Love Love Love Love

Another "me" themed layout with things about me this month (er well, last month)! I am doing the monthly "me" themed layouts with inspiration from Corrie Jones. I've said it before and will never stop saying it -- she is my scrapbooking idol! She just put up an amazing layout today for Crate Paper. Swoon!

 

I found a random photo I took of myself at work last month when my niece wanted to Facetime with me, but I wasn't able to. I used Studio Calico's Print Shop collection and the fun new cut files from TwoPeas and went to work! I really wanted to do a black background and have the whites and other subtle colors pop. I did 6 facts about me right now. I feel like they are always the same!

 

Lovely Moments

Back again with another wedding layout. Once again I am using up old collections! This one is using Echo Park's Everyday Eclectic. I used to buy every collection and practically the entire collection from Echo Park and now I hardly buy any. I do still like them lots though!

 

Thanks for looking and your great comments! 

Let your heart be Light

I completed this layout for this week's sketch at Elle's Studio. I used a couple older Christmas tags of their's as well as the Magical collection by Studio Calico. And of course this adorable photo of my niece Alaina. :) Thanks for looking.

Sketch:

Scrap Your Story - Party Rocking

As you can tell.. I am WAY behind on posting last week's challenge! Last week was super busy with work and the weekend was almost a blur. Ryan and I were supposed to spend Saturday with my mom, grandma, sister, and niece, but I ended up with (what we think) was a horrible migraine. I went to urgent care and they wanted to send me to the ER. The hospital in the city that we were in was not in my insurance network so I just ended up going home. It was one of the scariest things I ever felt. My left hand, arm, face, lips, and tongue would go numb and last for about 10 minutes. It happened three times. I am glad that is over! UGH.

Anywho.. I hope that you are all having a wonderful Sunday and more importantly, Mother's Day! Ryan and I went to church this morning and then went shopping. We found a living room set.. Loveseat, Sofa, Ottoman, and Chair. It will probably be tight in our living room.. but I am excited for it! :)

Back to the challenge at Scrap Your Story! Play along with this great sketch!! I had these fun pictures from Ryan's cousin's wedding last Sept. 1. Ryan and I were both in their wedding and they were both in our wedding! :)

I changed up the sketch a little bit and made it my own! I used a lot of the Amy Tan Sketchbook collection and the fun stars Studio Calico mask! I FINALLY got it! 

Heidi Swapp "Love" letters! Loving the roller date stamps as always! 

Here is the sketch! Be sure to play along this week for a great prize!

NSD Layouts

I did these two layouts for two of the NSD challenges at Two Peas in a Bucket. The first one I love and I hate the second one. The first one was for the challenge to be inspired by a Garden Girl. Corrie Jones is my fave garden girl and I love her work! She just made an awesome page like this and I had to scraplift! 

I hand cut the hearts and added a bunch of other fun bits! I tried to use a lot of my Crate Paper 6x6 Valentine pad. 

Close-ups!

I really really don't like this next layout so I do not have much to say about it! It was for the TwoPeas focus on photos challenge. TFL!

Full of Sweet

I have an adorable layout to share of my adorable niece. I am going to say right out.. I did NOT come up with this idea! Corrie Jones made a layout like this and I fell in love with it. I knew it was the perfect and ONLY way that I wanted to use that cute mason jar paper by Dear Lizzy. I couldn't resist.. I had to scraplift! :)

I started with a blank white slate (something I do so often now), misted a little Mr. Huey's Custard, and then fussy cut all those cute mason jars. I then placed them on my page where I wanted them and started embellishing the jars and around my photo. I added stitching, stamps, wood veneers, and stickers. The letter stickers are even super old! If you haven't realized yet.. I get SO excited when I use stuff from my stash. Maybe it lets me justify buying new stuff? :) 

Addition of the jouranling in one of the mason jars of course! Thanks for looking! :) 

Here I Go

I have been meaning to play along with the sketches at Elle's Studio for quite some time. Last Thursday I was able to start a layout using their sketch and I was FINALLY able to finish it today. I didn't get quite as much time to scrap today as I would have hoped since I ended up having to work over half of the day.

Anyways... I used an Elle's Studio sketch and quite a few of their tags. It was hard for me to use so many on a page because I covet them so much! I don't want to use them all up!

