Thursday, March 29, 2012

Lily at 11 months

Time has flown by so quickly since this cute little girl was born, it's hard to believe that she's 11 months old already!

Here is a page I made with some recent pictures of Lily with a mix of My Mind's Eye, fun washi tape, American Crafts alphas and some Bella Blvd.




Have a wonderful day!

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

crazy winter for weather

Has it been a crazy year for weather where you live?

It sure has been here!

One day it could be 70 degrees and the next it's 30 and snowing.

Thank goodness I think we're past that stage and we're on to Spring weather.

Here is a page with some snowy pictures on one of those wintery days, featuring a mix of cute Bella Blvd papers:


I hope that you have a great day!

Thursday, March 22, 2012

finally a new page to share

Hello!

How is your week going so far?

It's been busy around here as always- there is always a bit of craziness trying to get caught up with things after being on vacation and that has been the case for us this week.

Here is a layout that I created for Jillibean Soup that I'd like to share with you today:


I mixed some of the brand new papers with some from Jililbean's last release and like how they show off these silly pictures of my Sarah on her birthday. She is such a funny girl! I
 

I really like the fun sunburst trend that seems to be going around in scrapping right now and thought it would be fun to add some twine around the edge of the circle.


Have a fantastic day!

It's almost the weekend!

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

a couple more My Little Shoebox projects

Hello again!

I hope that your week is off to a good start.

Today I have two more projects to share with you that I created for My Little Shoebox:


This was for a free-for-all assignment where we got to mix as many collections as we wanted to ☺



And a little gift box that I made using the Keepsake collection:




Aren't those 3-D flowers so pretty? The My Little Shoebox diecuts make it so easy!

Have a wonderful day!




Monday, March 19, 2012

Get an extra 20% off of all border dies at Lifestyle Crafts

That's right!



From March 20-25 all border dies from Lifestyle Crafts will be 20% off at their store and if you use the following code you can get an ADDITIONAL 20% off, giving you 40% off all border dies on those days.

All you have to do is click on my Lifestyle Crafts button on the right sidebar to go to their site, use my coupon code SCRAPPIN and you'll get your discount. If you are interested, make sure to order fast because once they're gone, they're GONE and won't be restocked for a while.

Happy shopping!

Keepsake by My Little Shoebox

Good morning!

We just finished up Spring Break here and had such a great time camping with family. The weather was perfect, the setting so beautiful and calm. The kids had such a wonderful time playing with their cousins. I took about 400 pictures on that short trip (I know, crazy) and you'll see them popping up on layouts soon!

For today I have a layout to share. This one uses the cute new Keepsake collection from My Little Shoebox. I loved the bright colors in the collection, the mix of pink and aqua and gray and yellow. SO cute!



Isn't the collection so adorable? 
Check back tomorrow for a couple more My Little Shoebox projects. 

Friday, March 16, 2012

and another layout share

I have been a fan of Dear Lizzy since the first collection was released and was so excited this past CHA to see the newest collection.

Here is a quick page that I created using the new line:


I guess it's safe to say that I have a thing for butterflies and hearts lately!




Have such a great day!

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

drive-by post today

Today will be a busy one but I guess that I could really say that just about any day, and so could you, right?

We have some fun things planned for the next few days and are excited to be able to spend some time with some family- the girls love their cousins and I wish that they could know more of them better. They're able to spend quite a bit of time with their cousins here in Texas and I love that they all get along so well.

It is Spring here, nice and warm and beautiful with the trees full of flowers and new life. I love it when our pear trees are fluffy and white and love the newness of it all.

Today, though, I have some fall picture to share, pics from our trip to a local apple orchard.

I used a mix of papers Crate Paper along with embellishments from My Mind's Eye and Bella Blvd.

 


Thanks for stopping by!


Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Lifestyle Crafts Affiliate program

I got an email yesterday from someone at Lifestyle Crafts, formerly Quik Kutz, a company that sells templates for embossing, die-cutting and letterpress. She wanted to know if I'd be interested in being a part of their Affiliate program and after thinking about it I told her YES!

So, what that means for you is from time to time I will post projects using brand new releases and have a special code that you can use to get a discount on their products.

