pretty girl.

using the SC Holga kit/based on this sketch

I hope my friend Shan doesn't mind that I used her wedding invitation on a layout. & that I stole her photo from her Facebook.

Everything is from the SC Holga kit - except the Making Memories silver letter stickers & the sherbet Mister Huey I splattered. & the the pink lady Glimmer Glaze I painted the buttons.

Reggie.

A little late on sharing Reggie, since he's been gone from us for about six weeks now, but Reggie was our last foster dog. He was the sweetest, most gentle little yellow boy I've ever met. I We both wanted to keep him forever. *sigh* If only we had that house with a fenced in backyard. 

This is my last post for Crafting Family as Christine schedules down time through the holidays. The Crafting Family design team will be back next year!

My layout is done using the Declaration line from Pink Paislee. I was at first skeptical of this line but I have been able to make a few layouts using it & avoiding the patriotic look.

Thanks for hanging out with me & Crafting Family over the past few months. Christine, it has been a joy working with you. You're so sweet & such a generous person. Enjoy the time off for the holidays - you deserve it!

dog tired.

I'm not usually one for puns but I couldn't resist this title. I snapped this photo of a sleeping Bentley this summer while we were in Michigan. We spent a few hours one afternoon at the beach & B just swam & swam. He was so tired on the way back to the inn that he just passed out. He likes to rest his head in between the seats on the arm rest, right between us, so he can be in the middle of the action.

I used the Pink Paislee Nantucket collection. What I have left of this collection is dwindling down. You guys know Pink Paislee is one of my favorites anyway but I especially loved the colors in this collection. I inked the edge of the background paper with antique linen distress ink by Tim Holtz.

I also added some Prima center kisses. The colors in the package pretty closely matched the Nantucket line.

Also included: fabric Thickers doll (I didn't care for the yellow letters included in the Nantucket packet - they were too big for this page), American Crafts decorative tape, Elle's Studio The Sweet Life Lil' Snippets:  Labels, & Amy  Tangerinei die cut cardstock shapes. I based this on this sketch.

so very wonderful.

Supplies:SC Knickers kit, & Technique Tuesday Simple Joy stamp set. Based on a sketch I found here.

ugly sweater party.

We're coming to the end of the term with Crafting Family! I'm sharing a layout from last Christmas using Christine's newer stock of papers from The Paper Company. 

Other embellishments are from Elle's Studio (The Sweet Life Lil' Snippets: Labels) & Amy Tangerine remarks & die cut cardstock shapes. Letter stickers are Thickers.

miss you [card].

I'm sharing a card this week for Your Memories Here.The papers are from the Tim Holtz kraft core cardstock & Cosmo Cricket double deck.

I used Tim Holtz distress inks in walnut stain on the Pink Paislee Mistable tag & antique linen distress ink around the stamped sentiment, which is Paper Smooches. I added a strip of Prima cotton tape at the top with Prima say it in crystals.

Crafting Family October sketch challenge

I can't believe October is half way over already! Time goes by so quickly. 

That means we have the October sketch challenge posted & ready for everyone to enter! The details can be found HERE.

Your sketch is from Page Maps:

& here is what I did:

I used MME flocked paper for the background & all the other bits are from Studio Calico Take Note collection. The letter stickers are Studio Calico as well. I included our ticket from the tour. The brewery tour itself was kind of cool. They take very large groups of people & move you through pretty fast. The best part was obviously the two free beer samples per person at the end. & these are not small samples - they are regular sized beers. I tried Shock Top, which is their Belgian beer, & I liked it. Kind of heavy though. & I also tried Bud Light Platinum & liked it too. If you ever get the chance, you should do it.

Details about the prize are on the Crafting Family blog. I'll also choose a random entry from those who are a follower of my  blog & who post a link here to their project. Entries are due October 31.

This will be our last challenge for the year as we break for the holidays & will resume in January.

B's first snow.

I'm trying to finish up the photos I want to scrap from 2011 so that I can get the 2011 officially finished. I don't scrap in chronological order so I have to organize all the pages before the album can be complete. So I saw Bentley's poor face during his first snow last November, which were just flakes, but nevertheless he was not impressed. 

The background paper is Tim Holtz kraft core cardstock. There are also some bits of Pink Paislee's Declaration line. The snowflakes are cut from Cricut Winter Woodland at size 4 1/4". Then I cut them in half to use one on top & one on bottom. The tag is Pink Paislee Mistables which isn't misted at all. It's actually swiped with a foam brush using Memories baby blue dye inkpad. The stamps are PTI Holiday Tags stamped with poppy parade by Stampin' Up. Then I dotted the snowflakes with Stickles.

I made this layout based on sketch #229 at Creative Scrappers.

trick or treat.

I'm back! Autumn is in full swing here & Halloween will be here before I know it. I'm not sure if I'll be decorating this year since I'm still getting settled in my apartment. But I can still get in the Halloween spirit with scrapbooking! I found this sweet photo of me & my little brother from way back in the day. He's a football player & I'm a cheerleader.

So for this layout I actually used some paper from Pink Paislee Nantucket - the B side of the patterned paper Jumbo Shrimp. You can view it on the Pink Paislee website here. My background paper is this misted with Maya Road carnation pink mist (which looks red in the bottle - my bad!). Then I layered on top of it with another sheet of the same but not misted.

