Our Lil' Pumpkins

Hi there! Today I am sharing a Halloween page with you. Last the freebie at Little Scraps of Heaven was this darling Pumpkin Bear pattern.  Isn't he the cutest? I have the perfect pictures, too!

Here's a close up of my little pumpkin.

Here's my finished page, love it.  So glad to have these darling photos in my album.

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a great week!

Toothless

Toothless has been one of my oldest grandaughters favorites since she was around 3 years old, maybe even two.  As soon as she was old enough to have an opinion she let us all know she didn't want a bedroom with princesses all over it, she wanted How to Train Your Dragon!
This past summer we all went to see the second movie at the theater.  It was super cute! I have to tell you about her hair bow, too.  She rode with Grandpa & I to the theater. So while we were waiting for her parents to get there she grabbed one of her sisters hair bows and climbed in the center of the truck to look in the mirror.  She put her bow in her hair and proudly said, "Grandma, don't I look beuuuuutifuuul"!  Of'course she did, so she wore her bow just like that all day.  Sometimes you just have to let it go and let them express themselves :). She felt pretty with her bow like that and that makes this Grandm so happy!
Anyway, on to the page.  I used this adorable dragon pattern from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs.

I cut off the two rounded edges of his snout and then attached that to his head upside down.  I used the black part of the eyes, made one set quite a bit larger and attached those to his face sideways.  For his body I embossed black cardstock to make the bumpy look.  I used a clear Wink of. Stella pen on his eyes and also on his claws. They look super cool in real life.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Grandpa & Grandma's House

Today I'm sharing a page I made for a Thursday challenge on the Scraptastic Blog. The challenge was to use 5 circles on your page. I used patterns from Little Scraps of Heaven designs to embellish my page. I used the 3D now, Small Scalloped border & the doily pattern.  As I was making this I kept trying to add more embellishments to the circles but in the end I decided I really liked them just like this.
This is my grandparents home, the picture was probably taken in the late 50's.  This was one of my favorite places to be, the other was my other grandparents home.  My grandparents owned a grocery store & their home was attached to the back of the store.  This view is looking from the back yard at the back of their store & their home is to the left.  My Grandma was quite a homemaker.  I always thought her home looked like it should be in a magazine.  She had very classy taste & decorated her home so lovely.  I wish I had more pictures & pictures of the inside of her home.

Floppy Bear

Here's a page I made with one of  the newest patterns at LSHD, Floppy Bear.  Tricia offered this pattern for a free a couple of days ago with one catch, you needed to create something with it in the next 48 hours.
I started my whole process different then I normally do.  I started with the pattern since that was what I needed to use.  Then I went through my papers.  I found a beautiful paper kit that I had completely forgotten about.  It is called Kaisercraft Needle & Thread.  When I saw that I knew I wanted to make a patchwork bear.  I was picturing a little bear that looked like he had been made out of Grandma's old quilt. I always wanted to do that with my Grandma's old bedspreads.  It's still on the long list, lol.  After I decided all that I decided to use a baby picture.  I wanted to use a picture of one of my three granddaughters, so I got out my printed photos and started looking.  I found these two of Jellybean right away & decided they were perfect for this project.
I love this page & I love this little bear.  He will be used quite often in my projects!

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Make sure to stop by our fanpage.  We would love to see the projects you create with our patterns.  You might even find a challenge you would like to join.

Sweet Baby

Today I'm sharing a page I made for the Sketchy Thursday challenge at Scraptastic.  I almost didn't get it done in time :)
For this page I used two patterns from LSHD.  I used the Love frame from the Live Love Laugh pattern & the Large Lace Mat Hearts.
August was my first month to get a Scraptastic kit & I had pretty much used it up.  For this page I did use a small piece of paper I had left.  It's two tones of pink & has star burst on it. I also used the wood veneer banner from the August kit.
Here's the sketch I used for inspiration...

 Here's my page...

Thanks for stopping by today :)

Dairy Shack

This is a favorite summer hangout for my granddaughters!  Doodlebug counts down the days until they finally open for the summer!  She lives very near so she can hear them calling out orders on the loud speaker.  She thinks she should eat there at least once daily!  The last day of the season is always a sad day.

For this page I used the Ice Cream Kids pattern collection to make the shake cup.

I used several scraps from a couple of summer themed Echo Park paper packs.   

I apologize for the photo on this one.  I had a hard time getting a good one of this page.  Not sure if it was all the colors or patterns but it just was not photographing well.

All Summer Long

Here's a new page I finished.
I used the Down by the Creek pattern collection. The papers are from Cosmo Cricket Summer Love collection.  It's probably an older collection because I found it at Tuesday Morning.  I'm wishing I would have purchased two of them because it's a fun collection to work with.

Thanks for stopping by today!  I'm going to try to keep up with my blog better!

Paper Piecings for Sale

I just listed a lot of my paper piecings for sale on my FB page.  They are all listed at a discounted price :)
MerryScraps

Great Prize at Bella Blvd

Just found a great prize give away going on at Bella Blvd!  It's a great prize & worth checking out :)
Bella Blvd Blog

Finally Home Again!

