Splish Splash

No scrapping for me last week. It was one of those crazy, won't ever end kinda weeks. But I am back at it again this week.

This layout was done the for Scrapbookin' Adventures facebook challenge. After a short break they are back at it again. And am I so happy cause I need that motivation! Challenge #1 was to use embossed paper. I ran the white strip of paper through a polka dot embossing folder a few times. I love how it looks as a background for the photos.

Products:
Pebbles - Lil' Buddy papers
American Crafts - white cardstock, orange brads
Studio Calico - grey alphas; cork stickers (arrows & circles)
Elle's Studio - day to day tidbits (circle)

Back to School

Back to school in January? Sure! Why not?! It felt good to finally take care of 2012's back to school pictures. Especially since I picked up some super cute papers (a couple of months ago) to scrap this year's pictures with!

I needed some inspiration to get going, and boy did I find some! I loved the confetti border on this layout from MME and just had to scraplift (I even used the same paper line, although I had already picked it out to use; just a happy coincidence).

 And a few close ups of the details...

Products: MME 'My Girl' paper, brads and stickers; Echo Park 'Country Drive' pink cardstock; October Afternoon 'Daily Flash' pop drops; MME 'Boy Crazy' enamel dots; Pink Paislee 'Artisan Words' star stickers.

When I was searching for inspiration for that first layout, I came across a layout I had pinned quite a while ago, and thought it would be great for the next layout. You can see the original here (the second one down, titled 'Miss Independent'). I really wanted to include the same banner detail. And I have to say, mini banners are so cute! They would be fun to make to coordinate with your seasonal decor.

See? So cute!

I love how this LO turned out. The black hearts were bare chipboard from Um Wow Studio that I coloured black with a marker and then topped with glossy accents. They are so shiny in real life.

Products: Amy Tangerine 'Sketchbook' papers and brads; Hemptique hemp cord; Um Wow Studio confetti heart chipboard and banner badge.

This last layout really had me struggling. I think double layouts have become the hardest for me to do. Especially when I want to use a whole lot of different pattern papers because they are all way too cute!

I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

Products: Echo Park 'School Days' papers; Fancy Pants 'Off to School' papers and journal sticker; Karen Foster stickers; Tim Holtz distress paint; Um Wow Studio chipboard arrows, stars and confetti stars.

A new year!

Well the new year is here! Time to put away my excuses and get back to work! And  by work I mean scrapbooking :)

So without further ado....

Here is my first layout of 2014.

I love how this turned out! I added some white distress paint to the edges and across the middle of the paper (under where the photos were going). And then added some doodled lines with a black and white gel pen.

My inspiration for this came from Um Wow Studio's January sketch challenge. The chipboard banner pieces (which I covered in paper) and the chipboard stars (that I inked white and either doodled or added glossy accents too) plus the beautiful yellow badge are all from their fabulous store.

The papers and the journal sticker and border sticker are all from Echo Park's A Boy's Life collection. And the chalkboard pieces are from Studio Calico.

I'm really hoping to get a lot more layouts done this year than I did last. I may need to find a new challenge blog to help me stick with it. So if you know of any good ones, please leave me link in the comments!

Rough and Tumble

I finally scrapped some pictures I had been wanting to get to! Purging my photo box was a huge weight off my shoulder and really has helped me get back into this scrapbooking "thing"!

This first layout features a series of pictures I took of my son when he was having a tantrum. I could have stopped what I was doing and helped him out but it was one of those I want what I can't have fits and taking his picture actually distracted him quicker than anything else would have!

Such a sweet moment to capture! ;)

I love these next photos. It was that brief period of time when just one of his top front teeth had come through. So cute! This layout was "Pinspired" by one I had seen on the Doodlebug blog. You can see it here: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/53761789275327603/.

The papers, rub-ons and journal cards I used for both of these layouts are Fancy Pant's Designs older collection called "Rough and Tumble." I just love the doodled look it has and I know I am going to wish that I had more. I find myself really drawn to papers with that doodled feel.

Those Awkward Years.....

Oh my goodness. This is a pretty embarrassing layout. But it was also a lot of fun to do! Scrapbookin' Adventures' latest facebook challenge was to scrap yourself. Well I had this idea that's been brewing for a few months, so I decided to take the plunge!

There I am. In all my awkward, teenage glory. Seriously though, it's a great way to document those school pictures that our buried away in an envelope or album somewhere.

Thanks for checking it out and I challenge you to give it a try too! And share a link with me if you do!

{be Inspired}

I am slowly starting to get back into my favorite past time again. I did a huge purge of my supplies and sorted through the photo box FULL of photos. The ones I don't want to scrap are now in albums and I have about 1/3 of the box left to scrap. I may even get around to printing off 2013 photos before the year ends! Anyways, this purge has really helped me want to get crafty again. The amount of stuff I had was just too overwhelming.

Today I have card I made for a special lady's birthday. I also decided to join in the Unity Stamp Company monthly {be Inspired} challenge, since I was going to be using one of their stamp set.

My inspiration from this card came the the {be Inspired} colour challenge and also from a card I had seen on Pinterest. You can see the card here: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/53761789275673715/. The Unity challenge is here: http://www.theunitystampco-challenge.blogspot.ca/2013/10/octobernovember-brand-new-be-inspired.html. I think you still have a few days to join in!

I even decided to pretty the inside up a little. (Mostly to hide the green marker that had bled through from the wine bottle!) I used the Unity "Time for Wine" stamp set and Echo Park Paper's "So Happy Together" collection. Plus a little ribbon and bling from my stash.

Thanks for checking out my card! I'll be back soon with a couple of new layouts I have been working on!

I'm still scrapping...

Ya, ya, ya!

Wow! That was a long break from scrapping! I'm trying my hardest to get on a roll again. I've done 4 layouts in the past couple of weeks, but I only took pictures of this last one. The others I put away in albums today, forgetting that I needed pics. So you may or may not see those :)

Today's layout was inspired by my desire to finally be done with 2011 pictures, the October Colour Suite challenge from Scrapbooks & Cards Today, and the bi-weekly facebook challenge from Scrapbookin' Adventures. It was easy to combine the gorgeous fall colours from the Colour Suite with the Fall theme challenge.

Oh wait! I did take a picture of the layout I did for Scrapbookin' Adventures precious challenge. It was a sketch, and my take looks like this:

Hopefully I can keep the momentum and keep posting!