Hello from CHA and a BIG giveaway!

Hi y'all! I spent the whole day at CHA summer today and saw lots and lots of amazing products! When I came home my children had left destruction in every room of the house, but it was well worth it! The most common question I was asked by people- "How do you have time to scrapbook with a 8 month old and 2 1/2 year old?" Hmmm good question everyone. The answer is naps. I have been blessed with two little girls who love their naps. So it's been very easy to get them on the same schedule.  

I was able to take a few pictures of the Nikki Sivils Booth where I was working the make n' take table today. Like what you see? Well you can win all five of her new collections. Just hop on over to the Nikki Sivils Blog and leave a comment. Good Luck! 

And here is one of my new favorite layouts that was up in Nikki's booth. Can you see it above? Yes, it's up there hehe! I used Nikki's new "School is Cool" line. I just want to point out that the journaling says my 2 1/2 year old wants to be a Scarlet Macaw rescuer when she grows up. Yes she actually said that. The girl is watching a little too much "Go Diego Go"!

Thanks for coming by today! It makes my day to have some visitors! See you soon!

Nikki Sivils My Lil' Monster Sneak Peek

Happy Friday! I hope everyone is keeping cool. It is a HOT one here! Speaking of hot weather, I dressed my little Isabel up in her yellow summer dress and took her 8 month pictures yesterday. Isn't she just a little ray of sunshine?

And here is a sneak peek of Nikki Sivil's new line My Lil' Monster that is debuting at CHA just next week! Isabel was only three months in these photos, but just as cute :)

The complete My Lil' Monster line is up on Nikki's Blog. You can see all the super cute paper and embellishments from this line there.

I will be at CHA next week working at Nikki's Make N' Take table. If you are at the show stop by and say hi!

Have a great weekend!

More than four

Do you have lots and lots and lots of photos to scrap? If you do then the post on the Bo Bunny blog today is for you. There is a new regular feature debuting on the blog today titled "More than 4".

Now I love to scrap lots of photos, but unfortunately my little girlies are not always the most cooperative bunch. So I am lucky if I have one good photo from an outing much less more than four. But when I was given this assignment I knew exactly which photos I would choose to work with. I just couldn't decide which of these sweet photos to scrap so I choose them all! I know, I know they all look pretty similar, but mom's notice all the little subtleties and I can tell you each of these expressions is very different. So you can use my layout design to scrap 5 pretty similar photos or 5 very different photos. That is up to you!

For my layout I cropped all my photos to 3"x4.5" so they fit better on the layout.

Thanks for visiting me today! I hope to see you soon!



I promised a sneak!!

And here it is...

Some brand new not even in stores yet Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker!

I created this using Nikki's new line "Gingerbread Land".

Thanks for looking!

How about a sketch today?

Every month there is a sketch challenge over on the ScrapRoom's blog. This month's sketch is from the every so talented Jenny Moore. Don't you just love it?

And here is my  layout based on the sketch. I thought these papers were perfect for these pictures of my little Isabel. I don't know why the photos look dark in the picture, but they aren't in real life. Just wanted to let you know ;)

Everything was from the Double Shot kit and embellishment kit except the yellow letters. I also used some of my new dies that the kind folks at spellbinders sent out to me. Thank you Spellbinders for being so generous!

If you want play along please visit The ScrapRoom blog for details!

Thanks for visiting today!

How about a card today?

I have another card to share today from the July ScrapRoom kit! This paper is so fun and sunny it makes me happy just looking at it!

Supplies from the July Double Shot kit except sentiment sticker (June Double Shot kit), twine, jewels and button.

Thanks for looking! I have one more project to share tomorrow. Hope to see you then!

Postage Stamp Cards

Happy Friday! I am back with another project from The ScrapRoom's July Kit.

