February Scrapbook Nerd Reveal

Hey there my fellow Nerds! I'm up today at Scrapbook Nerd with my kit reveal! This month they gave me Crate Paper's Bundled Up collection to work with. This is one of my favourite holiday collections so far! I love that you can use it for winter layouts, Christmas layouts and everyday layouts too!

For my first layout, I used this fab sketch from Creative Scrappers. 

"My 3 Snow Angels"

I wanted to try the Ferro metalic texture paint on this layout, so I got out my Tim Holtz star stencil and a putty knife and painted it on in a few different places on this layout. That was the first time I had ever tried this stuff, and I tell you, I'm totally hooked! I LOVE it! The texture it gives is amazing and it just looks so cool!

For my second layout, I scraplifted another one of Juliana Michael's layouts! I absolutely LOVED this one and I really wanted to add my own take to it! 

You would never even know that this was a winter/holiday paper line from this layout! I really like that you can stretch your stash with this line and use it for more than what it's made for!

"Early Morning Kisses"

Again I used a different colour of the Ferro Metalic Texture paint here and the Tim Holtz clock stencil. Sooooo loving it!

For this last layout I used a sketch from Stuck?! Sketches

"Sleigh Ride"

Last weekend we took the kids for a sleigh ride and I couldn't wait to scrapbook these photos! This paper was perfect for it I do believe!! 

I do hope you stop by the Scrapbook Nerd forum and check out the rest of the design team's reveals! There are some fabulous layouts and tons of inspiration!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!! 

Blessings, 

Crate Paper - Bundled Up - Bundled double sided paper	Crate Paper - Bundled Up - Noel double sided paper	Crate Paper - Bundled Up - Fa la la double sided cut apart paper	Crate Paper - Bundled Up - Jack Frost double sided paper	Crate Paper - Bundled Up - Stockings double sided pattern paper
Crate Paper - Bundled Up - Winter double sided paper	Crate Paper - Bundled Up - Sledding double sided paper	Crate Paper - Bundled Up - Photo Overlays	Crate Paper - Bundled Up - Ephemera pack	Dear Lizzy 5th & Frolic Schumtz Letter Stickers
LMT - 15 mm Small Blue & Red Hearts washi	Trendy Tape - Pink Skinnie Minnie washi	Simple Stories - Snap Letter stickers	Lawn Fawn - Peace Joy Love - Mixed Sequins	Tim Holtz - Layering Stencil - stars
Tim Holtz - Layering Stencil - clockwork	Glitz Design - Raven - Giant roller doodle stamp - Triangles	Heidi Swapp - Color Shine - Primrose	Heidi Swapp - Color Shine - Tropicana Teal	Claudine Hellmuth Gesso

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Be Happy!

Hey everyone!

 I'm back with another amazing sketch from Scrap & Music (who is currently having a DT Call btw...just sayin...) This time, the song is "Don't Worry, Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin.

 I actually had totally different photos picked out for this one originally, until I saw this picture of my youngest son, and though it would be perfect just because he looks so grumpy in this photo! I thought the title "Be Happy" would go well with this adorable little grump! lol

I also wanted to show you how you can use a Christmas line for everyday layouts! I used the Crate Paper Bundled Up paper line for this layout, and I personally think it's really hard to tell it's even a Christmas line! If you look really hard at some of the patterns you can see a couple that have some snowflakes, but they're a smaller pattern and I didn't use a lot of that certain one, so it really doesn't look like themed paper at all! It's a nice way to get more out of your Christmas supplies after the season is over!

I got really inky and messy on this one! I was actually inspired by a crafty friend of mine, the fabulous Juliana Michaels for this layout. I really love the way she used her negative hearts in her layout. I had cut a whole bunch of hearts for another layout with my Cameo and I had used random pieces of washi tape to tape down the scraps that I was using to cut all the hearts and while it was still on my Silhouette mat I noticed how cool I thought it looked with the pieces of washi randomly placed and the negative hearts. And that's how this layout was born! 

I liked this polka dot paper, but I found it to be a bit too bright, so I used some gesso and a really super watery paint brush to do a wash on it before I added my hearts. 

I also painted random bits of black gesso, then used a glitz roller stamp and some white gesso over top of it for some more fun texture!

I used the Maggie Holmes Flea Market die cut kit to add some layers to the photo and on the other side of the page by the title (the tag the has "Be" on it is an older one from Basic Grey)

This was the first time I tried my hand at the brush script trend directly on the paper I want to use. I usually just paint it and cut it out! It turned out okay, but I'd be lying if I said I got it perfectly on my first try!! I actually went through two other tags before I got one I liked! lol

Thank you so much for stopping by! 

Btw, consider this a "sneak" of my Scrapbook Nerd reveal which is coming up tomorrow! This was the collection I was given to work with this month! It's such a great line and like I showed you, it doesn't just have to be for winter layouts!

I'll see you tomorrow!

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

SOS Sketch Challenge

Hi everyone! I've got one more post as a GDT for Scrap Our Stash and this time our challenge is a sketchy one! 

I promise my inspiration for this layout came from this sketch! I know it doesn't resemble it much, but I flipped it and rather than using the big stitched hearts I added a negative die cut heart design. That's what I love about sketches though! They're kind of just a starting off spot and they're great to use however they inspire you!

Some close ups:

Well, that's all for my Guest DT spot at Scrap Our Stash! I had a lot of fun joining these ladies this month! I really hope you play along with us!

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Blessings