New layouts -- last three weeks of Sketchapalooza class

I love the Sketch classes at Feeling Scrappy. I get 20 sketches over a month and I get sooooo much work done in my albums. I love the challenge it provides me to take my pictures and fit them to a sketch or to take a sketch and fit them to my pictures. :) The class concludes this weekend and I'm already anxiously awaiting to hear when the next one will be held.

Here are the last 15 layouts/sketches. All the layouts are from our February 2009 trip to Disneyworld. Remember you can click on the photos to enlarge.

Sketch 6

Sketch 7 -- I liked this sketch so much that I used it for the entire parade series.

I love the ribbon on this one. So fun to make curling ribbon.

Dolls were from a swap on ScrapShare. The Pinocchio is mine.

The doll is also from a swap on ScrapShare from my pal Shelly.

These dolls also from the swap on ScrapShare.

These dolls also from the swap. The Wendy doll is mine.

These dolls were also from the same swap. Cinderella is mine.

More dolls -- same swap.

Paper piecings done by Kuleen on ScrapShare. They are cut on a cricut.

Sketch 8

This contains elements from a Disney swap on ScrapShare.

Sketch 9

I cut the paper piecings on this one on my Silhouette. The paper lollipop flowers were also handmade by me.

Sketch 10

The yellow ribbon on this was hand dyed by my pal Jen. She has an etsy shoppe here.

Sketch 11

Sketch 12

The title was cut on my silhouette.

Sketch 13

I cut all the paper piecings and title on my silhouette.

Sketch 14

title is part of a Disney swap set from ScrapShare.

Sketch 15

The paper piecings were all cut by me on my Silhouette.

Sketch 16

the title was cut on my silhouette. The Mickey head I had seen but didn't have a file for it so I cut the Mickey heads on my cricut and then handcut the circles in the ear and face. LOVE it!!

Sketch 17

Title cut on my cricut. Then I used a punch to get the chomp marks.

Sketch 18

Paper piecings cut on my Silhouette.

Sketch 19

Donald was cut using my cricut.

Sketch 20

title cut on my cricut

And one final layout -- this one was another sketch site but I just adore it and the subject matter is pretty awesome. :)

Catching up on October

Things have been pretty busy around here. The end of October always is but the kids have kept me busy busy busy as well. Hana with dance, play rehearsal, field trips, and school of course. Noah with cub scouts, play rehearsal, school, and just being the boy he is. :)

A repeat trip to Gilroy Gardens with the whole family.

Noah's new obsession -- Bakugan. They are these little toys that look like a ball but when they are thrown or put on a magnet they pop open to reveal a creature inside.

Cub Scouts

Finding time for homework

The CA School for the Deaf celebrated 150 years of excellence in education for Deaf children. I'm proud to teach at this fantastic school...even if they make me wear pumpkin orange shirts.

This year's costumes: Hana as a ballerina squirrel (a costume recycled from this summer's Willy Wonka play) and Noah as an X-Wing Fighter Pilot.

At the kids' school haravest festival. Noah tries his hand at cemetery golf.

Hana got lucky and won a cake in the cake walk game

Don got in the spirit at the Homecoming game for the CA School for the Deaf and got an eagle painted on his cheek.

Hana's class went on a field trip to the CA Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.

Annual trek to the pumpkin patch. This one was squeezed in on a Tuesday afternoon just before Halloween when I didn't have any meetings. Phew!

Noah and pumpkin joy

Hana and an odd pumpkin she noticed (didn't like it enough to buy it though)

Hana goofing off at dance with her BFF

Noah in his school Halloween costume parade (he's in orange next to his teacher Mrs. Potts)

Hana with her class after the parade

Trick or Treating with Hana's BFF. Thank goodness the haul was a bit smaller this year.

And a few more Disneyworld layouts:

Big Thunder Mountain (click on the photos to enlarge)

Cinderella's castle

Dream Along with Mickey show

Sketchapalooza 5 - first week layouts

It is that time again. One of my favorite on-line class sites, Feeling Scrappy, is doing another sketch class. I LOVE their sketch classes. At the end of the first week I have been able to stay caught up and do all 5 sketches. Here are the layouts I did this week (all from our Disneyworld trip).

Sketch 1 -- (remember to click on the image to see it larger)

Sketch 2 --

Sketch 3 --

Sketch 4 --

Sketch 5 --

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