My People

Hello friends!! I have a fun layout to share with you today!! My littlest has had this lovely toddler obsession with some figurines that came with some books we bought him awhile back. These little "people" as he calls them, have been a constant fixture at his side for months now, so of course, I had to snap a fun picture one day when we were playing with them in the sand box...not kidding, they go EVERYWHERE, lol.

Not often, do I have a title in mind before I start the layout..usually that is the last thing I do, and its usually quite a struggle for me, but I knew exactly they title for this one..and the photo gave me this fabulous bright color pallet to work off of...really love how this layout turned out!

I found this Dear Lizzy striped paper in my stash, honestly not sure what collection it is from, but it was perfect for what I wanted...then I knew I needed to add in some of this "you are awesome" paper from Pebbles...again an oldy from my stash. I really wanted these papers to stand out on this layout, so instead of using these papers as layers..I left the strips larger, and just stacked them on this fun background paper from Gossamer Blue. I didn't worry about them being straight on the same size, I just cut, and glued!

Then, I pulled out all the coordinating pieces in my stash, and began weeding out those that I didn't want to use...when I found this Elle's Studio card, I knew it was perfect to layer beside my photo.

Then I wanted to bring down some more embellishment by my title to balance out the heaviness of the top...with my photo, cluster, and journaling all being up there...but I didn't want everything to compete for attention...so I tried to make everything staggered. So that nothing lined up perfectly, that way it would force your eye to travel around the full page. I added in a little stamping, and a clear sticker from Mambi to add in some more black, and light embellishing.

This layout turned out even better ( to me) than I envisioned it..and I used up a lot of supplies that I have had for quite awhile...I am really loving this challenge of using what I have, and trying to downsize some of my stash!

You still have time to enter my mini album blog hop giveaway. You can find that post here!

Thanks for stopping in today, have a good one, and take time to create something you love!

A little sweetness

Hello friends! As you all know, I am on a kill my stash quest, so today, I have another layout to share with you, using up some of that loved but unused product.

This layout all started with this paper, "Yellow Umbrella" from the BasicGrey Soleil collection. I LOVED this paper when it first came out, so much that I bought several sheets, which is not common for me, especially with BasicGrey..I usually find their collections harder to work with, but I loved this, so bought several, and they all have sat there ever since. So, I finally decided to pull it out, and use it up!

Deciding to use it was the easy part...making it work, was the hard part! I love a patterned paper background, but usually go for a more soft, tone on tone look...but I just could not bring my self to cut this up, so I started working on my layers, and figuring out where I wanted everything to lay out, then I went in with a little white acrylic paint, to soften up around my photo and embellishment area.

From there, everything just kind of fell into place. I pulled out coordinating supplies..some old, some new, and just went for it.

I added in some black stamping and splatters, since there was the black border, and some darker colors in my photo. I thought this helped to tie everything in together..and I like how it popped against the more pastel colors of the layout.

I found this fun wooden tags at Target, and I loved how well this one fit in. It made a perfect spot for the vellum ampersand! I have tried using that on my past 4 layouts!! Glad I could finally make it work! lol.

I am loving these challenges I have been giving myself...stretching my creativity, and using up some of those harder products I have! This is probably one of my new favorites!

Thanks for stopping in today...have a good one, and take time to create something you love!

Halloween in...July

Hello friends!! I'm sure you have all heard of Christmas in July...but have you heard of Halloween in July?? That's the theme of my layout today! I was going through photos, trying to get "caught up", and found these from Halloween 2013, and decided it was time to get them scrapped.

I knew I wanted to play on some of the "traditional" Halloween colors...so I went with orange, green, and black..with a little gray thrown in for good measure. I had a lot of fun digging through my stash on this one.

I have found that when it comes time to purge out some supplies, I have no trouble getting rid of patterned papers, embellishments are another story..I hold on to them FOREVER!! So for this layout, I wanted to challenge myself to use some of those embellies that have been laying around, and make them work for what I needed!
I started with pulling these goodies out:

The flair were the perfect color, and I really wanted to get some circular elements onto this page...the sentiments/designs on the flair however, were not what I needed for this. So I grabbed some stickers, and went to work...very simple changes, but with a little tweaking, I was able to finally use up some of my stash, while making custom embellishments that were perfect for my layout. Here are some pics of the finished flair:

Thanks for stopping in today..be on the lookout for a fun announcement coming soon!!

