Girls Weekend Success!

Okay this is a very photo heavy post, sorry to all those with slow connections, but... I just got home from a long Girls Weekend with my Mom and two best friends! And we got to spend the whole time in Granny's ScrapRoom with her Accucut, Quickutz, BigShot, Sizzix, you name it... we had it! It was so nice to take my time on my layouts, use new fonts that I don't own, try out some new embellies, and of course spend some time with the girls on the beach!

So, here come my layouts for the week! First up is a scraplift of my friends layout using some new papers I picked up at The Scrapbook Shoppe in Tampa, FL. I wanted to document my love affair with my daughters wardrobe from Gymboree, don't we all have a certain kids line we love? I even used the tag from her outfit for the title. Patterned Paper and DieCut sheet are Bloom & Grow by My Minds Eye. The background cardstock is Juniper from CTMH. Ribbon is Summer 2 Collection from American Crafts.



The Butterfly Rainforest layout was so fun to do because I used the Accucut 11.5" Antique Die to cut chipboard and my pp. No sketch, just started layering and ended up with this... I thinked it turned out nice. I used Quickutz Nutmeg and Uptown Girl for the title, a little Heidi Swapp Bling to higlight the butterfly in my hubby's lap. Everything else is CTMH. Blush and Topiary Cardstock, Craft Buttons, Inking, Discover Paper pack, and retired Blush Ribbon Rounds.





"Ummm, NO" is what my dd said when I asked her to help me carve the pumpkin last halloween, too funny! Patterned Papers are all scraps, solids are retired CTMH B&T. Cocoa, Goldrush, and Topiary Cardstocks, Inks and Buttons. I used the Quickutz 2x2 Pumpkin, Revolution Vine and Flourishes to create the pumpkin patch and 4x8 Dragonfly for the title with CTMH Dimensional Elements Solos. The ribbon I picked up from Griffins in Ocala, FL. The left page is from the PageMaps book.




The Strike layout actually turned out better than I was expecting... even my hand cut bowling pins!!! I used the Accucut Star Dies to cut out chipboard and painted them with Making Memories Paints, then embellished them with some Heidi Swapp bling and CTMH craft buttons and floss. Pattern paper is Bowl-o-Rama by Moxxie with a touch of retired CTMH b&t, inked up with CTMH Cocoa, Garden Green, and Goldrush. The title was cut with out of chipboard with a Sizzix font on the Bigshot machine and painted black. I finished it all up with a few ribbon scraps, machine sewing in black, and lots of pen work on the diecuts using my trusty Zig. The sketch I stole from somewhere, sorry I can't remember ;o)

And finally, my little Madame Butterfly was another layout that I got to play around with the big Accucut Dies, this one is the 11.5" Ribbon Circle cut out of Hydrangea CTMH cardstock then I cut an 11 " circle out of retired CTMH b&t then decided to use my old Magic Matter to mat that layer in Ocean CTMH CS. The pattern paper is CTMH Whoops-a-Daisy with Hydrangea, Ocean, and Watermelon cardstock, inking, buttons, brads, and ribbon. The title is Quickutz Dragonfly 4x8 and Blossom Grand. The scattered flowers are a mix of Quickutz 4x4's and Sizzix accented with some white pen work. I also used a couple of Heidi Swapp Ghost Butterflies with touches of white paint and adhered with watermelon brads.


I hope you all have a great week and get lots of scrapping time this weekend! I will be hard at work trying to use up the rest of my kits I have put together! :o)

Spring has Sprung

Okay, so the weather was not cooperating today and the lighting is very weird between photographing the two sides... so they look waaay weird compared to acutal layout?! It is so pretty in person :o) Isn't that how it works, our best work is never portrayed in print as it is in person?

