Oops... Late in Posting a Winner!

Totally forgot to post a winner from the PLS giveaway. Ready for the lucky winner? Drumroll, please.... And the winner is...

Heather (goldiecar)!

Yay! I'll be in touch, goldiecar! And how ironic that Heather won a giveaway on Heather's blog...?! Thank you everyone for leaving me comments and for the new followers! Yay! I'm up to 135 followers now! 

The Best Dad

Hello everyone! I haven't blogged in a bit and so I thought I better try to post something soon! :) Actually I do have something to post- two somethings. First of all, I have a new layout up on the PLS blog today. Go check it out-- I hope you are inspired! 

Next on the list is the Daddy Dearest challenge for Scrapbook Circle. The challenge was to scrap about your dad. And I actually got to use a SC kit! Woo hoo! I used the Story Time kit from earlier this year. I loved the Glitz Design "Color Me Happy" line, but I never bought any of it myself. So this was my chance to get some of that line and some other cute goodies too! The only item I added to this page that was not from the kit is the Studio Calico green and yellow cursive stickers for the title. I thought I would use up some stash! 

I really do love my dad. He's one of the greatest people I know. I hardly can put into words how much I love him. ;) He's always there for me. He works so hard for our family. He is a do-it-yourself man all the way. He loves me and my whole family. I really have a great relationship with my dad. I am blessed to have the daddy I have! :) Oh-- and I know he's the best because he took off of work to go with me to San Francisco. And he could care less about visiting cities. But we had a good time. That's another way I know he loves me. <3

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to enter my Pretty Little Studio giveaway in the post below! It ends tomorrow night! Trust me, you don't want to miss your chance. I have a LOT of good goodies picked out and ready to go to a new home! :)

Introducing... Nature Walk!

Today I'm sharing my VERY FIRST layout using the new "Nature Walk" collection from Pretty Little Studio on the PLS blog (click the blinkie on the <<left<< to visit the blog). I think Nature Walk is my new favorite line from PLS! The colors in this collection are just GORGEOUS! Minty green-blue, coral, taupe, red, and green. Oh. I'm in love. I love all the feathers, little animals, and geometric shapes in this line. You REALLY need to check it out. Why? Because I'm doing a giveaway, that's why. ;) 

I have sorted through my box of PLS supplies and gathered some bits and pieces that I either have duplicates of or I don't think I'll ever use. I have an 8x8 box of PLS product to give away to one lucky reader! And I just *might* have some Nature Walk included in this giveaway! 

So, all you have to do to enter is: 

1. Follow my blog.

2. Leave me a comment telling me your favorite product from the Nature Walk line, which you can see by clicking HERE. 

The giveaway will be open through next Friday June 28th and I'll pick a winner and announce it Saturday June 29th! Don't miss you! :)

2 Projects for Today

Ok you know how I love sketches! I have a layout and a card to share with you today made from sketches! 

This first project is for the Scrap Your Story sketch challenge. I used one photo instead of three and layered a lot on this page! I used the Maggie Holmes collection with a piece of older Crate Paper for the background. I love it when I use up old stuff! I think this particular piece was from the Neighborhood collection. And of course, I scrapped a photo from my graduation! :)

And I have noticed that I haven't made a card in a looooong time! I mean really, I haven't made one in probably 2 months! :O I found a new site with some challenges on it called Paper Secrets. I wanted to participate in their card sketch challenge (click HERE to go to it). I flipped the sketch sideways and made a horizontal card instead of a vertical card. I hardly ever make horizontal cards! I used The Pier collection from Crate Paper. The ephemera pack that I bought had a cute little stitched banner in it and so I used that on my card. It worked perfectly! I didn't do too much embellishing besides that because this will be going in the mail and I want it as flat as possible so it doesn't get messed up on its way to its destination! 

Thanks for stopping by! Have a fabulous Tuesday! :)

-Heather

Bring on the Sunshine

Happy Friday, everyone! I have a summery layout to share today made for this week's Chic Tags Sunday Challenge. The challenge was to use song lyrics on your layout. Well, I was so inspired by the Scrap Your Story challenge the other week to use song lyrics that I did another page with lyrics! Good thing there are so many songs to choose from! :) This time I used some lyrics from "All Over Me" by Josh Turner. I don't particularly love that song, but I loved the phrase "Bring On the Sunshine." I thought it fit perfectly with my pool picture I took this week when Laura and I were swimming on Monday. 

I used the "Atlantic" collection from Studio Calico for this layout, mixed with some awesome Crate Paper "The Pier" pieces and of course some Chic Tags! I really enjoyed just layering and layering and layering on this one. :) Can you tell?!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend! 

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?