Have a great day, and take time to create something you love!

Ignore the mess and a new layout

Hello friends! I don't know if you noticed all the chaos going on here on the blog, but I somehow lost all my photos. I am slowly working on getting everything straightened out, but in the meantime, bare with me! :)

To (hopefully) make up for it a little, I have a fun new layout to share with you today! I loved this Max collection from Bella Blvd, and knew it was perfect for these photos of my boy.

I wasn't sure about this background paper at first, but love the way everything pops off of the stark black and white. A few layers and embellishments help to all draw the focus in on the photos, loved the little studio calico clip to work as a holder for my journal card!

Check back in later this week for another layout...and hopefully a little cleaner of a blog!

Have a great week, and take time to create something you love!

We R Memory Keepers HSN!!

Hello friends!! I am stopping in today to share with you some exciting news!! The new Evolution Advanced from We R Memory Keepers is having its world launch on HSN today!!

I worked with these goodies to make some samples for the show! I am going to share a few of them with you today!

I used the die set, embossing folders, and letterpress plates that are included in this bundle to create these projects! This was my first time letterpressing, and while it does take a little practice, the finished product is so worth it!

I hope you head over to the  We R blog here to find out all the fun details!!

Mother's Day Shadow Box

Hello!! I have another fun Mother's Day gift idea to share with you today that went up on the We R Memory Keepers blog. I love the Inked Rose collection from We R Memory Keepers. The patterns and colors are fabulous, and I knew it would be perfect to use on a Mother's Day printer tray/shadow box!

I love the new Sew Easy template, and was finally able to put one to use making this cute banner. I simply stitched it on a frame that I fussy cut, and stamped a sweet sentiment inside. Love the finished look!

While I had that frame paper out, I decided to fussy cut a few more. I also fussy cut a cute butterfly to layer with them. A little foam adhesive, twine, and an enamel heart made for lots of fun dimension on this square.

Using both paper scraps, and the negative space from my sticker sheet, there were lots of fun pieces to tuck in and use for dimension and layering.

For a more detailed description of how I put this together, head over to the We R Memory Keepers blog!

We R NSD Blog Hop WINNER!!!!

Hi all! Just hopping in real quick to share the winner of my We R blog hop giveaway!

I had my daughter choose a number, 1-29 ( number of comments) and she chose #7 which was

MIRIAM PRANTNER

Congrats!! :) If you will email/message me your info, I will get this sent out to you! Thanks everyone for hopping along, and for all of the sweet comments!!

We R Memory Keepers NSD Blog Hop

Hello and welcome!!! Today, some of the We R Memory Keepers design team is having a blog hop to kick off the week and get everyone ready for National Scrapbooking Day which is this Saturday, May 3.

For my project, I used the fabulous Inked Rose line to make a fun home decor canvas. Layering some of the patterned papers gave this project lots of colors and fun dimension.

 

By cutting apart the "Words" paper, I was able to add a fun title to this project, and layering them with some of the other patterned papers gave even more dimension. Using the embossed stickers, I layered some of those beautiful roses in the corners to fill in some dead space. Enamel dots, and a few splatters of spray mist and I called this done!

We R Memory Keepers has a fun giveaway for you...you simply have to visit and comment on every blog along the hop, then return to the We R blog and let them know what you thought! Easy peasy, right?

I am also going to offer up a fun giveaway of some We R products, so if you would like to be entered in my giveaway, simply become a follower of my blog and let me know in the comments you have done so!

Here is the blog hop order, in case you are just starting here, or if you get lost along the way!

We R Memory Keepers 

Traci Penrod 

Shannon Morgan 

Jennifer McDermott 

Amanda Johnson <<<You are Here

Aly Dosdall 

Pam Bray

Rebecca Fellows 

Patti Hamil 

Thanks for hopping by today, I hope you are inspired by what you have seen! Next you are off the the fabulously talented Aly Dosdall. 

Enjoy your National Scrapbooking Week, and create something you love!!

Creative Scrappers Reveal #262

Hi friends!! Happy Sunday! I don't know how the weather is where you are, but here it is cold and snowy..perfect weather for scrapping the day away, and I have just the thing to inspire you! The newest sketch from Creative Scrappers!


