Scrap Room Overhaul!

I have been busy the last few days (despite having to work most of the last few days) giving my scrap room an overhaul! Since we only have 3 bedrooms in our house, eventually one will be turned into a nursery (No, I am not pregnant). Consequently, the bed that is in one of the bedrooms will have to go in the room I am using as my scrap room. Everything has turned into such a mess in my scrap room so I just started purging and reorganizing everything. I went to Michael's and got a bunch of cute baskets (which were 50% off at the time) and started organizing all my embellies and such. I got rid of old scraps that I am never going to use again. I moved my table and cleaned everything up. I am so much happier with it and I think it gave me some scrappy inspiration! So exciting!

I am just in love with this first LO -- especially because it came together so easily! I used October Afternoon's Witch Hazel line. I don't normally like Halloween lines, or Halloween in general really, but this line is so cute. I went to the October Afternoon warehouse sale last week and boy, it was MUCH better than the last 2 times I have gone! I got 12 Sprinkler mists for super cheap plus 4 8x8 paper pads for $5 each and got the 5th one free! There was a lot of good deals (with new product too) that they never had before!

I fell in love with this sketch from Creative Scrappers and it worked perfect with these photos from last Halloween. For the circle element I thought it would cute to use buttons as the circle!

                                                            

This next LO is a scraplift of Kelly Noel's of Studio Calico. I started using last month's Studio Calico kit, but did not end up using much from the kit! It just didn't go with my photo of my niece Alaina. :)

This next LO is this week's Sunday Sketch as Studio Calico! I used last month's kit and went to work with this photo of Bailey's 8th birthday! I got that "celebrate" washi tape plus a few others at the October Afternoon warehouse sale for $1 a piece! What a steal! :) 

One last layout that I made early last week with this month's Studio Calico kit. Just another one of Lainey and I. :) Thanks for stopping by! 

Happy Birthday to Kelly!!

Happy Birthday to my friend and AWESOME designer Kelly! Be sure to check out her blog for wonderful inspiration and a giveaway! :) http://scrappin-sisters.blogspot.com/2012/10/its-my-birthday-giveaway-time.html

Sunshine on a Cloudy Day

I love this page. I love the design, the photo, the journaling. I never usually feel that way about my layouts. I used the current "News Flash" kit from Scrapbook Circle and went to town on it. It was a very easy layout and things seemed to come together very well. The only thing is.. I could have journaled a lot more! This is a photo of my sister and her new baby girl. I wanted to her to know that throughout the struggles she has had since Lainey was born, she is still a great mother and she should never forget it. TFL. 

Studio Calico and Creative Sketches

Yay! I was able to get two layouts in today before we head off to Cozumel tomorrow on our honeymoon! I am super excited. Hard to believe the wedding is all over though. I am really looking forward to getting our professional pics back though! 

For this layout I used sketch #229 at Creative Scrappers. I have really missed using their sketches-- they are great! I also used the inspiration from Studio Calico this week to create a layout about summer. Well, these photos were taken at the beginning of August in Okoboji, IA at the Barefoot Bar. It is a super fun bar located right on Lake Okoboji.

I used the current Studio Calico kit plus one of the add-on kits. If I get an add-on kit I just through it together with the classic kit. I really like how it turned out! This is the first time that I used the negative space for my title and I am really liking that look! 

sketch:

Forever

The is the first LO I did of our wedding. It is one of my favorite pictures that I have right now. My personal attendant, Rachelle, took it. I did it for the current thought at TTD to use burlap on your page. I was going for a more vintage feel, so I think it turned out well! I used some of the new MME papers. TFL!

A Bunny Tale

It is so nice to be back to scrappin' again! On Monday I was able to get three layouts done and this is one of them. Unfortunately, I may not get much scrappin' in now until the end of October. We leave for Cozumel on our honeymoon on October 12 and the week before and after I will be working quite a bit. I plan to be hard at it again in November! :)

I love these two pictures. Before Easter last spring my niece Bailey kept asking me for a bunny. She knew that I was the only one who would actually get one for her. I caved (it wasn't hard) and got her a bunny for an Easter present. She named her bunny Oreo and she just loves it. Being only 7 years old at the time and 8 now, she really takes good care of him. She loves to just carry him around and he sure doesn't mind! I loved the bright colors in her dress in these photos!

I used Ashley's sketch for the October Sketch It Out challenge. The twist for the month was to add a tag somewhere on the page. I added a Dear Lizzy Neopolitan tag underneath the title. I also played along with ScrapFit and did workout #77 to use a handmade flag on your LO. They turned out super cute.. I am thinking I should do that again sometime! 

Ashley's sketch:

Smile Girl!

A couple of months ago I came across a sketch blog through I friend that I just love! It is called Scrap Friends and their sketches are totally my style! For this page I used more Amy Tan Sketchbook.. I will forever LOVE this line and forever hoard it I am sure too! The mask and triangles stamp is Studio Calico. 

This LO is about Ryan's cousin Miranda whom I have grown really close to in the past year. I am glad that we are family now because I love having her in my life! TFL!

Sketch: