3 weeks.

 Today I have another Maxwell page!

This one is for sketch 439 at Sketches in Thyme. I stuck pretty close to this sketch and it's one my friend Laura created. I love her sketches. This is the Pink Paislee Indigo & Ivy collection and I think this page will go in Max's album so his parents can journal. Thanks for looking!

Meeting Maxwell [Challenge YOUrself 82].

 Hell again! Welcome to a new monthly challenge at Challenge YOUrself! This month we have a color challenge.

My page is about meeting my first nephew! He is two weeks old :)

This is a sheet from the Vicki Boutin mixed media pad. I accented with some Elle's Studio embellishments ...and one chipboard flair from Days of Splendor, PinkFresh Studio's new collection. Thanks for looking!

Use Your Stuff guest design team! you + me

Hello friends! I'm guest designing this month at Use Your Stuff! The first challenge this month at Use Your Stuff is a nautical theme! and you guys know how I love my beach vacations. This challenge was right up my alley! These photos are from our trip to Mexico in 2018.

I pulled the sea creatures chipboard pieces from Denisen Boddey and painted them with a thin layer of gesso. Then I painted them with Shimmerz. I used some distress inks to create my background. The 'frame' around the page is the remainder of a cut file I used on another page 

Next I dug through my Elle's Studio stash and pulled out some puffy hearts, some labels, and some 3x4 cards. Then I added some pieces from Maggie Holmes' Sunny Days collection. For a final touch, there are some epoxy flair. 

I hope you'll head over to UYS and check out what the others made. Thanks for looking!

good times.

 This page was inspired by the first October challenge at Scrap Our Stash. They have a mood board challenge and I know it's an October challenge, but the photos in the moodboard inspired me to scrap a Thanksgiving photo from last year. I pulled out the Indigo & Ivy collection from Pink Paislee. 

I know this collection is two years old, but I really liked it and I have just a little bit left that I've been hoarding. I want to use it up this weekend! #Goals

Thanks for looking!

happy.

We had a funeral to attend last week and afterwards, we stopped by a local sunflower field I had been wanting to visit. It was a beautiful day and the sunflowers were so pretty.

This was inspired by the Australia challenge at Lasting Memories this month + the season premiere challenge at Paper Issues. Thanks for looking!

DAD.

I'm an aunt! This is my brother and my new nephew! He was born September 10. I found this cut file from Paige Evans (it's FREE!) and was inspired by the Scrap the Boys challenge this month. Cut files + mixed media!

I used distress oxides in Broken China and Twisted Citron. I backed the cut file with an old patterned paper from PinkFresh Studios and the sequins are called Carnival Ride (it's an older mix no longer available). Thanks for looking!

adorable

 My nephew was born last week! I only have a few photos of him so far - he's only a few days old! - but I couldn't wait to start scrapbooking him. A new little baby boy was perfect for the blue and white challenge at Lasting Memories.

This cut file is from Paper Issues and it's free! Kept this one simple. There is some yellow distress ink on the moon, but it didn't photograph well. Thanks for looking!

beautiful day.

Hi friends! Today I'm sharing a page for Denise Boddey Designs. These photos are from my brother's wedding from one year ago. I found this FREE cut file at Paper Issues and I wanted to do some mixed media between a white cut file and a white background. I chose two packages of chipboard to feature on this page. I have the sprouts  chipboard and the small button leaves.

I share a process video HERE where you can watch how my background develops and how I colored my leaves. I heat embossed my chipboard pieces using WOW! embossing powders.

I love how this page turned out and how the chipboard pieces help embellish my floral cut file.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 supplies

sequins: Spiegelmom Scraps (Vintage Dowry)

enamel dots: Prima Sugardots

mist: Shimmerz Coloringz (Keep Palm)

embossing powder: Wow! Embossing Powder (White Puff; Neptune)

together.

This was for a scraplift Sunday challenge at Paper Issues. I converted my page to 8.5x11. I haven't done this size in a while and it seems so small!

 I dug out some patterned papers from my stash and embellished with Elle's Studio goodies. The card stock is daisy from Bazzill. Thanks for looking!

heart this.

Did you know inf you sign up for Chili's rewards program, you get a free birthday dessert? and this skillet chocolate chip cookie is sooooo good. I've gotten it two years in a row now :)

 Every single thing on this page is from Elle's Studio. Old + new. My mixed media background was made using distress inks and Shimmerz Coloringz (Freshly Squeezed). The sketch inspiration for this page came from my friend Laura at Sketches in Thyme. Thanks for looking!

remember.

 Hi guys! Today is our September challenge reveal day at Scrap YOUrself! For this challenge, we are THANKFUL.

I chose to document how thankful we were to have Vanilla in our lives. I rescued him on Black Friday one year. He was nine years old and had been dumped in a shelter. I actually let him go live with my brother and they were best buddies. But Vanilla was my sweetheart.

I used the Simple Stories Heart collection. It's so sweet & sad. The colors are gorgeous. & I thought it was perfect for this page. I embellished with some dog themed epoxy flairs from Scrappin Happy Studio.

Thanks for looking!

the best is yet to come.

I've had so much fun this summer watching my caterpillars. I planted a swamp milkweed last summer and had (what I thought then was) a successful season. This year, I've had so many more caterpillars and seen way more Monarchs in the yard. I go out and check on them daily to see how they're all doing :) This year, I actually became a certified Monarch waystation. But more on that later!

This page was for a September sketch challenge at Paper Issues. This is a free cut file from their shop. I used distress inks in Forest Moss and Peeled Paint to 'paint' my leaves. I embellished with Bella Blvd's Home Sweet Home collection. Thanks for looking!

 supplies

patterned paper: Simple Stories

Shimmerz: Coloringz (Keep Palm)

kitty.

 Here's one for fun of my Whitey cat. She's not really my cat, but it's a long story. 

I used the Chloe collection from Bella Blvd on this one. It's so cutesy!

look for rainbows.

I have a fun page to share today! This one was inspired by challenge 403 at Use Your Stuff - books. I thought I would use a quote from one of my favorite books that I read last year.

I did some mixed media on the background. First I used gesso. Next I took my distress oxide ink pads and swiped them straight onto the paper. Then I spritzed some water on them and formed my rainbow. I added some embellishments from my stash to coordinate with my rainbow theme. Thanks for looking!

love always.

I'm squeezing in one more challenge for the Paper Issues summer crop. This one was for the scrap heap challenge - to use three different manufacturers. The rest text paper is from Studio Calico (2013!), the heart paper is Amy Tangerine (Oh Happy Life) and my embellishments are from PinkFresh Studios (Joyful Days).

 I used some broken china distress ink + the packaging technique in one corner. In the other corner I used my mini bricks stencil from TCW + some transparent matte texture paste. The sequins are A Heart's Key from Spiegelmom Scraps. Thanks for looking!