I've Got My Eyes on YOU!

Super simple Halloween LO for the Use Your Stuff Blog.  

Halloween is my favorite holiday, next to Christmas...

Happy Halloween and Happy Scrapping!

I've got the BLUES!

This week over at Use Your Stuff, the team was challenged to create a project using mostly blues. I found an older picture of my husband and our oldest son wearing their blue 2003 Old Navy 4th of July shirts and knew it would be perfect.  I used up some of my way older Scenic Route stash.  I am really happy with how this turned out and how easy it was to pull together.

Hope you will share your blues with us over at Use Your Stuff!

Happy Scrapping!

New Beginnings

This week over at the Use Your Stuff blog, we were asked to create a project based on New Beginnings. My layout is about bringing our youngest little one home from the hospital.  His big brother and big sister were so excited to have him home.

Happy Scrapping!

A Color Splash Challenge

This week's challenge for the Use Your Stuff Design Team was to create a project in black and white with the addition of only one color.  We recently took a family vacation and I made it a point to get pictures of my husband and I together and so I thought this challenge would be a great opportunity to actually do a layout of my husband and I as they are few and far between in my albums.


I changed the pictures to black and white as well because I felt like they we a little more "forgiving" than the original color ones...and let's face it, we are our own worst critic!  I was happy with the result.  I paired them with patterned paper from DCWV and Echo Park and then added a mix of embellies from my stash.

Hope you will join in with the rest of the Design Team at Use Your Stuff!

HAPPY SCRAPPING!

A Magical Music Challenge

I recently hosted another challenge over at the Use Your Stuff blog.  Given my love of Disney I thought it would be fun to combine it with my love of music and so I asked to see projects using the title or lyrics from a Disney song of their choice.

My layout was inspired by The Little Mermaid's - Kiss the Girl song.  My son and his girlfriend had some beautiful pictures taken of them before they headed off to their senior prom and so I chose to use a few of them for this page.

I personally think they make a sweet couple :)

Happy Scrapping!

Trying Something New

This week my team over at the Use Your Stash blog was challenge to try something new...whether it be a technique or a product you may have never used before.  I had a hard time initially coming up with what I wanted to do but finally decided on giving a hand stitched title a try.  It isn't too terribly difficult but it definitely takes patience!

I love this picture I took of my littlest guy last week and wanted it to be the main focus of my layout.  I hand stitched the "KISS" title and I am really happy with the final results!  I just love that sweet little face!

It was kind of fun trying something new.  Hope you will give it a go and share your creation over at Use Your Stuff.

Happy Scrapping!

Summer Fun Blog Hop

Welcome to the SUMMER FUN blog hop at Use Your Stuff

Summer is just about here and the ladies of Use Your Stuff are excited and wanting to share some hot summer projects using our stash! We hope that these projects inspire you to create your own fun summer scrapping projects!

The Blog Hop will run from May 29th until June 4th. You have all week to hop along and see what we have created for you.

Hop along with us for a chance to win this great prize pack:

Here are the rules for the hop

1. You must leave a comment on each Design Team members blog and on the UYS challenge blog.

2. You have from May 29th until June 4th 8pm EST to enter. Winner will be announced on June 6th on the blog.

3. Create and link up your own summer project for an additional chance to win using the link on the blog.

4. International scrappers welcome.

Hello and Welcome!  Thanks for stopping by!  Hope you are enjoying your hop along with some of the Use Your Stash ladies :)

I am a Disney loving girl and so when I hear summer the first thing that comes to mind is Olaf!  I decided to scrap some pictures from last summer when my daughter and youngest son were at Hollywood Studios visiting with our favorite little snowman.  I love that my littlest guy is not afraid of the characters and so it makes for some pretty cute photo ops.  I kept this layout pretty simple as I really just wanted my pictures to be the focus.

Be sure and head over to Lori's blog next to check out her summer fun project. Can't wait to see YOUR summer fun inspired projects!

 

Here is the list for the hop in case you want to stop along the way or get lost:

USE YOUR STUFF http://useyourstuff.blogspot.ca/

KARRIE http://sweetscrapsbykarrie.blogspot.com/...

BETH http://stampingmom.com/

CHRISTINE http://mommomandpoppop.blogspot.ca/

TAMMY http://tampatha.wordpress.com

MAJO http://majos-art.blogspot.ca

RENEE http://www.reneehagler.typepad.com/

ALICE http://yellowhousestudio.blogspot.ca/

HEATHER Mommyribs.blogspot.com

LORI http://loriannie670.blogspot.ca/

TINA http://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.ca/

It's All Magical

So this week's challenge over at Use Your Stash was all about metallics, glitter and all things shiny.  I wanted to scrap these pics of us from 2006 with Sorcerer Mickey and found a little stash of glitter star stickers for my layout [It's All Magical]

Hope you will join in the fun...maybe this little tune will get you in the mood...

WISHING YOU A MAGICAL MONDAY!

May The Force Be With You...

This week over at Use Your Stash it is all about Star Wars!

I had plenty of pictures to choose from since my family has always loved Star Wars and riding Star Tours at Walt Disney World.  The Star Wars weekends are fun too.  My first layout for the challenge features my oldest son back in 2004 outside of Star Tours with his new laser gun.  We also had a picture made of him and his sister as Han Solo and Princess Leia...we still crack up at this picture even now!

Over the years my oldest son has chosen to be different Star Wars characters for Halloween.  This layout is him doing his  best Anakin Skywalker impression. The photos are from 2006.  Hard to believe he is graduating from high school in less than a month!

May the force be with you!

Hosting my first challenge!

This week on the Use Your Stuff blog, it was my turn to host a challenge...no pressure or anything! ;) I have recently been working on scrapping older Disney pics and was looking for a brad to add something to the layout  I was working on.  I couldn't help but notice the immense collection of eyelets and brads I currently have.  I think I must have bought every color under the sun at one point!  Needless to say, it was my inspiration for this weeks challenge.  I am hoping I am not the only one with umpteen thousands of little colored round things and so I am encouraging you to use some of them up by using them to make a shape on your layout or card.

I completed this Minnie Mouse layout for the challenge where I used up almost 50 of the red brads to make a heart shape around my page title.  Hard to believe the little boy in that picture is getting ready to graduate from high school in just over a month, and that little girl is about to turn 16 (*sob*)

Looking through some of my older layouts, I came across this one where I used the eyelets to make a heart frame on my picture (guess I have a thing for hearts?!) and then threaded embroidery floss through it...

Then on this Pooh and Tigger layout, I used some eyelet brads to frame out the circle on the left hand side.

Thanks for looking and I hope you will stop over at the Use Your Stuff blog to play along in the challenge!

Happy Scrapping!

Remember Me?!

Yes, it has been AGES since I last posted to my blog...life got in the way and then took me down a crazy, winding road and I am slowly finding my way back!

Since my last post in 2013, our family was blessed with a surprise new addition so now I have 2 teenagers and one toddler...and I probably drink more wine these days than I should! ;)  I have also been working to make more time for scrapbooking and crafting since it helps keep me sane!

Not too long ago I was invited to be part of the Design Team for the Use Your Stuff Blog and I was more than happy to accept.  This week I took part in the Polaroid Challenge.  I use my Silhouette Cameo to cut out a cute polaroid frame to highlight the picture of my hubby and I back in 2008 when we went on a cruise to celebrate his best friend's birthday...

Be sure and head over to the Use Your Stuff Blog to see what the other ladies have to share!