I created this love box using Basic Grey Kissing Booth Collection! I found the box at JoAnn's and immediately thought that it would be a cute keepsake box and gift for Valentines Day. I painted it with Martha Stewarts metallic acrylic paint in gold and used a light coat of ivory paint on the inside. I love this collection especially the bird paper it's so stinking cute!
This is the box in its original state.
|Crate: Paper Hearts|
Crate Paper is another company that I love. I have quite a few of their collections and I just couldn't have been more excited about their Valentine collection. Not sure if this is their first ever Valentine-ish collection but I love it nontheless. I've had it even before Christmas but no time to scrap during the Holidays. I made these cards last night. I used some white cardstock, some new K&Company glittered clothes pins that I grabbed from Michael's, Hero Arts patterned heart stamp , new JBS Folder Tab punch , some American Crafts gold embossing powder, some glittered ribbon and paper from Michaels as well and the gold key from MS Valentine line last year. I love, love, love these cards.
I also created this layout. Once again I loved this collection and mixing it with glitter and gold.
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| P R O J E C T L I F E |
Finally done with DD and now onto Project Life. The inspiration...Ali and Vee. I've never done one before and just thought it would be an awesome way to do more than just layouts and more importantly...I am DETERMINED to keep it up. Don't mind me if that word appears more often than not this year. Sometimes creatively I just want to do other things so I thought I would tackle this just to keep all those other "everyday" things that don't end up on scrapbook pages. My motto as with everything lately is KIS----> Keep.It.Simple. That seems like the way for me to get things done and finalized. I'm proud of myself thus far with completing my December Daily album. I didn't take it past Christmas day but that is far more an accomplishment than past years.
|Style|
I wasn't sure initially on the style of my ablum, 8x11, 12x12, mini album, etc. I loved how I kept the color scheme of my DD the same. Reds, golds, blacks and whites. My attempt would be to keep some type of consistency throughout this album which helps to take a lot of the guess work out. It just works best for me at keeping it simple. I'm leaning more towards an 8.5 x 11 album.
|Supplies|
I am going to use my stash for this project, as I've been doing lately. I have too many things not to utilize what I already have. Definitely stamping, embossing, tags, ribbons, glitter, SMASH, JBS, Studio Calico, Crate Paper to only name a few.
I created a few projects using some basic grey products that I had on hand. The design team call called for 4 altered projects.
A little Halloween love thrown in the mix. I loved their eerie papers!
Hope everyone has a great weekend. We are off to spend some time with family. Maybe I'll get a day in to play with some new papers I have.
I totally loved the kit this month....absolute love! I ran into a paperpack sale at Hobby Lobby that had all their paper pads 50% off so I grabbed the Fancy Pants "it's the little things" pack because I loved the papers in this kit. I couldn't cut up the vintage receipt so I used it on top of one of my favorite papers...I love it in the background. August 8th was her first day of school.
I stamped the medallion in versa mark with amercian crafts gold glitter embossing powder.
New scrap space that I'm loving working in now. I had to take over the kitchnen nook but I'm loving having access to natural lighting and a connection to our family area.
Finally did some studio calico work. For a while I thought that I just couldn't find my groove with the kits but I loved it this time. I think I scrap better when I don't think about trying to get the perfect color combo or the right order. With the SC kits I find myself wanting to be more artistic than clean.
I loved everything about this month's kit. The butterflies were perfect and the new line was fun to work with.
This layout is just a sneak. I snapped it quickly before the lighting went out but I'll post it updated later.
I used both the new ruler stamp and the torn paper stamp on this layout.
I couldn't resist the border Keisha created on one of her layouts. I just had to re-create it for this one. Oh, and Keisha is such an enabler, I had to run to JoAnn's for the button sale as well
We had a quiet Father's Day. I cooked a big Sunday Dinner and just spent time around the house. I'm working on a few things using my June SC kit and hopefully I'll have a few pics to post this week/weekend. Have a great week.
I just loved May's kit this year. I really loved the colors in last month's kit and I can't wait to dive into this month's kits. I'm still so far behind with my Calico kits so I only have three layouts this time and a card but I'm hoping to back track and get those done along with some project kits I've neglected and several other things. I'm staying home this weekend so I'll be spending all weekend crafting and catching up on things that I need to be doing.
I love the new stamps that are out now so I used it and my martha stewart punch.
I love Talipia and we eat it all the time. One of my favorite meals with a squeeze of lemon juice on top.
I finally got a few projects done with the JBS April Kit and I still have May's Kit to do and several past kits and project kits waiting for my attention. I hope to get back to scrapping on a regular since my parents are moving to Illinois this week. Aniyah is in transition with them for some of the summer and I already miss her and it's only been a day. I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend. I'm off to watch the first playoff game and finish baking my sweet potatoe pie.
This card needs a bit of journaling but I didn't have a card in mind for anyone so it is blank for now.
I finally got some scrapping done! Yay! I'm so behind on a few kits from 2010 but I didn't want to make 2011 that way so I got caught up on my JBS Jan kit. I need to work on my SC Jan kit next so hopefully I can still get some scrapping done today. I love the black and cream in this kit. Jenni is always fab when it comes to the combination of colors in her kits. I can't wait to get my Feb kit, the colors in it are awesome!
I totally love MM Je t'adore collection. The colors are so fab and since I love the month of Feb, it was just too perfect. I bought a few more things from the collection that I need scrap with and I hope to dive into the rest of the collection soon.
Aniyah is growing up way too fast. She will be 7 this month and it's so hard to believe.
Finally finished these layouts for December. I'm working backwards and trying to play catch-up. So nice having my internet up and working today and since the kids are out another day, I'll hopefully be able to continue posting. I am addicted to all my MS punches that I bought before moving and just now able to break them out. I love this kit and the colors. I hate I missed getting any add-ons.
Happy Birthday to my best friend Lashawn aka Shawn-John. We've been friends about 14 years and I would't trade her for anything. I just wanted to wish her a Happy Birthday here on my blog and I hope she enjoys her gift. We had a weekend planned to celebrate but since Aniyah came down with pneumonia, we will have to celebrate another time. I love ya! This was only a small portion of what I have planned but hopefully we will make up for it soon!
