Oh So Jolly with Lasting Memories

Happy Sunday, friends!

Today is the last monthly prompt over at Lasting Memories "This or That" challenge & the idea is to use at least two different alphas on your page. 

I love this challenge, as it's something I do quite often. I'm still telling my December stories, so today's page is about my little one stealing the show (at least in my eyes) at his Christmas school program!

I used a vellum envelope to slide in the program for the Christmas show. Then I did the title and journaling over the top. I used some of my favorite Christmas stamps to embellish, along side stickers.

You can see more detail shots on the gram. I hope you'll play along with us at Lasting Memories this week!

Thanks for looking!!

Whiskey Hot Tub with IRS

Pop over to the Ink Road Stamps blog to see this layout of my wild boys today.

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Christmas Cookies

I'm still plugging away at those Christmas layouts! Today I'm using a prompt from Lasting Memories to use more than one photo on a layout.

I sewed a grid design in red thread and embellished with mostly Pebbles dies and stickers to tell the story of our Christmas cookie making this year.

That stamp is one of my favorite hand-lettered sentiments from Ink Road.

I've been wanting to try a grid design, and I'm super happy with how it turned out!

These were cookies "for Santa" because you know they ate most of them! SO. MANY. SPRINKLES! Fun Christmas memories were had.

I hope you'll play along with this week's Lasting Memories challenge to use multiple photos on your page! There's lots of great inspiration on the blog. Thanks for looking!

Shine so Merry & Bright with Momenta

Happy Hump Day!

I'm still working on some of my favorite Christmas photos from 2018, and I had to tell this story about how sweet my youngest son can be. The Momenta Christmas mixed media stickers were perfect to compliment my Christmas story!

I used red thread to sew around the green border, and green fruit packaging to bring a pop of green behind the photo! LOL Whatever works, huh?

How about these new skinny alphas?! I adore them! They're already in stores now.

I cut this Merry & Bright wreath out of two different papers to achieve this two-toned look & I love it! The wreaths alone did double duty as part of my photo background as well. Dissecting dies is a good way to get more mileage out of them!

This wooden Joy sticker from the Christmas set was complimented well with the wooden stars with gold accents.

I typed my story in red to compliment the page, and I love the look! Sprinkled some more wooden stars to tie the top of the page to the bottom.

I cannot wait to see what Momenta new products are coming in this new year, but what I've seen so far is so FAB!

Thanks for looking!

Show me your S'more's face!

Today there is a new challenge over at Lasting Memories! The This or That prompt today is to use trims on your page. You can choose from paper strips, washi tape, ribbon, lace or anything you'd consider a trim!

I chose washi to compliment this page about my boys and me and our favorite camping pasttime!

I used my new letter dies from Momenta and I LOVE them! I added my sparkle to the rustic look, of course, with my foam thickers from Dear Lizzy.

The gold foil accents on the washi also put the sparkle in my rustic sparkle! For added interest, I used texture paste through a wood grain stencil in random spots on the page.

I just had to fit in this Echo Park 3x4 card!

I felt like handwritten journaling added to the rustic look of my page. We just bought a little camper, so I see lots of S'mores nights in our future this summer!

I love to tear the washi for some texture and rugged looks on my distressed pages. It's probably my favorite way to use washi.

I hope you'll play along with this week's challenge at Lasting Memories! 

Thanks for looking! 

Cacti love with Momenta

Happy New Year!

I'm sharing a fun pocket page today from our 10th anniversary trip to Arizona using some of the cutest little Southwestern products from Momenta.

I am using Kraft paper on every page in this album, so I accented the non-photo pages with the watercolor paper pad from Momenta.

I used my gold marquee Momenta letters for the state abbreviation.

Stretch those dies! This half wreath is from the hello wreath die, and I just cut the word hello out to use it as a layering piece.

This "you are my sunshine" sentiment was perfect to document this gorgeous, sunny day with  my soul mate.

Those are the Red Rocks of Sedona in the background. We only spent a day there, but we will definitely be back! It is a truly amazing place. I loved everywhere we went in Arizona.

Momenta has some SUPER cute new products released! Go check them out!

Thanks for looking!

Rainbow Snow with Momenta

Hey friends!

How about one more rainbow layout for the year?! (Disclaimer: author reserves the right to create more rainbow layouts before 2019 if she so desires and feels so inspired.)

I think this snowflake border die set from Momenta may be my new favorite!

I prepped my background with rainbow watercolor splatters, then I layered die cut snowflakes in the corresponding rainbow. Then I sewed a strip down the middle of each die cut for added texture.

I also used a "snow day" stamp in corresponding ink colors to add to the mixed media effect.

These sliver glitter sticker words from Momenta added the perfect title in a "neutral" tone that didn't take away from my rainbow.

I used my son's photos in his bright blue coat as the blue rainbow strip!

There are great little embellishments on the silver glitter sticker sheet as well.

Rainbows just make me so happy!

Momenta has tons of fun, versatile products that can be used for winter - check them out!

