Looking forward to warmer weather

Hi again!

Are you starting to get a little bit of spring fever? 

I sure am!

Here is a layout I created with pictures from our summer trip to Corpus Christi, TX. 

We had so much fun playing in the sun and on the water. 

There is so much to do there and we had such a great time. 

I used a mix of Studio Calico and Crate Paper products on this one. 

Have a fantastic day!

♥♥

just another manic...Tuesday?

We're having a bit of a rough start to our day at home and yes, I am escaping from it all by sitting at the computer to blog this layout. 

It's another that I created a while back for fun and didn't share it. 

There is a mix of manufacturers on the page. I think there's some Crate Paper, Basic Grey ♥ along with some Simple Stories and Jillibean Soup. The gold tape is something that I had to put on everything for a while simply because I ♥ it. I got on the gold train a little late but it just gives things a special pop that I really like. 

The stars were cut on my Silhouette machine...they'd been sitting around in a pile of things I cut thinking I'd use them right away but didn't. Do you ever do that? I find it easier to cut a bunch of things that would work on a variety of projects and save them for future use. 

This page features my two youngest after their swim lesson graduation. They'd been nagging me to get cotton candy and I'd promised them that on their last day of lessons we would get them each their own. Lily's was bigger than her head, ha ha. 

 Have a fantastic day!

♥♥

New year, new post

I wanted to start out 2018 by posting on this long-forgotten blog of mine.

I am still designing for Noel Mignon so I will have projects to share now and then if there is anyone out there still reading my blog ☺

Here is the project that I created for this week at Noel Mignon using the new She's So Crafty Classic kit. 

This is one of only a few projects I've ever done where I didn't use any photos. 

What is something new that you would like to try this year? 

If you are reading, could you say hi? 

new kit from Noel Mignon

With a new month comes a new scrapbooking kit from Noel Mignon.

This month our kit is a Paris-inspired kit with lots of lace and textures and a softer color palette than last month's bright, summery kit.

Here is the first project that I have created with the kit, incorporating some hand stitching, which was our designer challenge for this week:

You can read more details on the Noel Mignon blog ♥

more fun with Noel Mignon High Five kits

Hi again!

Is your summer flying by like mine has?

It's hard to believe that it's almost the end of July already.

Because I will have my next kit soon I wanted to share more of my July projects with you:

I have loved creating with the High Five kits from Noel Mignon this month!

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a couple of things

I don't know about you but this time of year is so busy.

There is school to finish up, concerts and recitals and way too many things to do.

Last week I neglected to share my Noel Mignon kit project so today you get TWO new layouts.

Both of these pages were made using the classic May Noel Mignon kit, Spring Fling.

I apologize for the quality of the pictures.

My camera battery charger has been lost for a while and my battery is dead. I've had to just use my phone to take pictures of my projects lately.

Anyway, here is my layout from last week:

And this week's project: 

Best of luck to you as you finish out this month. It is going by so quickly. 

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Seriously Cute

Hello again!

Thanks for coming to visit today. I know life gets busy and appreciate that some still come to see what is going on here on my little blog.

Today I have a layout to share using the new May kit from Noel Mignon, "Spring Fling."

Have a great day!

♥♥

spreading some sunshine

Today I have another Noel Mignon project to share using the March kit, "Delightful":

Have a wonderful weekend!

♥♥♥

Happy Heart

For my Noel Mignon project this week I went with a gold and green color scheme because of the upcoming St. Patrick's Day holiday.

This proved to be a little bit challenging since the kit didn't contain a whole lot of green, though there are many beautiful gold accents.

I found what green I could and improvised on some other pieces with my green Heidi Swapp spray mist.

Here is a look at what I created and you can visit the Noel Mignon blog for more details on the assembly.

I hope that you are having a wonderful week so far. 

Please come visit again soon ♥

Looking back

One day while looking through old photos on my computer I came across this sweet picture of my youngest daughter and my father-in-law.

Now, typically this might not seem like  much but it is a picture I hadn't seen in a long time, and  one that caught me off-guard since he passed away almost a year ago. It will be a year on the 21st of this month.

I wanted to preserve this special memory and knew that the flowers from the Pink Paislee paper in my Noel Mignon kit for this month would do it the justice it deserved.

