One Special Girl

I have a layout to share with you today about a very special girl. Her name is Mary Elizabeth. I knew her when I worked at the daycare. A couple of months after I quit I found out that she had leukemia! My heart was broken. She is THE sweetest and cutest little girl. It hurt my heart to know she was going to have to go through so much. Well, fast forward to graduation night. One of her brothers was in my graduating class, so she was there too. I got to see her for the first time since I found out she had cancer. Of course she had lost all of her hair, but she seemed as sweet and spunky as ever. I just love her. So I had to make sure I got a picture with her. ;) Thankfully, Mary Elizabeth has the most treatable type of leukemia, so that's encouraging. But to think-- she's 3 years old and already went through so much in her little life. Just breaks my heart.

Anyway, I used my Artful Delight May kit for this page, which had some awesome Amy Tangerine Yes, Please and Heidi Swapp Serendipity mixed together. I really liked the combo! I added some of my own embellishements, such as the wood veneer circles and die cut arrow from Chic Tags. I'm lovin' me some Chic Tags lately!! 

Oh- and I used the sketch HERE from Pamela's blog for this layout. Love her sketches. 

Have a wonderful Wednesday! :)

-Heather

Another Post for Today-- PBK+SYS

Ok I just have to go ahead and post this layout too today. I made this layout with the Paper Bakery Kit Sketch #5. I loved all of the banners so much that I left them the way they were arranged on the sketch and just followed the layering.  I used my Dear Lizzy "Fifth & Frolic" scraps on this page. When I knew I wanted to use this sketch, I thought, "What line do I have lots of scraps of??" Fifth & Frolic won. :) 

I also made this page for the Scrap Your Story challenge to document one of your journeys. I scrapped my journey through high school. I'm so glad it's over! :D 

Ok I'm so bad at blogging stuff you want to read. So I'll stop now. Haha. No, really. I have trouble making blog posts interesting. Any tips?

Sketch Day {PLS}

Today there's another fabulous sketch up over at the Pretty Little Studio blog! This sketch is one of my favorites ever! It was perfect for my style! Here's a peek:

But you'll have to click e blinkie on the left to go see the whole page (and don't forget to play along!)

Love These Memories

Layout #2 made with my Elle's Studio Saltwater goodies! Yippee! I made this layout for the challenge over at Elle's Studio to journal on one of their tabbed cards. I love those cards and I'm so glad that that's one of the things I bought from this line! While I was making my layout, I noticed that none of the tabbed cards matched quite like I wanted them to… except for the red 4x6 card. So, I used one of the smaller cards for a pattern and trimmed it down to the 3x4 size. I like how it turned out! I then fussy cut the [awesome] "awesome" pennant out of the other side of the 4x6 card and included it on my layout too! And the saver that I am, I kept the other part of the card too to use later. ;) 

This is another one of my graduation pictures! I haven't scrapped allllllll of them yet. I'm getting closer though! I was going to title this "Little Helper" or something like that, but then I saw the Chic Tags free title cut files and I just had to use one! I cut them all out in white so it would match anything. I LOVE all of the phrases. I've already used 2 of the ones I cut! 

Thanks for stopping by!

-Heather

SFTIO Blog Hop

Welcome to the SFTIO Design Team Blog Hop! We are showcasing layouts made by the current design team using the June kit TRANSFORMATION. If you are just starting the blog hop, make sure you begin at Melissa's blog so you don't miss out on any of the awesomeness we're showing you on this hop. This hop is special because we are saying goodbye to some wonderful ladies and also saying HELLO to our new Teen Collective. "What is a 'teen collective'?" you might ask. We are combining the Teen Designers from Create U with our Design Team at SFTIO. This will be a wonderful opportunity to have each of these girls give their perspectives on the monthly emotion. Each Teen Designer will be joining us for one month as a Guest Designer, but will be a constant and active "voice" on our website and forum. 

This layout is one of my favorites I made with the ACHIEVEMENT kit from Create U. This layout is about how proud I am that I paid for my first car myself and how I consider that a great achievement in this day and age! A lot of teens nowadays have their parents pay for their cars, but my parents wanted to show us how much responsibility it takes to own a car. Plus then if we wreck our cars, we have to buy another. It makes me appreciate my car more knowing that MY hard-earned money bought it. I think it gives so much more independence knowing that I bought MY car. 

As for the layout, I had this idea to use lots of pennants layered in the top left corner that came out of the total blue. I love using lots of patterns on one layout, so this option worked perfectly for me. I used some of the bright My Mind's Eye papers in this kit to complement the neutral photos. I turned the photos black and white because my car is silver and the shadows were pretty dark when I took the photos, so if I recolored them to black and white, then it would give me a lot more to work with as far as fill light is concerned. I always work in layers. First the paper, then embellishments and journaling, and lastly the title. It's so easy to pick out embellishments when you have a kit handy. INSERT SOMETHING ABOUT SYMBOLISM My title actually came from a license plate that my dad had. It said, "Don't Laugh, It's Paid For!" He had this on his clunker he drove to work. I liked the last part for my title, since I do (well, did… I have another car now) have a Mustang, not just a clunker car.

So there's a little bit about this layout. 

And don't forget about the prize! Leave me a comment telling me a transformation that has happened in your life. Here's my example: Working. I got my first job in 2011. I worked at that job for 1 1/2 years-- all of this during high school! I found out how to "go with the flow" a lot more than I had had to before and I learned how to deal with not-so-nice people (and kids, for that matter!). I feel like that was a transformation in my life of me growing up. Can't say I'm a grown-up yet, but I definitely think that having that job changed my life.

Anyway, leave me a comment by Saturday @ 9:00 pm pacific time. The winner will be announced on the SFTIO Facebook page and the SFTIO blog on Monday! 

Thanks for stopping my blog today! Don't forget to stop by Scrapbooking from the Inside Out to get a FREE inspiration page! You can also see their awesome June kit HERE. 

So, now it's time for you to hop to Lori's Blog! 

Would Anyone Be Interested In...

A Mystery Boxto buy? I'm thinking they would cost $30 for a flat rate box, and that includes shipping. Of course there would be a lot more than that in the box! I have a LOT of stuff to get rid of! Just leave me a comment! :)

Notebook Tutorial up at PLS

Today I have a tutorial up on the Pretty Little Studio Blog showing you how to decorate a cute little notebook! I found some plain little notebooks on clearance at Target and I have been decorating one of them every now and then. I'm sharing a summery one on the PLS blog today, so check it out! (click the PLS blinkie to your left<<<)