 2nd birthday party on 3-28. The photos are of my closest friend and I. I just love him to pieces! He drove over 3 hours just to celebrate the day!!

I used DCWV Celebration stack for this layout. I die cut the balloons and the different shapes. The buttons are from Little Red Cottage. 

Some close ups:

Thanks for looking!!

FIRST PUBLICATION

SO excited to announce that Scrapbook News and Review has selected FOUR of my LAYOUTS for publication. I was just screaming and jumping up and down when I got the news!! 

The layouts were:

Sweet Birthday Kisses -- my Mom and son on his birthday sharing some oh-so-sweet kisses

Wibble Wobble -- My adorable son taking those first safety steps in-between my husband and I

Mama's Matey -- My son and I on Halloween 

Over the Edge -- My husband and I need to clean the garage so we put our son in his walker. Well, he didn't like that so he decided to test his boundaries by going to the edge of the garage. This is very dangerous since we have a down hill driveway. He sure was determined though!! 

Here is the badge I get to put on my blog now: