Someone Like You

Good Morning Bloggers! 

It's that time again for another amazing sketch by Ana Castro at Scrap & Music! This time our song is Adele's "Someone Like You". You can check out the lyrics here.

This time I kinda played a bit with the lyrics...I added some then added some that weren't...lol I'm not sure if that's allowed or not...but I did it ;) I'm kind of a rebel like that! haha!

I used the lyrics "Don't Forget"

But then I really wanted to add "these moments" in there too because it really captured what I wanted this layout to be about. The journaling starts with the title. It says "Don't Forget" the special bond you two have with each other. I pray this stays with you your whole lives." Ethan and Kieran have always had a very special bond and I love how they are with each other. This picture portrays that bond beautifully and I wanted to make sure to get it scrapped right away!

I absolutely LOVE the new Lemon Lush line from Studio Calico and I've been wanting to use it ever since I got my hands on it! I was very happy to get a chance to use it on this layout!

 I'm also finally getting some of that delicious Plus One collection!! I seriously want to squeal when I look at it! It is my ABSOLUTE favourite line yet! I love it!! I'm waiting on the rest of it to come in and I am getting impatient!! lol

I stayed pretty close to the sketch this time, but this sketch is so amazing, it does all the work for you! I do hope you play along with us this time! Be sure to stop by the Scrap & Music blog to see the rest of the DT's fabulous creations!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Blessings

Project Life Week 2

Happy Sunday Everyone! I hope you had a fabulous weekend!! I had a busy Saturday followed by a great Sunday of family time spent with my boys! We relaxed in the morning at home, then went for a sleigh ride in the afternoon! It was a lot of fun (although it was kind of cold!)

I wanted to share my week 2 of my Project Life album. I am slowly catching up! I'm working on week 4 now, so I'm not terribly behind!

I'm really enjoying the pocket pages, and I have to share another thing too...I found a great new site dedicated for pocket scrapping called The Pocket Source. They have an amazing gallery that you can share your projects in, a forum to discuss anything about pocket style scrapping and also a section for freebies too! There's some fabulous inspiration there and for someone like me who's new to the whole Project Life thing, it's great!! 

I like that you can do a lot of a little with your layouts. If you're in a hurry, you can simply put some cards and photos into pockets and call it done, or you can embellish them as much as you'd like! It's pretty cool!

I also really like the idea of documenting daily life...here's some close ups:

 The "sweet" card is one of the Paper Bakery's exclusive cut files that comes with your kit subscription! I love that they have those every month!

Thanks for stopping by! I've gotta go feed my little man! I can't believe he's already 6 months, with two teeth and a huge hunger for food!! It's craziness!! 

Blessings

Love Potion #9

Hey Hey my fellow crafters! 

I wanted to pop in and show you all the projects I've made so far with my Paper Bakery Kits!! I've gotta say, I am LOVING these kits so far! They are so versatile and mixable! I love that you can use them for Valentine's Day layouts, but you don't necessarily have to! 

This first layout I made using the Love Potion #9 Scrapbook Kit  (which is still available in the shop while they last!)

I also used our current sketch challenge for this layout. Be sure to play along and link it up here for a chance at winning a 10 gift certificate to the Paper Bakery store!! 

 I love all the die cuts you get in this kit! I have used a ton of them on this layout and I still have sooo many left over for other projects!

For this layout I used the Scrapbook Kit, Capture 365 kit and the Mixed Media Kit! Love how they all go together! 

I did use a few store bits and one or two of my stash supplies on this layout as well: from the Paper Bakery Store:  Days of the Week Chevron Stamp, Pie Chart Stamp, Woodgrain Heart Stamp, Many Clouds Wood Veneer and Shipping Tag Stash supplies: Cork "I love you" circle, Epiphany Crafts round epoxy (over woodgrain stamp), and wood button. 

That pink string that I squished up underneath that cute button and that I used on the tag was actually part of the packaging that Sarah (Owner of Paper Bakery) has hand tied the Capture 365 kit in! Isn't it cute! I love the little details she puts into each kit! 

 This canvas was made entirely with the Mixed Media Kit (except for an exclusive stencil that was part of a signing bonus when you signed up for your kit back when I did last year, and the pink gelato was from the Time's Square Mixed Media Kit from last month. I have detailed instructions on the Paper Bakery Blog on my Mixed Media process and how I made this canvas. 

Phewf!! That was a long post!! Thanks for sticking with me if you're still here!! I really appreciate you taking the time to leave me some love! Thanks so much for stopping by!!

And don't forget to

Blessings!

Love You x forever

Hey there all you crafty peeps! I'm up at the Scrapbook Nerd forum today with day 6 of our "Valentine's Week" of inspiration! I'm also playing along with one of the fellow DT members Michelle's challenge for us to use a sunburst on our layout. Her challenge went perfectly with Studio Calico's sketch this week. 

I always love a good starburst, so I got out my Heidi Swapp Sunburst mask and traced random pieces of paper and then cut them out and pieced them together to make this starburst. When I was finished with the big pieces, something felt like it was still missing, so I cut these little black and white strips and added them for a finishing touch!

Some close ups and details:

I used Crate Paper's Flea Market collection for this layout. When I first saw this line I never thought I'd use it because it's quite feminine, but I fell in love with it and decided that I don't care! I'm going to use it on my boy's pages anyway!! lol There's a lot of it that can be used for boys pages too anyway!

I was inspired by Two Peas in a Bucket's February Mood Board on Pinterest for parts of this layout. I got the idea for the caption on the picture from it.

The title is one of the exclusive cut files you get with your Paper Bakery subscription. I looove this file!

 I wanted them to look like these:

So I cut the title with vellum and stamped it with black Staz On with a Tim Holtz stamp to create a similar effect. I'm really happy with how they turned out.

The doily was die cut with my Cameo using the POW glitter paper. I LOOOVE that paper!! And it cuts brilliantly with the Cameo!! The best part is that the glitter doesn't fall off all over the place, so you don't get all glittery! 

Well, I'm off to bed. We don't have any school tomorrow, so Ethan and I will be working hard making his hockey team's tournament poster tomorrow! The team with the best poster wins a pizza party!! Talk about pressure!! lol I have some pretty cool ideas for it though...hopefully it turns out! I will definitely take pictures to show you all when I'm done!!

Don't forget to 

Blessings,

The Adventures of Buddy the Elf

Hey everyone! I'm here today to show you my mini album I made about Buddy, our Elf on the shelf. He came to us this year and the kids absolutely loved him! I have to say, I was sad to see him go too! I wanted to make a mini album about all the adventures he went on in our house every night!

It came together really quickly (and please don't look at my spelling or the upside down trees right above you!! lol I was on the last page when I realized the book was upside down when I started!! Needless to say I didn't start over!! lol)

Products Used: Paper: Studio Calico, Crate Paper. Ink: Ranger Archival, and Distress Ink.  Die Cuts and Frames: Crate Paper. Embellishments (enamel dots and stickers) Basic Grey. Alphabet stickers: Chic Tags, Prima, Kelley Purkey, Making Memories. Punches: EK Success. Washi: MME, and Stickers: Kelley Purkey. Stamps: Amy Tangerine, Kelley Purkey and Evalicious. Heidi Swapp Colour Shine. Silhouette Cameo. Unknown silver snowflakes, wire star clips, gold glitter washi and cork shapes (part of a Kelley Purkey December Daily kit), vellum. Photo Editing Apps: Pic Tap Go, Rhonna Designs and Instagram.

Thanks for stopping by!! And don't forget to:

Blessings