I am loving the look of these postage stamp cards I keep seeing everywhere so I had to try one myself. I am not sure how people make them, but this is how I created mine-

First I trimmed my cardstock to make my card base then scored and folded it into a card. I then used a small circle punch (1 inch) to punch half a circle through both sheets of cardstock at the same time in the middle of the card on all four sides. Next I punched holes next to the middle ones. I think I may have added one too many holes on each side because it looks a little cramped, but overall it turned out great and was very easy to do!

Everything on the card is from the ScrapRoom July kit except the sentiment, button and twine.

Thanks for coming by!!

I'm back!

Hi everyone! I am back from vacation! It was great. I really, really, really wish I was still there. I am back to laundry, dishes, diapers and on and on. No more nightly strolls on the pier and ice cream cones after dinner :(

But..... I did come back to lots of scrappy supplies that will be debuting at CHA this summer! I also had an email in my inbox that a card I submitted to CARDS magazine was accepted for publication! Yay!! I have been sending stuff to magazines for over two years now and nothing. The only thing that was published in print was the layout in the Big Book of Scrapbook Layouts. So to say I have been discouraged is an understatement. Everyone said don't give up so I didn't and yay! My first put with CARDS magazine!

While I was gone the July kit from The ScrapRoom was revealed as well. Today I will show you one of my new fave layouts. It is totally not my style at all, but I like to try new things every once in a while ;) If you know my work then you know I am all about straight lines and lining everything up just so. I love the grid! Circles are so not my friend and they never look right when I try to use them. So... I decided to jump right in and create a layout that is all circles. If you are going to do it then go all the way right?

Here is my finished project using the ScrapRoom's July Double Shot Kit-

Everything is from the kit and embellishment kit except the yellow letters. The photo is of my sweet Frances and I on Mother's Day. Isn't she the sweetest? I chose the title "Two of a Kind" because although she doesn't look like me, we are exactly alike in personality.

Thanks for coming by and I will have more ScrapRoom projects to show in the next few days! Plus next week I show what I have been working on for Nikki Sivils' booth at CHA!! I can't wait!

Nikki Sivils and Helmar!

Two great companies have teamed up to bring you some great projects- Nikki Sivils and Helmar! Helmar was nice enough to send me a bunch of their supplies to use with my Nikki Sivils paper and embellishments. And nothing goes better with Nikki's products than Helmar of course!

I have been creating all my projects with my Helmar adhesives, but I saved one to share with you today!

I thought Nikki's "It's Raining, It's Pouring" collection was perfect for these photos of Isabel all wrapped up in her towel after her bath. Taking a bath is one of her favorite activites so it wasn't hard to get some smiles from her! I added the little ducky to go with the squeaky clean title. I cut him from my Cricut Expression using the Wild Card cartridge (It is actually a chain of ducks, but I cut one out). Then I punched a bunch of circles for my bubbles. To finish it off I added some glossy accents to look like water splashes.

The Helmar products I used on this layout are: tape runner, liquid scrap dots, zap dots and quick dry 450.

Thank you Helmar!

You can see some more Helmar and Nikki Sivils creations on Nikki's Blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Some new sketches

Hi there!

Last month I volunteered to make the montly sketch for The ScrapRoom. I am always nervous that my work might dissappoint so I created three sketches just in case! Here's the two that didn't "make the cut"- lol!

I hope they inspire you in some way! Please be sure to share them too!

Focus on: Chipboard Stickers

Hi there! Today on the Bo Bunny blog they are focusing on chipboard stickers. I was so happy to get this assignment because I LOVE me some chipboard stickers! They are easy to use (just peel and stick) and so super cute what's not to love, right? On my layout I used Barefoot and Bliss papers and embellishments and mixed up some of the 12 x 12 chipboard and Icandy chipboard.

The chipboard waves were actually one big sticker, but I cut it into three pieces to better frame my layout. I also layered the chipboard (the flower on the pail) and used foam tape on my turtle chipboard piece to pop him up a bit. It looks like he's swimming in the waves! How cute is that?

Thanks for visiting me today and I hope everyone is having as good a summer as that little girl in the photo!

