Now that the holidays are over

Hope everyone had a great Christmas! Ours was wonderful! Brianna is at such a fun age and really enjoyed all the magic of the season.

Now that things are slowing down I've actually had a minute to get into my craft room. (After cleaning the HUGE mess from present making!) I'm embarrassed to say I'm still working with my November Gossamer Blue kit. Although I'm in love with the kit so I can't say I'm too sad about that!

For this layout I worked from a sketch from Scrapbooksteals.com. The layout came together really easy and it feels so great to create for myself again!

Hopefully I can continue to get crafty time in and start using up these beautiful kits. That shouldn't be to hard while six months pregnant, packing a house and moving across the country right? Yikes!

Scrappy time

I actually found some time over the weekend to do some crafting that wasn't for a Christmas present! Seems like every year I'm scrambling to finish crafty gifts and it really cuts into my scrappy time! :) I finally broke into my November Gossamer Blue kit. I love this kit and I'm really hoping to find more time to work with it. Especially since my December kit is already here and patiently waiting for some attention!

I'm glad I took the time to document something so cute that Brianna says. It makes me smile every time. Also relieved that I haven't forgotten how to scrap! Thank you for stopping by!

Hey I'm back!

So after finding out in July that I am expecting baby number two, my energy both creative and other wise took a huge dip! Finally half way through my pregnancy I have found the energy and time to get back in my craft room! Here are a few cards I made this weekend.

The first is for my nephews 12th birthday and the second is for my great aunt who just moved over the weekend. I've just started exploring my prismacolor color pencils and love the look they give! Hopefully the cards bring a smile to my family's faces and hopefully I can keep up with some crafting now!

Mid week mojo Pearl #4

Hey I almost got one done on time! My friend Jen McDermott was last week guest sketcher on scrapbooksteals.com. Her sketches were so amazing! I can't wait to find time to do the second one. Here is the one I decided to do,

Here is my layout,

I had such big plans for this layout but I'm not really sure how I feel about it. I'm trying to start using stamps in my layouts but I don't know if I pulled it off. I am glad I finally tried it hopefully I get more comfortable with it soon. Thank you for stopping by!

I'm a guest sketcher on Scrapbooksteals.com!

To say I was nervous when Kristy Lee asked me to be a guest sketcher, would be a huge understatement! Scrapbooksteals is my favorite place to buy my scrapbooking supplies and also the first place I look for inspiration. When I found out I had the chance to work with My Minds Eye, Nostalgia collection, I could not wait to get my hands on it!

I knew I had the perfect pictures for this collection. Which was a relief since I had been staring at these pictures for six months without any idea what to scrap them with! Nostalgia has such wonderful soft colors and I can't say enough about how much I love the embellishments. Once I finally forced myself to cut into the beautiful paper, the layout came together so easily.

The only problem after finishing my layout was that I hardly used any of the amazing embellishments. I just couldn't stop thinking about those embellishments! Finally I decided I to attempt my first mini album. 

 I see many more mini albums in my future! I had so much fun with this one! Now be sure to head over to Scrapbooksteals.com and check out all the fun stuff they have going on for their third birthday! Thanks for stopping by!

Totally Turquoise

Scrapbooksteals is wrapping up another round of ten mid week mojo sketches. I may not of always had them done on time but they are all done! Some I have posted here some I haven't, so if you've seen these before sorry! :)

Turquoise 1

Turquoise 2

Turquoise 3

Turquoise 4

Turquoise 5

Turquoise 6

Turquoise 7

Turquoise 8

Turquoise 9

Turquoise 10

Thank you for looking! Now I have to run over to the Scrapbooksteals blog and throw my name in the hat for the big turquoise grand prize!

Playing catch up... again

I wonder how many of my post have started out with, playing catch up or I've been behind lately? Probably more than a few! This time I'm behind because of a short vacation, so at least it's for a good reason! Anyway without further ado here is my latest work.

Mid week mojo #7

Mid week mojo #8

I really enjoyed working on these two layouts and love the way they turned out. Hope you enjoyed looking at them! Thank you for stopping by!