Together - Crate Paper

Hi everyone!  Wanted to stop by and share a layout I had made for the Layout-a-Week blog a bit ago...realized I never shared it here.  I am not designing over there anymore as I have some other exciting things in the works...nothing done quite yet....but working on it.

 

Using the Crate Paper Open Book range with a bit of Core'dinations cardstock.  You know how I love it.  lol  I also added a bit of machine stitching for added interest.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs.

Layout-a-Week Banners

Hey everyone!  Just wanted to swing by and let you know I am still here...still working away...today, over at the Layout-a-Week blog with a fun layout.  Be sure and check it out.  Lots of banners and some fun photos from out day at Six Flags in Valencia last summer.

Hugs.

So Very Happy - Multiphoto Layout

Hey everyone!  Hope you are having a great day.  Just wanted to let you know that I have a post up over on the Layout-a-Week blog today with a step by step tutorial and all the pertinent deets.

Do you see Ainsley's pink hair....that girl has an artist in her.  lol  Mackenzie has really grown so much, and is such a blessing.  Brighton even came home from college that day to go to the pumpkin patch so I could take his photos.  That boy sure knows how to make his mama happy!  These three really do make me So Very Happy.

Well, back to work.

Hugs

Layout a Week

Good Morning everyone!  Just a quick post to let you know I have a layout up over on A Layout a Week today.  Stop by and take a look.

Hugs.

Une Promenade - Clear Scraps

Hi everyone!  Today I wanted to share with you a scrapbook layout I made using a Clear Craft Sheet and the Small Oval Fancy Frame along with the 12"Quarterfoil and 6"Shattered Glass Mascils all from Clear Scraps.

I really love the depth that the acrylic gives my layout without adding any bulk to my page.  And, with the use of some Imagine Crafts IrResistable spray I was able to add quite a bit of texture as well.  Remember when working with acrylic, less is definitely more...use a light hand.  lol  

I found these papers from Prima in my stash...oh how I love me some Prima.  lol  A mix of a few different lines, some Romance Novel, a bit of Cartographer, and even a little Engraver.  

Thanks for stopping by.

Nancy

This is the Life- Fancy Pants

Hello everyone!   Woo, another weekend behind us...how time seems to be flying by.  Happy Columbus Day?  Well, anyway, today I am at a Prima Retailer event and can't wait to share what I learn, but in the interim, I thought I would share with you another layout using some older papers and supplies from my stash.  This time, Fancy Pants.

This was the Daily Grind collection.  Love the transparency.  Why did I not use all the transparencies back in the day.  They really add so much depth to your project.  hmmmmmm

Hugs.

Imagination

Hi everyone!  Hope your day is off to a great start.  Me, the usual.....  Today I want to share with you a scrapbook page I made using some older goodies from my stash.  I really have been enjoying finding all these treasurers that I forgot about.

This paper is so old....Little Yellow Bicycle, Zach's Life...what a great boys line that was.  I coupled it with some old Bo Bunny rubons and a bit of stamping.  So much fun.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs.

Moments - Scrapbooking

Hi everyone!  Hope you are having a great week.  I can't believe how time flies...September is almost over and I am anxiously awaiting the oncoming of fall...so over the heat of summer.

Anyway, Today I want to share with you a layout I made of Mackenzie...can't believe what a beautiful young lady she has become.

Love this collection from Kaisercraft, the Forget Me Not range.  Bits of mists and a few Prima flowers in the background.  Thinking it maybe could use a little something more...maybe some stamping?  hmmmm

Hugs.

Layout of the Week

My first tutorial is up over at Layout of the Week and I wanted to give you a little sneak peek

If you would like to see how I made this, be sure and pop over there for the completed layout.

Do You Know - My Minds Eye

Hi everyone!  Happy Friday.  I hope you are having a great day and getting ready for the weekend.  We have a crazy busy weekend planned here.  Brighton is getting his first apartment, and tomorrow is move in day.  So excited for him, what a huge step, but a little sad to see him growing up so quickly.

Speaking of growing up quickly, here is a layout I did featuring a photo of Ainsley.   Working through my stash of older supplies, more My Minds Eye.

This photo was taken just this spring and it is amazing how much she has grown and changed in just that short a period of time.  Oh ....where did my babies go?

Have a great weekend.

Hugs.

You are loved - My Minds Eye - Scrapbooking

Hi everyone!  Today I want to share with you a scrapbook page I made using more of my old My Minds Eye stash.   I have really been enjoying making my way through some of the supplies I bought...feels so good to make a dent.    I even managed to use a few of the brads and stick pins I bought to match the paper...which I promise, is straight in real life.  lol

I really am finding as time goes by, I am buying less and less...just some basic cardstock and adhesive.  Every now and then I grab something to inspire....something for a mini or other project.  What about you?  Are you buying as much these days?

