Just Play

Hey there, everyone. Today, I have another layout to share with you. This one is using mostly the Play Date collection by Bella Blvd. This is an older collection, but it is so cute! I have hoarded so many Bella Blvd collections over the years, and I decided that I'm not going to do that anymore. I can't look at all the cute papers if they are sitting on my shelf in my scrap room! So, I had this picture of my youngest daughter playing on the playground and thought this collection would be perfect.

There was a layout that Victoria Calvin posted in her Facebook group and everyone loved it so much that she made it one of the challenges to scraplift her layout. I based my layout on hers, and I love the way it turned out.

Here are some close up shots.

The word "PLAY" and the wonky scallops are from The Cut Shoppe. You can find them here.

Well, I hope everyone has had a great week so far! Have a happy scrappy day!

You Color My Life Beautiful

Today, I would like to share another layout that I created using mostly Bella Blvd. The title on my layout is what got my brain ticking! I got that cut file from the lovely Wilna Furstenberg. I had been hoarding the Lucky Starz collection for a while now, and I am so glad that I did! It went perfectly with my title. The colors were pretty much in rainbow order for me already. So, I decided to punch a bunch of strips with my small scallop border punch. Once I had them punched and ready to go, I adhered them to a large heart that I cut out with my cameo. I did some wonky sewing around the large heart. I then re-sized the same heart and cut out two from vellum so that I could fill them with sequins and sew them together. I stapled the sequin filled heart to my layout and then added a Bella Blvd crochet heart. I fluffed up the scallops on the big heart and then adhered the picture and the title. I matted my picture on vellum and one of the papers from the Daily Chevies collection to make it stand out with all that color. I did not embellish much since there was already so much color on the layout. I did not want it to feel busy. I added my journaling and a little enamel heart. And, that's where I called it finished! Here's a picture of the layout.

And, here's two detailed pictures.

I really love how colorful this layout is! There could not have been a better paper collection!

I am looking forward to getting my hands on some of the new Bella Blvd collections, especially Color Chaos!! Oh, and the new bows and the enamel dots and doodads!! It looks like so much fun!

Well, that's all for today. Have a happy scrappy day, and I'll be back soon to share a layout that I'm currently working on!

A Christmas Layout in February?

Why not? LOL! Actually, I started this layout back in December or January but put it aside until the end of this past week. Once I saw that Bella Blvd was having a creative team call, I decided that I would give it a shot. Bella Blvd has been one of my most favorite paper manufacturers for years, and it would be a dream come true to be on their creative team. I decided that I would submit this layout, so I got to work and finished it pretty quickly. The hard part was already done (rolling all those papers)! I just needed to embellish and add a title. I was really pleased with the way this layout turned out! Almost everything is from Bella Blvd except for the title and the flair. I cut the title on my cameo, and the flair is from A Flair for Buttons.

And here's a close up shot of the details.

Even though the overall picture quality is not fabulous, I really loved the way my youngest was looking up at Santa! I was worried that she was going to totally freak out but she didn't. She seemed fascinated with Santa, and even at two years old, she told him with very clear speech that she wanted presents for Christmas. So incredibly cute!

Well, that's all for today. I'll be back tomorrow to post another layout. Have a happy scrappy week!

I'm Still Here!

Hey there my scrappy friends!  Sorry I have not posted for a week or so.  I have been busy with some things that I am working on.  I promise that I will share once I have completed them, but I need to get them all finished up before sharing.  I have this habit of getting a vision in my head of how I want my layouts to look every now and then.  When that happens, I tend to work on it until it looks exactly like what I envisioned.  And, it never fails, I always get my best ideas when I'm laying there in bed at night right before I fall asleep.

I also ordered a gooseneck clamp to hold my iPhone so that I can attempt to do process videos.  We will see how that goes!!  I will post here whenever I upload my first video.  The first one may not be a process video.  It might be a kit share or something like that.

Well, I hope Monday is going well for everybody out there!  Have a happy scrappy week!

January Hip Kit Club Layouts

Hey there everyone!  I just received my February Hip Kit Club kit, so I thought I would share what I made with my January kit.  I am not packing up my January kit just yet!!  I made 4 layouts, and have plans for a couple more.  The January kit featured papers from Dear Lizzy, Heidi Swapp, and Amy Tangerine.  I totally enjoyed working with this kit.  Here are the 4 layouts that I made.

There was actually one more layout that I made that was a combination of products from the kit and my stash.

Like I said, I will be making more layouts with this kit before I pack it away or combine it with the February kit.

Well, that's all for now!  Have a happy scrappy weekend!

A Christmas Layout

Yes, I know it's February!  But, since my last post featured a Thanksgiving layout, I thought that I would post a Christmas layout today.  I still have one Christmas layout in process and many more to do.  I just needed a break from all the Christmas hoopla, and I wanted to start using my first Hip Kit.

So, this layout features my youngest daughter once again.  She has this habit of obsessing over a certain stuffed animal for a period of time, and then she moves on to another one.  She was obsessing over this little stuffed dog from the Santa Buddies movie during this time period, so I snapped some pictures of her one night at bedtime.  She has moved on to another stuffed animal now, but at least I got her love of "Fluffy" captured!

I used a combination of products on this layout from my Felicity Jane kits and Bella Blvd.  I really like how it turned out!

I hope you all are having a great week, and I'll be back soon to share more scrappy goodness!