Currently

Had this layout up at Chic Tags yesterday.

It's been awhile since I've done one of these "currently" layouts about myself.  I think they'll be fun to look back on when I'm old and grey and see what my tastes and interests had been at different points in my life.

As I was excitedly looking through the new Road Trip collection the day it arrived, the "You are Here" icon really jumped out at me, and made me think about life, more than an actual road trip.  I created my layout all about my currents around that one tag.

I think the A Camping We Will Go bunting are possibly my favourite tags of all.  I could use these guys on every single layout.  Here I managed to match up the "s" from a super old set of BasicGrey alphas perfectly overtop of the tag to give it a 3D effect.  The ATC is from the Everyday Life set.

And here is the completed layout.

What about you, are you in the habit of creating "currently" layouts, to look back on someday?  Perhaps you'll feel inspired to sit down and create one this week.  The Everyday Life, and Road Trip collections are perfect tags to get you started.

Only a couple more days of Spring Break here, and Easter right on our tails.  I hope you all have a wonderful Easter weekend xo Pin It

Chic Tags Sunday Challenge

Seems like the week has flown by.  I won't lie, I kind of hope it continue so Spring will arrive faster.  The sun rising earlier and the temperature rising ever so slightly has me in good spirits.

I have a quick layout to share with you today.  Once again it is Sunday Challenge over at Chic Tags.  This week the challenge is to use a specific colour combination.

Here is my layout.

My sweet friends and their beautiful girl kindly allowed me to use one of their family photos this week. I just adore the expression on Ella's face.  The new collection by Prima totally fit the challenge so I grabbed this sheet with the honeycomb pattern all over it.

I added some grapefruit coloured Zing and embossed the chevron pattern over top.   

The tag is covered with Martha Stewart modeling paste using a Crafter's Worskshop mask.  I think I may addicted to this stuff, can't wait to try more of it.  The title was made using my Silhouette Cameo.  I am so loving that machine, totally worth the price I paid.

Altogether I have four different Chic Tags products on here and a few other embellishments.

Hope you'll jump in and participate this week.  Veronica always has a great prize up for grabs.  You can see the colour combo and link up your own project here.

That's it for me.  I hope you are having a fabulous Sunday with the ones you love.  Thanks so much for popping in today!

Reminder, you still have until 11:59 CST to enter my Birthday Blog Hop giveaway here.  Good luck to all who enter. Pin It

Rockin' The Hill

Happy Saturday friends!

I am up at Let's Capture Our Memories today with my last post for this month.  I once again used the Pink Paislee Prairie Hill Collection to create a single page layout.

This is what I created.  You can read more about it here if you'd like.

I hope today offers you a little time to be creative.  I know there is a lot of inspiration to be had over at the LCOM forum.  You can join in the fun here.  If you are more in a shopping kind of mood today, I highly suggest you head over to the LCOM store and check out all the new product that has recently been added.  Amy Tangerine, Crate Paper, and Studio Calico just to name a few. 

In other news there is a pre-birthday giveaway going on over at Scrapping Everyday Miracles.  You can get in on that over here.  And don't forget we'll be kicking off our First Birthday Blog Hop on Thursday May 31st.  Hope to see you there!


I hope your weekend is turning out to be a great one, thanks so much for popping by today!

♥ S


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Sweet Baby

Hello friends,

Sorry I've been MIA for a bit.  We have spent the past 4 weeks or so participating in 2 big Dance competitions.  All our hard work, and hours of practice have all paid off.  If you come back tomorrow I have several photos to share with you that will give you some insight into the wold of Dance Competition as I know it. 

Today, I have a layout to share.

I found this photo in some random folder on my laptop a few weeks ago, and knew that I just had to scrap it.  It is baby photo of me, at a few months old.  My father actually use to be a photographer (or at least he knew how to take decent photos of us).  When I look at this picture there is so much I wish I could say to that sweet baby.  So much pain, and heartache I wish I could save her from.  There is so much she had yet to discover about the world around her.  The words of John 16:33 are what came to mind when I set out creating this layout.  They say "In this world you will have trouble, but take heart for I have overcome the world".  It is one of my favorite verses, and perhaps the most powerful, must hopeful, most full of promise phrase that this sweet little girl could have heard so many years ago. 

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As much as I wasn't thrilled with the Dear Lizzy Neapolitan collection.  I've managed to create a few things from the line.  This sheet of paper with all the random number squares on it sat in my stash for some time, until last week when I had the idea to cut it apart and use it to frame this photo. The soft colours work so well with the photo I think.  Once again I created a pinwheel to accent my page.  I really like embellishments, and always manage to find a way to make it work when a line doesn't include many, or when, as was the case here, I just don't have any more left.  If you're interested, or just missed it the first time around you can learn how to make your own pinwheel embellishment right here.  And the flower is a new Martha Stewart punch I ordered from Studio Calico here.  The verse is hard to see on the bottom of the layout because it's written in pink ink, but if you enlarge the photo you'll have no trouble reading it.

Thanks for stopping by.  I have a lot of projects photographed and ready to go, and even more on the way.  Most are for upcoming opportunities, but some are just for fun, and those I can share with you right away.  Oh and that secret I was going to let you in on...will have to wait until June 1st, sorry.  I thought it would be sooner, but no luck.  Hope you'll bear with me until then.

See you tomorrow!

♥ S. Pin It

Can't get enough October Afternoon

*warning loads of scrappy goodness to share*

I woke up this morning with a specific picture of D & me, and layout design for said picture in my head.  I even got out of bed early so I could get on paper before my breakfast date.  (I sure hope this keeps happening, twice in one week is definitely a record for me)  Here's the end result.

fun right?!  Please excuse the poor crop.

And here are the cards I completed last week and promised to share.

All of the above made with the fabulous 5 & Dime Collection

I also made a couple of stitching focused cards, inspired by the every so talented Sasha Farina.

Patterned paper & bling: My Mind's Eye, Alphas: American Crafts, Cardstock: Bazzill Basics, Embroidery floss: DMC

A straight up lift of Sasha's design.  Cardstock: Bazzill Basics, Patterned paper: Studio Calico, Butterfly: Cosmo Cricket, Sentiment: SRM stickers, Twin: The Twinery, Embroidery floss: DMC

One last layout to share.  This one was for a July sketch class that Katrina hosted over at My Scrapbook Nook.

Patterned Papers: October Afternoon (5 & Dime), Artisan Element: Pink Paislee, Mist: Studio Calico, rub on, and cardstock butterflies: Jenni Bowlin, Trim: May Arts, Alpha: American Crafts, Perls: Martha Stewart, Doily: Wilton, Punch: Marth Stewart, Buttons: assorted

This July Kit was definitely one of my favorites of the year from The Nook.  I still have some scraps of paper, and a bunch of chipboard, and shape stickers left.  I'm hoping to make a few book marks and tags out of them.  I'm sad to see it go though.

On a happier note did you notice that my last layout posted has been picked up for publication.  I'm thrilled to be seeing my work in the October issue of Scrap Street magazine.  A few of the writers are also Nook designers, so I think that's pretty cool.

I'll be leaving right away to pick up my babies from camp.  I'm so excited to see them.  The break was nice, though, I have to admit, and I'm sure they feel the same way :)  Tomorrow we're leaving for the lake.  We'll be back on Wednesday, as that evening we're off to see Hairspray the musical at Rainbow Stage, featuring George Wendt as Edna Turnblad (the mom).  If you don't know who George Wendt is this should help you.  The girls and I are pretty excited to see it live, and sing our little hearts out right along the rest of the cast.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I'm always touched that you choose to visit.

Cheers,
♥ S. Pin It