Inked | Color

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You guys.. I am still pinching myself that I was asked to contribute to Inked | Color, an online class taught by Maggie Massey at Studio Calico!
I have a big, big love for stamps and bright colors, so this class couldn’t have been a better fit for me! There’s still time to sign up, and classes start on May 12! Here are a couple sneaks of what I have been working on for class… 😉

I am using this stamp that is one of 4 stamp sets released for this class.
Hope to see you in class!

 

Heart This One Photo

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Hello and happy Friday! The page I am sharing today means a lot to me, because it’s about one of the most important people in my life, my beloved grandmother. Her health has been declining rapidly these past two years, so I wanted to document one of the happy moments she’s had when I visited her recently.

This is one very special lady right there, who gave me the best childhood memories I could possibly have.

I combined 2 new products from The Lilypad (left) and digital brushes from Ali Edwards (right) to make this page.

  

This lovely kit is perfect for Mother’s Day (this weekend in the US) and it’s 20% off too!

An Awesome Story

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And after the pandas.. my second page from my vacation features a koala! 🙂 Straight from Australia.

It was seriously the cutest!! This is a hybrid page. I printed out the picture, word art by Ali Edwards and journaling, then added it on top of the background paper, and embellished with some paper and washi, plus a couple of physical stamps.

I love how Ali’s products encourage me to get those stories told! It would have been easy to make a page with this awesome photo and no words, but I wanted to document more than just the cuteness.

Click

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Hello hello! Wow, it’s May already. I was gone the entire month of April.. just got back last night. I was on the trip of a lifetime, to China, Australia and Thailand. So no scrapping for a month, but plenty of memories! I came back with nearly 3,000 photos(!!), and the first thing I did today was make a page with the latest Story Kit from Ali Edwards: Click.

I love this theme since photos are a big big part of my life! I haven’t even finished downloading all my photos yet, but this one taken one of our first few days in China deserved its own page. Wherever we went, Chinese people kept asking to take photos with us, which we found pretty funny. And then as I was taking a photo of my husband with the pandas, this happened. It was so funny and cute!! 🙂

I also included the shot of my husband and the pandas that I had set out to take. 🙂
Also, if you want a chance to grab past Story Kits and Stamps on sale, check out the store for some great deals going on right now!

Sweet Treats

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Hello hello! In the middle of a busy week, I have some awesome goodies to share that are on sale for 50% today at The Lilypad! I used them on this page:

Credits:

April template by Gina Miller – come play along!
Garden Party elements and Garden Party Stamps by CD Muckosky
The Golden Friends fonts by Heather Joyce

I also used the free template for the April template challenge. If you play along in all 7 challenges you get a chance to win a guest spot on the creative team, plus you earn a discount!

Magic + Spring Sale

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I have been traveling quite a bit lately so I had no scappy time, but I got back just in time to grab some of the newly released Memory Pocket Monthly add ons at The Lilypad:

 

Of course the bright colors are right up my alley! I combined them with these fabulous brushes by Ali Edwards:

and used them to make this page:

Credits:
Hello Pretty papers, Drama Queen no. 3 and Typo Grow by Valorie Wibbens
Magic Digital brushes by Ali Edwards
The Golden Friends fonts by Heather Joyce

I love how it turned out! I am so ready for spring right now.. 🙂

ETA: SPRING SALE!! Everything in Ali Edwards’s digital store is 40% off on March 30 and 31!

BBQ Season

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It’s Wednesday, and this means that it’s time for the weekly sale at The Lilypad – select products are 50% off! Here’s what I made with a few of them.

Credits:

Rosemary templates by Sara Gleason

On this next page, I used an awesome template by Ali Edwards. I love how this design showcases all the pretty and colorful papers in the kit.

Credits:
Clean Eating collab by Lynne-Marie and Gina Miller
Paper Cuts 3 alpha by Designs by Lili
All Together Now Painted Alphabet by Allison Pennington
Freefalling 2 Leaf Clusters and Splatterific 22 by Karah Fredricks

I really cannot wait for warmer weather and being outside!

Project Life

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I stopped posting my Project Life pages online a long time ago, but I certainly haven’t stopped making them. 🙂 I fell behind at the end of 2014 with a huge work deadline, so I am still working on that year. 50 weeks down, 2 to go. 🙂
Here’s half of my Week 49, done using some awesome printable cards by Ali Edwards.

The photo collages are by Designs by Lili at The Lilypad. I use them a lot since I always have many photos.