Lasting Memories Numbers Challenge!

Lasting Memories Challenged us to use numbers on a layout this week.

Goodbye 214, Hello 1526 is the title of this Layout. I chose the colors from the moving truck, my daughter's shirt, and our old house numbers.

Some cute little embellies  complement the photos perfectly!

My little map of our journey which includes my journaling.  I had fun with the twine!

 The twin was super easy to work with and I just added a few dots of glue along the trail to keep it in place!  Love it!

Color Combo: Gray, Yellow, Sky Blue

Gray

Yellow

Sky Blue

These are the colors of our design team layouts at Practical Scrappers today!!  I absolutely adore this combo and I am in love with how beautifully this page came out!
A bit of hand stitching!I think this might be my most favorite page ever!  Until the next one right?!?!

Come check out the other ladies takes on this color combo at Practical Scrappers!

Sketch 16: My Scraps and More Sketches

Today I am sharing my layout for Sketch #16 and My Scraps & More Sketches 

I rubbed ink around the photo mat to create the appearance of fading.

 I added these pretty little flowers, some washi and gooseberries!

Journaling: The important part!

Pretty little detail stickers

I love these Studio Calico little wooden people!  and a Simple Title to finish off a pretty page!

February Card Sketch

It's that time again!  Practical Scrappers card sketch time!  I have been so excited to create the sketch each month and this month was no exception.  Here it is:  

And the card I created with this sketch:

Some of the details:
Create a card using this sketch and share it in the comments!! We would love to see you creations!

Stop by Practical Scrappers and see all the beautiful design team creations!

Time to Go Out of My Comfort Zone!

Hi! If you are a regular reader, you will have noticed that I have been participating in a lot of new challenge sites and I think this trend is going to continue!

There are so many challenges out there from color challenges, sketches, page recipes...Keeps it exiting! I find that these challenges really encourage me to get more pages done and they help foster ideas that I may not have come up with on my own!  Even more than getting more layouts done, they encourage me to go out of my comfort zone and try some great new techniques and ideas and products!  Today's layout uses the #15 Sketch from My Scraps and More Sketches as inspiration and the Paper Girl's Challenge is Twine so there are lots of little Twine goodies on this page!  I surprised myself with the final product on this layout because it is not really my "style" but I LOVE IT!

Washi Tape is my new Best Friend!!

I hand sewed the buttons on, then wrapped the twine around them!

I love the Chevron pattern on the journaling block.  I followed the lines with my writing.

I secured the twine along the top banner by tying it around a straight pin and inserting it into the paper.

And a little twine bow!

Hope this inspires you to get a page done!

Come join the fun at the Paper Girls Challenge

 and

My Scraps and More Sketches

You might be amazed at how inspiring it can be!

Ella Bella Layout

Here is a pretty simple layout I created in about 30 minutes.  It has some cute elements and I love the color combo.

Share your creations with us in the comments!!

Pinteresting Valentines

Today at Practical Scrappers the designers used Pinterest as our inspiration for Valentine related paper crafts!  I needed some Valentines for my daughters teachers and found this adorable chalkboard idea from Paper-Source

Here is the Valentine I created for Practical Scrappers:

And a second Valentine I created for my other daughter's teacher:

Come see what fun stuff the other designers came up with over at Practical Scrappers!

Happy Valentine's Day and please share your Valentine's Day ideas!

Valentine ideas!

Valentine's Day is right around the corner!! If you have not created a Valentine for your loves, here are some simple ideas to get your creative juices flowing!

When I find a color palette that I really liked working with for a layout, I find it super simple to create a series of cards with the leftovers!  These cards were created just like that!

Super simple, but pretty and sweet!

Resolutions to Focus on Me

Here it is!!! My submission for the very first S.W.A.T Drill!  This was definitely out of my comfort zone...The focusing on myself thing is not my strong suit for sure, but here it is!! The color combo is so soothing.

This layout was also created for the Lasting Memories LO Challenge for Resolutions!

Lots of blessings to be thankful for in my life!

Love this cute little felt arrow!

 Really...34!! I do not feel like that is possible!!

Come play along with us at the brand new challenge site: S.W.A.T.!

Or play along at Lasting Memories! 

SMILE MORE!

I recently looked at myself in the mirror and realized for the first time how much better I feel about myself and the world around me when I smile!  I feel better, I look better, and I want to pay it forward!  This year is going to be about putting a smile on my face, and spreading the joy!

I am completely committed to this!!! I hope you will join me!

Sketchabilities Layout Sketch Challenge

Sketchabilities has an amazing sketch this week and I wanted to share my layout for the challenge!  You may recognize the color scheme from the CSI challenge, I decided to make a sister page because I loved the colors so much with these photos!

With this amazing sketch to work with, this layout came together so easily!

I used sandpaper to create my journaling spot.  I was a bit nervous trying this out as the page was almost complete when I decided to try it out, but it came out great!

Thanks Sketchabilities for the great sketch!!

CSI: Color Stories Inspiration Case 57

I have been out of the Scrapbook Challenge front for a while and I am working on getting involved again! It is such a great way to motivate and inspire me to get those pages scrapped!  One of my favorite challenge sites is CSI:Colorstoriesinspiration.  They give you a new case file each week.  Basically a recipe and a color scheme and you get to go to town creating!  This layout is my creation for the 57th Case file!  Why not come play along!

I absolutely fell in love with this color palette and the products I used...Be on the look out next week for some cards inspired by this color scheme!

Again, CSI: Colorstoriesinspiration, New Inspiration and challenge each week!

Berry Sweet Valentine!

Super quick idea for Valentine's for the little one's to take to their classrooms!  I made the card on Print Shop and put the note and candy into Cello card bags I had left over.  You could just use Zippy bags too!  The note says "You are Berry Sweet, Happy Valentine's Day!"

Other message ideas: "You are a Berry Good Friend", "To the Berry Best Teacher", "Have a Berry Happy Valentine's Day".

Have fun with it!

Cardabilities Sketch Challenge

I finished up my design team work super early this month and have decided to play along on some new challenges!  This challenge is from Cardabilities. They provided this sketch

And I created this:

I have never been a very confident card maker, but sketches have helped me to get the creative juices flowing!  Some close ups:

Why not play along with me!