How does that sound?

I will be starting soon so keep your eyes open for some fun new projects and deals for you.

There are lots of great new products coming:

twirl embossing template


zigzag embossing template
(you KNOW I am looking forward to this one!)


Happy Birthday embossing template

die cut template


cute pinwheel

two sizes of hearts


basic alpha


Do you like what you see so far? 


You can see more here: http://lifestylecrafts.com/

I also have a code that you can use at any time to save on embossing folders, die-cut templates, etc. All you have to do is put in the code SCRAPPIN and you'll get your discount!


You can click on the button to the right at any time to get a 20% discount on Lifestyle Crafts products. 


Have a great day and thanks so much for stopping by!

Monday, March 12, 2012

a new card for Jillibean Soup

Good morning to you!

It's Spring Break time for us here and my kids are so excited to be out of school, for no homework, for lots of time to play and have fun.

We have a little trip planned but otherwise we'll be here enjoying the time to relax.

For today I have a card to share with you, one using lots of the cute Soup Labels from Jillibean Soup:


Have a great day!

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Tuesday Inspiration on Wednesday

Hello again :)

You guys are getting spoiled this week with posts from me, huh?

I figure that after the scarcity of posts around here lately I'd better get to work.

Today I will share with you a layout that was shared on the Bella Blvd blog yesterday that I created using this as inspiration:



We have this funny green wig and little Lily was so cute in it I just couldn't resist taking her picture! We thought it would be fun to dress her up as a tree or broccoli for Halloween just so that she could wear the wig ☺ Here I used a mix of new and older Bella Blvd products to go with the color palette. 



Thanks for stopping by!

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

and another new page

Good morning!

Today is my crazy day, the day I run all over the place all day long so this will be quick but I wanted to share another page that I've made recently.

I had this picture of Aimee from when she was about a year old that I hadn't scrapped yet so I pulled out a bunch of supplies from my stash and went to work and came up with this:


( papers from My Mind's Eye and Studio Calico, American Crafts alphas, Lily Bee rub-ons)



Have a wonderful day!

Monday, March 5, 2012

announcing the giveaway winner and a card on Monday

Good morning!

Does anyone else wish that today was still Saturday?

I could sure use another couple of days of weekend after the craziness of last week. I think that things are getting back to whatever our "normal" is, everyone is on the mend and we'll get back into the regular routine.

I wanted to thank everyone who entered the giveaway.

The winner was random.org pick #18


Doodle Beads said...

What a fun giveaway-right now I'm loving red/turqouise and yellow!
March 2, 2012 12:50 PM
I will put together a package for you and get that on its way later this week. 
Congrats!
And now for the card that I created for Jillibean Soup using the brand new Game Day Chili collection: 

You can see more cute cards on the Jillibean Soup blog today:

Have a great day!

Sunday, March 4, 2012

happy scrappy Sunday

*tonight is the deadline for my giveaway* If you'd like to enter the drawing simply scroll down to the giveaway post and leave a comment telling me about your favorite color scheme right now and I will draw a random winner tomorrow. The winner will receive a scrappy prize with papers and embellishments in their favorite colors.

For today I have a new page to share with you using some of the brand new Pebbles Inc. collections:


and a few details: 




Have a wonderful day!

Thursday, March 1, 2012

surprise surprise- a new layout

**make sure to check out the giveaway in the post below**

Good morning!

Has it been a long week for you?

It sure has been here dealing with sick kids. Hailey is on the mend, she's a little better than she was a couple of days ago and it's nice to see her a bit more perky. She is wanting to play and not do her homework, so we're heading toward "normal". ha ha. She's not quite well enough to go to school but we're hoping for tomorrow.

For today I have a layout I made using a mix of older Crate Paper Neighborhood and some other things, it was fun to get to play a bit since I haven't scrapped as much lately.


Looking at books and chewing/drooling on them is one of Lily's favorite things to do these days!
Paper is from KI Memories (gray polka dot background) and Crate Paper (all the rest), alphas are from American Crafts, buttons are from Pebbles Inc. and the little rub-on at the bottom left is from October Afternoon. 

Have a wonderful day!