Sketch #262 is so fun with the chevron background, and it leaves it open for so many different interpretations! Here is my take:

I changed it up a bit and used just one larger photo instead of the three small...when I saw the sketch, I instantly thought of this photo, so I had to figure out how to make it work (I already had it printed lol) I used the fun Notable collection from We R Memory Keepers, which I am so in love with! The colors are fabulous!

If you would like a chance at a prize from this month's sponsor:

Simply upload your layout based on this sketch or sketch #261 by February 28th! Have a great day, and take time to create something you love!

Year In Review

Hi all!!! Sorry its been silent here lately, I am neck deep in CHA work and unfortunately have very few projects I can actually share at the moment. I do, however, have this fun year in review to share today. This went live today on the We R Memory Keepers blog, perfect inspiration for the end of the year!!

Last year was a crazy busy year for our family. We completely renovated our house, had a baby, had two kiddos in school, plus our normal activities, meetings, etc. So to say I got a little behind on my scrapbooking would be an understatement. Which is where the fabulous Albums Made Easy system comes in. I was able to do a quick monthly review for last year, I was able to get the memories and stories down and documented, without the worry of them being forgotten as time goes on. I can easily go back and do 12x12 layouts for stories that I want to go more into detail with, or not. I don't have to worry and stress since they are all ready here and documented.

 Hope this inspires you to get those memories down and recorded!! Have a happy new year, and take time to create something you love!!

We R Harvest Collection Canvas

Hi all!! Happy Hump Day! :) Today I wanted to hop on and share with you a project I made using the Harvest Collection from We R Memory Keepers. I really love this collection, and how it has some of the traditional fall colors with the browns, yellows, and oranges, but this brings in these pops of blue. The patterns are gorgeous too, and I really wanted to create something that I could use as many as possible.

I had seen this image on Pinterest, and really loved the wreath on the canvas.

So I dug out a burlap canvas, and put my Cameo to work. Here is my finished canvas:

I simply layered the cut leaves into a wreath, added in some wood veneer, and wood grain sequins. Then added a sentiment banner using the border strips paper in the Harvest 6x6 pad.

You can view the full Harvest collection here, and make sure and check out the We R Memory Keepers blog, for lots more inspiration using the Harvest Collection!

Have a great day, and take time to create something you love!

What!?!? Somebody Pinch Me!!

Pretty excited to finally be able to share this little piece of news!!

 

To say I am excited would definitely be an understatement! Very honored to be a part of this fabulous company!! :) 

Albums Made Easy

Hi everyone!! Just wanted to hop in and share my August review pages using the Albums Made Easy system from We R Memory Keepers!! LOVE how easy this makes it for me to be able to document our everyday!!

To see more detailed shots, and to hear about how I easily emebellish using this system, head over the the We R blog, and check it out!!!

Thanks for stopping in today, and take time to create something you love!

Scrapbooking with the Kiddos

I thought it would be fun to sit down with my girls, and let them both create a spread themselves. To get more their perspective right now into their albums vs. everything being from my point of view.

 

 

 I went through and picked a few cards that I wanted them to use for specific things. For example, the "snapshots" card, I had them both draw a self portrait.

 

 

Then in the "Happy Polaroid" they were to draw what made them happy.

 

 

 

I was surprised by their choices! lol. Once drew their guinea pig, and one was herself with cookies and lollipops, but this was exactly what I wanted! THEIR perspective, I never would have thought to put hardly any of the things they chose into their albums! I loved too, having them write everything out..being 4 and 6, they are still learning their way around spelling, and I thought that would be something fun for them to look back on.  Best of all, they had a BLAST doing this! I even let them keep a few spots that they used cards to decorate however they wanted....they were beyond excited to get to use my washi tape. As I'm sure you can tell from the overabundance!

 

 

 

I think the AME system is a great way to get your kiddos involved in the process of memory keeping! You can see the other page to their spread along with a few shots of them in action over on the We R Memory Keepers blog!! I know they'll love it if you stop by and leave them a comment here or there...they are pretty excited about being "famous" scrapbookers! lol.

 

Have a great day, and take time to create what you love!