Showing posts with label sparkle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sparkle. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 01, 2021
Friday, July 23, 2021
Pretty in Pink | 80/20 | Life Stories
I created this using a Life Stories prompt from the Scrap Gals.
I have a video for the spread for the 80/20 series I do with my friend Sara Scraps.
I have a video for the spread for the 80/20 series I do with my friend Sara Scraps.
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Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Friday, December 29, 2017
2017 scrappy wrap up!
Hello friends,
Today I'm doing a quick post about my 2017 highlights. It was another rough year for my extended family, so I am not sorry to see it go and try to start afresh and hope to avoid any new disasters in 2018.
However, for my crafty life, 2017 was pretty awesome! Prepare for horn tooting, and scroll past if you don't want to hear some humble brags. But I accomplished some major scrappy goals this year, and I am happy to have a place to reflect on that awesomeness.
I feel like I really got into a good scrapbooking flow this year and focused on the important stories in my albums. I attribute much of that to my Scrap Gals & the ongoing conversations in our Facebook group about important memory keeping topics. Furthermore, I was #blessed to spend an entire weekend with some of these lovely, like-minded souls at the Nashville Scrap Gals Retreat this year! In my 20+ years of scrapping, I have never been to such an event or crop, and it was so refreshing to be around others who share the love of this hobby. I did a layout about the experience & the impact on me.
I was published in an online magazine and a paper magazine - WHAT?! In June I was featured in the Hello Gallery over at Jot Magazine. I was so pumped! Then I was even more stoked to have two layouts published in the lovely Creative Scrapbooker Magazine in December! These are seriously two giant accomplishments I thought were almost impossible, so I'm uber proud.
Also, I made my first compensated Design Team this year! I constantly blow up my pages and feed with Ink Road Stamps. I am so happy that I am on such a wonderful team of crazy inspirational ladies, and I love to use the stamps outside of my DT projects! I have made some great friends through this process. I love to share scrappy inspiration in the wonderful communities online, and it's nice to have others to talk to about this hobby since I do not have many people in my "real" life who get it.
I also am still a member of the Lasting Memories challenge blog design team. Those ladies are SO sweet and encouraging. I love how the weekly projects keep my crafty mojo rolling, and how flexible and understanding these lovelies are when life gets busy!
I created a free tutorial about How to Start Scrapbooking because I love this hobby so much, and I would love to spread the word about how accessible it can be.
I did a ton of Disney layouts! More to come in 2018, I'm sure, as I have not even touched the trip we took in October. I even tried my hand a some process videos, but I don't love it. I think it's a practice makes perfect thing. I will definitely be willing to practice more if it is required for some of my #goal DTs.
I won some stuff this year - which is always fun! I may forget some, I hope not. But I do know I won a My Mind's Eye collection from Scrapbook.com and a gift certificate, I won some free digital stamps from Kellie Stamps, I won the cutest Buffalo Check planner folder from the 1407 planners, I won some crafty supplies from Pretty Little Studio, and I won some mixed media supplies from Creative Scrapbooker magazine.
I definitely became much more comfortable with my mixed media this year. I LOVE to get messy. Seriously contemplating an art journal in 2018 just for the times I want to create and be messy without photos or stories.
I also feel that I have FINALLY defined my "style" here in 2017. Ya know, 20 years in. haha! But seriously, I have scrapped so much more in the past 2 or 3 years, more consistently than ever before. Practice does make perfect and definitely has improved my skills. I feel much more comfortable with design. The other day in our Scrap Gals group, someone asked us to define our styles. I love to craft boys, outdoors, bold colors, darker colors, but I also love SPARKLE. Give me all the wood grain and glitter, and I'm a happy girl. As much as those two may not seem to go together, I will continue to make it work. So I'm heading into 2018 with my RUSTIC SPARKLE style on my mind, to mindfully hone my style and let it lead me into a cohesive scrapbook album the encompasses my boys, our adventures and my love for all things glitter.
Whew! That's comprehensive.
Lastly, I've posted my "best nine" over on IG and my "true best nine" per the lovely ladies from the CAF podcast. I have a feeling I'm going to have another favorite podcast in 2018.
Here's to another crafty year! Cheers!
Today I'm doing a quick post about my 2017 highlights. It was another rough year for my extended family, so I am not sorry to see it go and try to start afresh and hope to avoid any new disasters in 2018.
However, for my crafty life, 2017 was pretty awesome! Prepare for horn tooting, and scroll past if you don't want to hear some humble brags. But I accomplished some major scrappy goals this year, and I am happy to have a place to reflect on that awesomeness.
I feel like I really got into a good scrapbooking flow this year and focused on the important stories in my albums. I attribute much of that to my Scrap Gals & the ongoing conversations in our Facebook group about important memory keeping topics. Furthermore, I was #blessed to spend an entire weekend with some of these lovely, like-minded souls at the Nashville Scrap Gals Retreat this year! In my 20+ years of scrapping, I have never been to such an event or crop, and it was so refreshing to be around others who share the love of this hobby. I did a layout about the experience & the impact on me.
