snowpocalypse|My StampBox.

Although I am not loving this winter, I felt this needed to be documented. This is the most snow I remember seeing, work shut down for two days, I couldn't leave my house for three days. It was a mess.

I used MSB stamp set Let It Snow which is pretty perfect for this page. I used three different inks - turquoise, yellow, and grey.

The patterned papers are left over from my Webster's Pages Composition and Color post with LCOM. I also have some Elle's Studio labels and journal tags left over. I used some Sass letter stickers from my stash. The cork house and the flair badge are from the December Cocoa Daisy day in the life kit. I also used a few other stamp sets from my stash - Studio Calico, Technique Tuesday.

This snow was fun for about two hours. We shoveled the driveway countless times. We had to keep knocking snow off the satellite. But we had food and water and we never lost power. However, I think I can speak for everyone when I say we are ready for spring!!

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With all the projects I've been working on lately, I wanted to just do a layout just for FUN. This is a family photo of three generations from my cousin's wedding back in October. I was excted to use some of my new SC February kits Sugar Rush and Jelly Beans.

The background paper is actually not from my kits - it's from Webster's Pages Composition and Color collection. In the SC kits, we received a color swatch book and I used some of the swatch cards on my layout, behind the photos. The silver banners, the kraft die cuts, and the large 3 are all from the kits, as is the 'good times' stamp.

FLL [LCOM sketch 60].

Another medial girls sketch day for LCOM! This is sketch #60 and we're featuring Bo Bunny this time! This collection could not have been more perfect for my vacation photos. The Zip A Dee Doodle collection is basically a really great blue + white and/or black as a neutral. It's great. Here is our sketch:

 Here's my  layout. 

I used the 'B' side of one of the papers for a more neutral-ish background. Then I used a few of the patterned papers as accents, photo mats, and borders. There's a sheet of cardstock stickers in the collection pack.

I added some supplies from my stash like the Studio Calico vellum star stickers and the puffy geotag sticker from Skipping5. The washi tape is from a 2013 Studio Calico kit.

So that's all for me today. Be sure to stop by the LCOM blog to see the other media team projects!

 Our February Prize

Our February prize is a beautiful assortment of embellishments from BoBunny's Love Letters collection! 

How to Play Along: 

1. Make a newly created project using the provided sketch and upload it to your blog or online gallery.

2. Then leave a link to your project using the Inlinkz widget HERE. Please use a direct link to your LCOM Sketch post and not just your blog address.
3. If you upload to online galleries, please also use tag/keyword LCOM60.  LCOM products are NOT required to participate, and you can enter as many times as you want. If you don't have a particular shape indicated in the sketch, feel free to substitute.

4. There is no time limit - you can always play any week at any time, but the linking form will close on the last day of the month at 8:00pm (Atlantic Standard Time) to allow us to find a prize winner.

altered journal tags [LCOM product shuffle].

Today I'm doing a post on altered journal tags over on the LCOM blog! & I'm using Elle's Studio. Go check it out. 

I don't do project life or pocket style scrapbooking, but I sometimes like the 3x4 cards (or even the 4x6 cards) so I incorporate them onto my regular scrapbook pages. I got the Elle's Studio You & Me Note Tags and the You & Me Large Journal Tags, 

With Valentine's day this month, I considered making a little mini album. Then I thought I wanted to use them on a regular scrapbook page. Both ideas seemed so excellent that I ended up not doing either one and I'm just waiting to see how I'll be inspired to use them first. 

So here are the cards that I've altered...

 

I used a few Technique Tuesday stamp sets, some kraft die cuts from SC Sugar Rush kit and some SC wood veneers from my stash. I inked the butterfly veneer coated it and the hearts with Glossy Accents. The candy dots are Pebbles, also from my stash.

So.

Project idea 1 was to make a little mini album of sorts with journaling on the backs and maybe a couple photos.

Project idea 2 was to use them on my regular scrapbook pages. Debating stapling some ribbon or trimmings on the tops.

