beach life.

 Last week we were in Mexico and I miss it already! Here's a page for one of the March challenges at Paper Issues - in perfect harmony - using two coordinating colors.

Lots of goodies on this one. Thanks for looking!

filled with wonder.

 This page was done for the 'heart attack' challenge at Paper Issues this month. I chose a Vicki Boutin watercolor background and accented with tons of Elle's Studio goodies.

This is my nephew's first Valentine's day:) Thanks for looking!

my cat is cuter than yours.

This page is a mix of an older collection from Bella Blvd (Riley) + the newer cat collection from Bella Blvd (Chloe). They actually are similar collections and mix and match together!

These are my two feral kittens I adopted last July. They are semi-feral now. They come to me and they can be petted. This is a huge accomplishment! They're barn cats so they'll never be indoor kitties, but nevertheless they are cuties!

I mixed some Shimmerz [Freshly Squeezed] with some texture paste [opaque matte] to use with my mini chickenwire stencil from The Crafter's Workshop. Thanks for looking!

here & now.

We had Covid at the beginning of November and it was crunch time to get our Christmas card photos taken so we had to get creative. My mom came over and took them for us in our yard.

This page was done for one of the February challenges at Paper Issues - 'send her flowers.' I used a bunch of florals from the Jen Hadfield The Avenue ephemera pack. Thanks for looking!

celebrate happy times [Challenge YOUrself #86].

Hi friends! Today we're sharing our February challenge at Challenge YOUrself! What better way to 'celebrate love' than to document our second wedding anniversary?! We went out for lunch and then bought a new sofa.

I used a bunch of my Cocoa Vanilla Studio Happiness collection. I don't really have much left and I'd like to finish it all up! I did use some gesso on my background before applying my distress inks. Thanks for looking!
 

supplies

inks: picked raspberry; festive berries; dried marigold; mustard seed; shabby shutters; evergreen bough; forest moss; chipped sapphire

sequins: Spiegelmom Scraps (Happy Vibes)

new hair.

 Another Paper Issues challenge done this month! This one is a sketch challenge.

Thanks for looking!

joyful.

This layout was a scraplift done for the January challenge at Elle's Studio. I scraplifted Aimee Mertell. 

Thanks for looking!

supplies

journal cards, labels: Elle's Studio January 2021 kit

ink: Tim Holtz distress ink (evergreen bough; faded jeans)

acetate hearts: Elle's Studio

happy together.

 Hello again! Today I'm sharing a page made for the remix challenge at Scrap Our Stash this month.

I used the Day Dream collection from Cocoa Vanilla Studio. I still need to add my journaling. This is from a weekend spent in Columbus with my brother and his family. We went to the zoo there and had a a really great day. Thanks for looking!

love this time of year [Challenge YOUrself #85].

 I'm back! It's been a while, but I am still on the team at Challenge YOUrself!

My husband and I both came down with Covid at the beginning of November. Neither of us were terrible ill at the time, but it sure delayed several appointments and miscellaneous things we had to do. Right after that came the busy holiday season I didn't have time or energy to scrap the rest of the year!

Our first challenge of 2021 is to scrap your favorite memory from 2020. I know 2020 was hard on many of you. One of my favorite moments was when a strange bought our meal one evening in December. This has never happened to me before and I was so surprised! I love how the holidays bring out generosity in people. We paid it forward, of course!

So we'd love to see the highlights of your 2020! Please head over to the Scrap YOUrself blog for rules and to upload your pages. Can't wait to 'see' you more in 2021!

holly + jolly.

This page was made for the 'cards against humanity' challenge at Paper Issues. We are challenged to use 3x4 journal cards on a page. I used two on this page to scrap my brother's Christmas card this year.

I did add some gesso to the background and use a little bit of mixed media. I just kind of wanted my whole cluster to stand out a bit more from the background. Everything is from Elle's Studio - this all just coordinated with my American Crafts background paper so well!

Thanks for looking!

2019 review.

 Paper Issues got me with their 'Jenga' challenge this month. It's a year in review challenge and I'm not ready to do 2020 yet, but I did a page for 2019.

I used some distress inks on the background with the packaging technique. Printed journaling in strips. Just added a few small embellishments. Thanks for looking!

supplies

patterned paper: PinkFresh

stickers, labels: Elle's Studio

ink: Tim Holtz distress inks (peacock feathers; evergreen bough; pine needles; shaded lilac)

grow.

I'm playing along with a color challenge at Lasting Memories today! This page came together so quickly after I found this challenge. I was really puzzled with where to start with this photo, but I love the look of this finished page.

I really loved the wreath design on this patterned paper. I built onto the wreath by adding some floral die cut pieces. I fussy cut some leaves out of other patterned papers and added those as well. Some of the bits I adhered with foam adhesive for some visual texture.

I added a ton of little puffy heart stickers from Elle's Studio as a finishing touch. Thanks for looking!

fun at the zoo.

 Documenting our nephew's first trip to the zoo! We visited him for the first time in September when he was about two weeks old and we all took a trip to the Columbus zoo. He slept the whole time :)

This page was inspired by a sketch at Paper Issues this month. I kind of went out of my comfort zone here, but I really like how this turned out. Used up a lot of Bella Blvd pieces on this design. Thanks for looking!

home.

Today I'm playing along with the first Scraplift Sunday challenge of November at Paper Issues! I used some of the Day Dreamer collection from Cocoa Vanilla Studio on this autumn page. I was not a huge fan of this collection so I only got two embellishment packs and two patterned papers.

Thanks for looking!

chill out.

Our Christmas holiday last year was totally different than any other Christmas I've had. We spent the week prior in Mexico! We came home on Christmas Eve. It was wonderful!

I used the Vitamin Sea collection from Fancy Pants for this page. The little tag is from Heidi Swapp Art Walk.  

I painted some gesso on my background so I could use some distress inks. I also used distress inks on the tag.

I super loved these rub ons from Fancy Pants. They're so cute & I haven't used rub ons in a long time. for my final touch, I added some acrylic stars from Elle's Studio. Thanks for looking!