She is Almost 4 (well, almost 2 years ago)

Are you confused yet?!  Haha...this layout is from two years ago, right before my firstborn love, Reese, was about to turn 4.  In real life (not scrappy pages life) she is about to turn 6.  She has just recently lost her two bottom teeth and is just growing up right before my very eyes.  She will start kindergarten on Monday!  I'm on the verge of a nervous breakdown...such a bittersweet moment for me!  I'm excited for her yet sad that she really isn't baby or a toddler anymore.

Anyway, before I start crying and going down memory lane with you, I will share my layout of the day.  It's my reveal day at Artful Delight, and this page features some of the ultra-bright Bo Bunny included in the kit.  I immediately swooned over the yellows & oranges!  Super fun.

These bright yellow fabric flowers are Basic Grey and they are SO soft! I normally wouldn't buy these, but I'm so glad they were in the kit because I LOVE them! That's what I love about designing with kits...sometimes you get stuff you wouldn't ordinarily use or buy or even like, but once you play with it, you wind up loving it!

Don't forget about the August sketch challenge going on right now...you could win one of these awesome kits. Or you can just go buy one if you'd like :) Click HERE if you want to grab one up.

 Thanks for stopping by today...hope you have a great one!

My Scraps & More August Reveal

I hope everyone has had a great weekend!  It's currently raining here...it's kind of nice because I can hear distant thunder, and it's a nice steady rain.  I do hope it lets up at some point so we can go swimming.  In the meantime, I wanted to share my August DT projects at My Scraps & More.  This month, the team is featuring the mini-theme collections from Echo Park.  I got the pleasure of working with Birthday Girl, and it is SOOOOO adorable and fun!  The colors & patterns are right up my alley :)

I scrapped some photos from Reese's 4th Birthday (she's really about to turn 6!!  What!?)  I love the pretty pinks, blues & yellows in this collection. I printed my journaling on a transparency...I love doing that sometimes!  Changing it up from strips or handwriting...

I saw this super cute sketch on the Basic Grey blog and borrowed it for my page.

I love the banner paper...and I knew I wanted to use it for a background.  I usually don't use such a busy page for a background, so I tried to break it up by adding some yellow paint.

I also added a few buttons & some cute loopy loop border stamping.

I used this sketch from Page Maps.

My final page again features the adorable & fun banners...they are so easy to cut from the patterned paper!  I added some paint drips and some border punching.  There is also a fun journaling blog page...perfect for documenting those fun birthday memories.

I also made a card. I'm SOOOO not a good card maker...obviously. But I had a few odds & ends left with the kit, so I put this together. I think it's just fine for a 6-year-old...haha! I have to admit, I'm kind of embarrassed to even put it on my blog!

Check in with My Scraps & More all week to see what the rest of the DT created with their Echo Park kits. Have a GREAT day, and I'll be back later this week with more from Artful Delight, ScrapFIT and Challenge Me Happy!

A few pages for My Scraps & More

Good Thursday morning to you!  I have a few layouts to share today...both are pages I created for my weekly DT challenges at My Scraps and More.  Each day a different challenge goes up, which is one reason why I love being a part of the team.  There is always a new challenge happening.  Don't forget there is a DT CALL going on right now!!  Check it out HERE.  It's such a great team to be a part of...you get free product every month and you get a VERY generous discount to use on anything in the store!  Give it a shot :)

Now, on to my pages.  The first one is from the {play} challenge I posted last week.  The challenge was to use at least FIVE photos on your page.  I still have lots of July 4th photos that I'm working on, so I printed out four of them really small.  My goal was to use the five pictures without making the page look cluttered.  The key to using lots of pics on one page is to make them small.

I loved this fun sketch from Page Maps, so I used it as my guide.

My next layout went up today, and it's another {play}challenge.  I really love this page...I used papers from Crate's Little Bo Peep collection, and I am so in love with the colors!  The challenge was to use TAGS on your layout...easy, right!  There is a whole page of tags in this collection, so it was a perfect challenge.

I am a big fan of Jenny Evans, and I love this sketch she created! I just had to play with it :)

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit. Don't forget about the DT Call...it really is a lot of fun! If you don't think you'd want to be on the DT, you can still join us and play along with all of the fun challenges over there. Fun things are in the works...you won't want to miss it!

1st August page @ Artful Delight

Good morning, everyone!  It's the first Tuesday of the month, and that means it's my reveal day at Artful Delight :)  This month's kit is so fun...it's full of Basic Grey's Paper Cottage, which is primarily what I used on my page.  It's also based on the August sketch.

