Sunday, February 28, 2010

Day 28 (Febr. LOAD 10)


Day 28 (Febr. LOAD 10)
Originally uploaded by Miss_Niki
28 of 28! Mission Accomplished!!

I really liked Lain's prompt today which was to finish something...today would have been a perfect day to do just that since we did not get home from a weekend trip to Lincoln until 8:30 p.m. But I didn't finish one that'd I'd already started....I did another one start to finish because this was an easy one! Anyway, her prompt got me to thinking....why not spend the next 31 days finishing something!?!? Lots of those layouts laying around waiting for home in albums. I ordered a bunch of page protectors from JoAnn's so that will no longer be my excuse for not putting them away!

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Day 27 (Febr. LOAD 10)


Day 27 (Febr. LOAD 10)
Originally uploaded by Miss_Niki
I as really limited to what digital items and I had available tonight! Precious few on my hard drive and a few more on a thumbdrive...poor planning on my part! But is what I was able to pull together!

Friday, February 26, 2010

Day 26 (Febr. LOAD 10)


Day 26 (Febr. LOAD 10)
Originally uploaded by Miss_Niki
Here's a digital one for the day. Headed to Lincoln this afternoon so no time for paper scrappin'!

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Day 24 (Febr. LOAD 10)


Day 24 (Febr. LOAD 10)
Originally uploaded by Miss_Niki
Ooooops! Forgot to blog this one too! Good thing I have not forgotten to load them to the LOAD set at flickr.com! Yikes! I would be sooooo bad to miss out on a chance a the grand prize because I "forgot".


Enjoy! this one. I created it because it reflects a piece of history that I felt was important to document. The paper is Jillibean-Soup...so FUN! You can get your own at Maggie's in Hershey!

Day 25 (Febr. LOAD 10)


Day 25 (Febr. LOAD 10)
Originally uploaded by Miss_Niki
In the home stretch for sure! This was a quickie! Not a lot of time this evening with preparations to go east this weekend for gymnastics activities. Super easy!!

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Day 23 (Febr. LOAD 10)


Day 23 (Febr. LOAD 10)
Originally uploaded by Miss_Niki
Here's the second half of yesterday's layout....I'm not a s pleased with this half as I was the first. But it's done!! Woo Hoo! I can't believe there's only 5 more days to this round of LOAD. Off to dream about tomorrow's layout!

Monday, February 22, 2010

Day 22 (Febr. LOAD 10)


Day 22 (Febr. LOAD 10)
Originally uploaded by Miss_Niki
This was a very busy Monday at work and I had no time to think about what topic I might want to do, brainstorm color scheme, think about pattern papers or embellishments. The evening continued on in much the same way with gymnastics for A. and dance for C. Thankfully J. helped by cooking supper and it was delicious! So it was 10:10 when I finally got around to choosing pictures. I knew what I wanted the title to be and the rest literally fell into place in less than 20 minutes! yeah!! Can't wait to work on page two of this layout! Funny girls!

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Day 20 (Febr. LOAD 10)


Day 20 (Febr. LOAD 10)
Originally uploaded by Miss_Niki
Ooops! forgot to blog this one yesterday! It is the left half of the Week #6 sketch for Ella Publishing and the Day 20 layout! Super simple and took literally five minutes!

Day 21 (Febr. LOAD 10)


Day 21 (Febr. LOAD 10)
Originally uploaded by Miss_Niki
Super simple and the right half to yesterday's page. I had been putting these photos off because they were such a cute set and I wanted the layout to be PERFECT! I'm not sure it's prefect but I am happy with the simplicity of it! And it's done!

Friday, February 19, 2010

Week #6 Sketch Challenge



This is Week #6 of the Sketches Challenge at Ella Publishing! Here is the sketch....ideas anyone? It needs to be done by next Wednesday.

I really like this one! Should be fun!

Day 19 (Febr. LOAD 10)


Day 19 (Febr. LOAD 10)
Originally uploaded by Miss_Niki
This was fun to create! Inspired by Maggie Holmes....I love her style! These photos were too cute not to scrap! Enjoy!

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Day 18 (Febr. LOAD 10)


Day 18 (Febr. LOAD 10)
Originally uploaded by Miss_Niki
This girl has the greatest sense of humor! I found her uploading these pictures to FaceBook....how funny is that?!?! She took some photos of herself and then typed in the title "Need a Snow Day?" then went on to describe the myth to everyone of her FB friends about if you wear your pjs Inside Out and Backwards the chance of a snow day the next morning increases greatly.....I think I will be giving a try as well....I could use a day at home! Enjoy!

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Day 17 (Febr. LOAD 10)


Day 17 (Febr. LOAD 10)
Originally uploaded by Miss_Niki
Here's the right side of the page! Submitting this one for the Sketch Challenge at Ella!

Off to gather supplies and maybe start another layout for tomorrow.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Day 16 (Febr. LOAD 10)


Day 16 (Febr. LOAD 10)
Originally uploaded by Miss_Niki
Here's the left side....still needs journaling but I need to find all the birth details as my memory fails me. I'll add it later and decided it was probably best omitted for the LOAD challenge to protect the innocent.

Stay tuned for the right side tomorrow!

