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6/27/13

glitz design: sunshine in my soul BLOG HOP




happy thursday everyone and welcome to the june glitz design blog hop.  you are probably stopping by from the lovely Noel's blog.  welcome, welcome!!

this blog hop is all about the wonderful "sunshine in my soul collection".  it's definitely one of my favorites from glitz.  the grey and white striped paper that comes in the paper pads makes me drool every time i see it!  :)

for this blog hop, i decided to make an accordion mini album using the paper pads (both 6x6 and 8x8) and the cardstock stickers.  the stickers in the sunshine in my soul collection are perfect for adding the finishing touches to any project!

here's a peek at my album....





supplies used:
glitz design sunshine in my soul 6x6 paper pad
glitz design sunshine in my soul 8x8 paper pad
glitz design sunshine in my soul alpha and word stickers
glitz design sunshine in my soul title stickers
other: white card stock, doily, clothespin, sewing machine


even though it takes a little extra work, i really enjoy making little mini albums.  there's just something about being able to hold memories in your hands.

thanks so much for stopping by today!!  

here is the blog hop list in case you are just visiting or are lost on the blog hop:



your next stop on the blog hop is the glitz design blog!  be sure to leave comments on each blog along the hop to be entered for a chance to win a "sunshine in my soul" prize pack from glitz design.  the more times you comment, the more chances you have!!  the winner will be chosen this sunday and announced on the glitz blog!  good luck!!







6/25/13

making your layouts interactive: a tutorial at chic tags...

i love making my layouts fun and interactive!



sweet little baby hands...


summer is just busy, that's for sure.
i loving visiting all our local museums and bouncy houses, but i bet i will miss our "routine" in a month or so.  looking forward to spending next week on the lake for the fourth with family.

i've still managed to find an hour or so to have some "me time" while the kids nap or rest.  thankfully.  i decided to play along with this weeks designer challenge at studio calico yesterday and created this soft and dreamy layout below.  i feel like i have been using LOTS of color and patterns lately, so i wanted to try to use as much white space as possible with the main focus being on the photo.  i love the vellum stars.  and i love vellum on white card stock.  it adds such a beautiful effect.




happy tuesday everyone!!

xoxo


6/21/13

happy summer!!


happy summer everyone!

if anyone needs us today, this is where we will be!

happy friday!

xoxo

6/19/13

glitz design: magic is something that you make and a cut file



i love this photo of my two laying on the floor talking together.  their relationship is truly magical to me.  i thought these words went perfect with the photo so i decided to use my silhouette to cut the title "magic is something that you make", as well as some stars from the chalkboard paper. 

i trimmed my chalkboard paper down to 6x12 so i could back it with a piece of white card stock.  i love how the white makes the title and stars pop.  i layered my photo onto several monochromatic papers from the glitz design paper pads and i finished off the layout the "color me happy" peek a boo to add a little pop onto the page, as well as some star garland (i basically just sewed together the cut out stars from the chalkboard paper and adhered them to my page).

the font i used for the silhouette cut is called oil can and it is my absolute favorite!!  i've saved the title and star cut file and it's available for download here.

find a magical photo and create away!!  i hope you enjoy it!  let me know if you end up using it!  i'd love to see what you create!

happy wednesday!
xoxo



my space....

i'm so excited to be sharing a little peek at my craft space on the studio calico blog today.  pop on over to check out where i spend most of my "free" time!!  :)


6/18/13

project life: week 24

i think i was wrong with my week number this past weekend.  i "think" we are on week 25 currently, so last week would be 24.  it really doesn't matter much.....i only keep up with the dates.  regardless, we are almost half way through this year.  wow!!!

here's a look at week "24"....


the most exciting thing for us this past week was my two and half year old son deciding he was ready to be "potty trained".  he's been amazing with the whole process and i think we are on the road to be diaper-free FOREVER!!  yippee!  other than that, it was just a typical summer vacation week for us.  playing outside, ice cream, fires, cousins....


here is a better look at each side...




and that's it.
as always, let me know if you have any questions about anything and i'll try to answer them for ya!

happy tuesday (which also happens to be my 36th birthday.  happy birthday to me!!)

xoxo


6/17/13

my new favorite.....the pier


the pier is maybe my favorite collection.  ever.  i don't know if it's the colors, or maybe the way the papers make me feel.  kind of like a breezy summer night.  regardless, i love every bit of it.


i've had a little time to play around and here are some of my most recent projects.....all using the pier.


happy honeymoon...

my husband and i got married and honeymooned in st. john, virgin islands.  this picture was taken of cruz bay as soon as we got into st. john.  how lovely is that???  truly paradise!!


i wanted to keep the main focus on my photo, as i added it to the center of my page and then trimmed the picture with fun little pops of embellishments.


i typed my journaling up using my typewriter and decided to add it to some twine, which i wrapped around my paper layers under my photo.  it's a fun little way to add some texture and interest to the page without overdoing it, i think.


