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New Card

Here is a card I made for a little non typical birthday card. I don't use a lot of purple in layouts so I thought it was the perfect opportunity to use it on this card.

Sketch Challenge

This was a sketch for a new site here it was such a great sketch to get to play with I just had to work with it. I choose my DD showing off some presents from christmas 2005.

My First DT projects are below

I got to work with the great Making Memories Passport line plus of course some other items as well. The kit was from Keep in Touch and it was the Big & Juicy kit but for Making Memories for You. Feel free to click on any of the pics to get a better view. The first layout I completed I wanted to NOT do a travel page so here it is "I need some Rest". Its my DS just taking a nap on the chair.

Next I made a card "Enjoy the Adventure" I used these Making Memories travel transperencies for the title.


Now the really big project was the Altered Portfolio from 7Gypsies. I am not a big altered person so I thought about this for DAYS before starting to tackle this project. I decided I would do my pictures from Hawaii in 2000.
The first photo is the closed cover.



The second photo is with the cover flap open and revealing the entire front cover.


This is the inside of the front cover. I didn't do the journaling yet, but I will soon.


There is a flap on the top of the middle section and a flap on the bottom as well. The seal photo is on the top. The flower is the bottom flap.

The top photo is part of the top flap. Then the main page & the flower photo at the bottom is the other side of the bottom flap.

The bird photos (from the second photo)is the outside flap.

Things I did this summer

I scrapped, of course
Was on the computer checking out scrapping MB
Wrote an article for a scrapbook mag
jumped on the trampoline
watched the kids play on the slip n slide
and in a pirate pool
went out to dinner with a friend
Went to movies with kids and saw WallE
Went to movies without kids and saw What happens in Vegas
Had 5 birthday cakes
Went to a moving out of State get together
Had a barbque
was obsessed with watching the Olympics
Went to Farmers Market
Let kids play in the water at city center
Caught up with an old friend from high school
Had a Garage Sale

I made it to the final 10

in the scrapgoods contest. I'm so excited. This week the challenge was not a square LO, use a bird, and buttons. I'm not a big bird person so I went with the nature theme so the bird would work for me. I love how this came out. Can't wait for the announcement on Thursday I hope I move on to the next round.

The photo is a flower I took on a walk in our neighborhood.