Project idea 3, if you are a pocket style scrapbooker, would look like this:

Aren't these altered journal tags the cutest?!

The LCOM shop has plenty of Elle's Studio tags and journal spots and cards and labels - just browse the pages today!

(*love*)|My Stamp Box.

Today I have a card to share, just in time for Valentine's day! 

I have had this Doodlebug patterned paper forever. I'm hoarding it. It's the Sweet Cakes collection and it is SO adorable that I just can't stand to use it.

The card base is American Crafts cardstock. I used My Stamp Box Sigh Gush Gasp stamp set. and I heat embossed the love sentiment using MSB silver embossing powder. I added a few tiny wood veneer hearts from Studio Calico and that's it! 

inspiration Monday [LCOM featuring Webster's Pages].

We went on vacation to the Bahamas a few weeks ago and that beautiful blue water, the feel of the sand on my feet, and the hot sun soaking into my skin is all that's getting me through the rest of this winter. The snow just won't stop! If you haven't vacationed down to the Bahamas you are missing out! Our cruise stopped at Grand Turk, Half Moon Cay, and Nassua. I had been to HMC and Nassau before but GT was new and it was so beautiful! Two years ago we stayed at an all inclusive in Freeport and I would definitely recommend it over Nassau. 

Anyway, I put together a collage of some of our photos and I used it as a mood board to inspire my layout today.

#nofilter

 Live in the Sunshine. Swim in the sea. Drink in the wild air.  -Emerson

I'm using Webster's Pages Composition and Color collection. This collection includes two cut apart 12x12 papers. I don't do project life but I am still able to include these on my regular scrapbook layouts. There is also a package of coordinating ribbon (five designs/1 yard each) and I used three of the designs on my page.

Here's my page:

Other supplies...
enamel dots: My Mind's Eye; Prima Anna Marie Sugardots
puffy stickers: Skipping5
stamps: Studio Calico; Melissa Frances (these are several years old)
ink: StazOn (onyx); Versa Color (turquoise)
washi: Freckled Fawn
date stamp: Amy Tangerine
chipboard: Creative Embellishments
labels/tags: Elle's Studio; Chic Tags 

love is all you need. [LCOM sketch 58]

We're revealing LCOM sketch #58 today and we used the Pink Paislee Secret Crush collection. Pink Paislee is one of my top five favorite manufacturers. I loved this collection. 

and here's my page:

I condensed this sketch into an 8.5x11 size page with one horizontal photo. The rest of the layout I kept pretty close to the sketch. I was glad to have some of the ephemera pack left in my stash from this collection, but I also used my ticket punch and punched out coordinating tickets from some patterned papers. Can you tell which ticket is from the ephemera pack and which two are mine?? 

I added three Studio Calico stamps and used onyx Staz On ink + raspberry pie Prima chalk ink. Lastly, I added Elle's Studio circle labels (You and Me Tidbits), Prima Say it in Crystals, and wood veneer birds (Freckled Fawn).  

This is my cousin and her husband, taken in 2013.

Be sure to visit the LCOM blog to see the other media team layouts.

Our February Prize - a beautiful assortment of embellishments from Bo Bunny's Love Letters collection! 

How to Play Along: 

1. Make a newly created project using the provided sketch and upload it to your blog or online gallery.

2. Then leave a link to your project using the Inlinkz widget HERE. Please use a direct link to your LCOM Sketch post and not just your blog address.
3. If you upload to online galleries, please also use tag/keyword LCOM58.  LCOM products are NOT required to participate, and you can enter as many times as you want. If you don't have a particular shape indicated in the sketch, feel free to substitute.
4. There is no time limit - you can always play any week at any time, but the linking form will close on the last day of the month at 8:00pm (Atlantic Standard Time) to allow us to find a prize winner.

do more of what makes you happy [card]|My Stamp Box.

It's the last day of January 2014. How are you coming along with your resolutions? 

Here's an easy one for the remainder of the year: Do more of what makes you happy! Seriously. 

