Just My Size

I created this page for Creative Scrappers sketch #261. Honestly, the sketch didn't really appeal to me, but I made it work. I have a hard time with sketches like this. I tend to scrap in one big cluster.. so for this one I just did two big clusters.

I used the really old line Summer's End by Fancy Pants and went to work. This line has been sitting around in my stash for a long time and I've always really liked it, just never used it for anything. Done! I used it! I also pulled in a few pieces from Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm collection. That is still one of my favorite collections!

 

I am not a fan of how I did the title, but I am just going to go with it! 

 

Thanks for checking it out! :) 

Lake Superior Love

Happy Monday everyone! I had a good first weekend back at work and I work again today at three and tomorrow at 7am. Then I will have 5 days off.. yay! :)

I am here to share a layout I made with inspiration from Paige Evan's again! She did a lot of paper tearing on her layout. I tried to do it like her's and just could not make it work, but I made it work in my own paper tearing way!

I used Crate Paper's The Pier collection. Last spring/summer I couldn't WAIT to get my hands on this collection and ever since I did..... I have had a hard time using it! I don't know. There is bits and pieces of it I really like.. and parts I don't like. I don't like all the kraft that it came with I guess, but I was able to make one piece make due!

Most of the torn pieces came from the 6x6 pad, but a few came from 12x12 sheets as well. I used different pieces from the sticker sheets and the ephemera pack. 

 

The gold stickers come from The Pier sticker sheet and the brown thickers are Amy Tan from her Ready Set Go line. "This is the Life" tag is from Chic Tags. 

 

I love to tuck in fun elements! Thanks for checking this out and don't forget to check my other posts from this past weekend! 

Scrap Your Story - On the Go

A new challenge is up today at Scrap Your Story! It is a sketch challenge. I started with the sketch and really tweaked it to get what I was looking for. I used the new kit from Scrapbook Circle!

sketch:

Be sure to play along this week!! 

Scrapbook Circle Challenges

I have two layouts to share today! Both are for challenges over at the Scrapbook Circle blog! I know I've said it before.. I love Scrapbook Circle! It is hard to believe, but BOTH of these layouts are from the current  Scrapbook Circle kit! The SAME kit!

This first challenge is to mix up patterned paper! Sometimes it is hard for me to mix patterned papers from different collections and other times it is easy! The papers in this month's kit made it pretty easy! 

I really like how this page turned out! It was fun to do the paper tearing and the cut on my Cameo. I went through my stash and picked out some embellies in the colors of the patterned papers. And again, I love that MS punch that makes those cute hearts! :) 

And oh my goodness.. those Maggie Holmes bows! ADORABLE! I can't believe I hadn't bought those before! I am so glad they came with the kit so I got them! :) 

This one is the current sketch challenge. I stayed pretty true to the sketch. I used lots of goodies from the Fancy Pants Trend Setter collection. The kit came with some goodies, but I added a lot from my stash as well.

I love when I can get more than 2 pictures on a page! Those cute little baggies came with the kit. I used one to house my hidden journaling. Here are some close-ups and the sketch by Diana. 

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Thanks for checking out my layouts and for your sweet comments. Be sure to come back tomorrow for another Scrap Your Story reveal! Have a wonderful weekend! I will be working the entire time....Can't wait for Monday! :) 

Mexico 2011... Project Life style!

News Flash.... I am finished scrapping photos from our 2011 family trip to Mexico!! Yay!!!! I did about 10 12x12 full page layouts and the rest of the photos I scrapped using the Project Life format. It was SO much easier to get all of those photos scrapbooked. It would have just taken up too much time to do all 12x12 pages! I love this!

This was the title page I used to open up to the Mexico pages! I just have my Mexico pages in a book with the rest of the stuff in time around it!

I used my Cameo a lot on this page and added fun little bits here and there. 

We took quite a few of the "professional" pictures while we were in Mexico (where a photographer comes around and takes photos and you can buy them -- for a huge price). Turns out I bought some ..so it was nice to be able to put them in the protectors this way!

The photo of Ryan and I in the scuba gear was a very big photo.. almost 8x10 and I just cut it down to fit. 

This format made it SO EASY to get these pictures scrapped.. and I love how it looks! 

More large photos that was easy to put in these Stampin' Up page protectors. 

I have been using my Amy Tan stitching templates and I love them! :) I also found some free printables that I am really enjoying too! 

And the last page!

This was a lot of fun to do! I have my honeymoon photos to Cozumel all scrapped because I made a mini book, but I will totally do this in the future with other vacations, in addition to mini books. I also tend to add in 12x12 pages as well! Think about doing this sometime.. it is a time saver and fun! :) 

Ahh...

These photos of my niece are priceless! Let's just say she was not too happy about her costume on her first Halloween! :) I used the photos to tell the story and added the captions at the top of each photo!

I used October Afternoon, American Crafts, and quite a few Elle's Studio tags. I participated in the challenge at ScrapFit to make a banner with two textures. I hope that this qualifies! I used pp pennants, tag pennants, stickers, buttons, and chipboard pennants! TFL!