Good Times

Hello friends! I've got a new layout to share with you today and it seems like I've got a trend going on of scrapping older pictures. It could be because week before last I went through and did some major organizing and then took a huge stack of pics to Wal-Mart to do some scanning. ;) Anyway, this is Emily back in 2004 having some fun in the sprinkler!

Supplies: BoBunny Sun Kissed Papers - Adventure, Summer, Sun Kissed, Dot, Skies; Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Wild Honey; Ali Edwards Stamp Set - It's OK; Fiskars Nice Tri Punch; Fiskars Star Punch; Martha Stewart Scoring Board; We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper; SS Play Computer Font
*Inspired by a sketch created by my friend Theresa

I just love this page! I must be in the mood for Spring/Summer to come because I find myself scrapping NO Winter pictures, lol! I'm really loving the bright colors though so I think I'll stick with it if it's what's working for me. Oh and just a note...this is another collection from my stash that I've never used before! That's four in a row for me now. ;)

What have you been scrapping lately? I'd love to check it out if you want to leave me a link! Thanks for popping by today...I hope you all have a fantastic weekend. :)

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I'm entering this layout in the following challenges...
Scraptastic Club - Something You Struggle With (Stamping on Layouts)
Burlap & Buttercups - Banners
The Paper Variety - Fan Fold
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

My latest layout...

Around a month ago, I was a winner on the Bella Blvd. blog for a birthday blog hop they did for the owner Stephanie. When I got my prize, I was SO excited because it was the Spring Flings and Easter Things collection, which is absolutely adorable!! It has really great colors and some super cute patterns that will work for Spring pictures and some others that will work for Easter ones, and then a bunch that will work for either. ;) On Friday I decided to pull some of the papers out and do an Easter layout with them...

Supplies: Bella Blvd. Spring Flings and Easter Things Paper - Mom's Bouquet, Sunny Sunday, Borders, Cute Cuts; Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Peeled Paint; Ali Edwards Stamp Set - Loving Words; Martha Stewart Large Circle Cutter; Fiskars Flit On By Punch; EK Success Double Heart Punch; EK Success PSN LE Circles Border Punch; Basic Grey Button; SF Andi 1 Computer Font
*Inspired by a sketch at Practical Scrappers

Ok, so it turned out looking alot more Spring-like than Easter-like but it's still totally cute in my opinion. ;) This is a picture of my sweet baby Emily having her very first egg hunt back in 2001! She was only 16 months old and my goodness but she was GORGEOUS (and still is of course!). I remember how adorable she was that day...just walking around with an egg in each hand and not caring one bit about any of the other ones, lol. My mom kept taking her over and showing her where other ones were hidden but we actually had to take the ones she was holding before she'd go after any others. It was pretty funny...

So anyway, while I was making this layout, I realized that this is two pages in a row that I haven't inked any edges on! This is huge for me because normally I ink EVERYTHING, but I'm loving it because the look is really clean and it's sooooo much faster than the usual way I scrap. Don't worry though...if I'm scrapping and the look of the papers or the feel of the page calls for inked edges, I'll definitely answer. :) Thanks so much for stopping by today!

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I'm entering this layout in the following challenge...
Simon Says Stamp - Anything But A Card

I've been creating! :)

Hi friends!! I've been creating and I have a couple of things to share with you today, the first being this adorable layout I made yesterday about my girls. My amazing hubby got me a waterproof camera this past Summer that you can take underwater with you and we had SO much fun playing with it! The pictures turned out so clearly and I absolutely loved having this different kind of pool shot to scrap...

Supplies: Fancy Pants Beach Babe Paper - Fish Farm, Tropical, Jumping Fish; Fancy Pants Celebrate Paper - Confetti; Colorbox Chalk Ink - Rose Coral; Studio Calico Mister Huey - Calico White; Ali Edwards Stamp Set - This One; Martha Stewart Heart Confetti Punch; Fiskars Flit On By Punch; Fiskars Nice Tri Punch; Basic Grey Buttons; Tim Holtz Edge Distresser; SF Natalie Computer Font

Isn't that awesome?? The girls got super excited when they saw all the pictures of themselves under the water so I knew I had to scrap some. Plus they're just fabulous!! ;)

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I also made this really cute set of mini cards this morning. There are a couple of challenges happening right now that I wanted to play along with (listed below) and this is what I came up with for all of them together...




Supplies: Fancy Pants The Daily Grind Paper - Break Time; October Afternoon Thrift Shop Paper - Near Mint; Papertrey Ink White Cardstock; Colorbox Chalk Ink - Blackbird; Ali Edwards Stamp Set - Sentimentally Ali; Fiskars Flit On By Punch

Don't you just love them?? They're 3 3/4 by 3 3/4. I have some 4x4 envelopes that'll work perfectly for them and even though they're too small to mail, they are perfect little cards to hand out and let somebody know how thankful I am for them. I'm sure I'll use them up quickly. ;)

Thanks for stopping by today...I really appreciate it!

