Fall is in the air...

Can you feel it?

I love all the sensory experiences of fall...

crunching leaves

Pumpkin Spice lattes
football games

bonfires and S'mores

crisp air and sweaters

 

I also love Halloween. I'm finally getting last fall's photos into scrapbooks. Here are the girls' pumpkins from 2011.



 

Supplies:

Paper- Me and My Big Ideas, misc

Stickers- Creative Memories; Martha Stewart

Alphas- Basic Grey; Scenic Route

Other- Stickles

Finally Scrapping!

Wow, it has been way too long since I've spent any quality time in my craft room. I remedied that yesterday and completed 7 pages! I was especially excited to start the dance album for my youngest daughter, so I'll share those pages today.

Spring 2011- Rehearsing for the recital finale, "Firework" by Katie Perry.

Supplies- Paper (My Mind's Eye, Reminisce, Prima, Creative Imaginations, Basic Grey); Martha Stewart punch; Top Note Sizzix die; Zapdots; misc. ribbon

Popped up the title panel

Had fun layering papers, punches, and ribbon!

"More Rehearsal Moments"

Supplies- Paper (My Mind's Eye, Creative Memories); My Mind's Eye brads and flag

"Dazzling Darlings" professional portraits.

Supplies- Creative Memories Dance paper pack, metallic silver cardstock; CM star punch; Stampin' Up stamp (Baroque Motifs); Staz On Black ink; Studio 18 rhinestones; Funky Brush Sizzlet alpha dies

I love how Staz On ink allows you to place your stamped images on multiple surface types!

The perfect amount of shine...

Thanks for stopping by today!

One Little Word: January 2012

Last month's assignment included completing a few written prompts. Reflecting on our word and why we chose it, what we hope to gain through it...

My word for the year is health.
I am using a circle motif and shades of red and gray to carry me through the year and add cohesion to my album.

Paper- Creative Memories
Stamps- Unity
Ink- Adirondak

Trash Walk: A Layout

Remember when the girls decided to pick up trash in our neighborhood? 

I finally got around to scrapping those photos!

Supplies:

Paper: Basic Grey, Bella Blvd., Creative Memories, My Mind's Eye

Alpha: Prima

Small Flowers: Prima

Large Flowers: Basic Grey

Stickles

Staz On Timber Brown Ink

Metal Arrow: Oriental Trading Co.

Creative Memories tearing tool

Lazy Luna: A Layout

Our cat, Luna, has a favorite chair. Her preferred napping and stretching hang-out!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Bazzill

Transparency: Hambly

Journaling Block: Basic Grey

Chipboard circles: Scenic Route

Alphas: Creative Memories

Ribbon: Unk.

Adhesives: Helmar Adhesive Runner, 450 Quick Dry, Zapdots

(most items can be purchased at Scrap-Tastic)

Sketch: Sketchy Thursdays

It's Happy Hour! A Layout

Nothing beats drinks with my besties!

Supplies:

Paper: My Mind's Eye (purchase at Scrap-Tastic)

Glimmer Mist: Red Velvet

Acrylic Paint: Berry Red

Alphas: Pink Paislee

Heart punch: Creative Memories

A Layout for National Scrapbook Day!!

My husband insists this isn't a real holiday,

but we all know better, right??

I am celebrating with Scrap-Tastic's online challenges this weekend!

Here's the first layout I completed, for the "Round and Round" challenge. We were to use at least three circles on our layout. I found the prefect sketch from Sketchy Thursdays to help me out.

Supplies:

Misc. plain cardstock

Patterned Paper: Creative Memories and Colorbok

CM corner rounder

CM circle punch

Misc. button and thread

Sizzlet alphabet dies: Aphrodite

Alpha stickers: American Crafts Thickers

Tristan- A Layout

Family friends, with two kids the same age as ours.

That equals lots of birthday parties!

