Messy Messy Messy!

The newest prompt at Scrap That Baby is up and this time it’s all about the MESSES that our little ones make! 

I used this PencilLines sketch as inspiration for my layout about the disaster that Owen creates every time he eats:

Enter your messy layouts at Scrap That Baby before April 14th and you could win a great prize pack from Nikki Silvis!

STB–Prompt 25

The next prompt is up at Scrap That Baby!  This round is themed “so lucky to be your mommy” in honor of lucky St. Patrick’s Day and there is a great $20 prize up for grabs from Ally Scraps!

Here’s mine:

Get your entries in before March 30th to be eligible to win!

March Challenges!

It’s a new month and you know what that means: new challenges from ACherryOnTop and Scrap That Baby!

I’ve passed the torch for the Theme Challenge at ACOT but I will still be compiling the challenge article each month so check them out here. 

And of course we can’t forget about those sweet little peanuts at Scrap That Baby!  This next prompt is to scrap about birthdays.  Get your pages in by March 14th for a chance to win a $20 GC from Allyscraps!

Here’s little O on his first birthday with the monster smash cake I made him:

I’ll be back later with a winner for Kit #5!

January Challenges!

The new year brings new inspiration from the gals at A Cherry On Top and Scrap That Baby!  I just know some of you have made resolutions to scrap more in 2011 and these prompts are a great way to get crackin’ on that! 

Check out the huge list of challenges at ACOT here!

And the current prompt at Scrap That Baby is to scrap a layout of your Holiday Baby.  Layouts are due January 14th and don’t forget that there is a prize for our monthly winner! 

Challenges Galore!

Well, I'm back up and running after an interesting vacation week. It was a week for the record books, that's for sure, but I am not getting into that long story at the moment. The good news is that my little guy is home from Grams' house and has been putting up with me loving on him even more than usual. He had a great week and my mom was a rock star... gotta love awesome grandparents!

Meanwhile, new challenges are up at Scrap That Baby and A Cherry On Top!

Check out my Theme Challenge at ACOT, where I ask you to scrap a costume this month. Here is little O in his King Richard's Faire garb (excuse the awful photo... this is what happens when you don't see sun for days):

See the rest of the ACOT challenges HERE!

Then hop on over to Scrap That Baby, where's there's still time to enter the Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes Challenge. I did a layout about Owen's sweet little caveman feet:

Coming soon: some fun Halloween projects and my new obsession with felt food!

It's September!

Thus begins my favorite season (I know, I know.. technically not for a few more weeks but I'm going with meteorological Fall here!) and that means a new set of challenges is up at A Cherry On Top. If you need a mojo boost check them out!

There is also a new challenge up at Scrap That Baby! This month we're asking you to scrap your newborn to four year old using a Top 10 list of some sort. You could win a fab prize pack from Thoughts 2 Paper! We're nickname people so I did my example on the Top 10 nicknames for Owen:

I hope to see some fabulous pages!!

Welcome to the Scrap that Baby's Sweet Summertime blog hop!!

Thank you so much for hopping along on our first ever blog hop!

If you didnt come from Kelly's blog or you popped upon this blog and didn't realize we were blog hopping you need to go to Scrap That Baby and start the HOP! You will need to comment on ALL of the blogs to be eligible for the grand prizes listed on the main site! Plus, so many of our awesome designers are giving away a prize on their blogs as well. You will not want to miss out. There are MANY MANY chances to win!

Our theme for this blog hop is SWEET SUMMERTIME!! The members of our design team will all be sharing fantastic summer projects, stories, tips or ideas for keeping cool and having fun in the summer with a baby along.

Here are a few of my ideas:

- I'm starting with a layout of my boy on his first Independence Day! For many, the 4th of July is a true icon of summer. Every year my best friend and I make plans together and last year we were both pregnant and blissfully envisioning our perfect family, double baby celebration. Well, babies sure do have minds of their own! Owen had a ball until about five minutes before the fireworks when he had a total meltdown. We packed up and by the time we hit the parking lot he was completely calm again and we paused to see the fireworks, which he thought were pretty fascinating. Despite the evening not going according to plan I still got some awesome photos of my little guy in his adorable (and so fitting) Little Firecracker onesie:

- Next up: kitchen stuff! Anyone who knows me knows that I love to be in the kitchen... and that I HATE the heat and that means I'm in a real pickle in the summertime! When it is hot out I just can't take the heat and I get out of the kitchen. What's a cook to do? A lot of crock pot cooking and grilling.

One of my favorite ways to grill is using foil packets. This idea is borrowed from campers, boaters, and RVers everywhere. Try salmon, dill, butter and some lemon slices in a double wrapped foil packet. YUM! Or the classic potatoes, carrots, onions, butter, salt and pepper. Those little crispy bits that stick to the foil are fought over in this house!

- What to drink on these dog days of summer? How about a little Blueberry Lemonade Spritzer! I came up with this after I had juice leftover from making Owen's pureed blueberries.

1. Cook fresh blueberries over medium heat until they burst.
2. Strain juice from the berries (save berries for jam, babyfood (!), or other recipes).
3. Fill a pitcher with homemade or store bought lemonade and add the blueberry juice... it will be a beautiful color!
4. When you are ready to serve: pour until the glass is about 2/3 of the way full and top with any clear sparkling beverage such as 7-Up or fizzy water.
5. Garnish with lemon slices and a few whole blueberries.

Bonus! Add some citrus flavored vodka, champagne, or prosecco for an awesome adult cocktail!


- Finally, ANY season is a good one for a giveaway, right?! To win this Maya Road trio of fun chipboard, felt buttons, and ribbons all you have to do is be/become a follower of my blog and leave your blog hop comment! Wednesday I will choose from the followers who played along.

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Our blog hop runs from today, August 18th until August 22nd. Invite your friends to play for extra entries. You must comment on all the blogs for a chance at the main prize!

The Scrap that Baby blog will be drawing for prizes on Wednesday August 25th! .

The next stop on the blog hop is Heather!

Step by Step

Check out prompt 11 at Scrap That Baby! This time the prompt is "Step by Step" and you need to create a layout about a baby or child under 4 in action... moving in any way! One lucky winner will win an American Crafts travel kit from Thoughts2Paper.

Here is my example of Owen not sitting still for photos:

Baby Tooting!

Wait, that doesn't sound right!

What I mean to say is that I am tooting my own horn because I have been accepted to the Scrap That Baby design team! Yay!!

Twice a month this challenge blog releases new challenges for scrapping babies and kids under four years old. How perfect is this for me right now? Considering I have been scrapping Mr. Owen nonstop since he arrived this is going to be a great outlet and source of inspiration for me. And hopefully my examples there can do the same for others!

And if that wasn't enough for you to get yer butt over there how about checking out the awesome prizes sponsored by great companies? The current challenge is to scrap something in/about the nursery and it's due July 30th. You could win a sweet prize pack from Scrappy Jo's!