New Year ... New Baby .. New Goals .. New Layouts!

So the best thing this year so far is the arrival of our NEW baby girl Kylie Anne Granito! She made it

 a memorable January 2nd! After a stalled car in a snowstorm on a bridge less than a mile from the hospital, an induced labor that had us all worried it might not go as easy as planned to a nice easy and pretty pain free birth she made her appearance weighing 6 lbs 14 oz. and with a length of 19.5 inches at about 10:43 pm. I was just so happy that she arrived so healthy and happy and yet so TINY! Still getting used to that :) ! 

I haven't had much time to scrapbook but I did want to share all of my layouts even though some look like doubles (yes I scrapbook pages for each of my kids albums which means multiple pics and like pages- crazy crazy me!). I wanted to share each page because many of these pages were made in various scrapbook groups entirely by someone just for me! I am sorry that I just don't remember each person who made them for me, so if u view my blog and know one is yours please leave a comment! I'd love to give you a proper Thank YOU!! 

So even though I haven't had much time to scrap, I have completed many pages thanks to many people who have made some kits or entire pages for me! 

Thanks for taking a look! 

     

Parts from a kit off of IASST! I'll miss this group lots! 

Pieces by IASST group.

Premade page by me :)

Premade page by ...?

Premade page by Robin!

Premade pages by me :) !

Pieces from IASST group!

Premade page by Lisa!

Premade page made by me!

Premade Page!

Premade page - Lisa?

Premade page :) 

Premade page :) 

last of the layouts for September !

I really needed to scrap this month and thanks to Kathy on Friends that Scrap keeping us motivated I got a lot .. I mean A LOT accomplished :D! So here they are ...

I used a bunch of elements on these pages from leftover stickers and borders to IASST swap pieces from Basic Grey lines .. love the bright colors. This was my daughter's 21st bday. I really should have taken after photo's, but I'm a good mommy ;)! 

Yeah look at those last few photo's .. someone definitely had fun! 

Thank u Lisa for a great layout .. I had to refind the pictures for it but this was exactly what I wanted for them! 

Fun pics of my baby boy and pieces from IASST swaps :).

I hosted a tag title swap and I love how they all came out. I can't wait to use them all! Thanks ladies of IASST for making my pages look great! 

close up of the title. 

simple page using some cricut cuts I had leftover :).

more cricut cuts I love ! 

final page with lots of leftover pieces that went together well! 

Another simple layout design that came to life with the colors and especially the title! This tag title was from Lisa's group Swaps that Work, and it was probably made a year or more ago! Love them! 

close up again of title! 

more pool pics of my little fishy! Leftover pieces from a page kit I had bought. 

Swap pieces from IASST. 

These next few were for FTS Back to School challenges - This was my 20th Cent Heritage Layout. Pics of my daughter in 1998 at her 8th bday party! Man she's old .. but I'm not ;)!!! 

My Geography layout, we had to use a map. This was an easy one as I had a map from our last trip to Pitts. Zoo, Tyler was our tour guide! 

 My Home Ec Class - Fabric, Twine, Ribbon and Stick pins were used! 

 My math layout, I've had this page kit for a year or so and so happy to use it! Thanks also to Tara for the great title! 

My PE layout. These were pics of my daughter's 2009 summer softball league. 

And last but not least, yes a totally goofy pic of ME .. yuk! LOL. But it went well with the idea I had for American Lit LO - I used fun colors that I associate with Dr. Seuss and titled it after one of his books "Are you my mommy?".

Thanks for stopping in! 

Knockin' em out!

Well I didn't do a whole lot, but it was a lot for a 6 day work week. I also kept up with my household chores too so I'm quite proud at finishing these next few on top of all the "stuff" I had to do last week. My dh is off work tonight and tomorrow so I hope to get a few more pages and challenges done!

This was my challenge for FTS - Chemistry Class. Using mists and various chipboard shapes to create my own background. LOTS OF FUN !!! I can't wait to try this again! 

Yup same pic but for ds' album. This was a sketch challenge for ACOT #50. 

Just some fun layouts of my son washing his big sisters car. One layout for his books and ... 

one layout for hers. 

Pieces here are from an IASST swap. I have used these so many times I just love them! 

Still scrapping!

I have not scrapped on a regular basis at all this year so doing it a few days in a row is a great achievement for me! Here are some layouts I did for some challenges and just because last night .. I hope to stay on the roll all week and for the rest of the year, but I'm not going to commit to any set number as I feel that is really taking away my fun in it all. Thanks again for stopping in to check out my layouts!

This page was made using parts from an IASST swap. I did hm the Boy and Frog deco squares. 

This layout was for the Back to School Challenge on FTS - Woodshop! I had to use a wood grained background and as many wood pieces as I could to go with. I really like how it turned out. 

Pics from my son at preschool, of course he is not yet in preschool but his babysitter didn't mind taking his pic with the 30 other kids she did as well! 

Another layout from the IASST swap leftovers.