scrapandbeauty

::: |Project Life + Crate Paper Projects|:::

|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.

::: |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!

{spooking things around here..........}

 
I love Halloween and I guess I'll be posting about it until the 31st.  I love that Aniyah loves seeing it when she comes in. It's pretty cool to me. I still have a few more things around the house I want to snap photos of but it's been raining here so I haven't had a chance to get any pics.

In keeping with my Halloween love right now, I did this layout using Crate Paper's Random collection {supplies: Crate Paper, "Random" graphic, accent cuts Teresa Collins, "Haunted Hallows": poison} I cut the butterflies with the Slice and did some stamping and misting.

ready for Halloween

My favorite time of year is slowly approaching. I can smell it in the air that fall is coming.  I picked up this issue of Martha Stewart Halloween and these halloween lollie pops.

I took Keisha's idea of her lovely stamped tags and used the new clear stamps from House of 3 Phantom collection to create a few of my own. Love how they turned out.

early halloween projects

I am already ready for the season and to decorate.  I love Halloween and Christmas. I made this kraft box for Aniyah's teacher this year. I will add candy to it later.

I used My Minds Eye Mischievous collection for this box. I loved the colors and that it had a bit of whimsy to it for her to take to school for her teacher.

The box it started from.

These were some cards that I made with some making memories spook alley collection that I had laying around. I have so many Halloween collections and I need to try and use them up.

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.

slow progress

I'm making such slow progress with my jbs july kit. I'm trying to get out of my scrap slump.  I used my studio calico stamp to stamp some of the alphas at the top in jbs spice tin ink and I used jenni's ruler edge stamp in white ink for the top border. I love the kraft, cream and blue combination.

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 june projects & Happy Father's Day

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.

 

JBS May Kit

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.

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.

Happy Birthday Lashawn!

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!   

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.

layouts

I did these layouts with the SC September kit. There is still more that can be created with the kit but I need to move on to all my Jenni Bowlin things. 

 

This layout still doesn't feel quite finished but I was stuck on it and decided to post anyway.  I need to add some journaling but I love the circles nonetheless. I used Inkadinkado swirl stamp and some bling on this layout along with MM Flutter flowers and Classically Defined Stickers.

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.