Prima: August PPP!

Good morning :)

I'd like to share with you today the card I created for this month's Prima Product Picks :)

"Daydreaming About Us"

I've combined lots of new products on this card; papers from Coffee Break & Epiphany collections, Color Bloom sprays, lots of beautiful new flowers, new trim, and a sweet 3D embellishment from Epiphany for my sentiment.

Such a stunning pastel palette and so many goodies from which to be inspired!!

Here are some closeups of my card:

I'm so pleased with all the glitter available in the new flowers! Who doesn't love a little extra sparkle?? And all the roses...roses are my favorite Prima flowers :)

The jute trims are awesome for getting that unkempt look on your projects!

Prima Products Used: 846701 Cofee Break Collection "Coffeeology", 846732 Coffee Break Collection "Fill it to the Rim", 846862 Epiphany Collection "Words to Live By", 576257 Epiphany 3D Stickers, 573782 Color Bloom- Soft Teal, 891725 Chalk Edger- Pastel Pink, 577070 Weave Trim "Buff", 576875 Jute Trim- Wheat, 577612 Manhattan- Times Square, 577957 Sarasota- Peaceful, 577711 Winthrop- Tourmaline, 577759 Rodanthe- Esplanade, 578596 Cigar Box Secrets- Humidor, 573157 Cartogra

I hope you get the chance to join us this month! Hope to see you there :)!

The April PPP from Prima!

Good morning! This post is coming to you via autopost as we are finally getting a new roof put on our house- and since we have satellite internet transmitted through a satellite on our roof- that means our satellite will be out of commission for a few days! But it's good- gives me a chance to really disconnect for a few days. But I shall return :)

Over the next few days I will have some posts for you that I've prearranged, just as this one is. Today I have my sample for the April PPP challenge from Prima! It's a beauty- so I hope you have a chance to play along :)

"Enjoy Life"

This month's PPP:

This color palette goes perfectly with the "Princess" collection, which I definitely put to use!

Plenty of Princess Collection flowers were used here, and layer upon layer was added beneath and arround my photos. I LOVE the crochet icons and trims that came with the Winter 2014 release, and who doesn't love the gorgeous array of colors in this collection??

Trims, flowers, pearls, embelllishments...it's all here. With such a great palette and suggested products- who can stop with just one?? ;)

Prima Products Used:

951016 Princess Collection "Sophia"
846596 Free Spirit Collection "Enlightened"
573263 Princess Collection Tag Me
572716 Princess Collection Flair Buttons & Clear Stamp
971250 InstaScrap ATC Cards
573676 Crochet Icons
573607 Trim
574451 Princess- Glass Slippers
574390 Princess- Rags to Riches
574314 Princess- Whimsical

Thanks for coming over. I pray you are doing well- have a wonderful week and see you soon!

Webster's Pages: "Sprinkled With Love"

Webster's Pages came out with 6 amazing collections for Winter CHA! Today I'm here to share with you a layout that I created using the "Sprinkled With Love" Collection :)

"Awesome Bliss"

There are so many directions in which you can take this fun and sweet collection. Here's a look at what the Sprinkled With Love Collection Pack has to offer:

Loaded with trendy colors, patterns, and text- this is a must-have!

I chose the softer, more neutral patterns in this collection and added in some brights here and there to create this sweet layout of my daughter. I've applied acrylic paint with a spatula to create my background and then masked and heat embossed on top of that.

I've also added a variety of past collection embellishments like the resins and chipboard button seen here. I love that you can easily coordinate one Webster's Pages collection with another. Makes for easy creating!

Products Used:

Patterned Papers:

Sprinkled With Love Collection Pack

Embellishments:

Resin Bird

"New Beginnings" Resin Cameo & Frame

Buttons & Twine

Thanks for coming over!

Hope you have had a great week so far :)

"Cozy"~ Webster's Pages *NEW* Plum Seed Collection~!

Good morning :)! Last week I shared with you a card that I created for Webster's Pages using one of the new Adrienne Looman collections Citrus Squeeze. Today I'm here to show you a layout that I created with Adrienne's other collection Plum Seed, which is full of warm, inviting colors and patterns. 

"Cozy"

Even my little Gunner wanted to climb inside of this collection and cuddle up to it :)! Can you blame him??

As I studied this collection for the first time, I realized that there were lots of opportunities for fussy cutting which you quite likely know I LOVE. 

Take a look here at the layers I put together with just a few of the Plum Seed papers:

I love to discover "embellishments" in the patterns on paper. So many different ways of using them!

I was also happy to discover that- as always- this collection could be mixed and matched with other collections! Just look here- the frame from the Perfect Accents Frame Variety Pack, the butterfly cameo from the New Beginnings Perfect Accents Pack, a sentiment sticker from Best Friends, and a Quick Picks bow & stick pin. 