My hubby & I have been traveling since May!  We are finally home & have no plans to go anywhere anytime soon.  I'm sure going to miss seeing our grands but it's so nice to be home.
I plan on getting back to blogging!
So, to start things off I will share a few layouts I've recently posted on our fanpage.

The long drive home...

My hubby & I have been gone for 3 weeks spending time with our daughter & her family.  They welcomed a new baby girl into their family on May 29th.  It was so great to be able to spend time with the new little one & her big sister.
We finally came home this week.  Big sister surprised us & came home with us.  We had a very long drive home!
Here's how the trip went...

We got all packed up and found a little space for Doodlebug & we were off.

 Doodlebug helped us find the way with her very own map!

 It's a very long drive home!  Doodlebug tells us that she has lots of "up downs" near her house & that she always knows when she is almost to Grandpa & Grandma's because there are no more "up downs"

 We knew it would have to happen!  What would a summer road trip

 be without road construction?

 Time for a nap :)

 Here's where the fun starts!  I got online & checked the roads before we headed home.  I saw that the road was now open so we decided on this route home.  It's a beautiful drive along the river.  From here our drive should be about 30 minutes, lol!  Just last week there was flood water all around this area.

 There are still sandbags across the road and lots of water pumping but the road was open, lol!

 A little ways down the road we started seeing lots more water and flooded houses but the road was still open, lol.

 Detour #1 of many!

 Yet another detour but we still thought we might make it home.

 Uh'oh, now it's getting really serious!  We ended up on a back road up & over the river bluff.  Yep, the road was closed!

 Oh'no, another detour!  So close to home but so far away.  No way we were making it through this road.  Now is when the fun starts.  We now had to drive on tiny blacktop road and then a gravel road.  Did I mention we have been driving for over and hour now from when I said we are 30 minutes from home?

Finally after another 1 1/2 hours and about a

100 deer running out of in front of us, we made it home! 

Introducing...

Our newest grandbaby!  She was born on May 29th & weighed 7 pounds 9 ounces, she is absolutely perfect!
I'll be referring to this one as Jellybean when I'm posting online.

Design Team Monday

It's Monday again & that means a new challenge at Little Scraps of Heaven Designs.  This week we are having a sketch challenge.  Here's the sketch for this week...

Here's my inspiration page..

 

For this page I used Picture Day & Elements.

I hope you will join in the fun & try our challenge this week!

 

 

 

 

Look what's new!

Tricia just released this adorable vinyl family!

You can find them in the store :)



Design Team Monday

It's Monday again!  This week our challenge at Little Scraps of Heaven Designs 

is to scraplift one of our Design Team layouts. 

Here's my page that I made this week.

For this page I used the Got Sprinkles pattern.  I just made the cup a little longer so it would look more like a cone.

 

Monday also means it's time for a new freebie pattern & this weeks is adorable!!  You can find it right here.

 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! 

 



Welcome Baby!

Today I want to share a page I made of my adorable Grandson.  

He was such a beautiful newborn, he's still adorable :).

For this page I used the stork pattern from the Be My Baby Babies collection.  I also use a shape from the Elements collection & also a little potty person/

Thanks for stopping by my blog today :)

Design Team Monday

It's Monday again & that means a new challenge at Little Scraps of Heaven Designs.  

This week we are having a fun sketch challenge.

Here's the page I made for this week's challenge inspirations.

For this page I used the Back to School pattern collection to make the chalk board.  I used the WeRMemory Keepers Hall Pass Collection for this page.

If you would like to join our challenge you can find all the details at our blog.  You can also find all the goodness that our design team has made for this challenge.

Monday also means a new freebie!  

You can find this little cutie on our Facebook Fanpage.

That's all for today.  Thank-You for stopping by my blog today!

That Pose!

Last night I made this fun page of my granddaugther.  I don't know what is up with her but lately when I try to take her picture, she always does this funky pose!  It's so funny so I had to scrapbook it!  I love all the funny little stages kids go through :)

For this page I used several patterns.  For the girl I used Taking a Stroll but I changed up the

 hair & used a pattern from the Locks of Love.  The little potty girl at the top left & the geotag 

at the bottom right are from the Elements Collection.  

Thanks for stopping by my blog today :)

Weekly Freebie!

I completely forgot to share the weekly freebie!  Tricia has made the cutest freebie this week!  It goes perfect with the circus file.  I'm also thinking it's perfect for pictures from the sea lion show at the zoo!

You can find this freebie on our Facebook page.

Little Boys

Hi there!  I'm a day late this week!  I got a new Cameo over the weekend so I've been totally obsessed with learning how to use it!   I think I'm figuring the software out, lol.

 

It's a new week so that means a new challenge at Little Scraps of Heaven .  This week our challenge is a sketch challenge.  Here's this week's sketch :)

Here's the page I made this week :)

I used the Little Boys pattern collection for this page.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.