This card is for My Stamp Box and I used the Mini Pennant stamp set to make this flower. I stamped the image with Prima Green Grass chalk ink. The center of the flower is a Glitz rhinestone, the washi is from Freckled Fawn, and the quote ATC is by Chic Tags. This is a really simple (but pretty) card.

good dog.

Here's one I did before we left for vacation that I never got around to posting. This is an iphone photo, of course. After Thanksgiving dinner at Grandma's my brother spread out on the living room floor and the dog curled up next to him and they took a nap. 

 I got my Studio Calico dog mini kit right before vacation and immediately had to do something with it. The washi and the stamp set are both from the kit.

chocolate babies|My Stamp Box.

I'm sharing a layout on the MSB blog today using three stamp sets from My Stamp Box. I used Mini Pennants, Sigh Gush Gasp, and Snapshot. This is an Instagram photo of our two chocolate boys in the family. My brother has a yellow Lab and I of course have a black Lab. My mom took Chocolate and he gets along really well with Hunter. [you can read Chocolate and Vanilla's rescue story HERE]

I first used the Mini Pennants to make a little border and then I used one of the photo corner stamps from the Snapshot stamp set. The black frame is also from the Snapshot stamp set - I stamped it onto a piece of cute yellow heart patterned paper. I used the 'love' sentiment from the Sigh Gush Gasp - I really love that font for the sentiments in this set.

I always say "hi baby" in a high pitched baby talk voice when I come home to my dog or go to visit the dogs at my mom's house. Of course, at my mom's I have to say hi to both babies.

I used some of my January Studio Calico kit (Basic Grey patterned paper, Bella Blvd patterned paper, labels) + the dog mini kit (decorative tape). The letter stickers are very old and from my stash. The yellow puffy stickers are twine+ink and the wood veneer came from the Cocoa Daisy December kit. The cork house is Freckled Fawn :)

Thanks for stopping by today! Try to stay warm :)

she dances. [LCOM sketch #56]

Hey, hey! While you're reading this, I'm actually on a plane on my way home from vacation. If you arrived from the LCOM blog, you know the reveal of sketch #56 is happening. If you didn't see the LCOM blog post, this is the sketch: 

great sketch, huh? :)

You may remember my cousin who got married in October. I took these photos with my phone so they're  not the greatest quality. This is the first dance with her husband, Eric, and the father/daughter dance with her dad, Mike. 

We're featuring the Lucky Charm collection by Dear Lizzy/American Crafts. I used the 6x6 paper pad + some dark navy cardstock for the base. The striped paper allowed me to select coordinating embellishments in navy, pink, and teal. The pink enamel dots are Prima Sugardots and the navy stars are by twine + ink (December Cocoa Daisy). I used tags and labels from Chic Tags (Love Note) and Elle's Studio (You and Me Tidbits). The letter stickers are by October Afternoon (Daily Flash) and also came in the December Cocoa Daisy day in the life kit. The date stamp is Amy Tan and I used Prima chalk ink in teal damask. For a final touch, I sprinkled Mister Huey's in bazinga.

Our January Prize

Our January prize is a copy of Scrapbook & Cards Today's CardMaps 3! 

How to Play Along: 

1. Make a newly created project using the provided sketch and upload it to your blog or online gallery.

2. Then leave a link to your project using the Inlinkz widget HERE. Please use a direct link to your LCOM Sketch post and not just your blog address.
3. If you upload to online galleries, please also use tag/keyword LCOM56.  LCOM products are NOT required to participate, and you can enter as many times as you want. If you don't have a particular shape indicated in the sketch, feel free to substitute.
4. There is no time limit - you can always play any week at any time, but the linking form will close on the last day of the month at 8:00pm (Atlantic Standard Time) to allow us to find a prize winner.

Hello Christmas|My Stamp Box.

Our ALL PLAY this month is sparkle. I love sparkle. I'll share the layout I made using silver + glitter.

I used silver embossing powder from My Stamp Box + the presents from the MSB Merry Mr Snowman stamp set. I used a green patterned paper from the Glitz Design Hello December 6x6 pad as "wrapping paper" and then the silver embossing as the ribbon. 

