Sup Santa?

Hey Friends!

I know, a Christmas page, you say? Well, to be fair it is *almost* Scrappy Christmas in July! I just had to get a head start on SCiJ when I saw today's prompt from Lasting Memories. The prompt for today is to create a red & white scrapbook layout in honor of Canada Day - and immediately I thought of doing a Christmas layout.

I used a Page Map from this month:

I wanted to do mixed media, but red mixed media tends to have a bloody look, so I decided to do white texture paste instead of patterned paper. It's a bit hard to photograph, but you can tell a bit below.

How about that large snowflake die?! I got that beaut on sale at the Hob Lob and it's more intricate and beautiful I even expected!

I was using up this foam thicker sheet, but I thought it was kinda fun to leave the A's as at signs and the t was a plus. Lends to the feel of the title anyway.

My boys have had their photo with the same Santa for their entire lives! I love that tradition for sure, and I document it every year.

I hope you'll play along with our Lasting Memorie's challenge this week!

Thanks for looking!

Dude you're a catch!

Hey friends!

I have a new layout on video today for A Cherry on Top design team!

You find the process video on my YouTube channel!

Thanks for watching, friends!

Hey friends! You can find my last IRS project on the the Ink Road Stamps blog today!

I call this one frilly florals!

This is my last IRS project because I do not intend to reapply for the next design team. I had a great 2 year run and the product compensation is pretty fab! You will definitely still see me use tons of IRS products in my projects. I'm thankful for the positives this team brough into my crafty life!

You can find more about this project on the IRS blog. Thanks for looking, friends!

Parenting Probz with Ink Road Stamps

Hey friends!

Find me on the Ink Road Stamps blog with this rainbow, split floral layout that I LOVE!

I also have a quick process video on my channel!

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Floral Travel with Momenta

I'm here today with a fun Momenta layout that completed my summer vacation album from last year!!

I worked my die cut machine in one of my favorite color schemes to create this page of me and my boys.

 I just cut a few patterned papers in a couple different florals and sewed them onto my page. Love these jewel toned papers from Momenta. They're perfect for the rustic part of my #rusticsparkle.

This awesome mixed media sticker fit the theme well too, adn I added a glitter strip below it to tie in with the glitter florals.

Yay! That makes me happy.

A completed album before we head to our next family vacay is also something that makes me happy!

You can find a flip through of the entire album on my YouTube channel today!

Thanks for looking, friends!

Beach Adventure with Lasting Memories

Hey friends! It's Sunday, so time for a new challenge at Lasting Memories!

Today's summer challenge is to scrapbook vacation photos & I'm SO CLOSE to being done with my vacation album from last year! I really hope to be able to do a flip through so soon! We leave for another trip in a week, so I"d love to have this album done before then.

I played with my new Crafty Jen Schow stamps on this page, and I love them!

I also love that not every page in a vacation album has to have a ton of journaling or a story, I'm just displaying the overall fun we had! I feel like it makes my pages come together quicker when I'm not figuring out where to input journaling.

I also am loving my new organized craft room - it's allowing me to pull bits and peices so much more easily. I love that I found the heart and label to match this paper so well.

I hope you'll play along with this week's challeng at Lasting Memories - there is an A Cherry on Top gift card up for grabs!

Happy Birthday with ACOT

Find my process for this layout over on my YouTube channel today!

Hold the Door with IRS

Hey friends!

You can find me on the Ink Road Stamps blog today with this creation!

I LOVE how this 6x8 page turned out and actually plan to do a larger version with a different photo.

You can read all the details on the IRS blog!

Thanks for looking!

Our Adventure with Momenta

Hey friends!

Today I'm sharing a pocket page I created for a special hike I took wth my oldest on our Spring Break trip using all types of Momenta embellishments!

The journaling card I chose set the tone of the color scheme for the entire page.

I used a Momenta die for the floral border on the title page, along with a wood veneer adventure from the camping sticker set!

The dies make the best little embellishments and layering bits! I also love these little word carstocks for small embellishments around photos.

I like to layer my embellishment atop my photos for a cohesive look along the page.

We hiked a tiny bit of the Appalachain Trail this day, and Heath thought it was the coolest thing ever. He was climbing rocks and enjoying nature. It was for sure a memorable moment for me with him.

I hope you can see how versatile these Momenta products are!

thanks for looking!

You're a Peach!

Hey friends!

Today is my last stamping challenge over at Lasting Memories. I hope you've enjoyed the prompts and found fun ways to incorporate your stamp stash into your scrapbook pages!

