The Double Scoop kits are awesome!! There are lots of really great patterned papers and some fun embellishments as well! Also some great pinks in a few of the kits, which I of course loved!! This is my main kit only layout, using just the Double Scoop Scrapbook Kit. Next up I made a bunch of ...

I wouldn't call myself a mixed media art girl, but I do like to experiement a little once in awhile and dabble with things that get my fingers dirty! I knew that a water color effect would be the perfect background for a photo of my friend and I at the end of the Run or Dye race, where we are...

He's been wanting to play for years already! He hears stories about his dad and how awesome of a football player he was at WISCO and he wants to play too! And now, it's finally his turn. It's a very serious game you know (insert eye brow lift and snarky sarcastic smile!) But it's nearly im...

Guys- I apologize in advance. This one is L O N G. I started working on it yesterday and just finished it tonight. But I really wanted to share these stories and photos. *** On Saturday we decided that we needed to get out of the hotel room. We didn't plan well and ended up in the car, ready to ...

CHA time is always a bit of a tease. here's all this fabulous! new! product! ... that you can't have yet. HMPH. well, i'm happy to report that the wait is over for two of the new Studio Calico releases - thataway and storytime are up in the SC shop! here's what i made with these lines : play b...

Hi everyone! I'm up with a layout made with the August sketch for Come On Get Crafty. I used mostly the Crate Paper The Pier collection with tags from Elle's Studio Saltwater collection along with a piece of flair from my stash from {a flair for buttons}. I also used some gold washi, Studi...

Hi everyone! I'm excited to be sharing another layout I made using the brand new Snapshots collection from Bella Blvd. Each new Bella Blvd collection includes a sheet of 3x4 and 4x6 cards that are perfect for Project Life but can also be used for a traditional layout or mini albums. I use...

Are you ready for summer to end and the kiddos to head back to school? I must admit, I'm feeling excited and sad all at the same time. My oldest is a Senior this year and I'm feeling a little sad that this is the last year I will get to watch him play football and wrestle, but at the same time...

Hi all a quick post today! I am on the Little Yellow Bicycle blog today with a project I made last week. Stop by the Little Yellow Bicycle blog to read all the bits and details. Thanks for stopping by!

It's finally time to reveal all the designs I created with Scrapbook Circle August kit! I am still enjoying it thoroughly...and so excited to share these with you all. Thank you for stopping by! :) Now here are a couple of fun things to know about Scrap...

Today for Project Catch Up I have a rare treat for you...a 2-pager. Remember those? I used to do them all the time, in fact, when I first started scrapbooking that is all that I did. I created this one for Bella Blvd. I used the Sunshine & Happiness collection, one of my favorite Bella Blv...

Hey everyone...I'm interrupting Project Catch Up week today to bring you a brand new layout for the August gallery at write. click. scrapbook. The gallery reveal is my favorite day of the month. I love seeing what all the designers created and there is always so much eye candy. The theme this...

Here are my Studio Calico August Project Life spreads. There are still some of their Marks & Co kits available, so head over if you are interested in any of these products! This one uses only the Project Life kit for August called Marks & Co: Another week with tooooo...

Hello everyone, I interupt Project Catch Up Week to bring you a layout that went up on the Lily Bee blog on Monday. The theme this week is pattern play. I wanted to use one of the background cut files I have with a repeating shape and settled on one with hearts. I thought it would be perfect...

Hey everyone...welcome to day 2 of Project Catch Up week. In June I finished up my year with the Noel Mignon kit club and today I'm sharing 3 layouts that slipped through the cracks during the business of June and July. First up is, Pure Joy made using the Country Lane kit. I really LOVED t...

This summer has been a whirwind full of fun things...vacations, softball, boating, and some fun creative things too...a fun team-up with Lily Bee and Gossamer Blue, Bella Blvd CHA booth projects, and my first contribution to an online class. Amidst all the fun my blogging fell a bit behind so...

Can you believe that August is just around the corner? Summer will be coming to a close and the kids will be heading back to school. It has flown by! Speaking of flying by...I have a little sneak peak of my August layout for write. click. scrapbook with a super cute piece of airplane flair (no...

Hello everyone and happy Friday! I wanted to share a card I made using the Fancy Pants Trendsetter collection from Come On Get Crafty. It came together quickly using the coordinating tags in the collection. The greeting was white and I colored it to help it stand out against the pastel bac...

Hey everyone! :) I'm so thrilled and honored to share with you all that I've been asked to Design for Scrapbook Cirlce Kit club! Can I just say...I LOVE this kit...and the group of AMAZING Talented lady's Leslie Ashe Jenni Calma Melissa Mann Adrienne Alvis Audrey Yeager Kimberly Garofolo an...

good morning... i have some Gossamer Blue projects to share with you. last month, i attended a weekend crop w/ some friends in Charlottesville, VA and so glad i did. it was really nice to get away for a weekend for some girl time and of course, lots of scrapbooking. i usually don't create well a...

TGIF Folks! Today I have a super quick and fun project for you! It's no secret that I like vinyl. You can see that HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE. So this past Spring I decided to paint my front doors. Red & Grey where my choices. Our storm door is pretty beat up and old. What stinks is because...

Hey everyone, happy Monday! I have a really fun layout to share with you today...it features this awesome pairing of products. How fun is that Super Hero flair and washi tape?! I decided to make a layout about what a great Dad my DH is to the kiddos...Super Dad! Along with the Super He...

Today, over on the Lily Bee blog we are revisiting the July sketch. In addition to using the sketch, the theme for this week is splashes of color. You know how I love color, so I was excited about the theme! Here is my layout based on the sketch. Ok, if you looked at the sketch you are pro...

When Laina contacted me to try out her stamps and dies I totally jumped on board and I am so glad I did. I dove right in and pulled out three layouts. I couldn't help myself! I had to dust off my die-cutting machine for this one. It had been a long time and I forgot how much I like dies. The...

Last week we finally broke loose and headed off post for dinner at Aeolia in Longare. Our friends came to get us and as we were driving through the hills, this was our view: I started clapping I was so darn excited. GORGEOUS. This was the outside of the restaurant. Harper said "Now THIS loo...