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I'm entering these projects in the following challenges...
~ Layout ~
Artful Delight - Sketch
Paper Issues - Sweet Days Of Summer
~ Mini Cards ~
The Paper Variety - Black & white With A Pop Of Color
Wee Memories - Mini (Smaller Than 4x4)
Simon Says Stamp - Spots Or Stripes

First layout of 2012!

I am SO excited because I actually made a layout yesterday!! I didn't realize this before but I haven't actually created a layout since OCTOBER. :( That is so sad to me and totally unacceptable. I started this hobby because I wanted to find a beautiful way to record memories for my family and not doing anything along those lines for 2 months is NOT the way to do it, ugh! That will definitely not be the case this year though because I've joined a year long challenge at my Scrappin-N-Chattin group called the 52 week challenge. It's something we did last year (that I failed at, sigh) and have decided to do again this year (and I will noooooot fail again!). All you have to do is create one new layout each week with a few guidelines. It's as easy as can be, as long as you make it a priority, which I plan to do! So, here is my first layout for the year, and the first for the challenge...

Supplies: Fancy Pants Love Birds Collection - In Love, Bunches Of Love, Strips, Bracket Die Cut Paper; Craft Smart Ink - Chocolate Brown; Colorbox Chalk Ink - Rose Coral; Ali Edwards Studio AE Stamp Set - This One; Fiskars Scallop Sentiment Border Punch; Fiskars Heart Punch; Martha Stewart Heart Confetti Punch; iRock; iRock Clear Gems; BoBunny Ooh La La Alphabet Stickers; CK Jot Computer Font
*Inspired by the 12/27/11 Sketch (#31) at Frosted Designs

Isn't that just the sweetest?? These pictures were taken when Emily (who is now 12) was only 8 months old! I love scrapping old pictures because they bring back so many memories. :) I'm also excited about this layout because I used a brand new paper collection that was gifted to me by a friend for it. We have a sweet lady in our group named Carol, who we affectionately call the PPP (Pretty Paper Police, lol!), who encourages us to use our newer paper collections and not save them for "one day". I'm loving it! I have waaaaaay too many collections that I haven't used a single sheet of paper from and I want to change that so I'm counting on Carol to keep me on my toes this year. ;)

Thanks for stopping by today! I'll be back soon...

Top 10 Favorites of 2011

Well, hello friends! Long time, no blog right? I'm really sorry it's been a few weeks but on top of December being a crazy month, I've been sick and really not all that crafty. I did want to jump on and do a top 10 favorites of 2011 blog post for you though! I've seen a few bloggers doing it this week and it's really neat to see what people love most out of what they've created all year long. Hopefully someone out there will be interested in seeing some of mine. ;)

I'll start with layouts first...





















And now for some favorite cards...





















And last but not least, some altered items and minis. I've had alot of fun with these this year!





















So there you go...my top 10 favorites post for 2011. I hope you enjoyed this trip down memory lane with me and I hope I have some new work to show you in 2012 very soon!
Have a Happy New Year my amazing friends. :)

Merry Christmas! (TPV)

Gooooood morning my sweet friends! First of all, let me say that I am SO very sorry that it's been so long since I posted. I have been creating some things, but I've been super busy and just haven't had time to get pics of them and do posts. Hopefully I can work on sharing them asap. ;)

Ok then, now it's time for me to share the latest challenge over at The Paper Variety with you! This challenge can be done in sooooo many different ways and I promise that it will be super easy for you to play along too! Check it out...





How fun is that?? I took the challenge as the perfect opportunity for me to create a cute little Christmas card for a friend of mine and I hope she'll love it! :)

So do you think you wanna play along with us this week?? If so, create and upload your project by next Tuesday at noon EST, and you'll be in the running to win this awesome prize, which is a My Minds Eye Kraft Funday collection!!



You know you want to get your hands on that. ;) I can't wait to see what everyone creates! Make sure you head over to TPV's blog to see what all of the designers did...you'll be inspired for sure. ;) Thanks for popping in today!

Super cute minis! (TPV)

Good morning! I have a project to share with you today that I did for the latest challenge over at The Paper Variety...






Supplies: Basic Grey Paper; Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Walnut Stain; Ali Edwards Stamp Set - It's In The Details; Fiskars Butterfly Punch; Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch; i-Rock; i-Rock Clear Gems; Crop-A-Dile; WRMK Eyelets; Elle's Studio Binder Rings

This is a fabulous challenge! I love photo inspiration because you can get so many ideas out of one thing and definitely make it your own each and every time. For my project, I took inspiration from the amazing colors in the photo and I absolutely love how these adorable little mini's turned out. ;)

So how about you? If you're feeling inspired by our challenge and create a project and upload it by next Tuesday at noon EST, you'll be entered to win this amazing prize...



How perfect is that?? You could use it to buy yourself some new goodies at any store that you love. You can't beat that!

Make sure you hop over to The Paper Variety's blog and check out all of the other DT member's projects because they're amazing!! And thanks for stopping by today...I hope all of you have a wonderful Thanksgiving tomorrow!