Nikki Sivils Day!

Hi everyone! I am featured on the Nikki Sivils blog today! I have two fun projects to share that I absolutely loved making!

First up is this little mini album I made of my little girl's first b-day party using Nikki's "It's Your Day" papers and embellishments. To create the album I used the Nikki Sivils scalloped chipboard album for the pages and one page from the North Pole lights chipboard album for the cover. I painted the edges of all my pages a fun bright pink to coordinate with the papers.

I was pretty proud of this Curious George cupcakes I made, They must have looked realistic because Frances was talking to them! 

The little girlie was so tired at the end of the day she could not even keep her eyes open! 

Next up I have a layout of my sweet Frances doing something she loves to do when it rains- Hippo Hunting! Not sure where she got this from, but whenever it rains she says we need to go hippo hunting. She grabs her flashlight and I put on her rain coat and we go walking around the neighborhood looking for hippos. She even says "there's one mommy" and points them all out to me! This girl has some imagination!

On this layout I used Nikki Sivils "It's Raining, It's Pouring" paper and embellishments and my cricut Create a Critter cartridge to cut the little Hippo. I can't believe how much older my little girl looks in these pictures compared to her birthday album! They grow so, so fast!

Please stop by Nikki's blog to see the rest of the DT's work and some peeks at the new CHA lines coming out next month! And there is a contest to win some of the new releases before you buy them. Check out Nikki's blog for details! Here's a little sneak for  you:

Thanks for coming by today!



The Big Book of Scrapbook Pages

Yay!! I finally received my copy of this book! And it is a big book indeed. Lots and lots of amazing layotus to look at!

Here's my layout on page 201:



It's been so long I almost forgot about this layout! Especially since they have had it all this time too. If you want a copy you can order it from Amazon.com and I have heard Hobby Lobby is selling it too!

Thanks for coming by. Tomorrow I will have two new Nikki Sivils projects up so please come on back. Good night!

It's your day!

Good morning all! I have to say that I have now created a total of three mini-albums. At first I hated them and alwas gave up before I finished. But I guess I was just using the wrong papers because when I use the Nikki Sivils papers I LOVE them!

I can only show you a peak of this mini I created of my Frances's first b-day using "It's Your Day". The whole project will be posted next week. I do hope you will come back to see the rest of it!

Have a great day!

A Bo Bunny Sneak

I can't show you the whole thing yet, but here is what I have been working on....

Have a great day!

Some new Nikki Sivils!

Nikki is busy working her magic for CHA summer! I for one cannot wait to use some of those goodies! I guess just need some patience! I feel like my 2 year old waiting though!

So how about a sneak while we wait? Nikki just debuted this new line on her blog. Here is.....

I am loving all the new additions to Nikki's lines! There are more patterned papers, a 12x12 stickers sheet, a die cut sheet and a 12x12 sticker sheet that is just all images! How fun is that???? And she is also going to be coming out collection packs too.

Thanks for coming by and checking out one of Nikki's new lines!

a baby and a wedding

Hello! I hope everyone is having a great day!

First I would love to share these pictures of my sweet little Isabel with you! She turned 7 months old yesterday and she is just the cutest little thing. I can't believe this little princess is already 7 months old! It seems like just yesterday I couldn't wait to meet her.

And now for the wedding! My friend is getting married so I made her this card for her wedding shower. I used all my "extras" on it and I am really happy about how it turned out. Almost too happy to give it to her! Just kidding! Hehe!

The background papers are SEI Corrine from The ScrapRoom June Kit, the chipboard is Crate Paper Portrait from The ScrapRoom May Kit, the ribbon and rubons are American Crafts and the pink paper the butterflies are punched from is Pink Paislee. That Pink Paislee paper is my favorite from the Valentine's line two years ago. I am down to just a a quarter of a 12x12 sheet, but I won't throw it away!

Thanks for coming by today! I have lots of projects just waiting to be posted so I would love it if you would come back soon!