I was published in an online magazine and a paper magazine - WHAT?! In June I was featured in the Hello Gallery over at Jot Magazine. I was so pumped! Then I was even more stoked to have two layouts published in the lovely Creative Scrapbooker Magazine in December! These are seriously two giant accomplishments I thought were almost impossible, so I'm uber proud.
Also, I made my first compensated Design Team this year! I constantly blow up my pages and feed with Ink Road Stamps. I am so happy that I am on such a wonderful team of crazy inspirational ladies, and I love to use the stamps outside of my DT projects! I have made some great friends through this process. I love to share scrappy inspiration in the wonderful communities online, and it's nice to have others to talk to about this hobby since I do not have many people in my "real" life who get it.
I also am still a member of the Lasting Memories challenge blog design team. Those ladies are SO sweet and encouraging. I love how the weekly projects keep my crafty mojo rolling, and how flexible and understanding these lovelies are when life gets busy!
I created a free tutorial about How to Start Scrapbooking because I love this hobby so much, and I would love to spread the word about how accessible it can be.
I did a ton of Disney layouts! More to come in 2018, I'm sure, as I have not even touched the trip we took in October. I even tried my hand a some process videos, but I don't love it. I think it's a practice makes perfect thing. I will definitely be willing to practice more if it is required for some of my #goal DTs.
I won some stuff this year - which is always fun! I may forget some, I hope not. But I do know I won a My Mind's Eye collection from Scrapbook.com and a gift certificate, I won some free digital stamps from Kellie Stamps, I won the cutest Buffalo Check planner folder from the 1407 planners, I won some crafty supplies from Pretty Little Studio, and I won some mixed media supplies from Creative Scrapbooker magazine.
I definitely became much more comfortable with my mixed media this year. I LOVE to get messy. Seriously contemplating an art journal in 2018 just for the times I want to create and be messy without photos or stories.
I also feel that I have FINALLY defined my "style" here in 2017. Ya know, 20 years in. haha! But seriously, I have scrapped so much more in the past 2 or 3 years, more consistently than ever before. Practice does make perfect and definitely has improved my skills. I feel much more comfortable with design. The other day in our Scrap Gals group, someone asked us to define our styles. I love to craft boys, outdoors, bold colors, darker colors, but I also love SPARKLE. Give me all the wood grain and glitter, and I'm a happy girl. As much as those two may not seem to go together, I will continue to make it work. So I'm heading into 2018 with my RUSTIC SPARKLE style on my mind, to mindfully hone my style and let it lead me into a cohesive scrapbook album the encompasses my boys, our adventures and my love for all things glitter.
Whew! That's comprehensive.
Lastly, I've posted my "best nine" over on IG and my "true best nine" per the lovely ladies from the CAF podcast. I have a feeling I'm going to have another favorite podcast in 2018.
Here's to another crafty year! Cheers!
Sunday, December 10, 2017
Whatever works! - A Lasting Memories challenge
Another week, another fun challenge over at the Lasting Memories challenge blog.
This week's challenge is using a tic tac toe board with our December memories/Christmas theme.
Here's the board:
I used sequins, stars, and wood veneer.
Can you believe I scrapped these photos the same day I took them?! I just had to tell this adorable story of my 2 year old meeting Santa, and I wanted to get it right.
Sometimes you just do whatever works to get the photo, am I right?!
I used my label maker to tie the journaling in with the bottom stamped quote from my IRS stamp set. I just thought it was so perfect since showing Santa the phone was the only way I could get the boy close enough for a happy photo!
Loving me some Nuvo glue, y'all! Check it out! It makes my wood veneers and sequins stick quite well.
I wrote atop some Heidi Swapp shine splatters.
I hope you will all go play along with this week's Lasting Memories tic tac toe challenge!
Thanks for looking!
This week's challenge is using a tic tac toe board with our December memories/Christmas theme.
Here's the board:
Can you believe I scrapped these photos the same day I took them?! I just had to tell this adorable story of my 2 year old meeting Santa, and I wanted to get it right.
Sometimes you just do whatever works to get the photo, am I right?!
I used my label maker to tie the journaling in with the bottom stamped quote from my IRS stamp set. I just thought it was so perfect since showing Santa the phone was the only way I could get the boy close enough for a happy photo!
Loving me some Nuvo glue, y'all! Check it out! It makes my wood veneers and sequins stick quite well.
I wrote atop some Heidi Swapp shine splatters.
I hope you will all go play along with this week's Lasting Memories tic tac toe challenge!
Thanks for looking!
Sunday, July 09, 2017
4th of July Adventure
It's time for another adventurous challenge over at Lasting Memories!
This week, I'm challenging you to create a layout about a 4th of July adventure. I realize that perhaps not everyone on the interwebs celebrates our American, 4th of July holiday, so if not, tweak the challnege to fit you! You can create a page with Red, White and Blue, and don't forget to sparkle!
I have another pocket page to share for today's challenge:
I lucked up this awesome Pebbles collection at Tuesday Morning called American and I adore it!
The gold foil ephemera is super fun!
