2 more layouts to share

Hello all! I hope you had a great weekend, I sure did! This morning I had a THIRD interview for the place that I would LOVE to work. She said that she was very impressed with my experience, our meeting today, as well as what everyone said about me last week... So I am hoping that means good things! She said they will let me know by the end of the week. I can't wait!! Ugh!

Anyways, here are two layouts I did a couple weeks ago!

 

This layout was from a Creative Scrappers sketch that I never got around to entering! I used a lot of Amy Tan Plus One as well as some of her Sketchbook collection since they go so well together! :) This is a different kind of layout for me, but I really like how it turned out!

 

I put together this layout very quickly of my husband and my niece. I love to scrap those two! I used papers from the Maggie Holmes Flea Market 6x6 pad and some goodies from my stash. 

 

Thanks for stopping by! Keep your prayers coming! THANK YOU! 

All My Heart

Here is a layout that I had originally planned on using Amy Tan's Plus One collection, but I used scraps from Sketchbook instead! Yes, I STILL have pieces of that collection. I just love it and I have been hoarding it, but it is slowly being used up!

 

The hearts, "always card," and "Heart" die cut are last month's TwoPeas cut files. I really like their cut files. I hardly ever buy cut files from the Silhouette store, so I find these worth it. I only buy them if I think I will use them multiple times! 

 

Everything is from the Sketchbook collection except for the number paper and the "All My" transparent letters. 

 

Thanks for looking! 

You + Me = Love

Hello everyone! I hope that everyone had a wonderful weekend (even though it is already Wednesday evening now)! I worked all weekend and Monday and Tuesday so today felt like the first day after the weekend! :)

I finished this layout last week. It was actually just a quick one that I threw together. The longest part was cutting out the files on my Cameo and gluing them down! They got sticky!

I used a cut file from my Cameo and cut them all out on white cardstock and used different red and pink gelatos to water color them. I had some left over white hearts from another project that I added. The cards were from the Simple Stories 4x6 pack and I used a few tags from Elle's Studio, added some enamel dots, and some misting!

 

This one had a lot less layers than I normally do, but it is still really my style! 

 

Thanks for checking it out! 

Bundled Baby

I am back today to upload a layout before I head off to work for the evening! So my hopes and wishes ended up caving in. I have decided that I am better off just scrapbooking for myself. I think that I get my hopes up way too high to think I can design for someone. Plus, I have heard of so many designers becoming burnt out and I don't want that to happen to me. I love to scrapbook and I am good enough for me!

So back to my layout! This layout is inspired by a layout done by Paige Evans, another scrapbooker whom I admire. I just love what she does with patterned paper.

I used the Studio Calico Magical collection again and just went ahead cutting strips of the patterned paper and then adhering the to my layout. I put some paper layers behind the photo, did some outlining, and added only a few embellishments to this layout. It really didn't need anything more! 

 

I embossed those old snowflake wood veneers that I found in my stash with white opaque embossing powder, cut "baby" from my Cameo from a phrase that said "baby love," added some journaling, and black mist drops! 

 

I love this font of thickers and if you look closely.... well, that really isn't the "e" that comes with the pack! It is actually a "c!" I love making things work! Thanks for checking out my layout and for the great comments you have all been leaving lately. I love it and it really means a lot to me, especially on the last post which was a tough one! I am so thankful to have such wonderful scrappy friends! :) 

Capture Hope

One of my greatest scrapbooking designers is by far Corrie Jones. Her work is beyond awesome. Each month she completes a layout about herself and what she is feeling. This month I wanted to do the same. Better this month than any of the previous 5! :)

I had fun with this layout and actually completed it pretty quickly. I started with the star background that I cut with my Cameo. The cut file came from the Silhouette store. I used all Studio Calico Print Shop papers for this layout and didn't want to use one of the the 12x12 sheets as the full background so I went to my old stash of DCWV paper pads and found one that matched. I really need to dig into those more often! I am even thinking about using the back of some of them, which is white, to get using them! 

I put different papers from the 6x6 pad behind all of the different sized stars. I layered the leftover pieces behind my photo and found the black and white word paper and used my exacto knife to cut out the word "capture" from the paper. I wrote 5 different facts/feelings about me right now and added some other fun embellishments such as Freckled Fawn stars, new stamps from Elle's Studio, sequins, and those older mistable hearts from Pink Paislee.

 

I am loving the new "Love You More" stamp set by Elle's Studio! 

Thanks for checking out my layout and your comments. Have a wonderful day!

Handsome Groomsmen

Here is a layout from my wedding album with one of my favorite photos of the guys! They just look so good-looking and tough!

There isn't much to this layout, but it was a fun one to make! I took the photo from a Shutterfly book that came ruined with ink inside and matted it on some Echo Park Paper. I tore the edges of a white piece of cardstock and added it to an old piece of Pink Paislee paper. I did some outlining and found some old Thickers that had just the right letter left over! I googled a cool font to cut on my Cameo and added the fun stars! Thanks for looking!

