forever [Challenge YOUrself #94].

Time for another challenge at Challenge YOUrself! This month it's black and white - with one color. I chose gold for my color! These photos are from my BFF's wedding in July. 

I used some Nuvo + Vicki Boutin stencil on my background and the embellishments are from a Simple Stories wedding collection. Thanks for looking!

water fun.

Making a pool page for my nephew's album. His first birthday is coming up this week! I had some fun on this one, using some distress ink + packaging technique, some sequins, and a Vicki Boutin stencil + texture paste.

My inspiration was the 2010s challenge at Paper Issues this month. Loving the bright, fun colors. Thanks for looking!

life currently looks like this.

 

I played along with the '70s challenge at Paper Issues this month. I liked the muted colors and the florals.

The patterned paper is Marigold by Crate Paper, the florals are Jen Hadfield and then I added some chipboard and puffy stickers from Elle's Studio. Thanks for looking!

live it up [Challenge YOUrself]

This month at Challenge YOUrself, we're documenting our friends. I grabbed a photo from a cupcake tasting day I went to with my soon-to-be bride friend. I mixed a couple of different designers on my page and I used to do this a lot when I first got into scrapbooking. It was really fun and I want to do it more!

 Thanks for looking!

supplies

epoxy flair: Scrappin Happy Studio

Patterned paper: Heidi Swapp (Color Fresh)

die cuts: Heidi Swapp; Jen Hadfield (the avenue)

home [guest designing for Lasting Memories].

 There's a new challenge this week at Lasting Memories and this one is inspired by the game Uno. For this challenge, you can only use one photo on your layout.

I scrapped a page for my nephew's album - coming home from the hospital! I love this Bella Besties heart patterned paper. I just layered a bunch of Elle's Studio tags behind my photo and called it a day! Thanks for looking:)

time for fun [guest designing for Lasting Memories].

 I'm guest designing all month at Lasting Memories and this week's challenge is to use stars!

I used all Elle's Studio goodies on this page for my nephew. These fun water photos match my bright patterned papers perfectly! Thanks for looking :)

happy place [Challenge YOUrself #92].

  

Hi friends! Can you believe it's August and time for our next challenge at Challenge YOUrself?! This month we're scrapping about self care and for me, that's the beach. The sand soothes me, palm trees are my spirit animal, and the sun revitalizes my soul.

I used a Paige Evans cut file + Cocoa Vanilla Studio goodies. This photo is from a quick Florida trip we took in May. Thanks for looking!

Oakley [guest designing for Lasting Memories].

 Heyyyyy! I'm excited to announce I'm guest designing at Lasting Memories this month! The theme this month is games and for this week's challenge we're using a Bingo board! I used the 'O' column.

This is Oakley, one of our semi-feral barn kittens. Such a cutie! Everything on this page is Bella Blvd. Thanks for looking!

happiness.

 Here's another page that will probably go in my nephew's album. His first trip to the beach! Inspired by the 'wide open spaces' challenge at Paper Issues this month. I used all Heidi Swapp goodies on this one.

Thanks for looking!

love our time together [Challenge YOUrself #91].

 Happy July! This month's challenge at Challenge YOUrself is to use shapes. I chose circles.

This gorgeous background paper is from Color Study by Vicki Boutin and that was my inspiration for this entire challenge. I love these bright, fun colors for this vacation page. 

I accented with colorful embellishments from my stash. One of the new embellishments shops I found is a new Etsy shop called InnerCreativity Shop. 

Thanks for looking!

first flight.

 Playing along with another Paper Issues challenge this month - a scraplift!

I used one of the new mixed media sheets from Vicki Boutin (Color Story) and just some random stash papers to cut the strips. This will go in my nephew's album - nine months old and his first airplane ride!

Thanks for looking!

salt in the air. sand in my hair.

 I've been on a roll here lately and I have another Paper Issues challenge done. This one was to scrap a friendship or a 'matey.' All the June challenges are pirate themed.

So I chose a pic from Florida last month. I used Vicki Boutin's Color Study for my background and then the rest of my page is random bits and pieces from my stash. I added some epoxy flair from Scrappin Happy Studio, some Doodlebug hearts,Simple Stories puffy sticker, and I even used a couple of stamps! Thanks for looking:)

2 years.

 Here's another layout I made, inspired by one of the June challenges at Paper Issues. This challenge was to use bright colors. This Home Sweet Home collection from Doodlebug is pretty bright and cheery:)

This year we celebrated two years in our new home. I wanted to make a page to celebrate all of our accomplishments. Even though my list of things still yet to do is quite long, this was a good reminder of how far we have come!

Thanks for looking!

sunshine in my soul.

 This page was inspired by the June mood board challenge at Paper Issues. It was very oceany/travel themed and I saw some splashes of orange with the darker moody blues. 

My FREE cut file here is also available at Paper Issues. This background is from the Vicki Boutin Color Study mixed media pad. I accented with some Scrappin Happy Studio epoxy flair + PinkFresh stickers. Thanks for looking!

love love love [Challenge YOUrself 90].

 Hi friends! Today I'm back with challenge 90 at Challenge YOUrself. This month, we're using washi tapes.

I've never tried this technique before and I'm really not a huge washi user. I decided to back my cut file with some washi tapes.

My photos weren't the best quality (taken at an indoor wedding) so I made a photo collage out of them. Then I added some Jen Hatfield floral accents. Thanks for looking!