this moment.

Last page for January!

Had time to do a scraplift for the Paper Issues Friends & Fans Facebook page. You can see the page here. To copy her circular design, I used a Paper Issues cut file. I really wanted to show off the cut file, so I didn't do nearly as much layering and embellishing as she did.

Here's my page:

 Thanks for looking!:)

supplies
patterned paper, stickers: Carta Bella (Welcome Home)
die cuts, puffy stickers: Elle's Studio
mist: Studio Calico Mr Huey's (dark calico) 
cut file: Paper Issues (Rings of Life)

Merry Christmas.

Had some time tonight to play along with Sketch N Scrap's sketch 145. I printed off two photos of our Christmas puppies that I haven't scrapbooked yet.

I made my title with my Cricut and just hand cut the little banners in the corner.

Thanks for looking!

supplies
patterned paper: American Crafts (Sweater Weather); Elle's Studio (Tis the Season)
die cuts, washi: Elle's Studio

love this.

One more last page for January! This one using the Snowflakes challenge at The Studio Challenges.

I cut a huge snowflake out with my Cricut, but this sparkly cardstock is so pretty that I saved it to use the negative space. I found this 'love' text paper in my stash from Echo Park's wedding release last summer that I thought was perfect for this page. It's a holiday page, but not too Christmasy. Love is a universal theme:)

 Thanks for looking!

supplies
patterned paper: Echo Park (Wedding Bliss)
cardstock: Bazzill (Tiara)
die cuts: Elle's Studio; Bella Blvd Illustrated Faith (CHRISTmas)

so handsome.

Stick It Down has a cyber crop going on this week on Facebook. One of the challenges is to use an old single page sketch. Antonia hosted this challenge & has some amazing inspiration posted on her blog.

I chose this one from December 2017. Laura's sketches are wonderful & I could easily make pages with all of them!

I chose these photos of Bentley in his tie at Halloween because he just looks so damn handsome I can hardly stand it!

Thanks for looking!

supplies
patterned paper, die cuts, puffy stickers: Elle's Studio (Live Laugh Love; XOXO)
alpha stickers: American Crafts
mist: Studio Calico Mr Huey's

Skipping Stones Designs|a friend is someone who sings your heart's song...

Hi everyone! Today I'm sharing this pretty butterfly card at Skipping Stones Designs. This is the Heart Song stamp set and these butterflies are so pretty! 

Go check it out!

supplies
stamp: Skipping Stones Designs (Heart Song)
embossing powder: Simon Says Stamp! (gold ultra fine); Sparkle N Sprinkle (Lilac Spark EP151); WOW! embossing powder (Sweet Cheeks);

you make my world a better place.

Today I have a challenge going live at the Sticking it Down Facebook crop, which is going on all weekend. If you haven't joined yet, you need to head over to the SID Facebook page for the details.

My challenge is to choose ANY Stick It Down sketch - new, old, card, layout, doesn't matter - and be inspired by a song. You can find the SID sketches on the blog (just filter by card/single page/double page) or on Pinterest.

I chose Kane Brown's better place. He's a newer artist to me, I love his voice, and his love songs kill it.

The sketch I chose was the single page sketch from August 2017.

Here's my page:

I hope you join us this weekend! Challenges will remain open until Monday, February 5!


supplies

cardstock: Bazzill (blossom)
die cuts, puffy stickers: Elle's Studio
mist: Lindy's Stamp Gang (Sunset Pink); Heidi Swapp Color Shine (tinsel; rose)
die cut: Cricut  
washi: Doodlebug Design

summer memories.

I've been going through some old photos from when I was younger and found these of me on our swing set in the backyard of the house I grew up in. I used some Echo Park summer releases from last year + sketch 310 from Sketches in Thyme.

 thanks for looking!

patterned paper: Echo Park (ombre essentials)
die cuts, stickers: Echo Park; Elle's Studio
mist: Lindy's Stamp Gang glitz spritz (Sunset Pink)

Stick It Down online crop on Facebook this weekend!

