I've Been Scrapping!

I haven't posted anything scrappy in awhile so figured it was time since this IS supposed to be about my Scrappy World. Hehe!
This is a picture of my daughter Michele when she was only a few months old in 1981. I've always loved the picture, but with time it's faded to almost orange! So I scanned it in and used a technique shared by hlough on Scrapdango to turn it to black and white, but then color just the bow. Thanks to an old posting on a forum I used to hang out at for the design idea, I love how it turned out!
These are pictures from Michele's kindergarten days. Even though Steve and I didn't know each other existed at this point, his nickname for her was totally perfect for the title! I did the the next page for the Crowned contest at Scrapdango. Someone will be sashed each week of February and at the end of the month someone will be Crowned! It's a LOT of fun and there's some awesome prizes! There's also many other chances to win like scavenger hunts, Name that Photo and other games, along with Miss Congeniality (the one who posts the most during the month.) Check it out at www.scrapdango.net or follow the link in my favorites listing. Hope to see you there! The challenge was as follows: "For our first competition we will be having an evening gown competition. Every girl loves to dress-up, and what goes great with a beautiful evening gown…..well BLING of course!! For this week’s challenge you must use at least 2 kinds of bling somewhere on your layout. It is that simple. We can’t wait to see what you come up with! Here are some examples of bling that would work...gemstones, crystals (Prima Say It In Crystals and similar), glitter, glitter glue (Stickles), and sequins."I used Art Glitter, Glitter Brads, Stickles and Crystal Lacquer. Here's my entry:

In honor of Valentines Day on Saturday (which also just happens to be my birthday) I did this layout about my 6th birthday party. It's not one of my best LOs, but it's cute and it's done! ;)And finally one I did last night of my daughter, her husband and their son (my grandson). The picture was taken on Christmas Day last year. I LOVE this picture! I was trying to figure out how to do the title when I read Tara's Scrapdango Blog challenge to use a font she had linked on the blog. It was PERFECT! And after viewing all the eye candy in the Scrapdango Gallery, I couldn't pick just ONE to lift for the Week 2 challenge (see below), so I used a layout by lbettis called "Graduation" and came up with this:
It's been a busy month already and I'm off to do another LO for the Week 2 Crowned Challenge - "It is time for the talent portion of the competition. Baton twirling anyone? No, we know you are all a talented bunch of scrappers, but for this week we want you to focus on a specific technique. For our technique we are going to play around with make-up. I don't know about you, but for me, make-up application does not come easy, and I think it is a talent and an art-form that stylists take years to perfect. But what better way to improve, then to practice. For your challenge this week, we want you to scour the gallery and find a look from a stylist you admire and do your best makeover (scraplift) of their layout to reproduce the look but make sure to use some make-up (paint, ink and/or chalk) on your layout. Let us see the layout you used for inspiration as well as your layout."
I have my pictures all ready and I know what LO I'm going to use for inspiration. So off I go to my Happy Scrappy Place! Hope you enjoyed the layouts!