Just to be different . . . TOP 26 LAYOUTS OF 2012! ♥

I was going to post my favorite 10 layouts from the year.  Then I thought 20, because I posted 20 favorite layouts last year.  But then I started looking, and I liked way more than 20, and eliminating was difficult!  SO, to be different, I posted 26!  No significance to that number, and no particular order, here are 26 layouts I created this year!  I love them all, and I feel bad for the layouts I cut!  LOL!

There you go!  My favorite 26 layouts from 2012!

I want to give a very special shout out to two of my favorite places EVER:  Memorable Seasons and Crafty Steals!  I am on the Design Team at Memorable Seasons, and I have the privilege of getting amazing DT kits to create with!  Memorable Seasons is a wonderful community!  Come join us!  It's an AMAZING group of talented, friendly, and inspiring ladies!  I also need to say thanks to Stephanie at Crafty Steals who had me as a guest designer not once, but twice this year!  It's always an honor to create for Crafty Steals!

As always, thanks for stopping by!  Happy 2013!

Crafty Steals, Amy Tangerine, and ME!!

I'm the guest designer at Crafty Steals again today!  Oh, how I love Crafty Steals!  And Amy Tangerine!  I got to work with Sketchbook!  ♥  I'm featured on the Crafty Steals blog!  Here's what I created!  You can read more about my creations on their blog!  

I love what I created!  I love this collection!  What an amazing STEAL!!  I hope you got a chance to snatch one up!  Thanks Crafty Steals for having me!  I love your site and your steals!!  :)

As always, thanks for stopping by!

I'm the Guest Designer today at Crafty Steals!

I am the guest designer today at Crafty Steals!  Thank you Stephanie for asking me to be the guest designer, and thank you for sending me such an amazing kit to work with!  Also, thank you Andreana for taking the time to write such an incredible blog post about me!  Your compliments are so very much appreciated!  Please go to Crafty Steals, and buy this kit!  You will NOT be disappointed!  Studio Calico and Mister Huey's!?!  You cannot go wrong!

Here's what I created!  

Please visit the Crafty Steals blog and leave a comment!  I would really appreciate it!  Visit Crafty Steals on a daily basis!  Their STEALS are always amazing!  As always, thanks for stopping by!  :)

Just Call Me Mom

Any of my scrapbooking friends who know me know that I LOVE a bargain! I find the most awesome bargains on Crafty Steals! Stephanie is the BEST, and recently I picked up an amazing Studio Calico Memoir collection kit! I love it! I finally got a chance to CREATE, and this is what I made! I had this photo of me with my girls, and I wanted to do a page that shows just how much I love being a mom! It means everything to me! The kit came with two fantastic masks, and I used one on this page. I misted with brown and then blue. Isn't it awesome!?! :) I truly love the way this turned out! Makes me happy looking at it! You can click on my layout to see it larger.

I hope you're having a great day! Have a wonderful Easter, and as always, thanks for stopping by!

Some Cards

I am WAY overdue on getting some cards out in the mail! I'm horrible with making the cards and MAILING the cards! Not sure what my problem is! Anyway, I got some done, and I will get them out . . . hopefully today!! I used a sketch that was posted on the Crafty Steals blog! They are celebrating the 2nd birthday of Crafty Steals! I love that site!

Here's a close-up view of one of the cards. I actually made three! I used Basic Grey Max & Whiskers for these cards. Love the colors in this collection.

I hope you're having a great day! Thanks for stopping by!

You're Sweet!

The wonderful and amazing Stephanie from Crafty Steals sent me so many amazing goodies to work with as her guest designer!! The most recent were awesome Martha Stewart punches!! I used a wonderful border punch and a cupcake punch to make this card! They're both on sale today at an incredible price at Crafty Steals! Be sure to check it out! I made this card using Sassafras goodies! I love the way it turned out!

Have a great day, and thanks for stopping by!!

Another Scenic Route layout!

After I created all of my projects for Crafty Steals, I couldn't stop using the collections! I created this layout too! I love the kraft papers!! I also love this blue, green, and brown color combination! Aren't the arrows fun!?! I just love how easily and quickly this page came together!

Thanks for stopping by!

Scenic Route layouts!

The most amazing and wonderful Stephanie from Crafty Steals sent me some AWESOME Scenic Route goodies to work with for Crafty Steals! I got some goodies from the Sonoma, Surprise, and Sumner collections! The amount of items that are with each collection is unbelievable!! Here's a layout from each of the collections!

I love all the double-sided papers, the chipboard, and journaling pieces! Seriously awesome stuff!! I'm still sad that Scenic Route is no more!

Head on over the Crafty Steals and grab these while you can! You will NOT be disappointed!! Thanks for stopping by!

Sassafras from Crafty Steals!

I am so thrilled to reveal more Crafty Steals projects that I created for Stephanie! She is featuring AMAZING Sassafras goodies today on the Crafty Steals site! What an amazing bargain! Thank you Stephanie for featuring ME again! I had so much fun creating with these amazing products!!


The Sassafras products are so bright, cheerful, and fun! I had a great time pulling out some older photos of the girls! Emily is totally adorable eating her ice cream cone in these photos! Could that patterned paper be any more perfect?


Next, I featured a wonderful photo of Jessica! Jessica walked at nine months! It was truly amazing! I went a little Dr. Seuss on the paper title, but I think it's perfect for this page! The big alphabets are fantastic! The Sassafras blossoms are also just wonderful! They add a lot of personality to my title!


I just laughed when I pulled out this photo of Emily! We had the cozy coupe in out basement, and she was always trying to pull in that BIG lion pillow into the car! Of course, she was also holding onto Elmo! Would you say "3 is a crowd"? I think so! She was a CRAZY DRIVER!!


Next, I created a couple of cards! The patterned papers are just gorgeous!


The Sassafras stamps are really fun too! I stamped a flower trio on the Bungle Jungle papers! Don't you just love Sassafras borders that are on the bottom of the papers?


To use the stamps even more, I did a little stamping on the inside of the cards too! Isn't that fun? RUN to Crafty Steals to snatch up some of these amazing Sassafras deals! You will NOT be disappointed! Crafty Steals and Stephanie are AWESOME!

I hope you're having a great day! Thanks for stopping by!

Spider's Web Creations!

I got more fabulous goodies from the most awesome Stephanie at CraftySteals! She sent me the My Mind's Eye Spider's Web collection to work with! Oh my goodness, I love Halloween, I love this collection, and I love what I created!


Is this not the coolest layout ever!?! I love these papers! This is from Halloween 2006! Aren't the girls CUTE!?! I just love the way this turned out!


Here are my Candy Monsters! I love it! I did lots of stitching on this page! I cut that cool large shape on my Cricut Expression! The Pink Paislee glitter chipboard letters are the perfect touch!


Here's a fun, overly distressed card! I really like the way this turned out!


There were some fun spider elements in the collection, and I decided to create a Halloween card featuring them! Very cool!

Thanks Stephanie for the opportunity to play with more awesome goodies from CraftySteals! I really ♥ CraftySteals! I hope you're all having a great day, and as always, thanks for stopping by!