Favs of 2014

I've never done one of these posts, but my friend Kat has inspired me, and I must say I really enjoyed looking back over the year on my blog! So I thought I'd share with you my favs! 

Here they are in no order whatsoever:

you can check out the entire mini album here 

You can check out this mini here

I rarely make cards...let alone ones that I'm actually happy with, but these ones I really liked!

This is my absolute favourite canvas I have ever made. It's one of my fav verses from the bible too. 

although I failed miserably this year at keeping up with a Project Life album, I really love this title page! I plan on giving it another try this year too because I really do like it!

There you have it! I'm so looking forward to see what 2015 has in store for us! Do you have any crafty resolutions? Or just resolutions in general?

My main one is to be more organized. In my crafty life and my house! It is something I struggle with sooooooo much! I'm just too creative to be organized! HA! That's always my excuse, but I do just have a really hard time with it. This is the year I'm going to tackle the organizational skills! 

Blessings

A New Sketch Up At the Paper Bakery!!

Good Morning Bloggers! 

It is such a gorgeous day here today! I'm so happy that Spring is finally here!! I'm enjoying a lovely cup of coffee and contemplating getting ready for the day! (I love lazy Sunday mornings!)

It's time for another sketch over at the Paper Bakery. Something new to our sketches...they've been created by me! I thought I'd give sketch making a try, and I have to say, I kinda love it! I never thought I would because I don't usually find being on the computer to be a very creative outlet for me, but so far, I have really been having fun with it!

This is the second sketch I've made. I hope it inspires you to play along with us! And don't think you have to make a scrapbook layout...you can use this sketch for anything that inspires you! Album covers, cards, canvases, you name it! 

I'm just about finished using my Daylight Savings Scrapbook Kit from the Paper Bakery. I have had soooo much fun with this kit! I just love the versatility of it, and I also really enjoy being pushed out of my box! These colours aren't my usual style, but I have soooo loved using them! That's one of the great things about subscribing to a kit club, you get products that are all designed to be used together, but they can be used in so many different ways, and with so many different styles of scrapping all in one kit! 

I used some bits and pieces from my Daylight Savings Mixed Media kit for this layout too. I also used a super cute Exclusive Paper Bakery stencil from the February Capture 365 Kit.  The polka dot paper was actually just plain with scissors on it, but I used the stencil and my chalkboard paint with a makeup sponge and just pounced it over top of the stencil. I really love the way it came out! Totally loving the colour of that chalkboard paint too! Good thing, because the kit came with a GIANT bottle of it!

I just got the new Amy Tangerine Plus One Die set and I'm LOOOVING it! The Camera and the "Love" were cut with it. 

Oh, and how cute is that clock flair from the Paper Bakery?! Looove it!

Well, that's it for today! You have 2 weeks to create something based on this sketch and link it up HERE for a chance to win a 10 dollar store voucher for the Paper Bakery!!

Blessings!!

March Paper Bakery Kits

Hi Bloggers!

I just wanted to pop in and share my Paper Bakery projects that I made using the FABULOUS March Kits "Daylight Savings". I just LOVED playing with the Mixed Media Kit this month! It was loaded with a TON of super cool goodies from chevron tissue paper to yellow chalkboard paint complete with chalk!!  Now I've already posted some of these projects on my blog, but I just wanted to show you just how many projects you can get done with 2 kits!  

Keep in mind I could easily still make 3 or 4 more layouts using the patterned paper I have left, not to mention I have TONS of fun paints and fresco flakes and all kinds of mixed media left too! That's one thing I love about the Mixed Media kit. You get these full pots of paint and gellatos and mica paints and mists and all kinds of cool stuff that you can use on countless projects well after the rest of your kit items are used! It totally rocks!!

My first project was a refurbished old frame that went from this:

To this: I just love how fun and funky the frame looks with the chalkboard paint and the chevron tissue paper! 

I made a couple layouts too using both the Scrapbook Kit and the Mixed Media Kit. 

This layout was made with scraps from last months Mixed Media and Scrapbook kits and this months kits too! I even used a card from the Capture 365 kit from February too! This is totally not my usual colour scheme, but I'm really loving how the colours go together :)

Do you know that with your subscription to any of the Paper Bakery kits you get exclusive Printables and Cut Files?! This month we got these fabulous Printables:

I just love the "Unbelievable" one! It totally reminds me of that EMF song! So when I saw it, I knew I wanted to use it as my title :)

I'm in love with that pink chevron canvas tag! It was in my February Mixed Media kit and I used the chevron stencil from that kit with the mists that came with it and made it all purdy ;)

This was another project I did using both the Scrapbook and Mixed Media kits. I am in love with this cute little mini!

That's all for these kits for now, but I am totally needing to do some crafting tonight, so I will definitely be back to show you what I did with the rest of these kits later this week!! 

Blessings,

Why Fit In?

