All night crop completed....

This is one of my favorite pictures and when I found this journaling in a print advertisement booklet I knew exactly which photo I was going to use. This is my daughter and my grandmother (her great grandmother). I'm very lucky to have been able to spend as much time as I have with my grandmother and that my kids have gotten to know her. The paper is from Creative Memories and was part of our goodie bags from last night! So stinkin' cute!

As you can see, I spent some time on my daughters photos last night. This sketch is from scrapbooks etc magazine and I'm so happy with the way it turned out. Love these colors.

Willow and her ball. These butterflies were just perfect for her so I created this page around them :) The journaling was an interesting addition. I wanted to use this really skinny journal strip down the side of the page but it's much too small to do any kind of real journaling. SOOOOOO, I just picked 10 words that came to mind when looking at the photos and accented a few of them. There are perfect for her.

And last, Cam my handyman :) I've had these photos for over a year now and I had no idea what to do with them. When I had them printed from walmart I had a border added so that I didn't have to distress them myself. This made it extra difficult when making my page cause i didn't want to crop any of the photos. Had to leave the borders on. I think it turned out great though. I used "boys will be boys" cart on this for the hammer, screwdriver, and arrow font. I can't wait to show it to Cam, he's going to love it.

All in a days crafting...

This morning I got up feeling a TON better than the previous week. So, this meant CRAFT TIME! I discovered a Craft it Forward Blog Hop was in progress so I jumped in and made a few projects today. I'm totally happy with EVERYTHING I did today. Haven't felt this satisfied with my crafting since the last major crop I went to. Aside from this 100% Boy page, all these projects are dedicated to my Craft It Forward mission and will be donated to a certain somebody (who will remain nameless until they receive them). I can't wait to show them what I've been working on! Hope you get as inspired as I did today! Craft on my peeps.

This layout is a 12x12 and of a photo of my oldest son several years ago. I just love this photo because he still has his baby cheeks which he no longer has :( The title is from my brand new cartridge "boys will be boys" and it fit him perfectly.

This was the first time I had tried a banner. It was....interesting.

But I think it turned out way cute and think I'll be doing them more often. A great way to use up scraps.

I've been wanting to do a flower pot with 3-d flowers for a LONG time. So glad I finally got around to it today. These were a pain in the rear but I'm super happy about how much they pop off the page! This stamp is the sentiment inside.

I found these really cute paper flowers with button centers at Hobby Lobby a while back and just fell in love with them. These were an easy card to whip up and the 3-d buttons just make it that much faster. Very, very cute.

I loved this "smile" cut so much that I just HAD to carry it over onto a layout. I hadn't planned to cut it this big however, but when you press cut and walk away then come back to this size... you change your plans. I love the way it turned out though. And these cards? So fun! The texture plates were a blast to pound on, of course Heath didn't like the noise too much during his movie, OOPS, LOL.

This card is actually for a certain somebody of mine who will be turning 6 this summer. She even helped me make it and has NO idea it's hers! Willow kept saying, "Awe, that's so cute." and "Whoever gets this should hang it on their wall." Well, I'm thinking we just might!

I can Write!

I saw this idea in a magazine for leftover alpha stickers. Take ANY diecut and FILL it with letters. Genius! Their version had a lot of different colors but I wanted something simple so I took red epoxy stickers and placed them on the red cardstock. I love the way it turned out. It was a quick easy way to add dimension to something that looked a little bland. I used Plantin Schoolbook for the apple, scallops, and fonts. I can't wait to add pics :)

It's my Puppy

This is probably my favorite "pet" layout I've done. This is my puppy Ophelia (Ophie for short). She is my baby. And she def loves to have her picture taken. She literally posses for me. Anyway, this was so much fun to make and thought you would like it. It's VERY easy too :) I used Plantin to make the circle and Opposites Attract for the LOVE title. Thanks for looking.

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On a Wednesday Afternoon....

