Best Friends!

This is Emily and her best friend, Teresa, all dressed up for Homecoming!  Aren't they beautiful!?!  SENIORS!  I used some older stuff on this layout including some Basic Grey that I've had for a long time.  I also had fun misting some Pink Paislee Artisan pieces including the flowers and the scallop canvas ribbon.  I wanted to add more silver, so I outline the paper layers in silver Sharpie.  Looks cool in person!

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Sisters!

Here's a fun layout I created with some cute photos of the girls on Emily's birthday!  This layout is based on sketch #63 at My Scraps & More!  I used the Pink Paislee Portfolio collection, some Hambly, and various bits and pieces!  

It's so awesome when I actually get time to create a layout!  As always, thanks for stopping by!  

February DT Kit!

 I LOVE my February DT kit from Memorable Seasons!  ♥  It features Pink Paislee's Secret Crush!

I snapped this photo of my Mom & Dad on Christmas Eve.  It's sad how much has changed for my Mom since this photo was taken.  It makes me happy that I got this photo taken!  My Mom looks so happy in this photo, and seeing joy on her face lately is a rare thing.  However, I hope and pray for better days ahead for her.  When I want to see true love, I don't need to look any further than my own Mom & Dad.

I also created this cute card!  Fun stuff!

Be sure to stop by Memorable Seasons!  There is ALWAYS something fun going on!

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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!

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Sketch Layouts!

I created all of these layouts using sketches by Stacey at Inspired to Scrap! If you've never taken one of her sketch clasess before, you don't know what you're missing!

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Creative Saturday!

I created three layouts on Saturday! Memorable Seasons was having a members' challenges crop, and I created all three of these layouts for challenges! It was really fun to spend a couple of hours scrapbooking!

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These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things

I created this layout for a challenge at Memorable Seasons for the last scrapper standing contest. I was kicked to the curb two weeks ago, but I'm still playing along, because I like the challenges. This week we needed to create a layout using no photo, at least 20 of something, and patterned papers from 3 manufacturers. No photo, no problem. I have 36 manufacturers on my layout, and I apologize to those that I left off! I already know of a few that aren't on there! My patterned papers are from Pink Paislee, Cosmo Cricket, LYB, and Authentique! This layout also shows my love of sewing on my layouts, my Thickers obsession, and how I love Primas!! This was fun! I love it!

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

Totally Us!

Moxie Fab is one of my favorite blogs! Every Tuesday, Cath posts a Tuesday Trigger. If I'm not in card mode, which I'm usually NOT, I admire the Tuesday Trigger, but don't usually create anything for it! Not this week! Lightbulb moment! The Tuesday Trigger can inspire my layouts!! Yeah baby!! So, this is my layout that was inspired by the Tuesday Trigger! As soon as I saw the photo, I thought of this Pink Paislee paper from the 365 Degrees collection. I know this paper is completely different from the pattern in the photo, but it's what I thought of! I decided to scrap a self-portrait of the four of us, and this is TOTALLY US! I love self-portraits! The sewing and the glitter white chipboard Thickers really were inspired by the photo too! I kept this layout clean and simple, and I love it!

Besides immediately thinking of that particular patterned paper, I also noticed the mirror and the flowers. Well, the mirror inspired me to use the silver sparkly brads, and the flowers inspired me to use a Prima trio. I just couldn't do pink flowers though. Pink wouldn't work with this page, so I took the liberty of using orange instead which really worked with my page AND the cute Pink Paislee flip note I used for my journaling! :)

Here is the photo that was my inspiration! Hopefully you can SEE how it inspired me! Thanks for stopping by!

Girls' Day Out!

I created this FUN layout with an amazing kit that I got at Inspired to Scrap!! I love the mix of papers and embellishments in this kit! Emily, Jessica, and I don't have too many "shopping" days (mostly because I don't like mall shopping . . . I much prefer to shop for scrapbooking supplies!), but recently we went to the mall to look around, and we had a lot of FUN! I snapped the pic of the three of us while we were at a stoplight, and I'm totally impressed with my camera phone! That's a great shot! We also picked up some Shamrock shakes on the way home! I love my girls, and spending some fun time with them is the BEST! I'm glad I created a page documenting our day!

I hope you're having a great day and enjoyed your weekend! Thanks for stopping by!

Love These 3!

I created this fun layout featuring a photo that I LOVE!! I used a kit that I got at Memorable Seasons. I love it! So many FUN manufacturers . . . American Crafts, Cosmo Cricket, Crate Paper, Pink Paislee . . . and more! I did a lot of sewing and distressing on this page! It was really fun to incorporate the number 3 so many times in my layout!

I hope you're having a great day! Thank goodness it's Friday! As always, thanks for stopping by!

Student Government Day

I really need to get moving and get organized with my scrapping! I need to get productive and put all of my albums together! I have HUNDREDS of layouts waiting to go into albums! One of these days! Anyway, I couldn't believe I didn't scrap Emily's Student Government Day yet! In 8th grade, she was picked to be the Village President! How cool is that!?! She did a GREAT job! They even had a mock board meeting! She was very impressive sitting in that chair! I used Pink Paislee Old School. I love this collection! I love the way this turned out! The star that I added was from a clothing tag!

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

Cards For My Girls!

Here are a couple of cards I made in the last couple of weeks for my girls!