Stick It Down challenge blog is hosting an online Facebook crop this weekend!

Actually, the first two challenges have been posted. We have challenges going up all weekend + lots of prizes and even a live scrapbook process planned for Sunday!

For details, head over to the SID Facebook page. There are tons of scrappers already "going" and we plan to have a really fun, scrappy weekend!

so sweet.

Playing along with another sketch challenge at Sketch N Scrap's online Facebook crop this month - New Beginnings. The sketch is HERE and here is my page:

I used mostly new things from Elle's Studio January releases. I added some flicks of Sunset Pink glitz spray from Lindy's Stamp Gang. Thanks for looking!

[Paper Wings Productions] hello love.

Sharing a layout today using two love themed stamp sets from Paper Wings Productions. I used the Me & You and the Heart Day red rubber stamp sets to create my background. I used three different embossing powders with my stamps and then added some heart stickers and splatters.

Thanks for looking!

supplies
stamps: Paper Wings Productions Heart Day and Me & You
embossing powder: Sparkle N Sprinkle (cerulean EP421; ocean EP438); WOW! embossing powder (neptune)
mist: Shimmerz (Chance of Rain)
heart stickers: Amy Tangerine

remember the magic.

Played along with Stuck?! Sketches January 15 sketch. I found some pictures from Christmas when my brother and I were younger.

 Thanks for looking!

supplies
patterned paper: Fancy Pants (Wish Season); Elle's Studio (Tis the Season)
cork: Freckled Fawn
die cuts, puffy stickers: Elle's Studio
die cuts: Chic Tags
tag: cut file from Paper Issues

January Elle's Studio montly kit + haul

Skipping Stones Designs | Just a Note to say Thanks

Hi! I have a card today using the Heart Song stamp set at Skipping Stones Designs. This is a fun set with several sentiments that makes this a super versatile set. Love that!

I used some fun embossing powder for my butterfly and fussy cut it. Then I used the music stamp and a fine white detail embossing powder on the base of my card. I wanted to ground my sentiment but not have the music be the focal point of the card. Next, I used a light pink distress ink over the top of my white embossing powder for a little added detail. This ink resists the embossing powder and helps the white stand out. Again, not taking away from my sentiment or my butterfly.

Do you like it?


supplies
embossing powder: Simon Says Stamp!(fine detail white); Sparkle N Sprinkle (Bahama Mama EP439)
ink: Versafine (onyx black); Tim Holtz distress ink (spun sugar)

happily homed.

I played along for the first time ever with White... with 1 this month. I liked the textures from the stacked pots (is that what they are?) and the circles from the candy. I also was inspired by the blue/white contrast in the textiles. I had some blue/white tags from Elle's Studio in my stash that reminded me of that photo. Here's the mood board:

 Here's my page:

Thanks for looking!

supplies
acrylic, die cuts: Elle's Studio
stamps: Elle's Studio; Studio Calico; Paper Smooches (Lucky Dog); Hero Arts (cling dots)
ink: Versafine (onyx black); Color Box Mix'd Media Inx (Indigo); 
mask: Studio Calico

summer fun.

Hi friends! Today I made a page using one of the sketches from Sketch N Scrap's January crop on Facebook. This was a great page to use up some of last year's summer releases from Echo Park and my pictures are from Labor day weekend 2016 so this was an all around stash busting page!

thanks for stopping by!

supplies
patterned papers: Echo Park (Summer Dreams; Summer Party); My Mind's Eye (Palm Beach); Elle's Studio (Sunny Days)
wood veneer: Color Cast Designs
die cuts, stickers: Echo Park; Pink Paislee (Summer Lights)
flair: Kelly Purkey 
washi: Glitz Design

feeling so very blessed.