The other bits & embellishments are from my stash & from the September Citrus Twist kit. From my stash I have a Heidi Swapp invisibles bird, a corrugated frame, the stamps are from {Ippity} That's Creepy set. The tag is from the Citrus Twist kit & I used the Prima chalk ink in old road for stamping the witch hat.

let the good times roll.

I've got a layout to share for the YMH design team this week. A few weeks ago after I got my tattoo we hit up a new line dancing bar, Saddle Up. We were too amateur to try to dance but we were ok with hitting up the photo booth. 

For this layout, I used the Pink Paislee Mistables as the background misted with limited edition Sun Sisters glimmer mist. The striped papers & the cassette tape paper are from the Cosmo Cricket double decker stack. The yellow flowery strip along the left side is from Cosmo Cricket Hey Sugar. I just love those papers. 

Other embellishments are Pink Paislee Enchanting & Fetching stickers, Cosmo Cricket tiny type stickers, Jenni Bowlin rub ons, & Pink Paislee Fetching rub ons. The stamps are Paper Smooches Perpetual Bliss.

28 in my 28th's year [update].

Remember this post? Time for an update...
 
1 visit a pumpkin patch & bring home a pumpkin
2 go on a hot air balloon ride
3 take a vacation to the east coast
4 get another tattoo (9/7/12)
5 pay off my car (DONE 9/12! with Dad paying the last $884)
6 run in another race
7 take a wine tasting class 
8 take Bentley on an overnight stay somewhere (New Buffalo MI August 3-5, 2012)
9 cut back on cussing
10 finish the Catcher in the Rye
11 paint the living room
12 paint the entryway/hallway
13 visit a new zoo
14 go to a ballet
15 see Chicago at Christmas time
16 stay in a cabin in Tennessee in the fall
17 donate blood again
18 set up the basement for emergency preparedness
19 get my teeth bleached
20 buy something at a farmer’s market
21 go to the tulip festival in Michigan
22 learn to use my pressure cooker
23 learn how to use Photo Shop
24 ride my bicycle more
25 be published in a magazine again
26 attend church regularly (in progress - have gone the past 2/3 weeks!)
27 be a nicer person
28 fix the patio doors

love you to the core [card].

I'm sharing a card this week for Your Memories Here. I was inspired by the approaching autumn - colors, foods, weather.

I used the Tim Holtz kraft core paper stack, which is available for only $14.99 - lots of great colors & who doesn't love a kraft core?! I cut the apple from the Give a Hoot Cricut cartridge. Everything was attached with my Helmar tape runner.

The stamp is Joy's Life It's all Fall Puns & the red ink is Tim Holtz quick dry fluid chalk ink in ladybug. (I tried to double stamp the sentiment, first with red & then with black to give it some depth but instead in these pictures it just looks blurry. It looks better in real life.) The ink & the ribbon & the embellishments in the corner can be found in the September Citrus Twist kit.

a close up of the kraft core cardstock

I believe in.. [link up]

eating breakfast every day. 

laughter can be the best medicine.

hard work pays off.

standing up for what you believe in. always.

good grammar.

always getting a king size bed when you stay at a hotel.

making lists.

shellac nails.

books. good old fashioned paper books.

supporting your team. #whodey

having a savings account.

a good cry.

supporting our troops.

doing what's right. no matter what.

linking up with Erin.

this is ME.

I recently got my 2nd tattoo. It was kind of spur of the moment, just like my first one, but also totally planned & just what I wanted at the same time. 

I've wanted another one basically since my first one. It's true what they say - they are addicting! I've been hesitant because I've heard comments about how wrist tats are trashy or unprofessional or whatever but ultimately it is what I wanted to do.

I used lots of goodies on this layout. The papers are all Cosmo Cricket Hey Sugar & I lovelovelove them. Love all the pinks - it's my favorite color! SO pretty. I also used Prima writer's tape which is kind of cool. There are so many possibilities with this stuff. I curled a piece up and then painted the edges with pink lady Glimmer Glaze (which is so pretty - pink & silver) & then stamped on it with Technique Tuesday stamp set Life in Pictures.

The journal block I cut with my Cricut Sweethearts cartridge & I used the Technique Tuesday Real Life stamp set for the stamp at the bottom.

The photos aren't the greatest - my other friend watching was snapping them with her iPhone & then the bottom picture is one I put on Instagram the next day. The inks I used are Inkadinkado hot pink & Prima quick dry fluid chalk ink in old road. Oh, almost forgot. The big circle I cut from Plantin Schoolbook with the Cricut and it's a Mistable sheet from Pink Paislee. I painted it with the same pink lady Glimmer Glaze. Sooo pretty.

BFFs.

I'm sharing a layout from my friend's wedding last May. Her photographer was awesome & took tons of really great shots. 

I used the Dear Lizzy Neopolitan line. 

Christine is selling via the Facebook group Scrapbook Deals (just send a request to join the group) & if you don't see something that you reallyreally want ( *ahem* like the Pink Paislee Portfolio collection!), just ask her if she can get it!

 I used Technique Tuesday Favorite Memories stamps on the Pink Paislee Mistable muslin ribbon. First I misted it with olive vine Glimmer Mist. I also used some rub ons from Hambly, Pink Paislee, & Jenni Bowlin. Up in the corner are epoxy stickers from Dear Lizzy & London Market chipboard buttons from Pink Paislee (misted with the olive vine Glimmer Mist). The butterfly can be found here.