13 Months... One of my favorite little people :)

Today is sketch challenge day over at Pretty Little Studio! 

My layout this week is about my cute little cousin, Blaine. I adore him. I try to take pictures of him (and his brother) whenever I get the chance. And I love scrapping them! Blaine is just so adorable and cute and sweet and adorable and .... I could go on forever. Like my title on this pose says, he's one of my favorite little people. :) 

In other news, I have been so busy lately!! We are still working on some major changes around here. Plus we've had graduations, a wedding, and everything in between to go to! And then this week is my graduation! Thursday is the day!! Eeekkk! I'm so excited! Today is my last "actual" day of school. Just catching up some exams and trying hard to finish the yearbook so I don't have to come back tomorrow. I will be so glad when May is over! I never thought I'd say that. 

Again, sorry this picture is blocky. I don't know what is with my Blogger app!! 

One more...

Happy Friday! Whoo, it seems like it's been Friday for days. Wednesday seemed like Friday, Thursday seemed like Friday, and finally! It's now Friday!! I got in some scrappy time last night since I packed all of my "to do" stuff into Wednesday. And I have my speech written! Yay! I like how it turned out. I hope everyone else likes it too! Six days and counting...

I dug out my Maggie Holmes collection for this page. I haven't used it in a bit, and I thought it'd go well with my picture I chose to use. Two great reasons in one, right? I used a Paper Bakery Kit Sketch for this layout. The only thing I really "changed" is I used hand stitched chevrons instead of arrows. I like the subtle touch it gives my overall layout. I think if I would have used arrows, it would have drawn away from the overall design. The stitched chevrons were made with the Amy Tangerine hand stitching templates from Amy's Yes, Please collection. I love them but I have to sych myself up to use them because hand stitching is so time consuming... I always love the texture it gives though. Maybe I should try adding it more often!

Having Fun with Free Files

I have been downloading lots of free cut files for my Silhouette ever since National Scrapbook Day and I got to play along with the challenge at Chic Tags to use their arrow diecuts! (Ok, we'll, it was to use any arrows, but you could use their cut files too) I loved this challenge! I even cut the FREE chevron arrow shape from the Chic Tags store and sewed them on the background of my page.

I used the My Girl collection again from Echo Park. I mixed some of the colorful patterns with some scraps I've had laying around in my scrap tray for a while. It worked pretty well! I thought it would look a little better than using just the papers in the one collection. I think it looks a lot less "matchy matchy" this way. 

Only one week and a day till graduation! I have half of my speech written... Gotta finish it either today or tomorrow. :)

P.S. Sorry these pictures are blocky. I updated my blogger app on my iPad and for some reason it uploads my pictures all blocky looking... :(

In other news, I have a tutorial up at Pretty Little Studio today! Here's a peek:

LMT Post- Using Washi in Your Title

Guess what I'm doing today?! Posting at Love My Tapes! I seriously love being on this design team because I get to think up cool ways to use washi tape! Today's topic is using washi tape in your title. Here's a sneak, but you'll have to go to the blog to see the whole layout! Click the blinkie on the <<left<< to go to my post at LMT!

Happy Mother's Day!

Just wanted to wish every mother out there a Happy Mother's Day today! I'm not a mother by no means, but I love my mom. I'm so blessed to have a mom that cares about me and is just awesome! :) So, in lieu of this day, I thought I'd share the card I made for my mom for this special day. I used the Sweet Girl collection from Echo Park that I just bought from Hobby Lobby! I love it so much! These photos show the collection to have red in it, when in reality, it's hot pink (much prettier in person!!).

Oh and look at this-- I bought this little Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Isn't it a perfect perch for my cards?

Ok, so I have another thing to share with you today. A "manly" birthday card! This one's for my brother who will be turning 23 a day after I graduate!

So, if you want I see the whole project,, then click HERE to visit the Pretty Little Studio blog! Thanks for stopping by! Come back tomorrow for another fun post! :)

SMILE layout

Happy Monday!

Wow, I can't believe I graduate two weeks from this Thursday! :) Very surreal. I have yet to write my Valedictorian speech and so I kinda need to work on that! I just have to have some inspiration... and I have none as of right now. Wow. Hope I get some soon, right?

Ok, so this is a layout I sent in to CK for one of their calls and it didn't get picked up. [sigh] Like all the others I've submitted... Anyway, it's actually one of my favorite layouts I've ever made. It's kinda artsy. And I like that. Plus I used the beautiful Maggie Holmes collection from Crate Paper for this, and that's one of my favorite collections. :)

You know me... that's it for today!

Winner & San Francisco Pics!! :)

Today is the day. Today is the day I get to share a few of my San Francisco pictures with you! But first, let me announce the winner from the Love My Tapes/ Pretty Little Studio blog hop. And the winner is...

Chantal Vandenberg!!

Chantal, please email me at limegreen(dot)flower(at)juno(dot)com within 7 days. If I don't hear from you by next Friday, I'll have to pick another winner. Thanks for hopping along, everyone! :)

So now on to pictures! I loved the trip. I'm so glad we got to go and that my dad got to chaperone! It will definitely be a fond memory of my senior year of high school. :) I think my favorite part was going to the Golden Gate Bridge. Totally loved it. It was so, like, ahhhhhh WOW! We actually went to the bridge twice. Once in the evening and once in the afternoon. The best food I ate was at Fishermen's Wharf. Fresh seafood at Fog Harbor. I ate shrimp, swordfish, and salmon and it was oh-so-good. The shrimp was soooo good. It was also the most expensive meal I ate too! But I can still taste it... mmmm....

I could write so much about our trip, but I'm going to stop for now and just show you the pictures I have to share. I took 555 pics total, so this is just a sampling.

Happy Friday! :)