Sheryl Schmidt Artistry

I used a Heidi Swapp butterfly mask and inked over it. I then took some Shimmerz and brushed that on. Stamped the title with StazOn ink. The black card stock was edged using my Fiscars scissors  and a Hambly overlay finishes off the page. Quick, simple fun. The photo was taken at the Fireworks Festival last year. Scyap Inc. did the face painting. They were amazing.  

I tried my hand at a Leica page. This woman is so talented at taking a blank piece of paper and with only a few ink pads and stamps creating something that is totally amazing. Anyhoo I gave it a whirl. I'm not sure how I feel about the page yet. It is growing on me. It was so much fun to just let loose and see where creativity took me. I do love the colors and how "summery" the page feels. What do you think??

I used Just Cre8's February Kit for this LO. I stamped the ribbon,made torn paper flowers and stiched the stem. I love this page. It reminds me of my own school days.

I did the Revive and Rejuvenate Online Crop this past weekend at Just Cre8. I had a blast. I did several of the challenges and kind of enjoyed not having to haul all my stuff somewhere only to have left what I really needed behind. This was a scrapping 101 challenge. I don't really scrap this way at all. It was kind of hard to play be the rules on this one. In the end I don't mind how it turned out. Keep checking back as I continue to post the pages I did this past weekend.

The patterned paper is from a kit that I purchased from Shop Crop Suey . I did a little bubble wrap painting. The letters are Tim Holtz Grungeboard .(I love this stuff) I painted,sanded and glossy accented them. All in all a very simple page but I loved this photo of Blaze and didn't want to deter from it with a lot of clutter on the page.

This page gave me some serious grief. I just had a creative block that I couldn't seem to break. I finally had a break through last night. It came together easily after I found my mojo. I did some bubble wrap painting, a little stamping, my Big Shot for some of the lettering and I used some flower soft in the flowers. I like how the page came out. Oh yeah and for those of you who know how angry I was over the whole gum in the hair fiasco...I am over it now.:)

Ok . So Friday morning Blaze comes to me and says"Mommy can you comb the tangles out of my hair?" As you can see it wasn't tangles we were dealing with. She went to bed chewing GUM! Apparently this isn't the first time she has done this but it is the first time it ended up in her hair. Now being a Mom and a hairdresser I saw RED. In the picture it doesn't look like much but once it was cut out I had no choice but to keep cutting. Blaze's hair went from a cute bob to a short pixie. It looks very good on her but that isn't the point I was so upset Friday that I couldn't find the humor in it .Today is Sunday I am starting to giggle about it. I can't believe how mature the cut makes her look. I am thinking that some pierced ears might be in order. (this would make her day)

Blaze sometimes is not the most photogenic person but I thought this years school picture wasn't bad. In the end I like the layout and I like her picture. No matter what it is a layout done and a sense of accomplishment as my creative mojo has been in hiding as of late.

Here are the layouts I accomplished during JSI's Harvest Crop. I had a blast and am looking forward to the Spring crop. Thank you to the staff of JSI for the fantastic job they did putting everything together and letting us all have an enjoyable and memorable weekend. Worms. MMMM... big fat juicy ones or so the poem goes. Kayne spend the better part of a beautiful spring day collecting worms. Ruby-Jean and her Oma. I loved the way this picture turned out. Blaze can be difficult to photograph. This picture just speaks to my mothers heart. Yes!! I knew it Elvis Lives!! I have the proof!!! I had so much fun at the crop weekend and Elvis was a hoot. We have a weekly family night...this means a photo op for mom and snacks and lots of fun for the kids. Yep. It's all fun and games until you get rug burn from sliding down the carpeted stairs.

Yes! I love the talent of Ralna at Just Scrap It!. I never would have thought of putting pink and orange together but they look amazing together. These 2 layouts are 100% scraplifted . Nothing is mine. Thanks Ralna for being a great designer and letting me "steal" your creation.

This is a picture of me scaring my child for life. Blaze cut her finger while helping me make supper and all I could do was laugh at her. She was hysterical . You would have thought she had cut off an entire limb.

Blaze's 8 th birthday party. The girls painted their nails, did their hair and danced the night away. The girls giggled and laughed till the wee hours of the morning. They were so busy and having so much fun we didn't even have cake that night instead I put candles in the pancakes the next morning.

Let's talk about how therapeutic scrapbooking can be. I did this layout when I was probably the angriest I can ever remember being at my daughter. I had to walk away from her or kill her so I went to my scrap room to scrap. I decided to focus on her positive attributes and when I was done I was in tears. My journalling reads: Blaze you are an amazing girl...You are a devoted friend...You can write amazing stories...You are a gifted artist...You have a loving heart...You are a wonderful big sister...You are a beloved Granddaughter...You are a gift from God...But most importantly you are our daughter. You are loved and cherished.