The banner pieces were punched from one of the Plum Seed Mini Folders :)

Products Used:

Papers:

Plum Seed Collection

Embellishments:

Plum Seed Mini Folder & Card Set

Perfect Accents Frame Variety Pack

New Beginnings Perfect AccentsPack

Best Friends Tags & Prompts

Quick Picks Solid Mini Bows & Heart Pin

Trims:

Plum Seed Mini Card Pack

Thanks to you for coming by my blog today! I hope your week is off to a great start :)- take care!

PaperHaus June Sketch Challenge~!

Good morning, friends! 

I'm very excited because today I get to share my very first project for PaperHaus~! It's time to take a look at the sketch challenge for the month of June, through which you could win yourself the opportunity to be a guest designer in a future sketch challenge for PaperHaus. How cool is that?!

I had a wonderful time creating my sample for the June sketch...

"Model Looks"

My baby Gunner sure looks like his daddy- and he is incredibly handsome! I often joke about Gunner being model material (haha!), but how can I not when he is just so darn gorgeous?! (does that sound vain of me? well, who cares!) 

I captured this stunning photo of my little guy on Mother's Day. He's so good at the serious look, lol.

Here is the June Sketch from PaperHaus:

And a little closer of a look at my layout:

I liked the idea of layering my banners and decided to incorporate one of the "Page Chains" from Blue Fern Studios. Such a cool piece!

I've obviously used a ton of Prima on this one {as always} including papers from Divine, Lifetime, and Lyric, as well as a bunch of Winter 2013 CHA flowers {with the addition of an older but very loved Script Vine}, letter stickers, and a sweet trinket.

I sure hope you can play along with us this month! See what some of the other PaperHaus Contributers have created for this month's sketch HERE~!

Oh! And make sure you mark your calendars- PaperHaus will be having a 7-Day Blog Hop that runs from June 1st-7th to celebrate the release of their Summer publication! I hope you can join us- there will be LOTS of goodies to be won, so you do not want to miss out!

Thank-you for coming by my blog today :)~ I hope you are all doing well~!

Showing Some "Romance" w/Webster's Pages & a Little Share :)

Good morning :)~ I'm here today to show you a card I created for Webster's Pages featuring the colorful and romantic Modern Romance collection. I know that some of you are just getting your hands on this range and are very excited about it! I've had the pleasure of working with it for a while now and I must say- no matter how many times I set upon a project with Modern Romance, it never gets tiring. The timelessness of Webster's Pages products is just one of the many reasons why I love them so much!!

"Romance"

The books/book ends piece was the inspiration for this card. It's actually set out about 1/2" from the rest of the card, but that's a little hard to see here. I built up the background of the card from there. It's a pretty easy setup; top-fold card, with some layered punched strips, a bit of fussy cutting, and some optional chipboard.

 Gotta LOVE Webster's Pages embellishments! Just adding a little piece like this one pulls the whole project together :)

Products Used:

{Papers}

Modern Romance Collection

{Embellishments}

Blue Bird Resin Embellishment

Other Products Used:

"Lattice Fence"

Thanks for checking out my project today! 

Before I go, however- I have a couple of things I'd like to share. First- I'm not much of one to make a big show of things and often if I'm featured somewhere I like to remain humble and keep it pretty low-key~ but I did want to share that I found myself featured on Ingvild Bolme's site yesterday :)

I simply love everything Ingvild creates- both her own projects and of course her amazing products which I love to use! So THANK-YOU to Ingvild for seeing something in me and sharing my work on her site :). You can see the other talents featured along with me HERE.

Secondly, a final reminder that the C'est Magnifique Kits blog hop starts tomorrow!

Lots and lots of goodies to be won. I will be giving away a RAK as well- so don't miss out, okay??

Until then, have a wonderful day and see you again tomorrow! Take care and all the best to you :)

"Too Cute": March Prima BAP~!

Hello! I wanted to start off by apologizing for being so quiet this past month in the scrappy world. I've hardly made it to anyone's blogs and I feel terrible for neglecting my amazing friends. But as you all know, my family has been going through some life changes, and I'm feeling comfortable enough to share that we're in the process of buying a house. It's a long story, and we're sad to leave the home that we've put so much time, money, work, and tears into- but it's what's best for our family. But it has not been an easy road (and for those of you who have bought a home before, I'm sure you understand)- but I'm just feeling so incredibly blessed by God these past few weeks that I just had to share it with you all! Whether you believe in God or not, or choose to be spiritual in other faiths- I hope you have something out there that you believe in. I know that I have felt God's love in such an intense way these past few weeks- with everything He has made possible- every window he has opened when doors have been slammed shut in our faces- I'm just so overwhelmed with gratitude and feel that I'm filled to the brim with His love- I can't hardly suppress it! So if you've been wondering where I'm at- that is what I'm doing. Many hours spent on the phone on a daily basis with so many different people- all the while taking care of three little kids on my own has left me with very little scrap time- or energy. But we're hoping to have everything done within the next few weeks and before we know it, all will be back to normal.