Miss Independent

This layout was alot of fun to work on! I got to pull out my paints, some die-cut chipboard I had stashed, my ribbons and buttons, and of course my QK... finally got to try out Nutmeg! Yeah! This is the layout I completed at the crop on Friday night... gotta love having plenty of room to spread out, bring as many supplies as you want, and buzz around your work! I also met a few new scrappin buddies and chatted the night away, hopefully they will become regulars! I am off to order more photos!

FOUR... fabulous four!

I started this layout last weekend at the SPUMC Crop and finally got it finished up this week. Not exactly like I envisioned, but it still turned out cute. The colors are a little off here, but IRL it does match :o) This is another layout out of the sketch mag I bought awhile back, def getting use out of that purchase! Letters are CTMH Dim Elements and QK Dragonfly. TFL!

Sale at Scrapbook Pictures!

WooHoo!!! Time to stock up on pictures again! Its a good thing too, because I am going to a crop this Saturday, another one next Friday, and have a loooong girls weekend planned after that! Yeah! I am counting down the days, girls ;o) I ordered pics and got about 15 page kits made up just a couple of weeks ago, but I think I just might need more to last me through March!? Needless to say, my computer is a busy bee uploading pics to order! Have a great week!

Bringin' Eyelets Back!

Okay, I recently renewed my love affair with eyelets! You know the song "Bringin Sexy Back".. well, I am single-handedly bringing eyelets back! :o) Mostly because I needed a brad in a certain color and didn't have one, then stumbled upon my old stash of eyelets (hundreds or thousands of them!) and in the color I needed! Yeah! Of course, now I have that song stuck in my head... at least it is upbeat so I am all peppy!


I also wanted to say thanks to my new friend, for putting up with my drama queen daughter. We met on Tally Moms and got together today with our girls, had a fabulous time scrapping, and can't wait till next time!

Tour of Tallahassee

So, this is my first attempt at a layout using a kit! Yes, I know, not usually my thing... but, I have been cropping with a friend that uses these kits and I have been secretly drooling over them! So, I finally just decided to go for it and ordered the October and November kit from Kraft Girl Kits, since they are both on sale and I already had pics in mind for both kits. This one turned out exactly like I had wished! I even used the orange bling, rub-ons, thickers, buttons, and dmc floss that came in the kit! Yes, orange, but it really did add a nice touch! I am really liking breaking out of my comfort zone! In fact, the only thing on the layout that is not from the kit is the CTMH Textured Colonial White CS that I used as the backing, the CTMH black ink that I used to distress everthing, and the QK Metro Skinni Mini for the first part of the title. Overall, I am one happy scrapper!

Easter Cutie

This is the other layout that I finished on Friday night, I just had a to get the 5x7's printed before I could post them... really simple, but I love the way it turned out with all the inking and clean lines.

Strike a Pose

I got to go to a crop last night and had a great time! I was even able to get 2 layouts done, which is impressive for me, especially considering all the socializing I did with all my new scrappin buddies :o) Can't wait till the next one! If you are in the Tallahassee area and looking for scrapbooking events, I have added a new column over on the side to include a list of upcoming crops. You can email me directly if you have any questions or need more information.

This layout uses one my all time favorite Close To My Heart kits... including the Stickease!, some CTMH dimensional elements flowers and letters, a little inking, a few buttons, and some.... Heidi Swapp Bling! OMG, I finally used it! I have had that little package of sparkly goodness in my stash for ages and finally just got over my need to hoard it for that perfect page :o) I think using it is what makes it that page!

The Big 30!

Dear Hubby,
Just wanted to publicly announce that you are getting old... the big 30! Of course, I can only rub it in for 13 more months before I am no longer a twenty-something :o) You know I love you and cannot imagine life without you! I will save all my readers the gushy stuff (besides I wrote most of it in your card) just wanted to say Happy Birthday my dear! I love you!

Pumpkin Guts

I had a lot of fun with the layout! I painted all my chipboard elements, Quickutz'd, ribbon'd and button'd up a storm :o) and its hard to tell, but the little spiders have glittery legs, too cute! Here are a couple close-ups so you get the idea of just how much fun I had... I couldn't even wait for the paint to dry before I photo'd it! Please pardon all the awful grammar, but whateva!


