July calendar

Our house went on the market today so it is as clean as it is ever going to get. For the first time in it feels like weeks, I was able to enjoy scrapbooking instead of worrying that I should have been doing something else. Since July is fast approaching and I still hadn't made a calendar page, I decided today would be perfect. Besides, it is hotter than Hades outside and the basement is nice and cool.

Products used in this layout:

• My Mind's Eye Abbey Road collection
• Stomp "Big Attitude" paper
• Stomp "Brothers" die cut and small accessories
• Stomp transparency
• Stomp "Best Buddies" die cut
• Stomp chipboard elements
• Stomp ribbon
• American Crafts Thickers Dolce and Lovely
• WRMK sweetheart inker

Paper Girls Challenge Blog #10

The inspiration for challenge #10 from The Paper Girls Challenge blog was a picture found on Pinterest. I loved this challenge b/c again it had me reaching for the more vibrant papers that I usually shy away from. The picture is one of me in Blarney Castle from our honeymoon in Ireland. 

Products used in this layout:

• American Crafts City Park collection paper, Delights, and Thickers Dolce & Jewelry Box
• WRMK Sweetheart Inker

Turquoise #8

This weeks MWM from Scrapbooksteals.com had me doing a layout I've wanted to do for some time. My Grandma is super cool. She is in her early 90s and still is sharp as a tack and on the go. She has 6 children, 16 grandchildren, and 17 great grandchildren and we all think she is amazing. One scrapbook layout doesn't begin to cover her spectacular life, but it is a start.

Product's used in this layout:

• American Crafts Patterned Paper A La Carte, Thickers Goodness
• Crate Paper Mia collection paper and die cuts
• Making Memories paper reverie metallique butterflies
• K & Company Tag Pad
• Basic Grey glazed brads
• Ranger Stickles
• Fancy Pants It's The Little Things chipboard banner
• My Mind's Eye Follow Your Heart twine
• WRMK Crop a Dile

Turquoise #7

This past weeks Mid-Week Mojo from Scrapbooksteals.com was a fairly easy layout for me. It just sort of came together especially since I've lately collected a lot of orange and blue paper. I've lately been experimenting with dry brushing. So far I haven't gotten the results that I am hoping for but practice makes perfect right? Anyway, that explains the weird grey hue around the papers edges. The photo used is my favorite ever of me and my sister Mary. It was taken back in the summer of 2002 before my Senior year of college. 

Products used in this layout:

• Authentique Gathering Icons, paper, stickers, and notables
• Fancy Pants Summer's End paper, buttons
• Crate Paper Restorations die cuts
• Basic Grey stitched brads 
• Basic Grey Sweet Threads stickers

Wedding Card

Our neighbor's daughter is getting married tomorrow and I wanted to get her and her husband-to-be a little something. We have some of the best neighbors and they have been our surrogate families over the past 5 years. We always try to let them know that we appreciate them and Katie's wedding is no exception. The card I made was inspired by Aimee Johnson's card in the July 2011 issue of Cards magazine.

Products used:

• Making Memories Paper Reverie Metallique Butterflies
• Basic Grey glazed brads
• EK Success Jolee's Title Waves I Do collection
• My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Madison Ave. "Cherish" Pintuck paper
• My Mind's Eye Follow Your Heart twine
• Me & My Big Ideas paper stack Coastal Culture
• DCWV cardstock

Father's Day cards

With Father's Day around the corner I had to hurry up and get my Dad's and my FIL's cards made. Hopefully they don't check this blog regularly! I am incredibly lucky to have both a Dad and Father-in-law that are amazing, loving, guiding, and enjoyable to be around. They are wonderful grandparents to my children and are always there for us unconditionally. Very lucky indeed. 

Items used in these cards are as follows:

• American Crafts Campy Trails paper
• My Mind's Eye So Sophie journaling card and small accessories
• My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Two paper
• My Mind's Eye 29th Street Market transparency
• K & Co. Smash tape

Authentique June Sketch Challenge

The June Sketch Challenge on the Authentique blog gave me such a headache! The sketch itself was great but my brain just couldn't get all the elements to work together. I used the photos of me and Dave kissing the Blarney Stone during our honeymoon in Ireland. Here it is along with the sketch and products used.

• Authentique Splendid Majesty, Richness, and Magnificence papers and Tabloids
• Authentique Free Bird Series One Delight Paper
• Authentique Blissful Pleasant paper and Icons
• Basic Grey Sweet Threads alphabet stickers
• Ranger stickles
• Creative Imaginations stickers
• Crystal sticker elements
• Anna Griffin pigment ink

Turquoise #6

For Scrapbooksteals.com mid-week mojo we had a two pager! I was hoping for a two pager soon b/c I wanted to scrap these pictures I had taken last month of Archie playing with his matchbox cars/hot wheels. I struggled a bit with this one. At the end I felt like it was missing something but I didn't want to start adding embellishments and going overboard. This is not my favorite page, but I think the sketch was perfect for these photos. Here is my interpretation of the sketch for Turquoise #6.

