naughty or nice?

Happy Christmas day! This is a fun page today I made in between binge watching Netflix. Love having the holiday off work!

This is me & my puppy last night on Christmas Eve. I found this cut file at Spiegelmom Scraps and it's free! I filled it up with some Country Christmas + Holly Berries sequins.

supplies
cut file: Spiegelmom Scraps
sequins: Spiegelmom Scraps (Holly Berries; Country Christmas)
patterned paper: Photo Play Paper (Tree Farm); Elle's Studio
die cuts, stickers, washi: Elle's Studio

flannel forever.

Merry Christmas!

This morning I made a layout using this 'flannel forever' cut file I found at Paper Issues. I cut it from some buffalo plaid 6x6 paper and added a whole bunch of fun Christmas embellishments to my page. I was inspired by the Remember December challenge at Paper Issues this month!

supplies
cardstock: Bazzill
patterned paper: Elle's Studio (Merry &  Bright)
stickers, die cuts: Elle's Studio
mist: Shimmerz Coloringz (Keep Palm); Heidi Swapp Color Shine (Black Velvet)
ink: Tim Holtz distress oxide (Peeled Paint)

December Scrap Our Stash Blend a Sketch challenge.

I truly did a stash busting layout here. I have only three papers from this collection, but they're beautiful and I've been hoarding them.  I also pulled random stickers of all sorts from my stash and stuck them on this page.

I combined the two sketches by using the bigger photos and layers from the left sketch + the lower photo cluster from the right sketch. I kept my title placement and journaling similar to the left sketch. I noticed the sketch on the left has a tag so I used tags as one of my three elements. I found THIS free cut file at Paper Issues to make my tags. I also used three black heart stickers and three butterflies on pop dots.

At our wedding we did the anniversary dance; it's one of my favorite parts of any wedding I've ever attending. It goes something like this: The DJ calls all the married couples onto the dance floor and after a few minutes, the DJ has anyone married less than 5 hours sit down (that's us!). Then after a few more minutes he says anyone married less than one year, sit down. Then after a few more minutes he says anyone married less than five years, sit down. So he goes every few minutes having couples married less than X years sit down. At the end you're left with a couple who have been married 62 years (my husband's paternal grandparents). It's SO cool and I'm so glad we got to honor ALL of the married couples at our wedding.

 Thanks so much for looking!

supplies
patterned paper: We R Memory Keepers (Urban Chic)
heart stickers: Fancy Pants (Sweet Nothings)
washi: Heidi Swapp
die cuts: Jen Hadfield (Home+Made)
stickers: Bella Blvd (Love and Marriage); Elle's Studio; Simple Stories (Always & Forever); Crate Paper (Heart Day)

let joy be your compass.

One more page finished for the weekend. I think this one makes ten pages in four days, which is pretty dang awesome for me! This will be the title page in the 8.5x11 album I'm making for my brother and his girlfriend for Christmas this year.

I'm using all of the Midnight collection from Cocoa Vanilla Studio + the coordinating Pick Your Plum sequins from Spiegelmom Scraps. Confession: I've gone through two packs of them this weekend!

My page is based off the 'star' challenge at Paper Issues this month and obviously I chose to make a star shaker with one of the FREE cut files from Paper Issues. Thanks for looking!

believe.

Another page for the 8.5 x 11 album I'm making my brother and his fiancee for Christmas. I'm running out of time!

This was inspired by the Take 5 Challenge at Paper Issues this month. I used: gold, chipboard, stickers, cut file, patterned paper, and label. Making Christmas layout is so fun and easy - the colors and collections all look good together!

My cut file is from Paper Issues and of course I made it into a little shaker with some Holly Berries sequins. These are currently out of stock, but you can check the box to get notified when they're back in stock. 

Thanks for looking!

supplies
patterned paper: Pink Fresh Studio (Home for the Holidays)
die cuts, labels, stickers, journal cards: Elle's Studio
sequins: Spiegelmom Scraps (Holly Berries)
cut file: Paper Issues

under the tree.

I feel like I've been MIA for a while! I've gotten a lot done scrappy-wise today, but it's for a ton of projects I can't share until January :)

So tonight I worked on this scraplift challenge Paper Issues has this month. I love the idea of piling all these layers of embellishments along one side of your page. It's such a great idea to use up some older stash or some smaller pieces and still make an impact.

This is my cousin's son taking a nap under their tree :) Thanks for looking!

supplies
patterned paper: Kaiser Craft (Peaace & Joy collection)
die cuts: Elle's Studio; Bella Blvd Illustrated Faith (CHRISTmas); Fancy Pants (Wish Season); Chic Tags;

December Golden Globe challenge at Scrap Our Stash!

Hi guys! Today I'm sharing my page for the Golden Globe challenge at Scrap Our Stash, which is to create a winter layout using snowflakes.

I decided to use a cut file to cut snowflakes from my background and then make a giant shaker.

I used foam tape and some packaging I had laying around to make my shaker. The sequin mixed I used was Sunny Winter from Spiegelmom Scraps.

Thanks for looking!

supplies
patterned paper: Cocoa Vanilla Studio (More Than Words); Elle's Studio
labels, die cuts, stickers, wood veneer: Elle's Studio
cut file: Paper Issues

Santa! I know him!

