Gossamer Blue: 10 Years

Good morning! Today I have another layout to share with you that I created with the October Gossamer Blue kits. Both the main kit and Life Pages kits have sold out this month but I believe there are some add-on options still available! Every year for our anniversary I make a layout and add to a special album that highlights our date night. This year due to extenuating circumstances we didn't get a chance to go on a date until September (our anniversary is in July). But I'm so happy we waited because it was a great night out to celebrate the two of us. We went to one of my favorite fancier places to eat dinner and had a great conversation. Then, like most dates it seems these days we ran a few errands. You gotta do what you can when you are without kids! ;)

I layered a few of the frames by Elle's Studio with die-cut, chipboard and brad elements in the kits.

I machine stitched each of the strips in this Cut & Paste (from Amy Tangerine) patterned paper. I love the texture! I also used a Cut & Paste vellum pocket where I cut down an Elle's Studio tag (for my journaling) and then embellished with a Heidi Swapp word and Crate Paper wood veneer. 

Thanks for stopping by today! I made good progress on cleaning my bedroom yesterday and have more to do today. The girls go on their first preschool field trip this afternoon so we are going to go with for extra supervision - should be fun! :)

Hope your day is beautiful!

Webster's Pages: Picking Pumpkins with You

Good morning! Whew! Made it to the halfway point of a busy week. Today I have a new layout to share for Webster's Pages using the Family Traditions collection by Adrienne Looman. I absolutely adore the colors and patterns of this collection - so warm and cozy - and perfect for scrapping those fall photos! My in-laws usually accompany us to the pumpkin patch and these photos are from our time there last fall. a

I mixed up some alphabet stickers from Lily Bee and Webster's Pages. The pumpkin border is a punch from EK Success. I love that "These roots grow strong" sticker in the collection.

I used a variety of the mini bags to house my smaller wallet size photos and punched a few leaves.

I tucked the journaling into one of the bags.

Thanks for stopping by today! I better get moving. I am working on cleaning our bedroom today - I swear it is the one room I save for last so it almost never gets thoroughly cleaned. It might take me all day but I want to get it done! :)

Have a great day! :)

Gossamer Blue: Bible Buddies Awards Night

Good morning! Today I have another layout to share using the October Gossamer Blue kits. This one celebrates the first year of the girls completing Bible Buddies as part of our church's Awanas program. It was sooooo good for them to be part of this program last year. They were great at memorizing verses (M&M's helped sometimes - ha!) and they loved spending time with their friends each week learning about Jesus. Their volunteer teachers were pretty great too and it was a good experience to learn about taking directions and listening from someone other than mom and dad. And my dramatic, excited girls seemed to lead music time each week with a rousing round of the ABCs (I'm not sure if this is still happening this year or not). :) At any rate, I just had to document their awards night last spring.

I kept a lot of the focus on the larger photo of their group onstage and embellished with a few sticker from Glitz Design and a mix and match of alphabet stickers. 

I used one of the 4x6 exclusive Gossamer Blue cards, Crate Paper transparency frame and Elle's Studio frame for the other photos.

 

Thanks for stopping by today! I'm working on some cleaning (trying my Motivated Moms planner again to keep myself on task - I buy this every year and get on top of things every now and then - ha!), sending some paperwork off for a couple of magazine projects and then shopping early at a local consignment sale. Have a beautiful day! :)

Gossamer Blue: Scene Stealer

Happy Monday! So far it's been a great start to what is going to be a crazy busy week! Today I have my first layout to share with the October Gossamer Blue kits. This one was created with the main kit only. Every Mother's Day and Father's Day, we do a photo shoot with mommy and daddy respectively. Along with photos of both girls with either one of us, we try to do photos of each girl with mommy or daddy individually. I was taking photos of Nora & Glen and little Miss Lily decided to throw an epic pouting tantrum right in the camera's view and I happened to catch it. Such a sad little girl with her head down and shoulders hunched over - HA!

 

I wanted to draw attention to Lily so I used a die-cut arrow and wood veneer arrow to point her out. I love the numbered patterned paper here - that's a Gossamer Blue exclusive.

And I also had fun creating part of my title with my new Cameo!

Hope you all have a great day! I'm off to finish a little cleaning, make lunch for two girls and get them off to preschool.

Webster's Pages: Too Quickly

Happy Friday! Today I have a new layout featuring the "Recorded" collection by Allison Kreft for Webster's Pages. I wanted to focus on the Polaroid overlay so I cut out several of them and placed them across the page. I cut patterned paper to fit inside and then machine stitched the paper to the overlay. I took these photos of the girls recently before an afternoon of preschool and focused my journaling on how their are growing up too quickly (sniff, sniff!) ;)

I threaded one of the little camera charms with twine and adhered it to the layout.

The collection kits have file folder and journaling cards in them which is the only way to buy these products. I love the cameos and chipboard buttons too!

I outlined my title with a white pen to help it pop a little more against the woodgrain background.

 

Hope you all have a great weekend! I'm not exactly too sure of our plans. We are supposed to have family photos on Saturday but the weather is not looking great. I have a lot of work to do to sell some of our clothes, shoes, etc. at a consignment sale. 

Simple Stories: Merry Christmas Card Set

Today I have a couple of Christmas cards to share using the new December Documented collection from Simple Stories and templates from Kiwi Lane.

On the first card, I used the wavy borders from the Sunnybrook Lane border templates to make a winter scene. 

I love that cheerful snowman sticker that I tucked into the waves (snow drifts). I tied the chipboard candy canes together with a piece of baker's twine and tucked them in as well. 

 On my second card, I used the Tiny Brackets from Kiwi Lane as a template for the green polka dot patterned paper below the sticker sentiment.