 

Supplies:

Paper- Basic Grey

Stickers- Creative Memories

Alphas- Basic Grey

Glimmer Mist- Tiger Lily and Sunshine

Adhesives- Helmar ZapDots, Adhesive Runner and Liquid ScrapDots

Sketch:

Pencil Lines

Raising Bookworms- A Layout

I am a self-pronounced Book Nerd. Book Geek. Book Worm. 

Whatever you call it, I have always loved to read!

Seems like I'm passing that on to my girls...

Don't you just love their matching Princess Snuggies?!

Here I colored in white alphas with SU ink and a paintbrush. Love being able to customize things!

I think all the gloomy and rainy days have me going a little overboard on the sunny yellows on my scrapbook pages!

Supplies

Paper- Scenic Route, Bella Blvd., Bazzill

Glimmer Mist- Sweet Clover, Lily Pad, Coffee Shop

Alpha stickers- Bella Blvd.

Flowers- Prima

Provo Craft dec scissors

CM Custom Cutting System

Ink- SU Blue Bayou

Stamps- Unity- Little Buggers and Frame This Alpha

Papers, flowers, glimmer mist, and stickers can be found at Scrap-tastic.

Sketch

Twisted Sketches #97

 

Music Makers- A Layout

Music plays a huge part in our lives. Definitely a must to document on a scrapbook page!

I used this sketch from The Scrappiest:

Supplies:

Cardstock- Bazzil Bling

Patterned Paper- Bella Blvd.

Doily Paper- Basic Grey

Stamps- Unity and Whispers

Ink- Whisper White (SU) and Staz on Black
Glimmer Mist- Chalkboard and Bubblegum Pink
"J" alpha- Funky Brush Sizzlets
Creative Memories Custom Cutting System
Journaling Transparency- Recollections
Adhesives- Helmar Adhesive Runner, 450 Quick Dry, and ZapDots

Making Valentines- A Layout

This year, filling out Valentines for classmates was quite the production. Each card was inspected and read carefully in order to choose just the right one for each person. My girls were careful to not send the wrong message to certain boys. Less than friendly girls did not get cards that said "BFF". And on and on and on. It was exhausting, but made for a cute layout!

I started with this sketch from PencilLines:

 

Supplies:

Paper- Basic Grey

Cardstock- CM

Die Cuts- Girls' Paperie

Flowers- Prima

Heart punches- CM

Viva Pink Glimmer Mist

Vellum title- CM

Adhesives- Helmar Adhesive Runner and 450 Quick Dry

Hallofest- A Layout

I'm still catching up on scrapping events from 2010. Our Halloween trip to Kings Island (an amusement park) was fun and full of dancing, mazes and goodies. I used the March guest DT sketch from Magistical Memories.

Supplies:

Paper- Prima and Creative Memories

Alpha Stickers- Creative Memories

Chipboard- Fancy Pants

Adhesives- Creative Memories tape runner, Helmar 450 Quick Dry, Helmar 1/4" Zapdots

Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels- Coffee Shop and Bubblegum

Scrappin' Silhouettes #22- A Makeover!

My girlfriends from college and I get together twice a year for Girls' Weekend. In April of this year our time together included a trip to the mall for shopping and a makeover at Bare Minerals! I used Scrappin' Silhouettes #22 for my layout of Victoria getting gorgeous!

Most products are from Creative Memories.

Here is the sketch. To play along, create a layout based on this silhouette, then upload to the Scrappin' Silhouettes blog. Feel free to rotate or flip the sketch to fit your needs!

 

The Ears Have It- A Layout

Here is my take on this week's Scrappin' Silhouette. I made this, start to finish, in under an hour! I wanted to show what you can accomplish with a sketch as a starting point, and a pile of really old craft materials. Yes, everything on this layout is so old that I have no idea about manufacturers! Just "stash".

I used ribbon (applied with Tacky Glue) for the frame around the bottom photo, and the Creative Memories large circle pattern to create the yellow semi-circle.

Here is this week's sketch. We would love to have you play along and link up your creation! Be sure to stop by to check out the rest of the designs by our awesome design team, too!