I loved this black sheet with multi-colored patterned circles, and I wanted to use it as my background.  It's usually hard for me to start with such a busy sheet as my background, but I saw it as a challenge :)  I broke it up by adding the pretty blue and then adding some yellow paint smudges.  I didn't want to go overboard with embellishments since it was rather busy.  I love how it turned out!  These pics were tough to edit because of the way the sun was coming in behind Paige's head, but she still looks cute :)

These buttons are part of the kit (Basic Grey), and the orange alphas are Prima, which are also in the kit.  One of my layouts for later in the month is filled with one of the new collections from Prima!

Hurry on over and grab up one of these kits before they're gone! You won't be disappointed...the colors and patterns are to die for!  And don't forget that you can WIN one of these if you play along with the monthly sketch challenge.

Have a great day :)

ScrapFIT Warm-Up #30

Hellllo there!  I hope you're enjoying your Monday.  I am here to share the latest Warm-Up at ScrapFIT, and it's fun and easy one.  All you have to do is create a project with DOODLING on it!  I was inspired by the Amy Tangerine Sketchbook line from American Crafts...this has to be my ultimate favorite line ever!  I love the ultra-bright colors, the watercolor effect, and the doodling.  Your project can have doodled paper, or you can create your own doodles.  Here's what I came up with:

If your project wins, then we'll feature you in the FITGirl Spotlight later this month. It's a great way to show off your stuff and let everyone know a bit more about you. Give it a go! Click HERE to link up. Have a GREAT day, everyone!

Keeping Fit with FITKits!

It's Friday...woo hoo!  If you haven't heard about the new FITKits, you must keep reading :)  ScrapFIT is teaming up with Paper Issues, and the amazing FITKits are the result.  You can buy one right now, or you can enter the ScrapFIT workouts for your chance to win one!  I have one, and it's awesome!  I have already dove in and made a page with it...

I have so many pool pics, and I wanted to play off the oranges, pinks and yellows in some of the papers.  There is a Pebbles sheet included in the kit that is full of little banners with words and small journaling spots.  I used a lot of that one here.  I immediately LOVED the dictionary paper...I smeared it up with paint and mist to give some contrast behind my photos.  I knew the pictures contained a lot of blue, so I used the other bright colors against it.

These arrows weren't planned. They were the trim left over after I cut out the little banner shapes. I decided to let them point to the word "summer."

I really love this cute little ribbon...it reminds me of curtains :)

This was also my first time playing with Washi tape...and, of course, I love it!

Sara, our awesome Head Coach at ScrapFIT, also made a page...check out hers!  Yep, we used the same kit, and what a difference!  I also love that the colors work for a girly or boy page.  I love how she used one of the banner pieces to make a flag!  Genius!

Here's the full kit...it's so much fun!!

Thanks for stopping by today...I'll be back on Sunday with the August Warm-Up for ScrapFIT. Have a great weekend!

ScrapFIT #73 - I Remember

Good Wednesday morning!  ScrapFIT has a new workout up this morning, and it's also the first reveal with the new design team :)  Workout #73 is titled "I Remember."  One of the reasons I scrapbook is so that I will always remember the little things that you tend to forget over time.  We want to see what you create with this title.

Also, ScrapFIT has teamed up with Paper Issues to bring you FITKits!  (PI has a ton of new products & they ship super fast!)

FITKits will be offered up as prizes for each ScrapFIT Workout.   For you die-hard scrappers who want to get in shape ASAP, you can purchase them straight from the Paper Issues Store, along with all the other hot new products there!


Check out the first FITKit, Snowcones and Sunshine!

You have a chance to win it on the ScrapFIT blog by joining in on this workout or you can click HERE to be directed to the Paper Issues Store to purchase your kit!

Here is what I created for this challenge.  These are from Paige's 18-month photo shoot I did on our patio.  She was wearing a cute little Florida Gator dress, so the colors are challenging to scrap!  I found random papers in my stash that coordinated, and I love how it turned out!  I was completely inspired by a gorgeous layout from Ana Castro's blog...what a talent she is!  I did my own version of a lift of one of her pages.

Don't miss out on the chance to win the FITKit...trust me! I bought one and I am already on my second page with it...woo hoo! Head on over to the ScrapFIT blog and see what the new DT created...some serious talent going on!!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day :)