scrapandbeauty

| 5 L U C K Y things |

This layout was done for the CP Creative Weekly last week. The theme was "Chartreuse". Green is my favorite color so I definitely had fun with this.

::: |our first advent calendar| :::

:::::*I finally did my first advent calendar for Aniyah. I saw an idea using tags on pinterest. Click over there -----------> for my boards on Pinterest and it's in the Christmas boards. There was a little rhyme & reason to it and I wanted to keep it easy on myself instead of trying to create something personalized for every single day. I wanted to utilize the MS snowmen stickers that I just purchased, my slice, stamping, an ornament, my corragated alpha's that I've been hoarding and at least one other element on each tag in each row.  I used my SC numbers set for most of the numbers and a mini clothes pin and stick pin on each. I'm not sure if she'll get something each day but it would be just a fun way for her to pull one down each day until Christmas. I'm not sure just yet how I'm going to cover my board but I may paint it white.

I took a few quick pictures of my baby when I put the tree up. I haven't had the internet in over a week and it's been so frustrating. Ugh!

few pics and jbs september kit

  
This was another kit that I loved and I'm loving black butterflies for some reason right now. I've been trying differnt approaches to taking pics of my layouts. Just trying to figure out how to get true to color and clear images. I've taken pics before on my glass desk or my craft table and I used a mirror I had this time to see how the pics would turn out------------------------------------------I think I like it but I need more practice on how to get the right pictures.  

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answering the call...

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.

jbs august

  
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.

san antonio album

When my Paper Moon kit arrived in the mail, I knew that I was not used to scrapping with more "boy" themed papers. I wasn't sure what I was going to do but I thought about our trip to San Antonio and that my nephews will be with us so I decided to use the kit to make an album for them. I already had this 8x8 album that I did nothing with so I will be using it. I'll post the completed album when we return.

JBS projects and photos

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.

 

 

happy st. patrick's day

From the moment I saw that cute shadow box Keisha made for the MM blog I just knew I had to have one of my baby for my office. I was trying to think of ways to decorate my area in a chic way with something different and this was just too perfect. I purchased the shadow box in the smaller size but I also bought a larger one and I was somehow thinking of making it again as gifts my mothers for Mother's Day.  We'll see .  I had the paper reverie card and I loved those butterflies so I broke it out and used it today. I definitely need to use it more often and I used MM Je t'adore papers for the butterflies. It is still my most fav collection right now.

I don't know where the "diva" personality in Aniyah comes from but these pics were taken one afternoon after she got home from school. She is such as mess!

SC projects

I totally loved the kit this month. I only got the main kit this time. I was going to purchase the first add-on and really only because of the polka-dot stamp but I decided that it may be in the shop next month so I'll wait and see. I loved the October Afternoon Seaside paper that came in the kit. It is that "planked wood" paper that I was completely drawn to. I find that if there is a paper that I really love, I will have to cut it and use it in pieces whether I make an 8.5x11 layout or just in various bits but I have to use it more than once. I broke out my ek success large circle punch again. I am in love with it, a little bling and butterflies.

 I started this with angles on the pattern paper and I just kept the same flow with my journaling. The polaroid stamp is a must have. I love it.

 

 I channeled my inner artistic self on this layout. I did some sewing which I'm finally learning how to do and I used my ever so faithful ek success circle punch on this layout. I also used some of my new paint daubers on this layout along with some studio calico mr. huey mists. I'm beginning to fall in love them. I love this process of scrapping because it's the freedom to just be creative without the barriers of having clean lines and perfect placement. I may begin doing more layouts like this. I've been extremely inspired by them lately.

projects and photos

I've been a busy scrapper around here lately. I got into a groove and I ran with it which hasn't happened for me in a long time. I finally got my JB projects done. I think that I may have decided to finally let go of my SC subscription. I've been getting them for the past 6 months now and I'm thinking that I will cancel and just pick up the kits each month if I want one. The main reason why I've been able to scrap lately unfortunately is because Aniyah's been home from school sick since Monday. She ran a 103 temp and when I took her to the doc, she didn't have strep so they just sent us home with Tylenol as the prescribed medicine. Well, she still ran the temp so she went back to the doc today only to find out that she has pneumonia. S far I haven't been sick but it's given me time to scrap and do some Halloween decorations around the house. The first layout is not finished. I just got stuck! LOL! I need to add photos and journaling.

                
 

I need to add some journaling to this layout. Will post an update.

I have to admit right now that I was in total love when I got the project kit this month. It will have to be my most favorite project so far.  I did channel my inner Jenni Bowlin and Keisha Campbell on this. Total love.  I definitely wish I would have gotten some of the Pink Paislee Twilght halloween collection last year. I absolutely love it! More pics are at my 2peas gallery.

few projects & pics of Aniyah

These layouts were done using the JB August kit. I got a little behind in doing these but I created a few layouts with them.

The first layout is of my beautiful mother and I used my new Tattered Angels pumpkin mist over the maya road chipboards.

This layout is really about my hubby but I love this photo of me that my niece took.

This layout was done using the Studio Calico September kit. I used the Fresh Cut ad-on for this layout. This is one of my recent fav pics of Aniyah.