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June BYOC

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I scrapped this week. Oh yes I scrapped. And I bet you will want to too, once you see the June BYOC at The Lilypad. :))

I really am not much for purple at all, but I’ve fallen in love with this BYOC!

Credits:
Drift Away Elements by Sahlin Studio
Summer Days Badges by Stolen Moments Designs

Such a great mix of papers, elements, alphas and templates!

Credits:
Painted Rounders v2 and Mended Around by Amy Martin
Summer Days Pocket Cards by Stolen Moments Designs

I also made a card for my MIL with the BYOC products by Sahlin Studio.

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Next up, I have a page documenting a very special happening.

Credits:
Timeline templates by Paislee Press
Sprinkles v24 by Valorie Wibbens
Dreams Do Come True Elements by Little Butterfly Wings

We have a robin nest on our deck, and we’ve been able to look at the progression. It’s just so sweet! The nest is quite high and we’ve only been able to sneak phone pictures there (sadly out of focus), but it was worth documenting! And this timeline template was just perfect!

OK.. last page now.

Credits:
Sassy Pants Papers by Amy Wolff
Painted Rounders v2 and Mended Around by Amy Martin
A Bit Worn no. 7 and Sprinkles v24 by Valorie Wibbens
Dreams Do Come True Elements by Little Butterfly Wings
Summer Days Badges by Stolen Moments Designs
And for being someone who doesn’t like purple.. I am digging the purple on this page! 🙂

King of the Woods

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Today is Wednesday – the middle of the week, and SOSN (Something Old, Something New) at The Lilypad. Select new and old products are 50% off today only. I picked one that is a classic, but for some reason I had never used it before.

This kit made me go and pull out this photo from three years ago, because it was a perfect match!

 

Credits:
King of the Woods by Karah Fredricks and Anne DeJong
Font: The Serif’s Sister by Heather Hess

I love the pretty grass stamps included in the kit; I used them to create a border for the bottom of my page.

Graduation

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The lovely new releases at The Lilypad this week prompted me to finally get this picture from last year scrapped! 🙂

Credits:
May 2014 challenge freebie template by Amy Martin
Little Graduates by Kate Hadfield

I’m very happy to be nearing the week’s end.. this will be my last Saturday in class for the next three months and it feels good! 🙂

Ready for NSD?

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Eeeek. It’s May. And National Scrapbooking day is tomorrow!! Do you have crafty plans? I have school meetings in the morning, but after that I plan to get crafty. Yay!

In the meantime, here’s a couple of pages from me. The first is for the write.click.scrapbook May gallery. The theme was “everyday”.

Credits:
Scrap Your Stash Sketch 5, Good Eats word art and Happy Place word art by Digital Design Essentials
Photobooth by Paislee Press
Fonts: American Typewriter, Castro Script, Silverfake

It was my first page with the oh-so-trendy pie chart, and I like how it turned out.

Next up, I had fun with creashens’ new kit! Oh, that pink+yellow combo has me smitten!

Credits:
Keen by creashens
Wet Paint Alpha by CD Muckosky
The Damsel Series fonts by Heather Joyce and Valorie Wibbens

Happy NSD! Make sure to stop by at The Lilypad for all the fun games, and to kiss a certain frog… 😉

At Sea Cards

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I’m late in posting this, but Sahlin Studio and Britt-ish Designs’ latest installment of the Project Mouse series is so much fun!

Perfect for cruises, sea/lake, and so much more! I made two hybrid cards with it.

Here they are one by one.

I was inspired to make a round card and used my newly acquired Big Shot to cut the circle.

I hope you had a great weekend! Alas, I have not had any crafty time this weekend.. too much work/study to do. Next weekend is National Scrapbooking Day so I am really hoping to get some scrapbooking time.. but it’s not looking good! Do you have plans for NSD?

Hello Friday!

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I am thrilled that it’s Friday! After a crazy weather swing from the 80s to the 30s, we are back in the 50s and I am enjoying it. I have lots of pages to share today! (Ok.. just 3 but it’s more than I usually have ;))

First off, I played with some of the new releases at The Lilypad (20% off all weekend long), and let me tell you.. I really had fun! Here’s what I used:

The first page is somewhat Easter themed – we made these cookies a few weeks back, but they are bunny shaped. 🙂

Credits:
Sunny Days Ahead kit by Paislee Press
100 Labels by Valorie Wibbens
Paper Mats Egg Hunt by Kaye Winiecki
The Golden Friends fonts by Heather Joyce

The second page I made with this kit describes the crazy weather we’ve had this week.

Credits:
Tag You’re It by Valorie Wibbens
The Golden Friends fonts by Heather Joyce

Switching gears, I also made a page with the new lovely kit by creashens. I love all the watercolor touches in this kit, and the colors are so pretty!

Credits:
Before kit by creashens
The Golden Friends fonts by Heather Joyce

It’s Easter Weekend so make sure to stop by tomorrow for a pretty Easter card I made!

Playing with Paper

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After a couple of panicky work emergencies, I can finally take a breath and rejoice that the warmer weather has arrived! Granted, it is not yet here to stay for good, as we likely will be getting some snow later in the week, but I am choosing to ignore that for now. 🙂

I have been super busy with work, but today I carved out a couple hours for myself and got crafty. It was fun to play! I made a card using the lovely collection Sahlin Studio made for the April BYOC at The Lilypad.

I also grabbed the free April template on the Sahlin Studio blog and used it for my card. 🙂

Credits:

In my opinion, enamel dots are just the right touch for any project. 🙂 The same is true for mini alphas.

April BYOC

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Well, hello and happy Friday! Today’s a good one, because it’s BYOC time at The Lilypad!!

I based my page on a navy/gray, yellow and orange color scheme. I love how it turned out!

Credits:
Freckles papers by Valorie Wibbens
Rainy or Sunny? papers by Little Butterfly Wings
Lemon Drop Elements by One Little Bird Designs
Pictures+Words no. 10 by Paislee Press
A Little Message by Kaye Winiecki
Painted Rounders by Amy Martin

Scrapping with the BYOC products is so much fun – it’s so easy to mix and match different pieces because they all go together!

April Already?

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Hello and happy April! I am so happy to share the page I made for the April write.click.scrapbook gallery.

Credits:
Real Life collection bundle by Digital Design Essentials
Journal Junkie – Bright Heart, Good Harvest, Doodles-a-Fancy Borders and Blessed Beyond Belief by CD Muckosky
The Golden Friends fonts by Heather Joyce

I just love how it turned out! It also was scrap therapy for me, since I scrapped it at the low point of an awful week. I just love this hobby/creative outlet!

Retirement Sale… and a Walk Down Memory Lane

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I love a good sale, and there’s a great one going on at The Lilypad right now. Sadly, several products are being retired to make space for new ones.. and the good news is that there’s plenty of deals to be made!

Here’s this page I made to scrap this week’s events:

Credits:
Lucky by Valorie Wibbens and Micheline Martin
Fonts: EM Deck the Halls by Emily Merritt, The Golden Friends fonts by Heather Joyce