Kelly's Giveaway

Hey y'all!
I hope everyone is having a great night. I wanted to share quickly my friend Kelly's giveaway on her blog.

You can check it out and enter here.
I know her from the Flying Unicorn & she is such a sweetheart and an extremely talented scrapper!
Take care!
~Stephanie

Little Moments

 Happy Sunday everyone! Today I want to share the OTP project from Flying Unicorn's January kit. It is a box containing a 6x6 chipboard mini. I loved this mini album from the moment I opened my Flying Unicorn box!

I used a mix of the Basic Grey papers from the kit to cover the outside of the box. The letters are American Crafts Thickers. I misted some of the KaiserCraft lace and added a resin flower that I misted with Glimmer Mist.


I added tissue paper to the top, the FabScraps butterflies that I also misted then applied Liquid Pearls, the aqua bling and a wooden bauble from  my stash.

I used all of the Magnolia papers from the kit to create the inside pages.


I added some black ink (I don't think I can make a page without black ink splatters!), tags from Fancy Pants (in the kit also) and some older ones from KaiserCraft and some pearls and other small embellies from my stash.

The "M" fell off of this page sometime before I took the picture & I just noticed it! Oops!!

I had so much fun creating this mini and am really pleased with the way it turned out! I love that I now have a special place to showcase pictures of my kids when they were little. All of these photos were taken by my good friend Laura & they are so precious to me.

Thanks for letting me share my project with you. Have a great evening!
~Stephanie

SGC Thank You Challenge

Hey y'all! A new challenge is up at Southern Girls Challenges. It is called "thank you kindly". We want to see a project that reflects thanks. Here is my layout:

 I used the January kit from Flying Unicorn and started with this sketch from ScrapFriends.

What a great sketch! I love the eclectic feel to it! And I have had a blast playing with this month's kit from FUL. I think it has been my favorite!! It is definitely the one that has best fit my style.

I am hoping to scrap some more with it over the weekend. Right after I take down all the Christmas decorations, clean the house, remove the outside Christmas decorations and go to Ty's first basketball game! HA!! We'll see what I can squeeze in!

Have a good night!

~Stephanie 

January Challenge

Hey everyone!
I never got around to sharing my challenge for the month over at Flying Unicorn. My challenge is to scrap a resolution or goal. It doesn't have to be for yourself. In my inspiration layout I scrapped my kids' goals for the school year.

Everything here is from the January kit from Flying Unicorn. My journaling is hidden behind the school pictures on tags cut from the fabulous Pink Paislee paper. Leah's goal for this year was to make all A's on her report card all year. Ty's was to make new friends!

I would love it if you joined in the forum challenges over at the Flying Unicorn!

Have a wonderful Tuesday night!!

Til next time, xo

~Stephanie    

Design Team Calls!

Hey y'all! Just wanted to do a quick post with some design team calls. The Flying Unicorn is having a design team call right now and applications are being accepted until January 15. Check it out here!  I have to say, I have had so much fun on this team and have made some special friends.
Also,  The Scrapping Nook is having a design call. You can apply through January 11. Check out the details here!
Good luck and have fun!!
~Stephanie

Carpe Diem w/ Flying Unicorn

Hey y'all! Flying Unicorn's kit of the month, Carpe Diem, is by far my favorite!! It is packed full of Basic Grey, Pink Paislee and Fancy Pants. Some of my all time fave manufacturers! I want to share some of the projects I have made so far with this astounding kit.
First up is a card I made for Leah's tenth birthday. I loved  the word-printed paper from PP's Portfolio collection. I also cut the bird from the PP packaging.

Second is a layout that I made also using the Portfolio papers from Pink Paislee. The blue trim is from Ruby Rocket, leftover from the December kit. The "good times" ticket & grey banner are from the Fancy Pants diecut sheet. The flags above the title are from Basic Grey & everything else is from Pink Paislee. How adorable is Ty rockin' out with Leah's pink guitar?!

The last layout I have to share tonight was created with Basic Grey's Serenade collection. I love this one! The colors and patterns are incredible! I masked and misted with Fireworks in tangelo along the side.

 I added a lot of paper strips on top of each other going up the page. A few cluster of the oh-so-fun Basic Grey flowers, some lace trim that I colored with Smooch inks.

 I made a bow using the Tim Holtz filmstrip ribbon and added some more BG flowers in the middle. This is from one of my favorite photo shoots of Leah at Virginia Beach.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great Sunday night!

~Stephanie

Twelve in '12

Hey y'all!
So I know I am a few days behind, but that is because our computer crashed the day after Christmas and we just got it back! That was a real PITA!!
I want to do a "favorite layouts" post, so here are my favorite 12 layouts from 2012 (in no particular order):
1.

This was made using the November kit from Flying Unicorn. I loved this collection from Teresa Collins!  I had so much fun playing around with it.

2.

This was also made using Flying Unicorn's November kit. I mixed all the products up on this one. Love this picture of Leah from 2009!

3. This was made using a kit from My Scrapbook Nook featuring October Afternoon's collection Sassparilla. How cute is Ty?!

4. I like how simple and clean this layout is. The photo mat opens to reveal my journaling.

5. This one was inspired by Jen Jockish, one of scrappy crushes! I love how she makes such fun use of negative space & tried it out here.

6. I had so much fun here playing with different layers and textures. And this is an awesome photo, taken by one of my favorite people! Thanks Laura!

7. This was my first layout designed for Let's Capture These Sketches. I love the subtle, feminine feel to it.

8. This was a lot of fun to create and I used a lot of products that I had been hoarding for some time!

9. This was also fun to make and I used many Crate Paper chippies that I had been hoarding.

10.  I like the color scheme here and all of the fun elements on the page! And of course, Leah's sass!!

11. This was made for a color challenge at  the Flying Unicorn. Not colors I would usually scrap together, but I love the outcome. This is also a special picture taken by my good friend, Laura.

12. This is a recent one made with the January kit from Flying Unicorn. Love the corrugated cardboard, diecuts and grungy feel!

So, there you have them- my favorite layouts from 2012! It looks like I need to scrap more photos of Ty!!

Hope you all had a creative year and that this one will be filled with as much, or more, creativity too!   

'Night,

~Stephanie 

  

LCTS Reveal #163

Hey everyone and happy Saturday! Are you ready for Christmas? I have one last gift card to buy then I need to wrap presents.
Tonight I am going to a cookie exchange party at a friend's house & am looking forward to a few hours to myself!
New York was loads of fun (more on that later), but 6 days striaght with the fam and we all deserve a little break!!

Yesterday was reveal day at Let's Capture These Sketches! Here is this week's sketch by Vicki Saulnier:

And here is my layout:

I used the December kit from the Flying Unicorn to create this layout. The birdcage is fussy cut from a piece of Ruby Rock-It pp. We hope you find a moment in this chaotically busy time of year to create with us! If you do, link up here!
Have a great day!!
~Stephanie