Then I stamped the 'Christmas" sentiment onto red cardstock and cut it into a pennant shape. This is one stamp (Merry Christmas) but I cut them apart. The red heart stamped around the 25 is from the MSB Holiday Monkey stamp set. I used Versa Color ink in cardinal.

To add more sparkle, I grabbed some silver glitter tape by American Crafts and a silver star overlay from Webster's Pages/Allison Kreft. The silver star embellishments are from Freckled Fawn and so are the wood veneer houses. I covered the houses with Glossy Accents and then sprinkled MSB sparkling fine glitter on the top.

I haven't done the journaling yet  but this is my first Christmas in my first home and I had two trees up. One in the upstairs living room and one in the downstairs/basement family room. Those are actually project life cards by Technique Tuesday/Ali Edwards.

I hope you'll check out the MSB blog today to see the other sparkle projects!

Sketch N Scrap: guest designer.

My January guest design work continues with Sketch n Scrap as I'm here to share the second layout sketch challenge this month. This is a great sketch! I followed it pretty closely this time. Here it is:

Please visit the Sketch n Scrap blog today to see what the design team members did with this sketch. Also, prize and entry details are available there as well. 

supplies
patterned paper: Heidi Swapp; Glitz Design (Hello December); Amy Tan (Cut & Paste)
decorative tape: Glitz Design
chipboard heart, label sticker: Pink Paislee
cork stickers, puffy stickers: Freckled Fawn

sit. stay. love.

I found this sketch at the 3 Scrappy Boys blog. I used my new January Studio Calico kit + the mini dog kit to make this page:

Highway 5k. [LCOM Media Team sketch #54].

I'm excited to share sketch #54 with you guys! This is our first project and by "our" I mean the new LCOM media team!! Here's our sketch:

Pagemaps

We are featuring the Finnley collection by Glitz Designon this sketch. I really am a huge fan of Glitz (since the beginning!) and I really liked the Finnley collection - I only have a couple of full 12x12 sheets left. I also used Studio Calico stamps with onyx StazOn ink, Elle's Studio Summer Lovin' note tags, Freckled Fawn washi, a Studio Calico mask + Mister Huey's (Hey Diddle Diddle).

Here's my page:

I can't believe I never did a race recap back in October on the Highway Half & 5K race. This race was hosted in my city and really marketed and amped up as a historical event because it would only be done ONCE so if you wanted the chance to be included, you had to DO IT! I think there were over 3,000 participants. I had a goal of running another 5K race in 2013 and this one inspired me because it truly was a once in a lifetime opportunity. I wasn't really in 5K shape, but I'd been running 2 miles about 3x/week for several months so I was ready enough. It was a little chilly but we warmed up quickly once we started running. We had to park about a mile from the start of the race. I didn't feel like it was very well organized. Packet pick up was the night before but we had no idea where the start line was and people were just milling around everywhere. They also didn't stagger the start time which was horrendous because I was literally tripping and running around little old ladies, wheelchairs, and strollers. Not the way you want to start a race. All in all, I was glad to do this, to be a part of history, and to finish with a time of 32:25 which was in no way a PR but at least I finished!

Stop by the LCOM blog to see what the other media girls did with the Finnley papers and to upload your own creation!

Our January Prize

Our January prize is a copy of Scrapbook & Cards Today's CardMaps 3! 

How to Play Along: 

1. Make a newly created project using the provided sketch and upload it to your blog or online gallery.

2. Then leave a link to your project using the Inlinkz widget HERE. Please use a direct link to your LCOM Sketch post and not just your blog address.
3. If you upload to online galleries, please also use tag/keyword LCOM54.  LCOM products are NOT required to participate, and you can enter as many times as you want. If you don't have a particular shape indicated in the sketch, feel free to substitute.
4. There is no time limit - you can always play any week at any time, but the linking form will close on the last day of the month at 8:00pm (Atlantic Standard Time) to allow us to find a prize winner.