Showing posts with label mme. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mme. Show all posts

Saturday, August 6, 2011

A day with the animals (SS Topaz #2)

 This is the second ScrapbookSteals layout of year 2!

As I was flipping through my pictures, deciding what to scrap, I found these pictures from a couple of months ago and had the exact right number of pictures - so I decided to go for it based on that! The papers seemed obvious for a zoo layout, but I still had a hard time deciding which of the My Mind's Eye Alphabet Soup papers to use. It feels a little plain, and isn't my favorite page ever, but I'm happy to have another completed layout!

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Happy Together (SS Topaz #1)

The start of a new year of scrapbooking as begun! And what a gorgeous layout to begin with!


I just picked up the My Mind's Eye Stella & Roze Hazel collection off ScrapbookSteals and couldnt' wait to use it! I love this picture of my mom and daughter and have been wanting to scrap it for quite a while. It went beautifully with these papers, and it all flowed and came together so easily! The most difficult part of this layout was coming up with the right thickers to use! 
I've seen these beautiful zipper trim flowers on Maya Road's facebook page and watched their youtube tutorials several times - and was completely delighted with I realized that some zipper trim was included with this kit! I knew immediate that I wanted to make a zipper trim flower with it - and I love how it came out! I am in love with this collection and with this layout!

Monday, July 11, 2011

Take time to smell the flowers

A friend posted this sketch on her blog - and I decided to do it! You can check out Carrie's blog here: http://carrieoncrafts.com/


Such a cute sketch! I used a mix of Echo Park Little Girl & My Mind's Eye Fine & Dandy/Tickled Pink. Those two are definitely my favorite paper manufacturers! I have a hard time resiting any of their stuff!


Friday, July 8, 2011

Watch Out.. for that car (MWM 47)

I've had a little bit of catching up to do since I started working and have significantly less crafting time! This is a few weeks late, and several months after the accident happened!


Brock was at our neighbor's birthday party, and was running from their car into their house. He didn't notice the car in front of him had an open door, and he ran full speed into the edge, gashing his head open. We had a plastic surgeon stitch him up, and I'm so glad we insited! He told us that Brock had severed a muscle in his forehead, and if it hadn't been fixed correctly, he would have had a permanent dent in his forehead. Brock was mostly afraid of getting the shot to numb his head - but he didn't even know when it was done! :)

I used My Mind's Eye Alphabet Soup (boy) papers, thickers (with their own stitching), and the star border is cut from my circut!

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Look WHOO graduated!

I didn't follow a sketch for this layout - which is probably why is pretty plain and simple. But I adore this picture of Brock! And my darling ScrapbookSteals friend Heather came up with the idea to use "whoo" in the title! Such a brilliant idea!


The paper is My Mind's Eye: Fine and Dandy/True Blue. I used thickers for the "whoo" in the title, and Authentique tiny type letters for "look" & "graduated."

Cheese! mwm 48

Here is the mid week mojo 48 sketch! Another fabulous creation by Kristy Lee! Every layout I've seen done from this sketch is totally amazing! It speaks to what a great sketch it is!


I had just gotten the My Mind's Eye: Fine and Dandy/Tickled Pink collection from ScrapbookSteals, and couldn't wait to use it! This background paper normally really scares me, but it was perfect for this sketch! And it took so much work out of creating an amazing layout! I couldn't be more happy with how it turned out! This picture was taken the day of June's third birthday party (just a couple of days after her birthday). I love her smile! :)

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

My Love (MWM 46)

I know I say this all the time, but I really love this Mid week Mojo! I ended up straying from the sketch a little more than I would have liked to, but I'm okay with how it turned out!


I used My Mind's Eye Union Square papers - which I almost passed up buying. I'm SO glad I got them! They are really gorgeous papers! I wouldn't have chosen "my LOVE" for my title if the "LOVE" wasn't already in the bottom corner - but I'm okay with that too! These papers are so pretty that I had a hard time cutting into them! But I'm so glad I did! What good are papers sitting in a big plastic envelope, after all?

