"Big Brother" & "Holiday Cheer"

I just must be in a scrapbook funk lately cuz these I made to get back in the groove. ha! I'm also working on using up my scraps and it makes me so happy that i'm using more of the papers I love. Enjoy!

"Hit the slopes" & "Happy 2013"

2 more layouts from this last New Years that we went with my family to the Cabins! I really wanted to get these photos scrapped and documented before we went to a cabin for the New years again. I used a nix of different paper collections to make a winter and cabin feel for these layouts. Enjoy! 

"New Years Cabin" & "winter wonderland"

Made these layouts before the New years and just now getting around to share them. I really wanted to get these photos scrapped and documented before we went to a cabin for the New years again. This year I decided not to buy an Christmas or winter themed paper. For one, I really wanted to use what I have on hand and 2, I didn't seem to Love anything from the new releases. Hey I saved some money, right? So for these layouts I just used whatever I could find that was winter and cabin felling. Im really happy with how it all turned out! I also added a PL page protector in between for all the random photos. but I for got to take photos of them. Oop. but Enjoy for Now! 

Christmas Cards pt4

OK these are the last Christmas cards I have for you guys!... No wait I take that back. Remember I said that I didn't get a chance to use up all my paper that I bought and that I may work on it later in the year. Well that means that I may have more coming later in the year *wink*. But for now, I'm done! Enjoy!

 

 

 

Christmas Cards Pt3

So I know what your thinking, its February and these are Christmas cards. but I'm just now getting around to post them! Yikes sorry. One more post with Christmas cards come soon.

 

 

 

 

Christmas Cards pt.2

This is part 2 out of 4 for my Christmas cards. I useds Echo Park Park called This & That Christmas. I had so much fun making these cards just wish I had started earlier and had my own office space. But we're blessed with what we have!  Hope you Enjoy!

 

Christmas cards pt.1

I'm so late on this post, but its better late then never. So this [last] year I didnt really get to make as many Christmas cards as I would have liked. I bought 2 paper packs; both from Echo Park. The first is called This & That Christmas; which is this post plus 3 more coming soon, and the other is called A Very Merry Christmas. Sadly I didnt get to work on the second one, but I'm hoping once we move into our House and I'll have a scraproom/ office I'll get around to making more cards for the next year. Anyways Enjoy!

 

New Year

Its a new Year and a "new" beginning! I'm really excited to see what God has in store for me and my family this year! I know there will be some changes, good and bad, but God is in control and that gives me great peace and joy. I don't like making New Years Resolutions, because I break them or give up on them. But I do want to start/ challenge my self with something new [and try super super hard to fallow through with it] this new 2013 Year.

We all seen and heard about Project Life, and I love the idea behind it, but to try to make a 2-page layout EVER week seems too much for me, some weeks I cant even scrapbook one Layout! Plus I'm a stay-at-home-mom with a One year old, and that means some days are super super boring and dull. Boring as in, we clean, cook, and play, and that happens A lot during a slow week. My project life will look more like what I cleaned-and-cooked all week, not something I want to document each week and want look back at. So I've decided I want to try project life but on a smaller scale, I want to document Monthly. I'm thinking about doing 2 2-page layouts (the one with 4, 4x6 and 4, 3x4) that way I'll have 16 4x6 and same with 3x4, total of 34 pockets. That's more then enough room for photos and journaling. I haven't started yet so things may change down to just a 2-page layout. Either way I'm super excited to get my hands on supplies and get started!

So that was my first challenge to my self. The second is to take more photos. I also really want to challenge me self to us my Nikon camera instead of just my phone camera which is pretty crappy anyways. Plus if I'm starting project life that means I need photos to document with, so I'm taking up the 365 challenge I started awhile back but dropped it. I think I'll still post photos on my blog but do it weekly instead of daily.

Please join me on either both or one of the challenges and share them with me! I would love to see what you come up with!

Happy New Years to everyone!

 

Merry CHRISTmas!

Merry Christmas and Have a Bless New Year from our family to yours!

 

 

I'll be back in the New Year with more layouts posts and house updates!

Merry Christmas! It's all about Jesus!

Holiday Fun- layout

So I'm not crazy about how this layout turned out. The patterns are a bit busy and don't blend together. But I really don't want to take the whole thing apart and try other papers so I'm just leaving it as is. I must as though that I do like how I did the layering and the layout of paper and photos. Maybe next time I won't go Pattern crazy ;)

 

 

CHA Favorites

So as we all know CHA is going on in the Windy-city and I wish I could be there. But its alright I get to see all the new goodies that are coming out soon from the comfort of my home! My favorite thing about Summer CHA is that they start to release the Christmas lines. Those are some of my all time fav, plus I start looking into what I'm going to buy for that season! cant wait! Anyways here are some of my Favorites that are coming to the stores soon. I've link all of them so that you can see the whole collections.

Aspen Frost by Basic Grey:

Studio Calico:

Studio Calico, Year book:

Crate Paper, Acorn Avenue

October Afternoon, Woodland park

My Minds Eye, All is Bright 

AC. Dear Lizzy,  5th & Frolic

AC. Amy Tangerine, Ready Set Go

Echo Park this & that Christmas 

Echo Park, Very Merry Christmas