tuesday

It's been awhile . . .

we've been busy . . .

playing with cousins . . .



strolling downtown Annapolis . . .



taking a school trip to the zoo . . .



visiting Great Grammy 8 hours away. . .



taking walks . . .



playing at the park . . .



talking more walks (with Grammy). . .



being pouty . . .



celebrating a new career for daddy . . .



taking even more walks (enough says Nicholas!!) . . .



escaping for some date nights . . .



oh, and scrapping, of course!!!

I have 2 new layouts I created for Fancy Pants Designs to share :)

The first features their Park Bench Collection.  Love the teals, yellows, and grays in this line . . .



The "2" in the title work is actually from the ephmerea pack in the Trendsetter Collection - love that I can easily mix & match pieces from their collections!! I cut the "little adventurers" using my Silhouette & then did a little stitching after attaching.



Lots of layers on this layout & I even stitched around the photo!!



I think I'm addicted to these little flags of their's - so fun!!



My second layout features the Fancy Pants Designs Swagger Collection.  Perfect for the men & boys in your life, the oranges, grays, and blues went perfectly with this pic I recently snapped of Ryan . . .



For the background I decided to using machine stitching to create a chevron-type design.  You can also see a close-up of the fabulous die-cut quote banner - love this!!  Perfect for my little man these days who is struggling so hard at finding his way.  Lots of discussions recently about being your own person :)  Oh & the buttons, one of my favorite embellishments!!



I decided to die-cut this title as well, just a simple "be you".  I added a little star sticker and brad to the center of the "o" and then did some machine stitching through the words.



Lots of layers on this layout as well - I'm totally into that these days :) How cute is that little paperclip??  And another good quote on the round sticker :)



More to share in the next few days . . . thanks for stopping by!!

wednesday

I had some fun with the newest Noel Mignon kit, Melrose, & my Silhouette last night . . .



(BTW - I do not have a black eye in that pic - just a combo of under eye bags & crazy shadows - ha!!)



For details on my project, head over to the Noel Mignon blog :)  Happy Wednesday!!

monday

Children see magic because they look for it.      - Christopher Moore

Do you see these two below, those lines are really (as told to me by Ryan) a GIGANTIC moon bounce, with many different sections.  And these two are hopping & bouncing away -  having lots of fun :) No need to spend money on the real deal people - simply a mix of sidewalk chalk & imagination will do the trick :)



And this one, another lover of the outdoors -  just like his older brother.  Love how the sun was shining just overhead - makes him look pretty angelic :)  If only that were true these days - ha!!  Deep in the tantrums with this little guy, but when he loves on you - he LOVES on you, with every bit of his heart :)



There's a budding artist in the family :)  He drew these based on his FAVORITE books - Geronimo Stilton & The Kingdom of Fantasy.  If you have yet to hear of them - check them out HERE.  Ryan LOVES them!!





There's been a bit of a lull on the scrapping front.  Lots of family stuff behind the scenes these days & I have been on an energy low :(  Hoping to get my tush in gear this week :)  I did have my first full blog post up last week on the Fancy Pants Designs blog - here are a few sneaky peeks, head over HERE for the full pics & write up :)





Guess what is right around the corner???



I can't say enough about how wonderful Noel's kits are - I have purchased her kits for a long time & feel so lucky to have the opportunity to be part of her design team :)  Her newest kit Melrose is packed with such a fun mix of colors & LOTS of fun embellishments :)  Here is my first page using the Melrose kit . . .



Thanks for stopping by - have a fab Monday!!

wednesday

Guess what . . .



All week we are posting fun challenges on our Facebook page & playing games.  Be sure to join us - the grand prize is a free kit & guest designer spot.  How AWESOME is that??

One of my favorite things about spring is the beauty of all those gorgeous flowers blooming.  My challenge is to create your own handmade flowers to add to your layout.  Use your punches, die-cutting machines, stamps, and/or scissors to create flowers from paper, fabric, felt, ribbon, vellum, acrylic, etc.  Here is what I came up with using the Noel Mignon Daffodil Hill kit:



Some close-ups of my handmade flowers . . .





I couldn't resist this quote as my title - love, love, love it!!



Looking for some additional handmade flower inspiration??  Check out this Pinterest board I created.  Hope you will join us this week!!!

wednesday

Hello everyone!!  I have a new layout up on the Noel Mignon blog to share using her latest kit, Daffodil Hill!!  I couldn't resist scrapping the pic of Ryan, arms stretched out to the sky :)  Although the pic is of him joyous & full of smiles, I took a bit more serious tone with the context of the layout.Recently I've noticed him struggle with how others view him.  I have always admired his carefree attitude, how sure he was of himself.  These days I see that changing a bit, and I am trying my best to show him what is most important is how HE views himself & the choices he makes.



Head over to the blog HERE for close-ups on my title work & journaling :)  Have a wonderful Wednesday!!

tuesday

Here's a sneaky peek, of my first layout on the Fancy Pants Designs blog . . .

Head over HERE to see it all!!!  Have a fab Tuesday :)

wednesday

Happy Wednesday everyone - we are finally mid-week & I have just one day until the hubby & I head out to Las Vegas :)  While it technically is a work thing, I'm super excited to get away for a few days & enjoy WEATHER IN THE 80S!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Summer clothes & sunglasses here I come!!!

Speaking of summer . . . my newest layout for Noel Mignon is all about those summer days . . .



I used her adorable new March kit, Daffodil Hill to create my layout.  Oh, and guess what??  I have a new sketch to go along with it :)



For details on my layout & the March Sketch Challenge, head over to the Noel Mignon blog :)