How was your NSD?

I had an awesome weekend at my scrapbook retreat! After I got home this afternoon, then I did another layout with this Pretty Little Studio sketch. I normally would NEVER be this "random" with my page but I thought it might be fun to be a little "messy" with my style. What do you think of it? I used some Jillibean Soup "Sweet & Sour" scraps that I have... I lovvvve this line! I bought a LOT of new stuff at the retreat this weekend... the most I have ever spent at one time on scrappy stuff. I didn't know how much I spent till the end of the retreat, and boy-- it sure grows! LOL I better go on another freeze. :)

A Braddy Layout

Hi! I'm out of school for Presidents' Day today (just a weather day, really) and I completed a layout for the Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday Challenge to use brads or eyelets on your project! You can find the challenge here.

I have had this Jillibean Soup "Chicken Soup" paper for what seems like a while (some of it over 6 months, then I bought some more goodies to match back in Nov./ Dec.) with scrapping our animals in mind. Well, we got baby goats January 31st (on a Tuesday) and the momma died the following Saturday. :( So now we have little orphan goaties. We feed them formula in baby bottles now. I thought this paper was "appropriate" for this page. 

It's kinda funny... I started out with a TOTALLY different approach to this layout, then I decided I didn't like it and just made it up as I went along! This is my first layout that I really like how I layered everything. (Maybe I AM finally getting the hang of it!)

Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Jillibean Soup

Cardstock: Stampin' Up!, The Paper Studio

Brads: The Paper Studio, Target, American Crafts

Letter Stickers: Making Memories, Jillibean Soup (question mark: American Crafts)

Buttons: Michael's, American Crafts, other

Pen: American Crafts

Stickers: Jillibean Soup

Other: Burlap

In all, I used 23 brads on this layout! Wow! What a stretch for me; I hardly ever use brads!

A Jillibean Soup Layout!

Happy Saturday!! I am so excited I have a three day weekend and I'm hoping to scrap a lot! My mom is going to scrap with me too! :)

I made this layout last week just for fun- not for ANY challenges! This time, I was inspired by both the pictures and the cute Jillibean Soup "Sweet and Sour Soup" paper. And see that cute flower shape I used for the title? I repurposed that from the package of corrugated frames that I got and I thought it went perfect on this layout.

The "two" letters are my faaaaavorite font ever! It's the new Amy Tangerine line. I was looking for these and I went to my LSS and they had them! Woo hoo! It was the last pack of them too! I was so excited to get them!

Hope you have a scrappy day today! :)

"Boy Genius" Layout and a Frosted Designs Card

This weekend I actually got some scrappy time! Woo hoo! I completed a layout for the Sketchy Thursdays challenge and a card for the Frosted Designs card challenge.

You know how sometimes you scrap certain pictures because you're inspired to? Well, that's what I did. I took these pictures this past Wednesday when my mom, sister, and I took care of my little cousin while his mom went to a doctor's appointment. We took care of him in the lobby of the office. Landon really is a little boy genius!!

I got to use my NEW Echo Park "Little Boy" collection I just got this week just for scrapping Landon! Love it- so cutesy and boyish!

Journaling reads: "Warren and Jana recently got an iPhone, and Landon has learned to flip through pictures by sliding his little finger across the screen. He figured out he could do the same thing on Laura's Zune! Just another reason why Landon is a... boy genius."

And here's my card for the Frosted Designs card challenge! I used my new Jillibean Soup "Blossom Soup" line on this card. Jillibean Soup is one of my new favorite companies!

Thanks for stopping by my blog!



My Favorite Lines of 2011

Well, we brought the laptop and mifi with us on the trip, so I'm posting a little something for the new year!

Here are my top 5 favorite lines of the year! And the great part is that I have at least a couple of papers from each of these lines! I love having a LSS! :)

Farmhouse by Crate Paper

Sidewalks by October Afternoon


Clementine by Cosmo Cricket

Out of Print by Basic Grey

Sweet and Sour Soup by Jillibean Soup

And one extra one,

Holiday Style by October Afternoon

Pretty Little Studio Challenge Cards

When I got home from work today, I thought about doing some scrappy challenges, and the Pretty Little Studio challenges came to mind.

This first card is for the challenge to use this lovely picture for inspiration.

I used the colors, snowflakes, and circles on my card.

And then this next card is for the challenge to use this week's sketch on a project.

I used some great Jillibean Soup "Dutch Mustard" papers and embellishments. I bought some goodies from their Black Friday sale and I'm LOVIN' it!! This is the first time I've ever had a lot of JBS product to use. I used the mini papers on this particular card. My card's simple, but I kinda like simple! :)

"Expert Hair-do" Layout- Frosted Designs

Hope you had a great Sunday today! I have a layout to share with you that I used a Frosted Designs sketch on.

I got to use a piece of my new Jillibean Soup goodies that I got (from the Ministrone line) along with some Basic Grey Out of Print paper! I love this stuff, and this line is perfect for fussy-cutting! :)This layout is about my little sister doing my hair for my birthday party. She's amazing at doing hair, and she reads and looks up stuff about hair ALL the time! :P My sister is so awesome...

(Love these AC Thickers... the black ones are new- they're called "Hardcover.")

Also, I wanted to thank everyone for stopping by and commenting on my project from the Handmade Holiday Blog Hop! I really appreciate you taking the time to comment on my crafting adventures! :)

Frosted Designs Card!

I have a card to share with you that I made from a Frosted Designs card sketch! This card was really fun to make, and for some reason I just felt like using gray as the background color for this card. I also challenged myself to mix different letter sticker fonts, and so I did that too on this card. It added a nice bit of color, I think!

As you can see, I rotated the sketch, but I kept the 3 brads on either end of the paper strip.

Gray Cardstock: my stash! :)
Patterned Paper: Echo Park (orange), Cosmo Cricket (blue)
Letter Stickers: American Crafts (pink, orange, purple) , Jillibean Soup(yellow) , Doodlebug Design (green), My Little Shoebox (red, pink), Making Memories (blue)
Brads: Hobby Lobby