Monday, February 15, 2010

Day 15 (Febr. LOAD 10)


Day 15 (Febr. LOAD 10)
Originally uploaded by Miss_Niki
wow! I could not decide on pictures tonight....no inspiration for any that I sorted through. Need to do some serious searching tomorrow for ideas! Yikes!

Sketch Challenge Week #5


Here is the sketch this week at Ella. I'm thinking about baby photos....I want to scrapbook the meeting of our niece and nephew so maybe this is the inspiration I need. I'm thinking it may also be good for the pumpkin patch...tons of photos for those events! Stay tuned...

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Day 14 (Febr. LOAD 10)


Day 14 (Febr. LOAD 10)
Originally uploaded by Miss_Niki
One of the prompts from Lain was to create a grid style layout using a digital template. I had printed these photos....4 to a 4x6 so they were pretty small and worked great for this concept. Thanks, Lain!

She picked me!

Yea! Jamie Waters is the host at WriteClickScrapbook this week and on Febr. 13th 2010, she picked me! I am thrilled to have a layout chosen by her and featured on the writeclickscrapbook.com blog! The challenge was to post paper items with hearts in honor of Valentine's Day so I did. Check it out there!

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Day 13 (Febr. LOAD 10)


Day 13 (Febr. LOAD 10)
Originally uploaded by Miss_Niki
Went to the LSS downtown today to scrap for a few hours. A. went along and completed a couple too!

Here is what I was able to create for Day 13...continuing to use my stash!

Friday, February 12, 2010

Day 12 (Febr. LOAD 10)


Day 12 (Febr. LOAD 10)
Originally uploaded by Miss_Niki
A super fast layout tonight....no idea what I wanted to scrap so I grabbed the photo box and looked for something that didn't require a lot of embellishing! I love these photos of T.....in his element!

Balloon artist


Balloon artist
Originally uploaded by Miss_Niki
Another double duty layout! Day 11 for the LOAD Challenge and Week 4 for the Sketches Challenge at Ella Publishing! Done!

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Day 10 (Febr. LOAD 10)


Day 10 (Febr. LOAD 10)
Originally uploaded by Miss_Niki
Day 10. Added this page to A's Christmas ornament album....Just a couple more pages and it will be caught up....until next year!

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Day 9 (Febr. LOAD 10)


Day 9 (Febr. LOAD 10)
Originally uploaded by Miss_Niki
Thank goodness I had a plan for tonight's layout or I never would have pulled this one off! The second half to yesterday's pigtails layout! We went birthday shopping for C. and looking for a washer / dryer set....good times!!

Monday, February 8, 2010

Day 8 (Febr. LOAD 10)


Day 8 (Febr. LOAD 10)
Originally uploaded by Miss_Niki
I purchased a couple of emagazines / idea books from Scrapbook Trends that I looked at this weekend. I love their layouts! Their subscription is soooo expensive. The "e" versions were $5 each....it doesn't seem so bad when you look at it that way but then I multiplied it by 12....Ouch!

So this is a scraplift from the Quick and Easy idea book. Lisa Truesdell was the original creator.

Second half of the page tomorrow.

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Day 7 (Febr. LOAD 10)


Day 7 (Febr. LOAD 10)
Originally uploaded by Miss_Niki
Quick and Easy is right! I love the simplicity of this layout. I really struggle to scrapbook professional prints but I think this one was easier since it was only one photo and not two!

Day 6 (Febr. LOAD 10)


Day 6 (Febr. LOAD 10)
Originally uploaded by Miss_Niki
Here's another Valentine one! It goes in A's album!!

Friday, February 5, 2010

Day 5 (Febr. LOAD 10)


Day 5 (Febr. LOAD 10)
Originally uploaded by Miss_Niki
Day 5. Done. Took waaaaayyy tooooo loooonnnnggg for something this simple!

Hmmm? What should I create tomorrow?

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Day 4 (Febr. LOAD 10)


Day 4 (Febr. LOAD 10)
Originally uploaded by Miss_Niki

Boy, did I struggle tonight! I couldn't find the photos I wanted to scrap and then just couldn't seem to rally and find another set. I settled on these. I am so pleased that I was able to fit 5 photos on an 8x11! Hopefully tomorrow goes smoother....




I used this sketch as a starting point but the one photo would not cooperate so I trimmed it even smaller then added the two itty bitty that I had another plan for....oh well!

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Day 3 (Febr. LOAD 10)



Day 3 (Febr. LOAD 10)
Originally uploaded by Miss_Niki
This one is for LOAD and for the Sketch Challenge at Ella Publishing. I also completed a left side to this layout which consists of the Pebbles Share and Tell page...it includes the "details" of the trip. Enjoy!

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Day 2 (Febr. LOAD 10)


Day 2 (Febr. LOAD 10)
Originally uploaded by Miss_Niki
Here it is! I went together pretty quickly, even though I debated a llittle long about pattern papers and the colors clashing. I lucked out and found the pink stripe from Pebbles Inc.! Perfect!

I even put together a baby girl card while all the pink goodies were laying around on the table! Fun!

Monday, February 1, 2010

Day 1 (Febr. LOAD 10)


Day 1 (Febr. LOAD 10)
Originally uploaded by Miss_Niki
Piece of cake! Day one is done and in a very short amount of time! If only each and every day could be this easy...this simple. Off to gather an idea and supplies of Day 2....stay tuned!