Sunday, March 06, 2011

Good Morning!

Wahoo! Blogging on Sunday ;) But I have had a hard time getting my posts done on Friday the past few weeks so technically it is still the weekend. I have to laugh. I am so tired, LOL! Owen has been getting some really good reports from school (he has had some "listening to the teacher" issues) well, since he started school. So his reward was having some friends over last night.

So, needless today it has been over 12 hours of them wrestling, playing wrestling with figurines, dancing to Ke$ha and Taio Cruze, and complaining that Henry is bothering them. We put them to bed at 11ish...so by the time 1 am rolled around and I checked on them for the 3rd time they were asleep. But...every single light was on downstairs and the basement, they got papers out and were drawing, more soda (good thing it was caffeine free) ALL in the last 1/2 hour! So funny. They were really good though.

Oh and guess what else the got into? Yeppers. An ENTIRE bowl of Hershey Miniatures. I had two (of these dark chocolate ones) and Brian said he had a few so they ate all of these last night! LOL, can't say I blame them.






So next up is a layout that I worked on while Joyce and I were scrapping on Friday. I busted out her brand new Martha punch. You know you are friends when you let someone use a brand new just out of the package Martha punch before you get to use it ;)

So I found the Get Picky Challenge blog through Tanya Tahir and I just love it! Inspiration for multi photo layouts and it has really helped me scrap more larger photos on one page. I can do lots of wallets no sweat but I really want to grow in this area and feel as if I have. Here is my layout for this week's challenge. I don't have a lot of romantic-"y" papers b/c that isn't really my style but since they all used Pink Paislee, I ran with that Since I have some Queen Bee that I hoarded from last year. I drew inspiration from their layouts by placing my photo horizontal and making that linear design. Just because you scrap on the simpler side doesn't mean you can use those "froo froo" papers! (that's the technical term, LOL). The cardstock base is Core'dinations Core Impression by Graphic 45.




Color inspiration is from The Color Room, as usual, I missed the cut off but loved this palette so I did I used it for inspo anyway.

Adhesives are from Glue Arts (Glider Pro and Adhesive squares)

20 comments:

Julie Tucker-Wolek said...

Sounds like a fun but tiring night! LOL! I love love love the lo!! The photos are AWESOME and loving the punched edges and the colors! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

cappuccino and colour said...

this is great Ellen. love the colours.

Andrea Amu said...

Ha! Sounds like the sleep over was a hit and so was the chocolate and soda, lol! Good for him on the improving report from teacher!! Oh, and I'll take those remaining Special bars... they are my fave!

Great page... those pix of funny!!

Marlene said...

Fabulous layout, Ellen! Love your title! Fantastic work! (Got me craving chocolate now, too...hrrrmphfff!)

Murphy's Law said...

awesome lo ellen, love the colors and how you did the title. and the chocolate minis yum!

Murphy's Law said...

awesome lo ellen, love the colors and how you did the title. and the chocolate minis yum!

Mel said...

Sounds like the boys had fun! Can't blame them for devouring the Hersheys miniatures though. Love the new LO. This is my favorite color combo right now...ok well gray and anything is my favorite right now but LOVE gray and yellow:) Hope you had a good Sunday!

Jolanda said...

sounds cool!!!and your L/O is too!!
Have a very nice day!!

Chic said...

Lovely Layout. Juice is super yum!!!

Lisa Dorsey said...

congrats to your son! Love your layout Ellen and hope you get some sleep tonight. :)

BabyBokChoy said...

I love that palette so much and love what you did with it, love love it :) so... august, i'm headed to cherry hill, nj. will be going to Hershey for sure :)

Rebecca Keppel said...

hee hee --you are so brave! I am terrified of the sleep over days coming ;) Love that layout--the color combo is amazing and all your details are perfect.

Aussie TM5 Thermomixer said...

LOVE your layout, Ellen and I'm so glad that Get Picky inspired you to scrap larger photos. Love Queen Bee ;)

Audrey Pettit said...

Oh, Ellen! This is fabulous! I love it all! Love those photos, love the colors, love the design. Way to rock a 3 photo layout. :)

Renee Lamb said...

hee hee -loved hearing about Owen's sleepover! Funny how the little brother is always in the way......awwwww.

LOVE the layout my dear! I am going to have to check out the blog - I'd like to use bigger multi photos myself and I love what you did with this!!!

Beth said...

I guess you can say it was the perfect sleep over when there's chocolate & soda. If MY son was there, there'd be no Special Dark ones left either. (snicker!)

However, I am ooohing & ahhhhing over that layout! I have been pondering a yellow and gray page for a little while now & I LOVE yours!

Christine said...

I love your page design, and those colours work so nicely!

Lou said...

Gorgeous LO and great pics!! Beautiful color scheme!
Lou x

Casey Wright said...

Love this layout - it's beautiful!

Pearl Maple said...

The color room is a fun source of inspiration, really like the way you played with the colors on this page.