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First grade

Here's another layout to share from the awesome scraplift challenges at Scrapperie earlier this year. There are so many things I love about using bright colors and fun papers! Sierra is especially good for this, because she is quite the little fashionista. Coupled with me working at The Children's Place, this kid has an awesome wardrobe! I have to say, it comes in super handy for first day of school pictures and matching scrap products. So, yes, she was homeschooled this year, but we do co-op and that is her 'school' in the sense that we picked a first day outfit and did the standard back-to-school supplies shopping trip for her classes, so that's where this comes from this year.

Big bonus- my ScrapRoom kit included this awesome Crate Paper bliss line that perfectly matched the feel of the lift layout and the colors of her outfit, and I just LOVE Crate Paper anyway. So here ya go, some inspiration for today!

First Day of First Grade

Supplies: Patterned Paper: Crate Paper; Journaling Tag & Butterfly Diecuts: Crate Paper; Mist scree: Maya Road; Mist: Maya Road; Jewels: Basic Grey (swirl) and KaiserCraft (singles); Alphas: American Crafts (Thickers) and Making Memories (tiny alphas); Ribbon: Unkown.

Olympia

Here are a few more photos to hold you over just a little longer. We are home now, unpacking and recuperating. I can't wait to get back to scrapping! Enjoy!

 

Port Townsend

I hope everyone is having a fabulous Friday and that all that fabulousness continues all weekend long for you! I have been on the road with the kids to make it over to Port Townsend, WA for a fieldtrip to the Marine Science Center. The kids had a blast, and the weather here is absolutely amazing. Here are a few pictures to hold you over until I get back. Look for more scrappy stuff coming on Monday. I'm working on some DT things right now, which I'll be able to share soon I hope!

And a little more...

digi! Here are my pages from lessons 2 & 3 of Up & Running with Photoshop from Jessica Sprague! Okay, at this point I'm most of the way through the class and I can say, well worth it! I now know how to use all the cool digi templates that are out there, which makes it super easy and fun! Totally wanting to do more!

All supplies are from the class files, except the painted ghost star on Egg Hunt (Little Dreamer Designs by Michelle Coleman) and all the papers on Eat Cake (Ali Edwards/Songbird Ave).

Love Layout

We took these pictures of me holding Venice last month, and they came out so perfectly! I've been wanting to scrap them so bad, and my new January Express Kit from Memory Works was perfect for it! I love the way these colors look together, which is no huge suprise since I pretty much LOVE every Fancy Pants line. This is their new release, Artic Chill.

Love

Supplies:

Cardstock- Prism; Patterned Paper - Fancy Pants; Die cuts- Fancy Pants; Chipboard Scrolls- Maya Road; Chipboard letters- Basic Grey; Overlay- My Mind's Eye; Flowers- Prima; Brads- Making Memories;  Paint- Making Memories; Ink- Ranger; Pen - Zig.

Journaling-
Venice, I love being your mama!
eight months old
December 2008

Blog Features

 

Thought I'd share some links with you all today, since I'm featured in a few places.

First, don't forget about the Etsy Greetings Team Thank You promo- free domestic shipping on thank you sets from participating shops. Click here to see all the shops and details.

Second, StudioCherie has an awesome post on using the Poster Sketch feature on Etsy to see if your pics are front page worthy. She used my Thank You Set in her example.

Third, I have an interview featured on the Eastern Washington Etsy Team blog.

Special off topic update- my baby girl got teeth today! Sorry, no pics yet since I could barely see them myself, but they're there! Yay for real food soon!

Also, I just signed up for the Get Organized, Be Inspired class at Big Picture Scrapbooking. It's 3 months long, so I expect a lot of fun! Registration closes on the 7th, so you still have time if you want in.

Hello Card
Supplies : Cardstock - Bazzil; Patterned Paper- Daisy Bucket; Brads- Making Memories; Flowers- Imaginisce; Ribbon- American Crafts; Stamp- Studio G; Ink - Stazon; Button - ?;

Halloween 2008

Hope everyone is enjoying this holiday season! Please forgive me for being MIA for the last week or so. It started snowing last Sunday and it hasn't stopped since. Of course that means they cancelled kindergarten and delayed school for the older ones, which means they were home with me. I've also been working on a bunch of custom orders lately, which I'll be able to share with you soon. For now I wanted to share a layout I did a few weeks ago that I never got around to posting.

Halloween 2008

Supplies: Cardstock- Prism; Patterned Paper- Pink Paislee ; Letters - American Crafts; Glitter die cut overlay- Fancy Pants; Leaves- Prima.

7 things at 7 months

Remember how I pointed out that my baby turned 7 months last week? Well I have been planning out her baby album and I finally got all the stuff I wanted to use for it (from the Making Memories Animal Crackers line), so I started by making this page for her.
 
Since it will be a whole album, I really wanted to make is simple and I love the way it came out!
 
7 Things At 7 Months
Supplies: Cardstock - Bazzill; Patterned Paper, Journaling Tag (title block), Glitter letters, Ribbon, Epoxy Sticker, Metal brad - Making Memories; "7" (brown) - American Crafts Thickers; Flowers - Prima.

Journaling:
7 things at 7 months

1. You can sit now. It makes you happy.
2. Your favorite thing to do is to sit in the playroom with your brother and sister while they watch a movie and play with you.
3. You are working really hard to try to get some teeth in that mouth of yours!
4.You spend most of your day saying 'da da da da da,' which daddy loves of course.
5. You have rolled over once and you hurt your head doing it. You're just not on the floor enough. See #1.
6. You go to sleep on your own, but you have to have a blanket over your face.
7. You can hold a cup and drink out of it, but you still won't even try to hold your bottle.

*Side note on the blanket before someone gets mad at me- yes she has to have it over her face, but we only give her light ones that are crocheted so they have lots of holes in them*

Birthday Card & 7 months old

I have another birthday card to share today. I love the About a Boy line by Fancy Pants, and I though that this pattern would make some great birthday cards. I love the stars and circles!
Happy Birthday

Supplies: Cardstock- Prism; Patterned Paper- Fancy Pants; Brads - Making Memories; Rub-on - Bo Bunny; Ribbon- Offray.

Also, my baby girl was officially 7 months old on Monday. And again I find myself wishing time would slow down! We're right in the middle of major teething, so it's hard to get a pic without her covered in drool!