Vol for Life

Today we have another Liftapalooza Challenge from Scrapbook Challenges.

This layout was scraplifted from Stacia over at Dancing Daisy Designs. Here is her original:

Since I wanted to stick with only orange and white, I did not add as many embellishments, just because I didn't have enough! Also, I was lacking a bit in the paper department with just the right Volunteer Big Orange shade. What do you do when you need custom paper?? Make it of course! I just pulled out some stamps and an orange ink & make me some paper pieces to coordinate with my all orange pages.

My son's preschool teacher is a huge Vols fan & all the kids in her class learn the words to Rocky Top. My son sings it all the time - it's adorable! I know I probably wouldn't think that if my husband and I didn't graduate from there and bleed orange ourselves...

I'm glad my son is learning so young that we cheer for the University of Tennessee rain or shine! Hey, we're rebuilding... ;)

Supplies
Orange papers - Basic Grey
White cardstock - Craft Smith
Power T sticker - Sports Solution
Orange sports stickers and footballs - Jolee's
White metal dots - Joanns Craft Essentials
Orange circle stickers - Recollections by Michaels
Orange Ink - Color Theory
Circle and journal Stamps - Studio Calico
Yay Stamp - Hampton Art


Thanks for looking & GO BIG ORANGE!

My Liftapalooza at Scrapbook Challenges!

Hey everyone! I am honored to be featured on Scrapbook Challenges today for the Liftapalooza challenge!

The challenge is to scraplift this little gem.

It's a little fitting that this challenge falls today, because tomorrow is my birthday! Woot!

Go check out the challenge blog & play along! I can't wait to see everyone's scraplifts! :D

My Baby - A color challenge entry

Today's page was created with the newest Studio Calico Kit, Film Club. The colors worked great for the April Color Challenge over at Scrap Much?!

I knew as soon as I read that sweet quote that it would be perfect for my new babe's album. I'm trying my hardest to savor every sweet moment, but it's flying by!!

The color challenge is this:

I used lemon lime, baby blue, laughing orange and paradise pink!

Here are some details, please excuse my face, as I had nearly just died (j/k...kinda?) while giving birth - ugh I do terrible with the anesthetics!

Supplies:
Paper - Studio Calico
Clips - Around the Block
Alphas - Amy Tangerine for American Crafts
Staples - We are memory keepers

Thanks for looking & go play along!

Young, Wild & Free - Liftapalooza at Scrapbook Challenges

Today we have another fun, Liftapalooza Challenge over at Scrapbook Challenges.

I used one of my favorite photos of my son's 3 year old shoot last year from our dear, talented friends at B+R Photo in Nashville.

Here is the original layout from which I scraplifted mine.

You can find more from Lynn at her blog, Lynn's Everyday Ideas.

I rotated her sketch since my photo was portrait, and not landscape. I cut the title with my Cricut with a free font, Shoreline Script.

Supplies:

Cardstock - Craftsmith by Michael's
Maroon and yellow Patterned Paper - unknown, garage sale find
Brown Patterned Paper - K & Company
Clear ephemera - Cedar Lane by Pink Paislee
Stamps - Studio Calico
Stencil - Hampton Art
Staples - We are Memory Keepers

Thank you for looking & go play along at Scrapbook Challenges!

One of my wonders - the Eiffel Tower

On our trip to Paris, the beautiful city treated us right with the most gorgeous weather each day. We stayed for 4 days and I think we visited the Eiffel Tower every day! It was definitely at the top of my own, personal world wonders.

So I've used my Counterfeit Kit, Les Voyageurs, for a new layout of my favorte, Parisian site.

I knew since I've started the album that I wanted to do one of the trendy, geometric paper filled pieces with the Eiffel Tower. Then I made the clouds geometric also to mirror the fluffy white clouds in the photo.

I loved how the wonder word bubble also mirrored the clouds!

I added the flowers to carry the pink and add more dimension.

Supplies:

Gray Cardstock - Craft Smith by Michael's
Patterned papers - Chickadee, Echo Park, DCWV
Paper words - Crate Paper, Wonder
Flower Gems - American Crafts
Rain dot hearts - Cloud 9
Pearl sticker - Joann's

Thanks for looking!

Amour in Paris

Today's layout is for a couple of different blogs. I created the layout with my Counterfeit Kit for April, Les Voyageurs. I used the April sketch from Die Cut With a View and I LOVED it!

This is the sketch I used from DCWV.