cool....

my main goal for this page was to get those plastic alpha from the pier collection on this page.  sometimes i don't even add titles or thickers, so knowing that i wanted to include these letters made it a little challenging for me at first.  i finally decided i loved the way they looked over the paper layers.


and once again, i just had to finish off the page with some fun embellishments from the pier collection and studio calico, as well as some tags from chic tags.  

what about you?  have you gotten your hands on the pier yet?  it's pretty awesome!  grab it while you can!

happy monday!
xoxo

6/15/13

project life: week 23


i'm sharing my week 23 of project life on the chic tags blog today.  it's full of summer fun!  stop on over if you get a chance!! 

happy saturday!
xoxo

6/12/13

project life: week 22

we are settling into summer here and i'm trying to get into a good routine with my project life album.  i felt like i had it down to a science during the school year, but now with lazy days and pool time, i'm having a hard time getting back into a good rhythm.  i'm also finding that i am picking up my camera less and less since we are out and about so much!  i need to remember to document our "everyday" moments more.

anyhoo....onto week 23.  this is the last week of may.  another busy week with lots of friends, neighbors, outings and lazy days. 



here is a closer look at each side...





(sorry about the glare on the page protectors....  my batch of page protectors were quite wrinkly and it makes it hard to photograph.)



i'm linking up to the mom creative this week.  stop on over for more awesome inspiration!!

and that's a wrap.  another week in the books.
my album is pretty full so i think i will start a new book next week.  

xoxo

birthday wishes: chic tag blog...



i'm up on the chic tags blog today sharing a birthday layout!  lots of tags and banners on this one!!

happy wednesday!!
xoxo

6/7/13

little black dress kit club: amazing boy


hi and happy friday!!

today is reveal day for the june kit from the little black dress kit club.  this months kit is beyond amazing. i was instantly drawn to the "black and white" papers, especially this lovely paper from crate paper.  the gold dear lizzy thickers were perfect for adding a shiny pop to the this layout.  at first, i just had my photo and paper layers on this page, but i felt like the left side needed something for balance, so i added a few paper strips and some handwritten journaling.  




thanks so much for stopping by!!  i have more layouts from this awesome kit to post, as well as a fun little mini album i created.

have a great day!!

xoxo













6/6/13

hello summer....


it's slowly warming up here, which is a little crazy for a north carolina spring.  it's usually super hot and steamy by this time in june.  regardless, the beach is on my mind.  constantly.  i was looking back through some pictures of our beach trip last year and found this adorable picture of my son on the beach.  and i knew it just had to be on a layout.  and i knew that The Pier collection from crate paper just had to be my collection!!

so i created this layout for the creative weekly challenge at crate paper.  and i won..............what???  totally shocked and in awe.  paper and the companies who make paper are just amazingly awesome.

take a look....








thank you to crate paper for the awesome challenge and for featuring my layout on their blog.  seriously so honored and humbled.  i love this creative outlet and i'm just so thankful for all the doors and opportunities it has opened up for me.  never in a million years would i have imagined....

thank you to everyone who stops by my silly little blog.  you all are awesome and i can't thank you enough for your support and kind words.

as always,
xoxo

6/4/13

studio calico: project life week 19 and 20


i'm all caught up through week 22 of project life, but i never got around to sharing the weeks i made using the studio calico roundabout project life kit and cumberland gap project life add on.

like always, the project life kits are pretty awesome.  the colors are amazing and just so fun.

here is a look at week 19....


the "awesome" card in the top left was actually on a 3x4 card.  i cut out all of the letters and sewed them together to make a little title card fort his page!  i love how it turned out and i love the colors!


i cut the "rain rain go away" with my silhouette.  it rained ALOT this week and my little man loved walking around with the umbrella.  such a cutie!


i used the fun frame stamp from the roundabout project life kit to create a little picture window.  after i cut it out i lightly painted the white cardstock with my watercolors to give it a little color.


i also added a flip up card to include a recipe of our homemade granola.  i would love it if my mom would have recorded our favorite meals and foods.  how fun would that be!!!  :)


and this is week 20...

i used a mix of the cumberland gap project life kit, savannah shore add on and outer banks add on for this spread.  they all go together so well and i love throwing everything together!!




(that picture of my son on the top is how he prays at dinner time.  how cute is that???? hee hee)





and that's it!!  thanks so much for stopping by today!!  happy happy tuesday!  i'll be back later in the week to share my week 22.  

xoxoxo


6/3/13

glitz design: peek a boo




happy monday!  i hope you had an awesome weekend!  our sweet girl was in her first dance recital this past weekend and she was amazing!  so cute to see those little girls up on a big stage.  other than that, we were pretty lazy and played around in the backyard.  gotta love summer.

anyway....
i'm up on the glitz design blog today with a layout i created using their fun peek a boos.  i've been waiting to make a garland for a while and the peek a boos worked perfectly!  hop on over and check it out if you get a chance!!

xoxo