January Challenges

Each month at Gotta Pixel, there are several challenges in which to participate. I love these challenges. They are fun and at times very challenging. Each one comes with a set of rules that are to be followed. These are the challenges that I have participated in so far this month.

The first challenge is called an element challenge. In this challenge, I had to create one digital scrapbook page and use beads in the layout. Here is my completed page:


The next challenge was by the numbers challenge. In this challenge we were to use 1 photo, 1 paper and 10 different elements. Here is my completed page:


For the next challenge, we were given a template. This is the simply sketchy by Laura challenge. From this template we were to create a unique page. I used a photo from this Christmas Eve for this challenge. Here's mine:

January 3rd 2010 - Day 3

For today's challenge, I took a picture of my beautiful Amaryllis. I purchased this flower in early December. It bloomed yesterday and the colors are so vibrant. I love red flowers.
Enjoy....

January 2nd 2010 - Day 2

So I don't think I explained what I am doing in the first post. I have decided to take the 365 day photo challenge here. The basis of this challenge is to take a photograph each and everyday for the whole year. So here is where I start. On day 2, they challenged us to take a picture of a favorite toy. Our life would not be complete without our toy cars. We LOVE them. We talk to them, play with them, love them, sleep with them and generally have at least one or two with us everywhere we go.

January 1st 2010 - Day 1

Today, I am posting a picture of my favorite subjects. It is 3PM on January 1st. This is what my children have been doing all day. I just asked them if they would like to take a break to eat. Sarah replied "Mom, we are on vacation. It is OK if we don't get dressed or do anything all day!". So there you have it....

Thankful for....

my little man. Here is a layout that I recently made of Matthew. It was recently chosen as the layout of the day here. I was so surprised. I used pictures from his first day of school 2009.

More scrapbook challenges...

Recently, I have participated in several scrapbook challenges. I am really enjoying digital scrapbooking. Here are a couple of pages that I recently made. The first is of John at age 3. He loved this truck.



The next one is of Sarah. We were given these digital papers and elements and challenged to created a page. Here is what I created. This is a picture of Sarah playing in the snow. It doesn't snow often here. It has only snowed 3 times in the last 10 years. Luckily, the last two times have been in the last two winters so the kids have played in snow. It is so exciting for them.



I hope you enjoy!!!

Pumpkin Carving!!

What fun we had carving our pumpkins this year. All of the kids (including Jim)participated. Matthew created a robot pumpkin. John created a scary pumpkin while Sarah created a smiley pumpkin. Look at us working hard.

Sarah's Birthday!!!

Happy Birthday Sarah!!! I can't believe how much you are growing and changing.

We love you!!!!

Braves Game October 2009

Here is another picture from our recent trip to the braves game. I created this layout as another scrapbook challenge. The challenge was to create a layout that uses a photo that has been run through the colored pencil filter. Here is my layout. I really like how the photo was changed by using the filter.



This is the original picture.

John and Sarah

This is one of my favorite photos from Aunt Kim's wedding. It is so sweet!!! I can't believe that it has been almost a year since this photo was taken.