I can't wait until this Christmas to start playing with my holiday goodies so I'm finding some photos from last Christmas that I haven't scrapped yet. I love this Document December kit from Elle's studio. 

Not affiliated / Just love it & want to enable :)

I found the background patterned paper in my stash. I have no idea who even makes it, but it has little tiny trees on it and it's so adorable. I thought it would be a good neutral for my Santa cut file, which is NEW at Paper Issues. All their cut files are FREE!

Everything else is from the above mentioned kit. Of course I turned Santa's hat into a shaker with some sequins from Spiegelmom Scraps. #Can'tStopWon'tStop

This page is based off a scraplift challenge at Paper Issues this month.

supplies
sequins: Spiegelmom Scraps (All American; Holly Berries; Country Christmas)
cut file: Paper Issues
 

hello Santa.

I was digging through some old photos for the geneology challenge at Paper Issues this month and I found this gem of my brother when he was little.

I'm using the Document December kit from Elle's Studio for this 8.5x11 page. I don't typically do a dedicated 'December Daily' album, but I still love all the bits and pieces that come in the kits. I just cut up the journal cards and use them on my layouts like embellishments or patterned paper layers. You don't have to limit them to pocket pages!

Thanks for looking!

fall.

One of the challenges at Paper Issues this month is to use the word 'fall' on your page. I found this cut file and got right to work.

Everything on this page is Elle's Studio - some of the 6x6 Sweater Weather paper pad and some of the October 2018 kit. The woodgrain, the white with green leaves, and the text paper I used to back my cut file are all journal cards. I may not do Project Life, but I still use cute journal cards :)

Thanks for looking!

November Scrap Our Stash blend a sketch challenge.

This is our challenge this month and I've made some adjustments. Firstly, I scrapped 8.5x11 size and really enjoyed it. Secondly, I rotated the sketch on the left and used the strips of paper horizontally instead of vertically as shown in the sketch.

So this is what my inspiration looks like, if that's helpful.

Here's my page:

I started with the cut file and knew I wanted to expand it across the two photos. I chose the photo placement from the right sketch. Then I layered the paper strips as I mentioned above. For my finishing touch, I added some pennant and banner cardstock stickers.

Thanks for looking!

supplies
papers, die cuts, stickers: Bella Blvd (Island Escape)
cardstock stickers: My Mind's Eye (Palm Beach); Crate Paper (Maggie Holmes Shine)
cut file: The Cut Shoppe 
ink: Tim Holtz distress inks (Peacock Feathers; Broken China)

Christmas Joy.

I was in the mood for some holiday scrapping tonight so I pulled out this photo from 2001. Back when we all got together for Christmas and all of us cousins were younger, we would have to take a photo of all of us in front of the tree. Every year.

I used a lot of new Elle's Studio goodies on this one. Their new 6x6 paper pad and some of the new journal tags and embellishments from their Document December kit. My title is a cut file from Paper Issues.

Thanks for looking!

supplies
cardstock: The Paper Company (Metallic Cover Jade)
patterned paper: Elle's Studio (Merry & Bright)
cut file: Paper Issues
wood veneer, labels, die cuts, stickers: Elle's Studio

God gave me you.

Scrap the Boys has a fun challenge this month - you get to scrap YOU with your boy! Of course, I printed off a wedding photo and scrapped my husband :)

This is all the new Midnight collection by Cocoa Vanilla Studio. It's just beautiful. I ordered mine from My Little Scrapbook Store here in the US (CVS can be hard to find!) and I'm not affiliated with them in any way, BUT they do have some still available (I may have just placed a second order!).

The cut file is FREE at Paper Issues (my favorite source for cut files and they're ALL free!) and I used some sequins on the little flower buds.

Thanks for looking!

Easter 2015.

I'm working on the album I'm making for my brother for Christmas and I found this photo of his dog at Easter a few years ago. That had me searching through my Silhouette library to see what Easter bunny cut files I had. This one is free at Paper Issues.

I smeared some gel medium inside the ears and just plopped some sequins down. It's hard to tell in this photo, but the ears the dog is wearing have silver sequins on them. So I tried to repeat that in this design. Hopefully they'll stick!

Thanks for looking:)

supplies
cut file: Paper Issues
sequins: Spiegelmom Scraps (In the New Year; Sunny Winter)
die cuts, project life card: Elle's Studio 
patterned papers: Crate Paper (Heart Day)
other: Faber-Castell gel medium

outdoor adventure.

This is an 8.5x11 page for my brother's album. I'm making an album for him and his (new!) fiancee for Christmas.

I'm playing along with the 'grid lock' challenge this month at Paper Issues. Lots of random Elle's Studio bits on this one + a cut file from Paper Issues that I made into a shaker for some fun.

I also pulled out some Studio Calico stamps because I haven't done stamping on my pages in a while.

Thanks for looking!

supplies
stamp: Studio Calico (Fun in the Sun)
die cuts, stickers, patterned paper, journal cards: Elle's Studio
sequins: Spiegelmom Scraps (Holly Berries; Picking Wild Flowers) 
cut file: Paper Issues