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! 

Wild & Free

I hope you all had a fabulous weekend! I worked Thur-Sun evenings and will go back tonight to work the night shift! Uffda!

I completed this layout for the Bokeh challenge at Scrapbook Circle. I am really missing getting their kits, but like that I can still participate in their challenges.

I didn't really have any bokeh paper, maybe one or two pieces. So I went with a bokeh picture instead! This was the perfect photo to add bokeh to.

 

I used the wild and free collection from Glitz Design and a couple other pieces from my stash! I just love that background paper! 

 

Its definitely not my favorite layout by any means, but it turned out cute! Thanks for looking! 

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! 

Keep me in your Heart

Good morning! Today I am sharing a layout that I created using a sketch from Elle's Studio. I kept the basic concept of the sketch, but kind of went off on my own as well.

I used quite a few elements from the Elle's Studio Love You More collection including two stamps and the frame, note card, word snippets, and teal heart. Oh! And their new alphas! I keep forgetting about those. I used papers from the Pebbles and Crate Paper Valentine's lines. I cut the background paper (Amy Tan) with my Silhouette to be able to layer the hearts underneath the paper and then pop some up on top of the paper with pop dots.

 

The title comes from that little Pooh quote - "If ever there comes a day that we're not together, keep me in your heart and I will stay there forever." I absolutely love it. I love those pink Thickers too -- and they come with HEARTS! Very cool. 

 

I found some embroidery floss and ripped it all apart to make a cluster underneath one of the Elle's tags and threw some enamel dots in there as well. I still had those Pink Paislee mistable hearts sitting out from my last project so I found a place for it on this layout too! Great way to use up my stash. 

 

I added another embroidery floss, tag, and enamel dot cluster and outlined the entire page with my black marker, as well as used the neat heart/arrow stamp from Elle's Studio on each side of page. Thanks for looking and I appreciate your comments! 

Here is the sketch:

 

Glow of Christmas

Here I am with a fun Christmas layout featuring photos of my darling niece and a sketch from My Scraps and More.

I didn't like how stark white plain the background was with all of the photos and layers focused towards the bottom, so I added all of the watercolor marks using my red and gold gelatos! I love how it turned out. I used papers from the Studio Calico Christmas line, which I fell in love with right away (and I normally don't like their Christmas lines). I finally opened up the Maggie Holmes overlay frames and used two of them on this page. They have been sitting in my stash for TOO LONG! 

 

I cut my title using my Silhouette Cameo. I originally just had the one layer of the gray, but it was blending in too much so I added the red background to it to make it stick out more. I LOVE those wood veneer stars from Studio Calico and embossed them with gold embossing powder. 

 

I added some sequins and washi tape to finish it off! I also used a roller date stamp for the current challenge at Scrapbook Circle. Something I use all the time!

 

Thanks for looking and I appreciate your comments! 

sketch:

Love you Dad

Happy Thursday! This week went by so fast. I am back today to share a layout I made using GELATOS! I went to Michael's a couple weeks ago and picked up a big pack of them. I can't wait to start using them more often.

For this layout I covered a piece of white cardstock with three different colors of gelatos and added water to make the water color effect. I used another sheet of white cardstock and my Cameo to make a fun die cut background - something I want to start doing more of!

I got good use out of the Crate Paper Maggie Holmes line and put together these photos of my dad and I walking down the aisle. So special to me. I found that "dad" die cut and thought it would be perfect as my title and coordinate well with the "love" in the die cut background.

Well, I did something pretty exciting today and I hope it brings back good news for me! I have been wishing and hoping for this for a long time. Annnnd... since 2014 is GOING to be good for me.. I am going to wish and hope for good news! :) Have a great day!

Sisters

Just poppin' in to upload a layout that I completed of my sister and I.

I used the Amy Tan Sketchbook line and put my Cameo to work to cut out a bunch of hearts! I kept the embellishing pretty simple since the hearts provided such a great background and I didn't even layer a bunch of papers underneath the photo!

 

It was a great way to use my 6x6 paper pad! Thanks for looking! 

Every Single Moment With You

Happy Weekend! I am pretty excited for tonight. My husband turns 30 next week (bummer) and I am throwing him a big 30th birthday party tonight! Complete with a DJ, food, and beer! Yay!

