Life is not whatnot

Friday, October 23, 2015

Week 42 | Scraptastic This Life Noted

Hi Everyone! I am up over at the Scraptastic Blog today with a pocket page spread using the Scraptastic Club's October This Life Noted Kit.

Here is a look at my Week 42:

I think this is one of my favorite TLN kits to date. The journaling cards are just gorgeous! Here is a closer look at the left side:

And the right side:

For more information on this spread head on over to the Scraptastic blog to check it out!

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Riptide | Scraptastic Club

Hi Everyone! Sharing my layouts made with the Scraptastic Club's Riptide kit and add on today. I think its safe to safe this kit will go down as one of my all time favorite Scraptastic kits...possibly my absolute favorite! The was by far the easiest kit to work with. The layouts just all came together so easily. Such a great mix of papers and embellishments. And the colors...oh my word...so in love with the colors!! That blue in Amy Tangerine's new line is my new fave! Here are the layouts I have made so far with Riptide...

Fairy House Tour

I really highlighted the blue in this layout. It coordinated so nicely with my daughter's sweater in the photos. I love those chipboard thickers...the colors are so fun paired with the woodgrain. Here are a couple more close ups...

Dream Big

This heart patterned paper was probably my favorite paper in the kit. I cut some of the hearts with my exacto knife and stitched them open, I then backed the open hearts with different patterned papers. I paired this with a large photo...a recent fave of my daughter at the beach. Here are some close ups of this layout...

And lastly...

You Are Here

This one was up on the Scraptastic Blog earlier this month...you can check out more details about it HERE.

Thanks for stopping by!

Monday, October 19, 2015

Guest Designing for Bella Blvd

Hi Everyone! I am super excited to share the layouts I created as Bella Blvd's October Guest Designer. I was so excited to be asked to guest design and had so much fun playing with Bella Blvd's new Collections. I was sent Family Frenzy, Whatever Is Lovely, and Fresh Market to create with. Here is what I came up with:

"Camp 2015"

I used mostly Family Frenzy for this layout. I decided to play with circles on this page and even added a few circles cut from the Clear Cuts. I balanced the circles with a photo collage from our summer lake vacation.

"Oh The Places You Will Go"

This is such a special collection and needed a special layout to go with it:) Again I added some Clear Cuts, this time in coordinating colors of the stripes on that fabulous chevron patterned paper.

"Yum, Yum"

Such a fun, bright collection! I made a square grid cut file for my Silhouette inspired by the grid paper in this collection. I added bits of patterned paper, stickers and embellishments in side the squares.

"One Year Later"

And lastly, another layout using the Family Frenzy collection. Love, Love, Love that Let's Take a Selfie patterned paper! It is so perfect for my family and all of our selfies:)

Thanks so much to Bella Blvd for having me as guest designer...I had so much fun making these pages!

Friday, August 21, 2015

Week in the Life | Friday

Here are Friday's photos and stories…

Woke up to pouring rain. I actually really welcomed it. Cozy coffee/computer time.

She was up early and in the shower for dance this morning…

Max was also up early for soccer because they had concussion baseline testing before their first session. Brushing his teeth…bathroom still steamy from Alli's shower. Times like these I wish we had another bathroom.

Doing her bun for dance. She loves that she can do these herself now (and so do I).

Catching up on some computer work with two dogs under my feet…

Also catching up on laundry…

Brandon mowing the lawn in the rain...

Soccer was cancelled for the day so no cookout so Alli and I went out for dance/school errands. First up was Staples for school supplies. She is so excited that she needs a binder this year. Picking out a color was a hard decision…