Snow Much Fun with ACOT

I have a new process video on my channel today featuring the Snow Much Fun collection by Carta Bella from the A Cherry on Top store.
                             
                                 

                               

xoxo Natalie

This Day is LIT! with ACOT

Hey friends!

Find me over at the A Cherry on Top blog today with a fun layout using the new Heidi Swapp Honey & Spice collection.

You can find a process video on my channel today too!

Here's detail photos too:

xoxo, Natalie

Hello October with Momenta

Hey friends!

Today I'm sharing a memory planning spread with you using Momenta products.

This spread is chock full of Momenta goodies!

The numbers & month are Momenta dies, along with the leaves.

I tend to lay out my photos and let them dictate the page colors. Oranges were standing out to me, perfect for this autumn spread!

The 'hello' is a clear sticker from Momenta

The wood veneer is from the Momenta adventure sticker set, and the paper form the floral paper pad.

The orange doily - yup you guessed it - Momenta.

The SMILE sticker was so perfect to document this boy's missing tooth smile!

I love these new, sparkly word stickers, and used a big one to document my husband's birthday:

I love how well these pieces layered in my memory planner. The page came together so quickly too!

Hop over to Momenta to grab the favorite bits you saw.

xoxo, Natalie

Fall Memory Planning

I have a plan with me video for Paper House Productions on my YouTube channel today!

Make sure to use my code PH19NATALIE for 20% off your orders at paperhouseproductions.com!

thanks for looking, friends! xoxo

The J-O-B - a Lasting Memories page

Happy Sunday, friends!

Today we have another fun prompt over at Lasting Memories for our month of telling YOUR story. Today's prompt is to scrapbook about your job, an old job, your dream job, anything about your work.

This is actually a page I've been meaning to do for a really long time, so I figured if I created the prompt I would have to do it! Many times people tell us their jobs and we really have no idea what they do in the day-to-day activities of those jobs. So, I think it's a super idea to journal your specifics for the future generations.

Here is my page:

I thought the WRMK Urban Chic collection was perfect for this page, since my office is downtown & when I go there it's the only day of the week I'm guaranteed to put on make up LOL!

I just received my Ink Road Stamps Snarks & Recreation stamp set, so obviously some Lesley Knope quotes are perfection for my page about my government job!

I changed out my machine thread to black & I'm loving it!

 I also used this sweet sequin set from Spiegal Mom Scraps to add some texture and interest to my page.

While it's not the most exciting of pages, I'm glad I finally got this story down! I hope you'll join us over at the Lasting Memories blog, as well as the rest of the selfie challenges this month! I cannot wait to see what everyone creates!

Thanks for looking!!

Selfie Adventure - a Lasting Memories page

I hope you will all play along with my challenges this month at Lasting Memories!

I have designed my challenges to focus on YOU & telling your story. I feel that too often scrapbookers leave themselves out of the albums. Your pages should be filled with your memories and things about you which future generations would love to know. I hope this month of prompts will get you started on that journey if you're not already telling your story.

Today's prompt is to scrap a selfie and tell a story about YOU.

I chose EIGHT selfies for my page - what?! I rarely scrap selfies of just me, but clearly I'm taking them. I looked through my selfies and saw a theme of my love for adventures. I took that theme for my page & scrapped about the types of adventures I enjoy most.

You can find my process video on my YouTube channel. I kept it short and sweet, but more details are below. Please comment here or there with any questions, and I'll be happy to answer!

I chose this loud floral paper I have loved since I bought it from a Project Life paper pack. This cut file I got free from Ali Edwards a while ago was perfect, and I"m about using up my favorite black puffy alpha from Studio Calico.

While peeing in the woods isn't really my favorite type of adventure, I felt this photo just shows I'm up for almost anything when it comes to an adventure, LOL!

These floral dies from Momenta perfectly complimented my favorite floral paper! I always love a good leaf die cut, we know.

