sunny adventure

Hey paper peeps! Just poppin on to share a fun summery layout with you! I have been playing with 6x12 lately, it's just fun to play with different sizes sometimes! It's a good way to keep things fresh and maybe find things that work and don't work for you! 
Citrus Twist Kits has these awesome 4x8 shipping tags, so I trimmed off a little on the end and slid the tag right into a pocket! So easy and cute! 

I used a couple stamps in the up-coming August Happy Little Story Stamp set, can you find them?! Sneaky peeky!

I loved playing with these bright summer colors, they made me so happy! 

If you want to spice up your pocket pages, create a fold over flap using cardstock, then cover it with a journal card or paper or photos! Plus it makes it fun and interactive! 

Flip it.. flip it good! 

If you're ever feeling a little down or sad about how fast time is going or if your babies grew up too fast, break out some old happy photos and document something with them! It helped me a great deal this weekend when I was feeling sad ;) 

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a bright & sunny day!

xoxo Sarah

sweet summer day

Hey paper peeps! Is it really June 1st holy cannoli?! Join me tonite at 8:00 pm CST for the release of the June Happy Little Stamps woohoo! 
Here's a little sneaky peeky.. I just love heat embossing on vellum, it's so light & dreamy!

See ya later gator! 
xoxo Sarah

storylines and shipshewana

Hey paper peeps! Have you gotten a chance to play with the new Heidi Swapp Storylines Chapters yet? I just started my first one, and I'm having so much fun! I'm trying to just keep it simple and slap stuff down, which I'm not gonna lie it's kinda hard for my brain to do that... but I'm loving it! And it's turning out so happy & cute!

This particular chapter is about a cute little amish town that my mom has been dragging me to taking me to since I was teeny tiny! We have so many awesome memories here, I have to start getting them down on paper!

This gorgeous floral cutfile is from Just Nick Studio, I just love using sequins to dress up a flower center! 

Typing is my go to journaling method right now, but I need to make sure my handwriting is in there too somewhere :)

I used a pretty Storylines circle sticker to be an envelope seal, but it's not stuck down. 

Something I like to do with my stickers is to leave the backing on and just use them like a piece of ephemera, then staple it on. 

I love flaps and different sized pages, it makes a book so fun to look at! So the first page i folded back in half, creating a pocket. Then I covered it in paper and did the same thing to the second page, leaving it a little wider so you can see all the pretty layers! 

Have a happy scrappy weekend loves! Thanks for stopping by!

good times

Hey paper peeps! Just poppin in to share a fun layout I did using a very large "K" cutfile from Just Nick Studio! It's from the Spring Outline Alphabet, I just love the alphabet there are so many things you can do with it! 

I cut the K out of white cardstock, then watercolored it with 2 different pinks to add some fun dimension and color! 

This bright and happy paper line is by The Stamp Market, it's called Miss Modern.. I usually am a pastelly kinda gal so I had fun using bright colors!

Those flowers are so pretty all layered up! 

Thanks for stoppin in, have a happy scrappy day!!

garden art journal

Hey paper peeps! I started creating an artsy fartsy art journal dedicated just for gardening! I love gardens so much, they are the most peaceful & beautiful places! To have a special little keepsake to keep all kinds of flowery goodness in makes me all sorts of happy! 
I used an old vintage hard cover book, and just tore a bunch of pages out to make room for new messy ones! ;)

I used a mix of vintage garden paper and new ephemera pieces to create a little collage area on the cover, then topped it off with a chippy painted book plate and some chipboard pieces!

I hung this beautiful charm off the binding with yarn, they were in my shop but are all sold out now! I may be putting more up soon!

I love mixing different sized letters, it adds a cute handmade eclectic feel!

Here's a couple pages I put in, I used a beautiful bloom cutfile by Just Nick Studio!

The floral hummingbird paper is by Maggie Holmes for Crate Paper, isn't it so pretty?!

Do you have a garden art journal? I can't wait to get this thing "dirty!" Thanks so much for stopping by! 

fine little day

Hey paper peeps! Have you jumped on the travelers notebook crazy train? Ohhh they are the cahutest little things when you make a mini album out of them! By the time you get just a few spreads done inside, they are these super chunky little books of happiness! I have just a general one in the works, filled with random memories that make me smile, and this is my most recent entry;

These books are also really handy when you have some pretty pieces lying around your workspace that you need to use up, or if you have a random picture that you want to use but don't want to create a large layout for it or whatevs ;) perfect for pretty paper scraps too!

So Shimmerz Paints has these fabulous new kits available now on their website, and this one had an exclusive cut file to go along with it! It was a large floral heart but I cut it apart of course (because I can't do anything normal lol).. what can I say some things are just begging to be fussy cut... 

I placed the flower on a simple watercolor background that I created with Shimmerz Creameez Piggy Pink paint! I was worried that the paper would crinkle too much, but I slapped down a clear gesso layer first and let it dry, but the paper took it like a champ! 
So definitely give these little notebooks a try, they are so fun I know you'll love them! 
Have a beautiful day! 

you make me happy

Hey there! Are you having a scrappy Sunday?! Just wanted to pop in to share this simple little layout with you ;) What is your favorite size layout to make? This is an 8.5x11 and I forgot how much fun they are! Omgosh this is an old pic but it makes me so happy! That little happy face...

 This is one of the charms from the new Maggie Holmes line "Sunny Days," I tied it around the bottom of the layout with bakers twine, just a simple little detail on the bottom. ;)

I found this cut file just laying on my desk in a pile of pretty things, so I gave it a watercolor bath in Shimmerz Paints "Luck of the Irish," It's so pretty! Love this color! 

This happy sticker is an old Dear Lizzy one, I have a whole drawer of her stuff that I need to stop hoarding lol! But it is kinda fun going through your stash, it's like shopping for it all over again heh heh!

I hope you find some time today to make something pretty!  Have a lovely day!

new sketch challenge

Hey paper peeps! Are you in the Hip Kit Club group on Facebook? They launched a new sketch challenge yesterday, and this is what it looks like!

Cute right? This is my version of it;

I know it doesn't look exactly like it, but if you look closely, I just flipped the sketch and smushed it all together! It was so fun I love doing these!

Look at this gorgeous cut file in the March kits?!?! I absolutely love it and plan on using it a bunch! Look how cute my mom looks in the lens lol! Siigghhh. Why are beach pics always so beautiful..makes me want to go grrrr!

I adore fancy little details... even simple little texture paste circles that were stenciled on can add so much to a page! 

Such a great saying:

You should definitely go play along, you could win a $10.00 gift card for their store! 
Can't wait to see what you come up with! Have a beautiful day! 

sweetie pies mini album

Hey there paper peeps! Ohhh it's almost Valentine's Day, which makes me so happy because I love it! I mean how can you not love a holiday about love?! It's all pink & hearts & sweets! I also love making cute papercrafting projects for Valentine's, mainly because I get to have a good excuse for mixing pinks & hearts with my boys haha! Here's a little mini album I just made for my first Shimmerz Paints Social Media Team project!
I used lots of Crate Paper goodies and yummy new Shimmerz products!

Lots of lovely layers...

I did a lot of watercoloring onto cut files and stenciling with texture paste! 

The Shimmerz products I used were;

Creameez Cheeky Pink

Inklingz She Packs A Punch
Dazzlerz Tutti Frutti
Paste-eez Baby Boy Blue
If you haven't tried their products out, you definitely should give them a whirl, they are so much fun to play with! 
Have a lovely day and thanks for stopping by!