October's ScrapRoom Kit

Hi there! I hope you are having a great fall!

Today the October ScrapRoom Kit goes on sale. It is full of fun fall colors and lots of fall papers and embellishments. I created this layout from the October Double Shot kit and October embellishment kit.

You can see the complete kit on the ScrapRoom's website!

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!

TSR sketch challenge

It's time for the monthly ScrapRoom sketch challenge and this month's sketch was provided by me!

Here is the sketch I created just for the ScrapRoom:

And here is my layout based on the sketch. I mixed up the two lines in this month's Double Shot kit- Basic Grey Sweet Threads and Jillibean Soup Blossom Soup. Tammy did such a great job putting this kit together. The two lines just look like they go together. And sorry for the glare! I was having photography troubles that day!

Thanks for coming by and please hop on over to the ScrapRoom blog where the rest of the DT has a take on the sketch. We would also love to see your layouts too. There is a prize up for grabs from the ScrapRoom store.

A few things...

Hi there, I have a few things for you today!

First up- a few cards I created with the ScrapRoom's June Double Shot Kit.

And second- if  you haven't already heard the always so sweet Nikki Sivils is coordinating a scrapbooking drive to benefit victims of the Joplin Missouri tornado. She is just the sweetest and I feel lucky to work for such an amazingly kind and generous woman. I already have a big box of supplies to ship of to here!

All the details can be found on Nikki's BLOG and on the flier below (click for a larger image).

Days are long, Years are short

Hello, hello. I have two sick little girls here today. It is no fun being sick so I feel so bad for them. Especially little Isabel who can't even blow her tiny little nose! It is cold again so we are not missing much outside anyway.

I have a new layout to share that I created using some Jillibean Soup Pasta Fagioli. I had this idea for a while. Last summer I created a similar layout about all the words Frances mispronounces. I wanted to to do an updated version of all the funny things she says now almost a year later.

Here is the original in which I used Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker "My Friend Birdie" line. This is one of my all time favorite layouts.

Here is version two using the Jillibean Soup papers. I wanted to keep the same title and some of the same design elements. So on this layout I made the "YOU" in a bigger font as in the original, took the photo of Frances looking down at her, used two birds in the lower right corner and stitched on my three hearts. I also created a border using the journaling sprouts and tied a bow around the bottom like my original layout. Although in my original the border is a little smaller.

I can't believe how fast my little girl is growing up! I am reading the book "The Happiness Project" and in the book the author says- "Days are long, but years are short." That is so true. As these long winter days drag on and on 2 1/2 years have passed in a heartbeat. I can't imagine my little girls not hanging off my legs anymore, but it will be here sooner than I would like. I have used this reason to put off doing laundry, the dishes, cleaning up toys and I think that is ok. I have take all the time I can get with them.

Have a great day!

Photo Shoot Friday and a layout

Since the only four month picture I had of Isabel was a just a quick shot in her bouncy chair on Friday I decided we needed another photo shoot. I dressed her up in this little dress I bought at baby gap and the pink hat her grandmother made her. We took tons and tons of pictures until she decided she had enough. Here are some of my favorites:

At her four month doctor's appt. the doctor said she was healthy and just a bit chunky- hehe! I love all her rolls! At four months she already wears 6 months clothing and is more than double her birth weight (which doctor said doesn't usually happen until after 6 months). We can't believe how cute she is and feel so blessed to have her in our lives.

Here she is a few months ago sleeping sweetly. I walked into the room and the first thing I saw were those hearts on her feet. The were too sweet so I had to take a picture.

Most of the supplies on this layout is Jillibean Soup.I used a mixture of Pasta Fagioli and some of the Christmas papers.  The small blue letters are Bella Blvd and the heart brads are Creative Imaginations.

Have a great Sunday everyone!