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Mommy’s Little Helper

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Today, is new sketch day at Sketchy Thursdays and I was immediately inspired. I loved the circles underneath and around the title. I was looking through my photos trying to decide if I wanted to blog about Jessica turning 22 months old (yes, that happened two days ago) and thought these three photos would work perfect with the sketch. The digi-kit I decided to scrap with is lovely neutral tones with just a hint of lime-green, which almost matched the color of Jessica’s shorts. I added some pink touches (the lime-green flairs in the kit actually say “me” so I just covered that with a pink heart) to go with the hearts on her shirt. I also added the pink embossed circle on the rose.

Sketchy Thursdays 8.18 Sketch

Journaling reads: “Jessica enjoys our new washer and dryer. Every time it sings its little song indicating the load is done, she points toward the laundry room and runs to go check it out. On this day, a simple “Do you want to put the diapers in the basket?” started her unloading the washer and filling up the basket so we could go hang the diapers in the sun to dry. August 10, 2011″

Mommy's Little Helper

Digikits Used: Milly Dee Designs – About Me
Fonts Used: Dragline BTN Dm

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A Few Layouts

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I’ve been steadily working on the scrapbook album that I am putting together for my parent’s trip to the Canadian Rockies. My goal is to be finished by Jessica’s birthday, which is 2 months from tomorrow, when my parents will next be in town. That way they can proof the album before I order the bound album. So far, I’ve put in 14.25 hours. I think I’m at least a third of the way done.

Here is what I intend to be the cover page (not necessarily the outside of the album). I used a screen shot of a Google map. I had seen a similar idea somewhere and thought it was really neat. The layout was scraplifted from here.

Canadian Rockies Cover Layout

Digikits Used: Connie Prince – Just Imagine
Fonts Used: my font isn’t funky enough

This next page will follow the layout in this blog post. Journaling reads: The largest North American ground squirrel, the Hoary Marmot is a 17 to 22 pound grizzled ball of fur that sleeps 7-8 months of the year. Not shy, we were able to observe one near the tree line.

View from the Top 2 Layout

Digikits Used: Connie Prince – Just Imagine
Fonts Used: Catherine’s College Days

These next three layouts are from our recent Dzubinski family trip. They wrap up the portion of the trip spent on a boat in the lake (see the first three here). So I put 2.5-3 hours of family fun into 6 layouts. Do you think that is reasonable?

Journaling reads: James was the only one of the Moores who choose to take a ride. Being pregnant, the tube was not a wise idea for Jennifer and she had no interest in the jet ski. Jessica wasn’t interested in riding the jet ski with her Daddy and it wasn’t forced.

Lake LBJ 4

First section of journaling reads: “Neither Papa or Nanny tried out the tube, but they did get behind the wheel of the jet ski and zoomed around the lake.” Second section of journaling reads: “After Sarah took a turn on the jet ski, she asked Cameron if he wanted to come join her.  He wasn’t liking that idea at all so she asked Trevor.  He nodded immediately and “jumped” right on.  He liked holding the steering panel and really enjoyed his ride. The rental time was nearly up, and Cameron still hadn’t taken a ride.  We knew that once he got on it, he would love it so Sarah sat him in front of Brian with a little resistance.  We’re so glad we “made” him get on because he had a blast.” If you read my sister’s blog, you might recognize the journaling, because it is almost verbatim from her blog. I just changed it up so it would not be pronoun specific. I’m making the layouts so that if I print these pages out for everyone, it is not family specific.

Lake LBJ 5

Lake LBJ 6

Digikits Used: Connie Prince – Whale of a Good Time
Fonts Used: my font isn’t funky enough

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Sketchy Thursdays September Guest DT Challenge

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You might recognize one of the photos in this layout, because I blogged about it here. However, I thought it perfectly fit the theme of reading for the Sketchy Thursdays September Guest Design Team Challenge. The sketch is pretty cute too. Initially, I had wanted to cut the holes out of a paper and put the different colored circles behind it, but I changed my mind.

Sketchy Thursdays Sept Guest DT Challenge Sketch

Books Layout

Digikits Used: The Scrapping Sisters – March of the Animals
Fonts Used: Tropicali Script BTN Bamboo
Wordart: A Matter of Memories – Book Quote

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A Few Lake LBJ Layouts

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Almost two weeks ago, we had the annual Dzubinski family trip. This year we went to Kingsland and stayed at the Antlers Inn, right on Lake LBJ. I’m a slacker when it comes to blogging about trips, because I take so many pictures and I have a hard time choosing which ones to blog. My sister Sarah already blogged days 1, 2, and 3 and my sister-in-law Julia did a single blog post. I’m going to go a bit untraditional in terms of blogging about the trip. I’m going to share a few layouts I’ve made of day 3 today. We’ll see when/if/how I blog about the rest of the trip.

The first layout uses the current Sketchy Thursdays sketch. Journaling reads: Sunday morning, we loaded up on a rented pontoon boat to kick back and relax. July 31, 2011

Lake LBJ Layout 1

Digikits Used: Dani Moy Designs – Sail With Me
Fonts Used: Smarty Pants BTN, Weathered SF

This next layout is purely of the action on the boat. I thought I was doing great to get at least one photo of everyone on the boat, but then I realized I didn’t include a picture of my brother Jason. I looked through mine and my sister’s photos and apparently no pictures of my brother were taken when he was on the boat.

Lake LBJ Layout 2

Digikits Used: Dani Moy Designs – Sail With Me
Fonts Used: my font isn’t funky enough

It was almost as if he was never on the boat, which brings us to the third layout. Journaling reads: Jason and then Jason and Julia were the first to try out the jet ski. Of course Jason was also the first to try out the tube pulled behind the boat. It was almost as if Jason was never on the boat.

Lake LBJ Layout 3

Digikits Used: Connie Prince – Whale of a Good Time
Fonts Used: my font isn’t funky enough

I have plans to do a similar page for each section of the family. What do you think?

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View from the Top

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Last week our chest freezer had issues and we realized it had no power for undetermined period of time. James figured out the problem and got it running. Wednesday night, we emptied it of all the spoiled refrozen food since yesterday was trash day. We then unplugged it so I could clean it out. Today, I have plans to sop up all the thawed juices and then clean it thouroughly before plugging it back in, but I am procrastinating because the whiff I got when I opened it was not a good whiff. And my pregnant nose smells way better than I want it to for this task.

So instead, I’m going to share this layout I made last night. It uses the Scrapbookbytes.com August #1 sketch. I really like how it turned out. I’m rather jealous of the beautiful scenery from my parent’s Canadian Rocky trip. One day, I too will visit the Canadian Rockies. Of course, not anytime soon.

The journaling reads: We ascended the summit of The Whistlers, a mountain named for the whistling sound made by the Hoary Marmot, via the Jasper Tramway. Jasper Tramway is the highest and longest guided aerial tramway in Canada. It took only seven minutes to get to the Upper Station where we could overlook the scenic mountain town of Jasper and the lakes we visited that morning.

View from the Top

Digikits Used: Connie Prince – Just Imagine
Fonts Used: Catherine’s College Days

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