Be sure to check out my new YouTube Channel! http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL_TMAKxGnfA0ltmSUNC3Zg

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 - 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!! 

Dress Yourself in Love

I am going to keep plugging away at all of these wedding layouts! I had these cute photos of 3 of my bridesmaids helping me put on my wedding gown and they were black and white photos. I am loving the look of gray/white/black with one other color and turquoise is really hot right now! I was able to use the super fun Heidi Swapp transparent letters and the Amy Tan transparent letters. 

I love layouts like these where I just pick a color scheme because I just go through and get out lots of different products that might work on my layout and end up using a whole different array! Its so fun! 

Amy Tangerine, American Crafts, Echo Park, and Jillibean Soup to name a few! I do really like how this page turned out. Another wedding page done! I am actually really enjoying scrapping them, which I didn't think I would!

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for your great comments! :)

Best Flower Girl Ever

Here I am today with a layout inspired by Garden Girl Paige Taylor Evans. I just love her style and how she is SO good at piecing together paper. Love her style!

I used the Lucky Charm collection and that super fun silhouette cut! I am still loving the Lucky Charm collection although I am sad that I am running out of many of the papers!

I found those brown glitter thickers in my stash that worked well for this page. There wasn't much for brown in the papers, but I added it anyways! 

I am really loving all of my wedding layouts that I have been doing. I thought I would hate them all and get sick of them right away, but since I have been going with my own style and not sticking to any colors or themes, it has made it very easy! Who says a wedding album (or albums in my case) needs to have all the same colors and papers?! That would be boring.. IMHO. 

Added some Studio Calico potty people! I am so excited for tomorrow! I have the full day off work and I just got a huge box of goodies from A Cherry on Top FULL of Crate Paper goodness and lots of other fun stuff! Off to work I go today though. Have a great day! 

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. 

Sketch: 

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! :) 

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!

Two Layouts to Share

I am back! It has been a few days since I have posted. I worked my weekend this past weekend where I work 9a to 9:30p Fri - Sun and I have worked each day since as well, so I have not had much time! :( I have tomorrow off, so I am excited about that!

I have two layouts to share today. The first is a photo of my cousin and I from my wedding. I took a photo with each of my bridesmaids like this so I am going to scrap each one so that I have each one in my scrapbook! I used the April Scrapbook kit and played along with the challenge, Springtime Hues. It sure wasn't hard with the kit!

Here are some close ups: 

I filled the Amy Tan die cut with MME enamel dots and added some Echo Park stickers. The smaller letters in the title are Studio Calico and October Afternoon. Speaking of OA, are they EVER going to release their Winter CHA collections? UGH. Get with it. 

My next layout comes all the way from last summer! It is two photos from my husband's bachelor party that I knew I wanted to get in a scrapbook. It is such a cute picture of Ryan and then a great group picture. 

I looked in my stash for lots of grays, whites, and blacks and found all of these goodies! I also used some of the die cuts from the Pink Paislee collection.

I cut the stars out on my Cameo and outlined ...everything! :) Thanks for checking out my pages and your sweet comments! 

I Love Being Yours

I am here today with challenge #44 at Challenge Me Happy. It is a sketch challenge and I stayed pretty true to the sketch. I had this photo of Ryan and I on our wedding day that always makes me smile. My photographer caught a lot of moments like this where we were just being ourselves. Love it.

I used pieces of  the current Scrapbook Circle kit as well as other bits from my stash. I even used FIVE RUB ONS on this layout!! So exciting to use stuff from my stash :) 

Thanks for looking! I still have lots of layouts to share from my scrapbook weekend last weekend with my mom. :) TTYL!

sketch:

Melts My Heart

It really does. Seeing my husband play with our niece melts my heart. It makes me so excited for when we have children. He is SO good with kids. My niece was afraid of any man.. except her dad and my husband. There is just something about him.

I captured this picture of Ryan and Alaina on Easter and it perfectly shows their relationship with each other. I used the current Scrapbook Circle kit and played along with their challenge right now to use something "clear." That was easy since the kit provided those super cool Heidi Swap letters AND those neat transparency type thingies!

I have been stitching like a crazy woman on my layouts lately and I really like it! I am annoyed with that arrow stitching template from Amy Tan though... see how crooked it is at the tail of the arrow? Yeah, that isn't user error.. that is the template! 

I've wanted those speech bubble wood veeners from Freckled Fawn for soooo long and they finally came in the Scrapbook Circle kit! Super happy about that! AND ... this is an instagram photo so I can link it up for the instagram challenge at Paper Issues!

I like to try and mix up my journaling so it always doesn't look the same. Hope you enjoy and thanks SO SO SO much for all of your sweet comments. They always make my day.