Sun Fun.

I got to play with some of my new Echo Park Summer Dreams today. I used this month's sketch + mood board inspiration at Let's Get Sketchy. I felt like the colors in the mood board were  representative of the Summer Dreams collection and the photos of the pineapple and drinks reminded me of lying on the beach for a week. Ahhhh I wanna go back!

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haul video: Echo Park Wedding Bliss

special day.

Last weekend, my brother and his girlfriend came home and we celebrated my mom's birthday early. We went to a new local brewery which was awesome and then out to eat at one of my favorite places (and my mom loves it too). My mom got a piece of cheesecake to celebrate her birthday; our waiter was pretty cool.

I used the April 1 Stuck?! Sketches as inspiration for my page.

The patterned paper I used for the background is a really old Pink Paislee paper. I have two sheets of this paper I've been hoarding. Everything else is Elle's Studio - mostly the Live Love Laugh collection.

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always this.

Hey there! I have a layout to share today combining challenges from Paper Issues and A Cherry on Top. PI's Pawsitively Pet challenge this month is to use three manufacturers and ACOT has a sketch:

I took this photo of my pups on National Pet Day - April 11. I used Elle's Studio, Studio Calico, and American Crafts.

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supplies
ink: Studio Calico
stamps: Elle's Studio; Studio Calico
patterned paper: Fancy Pants (Millie & June); Elle's Studio; Amy Tangerine (Stitched);
washi, die cuts, vellum hearts: Elle's Studio

spring.

When the days start getting a teeny bit warmer and my flowers start poking up through the ground, I get more and more excited each day to see the flower blooms. My daffodils did really well this year, though they don't last long, I sure enjoy seeing the first signs of spring.

I used the April 15 Stuck?! Sketch (shrunk to 8.5x11 size) + the spring flower challenge at Lasting Memories. Thanks for looking!

supplies
patterned paper: Lily Bee
journal tags, washi, die cuts, stickers: Elle's Studio

Memories.

I've had these pictures sitting around for a couple of years and I finally decided to use my new Elle's Studio Live Laugh Love collection for them.

Sketch N Scrap sketch 126 was my inspiration for this page, but I converted the sketch to 8.5x11 size. Thanks for looking!

supplies
patterned papers, die cuts, stickers: Elle's Studio
ink: Versafine (onyx black)
stamps: Technique Tuesday (Summer Adventure 2016); Elle's Studio (Right Now Sept 2016; Travelogue)

Notes.

I got my new Live Laugh Love collection from Elle's Studio this week and I've been dying to play with it. Last August we took a trip to Green Bay and this fun collection has some greens and yellows that match the Packers' colors.

I used the Elle's Studio recipe challenge + sketch 272 from Sketches in Thyme. The recipe calls for a vertical photo, patterned paper background, wood veneer, stamping on a tag, and journaling on a tag.

Everything is from the Live Laugh Love collection except the puffy stickers and the stamps. I layered to 6x6 papers from the collection side by side on the bottom half of the page... I wanted to try to cover up the colors that weren't green and yellow. I think your eyes focus on the photos and are drawn up to the green and yellow stripes.

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 supplies
stamps: Kelly Purkey (Go See Do 2017); Elle's Studio (Love You; Travelogue; Right Now); Studio Calico;

dies: Die-namics (File Folder Edges)
ink: Versafine (onyx black)
wood veneer: Studio Calico

loving this life.

I used the Paper Issues Sketchy Saturday sketch from this weekend to make this page about our recent vacation to Isla Mujeres. Just thinking about being on the beach, looking at the water, reading a book, with a Jack and Sprite in my hand... makes me wish I was there now.

I used THIS Scrap the Girls moodboard. The seaglass moodboard features greens and blues and has a beachy feel, which is perfect for my photos of me on the beach.

My journaling is from Dierks Bentley's song: Somewhere on a Beach

Thanks for looking!

supplies
patterned papers, die cuts, stickers: Crate Paper (Oasis)
enamel dots: My Mind's Eye
stamps: Technique Tuesday (Going Places); Kelly Purkey (Spring Break 2016 and Beach Day 2016); Kellie Winnell (Looks like Summer)
ink: Versafine (onyx black); Memento (jet black); 
washi tape: Freckled Fawn