These are photos from Pont de l'Archeveche in Paris, in front of the Notre Dame. I loved the romantic idea of attaching a lock to the bridge to symbolize your love, and throwing away the key. They have since removed these bridges in Paris due to collapse, and they have taken measures to prevent this from happening again, so I have read online. But I am glad I did get to experience them while they lasted!

Here is my double page spread with a traditional layout & a Project Life pocket page.

So, ironically, I just read the new Studio Calico member challenge about how to turn a crafting accident into a happy one. And then I had the opportunity to do just that with this layout!

These sweet little white & gold letters from Studio Calico are running low and I needed to use the Q for an O. Well, when I cut off the tail, the inside of the Q looked a bit rougher than I'd like and some of the foil was rubbed off.

Well, luckily, I've been trying to use more textiles in my layouts. And I had already added sewing elements, so why not wrap the mistake in some embroidery thread?!

My FIL watches a lot of Bob Ross, and Mr. Ross loves to say, "There are no mistakes, only happy accidents." Well, I agree, at least in crafting!

Here are some details:

and a close up of the pocket page:

Supplies:
Solid Cardstock - DCWV Coral Couture
Pattern Cardstock - DCWV Vintage Lane
Doily - Recollections by Michaels
Staples - We are Memory Keepers
Lock & Key - JoAnns Craft Essentials
Letters - Studio Calico
Pocket Page cards - Me and My Big Ideas
Pocket Page transparencies - Project Life, September Skies

Thanks for looking!

those eyes though...

Today we have another lovely sketch from Scrapbook Challenges.

I kept it fairly simple because I love this photo & didn't want to take away from it. This was taken on our hotel's pier at Gulf Shores, Alabama last summer. He is constantly getting comments about his eyes, from family, friends, and strangers alike. I thought this title fit perfectly for how beautiful they looked by the ocean!

Here's a detail shot:

Supplies:

Paper from the Atlas collection by Pink Paislee
Rain Dots by Cloud 9 Design, Multi Stardust
Title cut by Cricut, Gypsy cartridge & Cricut Outline Font
Paper ephemera by Bo Bunny, Noteworthy Collection
Stamps by $1 spot at Target

Thanks for looking! Go play along at Scrapbook Challenges & be inspired!

A BEEyoutiful Day in Paris + a freebie!

Today I bring you a challenge entry for the Challenge YOUrself blog & the Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog.

My Counterfeit Kit for April, Les Voyageurs, was made specifically for my Paris scrapbook. Well, it's quite convenient that I have many photos of myself from our Paris trip, so it fits quite well with the purpose of putting yourself in the photo at Challenge YOUrself. Also, this page ended up with so much shine & sparkle - it's definitely one of my favorites, as I love all things glitter. A page about yourself should include what you love! This month's theme is the Martina McBride song, "This one's for the girls." I was inspired by the lines, "Who dream with everything they have, All around the world." Paris was a dream come true, as well as other locations are for me, around the world!

I've been wanting to do a pinata shape, and a bee came to mind. I just ran with it and I'm really happy how it turned out!

My little beehive didn't show up as much as I would have liked, probably should have done black, but it was stuck down, so it's staying! I just adore that hexagonal washi I got a while back.

Here's a detail of my little buzzy bee. He was a little bit time consuming, but so cute & worth it!

I thought I would make a play on the title to go along with the theme of doing a page about me - and bees - haha I love a good pun!

This page was so much fun to create. I love that gold is all the rage these days - like honey! So, I've created a little svg file that can be used for pocket pages, or anything you desire. I used the free font WM Insects from Da Font.

Beehive Free Cut File

This is new territory for me, so please let me know if it doesn't work properly. Also, I would LOVE to see anything you create with this little cut file!! Leave me a comment, tag me on Instagram (@scrappinhappy), link back to this blog, whatever you prefer!

Supplies:
Cardstock - CraftSmith by Michaels
Gold Chevron paper - DCWV
Gold and Black gems - Hampton Art, Ki Memories
Gold letters - Maggie Holmes for Crate Paper
Gold Doilie - Recollections by Michaels

Thank you so much for looking & I hope you enjoy the cut file!

Summer with an Auntie - A Stick it Down Sketch

Today I am working on the last of my beach vacation photos from 2015! I used a great single photo sketch from Stick It Down.

I had some new, fun, Amy Tangerine letters to use that just screamed summer, so I designed around those letters!

This is a photo of my boy with one of his aunties last year on the beach. He is ready to go back and reminds me every day! Me too, son!

