Polka Dot Plum CT

Long Weekend

| cristina

I really enjoyed the long Memorial Day weekend! DH came home Saturday evening after a 2 week absence, so this long weekend was much needed too. We enjoyed the nice weather and cool air (it was in the mid fifties and beautiful) and used the smoker last night.
Too bad the weekend is over, and worse still because it’s our 2nd wedding anniversary today! But I really cannot complain.. And the weekend is only 4 days away. 🙂

Since DH came back home my scrapping time has been drastically cut down, but I still managed to get a few pages done over the weekend.

I finished scrapping all my class pictures from kindergarten up to 6th grade!

This page from my 1st year in kindergarten matches this one.

Credits:
Sunshine in My Soul by Britt-ish Designs
Font: SS Whimsy

Credits:
Girls Rock Collaboration by Brenda Smith Designs, Happy Scrap Girl and Jeni Hopewell
Blue paper from I’m a Dreamer by Britt-ish Designs
Tag by missrubikscube (Dana)
Font: SS Whimsy

Credits:
Natural Wonders by the ScrapMatters Design Team
Hat and glitter from Witchy Woman by Britt-ish Designs
Font: SS Whimsy

I really love the pictures from kindergarten and I got most of them from Facebook!

Credits:
Rose Cottage collab by the Scrap Matters Design team
Font: SS Whimsy

This one from 3rd grade has to be my favorite picture of me from school!

Credits:
Background paper, alpha and colored bees from Hippity Hoppity by Polka Dot Plum
Bee on the left from Oh So Happy by Amy Sumrall
Bee on the bottom from Natural Wonder collab by the ScrapMatters Design Team
Font: SS Whimsy

The 4th grade pages are in the previous post.

Credits:
Meadowlark and Black Scuffed Up Alpha by Sugarplum Paperie
Challenge Shapes by Chelle’s Creations
Font: SS Whimsy

Credits:
Natural Wonders collab by the ScrapMatters Design Team
Solid red ribbon and apple ribbon from Fairchild add-on by Britt-ish Designs
The Dog Ate my Alpha by Erica Zane
Font: SS Whimsy

And I’m all caught up with my Project 365 too:

Credits:
What Every Girl Needs – Folded, Playing with Wire – Spring and Hodge Podge 10 by Gina Marie Huff
Basic Alpha by Sahlin Studio
On the Dot Alpha by Chelle’s Creations
Photo stamps from Project 365 #2 by Sugarplum Paperie
Font: Note this

Easter Cupcakes

| cristina

Now that Easter is over and I took some lovely pictures, I can finally play with Amy and Lauren’s Easter kit, Hippity Hoppity:

It’s soooooooo gorgeous!! I did 2 pages featuring my Easter cupcakes. 🙂
Here’s the page with a picture of all the cupcakes (they’re all different) I did:

Credits:

Hippity Hoppity and string from Occasionally by Polka Dot Plum

Template from Hang ’em High Templates 2 by Britt-ish Designs

Font: SS Whimsy
and here are some closeups of my favorites:

Credits:

Hippity Hoppity by Polka Dot Plum

I used the most Easter-themed elements of the kit for these pages, but there are many other spring goodies I have yet to play with, and they’re so cute! And the textures of the papers are fabulous!

On a Roll!

| cristina

These past few days I’ve been on a roll and got lots of LOs done! And I’m very happy with them all! 🙂

Last night I did 2 more LOs with Lipstick Kisses at Noon, by Polka Dot Plum. I actually started scrapping these 2 pages the night before, when I did the 2 LOs featured in the previous post, but I didn’t love what I scrapped so I didn’t publish them. I didn’t like them, especially compared to the 2 pages I did with the same kit and that I absolutely loved. So last night I went and redid them completely. I’m much happier with the end result now! 😀

This is page 1:

Credits:
Lipstick Kisses at Noon by Polka Dot Plum
Party Girl Alpha (recolored) by Britt-ish Designs
Font: FG Bonnie

and this is the matching page:

Credits:
Lipstick Kisses at Noon by Polka Dot Plum

I’m still very much in love with this kit! 🙂 And after scrapping 4 pages with it, I’m not done with it – there’s more goodies I haven’t used yet!

Then since I was on a roll a scrapped a gorgeous picture I took on Saturday, and used Polka Dot Plum’s Her First Kiss:

Credits:
Her First Kiss by Polka Dot Plum
Font: My Own Topher

Whew, that’s it for now, and hopefully my mojo will come up with something pretty tonight too! 😉

In Love With a Kit

| cristina

I picked up an older kit by Polka Dot Plum (taking advantage of the super sale going on at ScrapOrchard and Sunshine Studio Scraps on all of their stuff – and ending tomorrow!), Lipstick Kisses at Noon, and I am totally, completely IN LOVE with it!!!!!

I might even say it’s my favorite kit ever by Amy and Laren, if I didn’t already love many of their other kits.. But still, this one is really special!
Let me show you what I scrapped with it. There’s this..

Credits:

Lift of XOXO by monsu

Lipstick Kisses at Noon by Polka Dot Plum

Font: Painty Paint

and then this:

Credits:

Lipstick Kisses at Noon by Polka Dot Plum
So much sweetness and romanticism and love!

Polka Dot Plum Big Sale

| cristina

Amy and Lauren of Polka Dot Plum have a great sale (only for 5 days so make sure you don’t miss it) because they’re leaving Sunshine Studio Scraps and ScrapOrchard (and they’re going to a NEW, special place… more about that in the next few days 😉 )

So this is the perfect time for you to snag all those gorgeous kits you’ve been drooling over!
Here’s their store at Sunshine Studio Scraps and at ScrapOrchard.
The sale will show up only once you put the item on the cart and it will last only until Tuesday!!
Just in case you’re undecided what to get, let me show you Amy and Lauren’s newest creation:
Hippity Hoppity is just SO CUTE!!!!!!!! You can find it at ScrapOrchard until Tuesday, and it’s 20% off!

Birthday Card

| cristina
I prepared a birthday card for my Mom today and it turned out super cute! 🙂
I used Cutieful Doodleful Youville by Polka Dot Plum and Amy Sumrall to prepare the card:
then I simply printed it, cut it out and mod podged it for finish. I gave diagonal strokes. 🙂
Finally, glued it to a blank 5×7 card with Mod Podge. Et voila’!
I used normal paper and of course when I mod podged it the color did bleed a little, but it didn’t bother me because it actually made the background paper pinkier. 🙂
It think it turned out really cute!! When the picture looks better than the digital version, you definitely know your hybrid project was a hit! 😉
Yep, I took these pretty pictures in our light tent, albeit still with our living room lamp and not the really nice one we bought for the tent – still need to buy a lamp holder for that! 🙂

Week 9

| cristina

I’m finally catching up with my Project 365 LOs! These past couple weeks I haven’t been in the mood of scrapping them, but I hope to get them all done today. 🙂

Credits:

Cutieful Doodleful Youville by Polka Dot Plum and Amy Sumrall

Photo stamps from Project 365 #2 by Sugarplum Paperie

Font: Note this

I used the super fun Cutieful Doodleful Youville by Polka Dot Plum and Amy Sumrall. I love those pinks!!

TWO Lucky Kits by Polka Dot Plum

| cristina

Amy and Lauren have been busy and created TWO new mini-kits, in the stores today!
Pot O’ Gold is exclusive to ScrapOrchard,

while Irish Jig is exclusive to Sunshine Studio Scraps!


Whether you’re Irish or not, whether you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day or not, I’m sure these kits can work for scrapping many of your pictures: they’re so versatile!