Week 12

Hello everyone and happy Tuesday!

I'm over on the Come On Get Crafty blog sharing my "Everyday life. Documented." spread for Week 12 using lots of spring-inspired products from the COGC shop, including the new Spring Crafty Bits Kit...

 Left Side:

 Right Side:

You can see my full post here and be sure and check out the new COGC Monday Moodboard Challenge...by playing along you could get a chance to win a $5 Gift Card to the shop :)

Have a great day!  Thanks for stopping by.

Big Smiles & Swings

Hello crafty friends!

I'm over on the Scrapbook Circle blog today sharing this layout I created using April's kit, Bucket List and Places To Go Add-On...

I've been creating more 8.5 x 11 pages lately and I wanted to utilize the negative space in this cute photo I had of my daughter and her friend on the swings at our local park.

I printed the photo off at 4x6 so I would have plenty of room to embellish the space in between my daughter and her friend.

I simply layered different tags, labels, and embellishments from this month's kit vertically down the center of my photo and placed my title underneath.  

For more information and details about this layout, head on over to the SBC blog to check out my full post.

Happy Friday and thanks for stopping by today!

Pretty Things

Hello and happy Wednesday!

I'm sharing two layouts that I created using the lovely color combination of pink, emerald, and gold on the Crate Paper blog today...

I used items from the Styleboard Collection, with a few embellishments and such from the Oh Darling Collection.  Both of these collections are beautiful and full of pretty things.

You can see more information, detailed shots, and how I incorporated the lovely color scheme by visiting the Crate Paper blog.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Color Wonder

Happy Saturday!

I'm over on the Scrapbook Circle blog today sharing this layout I created using their March Kit Portabello Road and the Add-on Street Market.

I was really inspired by the circular design of the Racetrack patterned paper and the Boys Rule Plastic Letters from Crate Paper that I arranged the letters in alphabetical order around the lines of the paper.

I added three photos of my two youngest kiddos creating with a big box of crayons on the floor in my craft room.  I placed some of the exclusive flair badges from the March kit around the photos to help direct the eye towards them.

I added a few of the Amy Tangerine Plus One Thicker Twins from the Street Market Add-on as part of my title and in the upper left-hand corner for a bold pop of color.

Be sure and stop by the Scrapbook Circle shop and pick up your March Kit today!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend :)

A Whole Hand

Hello everyone!

Little Miss A. celebrated her fifth birthday earlier this month and when I asked her how old she was she said, "I'm a whole hand!".  I was so inspired by her adorable reply that I quickly snapped a photo and created a layout to document it.

I used my Silhouette and the Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm 6x6 Paper Pad that's available in the COGC shop for my layout.  You can see my step-by-step process and more information on how this page came together here.

I backed the number 5's on my page with the patterned papers in the Lucky Charm paper pad and used a black pen to create faux stitching around each one.  

I printed my journaling onto vellum and placed the strips underneath the title of my page.

I hope you stop by the COGC blog and check out my full post.  Thanks for stopping by today!

Always Be True To You

Hello everyone!

I was so inspired by this amazing wall art pin on Pinterest that I decided to create a layout using the same type of geometric heart.

I used the Love Notes Collection from Crate Paper for this page and kept my embellishing minimal so that the geometric heart would stand out.

I machine-stitched around each triangle, added a simple black & white photo of myself, and placed the title of my page on the right side of it.  I stamped arrows from the Love Notes stamp set in black all around the heart to give it a border and to create a little contrast.  I really think the stamping makes it stand out and I was hesitant at first to do it.

Even though the Love Notes Collection is very themed, it can still be used for any type of non-themed project or layout.  It's very versatile and the color palette it gorgeous!  You can find more inspiration using this collection from Crate Paper here.

Have a great day and TFL!

Snow Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone!

I created this layout for the March sketch challenge over on the Scrapbook Circle blog.  I used the March kit, Portabello Road, for this page and the Street Market Add-on.

I thought this would be one of the last times we would see snow this year, but boy was I wrong!  We actually got some snow yesterday after it had been 70 degrees on Saturday...crazy I tell ya!

I don't know how they stood the horrible temps...it stayed below twenty degrees that day and there was a layer of ice on top of everything as well.

I absolutely love the Crate Paper Boys Rule Plastic Alphas that are available in the Street Market Add-on.  It will be hard for me not to hoard those :)

Be sure and play along with this month's sketch and get a chance to win a $15 store credit from My Scraps and More!  You can find all of the details here.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!