I machine stitched the card and bracket piece for extra texture. Tiny brads were added to the present sticker. 

The templates were a quick and easy way to add shapes to my cards without the hassle of using a die-cut machine.

Have a great day!

Gossamer Blue: October Sneak Peeks

Hello friends! Today I have a few sneak peeks to share with you of the projects I created with the October Gossamer Blue kits. I created 6 layouts this month - one is a two-page layout that will debut sometime on the Gossamer Blue blog this month. I'll share each layout over the next few weeks.

Here is the one I created with the main kit only...

And the rest of these were created with the main kit and a combination of the add-on kits.

There is a Halloween Life Pages add-on this month and I loved working with it!

I also added a Cameo to my arsenal of scrapbooking tools and had fun working with the cut files included with the kits.

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope your day is great!

Gossamer Blue: Apples x3

Good morning! Can you believe it's October already? I have one more layout to share with you using the September Gossamer Blue kits. I finished up with the October kits yesterday and I can't wait to show you what I have been working on!

I find that a lot of my two-page layouts are created around a particular event where I might have hundreds of photos. Every fall, my family goes to our local apple orchard for an afternoon of fun. This past year, we were not able to pick our own apples because of an early frost but we still enjoyed the farm yard activities and were able to buy apples in the store.

For my titles, I wanted to mix and match the alphabets included in the kits. I also used one of the My Mind’s Eye chalkboard labels for one set of the alphabet stickers. I am really loving the printables each month – here I cut out a couple of the circles to use as embellishments.

I placed my journaling on one of the Life Pages 3×4 cards and tucked it behind my main focal point photo.

On the second page, I highlighted a close-up of baskets of apples by placing one of the My Mind’s Eye chalkboard frames right on top of the photo. I like that it doesn’t fit but just shows off a portion of the photo.

Finally, I wanted to bring out the apple theme some more so I created these funky apples by strategically punching them out of patterned paper and then layering buttons and enamel dots by My Mind’s Eye. I also placed one of the apples on a printable circle on the left-hand page.

I'll be back tomorrow with some sneak peeks of the October Gossamer Blue kits!

Gossamer Blue: Being Lily's Mom

Hello and happy(?) Monday! We are in for a busy week around here and I can hardly believe how quickly our October calendar is filling up with fall activities and Halloween fun! Today I have another layout to share with the September Gossamer Blue kit. I created this one with photos of Lily and me that were taken on Mother's Day this year. My journaling focuses on how I have to parent each of my girls somewhat differently in accordance to their personalities and interests.

The blue and cream papers are exclusives this month and I also used a couple of cards from the Life Pages kit.

I hope Lily cherishes this someday! :) 

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by! I'll share one final Gossamer Blue layout tomorrow with the September kit - it's a two-pager!

American Crafts: Pretty Girls

Happy Friday! Today I have a couple of new projects to share for American Crafts using the new Amy Tangerine "Cut & Paste" collection. These projects were featured as a spotlight on the American Crafts blog this week to kick off my second year on their design team. 

Every summer, we do a little photo shoot in my parent's backyard. A neighbor has an awesome shabby garage that is the perfect backdrop! We had a fun shoot this year with mostly cooperative girls. :)

Cut & Paste is full of brightly colored patterns and embellishments!

I am really loving the sweet resin bows and epoxy border stickers in the collection. 

I also created a card and used one of the kraft tags as a background. I handstitched on the punched places and added thickers for the title.

 
Thanks for stopping by today! I'm not sure what our plans are for the weekend. We have one girl recovering from bronchitis and the other starting to come down with something along with a mommy who is not feeling 100%. I was hoping to hit the zoo or the apple orchard soon so we shall see what the weekend brings!

Webster's Pages: Deck the Halls

Good morning! Today I have a new layout so share featuring the "It's Christmas" collection by Allison Kreft for Webster's Pages. I love kicking off our Christmas festivities by decorating our house for the season. The girls were really into it last year so I wanted to document it here.

I featured a lot of the stickers in the collection as well as the chipboard buttons and twine. 

The piece with the subtle silver stars is a transparency and I also used one of the mini photo bags. 

Thanks for stopping by today! I have a little girl home from preschool again with bronchitis. Poor girl! I'm hoping she will be able to go back to school tomorrow afternoon.

I'll be back tomorrow with my spotlight feature at American Crafts. Have a great day!

Gossamer Blue: First Cone

Hello there! Today I have another layout to share with the September Gossamer Blue kits. The girls had their very first ever ice cream cone this summer. With their food allergies, they can't have traditional ice cream cones but I was able to find some gluten free ones and they were so excited! 

It might have been a small occasion for some but for us it was a reason to celebrate! 

Thanks for stopping by today. I'll be back tomorrow with a layout for Webster's Pages. 

Gossamer Blue: Hey, Mom

Happy Monday! Hope you all had a great weekend! I spent the weekend cleaning up my scrap room and doing a little rearranging for my new Silhouette Cameo! Someone who shall remain nameless made me the proud owner of this new machine. I am so very thankful as I have been wanting one for a long time! 

Today I wanted to share my main kit only layout with the Gossamer Blue September kit. I realized I haven't shared any of my work yet and I am a busy bee with the October kit already. A little story on this one...I came downstairs one night to find my two monkeys hiding out in one of the cupboards in the laundry room. They asked if they could sleep in the cupboard, silly girls. :) (For some reason, this layout looks crooked but it is not in real life!)

I love the printable elements included each month - I used a journaling circle here. 

And I layered prinatables with stickers here for cute embellishments.

Thanks for stopping by today! I have one sick girl today who has to miss a day of preschool. Her sister is going to be brave and go by herself but I'm sure she will be sick next. That's the way it goes, I'm afraid. :) Have a great day!