I absolutely love The Outlawz site. You can find them here. Everyday there's a new challenge, from cards, to sketches, to colors to use, to simplicity, and on and on. This was the Wednesday Sketch Challenge for this week.

As you can see it's intended for a card but I decided to use it on a layout instead. I used the kit from Walmart and the Storybook Cartridge on this layout. Thanks for looking :)

This is one of my favorite progression layaouts. I love the burst function on my camera because you can capture such a great story. I also like this layout because I wrote on my photos which is something many people don't like to do but I think makes my layouts just that much more unique. I also love this background paper, lots of design for this layout, didn't have to add much. Title is cut from Graphically Speaking.

A layout that was a little difficult to do.... Recipe called for 10 circles, a few buttons, one rub on and 2 photos. I usually like to cover my pages with lots of detail but I like the way this one turned out. So simple.

Falling Behind

My son cracks me up so bad in this photo. i am not too impressed with my layout but I can't think of anything to change it. And because i'm so far behind i don't think i will be changing it any time soon. But you know, i don't remember entering a "perfection" contest so even if its not quite right, it can still be called finished and added to the books. I'm off to create another page!!!

I love the swirly star on the home accents cartridge. I've used it on so many projects. And yes, it can be used for boys too! I took these photos of my son for his school photos this year and decided it would be perfect time to use this star. My challenge for you this week is to use something that might be stereotyped and prove it WRONG!!! Use it however you see fit. Wanna put lace on a football page? Why not?

Sorry it's been a while girls. Been working at the new temp job and never seem to find time to get online. Then the one day I do, the net is down!!! UGHness. Okay, so here is a layout of my darling nephew Zack. The frog pp cut out is actually the negative cut from another page I did. Just couldn't let it go to waste. That inspired me to do an entire page of just scraps. Everything on this page comes from my leftovers box. Your challenge this week is to create a layout using leftovers. Be sure to leave me some love too!

Puppy Love

This is one of my favorite layouts of my Ophie. She is always just so happy to get her pictures taken. I scrap lifted this one out of "Easier than ever Scrapbooking Volume 2". Hope you enjoy!

My son has some of the most priceless expressions of concern and thought. I'm glad I was able to capture that here when he wasn't looking at me. Your challenge this week is to take pics of your kids without them looking at you. Don't even tell them you're taking pics, just walk up and get a few before they notice. You'll be pretty surprised at what you can catch!

Coordinating Page Kits = 3 layouts and 5 cards

One of the things I love to do is make my own page kits. Each of my kits include....

3-4 sheets of coordinating patterened paper

3-4 sheets of coordinating solid cardstock

1-2 alphabets

A handful of embellishments such as chipboard, bling, titles, journaling blocks, etc

2-3 yards of different ribbons

Once I have my page kit together, I'll just slip it all into a 2 gallon size baggy and throw it in my travel bag for the next crop. Here are some creations I made yesterday in 4 hours by using one of my kits I put together. Let me tell you, there was only one journaling strip and 2 yards of ribbon left when I got done, I used every single sheet and embellishment.

I also made some cards with the leftovers.

These are some of my favorite photos of all time. Each one has it's own take on my son Camron's personality when he was 6 months old. They make me laugh and cry all in one EVERY single time I look at them. I love this quote, "If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred and one day so I won't ever have to live without you." -Winnie the Pooh. Your challenge this week is to take a favorite quote and use it! Even if you already have before, use it on another page for a different album. Thanks for looking and remember to leave feedback, I live for it you know!

My husband is one of the most sexy men alive, even if I'm the only one who agrees. I love this new line Rockstar by DCWV. This was my first layout using this pack. I like the colors in this entire pack. It makes it easy to make Manly Men pages. Just to keep it more lovey dovey I added gemstones around the U in the shape of a heart and on the title in select places. This page still has a rough look to it but the bling just adds so much. I want you to try this technique. Use some rougher looking patterned paper and add some bling to it. See what you come up with.