tuesday.

11.10.2009

I want to begin by sending out a BIG thank you for all the warm wishes & congrats in my last post - it was so nice of all of you to stop by & comment :)  I can't believe it is already almost the middle of November - the year is flying by so quickly!!  I have tried to get my "rear-in-gear" so to speak & go back to running daily.  Once upon I time I ran 4 - 5 miles a day & was about 15 lbs. thinner - but recently - well - that is not the case.  This was all jump-started by a wedding this weekend & the upcoming struggle to find something to wear - probably should have started sooner than 5 days before the wedding - right???  Anyways - we live basically in the woods but we have a very long driveway that leads to a small neighborhood.  I have been waking up at 5:30 the past 2 days - still a bit dark out - and today I was almost run over by some strangle animal coming out of the woods - bigger than a fox/raccoon - smaller than a deer.  Honestly, it looked like a furry pig - needless to say - I headed back inside to the treadmill :) Sometimes you have to err on the side of caution - not looking to be attacked by a strange animal in the wee hours of the morning :)  Anyways - my little excitement for the day :)  On to some scrappy stuff . . . 

I rarely scrap pages about myself and/or friends but this gorgeous November kit Pam put together over at My Creative Scrapbook just screamed for pics of me & my best friend :)  Love the black, white & teal combo & especially loved the transparencies!!



Here is the sketch I came up with for their November kit:



And here is my sample:



And a few close-ups to show the details - love the effect of the paper tearing around the circle :)





My Creative Scrapbook will be posting a challenge using this sketch later today - make sure to check it out in the challenge section of their forum :)

I also had the fortune to work with Mimi's adorable November kit over at That Scrappy Girl - full of Cosmo Cricket Nutmeg goodies - this one simply made me smile :)  



I created this multi-pic sketch for their kit this month - 



And here is what I came up with . . .



A little detailed pic of the journaling . . .



That Scrappy Girl is running a challenge on their blog with this sketch during the month of November & there is an awesome Cosmo Cricket prize - check it out here :)

I will be back tomorrow with some more DT work, sketches, and challenges to share :)

ttyl - julie

8 comments:

  1. i super love the lo of you and your best friend - those layered circles are awesome :D

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  2. Your pages are so wonderful!! So pretty and professional looking.

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  3. Your pages are gorgeous!! I can sypathize with you and the critter issue. We have lots of them running around out here too. There is a pack of coyotes that hangs out behind our house in the wee hours, yipping.

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  4. Julie, your layouts are just incredible! When do you find time to eat? You must be constantly scrapping or designing sketches for the rest of us~

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  5. Beautiful LO's and sketches Julie! You are truly inspirational!!

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  6. Oh Wow Julie....You just completely inspire me!!!! Love your blog and Congrats on the DT gig!!!!

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  7. I love your LO of you and your BFF!! Just lovely!! Love the two new sketches too!! :)

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