Growing & Glowing

TWO WEEKS!!!   Has it really been two weeks since I last posted!?  My gosh, I really don't have any great excuses other than: my husband and I took a much needed get away without the little one, upon returning home our little one has been sick since, and I have been keeping myself busy with a few sewing projects and some scrapbook pages!  Whew!  I guess I have been busier than I thought.  Here is one page I made recently.  Now that our little one is over a year old I am finally scrapping my pregnancy pics!  :)

Photo by Ellie Grover Photography!

I picked up some of the new Cosmo Cricket lines at our local scrapbook store...LOVE THEM!!!

I am anxiously waiting to get a phone call from a good friend who is having a scheduled c-section today with her fourth child!  I am so excited to head to the hospital to hold her new little one!

Thanks for stopping by!  Hope you're all having a good Thursday!  

Growing & Glowing

Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket

Cardstock: Bazzill

Chipboard: Cosmo Cricket

Border Punch: Martha Stewart

Other: Cricut Jasmine Cartridge (Provo Craft), lace, acrylic paint

I'm back...

For the most part we are settled into our new house.  I still have a little organizing and A LOT of cleaning to do but our internet is  hooked up and my scraproom is somewhat organized (I'll show photos once it is finished.  It is the only room we have painted in the house so far and I am really happy with the colors!  I am hoping that I will be able to start creating a few new projects here soon but this week I am going to be busy planning our son's first birthday party.  I will post pictures soon of the invitations I sent out and the little party favors I am making using recycled baby food jars.  We have lots of family coming into town for the celebration...it should be fun!

Here is a page that I created before we moved.  This was the picture I used on our Christmas card this year!  The photo was taken by my amazingly talented photog friend Ellie Grover!

Hope you are all having a wonderful Monday!

"Us 3" supply list:

Patterned Paper: Basic Grey

Chipboard frame: Making Memories
Chipboard letters: Basic Grey
Ink: CTMH (Black)
#3 Die-Cut: Basic Grey
Family ribbon slider: CTMH
Dotted Ribbon: Making Memories
Brands and floss: CTMH
Other: Liquid Glass (CTMH)

It's been a while...

Wow, I know, I have been missing in action the last TWO WEEKS!  Yeah, it's crazy!  I have been busy send out Christmas cards, decorating for Christmas, shopping for Christmas, making Christmas presents, etc.  Christmas is keeping me busy this month but I love it!  It is our son's first Christmas so there is something joyful about sharing in his first experience of the day Christ was born!  

Anyway, on to more scrappy stuff!  I wish I could show you some of the things I am making as Christmas presents but it would ruin the surprise if some particular family members decided to check my blog this month!  :)  So maybe I will show you after Christmas!  Although, here is a layout I did this weekend with a picture I took on Thanksgiving! I used a sketch from Becky over at PageMaps!  She is having a little contest over there you should check out!  She asked us to use her sketch to scrap something we are thankful for!  My husband and son are definitely what I am most thankful for!

All products are from Cosmo Cricket expect ribbon, button, & ric-rac are from my craft supply. And I used my Sepia writing pen from Martha Stewart Crafts for the journaling.

Girlfriends!

Here is a layout I did recently.  These eight girls are my best friends from college.  We still get together once a year and spend a weekend together.  Even though some of us are married and now having kids we still make it a priority to stay involved in each other's lives.  I couldn't asked for better friends!

Patterned Paper: Memoirs (Inque Boutique)

Cardstock: Colonial White (CTMH)
Ink: Cocoa (CTMH)
Accessories: Chipboard (Memoirs by Inque Boutique), Cricut Alphalicious Cartridge (Provo Craft), Butterfly Punch (Martha Stewart), Pearls (Martha Stewart), Scalloped Edge Punch (SU!), Ribbon (KI Memories)

Three layouts!

Here is a card and a couple layouts I have been working on.

This card was done using Laura's sketch from 2S4U.  It was so fun to do a pop-up card!  This was my first one!

This layout is based on a sketch from Becky over at PageMaps.  This leaf stamp set is one of my favorites because you can do the layering effect.  We took our son on his first trip to the Pumpkin Patch this past weekend and he loved it!

This was done using the sketch by Anam Stubbinton from the Fall Issue of Scrapbook & Cards Today.  

Pattered Paper: CTMH

Cardstock: CTMH (Olive)
Ink: CTMH (Olive & Goldrush)
Stamp: CTMH (Season's of Change & Harvest Memories)
Ribbon: Offray
Floss: Karen Foster Design
Accessories: Provo Craft Cricut (Alphalicious Cartridge)
Chipboard frame: Technique Tuesday

Cousins

Here is a layout I did using Becky's sketch from Creative Keepsakes Magazine.  This was a fun and easy layout to do (even though I wasn't that happy with how the pictures turned out).  I only used a couple simple supplies.

Patterned Paper & Cardstock: My Mind's Eye

Journaling Tag : My Mind's Eye
Floss: Karen Foster Design
Accessories: Provo Craft Cricut (Alphalicious Cartridge)

Note: flower embellishments are cut from patterned paper.

Here comes TROUBLE...

Having a baby has made scrapbooking even more fun for me!  This is one of my favorite layouts that I have done with pictures of my son.  We were given this book at a baby shower and it is honestly the coolest book.  It is called The Dangerous Book for Boys and it is full of great ideas of fun and crazy activities to do with boys.  Of course we haven't gotten to really use it yet because it is more for elementary and middle school aged boys but my husband and I can't wait to use some of the ideas!  If you have boys you should definitely check it out!

Anyway, one day (when my son had just figured out how to crawl) he went over to the bookshelf and pulled this particular book off the shelf.  It made me chuckled because the picture he made with the book described exactly how I was beginning to feel now that he was crawling.  My whole world seemed to be changing with his mobility and ability to get into everything and explore everything!  I know having grown up with three brothers that a world with boys is full of danger, adventure, exploration, and fun!

Patterned paper: Cosmo Cricket, K & Company

Accessories: Cricut Opposites Attract (Provo Craft), Diecuts (Cosmo Cricut), Brad (American Crafts), buttons (craft supply), ribbon (Cosmo Cricket)

Feeling fruity!

Well, I just loved the pear and apple that I found on my "home accent" cricut cartridge that I had to design some scrapbook layouts around them.  What do you think?  A little fruity, huh?

Patterned Paper: Basic Grey

Cardstock: CTMH (Sweet Leaf, Chocolate, & Cranberry)

Ink: CTMH (Chocolate)

Accessories: Cricut (Home Accents & Alphalicious), Thickers, Stickles (Xmas Red, Lime Green, & Cinnamon), Flower Punch (Martha Stewart), ribbon & buttons (craft supply)