Monday, June 6, 2011

Your Smile [makes me smile] - ScrapbookSteals MWM 45

It was guest sketcher week again at ScrapbookSteals! This time, the sketch was from Lisa Zubritsky, who has only been scrapbooking for about a year! All of her layouts are gorgeous! I love how different this sketch is!

These papers are technically part of a girl kit from My Mind's Eye (Delightful), but I think they're great for boys too! Sure, there is a little bit of pink, but that doesn't bother me! This picture is from 2006, and every time I see it, it brings a smile to my face! I knew I wanted to scrap it, and was so happy when I found that I already had it printed so I could get to work right away! I've been loving all of the pinwheels lately, and thought they'd be a great alternative to stars and buttons for boy layouts (since cute embellishments for boy pages are so hard to come by) - they were SO easy to make! You just cut a square (my biggest is 3x3, the medium is 2.5x2.5, and the small is 2x2), then cut from each corner diagonally toward the center (but not all the way to the center), and then fold one side of each cut in to the middle and glue the middles down! I used some of my Twinery twine, some thickers with distressing crackle paint on them, & my We R Memory Keepers heart attack distressing tool on all of the paper pieces! I really love how this layout turned out! Thanks for such a fun sketch, Lisa!

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Eight is Great (MWM 44)

ScrapbookSteals' midweek mojo #44 is a two page sketch this week! I thought I'd take this opportunity to scrap some of the birthday party pictures I've been wanting to do for a while now!


I finally found a good use for my My Mind's Eye Alphabet Soup (boy) collection! Plus, I got my baker's twine from a twine swap I participated in with some friends I met through ScrapbookSteals, and I was so excited to get to use it! I used some Basic Grey buttons and some thickers of my title! The "great" thickers have been in my stash for along time, and I wasn't sure I'd ever find a use for them - so glad I did! I'm happy with the finished layout!

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Sisters by chance, Friends by choice (mwm 42)

 I feel like my scrapbooking time has been so limited these last few weeks - I was happy to have time to scrap today! I guess starting a new job and beginning working will impact the amount of personal time one has! I'll be honest - at first, I wasn't sure how I felt about this sketch (I think I really just wasn't in the scraping mode). I am so glad I decided to use this layout to make a birthday present for my sister!


I've had these My Mind's Eye: So Sophie/Graceful papers in my collection for several weeks, and haven't really had any pictures to use them with so I was really excited when I realized this picture taken over the weekend would go perfectly with this paper collection! I took some Prima Marketing flowers and added a little bit of Cranberry Zing Glimmer Mist to make them the right color, and added some iRock studs to the centers. I also used some white fabric Thickers, and sprayed them with both Sand & Cranberry Zing colored Glimmer Mists. I like the way it turned out, and hope my sister likes it!

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Sweet Dreams

My brother's girlfriend, Erin, posted this as her profile picture on facebook, and I fell.in.love! It's her and my nephew, Noah. Erin's birthday is coming up, so I decided to use the pic to make her a birthday gift.


The papers are from the new My Mind's Eye line, Good Day Sunshine.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

MWM 35

Here is the sketch:

And my layout:
The papers (just like last week's layout) are from My Mind's Eye- Dreamy 2/Brilliant collection.

Monday, March 21, 2011

MWM 34

My sketch:
The papers are My Mind's Eye- Dreamy 2/Brilliant collection. I used my cricut for the stars and the bracket layers, and thickers for the title!

Thursday, March 10, 2011

MWM 33

The sketch:

My layout:

The papers are My Mind's Eye- Dreamy 2/Enchanting collection. I used thickers for the title!

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Friday, July 23, 2010

Midweek Mojo 1

Back at  it!  Here is my first scrapbook layout in about four years!

The sketch from ScrapbookSteals.com:

My layout:


The papers and embellishments are from My Mind's Eye! I don't remember which collection, though!