Supplies:

Cardstock - DCWV
Pattern Paper - Atlas by Pink Paislee
Clips - Around the Block
Paper ephemera - Pebbles
Staples - We Are Memory Keepers
Letters - Amy Tangerine for American Crafts
Metallic dots - Joann Craft Essentials

Thanks for looking!

Sandcastles on the Beach

This month over at Scrapbook Challenges, they're featuring each of us new Sketch Crew members with a Liftapalooza Challenge! It's super fun to get inspiration from the styles of my fellow Crew members. Today's Challenge was to lift a sweet little layout done by Ali Gage!

I super loved the paper curls she had going on, so I had to mimic them.

I still like her's better!

Here's a couple of detail shots:

That sweet baby had so much fun castle-smashing! Definitely ready to go back to the beach soon - he asks me all the time when we will go back.

Products:
Patterned Paper - American Crafts, Bookshelf, Kipling
Striped Paper - Echo Park Paper Company, The Story of Fall, Dots
Heart Paper - Amy Tangerine, American Crafts
Sandcastle Die - Cricut, Create a Critter
Chipboard Stickers - Me and My Big Ideas

I hope you will play along with us as Scrapbook Challenges this month - it's tons of great scrapbook inspiration! Thanks for looking!

Bienvenue a Paris - a Counterfeit Kit Club page

Well I was going to save my Counterfeit Kit for April for this upcoming Saturday when I'm attending an all day crop, but I just couldn't wait! Once I decided how to use my kit, the ideas started flowing. Who am I to stop creativity?

So I created the entrance to Paris page for my scrapbook with my Counterfeit Kit, Les Voyageurs.

I mean, who could not love a city who welcomes you with a sunset like this?! Paris was always my dream vacation, and it came true in 2011 when my husband and I traveled to France, among Ireland and Spain. It was everything I had imagined (except maybe a bit more walking...), and we both LOVED the city. I definitely want to return and take my kids someday (Disneyland Paris, anyone?).

Here are a few details:

I used my Cricut to write the type on the cardstock. I then just clustered a few groupings of embellishments and cut a decorative border from my Cricut as background to the photo.

Supplies:
Grey cardstock - Craftsmith by Michaels
Patterned Cardstock & stamp by DCWV
Wood veneer by Heidi Swapp
Stamp by 7 Gypsys

Thanks for looking! Merci!

Hear the giggles - a SBC sketch

Today I'm posting a page I did for Scrapbook Challenges sketch 477 for today. I used my March Studio Calico kit called Homespun. It's fun getting kits, because for me, they contain pieces I would never buy for myself, but I enjoy incorporating them into my pages to reflect my style anyway.

These photos are more from the farm we visited in the fall with some friends & I just love the sunflower background so much! And these photos of my son - I feel like you can hear the giggles from the look on his face! #swoon

Here are some details:

I seriously LOVE those alphas. I need them in every. single. color!

All supplies from Studio Calico Homespun kit.

Go play along at the sketch challenge today & check back soon - there are really great challenges this month!!
Thanks for looking!

Les Voyageurs - My April Counterfeit Kit

Je m'appelle Natalie. That and a very few other phrases are all I took out of my 1 semester of French before I decided becoming a Spanish major would be more useful (it wasn't). However, my lack of knowledge of the language never diminished my love for the country or desire to travel it!

So this month's prompt over at The Counterfeit Kit Club blog was a kit called C'est Magnifique. At first, I thought, "Hmmm, this isn't my style." Then as I was writing my list of things I thought I had to include in the kit, I thought, "Hmmm, I could use photos of our trip to Paris!" and the deal was sealed. This kit took on a mind of its own & grew & I'm so excited to use it!

Here is the original kit inspiration:

I tried to pull out light papers with florals & vintage patterns. Obviously a little lace & the contrasting black embellishments. I had some perfect washi tape, and some clear stamps with just the right frills. I had these sweet little clear embellies that were architectural and perfect, and I got new crate paper ephemera that fit great with pinks and blacks. Obviously some flowers were in order, and I just received a great package from Rochelle Spears from the February Challenge and the prima flowers in it were spot on. I had some fun chipboard alphas with gold that fit and a whole page from a DCWV stack that included stamps and even an Eiffel Tower tag. Doilies and pearl stickers and Gold alphas, oh my!

Some details.

Ya'll, I even added in a chipboard banner to create! I've been meaning to make a banner to hang from a shelf in my half-bath, which is decorated with Paris items - hopefully this kit will get me into finally doing it!

I'm excited to step away from my family album a couple times this month and scrap a trip that will always be so special to me and my husband. Stay tuned for how I use my kit!

Thanks for looking & go play along!