Since our project assignment for this week was to create with layers I set out to do just that and this is the layout that I ended up with:

Here are some close-ups of my page: 

You can read more about how I created bits of this project by visiting the Noel Mignon blog. 

Have a wonderful day. 

♥♥

meeting Nadia

Good morning!

Today I have a fun page to share using the new Delightful Classic Kit from Noel Mignon.

My kids and I had the rare opportunity to meet a legend:

We'd gone into the Cox Convention Center for the NCAA gymnastics meet between Oklahoma and Auburn and were going to get in line when one of my girls saw Nadia Comaneci standing by one of the doors to the convention center. We couldn't NOT go talk to her so we went right over and met her and got a picture taken. Not too long after we got in line Nadia came back into the building with Simone Biles and her father. To say that we were a little starstruck is putting it so mildly. It was amazing. 

Here are some detail shots from my page:

Have a great weekend!

happy colors and my sweet girls

Hello!

It's been a whirlwind of activity around here lately and while I've been scrapping some I hadn't gotten to post anything here.

I do have a new page that I put together just for fun using the Simple Stories Carpe Diem collection. I really love the bright, happy colors in this collection and the sweet icons like the cute little cat.

I used the SN@P! Pack for a lot of the embellishments on this page, including the cut out kitty and the colorful hearts. The "hello" is from the Love & Adore collection. I like the black and white photo paired with the bold hues of Carpe Diem. 

I did  use some miscellaneous washi tapes (love the gold with the bright colors!) but the rest is from Simple Stories. 

Thanks for stopping by! 

♥♥

hanging out with aliens

Hi!

For my project this week I have a fun layout to share featuring product from Pretty Little Studio in the February kit, Happy Together, from Noel Mignon.

This page documents a trip through Roswell, New Mexico on our way to Ruidoso for a gymnastics meet back in November. 

Here are some detail shots: 

Have a fantastic rest of your week! 

Fun news to share!

Ok, so I mentioned that I had some fun news to share with you.

Well, that news is that I am back designing for the Noel Mignon kit club!

I love Noel's kits and jumped at the chance to be able to design for her again.

This month I received the "Happy Together" Daily Diary kit and while I tend to do more traditional layouts and other projects than pocket page spreads, I was thrilled to receive this kit after seeing what was going to be included. I'll be sharing my projects created with this kit throughout the month here and at the Noel Mignon blog.

The first project that I created was this layout featuring the Simple Stories Love & Adore collection:

You can read all about how I put this page together at Noel Mignon. 

Have a wonderful day!

♥♥

these kids and Simple Stories

Life with four kids can be a little crazy sometimes, a lot crazy other times.

I am, however, grateful for these girls that I have been blessed to have call me mom.

They fill my life with love and laughter, challenges that will hopefully help me to be better, and with so much fun and happiness.

This layout was created using a mix of product from Simple Stories:

As you can see, I love to layer, love to mix textures and love, love, love to use spray mist. I also kinda ♥ that pretty gold tape on this page. 

What do you like to do on all of your projects? 

I have some other projects that I will be sharing soon, and a fun surprise announcement. 

Have a wonderful day!

♥♥

summer fun with the Happy Days kit

Today I have another new layout to share with the Noel Mignon Happy Days Classic Kit:

I cut a long triangular strip of cardstock to use as a template to cut the pieces of patterned paper.

I added lots of Amy Tangerine rub ons and rubber embellishments. 

I also added this cute journaling spot and wooden heart. 

Yeah, I went a little crazy with the rub-ons on this page but they are so super smooth and fun to use. 

I added a few enamel dots here and there as well. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today. 

Do you like what you've seen lately? 

Is there something you'd like to challenge me to do? 

I'm up for the challenge. 

It's my birthday today...

Leave your feedback in the comments, por favor ☺

It's been pretty quiet around here the last little while. 

♥♥

Happy Days kit from Noel Mignon

It is Saturday once again and that means I have a new project from Noel Mignon to share!

Actually, today I have two!

These were both created using the Happy Days Classic Kit.

Our challenge for the week was to include a camera icon in our project.

Have a great weekend!

♥♥

Happy Days kit from Noel Mignon

Here is my new layout for the week, this time using the new Happy Days Classic kit:

Have a wonderful weekend!

♥♥