Back to School

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I went back to school last week, meaning that my classes started, but I don’t really have any kids’ pictures to scrap with back to school kits. But when I saw Mari’s new collab with Mel Wilson, I knew immediately I wanted to play with it!
This collection is simply HUGE, including not only a fantastic kit, but also a bunch of easy and adorable hybrid projects!


I used it to make two bookmarks for my husband and they turned out so cute!



This new release is 20% off today only, but if you buy the whole collection you can save 55%!!!! so check it out, and check out Mari’s store if you’re interested in buying just a portion of it!

Ready for Fall

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When I saw the Halloween merchandise in stores a couple of weeks ago, I was kind of shocked because it seemed way too early to think about that.. But when I saw Chelle’s new kit at ScrapMatters, I just couldn’t wait to start playing with it!! I can’t wait to take some Halloween pictures to scrap with it! 😉


It’s such an adorable kit, I feel I’m totally ready for fall! 😉
In the meantime, since DH loves crows, I made him a bookmark with this cute crow:


I also have a page from last week to show, from the Past Matters challenge.

Credits:
Explore. Learn. Grow. by Sahlin Studio
The Cutting Edge Templates by Chelle’s Creations used for the photo border
T – Monstrosity Bonus Alpha by Britt-ish Designs
Y – My Hero Alpha by [wm] squared Designs
P – Chip Off the Old Block Alpha by Haynay Designs
O – Brown Alpha by Erica Zane
G – It’s All Black & White Alpha by [wm] squared Designs
R – Foam Stamp Alpha Black by Sahlin Studio
A – Fun Times Alpha by Andilynn Designs
P – Little Vixen Alpha by Britt-ish Designs
H – Wrecked Alpha by Britt-ish Designs
Y – Fairchild by Britt-ish Designs

Feels Good

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I played catching up with my Project 365 this weekend and it feels good to be *almost* caught up! I’m working on last week now.

So here’s weeks 34 and 35:

Credits:
Kicking up the Leaves little seeds kit by Gina Marie Huff
Photo stamps from Project 365 #2
Alphas from Basic Instincts (week 34) and Softest Touch (August) – Scrap’it Designs by Brianna Cox
Font: Note this

Credits:
Kicking up the Leaves little seeds kit by Gina Marie Huff
Photo stamps from Project 365 #2
Beadaholic Alpha by Britt-ish Designs
Alpha from Click by Kelley Mickus
Font: Note this

Full of Holes

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Have you seen Amy Sumrall’s products for the September BYOC (Build Your Own Collab) at the LilyPad? I find them just darling!!

There’s a paper pack:
Those buttons are fantastic!! They’re all 20% off until the end of today (Sunday) so hurry!!
And here’s a page I did with these goodies:
Credits:

All by Amy Sumrall:
paper from Nutty
BYOC Sep 09: Full of Holes and Clay Buttons
Photo action by Pioneer Woman

Softest Touch

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Bree has a new kit in the store and I have to say it is GORGEOUS!! If you’re a regular visitor of this blog and have seen my work, you know I almost always scrap in bold, bright colors. But this kit really inspired me. It’s superbly sweet and romantic!
I present you, Softest Touch:


and this morning during breakfast 🙂 I made this page with it:

Credits:
Softest Touch – Scrap’it Designs by Brianna Cox
Photo action by My Four Hens Photography

What a nice way to start the day, playing with such a gorgeous kit!
Check out that alpha because it’s fabulous!! It’s beautiful and super complete (upper, lower, numbers and lots of symbols that usually aren’t there- like the # that I always use for my monthiversary pages 😉 )!

Sky Is the Limit

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There’s a new kit out today by Mari Koegelenberg, and I really love it! I love the colors and the elements and even the name of the kit! 🙂 It’s a collab with Courtney Wilson and it’s called Sky Is the Limit:

Credits:
All by Mari Koegelenberg Creations:
Sky Is the Limit (collab with and Courtney Wilson of Skittles and Scraps) and Stamped Alpha vol. 2
Font: American Typewriter

And I had the perfect pictures to scrap with it! 🙂
For my birthday last week, DH got me a camera strap. But not just any camera strap: I’ve been wanting one for some time, so I went and searched on Etsy for a cheap one that had a pattern I liked, found the right one and emailed the link to DH 2-3 weeks before my birthday. I wasn’t really expecting he’d wait that long to get it for me, since it was quite cheap and not a surprise at all, but he did get it for my birthday, and made it work as a surprise too: since so much time had passed I had given up on it; plus, the Etsy store had closed for maintenance in the meantime, so I believed he’d just missed the right moment to buy it. 🙂 Anyway, long story, but I really love the new camera strap cover. It’s really pretty and cool, but especially I wanted it to make the strap less harsh on my neck – I tried it out at the zoo this weekend and I must say it does make a difference!

Credits:
All by Mari Koegelenberg Creations:
Sky Is the Limit (collab with and Courtney Wilson of Skittles and Scraps) and Stamped Alpha vol. 2
Font: American Typewriter

Mari’s whole store is 30% off until Monday, so make sure you check it out!!

September!

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September is here already, and after 4 months of break I’m starting classes today. I cannot believe how fast the summer has flown by; and it sure feels like fall here now: it was 48 degrees this morning when DH and I went running. It’s way too cold for me to be out in a t-shirt and shorts! We’ll have to try to run in the evenings I guess.

I can now post the second zoo page I did yesterday. I did this for the Inspiration Point challenge at ScrapMatters:

Credits:
One Fine Day and alpha from The Key to Happiness by Happy Scrap Girl
Swirl shape from The Ballad of the Night by Anna BV Designs

The lions were really gorgeous. I took some more lovely pics of them that I’ll have to scrap.

Zoo!

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We went to the zoo this weekend and I took a gazillion pictures! Seriously, I only brought 1 memory card because I didn’t want to take too many pictures, but I still filled it up and came home with 402 pics!! How am I ever going to scrap them all?!? 😉 Anyway, we had lots of fun and were super lucky with the weather too: it was cloudy, so we enjoyed the cool air and only very few people were there!
I already did 2 pages but I can show only this one for now:

Credits:
Kicking up the Leaves kit and little seeds kit by Gina Marie Huff
Fonts: JH Cristina and JH Cristina Doodly by Jeni Hopewell Designs

(the order in which I’m scrapping these is completely random so bear with me! 😉 Hopefully some day I’ll have filled in all the gaps!)