To be honest, I like the top of the page, but not the bottom! Here are some close ups. 

That sun and clouds was not complete without some stitching! I also used some Panda Eight Flair! 

Thanks for looking! Here is the sketch! 

Two Layouts to Share!

I have two layouts to share today! I finished these last weekend, but haven't gotten around to sharing them because we went on a quick trip from Monday to today to Wisconsin Dells. It was a wedding gift from my sister in law. Nothing exciting, just a little getaway.

This layout uses February's Scrapbook Circle kit and an adorable photo of one of my close friends and I. Don't ya just love that chevron roller stamp from Glitz? I also used the Amy Tan and Dear Lizzy phrase stamps to stamp multiple phrases down the right side of the page

A close up of the date stamp and the MME little word stickers 

The ampersand sticker is actually a Scrapbook Circle exclusive sticker that comes with the kit... as well as the You & Me flair on the layout. 

For this next layout I played along with Elizabeth Kartcher at 2peas and I used the white thickers on the background and paint/mists to create the ombre effect! I am not really a fan of this layout, but I guess it is okay! I used the new Amy Tan, Yes Please line for the first time. 

Thanks for looking! Be sure to check back Friday for a new reveal from Scrap Your Story! 

A Scappy Day!

It was my weekend off and it was amaaaaazing! I covet my weekends off. I truly wish I didn't have to work weekends, but oh well. I got two layouts done today and had a great weekend. I shouldn't complain!

Looks like you get a close-up of my layout first! I used my February Scrapbook Circle kit and made a super cute layout of my niece, Alaina. I found that cute heart/circle cut in the Silhouette store and used it all over my page. The kit had some awesome goodies from Glitz and MME as well. 

The next layout that I did today I had to stop half-way through and take a break. I was going nuts and I did not know how I was ever going to finish it! Everything came together perfectly when I came back to it later on! 

I used a circle silhouette cut for the background and put all different patterns of turquoise and pink in the circles. I used lots of goodies from Dear Lizzy and Studio Calico to finish this page off. I love the pictures. They were from yesterday of my husband and I and our niece and nephew! So much fun :) 

Some close-ups :) I did lots of outlining in this one. Thanks for looking! 

She Believed She Could.. So She Did

I have been loving all of the fun things being done with mists these days! They really are so versatile. I wanted to create my own ombre look with my mists. To do this, I left some drops of yellow mist and some drops of water onto a plate. I used a paint brush to paint across the page. To make the color fade, I added more water so that the yellow color wasn't as concentrated. As you can see, I did two ombre effects and then added a line of turquoise in the middle as well. I loved how it turned out and it dries SO quickly!

The photo is from my first 5k race that I did last summer. I thought the title was very fitting. I used that very large ombre washi tape in the corners that came with the Front Row Studio Calico kit. My favorite part about creating this layout was going through my stash of paper scraps and finding all the right colors. I like it because its almost rewarding to go back and use those scraps instead of starting with new sheets of paper! 

Here are some close ups. You can see all the dimension I've added with the enamel dots, ombre thickers, and arrows. I also added in some yellow and gray threads that is becoming popular right now. 

Last but not least, I want to promote a new challenge blog! They will start with their first challenge on March 1st and they are offering up a great prize for new followers! You should definitely check it out and play with their challenges when they start! You can find it here... Scrap You Story 

Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm

This morning I am going to share two layouts using the new Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm collection. I was impatient and couldn't wait for 2peas to get it in the store, so when I went to Archiver's on Valentine's Day, I picked up pieces of the collection. Of course, what I wanted most out of the collection, the roller phrase stamp, they didn't have. Oh well!

This first LO is of my niece and I at my wedding. I used the 12x12 papers for the borders on the side and the 6x6 papers to layer underneath my photo. Everything is from the collection except for the heart washi tape (Glitz) and the enamel dots. 

Some Close ups 

Here is a close up of the next layout 

This layout was super fun to make! I put FIVE photos on one page! That is so unlike me right now, but I wanted to get all these photos on one page. They are of my flower girl during the ceremony. She stood there so nicely and entertained the crowd with her silly faces! I am glad that my cousin caught it on camera! 

