Celebrating You......

Finally, some scappiness!  Actually, I HAVE been scrapping as often as I can--I feel wierd if I don't--I have just been super slow to post. 

So, in between taking care of an amazing and beautiful newborn, here is the first project I finished:

I based this layout off of one I did last year....

I found myself a little overwhelmed with how to incorporate all of my daughter's birthday pics into one layout and then I thought of this layout featuring  a roundup of shots from a trip to my parents. 

Super happy with how the new layout worked.  I got to use my stash of Pebbles Country Picnic which I really LOVE.  All of my favorite colors mixed with some kraft--scrappy heaven! 

And as a totally random comment.....please notice the pic of my daughter and I in the first layout--we look nothing alike!  LOL.  Always makes me laugh when I see a pic of us together, we are very mismatched!  Am secretly hoping the new baby looks a little like me :-).

Hope everyone is having a great Wednesday!

Michelle

Allora......

This is what I have been up to...

Allora Kayleigh

born April 10, 2012

at 6:12 am.

Be back soon.

Michelle

Sledding with Daddy.....

I started out a super slow Pinner--a little overwhelmed at first by all the amazing stuff...But now I have gotten the hang of it and this is the second layout where I used Pinterest as a jumping off point. 

Sledding with Daddy was a super fun layout thanks to the fun memories I captured with my camera and as I was piecing it together, I decided to try making a stitched starburst--something I had seen on a blog and Pinned.  This is the end result:

I just love this layout!  It's one I keep going back to look at.  It isn't often that when it snows, Bodie is off from work.  But this day he was!  And the first thing he did (before building a ginormous snowman) was pull, more like whip, Maleia around the backyard on the sled!  She loved it, almost as much as I loved watching them :). 

Michelle

The Great Outdoors....

Wow. The first of April is finally here.  Last summer when I found out I was pregnant, April sounded like a long ways away.  Now that it is here, I can not believe how fast the time went and how much my life is about to change in a little less than three weeks (hopefully).  Super excited!!

This next layout features some awesome products from Little Yellow Bicycle.  I will admit, I rarely use their line of products, but this line really jumped out at me.  With it's outdoorsy color scheme and easy to use embellies, it is a winner in my book.  I really liked the addition of ready-to-make rosettas and flowers.  Super easy and quick.



Really love this pic of Leia--she looks so grown up with the pigtails!  Love, Love!!

Well, am off to convince my husband to pick up a Reeses Peanut Butter Cup for me when he goes to Blockbuster!  LOL. 

Hope everyone had a lovely day today! 

Michelle

Luv U Already....

This week at Two Peas they are having a Scraplift A Garden Girl challenge--which sounded like too much fun to pass up! I love these types of challenges and I always try to challenge myself by picking a layout or technique that isn't normally my cup of tea.  In this instance, I chose to lift a layout titled Love by Amy Heller.  Amy's layouts are always FULL of detail and this one was no different.  It also featured a messy column of strips on one side of the page that I would have NEVER came up with on my own.  In fact, I didn't really know for sure if I liked it......so I gave it a go and here is my take:

Super happy to get this ultrasound pic scrapped and officially start the new baby's album. 

The layout is a mix of Dear Lizzy and Miss Caroline--two lines, that I swear were made to go together :-).

Off to have some lunch, start a new layout, fold baby laundry (love the smell of Dreft!), vacuum, organize pics for Week 9 and 10 of Project Life....my list is too long!  LOL.

Happy Scrapping! 

Michelle

Sketch Challenge at B & B......

Finally, a new post!  My parents were here for a week and a half, so all things scrappy got pushed back.  I have been busy though and have three other layouts in line to be posted :-).  I am in a mad rush to get completely caught up with scrapping--new baby is set to arrive in 3 weeks and two days (I am really hoping for sooner rather than later!). 

So up first, before March disappears, is a layout I created for the March Sketch with a Twist challenge at Burlap & Buttercups.  The twist for this challenge--use cell phone pics and/or use paper as an embellishment. 

For the twist I made hearts as my embellishment from the Amy Tan papers in B & B's March kit. 

Loved these pics of my kids--Hayden is humoring me with a cheesy smile that I really had to coax out of him and Maleia is enjoying her first chocolate chip ice cream cone (she had previously only eaten out of a cup) which she took a very LONG time to eat.  And she ate ALL OF IT.  

Thanks for letting me share!

Michelle

Look at You Grow.....A Scrappy Lift

I look at scrappy blogs daily for inspiration.  New ideas, new techniques, photo ideas, sketches, color combo's...are something that I search for.  I usually pick out components and apply them in my own way to my own work.  But not this time--I flat out scraplifted a layout!  Here's my take on a layout by Megan Klauer:

What really struck me about her layout was the banner/title and the photo placement.  I just liked it and thought it would work with some pics I had waiting, so I went with it.  I had planned to change it up a bit and sew lines around the main paper block, but thought I would give her technique a try and just use a pen instead. 

I used the March kit from Burlap & Buttercups which I love!

Happy scrapping!

Michelle