Today's challenge is to pick any of the stamping techniques we have used all month and use them on your page!

I stamped a sentiment and a cute peach icon. I cut the sentiment with a fun tag die cut, and I fussy cut the peach icon.

I love how distress oxide inks cover and show up so well! They look like little printed die cuts.

This little 6x8 page came together so quickly! That's why I love a 6x8 or 8x8 album for a vacation album, because it's totally doable to get all the week's fun photos together!

I hope you'll play along with this last stamping challenge at Lasting Memories!

Thanks for looking!

IRS and Thermoweb blog hop!

Hey friends! Today is another round of a fun hop going on over on the Ink Road Stamps blog! 

We are collaborating with Thermoweb, and I had so much fun playing with their products.

I created this fun card for my son's teacher, since it is his last day of school today.

I used the IRS Frond of You and Thank You stamp sets & the Thermoweb flocking. I also used some fun dies with the flocking and decofoil. It was so fun to combine the two!

Make sure you check out the entire blog hop for a chance to win! 

Thanks for looking!

Milk - it does the body good

Find me over on the A Cherry on Top blog today with this fun double page spread:

All the details are on the cherry blog with tips on how to correspond two 12x12 pages that can be stand alone as well!

I hope you'll Check it Out!

Beachy Pockets with Momenta

Hey Friends!

I'm sharing with you a 6x8 pocket page in my summer vacay album using lots of fun Momenta products. I even have a different kind of process video for you here.

I normally don't film my pocket process, but I thought it might be nice to talk through a few design concepts I used in case anyone is new to the pocket game and would like to try! They're super fun!

I had all these little, random beach photos, so a 2x2 square grid was perfect to hold them all.

You can heard all about the process in my YouTube video, so I'll just post the photos of the project here.

To keep the pocket pages interesting and dimensional, I love to think outside the pocket and stretch my photos or embellishment accents across more than one pocket.

That gold glitter anchor is ADORBS!

Adding tiny embellishments right on top of the photo adds interest as well!

I hope you've enjoyed my project and video and are inspired to try some pockets yourself if you have not already. They can be as fun and intricate or as clean and simple as you'd like!

Make sure to pop over to Momenta and fill up a cart of goodies to embellish your pockets!

Thanks for looking! 

Sandy Toes, Sea Water NOSE! with Lasting Memories

Hey friends!

I hope you're enjoying our stamping challenges this month at Lasting Memories.

This week's prompt is to use a tiny stamp on your layout. I didn't have many papers in the color scheme I wanted for this photo, so I just created my own with a tiny cross stamp!

I stamped in Navy, Seafoam and Rose Gold, then added splatters.

I used Concord & 9th Alpha Dies for my title.

The mermaid scales is a Momenta die, as well as the little sticker embellishments.

I hope you'll play along with this week's stamping challenge!!

Thanks for looking & Happy Mother's Day!

You 2 Light up My Life!

Hey Friends!

I have a new layout to share today! There is a process video as well!

This layout was created using a fun May 2019 sketch from Page Maps.

Thanks for looking friends, and Happy Mother's Day!

Farm Life

Hey friends!

I created this page with supplies I picked from the A Cherry on Top store. I grabbed a few farm themed goodies because my son had a farm-themed kindergarten program.

This aqua backed farm theme paper is so cute! I paired it with a royal blue gingham because that is my son's favorite color.

The thickers were from Dear Lizzy. I love these adorable stickels from Doodlebug! They're like this awesome enamel dot material in such cute shapes.

The wood grain paper is Simple Stories

I created a pocket between the background paper and the base white cardstock. I put a woodgrain tab on the top of the program from that evening and tucked it in the pocket. 

The tab goes with the photo and embellishment cluster, and notifies the reader to pull out the ephemera!

New items are added to the ACOT store every day, so check back often to see all the adorable new goodies!

Thanks for looking! 

Just another Gameday with Momenta

Hey friends!

I'm here with another Momenta page for you today - this one is themed with what is currently taking up most of our time - Baseball! Ha! I really do love watching my little guy play. I even found myself getting a bit too competitive last night - LOL.

I decided on grid style. I used a cream paper background with navy splatters. Then I used red thread to adhere the paper to a Kraft page and to adhere my patterned paper squares to the page.

I loved embellishing with the Momenta mixed media baseball stickers & different Momenta dies!

This sticker worked perfectly for the page title.

Roughing up paper edges and turning them up some adds great texture to the page. These 3d embellishments add to that awesome lift on the page.

Pop over to the store and check out all the fun, 3d stickers Momenta has to choose from!

Thanks for looking!