Squeezy bug hug

A few weeks back I decided to splurge and take a class titled The Perfect Collection

by Shimelle Laine. The idea of the class is to take a paper collection you may have and by following the process you'll end up with a bunch of starting points for your layouts.

The class really appealed to me because I knew I would get lots of layouts done quickly and since I was working with a lot of older, not so perfect, photos I felt it would encourage me to not overthink things and just get my layouts done.

I didn't have a paper collection but did have two incomplete kits, that were given to me by a friend, that when merged together provided exactly what I needed! Follow along for the next many days as I highlight the 15 pages I was able to complete in 1 week by taking this class!

Don't you just love a good hug? My daughter sure loves giving them!

Here she is showing some love to my niece by giving her a big Squeezy bug hug!

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Happy Friday!

Be all that you dream to be

I did the layout for the Last Scrapper Standing challenge at Memorable Seasons

The challenge was to use masking. I chose to mask with the older Heidi Swapp floral mask and then cut out the flowers to use as embellishments. I combined the flowers with some older Elsie pattern paper and some newer Amy Tangerine paper. Though this layout didn't get me to the next round- I'm still happy with the way it turned out!

Don't forget I have a Guest Blogger post up at the Memorable Seasons blog

It's about where I get some of my inspiration for titles. Go by and check it out!



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Happy Thursday!

15 and loved

A quick layout of my daughter as she turned 15 last year.

I recycled the tag from a gift I received- I added my own touch to it and made it my own by adding the numbers to it, changing the ribbon and turning it on it's side for this layout. The hearts make a nice little arrow towards my daughter.

I hope you'll also notice the pen work.

Sometimes when I have an empty spaced pattern I like to add pen work to it - it add's a special touch and makes the area pop!

I ended up doing this page for one of the LSS challenges at Memorable Seasons. The challenge was to doodle.I guess you could say what I did was a contained and structured doodling!

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Happy Tuesday!!



Guest Blogger at Memorable Seasons

I wanted to share that I won a spot to be a Guest Blogger at  Memorable Seasons

You can see my post here: GDT post

I'd appreciate you stopping by to find out how I arrived at the titles to the below pictured layouts!

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Happy Monday!!



We rock La Jolla

 I got 8 layouts out of the kit I made from my stash and it felt so good to use up a great amount on a fun concept like Shimelle's kit challenge! Since this is my second go around on making the kits- I'm giving it a break but look forward to using the concept again- maybe to make a couple of kits for when we travel!

Here are me and my kids standing at the exit of this cave at La Jolla Beach. We wanted to be closer to the sealions so we ventured into this tunnel/cave and my husband got this shot.

I love how the Sassafrass lass borders add texture without me having to do anything and I thought the wave paper went well considering we are at the beach!

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Have a great Friday! I start a 3 week long vacation today! Yay!!!



Cookies for Dad

Just a quick share of layout #7 from the kit that I made inspired by Shimelle's NSD video!

I'm winding down and have one more layout to share- for this challenge- after this one!

Also... Stay tuned for August! I'm participating in my 1st blog hop for Scrapbook Steals .

Super excited to show off the product I'll be working with!

Cookie for Dad is always great! Just wanted to share this Father's Day memory!

I love the special touches added by the Sassafrass hearts and border- they really help a page pop!

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Happy Tuesday!

Class Pride

The layout I am sharing today is #6 for the Shimelle inspired kit that I have been working out of! I can't believe how many layouts you can truly get out of one kit and it really brings into perspective purchasing kits and how if they are used wisely you can get a lot done! If I ever work through all this stash I think I'll start up with a kit club again!

My daughter is pretty artistic and took part, her Sophomore year, in developing both her class banners. One for Homecoming and one for the Spring Fling. The "Nemo" is all her drawing and painting and the M&M's was her idea and a lot of handiwork with her and her group to cut out felt to make the shapes.

This layout came together quickly for me as you can tell! Some mist a title, a border strip, flower, brad and a 2x4 strip of paper! Voila- done!

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Have a wonderful Sunday !