Also I definitely had a recent Missy Whidden layout in mind when I created this photo line. You can see the inspiration piece here.

The back side of the floral  paper was too cute and coordinating, I had to show a bit! An we all know my page isn't complete without some sparkle - today, sequins.

I added the yellow label to make my alphas stick out  better, and I'm so glad I did, I love how it turned out. Although I may be the only person in the world distressing the crisp edges of Elle's studio labels, but I gotta do me.

Supplies:
Paper - Becky Higgin's Project Life
Cut file - Ali Edwards
Puffy alphas - Studio Calico
Floral dies - Momenta
Twine - Recollections
Typing - WRMK typecast

I truly hope so many of you play along with this challenge anytime during this month! Tag me on the socials, and I cannot wait to see what you create!

Thanks for looking!

Summer Vibes with my Guys

Happy Fri-yay, people!

I'm really digging on some Summer layouts lately, so today I'm bringing you another!

I was inspired by my friends over at Paper Issues and their Working Title Challenge to use Summer in your title.

 

Y'all! They had this beautiful Simple Stories Summer Vibes collection for $5 at my Hob Lob! What?!

Can I also just say that I totally just had to go look at the name of the collection & it's part of my title?! Maybe I subconsciously knew it? IDK. I think I'm just totally in sync with my LOVE - Simple Stories.

I'm such a frugal crafter (read: hoarder) that of course I couldn't just use the ENTIRE PIECE of my favorite paper from the collection on one page. So, I cut a border from this gorgeous  hombre, sunset inspired paper, and went all Missified with my stamp inks and packaging smooshing on some white cardstock.

I smooshed some turquoise/aqua at the top, coral and pink in the middle & orange at the bottom. I was quite happy with the effect.

One can never have too many layers, AIR?!

True confession: My cricut mat is in need of replacing, so after it butchered some of the cloud cut files, I couldn't ask it to cut me some paper strip borders. I used my circle punch to create a couple of scalloped borders!

The larger cloud is fussy cut from the SS collection, but the others are from cricut.

I adore the label stickers from the collection! the little confetti stickers went great with my Heidi Swapp shine splatters.

This particular photo only too about 100 shots. He kept holding his breath and going under before I could snap it!

I loved using the stickers with an hombre affect to match the papers. Blue atop and pinks/corals down below. Man, I love lazy pool days with my boys!

I had so much fun creating this mixed media, summertastic layout!

Supplies:
All papers and stickers - Simple Stories Summer Vibes
Guys alphas - Amy Tangerine
Other alphas - SS Summer Vibes
Inks -  Stampin Up
Splatters - Heidi Swapp Shine

Thanks for looking!

The Deathly Hallows - A Stuck?! sketch

Hey Everybody!

Today I'm bringing you a new page, and I have to admit, it is one of the favorites I have made in a while!

I used a wonderful sketch from the awesome Stuck?! sketches blog. I documented my first tattoo & a quote that sheds a little light into what it means (I journaled the entire story of the meaning behind my tattoo in my TN for future reference...).

Here is the original sketch:

I was definitely inspired by the diagonal, and LOOOOONG title for sure! Haha!

I got my tattoo shortly after my Grandmother passed, during which I was re-reading the Harry Potter books. I love the idea of allowing one to greet death as an old friend, rather than have it unceremoniously take you miserably from this world.

It's more than just a book or a story when it relates to your own life & makes you see things in new ways.

Supplies:
Gray Paper - Craftsmith
Black Triangle paper - Mambi, Me and My Big Ideas
Vellum Triangle paper - Seven for Studio Calico
Black alphas - Studio Calico
Deathly Hallows paper strip - Reminsce Wizarding 101
Gray alpha paper - DCWV
Tags/ephemera - Art Deco & Tim Holtz
Vellum written on by Cricut
Deathly Hallows seal - from Universal Studios
Oh and that's a brown paper bag too.

Thanks for looking!!