I used lots of pieces from the Lucky Charm collection, as well as some Snap! pieces, Glitz, and My Mind's Eye. I love drawing with my mists too, which is what I did in the upper left hand corner to make the hearts! Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day! 

More Layouts from the weekend

Here are the final 3 layouts that I did over the previous weekend! I really like this first one and it has a lot of meaning. It has to do with the fact that as much as Ryan and I want to have a baby soon...we are going to miss this stage of our life that we are in and we need to cherish it! Lately I have been loving the light blue/turquoise color and it worked well on this page! 

Once again I used mists as a pen and I just LOVE how it turns out! I used some more elements from the Scrapbook Circle Only You kit, as well as some from my own stash. 

This last page was a quick and easy page, but fun too! I used the Midway collection by October Afternoon! I fussy cut all of the arrows and other fun elements from the 8x8 paper pack. TFL! 

A Scraptastic Weekend!

heehee :) Just a dorky play on words! My mom came up to my house (she lives about an hour south from me) and stayed over night on Friday evening. We scrapbooked Friday evening and Saturday morning. I was able to get five layouts finished! Tons of fun! I am glad I am able to share that with my mom :)

The first layout that I completed, I used the Scrapbook Circle "Only You" kit. I was hoarding that background Glitz paper.. I actually have another one of it, that I am sure I will also hoard :) Did you know that Target is carrying some American Crafts supplies? I got a very cute Valentine's 6x6 pad, a roller date stamp, and a package of those cute heart paper clips that is shown on this LO!

The next layout that I completed, I struggled with and I still don't like it! I was able to use the new MME My Girl collection! It is such a cute collection, I wish I would have had a better turn out on my page! 

Baby's First Bachelorette Party

Yes, the title is totally a pun :) The title is based on the photo in my LO, which was taken at my bachelorette party this past summer in which my sister was 8 months pregnant. We kept joking that it was the baby's first bachelorette party!

This LO was a lot of fun to make! I cut those fun stars out on my Cameo and used them as masks to create the misted background. The challenge right now at ScrapFit is to use stars on your project, hence my star theme! I went back to my bag of Amy Tan sketchbook products, which it seems most of my bacholorette party layouts have been made from, but I think it is a good collection for them! I also added in some elements from the Echo Park Today's Story line. They match the Sketchbook collection well.

For the last challenge, I used one of this week's prompts at Two Peas in a Bucket to use sticker frames on your layouts. I had NEVER thought of doing something like that and I love the look. It is the black outline on the right of my photo and bottom of my photo. TFL!

Love Her

I am so impressed with how quickly I put together this LO. I used a Scrapbook Circle sketch and some inspiration from one of the Two Peas garden girls to start with a blank slate and to get messy with mists! I made the heart background by taking the nozzle off of the mists and drawing with them! I just love how it turned out and I will probably do it again sometime soon!

I used the "Only You" kit from Scrapbook Circle! It is adorable! The only thing that I didn't use from the kit were the mists, turquoise thickers, Pink Paislee heart mistable, and stamps. It is a super fun kit to work with! TFL!

sketch:

My first Christmas Layout of the season! I used this month's kit from Scrapbook Circle and went to town! I used my Cameo to make my title. I have wanted to do the negative title with another paper underneath it for so long, but haven't been able to until I got my cameo! The Cameo has really added to my scrapbooking! I love it!

This photo was taken on Sunday evening after I got home from work. We had our first blizzard of the season this past weekend and got about 14 inches of snow! I love it! We are set to get more snow this weekend. Fine with me :) It is beautiful.

I am just LOVING the MME enamel dots. I wish I could just have thousands of those in many different colors! They are so cool! I am also loving all the gold out there right now! TFL!

Kisses for the Bride

Posting a layout that I was able to fit in this morning before I go to work this afternoon. It snowed today and I was super excited, but now it is all melting! :( Ah well.

Anyways, I used the current Studio Calico kit Sock Hop on this one, plus some Add-on kits. I never know which one because I just throw everything together! The weekly challenge at SC is to use embellishments and color them. I used the SC camera embellishments and colored them with mists! The mists I used were actually October Afternoon Sprinklers. 

I am loving the SC arrow stamps, plus all of their other cool stamps they are coming out with right now! TFL! 

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.