Paper Thrills Layout & more ScrapFIT fun :)

Happy Thursday! I have a few things to share this morning. First up, I wanted to remind everyone of the newest Step Class at ScrapFIT. Sheila has posted an awesome tutorial on making your own unqiue stick pins! You simply must check it out...it seems really easy and fun! Click HERE to see it.

I also wanted to share a layout I made last week for the Paper Thrills DT. The challenge was to create a layout about "leaping," and while I didn't have any photos of either of my girls leaping, I did have this cute one of my husband tossing Paige into the air. Close enough :) I used some of the new MME Miss Caroline Dolled Up collection.






Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful day :)

ScrapFIT Weekend Warm-Up #25

Howdy there, scrappers! I apologize for not getting this up on my blog on Monday, but I was dealing with my blogger photo limit situation. I appreciate all the help. I wound up buying 20 GB of space for only $5, so it worked out. Now I can upload a gazillion pictures and not have to worry!

I want to share with you the latest Weekend Warm-Up over at ScrapFIT. It's #25, and all you have to do is be willing to GET MESSY! Create a project that involves splattering or dripping...you can use watercolors, paints, mists...as long as you "color outside the lines," it will work :)

Here is the sample I created. I used some homemade mists & watercolors, and sprayed & painted inside the end of a cup. (I cut the bottom end out and made my own little circle template). I sprayed a lot, and then just let it run. It's a great way to create your own unique background!



I was in the mood to keep the messy theme going, so I ripped up several papers of different colors and just started inking, distressing & gluing.


After everything dried, I took my chalks in matching colors and adding some darker spots and shading.


If you win the Warm-Up, you will be our featured FITGirl in our Spotlight later in the month. It's your chance to shine and show off your scrappy skills :)

Help!

Blogger friends, I need your help. I was uploading pictures to my personal family blog this evening when I noticed it said that I was at 99% of my photo storage. I clicked on the question mark button, and it's pretty much telling me that when you get to your maximum storage, you have to BUY more if you want to continue to upload your photos. Has this happened to anyone else? I really don't want to have to go and delete any of my older posts, but I don't think I want to have to purchase space, either.

Does anyone have any experience with this? I know on my personal blog, my photos used to be really high resolution, so they took up a lot of space. I never thought to resize them or anything...I never thought it would matter. Well, apparently it does, and I don't know what to do.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated, friends! Thank you.

ScrapFIT Workout #63 - a sketch!

I am so excited to share the newest workout at ScrapFIT! For all of you who were faithful followers of the awesome Sketchy Thursdays, we have an amazing Diana Fisher sketch for you! She is our Creative Trainer, and let me tell you, I didn't realize how much I missed those ST sketches. It felt so good to have a brand new one to work with :)

Here it is....


Here is what I created. I couldn't resist scrapping this adorable picture of my little Reese with her little swimsuit wedgie...haha! This one came together pretty quickly. I punched some circles to use as masks and used some Smooch that matched the swimsuit. I used some papers from a very old stack of DCWV summer papers. I dripped some blue watercolor paint in random spots...it just reminded me of water droplets. The blue wave border was something I've had in my stash for SO long. This was finally the layout to use it on.

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You really must hop on over to the ScrapFIT blog and see what the rest of the DT created. I love that everyone's interpretation is so different. That's the beauty of scrapbooking :)

Challenge Me Happy #18 Reveal

Happy Hump Day! Or I guess I should say Happy Leap Day :) Either way, it's time for another fantastic challenge at Challenge Me Happy! This one was right up my alley -- use masking on your layout. I LOVE masking and I do it a lot.

For this layout, I used a plastic flourish-type shaped mask and used watercolor paints. You know how I love rainbows & their gorgeous colors, so I went with those. The beauty of using black & white photos is that you can use any color scheme you want. I started with plain white cardstock and masked it, and then started adding from there. I actually only used one piece of patterned paper. The rest was white and I painted it using the matching watercolor paints.



I used my Martha button punch to create this button. I discovered I didn't have any matching blue buttons, so I just punched one :) I also used my Martha heart punch on this little side banner piece. I saw a really cute layout on Audrey Yeager's blog a few weeks ago where she used the negative space after punching a shape, and I decided to give it a go. LOVE the look of it!



The prize sponsor for this month is SOOOOOOOOO awesome!! Who doesn't love Nikki Sivils?!


The winner of this challenge will win an awesome paper collection from Nikki. What's not to love? Be sure to upload your masking project on the Challenge Me Happy blog HERE. Have a GREAT day!

Just because...

Hey there, scrappy friends! I can't believe it has been almost a week since I posted. Where does the time go? I have a few layouts to share that I made just because. No challenges or contests...just scrapping for me.

These are some pictures of Reese during her first year of Pre-K. It was Field Day and they were playing games and playing in water. Reese has sensory issues, so being in the mix with the chaos of a lot of kids makes her want to retreat off by herself. In the first picture, you can see her standing in the middle of the two pools...very uneasy about getting involved. Once the masses cleared out, she considered getting into the pool, but only for a second :)

The background of this didn't turn out like I'd imagined...I used some Crayola watercolor paints, watered them down, dripped them onto my paper and then blew the drops through a straw. I still like the outcome...a crazy colorful background.






I used this sketch by Page Maps:


This layout is similar to one I created several weeks ago...they are similar photos (Paige in the pool) and the colors are the same. I just love smearing paint, and these bright summer colors make it so fun & easy. I used a plastic flourish mask and used chalk to make the swirly waves...love how that turned out!


I drew some loopy loops and then stitched over them to give some more pops of pink.


Thanks for stopping by! I have a few reveals coming this week, so be sure to visit again in a few days :) Have a great day!

Scrapbookers Anonymous Feb. Challenge

Hey there! I wanted to pop on today to share a layout I made for the current Scrapbookers Anonymous Challenge, which is to use hearts & stitching. Done and done! Two of my favorite things :) I used a Valentine stack from K & Company from a few years ago.

I did lots of misting, and I stitched and stamped around the perimeter of the page. I added some buttons & twine and some journaling strips, and it all just came together.



I was inspired by this cute Page Maps sketch:


Thanks for stopping by!