I am also excited because last night I finished our wedding albums! We got married on 9/22/12. I'm not too far off, am I? :)

Here is a pretty simple, but pretty layout that I made using the photo of him after he saw me for the first time on our wedding day. I love that background woodgrain paper from the original Maggie Holmes collection. I used a lot of woodgrain elements and through in some pops of color. Thanks for looking and your great comments.

Wedding Pages Project Life Style

I have been super busy working on finishing up our wedding albums and doing some layouts for some design team calls. I am almost finished with our wedding albums and hope to [will] have them finished by my husband's 30th birthday party this Saturday.

Many of the pages (since there are so many pictures) I have completed using the divided pocket pages and it has worked out so well to compliment my 12x12 layouts! There are many to share! Check back for more tomorrow. Thanks for looking and all of your great comments!

Layouts to share

I have a few layouts to share that I have done over the past month. I also wanted to thank all of you for your wonderful prayers and thoughts. I appreciate them so much. The school board approved my resignation on Monday night and as of next Friday, I will be done with this job. I am so excited. I am so ready to get back to how life used to be. It will be hard to work weekends and holidays again, but I would way rather do that than go through what I am right now. THANK YOU. :)

I made this first layout about a month ago when I scrapbooked with my mom and aunt. I used a credit card and paint to make those fun lines. I love that Crate Paper line [that I bought last summer and finally got to use]! 

Another layout that I did that weekend. I only made two layouts. My mom could tell that I wasn't happy -- I didn't even want to scrapbook! I love those Crate frames!

This photo is from my best friend's wedding at the end of October. I love this big Silhouette cut and thought it would be cute as a background. 

I just did this layout last weekend based on a sketch from Elle's Studio, but of course I didn't get it uploaded in time for the contest. Ugh. I love this cute Crate holiday line.  I wish I would have bought more of the embellies. 

I am so excited to get back to scrapbooking. I am so excited to be happy again. I have faith that 2014 will be a good year for us. :) Thanks again for all your thoughts and prayers! :) 

Chic Tags Sketch

Here I am! A layout! Yay! This layout is based on a great sketch by Ashley Horton for Chic Tags. I wanted to get some scrap time in over the Thanksgiving weekend and I saw this sketch and had to use it!

I found some Chic Tags in my stash that worked out perfectly! The photos were from our 1 year anniversary when we took out the top of our wedding cake and tried it! What a tradition.. :) 

Let No one Separate - Scrap Your Story

This week's challenge at Scrap Your Story is a sketch challenge! I stayed pretty true to the sketch and kept adding layers-- my favorite! I used the Maggie Holmes collection from Crate Paper and went to work! I used both alphas and handwriting for my title. 

Here are some close ups. I used my Cameo to cut that adorable banner! Be sure to play along with Scrap Your Story this week! 

Sketch:

Love was made for me and you - Scrap Your Story

This layout was super fun to make! I got to play with the new The Pier collection by Crate Paper. I love it! I bought many pieces of it!

The challenge at Scrap Your Story this week is to make a layout with SONG LYRICS. If you know me at all, I use song lyrics ALL THE TIME. For some reason, they just say the right things! :) My song lyrics are from the song L.O.V.E by Nat King Cole.

Funny story.. I made the layout and then a couple of days later my husband was singing the song (he never saw the layout) and I asked him what he was singing that for.. He told me, "Well, I watched Little Rascals this weekend, duh!" So funny:) Well, to me anyways! :)

I just love those picture overlay things that come with this collection and all the fun colors. I also finally got my hands on those awesome gold glitter thickers!! Thanks for checking in and be sure to play along with the challenge this week! 

Love You Sweetheart

I think I am having scrappy withdrawals! I did this page early last week and I haven't been able to get back to scrappin' yet. I had the entire weekend off and Memorial Day, but I spent it either with family or cleaning out our basement.

Isn't this picture of my niece just adorable?! I used lots of pieces from the Maggie Holmes collection, many of which came in the May Scrapbook Circle kit! Those fabric frames are just too cool and I love those little bows! I thought that adding the black would make a neat contrast against the bright colors.

The strips on the left side are pieces from the washi tape paper.. which I find so weird, but kind of cool.

TFL! Have a great week!