In this layout I used the following:

• Echo Park This & That Charming layered chipboard and paper
• My Mind's Eye Abbey Road "Round & Round" paper and journaling card
• American Crafts Thickers
• Echo Park A Boy's Life paper and alphabet stickers
• Colorbox chalk ink blue iris
• My Mind's Eye So Sophie journal accessories
• K & Co journaling tag
• WRMK sew easy floss
• Authentique alphabet stickers

Paper Girls Challenge #9

The Paper Girls Challenge Blog challenge #9 is all about subway art. I used a picture that I was just waiting for the right layout to come along. I'm glad it came about sooner as opposed to later. We were on vacation and playing around on the Diag at the University of Michigan. Dave and Archie had gone wandering off and Fletcher was trying desperately to catch up. It was super cute! Anyway, here is my interpretation of subway art. 

In this layout I used the following products:

• American Crafts Campy Trails elk creek trail, rocky point, powder point camp, and salmon cove papers
• American Crafts Thickers
• Crate Paper alphabet stickers
• Cosmo Cricket stickers, and rub-ons
• Echo Park For the Record Alphabet stickers and paper
• Fancy Pants Road Show stickers
• Echo Park This & That Charming stickers and paper
• We R Memory Keepers Sew Easy and Crop-a-Dile

Turquoise #4

When I saw Scrapbooksteals.com Turquoise #4 sketch I immediately knew what pictures I wanted to use. Playing the front yard a few weeks ago I was messing around with my Instagram app and took some really cure photos of the boys. The paper for this layout was a little more elusive, but I settled mostly with Fancy Pants Summer's End collection that I stole recently from Scrapbooksteals.com.

Products used on this layout:

• Fancy Pants Summer's End Harvest paper, Strips paper, chipboard pieces, design embellishments, trim, buttons, and filter paper embellishments
• Fancy Pants It's the Little Things Honeysuckle paper
• Echo Park This & That Charming Numbers paper, Yardsticks paper
• Echo Park For the Record alphabet stickers
• Crate Paper Prudence Discretion paper
• Crate Paper Mia alphabet stickers
• MME Abbey Road Stomp "watch out" large accessories
• Authentique Blissful Happiness paper
• American Crafts Thickers hello
• Ranger Stickles
• Chatterbox Scrapbook Walls Big Loft Stripe paper

Turquoise #5

I got to rock out another scrapbook page today thanks to me spilling coffee in my lap this morning. I was on vacation for Turquoise #4, but I will get that done before this series is up. For ScrapbookSteals.com Turquoise #5 layout I used photos taken last week on our trip. We always love going to Ann Arbor when we are Michigan and it is even more fun now that we have kids. They had so much fun running around and playing in the Diag. At one point, my oldest started crying because we wouldn't let him go into the Graduate Library. Love that boy! Anyway, here is my take on the Turquoise #5 sketch.

Products used on this layout:

• Little Yellow Bicycle (LYB) Lucky Me Geometric Paper
• LYB Lucky Me Yellow Daisies paper
• LYB Lucky Me Chipboard buttons
• LYB Lucky Me Clear Cuts shapes
• Fancy Pants Summer's End alphabet stickers
• KaiserCraft printed chipboard
• Basic Grey stitched brads
• MME Follow Your Heart twine
• American Crafts Campy Trails Sunset Point paper
• American Crafts Campy Trails Cedar River Trail paper
• American Crafts Campy Trails Appleton Cove
• K & Company Edamame alphabet ChipCuts

I'm back with a twofer

Vacation was great but I did miss scrapbooking. Here I am back with a layout for two challenges. I like doing one layout per challenge but these two just worked together so well for me that i ran with it.

The June challenge from the My Mind's Eye blog is all about fussy cutting. There has been a paper from the Abbey Road collection that I have wanted to use for a long time but never knew where to start. I immediately knew what fussy cutting I wanted to do and this paper was perfect.

The Paper Girl's Challenge Blog challenge #8 was about using chipboard. I really don't have a lot of chipboard but I do have a bunch from the Abbey Road collection that again I haven't known how to use it in a layout.

For this Layout I used the following products:

• MME Abbey Road Stomp "Best Buddies" frame
• MME Abbey Road Stomp Chipboard elements
• MME Abbey Road Stomp "Big Attitude" paper
• MME Abbey Road Stomp "Rock On" paper
• MME Abbey Road Stomp "Watch Out" large accessories
• MME Abbey Road Round & Round "Round & Round" paper
• MME So Sophie Charming "Simple Things" sticker alphabet
• MME So Sophie "Living Proof" Spontaneous Floral paper
• K & Company Edamame Alphabet ChipBox