Busy ... busy ... busy!

Wow, time flies! Been a while since I've updated my blog, so here goes ... Spring break came and went and DS is back at school (thankfully! LOL) ... went to a couple of DC United games (one good game, one was just too much defense ... back 'n' forth ... boring) ... worked a couple of 10+ hour days at work - in a row (ugh!) ... tried to garden, but it's too wet to really do anything - hopefully things will be okay this weekend, where the forecast is in the low 70's.

Been busy "escaping" into scrapbooking as a nice mental release from everything else. Although, I've also had to pace myself so my family doesn't turn around and say, "Who are you?!" LOL So, here's a little eye candy of what I've created lately ... enjoy!

This LO has photos from a few years ago, but I didn't have much to work on as far as Easter goes. I'm falling in love with Crystal's kits at Two Peas in a Bucket - they have such a fun element to them. This was also a "mystery recipe" challenge from Making Memories For You - I had no idea what I would be using on the page - and everyone's will be different AND a scraplift challenge from Two Peas! I love how this came out - and seems others do too ... my layout was chosen to be included in the bi-monthly Two Peas newsletter as an example of using 85% kits from the designers (thanks Mel and the team!).

Credits: Credits: 365 kits for April and March from Crystal Wilkerson (Two Peas in a Bucket), "Memories" from Handwritten {Family} Words, also from Crystal; ribbon from Natali Designs (Scrapbook Graphics).

For something a little different, I decided to do an 8.5 x 11 page for a template challenge at Scrapbooks Etc. The challenge can be found on the SBE blog. It's funny how I never really noticed these boats before - I'd been living near the marina for more than 4 years... and yet, duh! A marina would likely have boats, wouldn't it?!

Credits: Credits: Template SBE Quick Collage 102 (modified); paper - Back 2 School, Shannon Freeman; Dymo tape labels - Office Supply mini kit, Rhonna Farrer ("ME" created from other tags); scalloped edge journaling tag - Label Fun, Kate Teague; word tags - Teen Boy Word Strips, Sande Krieger; tree tag and title font - The 365 Challenge {April} kit, Crystal Wilkerson; journaling font - 2Ps Island Style(all Two Peas in a Bucket); polaroid frame and So Cool bottlecap - Pop Culture (Raspberry Road Designs); stitching - Route101, collab kit HeatherT and ViVa Artistry (Get Digi With It); staples (misc.) ... phew! ROFL

And last, but by no means least, here's some pages that I used with my latest CT assignment from Scrap it Sassy. Denise's Step Back in Time kit just screamed heritage/vintage to me ... so I pulled some pics that my Uncle gave me about my Dad and used those. I think the muted browns and pinks go really well with this style of page, don't you?

Credits: Step Back in Time from Designs by Denise (Scrap it Sassy)