This is Emily's birthday card! How is it possible that she's 15 years old!?! I used Pink Paislee and a Petaloo flower. I love the flip notes! That shape is so fun!


Jessica also made her Confirmation! Once again, I used Pink Paislee. This time I used Queen Bee. Seriously, I love the flip notes! I also typed up the sentiment, printed it on the patterned paper, and then cut it out with one of my circle scallop Nestabilities.

I hope you are having a great weekend! Thanks for stopping by!

Freshman Flute 2010

I created this layout for a scraplift challenge at Coordinates Collections. I love the Pink Paislee Anthology ink resist papers! They are so cool! I sewed a heart on the layout, featured a wonderful photo of Emily in her marching band show uniform, and then just added journaling next to the photo. I used some Bo Bunny Cambridge letters and some Cosmo Cricket tiny type. The stickers borders are also Bo Bunny Cambridge. I love the way this turned out. It's very simple, but striking!

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Beauty and the Beast

I really want to work on getting my Disney layouts completely done! I have a HUGE stack of completed layouts, but I just want to finish them up and get them all in an album! Here's one more towards that goal. On our last day while we were walking around the Epcot World Showcase, we saw Beauty and the Beast. We love that movie, and it was fantastic to see them. The girls only collected a few signatures during the whole trip, but it was nice that Bella signed their books for both her and the Beast! I was also glad to get these photos of the girls with them! This page is pretty much Pink Paislee. I love the flip notes, so I used three of them!! I just had to add the Beauty and the Beast sticker to the layout!

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Back to School 2008

I created this layout for a challenge at Memorable Seasons, and I used Sketch #104 at The Scrappiest. I turned the sketch sideways so that I could use horizontal photos! I used all Pink Paislee on this. I love this collection! The girls were so little in 2008! My goodness, how time flies! My favorite part of this layout is how I used the 6 and 7 from the canvas border since the girls were going into 6th and 7th grade!

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More Layouts!

Here are two more layouts that I created during the Winter Crop at Coordinates Collections! I had so much fun with the challenges, and I love the layouts I created!


This first layout was created for a frills and bling challenge. I had these fantastic photos of Emily all dressed up for Homecoming, and I knew they were the perfect photos to use. I used My Mind's Eye Lost & Found paper and glitter die cut, MME Lush brads, some rhinestone bling, Primas, a Pink Paislee ticket, and actual ribbon from her wrist corsage. I wasn't too thrilled with this when I was done, because I wanted it to be amazing, but the more I look at it, the more I like it!


This layout was created for a tools challenge. We need to use at least two tools on our layout. I used three: my i-Top, my i-Rock, and a border punch. I used Crate Paper Restoration and some Studio Calico wood veneer letters. I love my cactus flowers!

I hope you're having a great day! Things are calming down around here after the BLIZZARD and after having lost power for over 16 hours overnight from Tuesday into Wednesday! I'm so glad it's Friday! Have a great weekend, and as always, thanks for stopping by!

Thankful

I haven't done a two-page layout in a long time! This one is based on a sketch by Stacey Lokovic at Inspired to Scrap. I used my Just Desserts kit from Coordinates Collections. Love the My Mind's Eye Lost & Found papers! Just gorgeous! I also love the Pink Paislee tickets! Too cute! I also did some misting on this layout. These are photos of us from Thanksgiving!

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25 Days Until Christmas - Days 1 - 8

Here are Days 1 - 8 in my 25 Days Until Christmas book. My pages are very simple, quick, and easy! I do not spend a lot of time attempting to create a scrapbooking masterpiece. The purpose of this book is for me to record the memories of what we do during December while Christmas VERY quickly approaches!

Like I said, simple, but I like them! I hope you're having a great day! Thanks for stopping by!

25 Days Until Christmas - 2010

I got my 2010 "25 Days Until Christmas" book done! I love the way it turned out! My most awesome friend Chris sent me incredible Christmas papers at the end of the season last year, and I couldn't wait to use them in this year's book! Most of these papers are 12x12, and most of them cannot be cut, so that is how I determined that my book would be 12x12 this year! The last couple of years, my book has been smaller. Anyway, you can see what I mean about the paper when you look at the cover. That paper is gorgeous, and should NOT be cut! That tree is flocked! Just gorgeous! I added various Thickers for the title, and a couple of K&Company Christmas die cuts. The flowers are Primas, and I love the coppery color. I also added a trio of rhinestones. You'll have to forgive the poor photograph. It's dark, and I need some natural light in order to show you how pretty this book is! You can click on the photo to see the cover larger!


In the awesome papers, there was a number sheet! I cut it apart, and I will use these to number my pages. I still need to distress the edges, and then they'll be ready to go. I do NOT prenumber my pages. I need to be able to rearrange as I go! Also, sometimes a day ends up with more than one page. If and when that happens, I'll just number the second page with chipboard, Thickers, miscellaneous stickers, etc.


This is what I call my spare parts! I will distress the edges of all of these and just keep them in a baggie for when I need them! Some of the larger pieces might end up getting punched and added to the rings in the book. This is just a bunch of small Christmas-themed items. Chances are, I'll end up using all of this in my book this year!

So, I'll show more tomorrow! I want to show you the cool mixture of pages that I used this year! I use some sheers that I got on sale, some Pink Paislee papers that I've had for a while, and the cool mix of papers that wonderful and generous Chris sent to me! I am ready for December 1st! Bring it on!! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We sure did! As always, 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!