I love the idea of sparkle on my 4th of July pages, so I included a fun shaker pocket next to my sparkler photo!
I also stamped the word firework for my title card, and embossing with blue powder.
I might've stocked up a little much on this awesome gold ribbon from the Dollar Tree last Christmas ... #noregrets.
Here's the backside of the page:
Isn't this Pebbles collection THE cutest?!
I just slapped a red firework ephemera on the back of the sparkler ephemera to make the shaker pocket work on both sides.
Everyone loves some Lachlan, so he got lots of facetime this night. And let's be real, these are obvs photos from 2016. Still recovering from the holiday weekend ths year!
I really would love for you to be inspired by my adventure prompts this month - play along with us at Lasting Memories!
Thanks for looking!
This week, I'm challenging you to create a layout about a 4th of July adventure. I realize that perhaps not everyone on the interwebs celebrates our American, 4th of July holiday, so if not, tweak the challnege to fit you! You can create a page with Red, White and Blue, and don't forget to sparkle!
I have another pocket page to share for today's challenge:
I lucked up this awesome Pebbles collection at Tuesday Morning called American and I adore it!
The gold foil ephemera is super fun!
I love the idea of sparkle on my 4th of July pages, so I included a fun shaker pocket next to my sparkler photo!
I also stamped the word firework for my title card, and embossing with blue powder.
I might've stocked up a little much on this awesome gold ribbon from the Dollar Tree last Christmas ... #noregrets.
Here's the backside of the page:
Isn't this Pebbles collection THE cutest?!
I just slapped a red firework ephemera on the back of the sparkler ephemera to make the shaker pocket work on both sides.
Everyone loves some Lachlan, so he got lots of facetime this night. And let's be real, these are obvs photos from 2016. Still recovering from the holiday weekend ths year!
Baby says it's good to be freeeee!
I really would love for you to be inspired by my adventure prompts this month - play along with us at Lasting Memories!
Thanks for looking!
Sunday, November 27, 2016
Getting Ready for Christmas!
Hello everyone!
Today I'm bring you a layout I created for Lasting Memories Best of 2016 Challenges. They've picked the best challenges of the year to bring back for one more round of inspiration. This week we're bringing back Glitz & Glam from the Oscars theme, which we all know is right up my alley!
Honestly I could pick probably any page at all from my December 2015 album to include in this category. I love the Glitz, y'all!
Today's page includes a photo of boys by my glittery tinsel tree. I used some stamps to create my own background paper for the title. I stamped the title - these boys are MY Christmas magic.
I just love these little glitter trees from Michael's!
This week my family & I are enjoying some amazing Christmas magic. So, I've decided to share the Christmas love & show some of my pages from last year's Christmas album. I don't do a December Daily perse, as I cannot keep up with the daily printing. But my 6x8 album dedicated solely to December and mostly all things Christmas is basically the same thing, just not necessarily in the daily format.
So I hope to offer a little inspiration to those of you doing December Daily.
And to those of you who are not - a bit of inspiration to think outside the box & make your project work for you!
Here is the opening page of my album. I have shared some of these pages before, but this week plan to compile them all together as a glimpse into the completed album.
I'm a little obsessed with acrylic shapes right now, so this little sparkle pocket at the beginning of my album is one of my faves!
Merry December!
I hope you come back this week to see more December scrapbook pages & get into the Christmas spirit!
Also, go play along at Lasting Memories this week with one of my favorite challenges of the year!
Thanks for looking!
Today I'm bring you a layout I created for Lasting Memories Best of 2016 Challenges. They've picked the best challenges of the year to bring back for one more round of inspiration. This week we're bringing back Glitz & Glam from the Oscars theme, which we all know is right up my alley!
Honestly I could pick probably any page at all from my December 2015 album to include in this category. I love the Glitz, y'all!
Today's page includes a photo of boys by my glittery tinsel tree. I used some stamps to create my own background paper for the title. I stamped the title - these boys are MY Christmas magic.
I just love these little glitter trees from Michael's!
I picked up these cutest ever little 6x6 paper pads from Tuesday Morning a while back, and they come in super handy for a 6x8 album.
That glitter ribbon is from the Dollar Tree! What a great find. I bought 6 rolls! LOL!
This week my family & I are enjoying some amazing Christmas magic. So, I've decided to share the Christmas love & show some of my pages from last year's Christmas album. I don't do a December Daily perse, as I cannot keep up with the daily printing. But my 6x8 album dedicated solely to December and mostly all things Christmas is basically the same thing, just not necessarily in the daily format.
So I hope to offer a little inspiration to those of you doing December Daily.
And to those of you who are not - a bit of inspiration to think outside the box & make your project work for you!
Here is the opening page of my album. I have shared some of these pages before, but this week plan to compile them all together as a glimpse into the completed album.
I'm a little obsessed with acrylic shapes right now, so this little sparkle pocket at the beginning of my album is one of my faves!
Merry December!
I hope you come back this week to see more December scrapbook pages & get into the Christmas spirit!
Also, go play along at Lasting Memories this week with one of my favorite challenges of the year!
Thanks for looking!
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