Look at Me - Echo Park

Woo Hoo!!!!  It's Friday!  And I have nothing planned for the weekend!  No swim meets, no...anything...ok, now I am a little sad.  Maybe I should have some friends over or something?

Anyway, today I want to share with you another layout featuring Ainsley.  I guess this is Ainsley week here on the blog.  lol  Well, you probably know we have a climbing wall in our backyard....doesn't everyone?  Ainsley really enjoys it, probably uses it more than anyone.

She is such a little monkey.  A bit of older Echo Park papers here.  

Thanks for stopping by...Have a great weekend.

Hugs.

She's Thirteen - Scrapbooking

Hi everyone!  Happy humpday!  Things around here, now that we are back to school, are slowly returning to normal.  Goodness...whose bright idea was that swim team thing anyway...it totally consumes our summer.  lol

Anyway, since I had so much fun showing you those photos of Ainsley at 13 in the layout on Monday, I thought I would share more photos of Ainsley from the same day....and how the heck did she get to be 13 anyway?  Seems like just the other day she was 3.

Yep, that is what 13 looks like around here.  lol Oh, and of course the fake glasses.  sigh   Love, love, love the older Crate Paper papers here.  Wonder if I could still find them.  Again, thinking this is from a sketch, tho I can't remember whose?  I really need to work on that.  

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs.

Wonderful - My Minds Eye

Hi everyone!  Wow....a whole week of three posts and I am back to post again on Monday.  Maybe I am getting better at blogging.  lol

Today I wanted to share with you another scrapbook layout I made using some older My Minds Eye papers.  This time featurning photos of Mackenzie.  She just cracks me up with her fake glasses.

This page was based on a sketch, but I can't remember from whom.  I guess just another sign I have been being a bad blogger.  lol...That's what happens when you make projects and don't blog them for months?  

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs.

Instax Scrapbooking- Clear Scraps & My Minds Eye

Hi everyone!  I am trying so hard to get back on the blogging waggon....after a few false starts I am hoping that I am back to the routine of sharing with you.  Now if I can just get back into the routine of linking to challenges....sigh.

Today I wanted to share with you a scrapbook layout I made using some older My Minds Eye papers and a super fun Border from Clear Scraps.

Not really sure I like the way this came out.  I love my little Fuji Instax camera, and the fun prints it makes, but I am struggling a bit I guess in how to get them onto a page.  sigh

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Beach Memories - Scrapbooking

Hi everyone!  Goodness, summer has come on hard and fast.  You wouldn't believe how crazy busy things have been around here.  I have barely had time to breathe, much less blog.  sorry.

Anyway, all my little kittens are home for the summer and I hope soon to have more days like this one we spent at the beach.  I love the beach.  And I love this new collection from Prima Marketing.  The soft, muted colors are perfect for our northern California beaches.

Surprisingly enough, this day we actually had blue skies and sun.  lol....

Hugs.

Roses Scrapbooking - Your Memories Here

Hey everyone!  Hope your day is off to a great start.  Things here are as busy as usual...but I did want to drop by and share this layout I made using some of the gorgeous Prima Optimist collection available at Your Memories Here.

I have these two beautiful rose trees next to my driveway and the first bloom every year is just gorgeous.  I couldn't resist snapping a few photos.  

I know, it is a lot of pink and roses...but I just love it!  The gorgeous Optimist flowers that are available for this collection are just to die for.  And I love the little leaves.  

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs.

Clear Scraps Dress Form

Hi everyone!  Happy Wednesday.  I hope you are off to a great day, here, things are the usual.  Finishing up our school year and preparing for the onslaught of summer swim season.

Today I have a tutorial up over on the Clear Scraps blog.  I love playing with acrylic pieces.  They are so much fun!  Here is the layout I created.

Love, love, love that little dress form.

Be sure and sneak over to the Clear Scraps blog to see how I embellished the acrylic dress form.

Hugs.

Sisters Scrapbooking

Happy Monday!  I hope you are off to a great start this week.  It is set to be a hot one here.  Sigh

Anyway, today I wanted to share with you a quick layout I made using some older Echo Park papers.  I really am determined to cut through some of that stash.  lol

Another photo of my girls together.  It really makes my heart sing, and I am ever so grateful for the love my children have for one another.  They honestly are each others best friends and enjoy spending time together.  Keeping it simple and just trying to get things done.  A bit of Rock Candy Distress Paint on the card stock for texture and some lightly distressed papers.  I really wanted to highlight the photo.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs.

You are my Sunshine - Scrapbooking

Hi everyone!  Today I wanted to share with you a scrapbook page featuring my two girls.  These two have such a great, close, relationship.  I am so blessed.

 

I've been working really hard to get through some of my older papers and supplies.  You may even recognize the older KI die cut paper.  I have stacks of this stuff.  lol

Thanks for dropping by today and taking a look.

Hugs