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Another Blog Hop!

This month Webster's Pages is teaming up with Scrap That!

It's a Blog Hop, and here is the information right from their site:

Our Blog Hop features 9 fantastic blogs from our Design Team as well as 7 more fantastic blogs from Webster's Pages Design Team.

To qualify for this month's HUGE Grand Prize you must complete the following:

• Visit each blog listed on the hop to see what each Designer has created using this month's kit and sketch
• Each designer's blog hop post will feature a word to make up a secret sentence, collect these words along the way and follow the directions provided in ScrapThat!'s forum when you are all finished
• We also ask that you become a follower of ScrapThat!'s blog along with each Designer's blog
• Post ScrapThat! blinkie on your blog
• Stop by our Facebook Page (link provided on blog hop list) and like us
• Our last stop in our Blog Hop is ScrapThat!'s Forum, follow the link provided and complete the remainder of the blog hop instructions

Hop ends May 27 12am CST
Grand Prize MUST be claimed within 3 days of the announcement that will be made on ScrapThat!'s blog May 31st
If left unclaimed a NEW winner will be choosen!
Please Note: for anything larger than an envelope, winner will be responsible for the cost of shipping.

Here is the sketch we were working with:

And here is my Clean and Simple take on the sketch!

And for your SECRET WORDS: Life's Muse
Next hop over to:

Marilyn Rivera

Should you lose your way, come back here for the Blog Hop sequence:

ScrapThat!

Gerry V. Gent 

Jenifer Evans

Stacey Michaud 

Sandi Smith 

Jaz Lee

Alissa Wells

Diana Brodeur

ScrapThat! Facebook Page 

Amarilys Doria

Emeline Seet

Sandi Clarkson

Kay Rogers

Marilyn Rivera

Iris Babao Uy

Keren Tamir

Jamie Harder

Helen Tilbury

ScrapThat! Forum

 

It's Girl Time!

Girl Land, that is! It's a new line by Webster's Pages, and it's GORGEOUS. To launch the line we have all been working with the new line to show you all of the possibilities. Check out the blog to see what the other fabulous designers have been doing.

Check back in on Monday for a blog hop with not one, not two, not three, but SEVEN chances to win! (OK, I may have skipped a few numbers there. Work with me.) You will start at the lovely Anabelle's blog and go from there.

Here is an altered canvas for a girls bedroom using this new line. I focused on the papers from the Clean and Simple line. I also used my Cameo to cut the dress form and flower.

Details:

Check out that glitter Mod Podge! I think I need a 12-step program for Glitter Mod Podge overuse.

I hope you join us on Monday!

 

Simple Stories Layout

My nephew's son. Isn't he handsome?

Happy Wednesday!

Weekends are killing me.

With soccer season here, laundry, grocery shopping, as well as family commitments, there just is not enough time in a weekend. It's starting to really get on my nerves. The ONLY good thing about being crazy busy is the spring is just flying by. And that is a good thing. Because after spring is SUMMER. My favorite season.

OK, here are a few kit layouts using the April kit from Studio Calico. Wish I had more time to play, but this is it. Maybe next weekend.

Have a great Monday!

A few kit layouts

Here are two from the March kit from Studio Calico. It had a lot of Crate Paper Storyteller, which I LOVE. I need to do more with this kit, but the April kit starting calling, so I went to it instead. March, I'll be back!

 

Have a great Wednesday!

Catching Up Tuesday

Today I will share with you a project I am working on for Webster's Pages. It's a journal called "A Mother's Love," and every day there are prompts that you follow. At the end of the month you have a beautiful keepsake for your kids or your mother, depending on who you decide to dedicate it to. It's a very rewarding process, and has really made me think about my role as a mom. I love that I get the chance to get in on these creative endeavors.

Here is the journal on my desk as I was working on it. The pages are BEAUTIFUL, and each page has a separate section for the journaling. Mine is simple,  of course, and is coming together very quickly.

If you go to this page you can see the album as it evolves. Also you can see Diana's album, which she is dedicating to her mother. It's a fun journey!

Enjoy your Tuesday!

Simple Monday

I have some projects to share from Simple Stories. I just LOVE this stuff. It's a perfect mix of cool colors, lots of distressing, and a great variety in the line to work with.

First up, from my blog post today using "Fabulous."

Then I used the "boyish" line called "Awesome" for this picture of Jenna and her daddy hiking on spring break.

And finally another layout using "Fabulous." Have I mentioned how much I love it? ;)

It's been a busy few weeks, and I'm not exactly on target with my to-do list. But I am trying to blog again regularly. Wish me luck!

Exciting stuff, friends!

First, have you seen this new idea from Webster's Pages?

 

You'll have to click on the link above, not on the image. I can't figure out how to make this a link.

Or how about this new release from Simple Stories? The line is called "Summer Fresh" and I am in love! The denim papers make me happy.

Here is just a peek at the stickers that come with the line. Follow the link to see the rest.

And check out these pockets!!!

Fun stuff, my friends!

Cha-Cha-Cha Changes

It's been a while. The weather has been AMAZING in Michigan, and we have been taking full advantage of it by hanging outside whenever possible. By the time we come in, it's bedtime. As such, no creative endeavors, but some quality family time. It's amazing how much warm weather can improve the mood. Now the allergies? They are taking a bit of getting used to.

So onto the changes. As my year with GCD and Lily Bee comes to a close, I thought I would share my last two projects with these teams. I had a blast with both, and wish them all the best.

First up, GCD. I love the colors in this new line called Splendor. I modeled the page off a free template from Designer Digitals, and added the photos to the film strips and cut them out. I then finished the page, adding some tickets cut with my Cameo.  

Then Lily Bee, I used a new line called Buttercup. Man, am I in love with the colors in this line! I busted out my Cameo again and made my own element. Totally unlike me, as I am obsessively simple. It was fun to break out of my habits though.

 I feel fortunate to have all of these opportunities, for sure. And to top it all off, I just had three projects chosen for a new idea book called "For the Home" from Scrapbook Trends. They are all projects using Lily Bee, which is the best way for me to say thanks for the opportunity to design. It's a reminder of why I choose to design. It keeps me creating and trying new things. It forces me to MAKE TIME to create, which I wouldn't do without the deadlines.

And I look forward to this year with Webster's Pages and Simple Stories. Exciting changes, to be sure!

Another layout, you say?

Well, for this week it's all I've got. Not terrifically wordy, but loving the break in the weather. Spring is coming, my friends. And for that I am so very grateful!

New line from My Mind's Eye. Scanned dark, is much lighter IRL. Still struggle with photographing and/or scanning my layouts. Drives me crazy!

Happy Thursday!