So I'm fine, really. Just busy!

But last night- my husband didn't have to work overtime and was home "early" for once- and I just had to scrap for me! I got a TON of new Prima product from the C'est Magnifique store the other day and wow- how easy it is to create when you've got so many beautiful things to play with! And what better way to use Prima than for a Prima challenge :)~ so here is my entry for this month's Build-A-Page from Prima:

"Too Cute"

I actually took this photo the night before last when Aspen was inside the toy bucket, rolling back and forth. She was just way too cute- and I haven't taken pictures for a few weeks now- so she was ALL about getting her photo taken. And once Gunner saw me taking pictures of her- HE had to have his picture taken too! And these are the two of my three kids who HATE to have their pictures taken! I guess that means I need to take pictures less often...yeah, right ;)

Here is the sketch that inspired this layout:

And some closeups:

These Tatiana flowers are seriously gorgeous. I think I got every color option there was- and I'm now regretting not getting doubles as I can see I will use them up quickly!

I've been obsessively using this Memory Box die- and I probably won't stop until I'm sick of it!

 The Blue Fern Studios "Floral Clock" is another one of those chipboard pieces that I cannot get enough of! So gorgeous...

Floral Clock

What do you guys think of the new Prima wood buttons? I LOVE them!! Also, the Cute chipboard piece comes from Blue Fern Studios. I cut it from the Cute Stuff title out of the "Good Vibes" set.

Good Vibes

Thanks for letting me share with you today- both my project and a little personal stuff too. I do try my best to keep my blog scrappy related- as much as possible. But when I'm feeling as good as I am today- it's so hard not to share that with the world~! So thanks...

Take care of yourself, okay? So happy you stopped by :)

A Look @ Manor House Creations: Part 2

Hello fellow scrappers :)~ I hope you had a great weekend and are ready for a whole new week~! I'm not sure what happened this month, but it seems I've had a new post every day all month- and I don't think that's a stretch, lol. I've just been busy, busy, busy creating and have SO much to share- so if you can't keep up, don't worry, I don't blame you at all! Things are sure to slow down later in the month as it always does :).

But I'm glad you're here either way as I have another Manor House Creations project to show you:

"Wild Thing"

This photo of my Gunner in his Halloween costume made me think of the little boy in the book "Where the Wild Things Are", and inspired this layout. 

The colors, the "trees", the little boy in his costume...I love when a photo inspires me and leads to further inspiration like this :). I was a bit unsure of how I felt about the stamping that I did, but in the end I felt okay with it as it compliments the idea behind the layout...or at least that's what I told myself, ha!

I've used a variety of gorgeous new Spring Collection flowers from Manor House. Some of them I dressed up with some beads and glitter. I've also outlined my stamped image with glossy accents and seed beads.

I love to mix paper and fabric flowers, and the gorgeous "Powder Puff- Melon" layered fabric bloom and glittery "Capri- Aqua" flower (one of my faves!) perfectly compliment the "Wild Orchid- Green" paper flowers to create some beautiful clusters!

Products Used:

 Thanks so much for coming by today :)~ have a good one!

Guest Designing @ Scrap Friends: Sketch #9

Hi! I'm excited to share with you today a layout I created as a Guest Designer for Scrap Friends, for Sketch Challenge #9. If you're looking for some fun, inspiring sketches- I encourage you to play along with those offered at Scrap Friends~! I've admired them for some time now and had a great time using the current sketch and making it my own :)...

"Little Pal"

I took this photo this past fall when I had all the kids playing outside. It was just after Halloween and we had our pumpkins laying out for the deer. My daughter found the half-frozen pumpkin intriguing- as did her little friend, our Red Pyle Old English Game Bantam hen- a big breed name for what happens to be the smallest bird in our flock. This little sweetie is very friendly, and if you're sitting out on the porch with something to eat, she doesn't hesitate to jump up on your lap and grab a bite!

I've again used the Kaisercraft "Secret Admirer" collection, which can be found HERE in the C'est Magnifique store. And for plenty of other *NEW* Kaisercraft goodies, see HERE~!

Here is Sketch #9, which I've rotated one turn to the right, to suit my photos:

A closer look, too!

I did something I have not done in a while, and that was using my mask with an ink pad- rather than with modeling paste or mist. After I was finished masking, I flipped the ink-ridden mask over and used it as a stamp as well.

 Using my punches on the edges of my cardboard strips is new to me too. I love it when you can add texture of any kind!

 This heart paper clip is really old. I have no idea where I even got it, but I know it's been sitting in my little box forever. The color was right and I just added some glossy accents w/micro & seed beads to dress it up a little bit :).

So what do you say? Will you be adding this sketch to your to-do list this month? You have until the end of the month to have it in by- and there are some Top 5 spots to be won, as well as a random winner for a fabulous prize! PLUS, they have a brand new design team with one incredible reveal, so head on over for a look HERE.

Have a wonderful day and take care of you~!