Good Afternoon my crafty peeps! We're home today having a pajama craft/game day today because we're all a bit under the weather. I can definitely tell you I am ready for spring!! I think I might protest for sure if we get any more snow!

This weekend the wonderful ladies over at Scrapbook Nerd are hosting a Dr Seuss inspired crop! Did you know that if he was still alive he would have celebrated his 110th birthday this month!! That was why we decided to crop in honor of this fabulous author!

I made this layout last night to play along with Michelle's challenge to use all or part of this quote on your layout or card: 

"Why Fit in When You Were Born to Stand Out?" -Dr. Seuss

I thought this quote would be perfect to document my funky new haircut!

I used my fabulous Daylight Savings Scrapbook and Mixed Media Kits from Paper Bakery for this layout. I'm totally loving the Amy Tangerine Plus One collection, so I had to use the Thickers to go with the patterned paper (even though they weren't in the kit!)

I was inspired by the March Sketch from Life.Paper.Scrapbook.

               The small grey alphabets are from the February Umbrella Rain Scrapbook Kit, and the white paint splatter is from the February Umbrella Rain Mixed Media Kit. I LOOOVE how that paint splatters!! It's amazing stuff!!

I had some extra mist left over after misting the piece of canvas that came in the Daylight Savings kit, so I sprayed a shipping tag  with water and then sopped up the Dylusions mist with it. After I dried it, I used the "art is in me" exclusive stamp from Paper Bakery and some grey ink and randomly stamped it all over. ***TIP*** When I'm doing something like that and I want it to look really random, I never put my stamp on a block. This way I can kind of bend it and shape it when I'm putting it on my surface and it doesn't come out looking like a square design on my stamp. 

When I misted the canvas I made sure I got it nice and wet first and that way I can get a more even look because the Dylusions mist reacts with water so it wicks out and blends. I sooooo love these mists! 

There's still lots of time to play along with us at Scrapbook Nerd!! You will have until next Friday to link up your challenge entries to be eligible to win some shop credit!! Who doesn't want to win a gift certificate to buy scrappy stuff?! I know I do!! 

Well, I'm off to clean my house (somebody has to do it!) I'm hoping to get some more challenges in tonight, so stay tuned and I'll post them here!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Be Blessed!

New Sketch up at Paper Bakery!!

Good Morning my crafty peeps! There is a new sketch up at the Paper Bakery blog and you can win a 10 dollar store credit just for getting crafty with us!!

Isn't it a fun sketch?! 

Here's what I made with it:

I used my Paper Bakery Umbrella Rain Scrapbook kit for this layout. I love that wood veneer frame! It actually has a cute little laser cut bow on the left hand side of it, but I thought it was a little too girly for a layout of my son (even though I've used pink butterlies, flowers and hearts! lol I just thought the bow might just be putting it over the edge I guess!!) Not to worry, I just put one of the fabulous flair buttons over top of it (did I mention that this month's kit comes with a WHOLE PACK OF FLAIR?! Whaaaaaa?! I know right?! craziness!) and then the bow is gone! 

As someone who is kind of obsessed with butterflies, I was super excited to see this exclusive stencil in the scrapbook kit this month! I absolutely LOVE it!

I also used the exclusive cut files for March on this layout too! Loving those flowers!

Those cute epoxy hearts aren't from the kit, but they can be found at the shop.

The only other products that I used that weren't from my stash are the wood veneer hearts (studio calico).

I hope you join us and play along with this sketch! You have until March 15th to link it up on the blog!

Happy Scrapping!!

2 non kid related layouts?! whaaaaaat?!

Hey Everyone! 

I wanted to pop in today and share the last couple layouts I made using the Paper Bakery Love Potion #9 Kit. This kit is awesome!! I love the vintage vibe to it and it was really versatile to work with too!

This first layout I made to document a very rare occurrence for me! Time alone! I know right?! It's so rare I just had to photograph it! I was supposed to be going along with Ethan's class to the library, but when I got there they had enough adults, so I just went to the coffee shop that's attached to the library and had lunch and a yummy coffee! I didn't realize until I got home that the chocolate syrup was in the shape of a heart! lol Otherwise I might have actually taken the picture with the heart the right side up!! 

I used a sketch from Let's Get Sketchy for this layout:

For my second layout, I used the current Sketch over at the Paper Bakery. There's still a little bit of time to play along and the odds are pretty good because we only have 5 entries this time, so get over there and get scrappin!! ;)

I used a stencil I had from the December Time's Square Paper Bakery Scrapbook kit, and some Martha Stewart Texture Paste. Then I coloured the paste with my glimmer mist from my Love Potion #9 Mixed Media  kit. I could have added it before, but it was an after thought! 

I just got my February Umbrella Rain kits in the mail yesterday, so I'm off to play!! 

Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to leave me some love!! Your comments make my day!!

Blessings