I'm playing along with the January Golden Globe challenge at Scrap our Stash. We had to use a winter theme +  snow or white sequins. I'm also joining the glitter challenge at The Paper Girls challenge blog this month.

I chose this woodgrain paper because our photos were taken in a covered wooden bridge + it has snow flakes on itn for the snow part of Scrap our Stash's challenge. For the glitter challenge, I added the gold glitter trees from Color Cast Designs and gold ink splatters.

Thanks for looking!

supplies
patterned papers: Fancy Pants (Wish Season); Doodlebug Design
journal card, die cut labels: Elle's Studio
gold puffy stickers: twine + ink
trees: Color Cast Designs
mist: Heidi Swapp Color Shine (gold) 
washi: Little B

clink.

I'm playing along with Sketches in Thyme sketch 307 tonight. I changed to one larger photo instead of the two smaller ones. This photo was taken last spring at a local brewery we visited for the first time on my mom's birthday.

 Thanks for looking!

supplies
patterned papaer: Pink Paislee (Summer Lights); My Mind's Eye (Palm Beach); Elle's Studio (Family Fun)
puffy stickers, die cuts: Elle's Studio
die cut flowers: Cheeky Studio (wild flower set 2)
ink: Versafine (onyx black); Studio Calico (clean slate); 
stamps: Elle's Studio; Kellie Winnell (beer)

adios Isla.

Finishing up probably my last page from our vacation to Mexico last February. Just in time for us to travel there again next month! :)

This page was inspired by the January 1 sketch at Let's Get Sketchy. I smooshed it down to 8.5x11 size so I lost one of the photos. I also interpreted the that left upper corner a little differently. Something new I've never done before and I kind of like the outcome!

Thanks for looking!

supplies
patterned paper, die cuts, cardstock stickers: My Mind's Eye (Palm Beach)
alphabet stickers: Heidi Swapp

vacation.

Since we've got our trip to Mexico coming up next month, I thought this was a great time to finish up my pictures from our 2017 trip to Mexico. I've made several pages about our trip, but I like to make a pocket style page with some of the 'random' photos from our trip that don't warrant a whole spread them selves. 

This page actually took me forever to finish. Each little pocket is like its own layout and requires finding the right stamp and embellishments.

 Thanks for looking!

supplies
project life cards: Kelly Purkey
stickers: Crate Paper (Oasis)
chipboard stickers: My Mind's Eye (Palm Beach)
wood veneer: Fancy Pants
embossing powder: Sparkle N Sprinkle (Peacock EP301; Black Magic EP255; black detail EP171; Cappuccino Star EP434)
stamps: Kelly Purkey (Endless Summer; Cruise with Me; Spring Break; Go See Do; Beach Day;) Kellie Winnell (Looks like Summer; Beer;); Studio Calico (Fun in the Sun);  
ink: Versafine (onyx black)

good times.

It's so cold here so I found some photos from a June trip to the zoo when the weather was beautiful and I decided to scrap those today! I was inspired by Rachelle's challenge this month.

This was a sketch challenge and I used a project life card for the middle photo. Thanks for looking!

supplies
patterned paper: Photo Play (Summer Bucket List); Elle's Studio
die cuts, puffy stickers, journal card: Elle's Studio
washi: Freckled Fawn
stamps: Technique Tuesday (Summer Adventure); Studio Calico (Fun in the Sun); Kellie Winnell (Looks like Summer)
ink: Versafine (onyx black)

Polar Bear Express.

I made a page using the Take 5 Tuesday challenge at Paper Issues. I used pink, mint green, star, patterned paper, and washi.

We took Austin's niece and nephew on the polar bear express train ride this winter, which ended up being a bust, but got our money refunded so not all was lost.

supplies
journal card, die cuts, stickers, patterned paper: Elle's Studio
stickers: Fancy Pants (Wish Season)
alphabet stickers: Simple Stories
patterned paper: Crate Paper (Snow & Cocoa)