I am hunting for a sitter for Friday night because I just found out about a new crop this weekend at the local high school, it is put on by the PTA. Llooks like it will be fun, hopefully I will be there to find out! I hope my little scrapping streak continues so I can do some more of this...

Happy Scrapping! I am off to try and sneak in some more before bed, at least pick out a sketch or two ;o)

Easter Saturday 2007

So, I actually was able to get one more layout done last night before hubby got home! I just got the journaling finished up and loaded the pics :o) It turned out so much better than I was expecting! I added buttons overlapping the centers of the flowers on the pp, and they have waxy flax tied through them, it gives the layout alot of dimension and umph! Thanks to Granny and her Accucut, I had some cool chipboard flourishes and photo corners that I painted to match.

On a roll again... finally!

So, I just got a ton of pics printed last week and spent part of friday night making up kits with pics and paper... all ready to scrap! I got the "Mrs. Bear" layout done first thing on Friday night, only took me 1.5 hrs (which is nearly a record for me!) Also exciting is that I used up some random ribbon and papers that I got long ago and didn't have a purpose for, luckily for me this worked out great! The "Unique" layout took a bit more out of me, I got it all cut out and pics stuck down but got stuck on the embellies... I was scraplifting this from a blog I follow, scrapliftable.blogspot. I woke up Saturday with a new set of eyes and got it finished up in no time! The "Silly, Sassy, Super Sweet Faces of Hailey" was an old layout that I was finally able to get pictures on! Yeah me! All-in-all a great weekend in scrappyland :o) Hubby still isn't home yet, so I am gonna try to squeeze out one more layout! Wish me luck! It is so nice to be in a scrappin' groove again!

New Accucut CHA Winter 2009 Releases

Accucut has posted sneak peaks of the new CHA Winter 2009 dies and even better... they are giving away an A2 Criss Cross die! Go to their blog for more details and you can enter to win also! But I hope I win (or I hope mom wins, since I dont even have a machine, yet! :o) Not only do I love this card die, but I am sooo in love with the little birdie die that is coming out! Go check it out and enter to win!

http://accucut.typepad.com/craft/2009/01/sneak-peek.html

Tadpole

I got this layout done while Hailey had a friend over yesterday... she is loving Cmas break because all of her friends that are usually at school are home and able to come over and play as soon as she wakes up! And pretty much play all the way through till dinner time! The photos on the layout are not all the great, but considering they are from a disposable underwater camera... they will do the job of showing my little tadpole swimming underwater, with her eyes open!

PP: "Amy Butler" K & Co. Stack from Joanns (loving the funky patterns in this stack!)
CS: CTMH Bubblegum & Colonial White
Embellies: CTMH Dimensional Elements Simple Lowercase Alpha (covered in the pp), misc ribbon, machine sewing (along the strip of pink pp), handcut waterdroplet shapes, MM paint: Spotlight White & Sky Blue
Sketch: actually, me :o)

Spring Break 2008

It makes me so happy to be working on pictures from Spring Break this year, when we got to spend the whole day with our friends! Our three families have since relocated across the country, which makes this layout all the more special to have such great memories with them! We went to the UF Natural History Museum, followed by lunch at an infamous local pizza place "Satchel's", then we went to the farm for feeding time, and a park to play, and finally rounded out our day with Waffle Cone Wednesday at TCBY! It was a whirlwind day that couldn't have been any more perfect!


PP: My Minds Eye Confetti Collection: Party "Love" Stripes & Party "Birthday Girl" Dots & Die-Cut Flowers, Other: 11.5" Die-Cut Scalloped Paper (came pre-cut)
CS: CTMH Keylime, Breeze, Pink Carnation
Quickutz: Blossom Grand, Journal Grand
Ribbon: miscellaneous