Short Stuff / My Scraps & More

Happy Thursday, friends!  I hope you're doing well today. 

Here's a page I created for the My Scraps and More boards last week for our Throwback Thursday challenge.  I pulled out one of Echo Park's first lines...Life is Good.  Remember this one?  I still love all the colors in it.  I loved this little random picture of Paige looking out the sliding glass door.  She just looks so short and tiny, so I decided to scrap it.

I feel like the descriptions of my pages are starting to sound the same these days...and this one was created pretty much the same way I create most of my layouts lately.  Template...modeling paste...watercolors...stamps...washi tape.  I love them all so much, and I just gravitate towards those products when I create.  I hope it's not boring to you, but once I find something I love, I usually stick with it :)

Another of my usual suspects -- tangled thread.  I have no idea why I love it so much, but I have been doing it a lot lately.

Paste, stamps, stickers, thread...those stickers are actually photo corners, but I turned them into arrows.

I like it when the papers don't lay completely flat.  And I like to curl the edges here and there, too.

How did I ever scrap without my Cameo?  Goodness, I love that thing!

This was a fun page to create.  I keep telling myself to dig into my stash more often, but the new stuff just keeps coming in and I can't help but use it!  It's overwhelming sometimes to just sit and take a look around my scrap room...I don't think I will ever run out of product.  I'm sure I'm not alone here...haha.

Be sure to visit the My Scraps store HERE...there are new Echo Park lines as well as TONS of other new collections!  You can save 20% on your entire order by using the code 20INFEB.  Hurry and shop! :D

Thanks for taking a peek today :)

A few cards / My Creative Scrapbook

Hey there!  Today I'm sharing a few cards I created with the February Main Kit from My Creative Scrapbook.  I'm not a huge card maker, but some of the pieces in this kit just seemed perfect for a card or two.  I actually made five!  I made one and then just kept going with all the bits I had leftover from the four layouts I made.  So here are two of them:

I'm not a huge Prima flower user, but this little vine was just too cute to pass up :)  I like how it looks on this card.

I added some stamping to this one, and even a little bit of watercolor inside the heart on the left.  That little chipboard piece fit right over my stamped image.  And I'm a sucker for a heart stamp!  I am so in love with shiny gold stuff lately...just had to add some gold Color Shine drops to finish it off.

I still have three more cards and one more layout to share this month...I never seemed to run out of goodies in this kit :)

I hope you have a wonderful day, and thanks so much for stopping by :)

Chickaniddy Craft Team!!!

Hi, everyone!  I'm SOOOOO excited to share some amazing news!

I am still pinching myself...I can't believe I get to be a part of such a talented group of ladies.  I got the email last Wednesday, and I haven't stopped smiling since :)  And working with Heidi Sonboul and Pam Callaghan is a dream come true.  I can't wait to get started!  You can see more about this amazing company HERE.

Thanks to Heidi and Pam for having me!

Have a GREAT day!

Creative Scrappers #262

Hey there!  It's time for another Creative Scrappers reveal, and this is one super fun one!  Lots of fun arrows to play with here...check it out:

Here's what I came up with.  I started with a busy background.  I used gesso and watercolors to "messy up" the pattern a little bit.  I cut arrows from different patterned papers and raised some of them up for dimension.  I traced some arrows using a Heidi Swapp stencil and stamped a few, too.  I threw in some different washi tapes as well.  I didn't add too many accessories because of the busy background.  These photos are of my little Reese from a few years ago, bouncing and getting crazy in her bed one night :)

Oh, and I used the older My Girl collection from American Crafts for this :)

Once again, I feel like all my close-ups look similar...a raised up sticker, washi tape and tangled thread.  I can't help that I love using them all!

Another typical tidbit on my layouts...a Cameo cut title.

Another angle of some of the papers and a button peeking out...

I had so much fun making this one!  I hope you'll play along with us...hop on over to the blog HERE and check out the rest of the design team's work.

To Win a prize from Paper Camellia  all you need to do is create a layout and enter the challenges using our inlinkz widget at the end of the reveals for Sketch 261-262.

Deadline to submit your layout is February 28th at Midnight EST.
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Thanks for stopping by!

Scrapbook Generation's Create Feature

Happy Saturday, everyone!  I'm very excited to share a few projects I have featured in this month's edition of Create from Scrapbook Generation.  The My Mind's Eye team was asked to create a few designs using sketches from the magazine.  It is the coolest to thumb through a publication and see your work there!

Here is the layout I created.  I used the Cut & Paste collection for this, and I stuck very closely to the sketch.  I designed the heart background on my Cameo and then backed it an ombre pink paper.  These papers matched my photos perfectly...my little Paige getting into the powder and acting like nothing happened.  Stinker!  :D

I stamped this image in blue ink...I love how it turned out.  I used pop dots to raise it up a bit.  And I decided to handwrite my journaling.  Sometimes I think it just adds a more homemade look.

A close up of the Cameo cuts and my title.  I used chalk to color my white Thickers blue.

I like the way this sort of raised up a bit...just makes more shadows and depth, I think.

A little bit of tangled thread and distressing finish it all off nicely :)

I also created this tag.  I used a mix of the Lost & Found Record It collections and several decorative tapes.  I just love these pretty blues up against the pinks.  And tags are perfect for those little alpha and word stickers.

Visit the link up top if you'd like to see the magazine in its entirety.  The other gals on the team created...beyond amazing!  I still don't feel worthy of even being on this team...I still have to pinch myself :)

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!  Stay tuned for another Creative Scrappers reveal tomorrow!

Bella Buzz Newsletter / Bella Blvd

This is my 2nd post for today...wow!  I never do that.  Scroll down to see my earlier post featuring a Valentine's Day layout.  I have so much to share over the next few days...I'm excited!  I am thrilled to share that I have a layout featured in the February Bella Buzz Newsletter!

Here's a few sneak peeks of the layout you'll see, featuring the Snapshots collection:

Thanks for having me, Bella! This is quite an honor :)

Love You + a Valentine Crop at My Scraps!

Happy Friday, friends!  Before I get to my page, I wanted to let you all know about the 2nd Annual Love is in the Air Crop over at My Scraps & More.  It starts today, so if you'd like to join us, check out the forum HERE.  We'll have 18 challenges and some games going on...and, of course, prizes to be won!  You won't want to miss out on all the fun :)

I created this layout using the February Main Kit from My Creative Scrapbook.  This picture is sort of washed out because it's picture of a picture...haha.  I don't even have a nose here, for crying out loud :D  It was already washed out, and I tried to edit it, but it was taken with an old school camera back in 1999.  I still wanted to scrap it, even though it's hard to see our faces.  I still remember the night, and that's what's important here :)

This kit is full of the Love Notes line from Crate Paper.  I used my Cameo to cut out all the cute heart shapes, and then I back each one with patterned paper.  I finally got my hands on some of the new Heidi Swapp Color Shine in WHITE...omg!  Where have you been all my life?!  Everything was pretty simple for this page...I added in a few goodies around the photo and threw in a few more stickers on the right.  I really love how the black makes the other colors stand out.

I don't think I could create a page without lots of layers.  I just love the depth it creates.

All the stickers are just so cute in this kit...and the chipboard shapes are adorable, too!

This floral patterned paper is from Pebbles...love the different reds & pinks.

You can go HERE to check out all the fun kits available.  Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you have a wonderful Valentine's Day!