Two-Page Layout with Trendsetter!

I love Fancy Pants Trendsetter!  I haven't done a two-page layout is SO LONG, but I saw a fabulous double page layout by the amazing Becky Fleck of PageMaps fame! This is one of the May 2013 sketches:

So, I decided to document the passage of time. This is "A Year In The Life". I added the ". . . well almost", because that last photo was taken when Emily was 11 + months! Just shy of one year old!

This is my SWEET Emily who is now 17 years old!  Isn't she a CUTIE!?!  
Here's a closer look at each side of the layout:

I used my fabulous DT kit from Memorable Seasons which features Fancy Pants Trendsetter! Love this collection!I love the way this layout turned out!  As always, thanks for stopping by!

Layouts, Layouts, Layouts!

I've been having FUN creating lately!  I'm not lacking creative mojo . . . I'm just lacking TIME!  I'm having fun at Memorable Seasons with challenges and issuing challenges, etc.  It keeps me creative, and that I love! ♥  Stop by and play along!  From top to bottom, the layouts are based on:  a sketch by Liz, a challenge by Heather, a scraplift of Patricia (who is our member of the month), and a challenge by Donna!  The challenges are fun and always inspiring!

Thanks for stopping by!

FIVE layouts in one day!

I have some MAJOR crafting mojo going on Saturday!  It was raining and gloomy, so I stayed in my jammies and got my SCRAP on!  I completed FIVE layouts!  I had so much fun!  Here they are!

First, I worked on a challenge to mix collections from the same manufacturer.  This is about five or six collections from Fancy Pants!  I love this photo of Jessica!  She posed by the mascot of the high school on the day of her 8th grade graduation.  So FUNNY!

Next, this is gorgeous Emily all dressed up for one of her high school dances last year.  I let her choose the papers I used on her layout, and she chose My Mind's Eye Follow Your Heart.  Excellent choice!  I love the way this turned out!  She beautiful!

This layout is based on an old Sketchy Thursdays sketch.  I did some masking and misting!  This is all Basic Grey Lauderdale.  I love Arizona!  :)

This one is my favorite!  This is all Echo Park's Note To Self!  This is not a Christmas collection, but I created a Christmas layout!  I love the way this layout turned out!  I love my girls so much!  ♥

Last, I created a layout with pics from my last birthday.  The girls made me a delicious funfetti cake, decorated it, and sang to me!  We ate the cake after we got home from seeing The Hunger Games!  I really enjoyed my 46th birthday!  This is all My Mind's Eye Funday!  I love this kraft collection!

So, that's it!  FIVE layouts!  What FUN!!  I was very inspired yesterday!  I love when that happens!  I hope you all have a wonderful Mother's Day!  As always, thanks for stopping by!  :)

So many hats . . . so little time!

I did another layout based on a sketch that is posted at Scrap-Friendzy's Sketch-A-Thon. This is my silly Jessica trying on a bunch of hats at Animal Kingdom. She came up with the title for the page! The papers, die cuts, and ribbon are Fancy Pants. I love the way this turned out.


Next, I want to show you a gift that I received in the mail yesterday from the most wonderful Jodi (Scrapronicity). Jodi and I both did Project 365, and we both kept Project 365 blogs. We kept each other going by checking to see how we were doing, commenting on the posts, etc. So, we were most definitely Project 365 buddies! So, Project 365 is over, and Jodi sent me this gift as a thank you for sticking with her for the entire year! Oh my goodness, it's just unbelievable and the sweetest thing ever that she would think to do this for me! Let's take a look at this amazing mini album!


I was overwhelmed taking it out of the pink bag and seeing the cover, and then when I opened to this first page, I got so choked up and misty! She got this photo off of my Project 365 blog! The quote on the facing page is one of my absolute favorites!


Look at those TINY snowflakes on January, and the paper doll has an "e" on it for Emily, and it's before February, because Emily's birthday is in February! Amazing!


Between March and April, there is a Princess page! OMG, it's so cute, and she has a tiara on! How perfect is that?


The backside of the Princess page is totally fabulous too!!


Here is April and May! April is sporting some of my most favorite Basic Grey Ambrosia paper! I love it!

Between June and July is a doll with "J" on it, because Jessica's birthday is in July. Once again, amazing!


Look at the little popsicles on August! Then there is another photo, and the quote next to it is wonderful! It says, "Let me play in the sunshine; let me sing for joy; let me grow in the light; let me spash in the rain, and remember the days of childhood forever." LOVE it!


Another favorite quote of mine is before September! "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away." How true!


After October, around the swirl stamp, it says, "to love and be loved . . . is to feel the sun from both sides." Nice!


Here is November and December, and check out the little Christmas tree and the blue star!


Even the back cover is GORGEOUS! Can you believe this gift? It's amazing, and I love it, and Jodi is WONDERFUL to have made this for me! I'm overwhelmed, and I will TREASURE it! Thank you Jodi from the bottom of my heart!!

I hope you're having a great day, enjoy your weekend, and thanks for stopping by!