Let's Scrap Sketch 11-15-15 ~ *Awesome Day*

My Dear Arty Scrappy Friends, it is wonderful to see you again!

Today I want to share with you my Design Team layout for the Let's Scrap Sketch #11-15-15...

*Awesome Day*.

This is the great sketch we got to work with...

*Awesome Day*

 

And some close ups...

 I used the gorgeous Kaisercraft Collection Be-YOU-tiful...

 

Thank you so much for visiting, it is always lovely to see you!!

Please remember to hop on over to Let's Scrap and join in all the fun!

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Have a Wonderful Day!

Hugs

*~Erica~*

"Happy Birthday ~ Sweet 16"

Hi there All my Arty Scrappy Friends,

how lovely to see you again!! ♥

I have been scrapping up a storm the last couple of days and off cause, yet again, enjoying myself tremendously!!!  My girls now have Winter School Holidays and this gives me an opportunity to also take it "easy" a bit... we went to the movies  to watch Inside Out and what a beautiful film, definitely one of my favourite animated movies by far.  My favourite part were all Riley's beautiful memories as a young child and the saddest part where her imaginary friend Bing Bong disappeared. :-(

How sad, but at the same time amazing, to think that this is basically what happens to all of us.  We are born, become small children, go to school, become teenagers and then grow into adults.  All in a few short years really.  Losing some of our beautiful childhood memories along the way... but how wonderful to think that the best ones stay... and nobody can take that away from us! :-)

Well, for this layout ~ yet another Sweet 16 page of my Eldest Dear Daughter 2 years ago ~  I used "leftovers" of Jayme Shepherd from Hazel & Ruby's lovely class at the SA Scrapbook Convention last year {2014}.  There were actually so much left to use, I could literally go mad, and there are still some cut off's, stickers and chipboards left to use.  Yayyyy!!

Anyway, some of the product in this kit are from Hazel & Ruby and some from My Mind's Eye.  Both awesome and very versatile!!

I used this great sketch from Let's Scrap #4-1-15:

You can find Let's Scrap's blog here:

letsscrapsketches.blogspot.com

And created this layout with MUCH LOVE for Elaine's Birthday Album: ♥

Here are some close ups:

 

 

My Youngest Dear Daughter is such an Angel and always helps me make cute bows and flowers with her clever little hands... she did all the ribbon, knots & bow on this layout. ♥

Well, I surely hope you enjoy looking as much as I enjoyed creating this very special layout!!

Have a Fantastic Week!!

Hugs

*~ Erica ~*

*~Life is Breathtakingly Beautiful~*

Oh how I have been enjoying myself... Scrapbooking!!!!

Here is my take on the lovely Let's Scrap sketch this week #3-1-15

Life is Breathtakingly Beautiful {with you in it}

 

Have a great day!!

*~Hugs~*

Erica

*Family Gathers Around our Hearts and are Bound Together*

Hi there!

I hope you are doing well?   We are having full blown Summer right here in September and it is lovely, eventhough it is very hot already.  Still waiting for Spring... and would love for the rain to come, so that our garden can be green GrEEn GREEN again!!

I have been working on this special layout with snippets of our families for a while now using Let's Scrap Sketch #5-14-14. {In case you missed my previous post, Let's Scrap Sketches can now be found on this blog...  Let's Scrap Sketches.} It just did not want to look right... but it grew on me... and with a few changes here and there, I can say that I am as happy as I can be with it.  I suppose no scrapbook layout would ever be or feel finished to me and I will never ever be 100% happy with it!! ;-)  I have my OCD times, eventhough not much with scrapbooking, as I feel life is stressful enough, no need to incorporate it into scrapbooking! I enjoy my scrapbooking therapy way too much to be a "perfect" scrapper. ;-)

Birth

The photos are all about our families... on my husband's side as well as my side.  Family dear to us, family members we have lost, family looking down from Heaven on us, family we would like to remember for the good times we had together and family we love.  In the middle photo is my Grandfather Eddie.  He was in his 80's and still working when he passed away last year October {2013}.  On the day this photograph was taken, he laughed so much with us and enjoyed especially his great-granddaughters company very much. We walked in his lovely garden and enjoyed the views.  He gave the girls cookies from the pantry and took us up into the mountain behind his house, walking the steep stairs all the way up on his own. He showed them the beautiful plants growing there and they picked fruits like grenadillas for them to take home.  Good times indeed. ♥

Well here it is... I hope you enjoy it with me! And please remember to leave a comment, it is always much appreciated!!

Thanks!

*Family Gathers Around our Hearts and are Bound Together*

Hugs
Erica