Thanks for looking, and happy holidays!

Finishing past DDs

Hey friends!

I am not falling prey to the tempting, glittery December Daily this year, but I am finishing up past albums I started!

This week's challenge at Lasting Memories is to use a wreath on your page! I used this awesome Bo Bunny winter paper to match my photo and make a snowflake wreath.

This is a 6x8 page of my youngest laying in my Nana's lap. That was a tough year, and he only got to know her a very short time, but I'm glad she got to meet him. This is a sweet photo of him with her.

 I used a snowflake border die and just separated the snowflakes individually from the line it cut to adhere them in a wreath pattern. Then I sewed around them for added texture. 

There is not much room on these 6x8 pages, so I kept it fairly simple!

I hope you'll play along with our challenge this week at Lasting Memories - wreaths are always a gorgeous go to for a page design!

Thanks for looking!

Christmas Throwback with Lasting Memories

Hey friends!

It's Sunday and time for another challenge at Lasting Memories.

Today's prompt was to use and "old timey" photo on a Christmas page. I have actually needed this prompt for a while, since there is a story I've been wanting to tell about my favorite Christmas tradition growing up.

I used the new Pebbles Christmas collection & the banner punch I won from their IG background. There I am circa 1990ish and 1994 (age 9)! These photos are so special because we no longer have my grandmother or my aunt with us, which makes my memories with them so precious. The journaling talks about our baking day we did every year around Christmas and all the delicious "retro" foods everyone would make. It was always one of my favorite days of the year!

You can catch more details of the page on my Instagram account. I hope you will play along with this fun challenge at Lasting Memories this month!

Thanks for looking!

Wanderlust with Momenta

Gettin' my fall on today with another fun page created with Momenta goodies.

I love these autumn leaf dies and the great embossing bits that create such wonderful texture!

I inked the leaves and sewed them on in falling lines above my photo of hubs and I at the Red Rocks of Sedona.

Of course I had to add sequins for a bit of my "rustic sparkle."

Aren't these wood veneer stickers so wonderful!? They go so well with the rustic look I'm going for with this travel album, but they're so versatile, and can be colored to fit any scheme.

These jewel tone papers from Momenta go well with my natural themed album.

This was such a fun trip! I'm so glad I'm documenting it so soon after we took it. Go grab your favorite Momenta products at Hobby Lobby or on their website!

Thanks for looking!

Love memories with You - a Lasting Memories page

Play along with this week's new challenge at Lasting Memories!

This is the layout I created:

You can find more details on my Instagram account. 

Hope you will play along!

Traveling with Momenta

Today I'm bringing you the first layout I created for our travel album for our recent trip to Arizona! I used all these great Momenta goodies to make it happen.

I used these awesome Momenta feather stamps to emboss in clear glitter on my Kraft paper. Then I use some color shine for splatters.

These foam phrase stickers were perfect for the opening page of our trip, and the theme of Kraft base throughout the album. I stamped a feather in color to tie into the background.

The travel foam stickers go great with my earthtone photos!

The Travel mixed media stickers included this awesome wooden sentiment that really pops off the page! It's also #truth.

I think I"m really going to enjoy making this #rusticsparkle album of our trip out west, and these Momenta supplies fit the theme perfectly!

Dino Obsession with Momenta

Hey friends!

Today I'm sharing a fun page I created for Momenta about my dinosaur-obsessed boy.

These embossed foam stickers of dinosaurs were perfect to document my oldest son's current obsession with dinos.

I embossed a woodgrain stamp on the background paper with gold powder. The green triangle is from the gemtones paper pad from Momenta.

I cut some green leaves with Momenta dies to embellish around the page with my stamped ephemera as clusters.

The "DINO" was cut with Momenta alpha dies as well.

I loved how the dino stickers complimented the colors in the photos.

I like how the journaling tags bring the white from the top of the page to meet the stamped cluster at the bottom. then I placed the dino stickers around the page.

Don't forget to document the little everyday moments!

Thanks for looking!

Hello from the IRS side

Another car for the IRS and SMS card hop today. Check out the details on the Ink Road Stamps blog.

Thanks for looking!

Spreading Cheer with IRS and SMS!

You can find me over on the Ink Road Stamps blog today with another card for the card hop with SpeigelMom Scraps!

Pop over to the IRS blog and check it out. You can read all the details and find out how to participate.

You can also get 15% off your first order with my referral link or 10% off returning orders with the code natalie10.

Thanks for looking!

Card Hop with IRS and SMS!

I'm over on the Ink Road Stamps blog today with this fall layout of a family photo we had taken last year (photo cred to the awesome ART Photography).

This may be one of my favorite layouts EVER!

I just cannot get enough of these Bella Flora Dies from IRS. Be sure to use my referral link for 15% off your first purchase, or the code natalie10 for 10% off for returning customers!

Rustic Sparkle LOVE.

Thanks for looking and check out the Ink Road Stamps blog for more details on this project.