national scrapbooking day

Hey paper peeps! This past Saturday 5/2/20 was National Scrapbooking Day yayy! Can you believe that I've been scrapping for 20 years now?! How did you celebrate, did you make something pretty?! I created something using this darling new digital kit by Make A Pretty Life, not only was it super cute but they were donating some of the proceeds to charity! 

The kit is about the crazy corona virus and all of the weirdness going on lately like the toilet paper shortage, staying home, home school, etc. Since staying home is my favorite thing lol, I created a house shaped accordion mini album! I started off by making a flag pole using a wooden stick and a cut out piece from the ephemera page. I mean a house needs a flag pole right ;) The cute paper I used on the cover is actually a Simple Stories paper from their vintage garden collection!

Before I adhered the page down that I wanted to use for journaling, I ran it through my cute pink typewriter by WRMK! 

The house accordion is a cut file in the Silhouette Design Store, I think I cut it twice and taped them together..

There's a cute rainbow printed page in the kit, so I fussy cut some of those and turned them upside down to make shingles for my roof lol! They look so whimsical and fun I love them! 

Here's a look at my few other pages, the mask is held on by a star brad so you can slide it down to see my son's cute smile! I love interactive pieces! Social distancing is my jam man! It's so weird to see those things on the floor at the grocery store ohmygosh...

I had so much fun making this little book! I love that it showcases just a little touch of our lives right now, I love to remember the little details!

I printed out the kit by uploading it to Office Depot, then I just went and picked it up in the store super easy peasy!

Of course I had to add leaves to my house, these die cut ones were just chillin on my desk so I threw them on there.  I'm obsessed with flowers and leaves heh heh..

Thanks so much for stopping by, stay happy and scrappy!

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!

Emerson Lane

Hey there paper peeps! Have you seen the new Heidi Swapp scrapbooking goodies, Emerson Lane? It's so pretty, I couldn't wait to play with it! My favorite part is the floral lace paper (heart eyes heart eyes heart eyes)!!! Usually I cut it up into little pieces, but this time I wanted to keep it whole, it really packs a pretty punch!

I laid it over a piece of this really soft and pretty pink watercolor paper, I love how it makes the flowers stand out more! 

I can't wait to play with the rest of the collection! Are you being creative today?
Thanks so much for stopping by! 

color crushing

Hey there TGIF woot woot! Do you go through stages where you just love a certain color and get obsessed?! Lately I've been crushing hard core on periwinkle. It's just so pretty!  We have these darling little wildflowers on the side of the highways here in the midwest, they're called Chicory and I just love them! I wonder how many people drive past them without realizing how striking their color really is? 

Anyhoo, I think these blooms are to blame for my current color crush ;) You'll probably be seeing it alot more in my papercrafting, at least for the summer time..  Isn't this Crate Paper "welcome to Blue Springs" cut out so cute? I kinda wish that boat was mine! 

Yes yes i know. More leaves. It's an obsession I can't help it.. #sorrynotsorry

I love this Bible verse! It reminds me of that song by Brandon Heath called "Wait & See." So encouraging! 

What color are you crushing on lately?  Have a wonderful weekend dearest ;)

she was herself layout

Hey babes! So last year I took the fam to this beautiful resort by the lake, it was one of the most amazing few days ever! We walked out of our room and BOOM there was the lake. It was awesome! Anyhoo this is my cutie mom, lookin all mermaid-esque ;)

Can't really ask for a more beautiful background for a photo than those stunning blue hues hah? 

This gorgeous floral paper is in the open stock racks at Hobby Lobby, isn't it so pretty and summery? The other goodies are by Pinkfresh Studio.. 

I absolutely adore curly waves, so I pretty much squealed when I found some for my Silhouette Cameo eek!  I thought it'd be fun to mix my journaling in them.. somethin different.

How's your summer, have you gone anywhere coolio for vacay?

Have a beautiful day! 

what a cutie layout

Hey there paper peeps! What is your absolutely favorite scrapbooking thing to play with? I think I have to say mine is patterned paper.. Are you a hoarder or do you constantly purge your goodies? I kinda hang onto mine... I have this problem with getting rid of pretty papers, I mean hey it's not like it's food, it's not going to go bad right? LOL! Sooo I've been trying to go through my stash and use up pretty supplies I've been hanging onto for awhile, and I came across this cute Dear Lizzy paper from awhile ago. I may or may not have a whole Dear Lizzy drawer heehee... 

That floral! So cute I love it! Looks perfect with some lovely layers and my cutie pie son who just keeps getting taller and taller and taller....  Have a great day thanks for stopping by!