Puppy Love

I absolutely love my puppy and I love this picture of him with the toilet paper.  

Grabbed it and ran out of the bathroom to have a little sit-and-chew.   

He loves toilet paper and paper towels.

I ran out of the letter "s" so I made a letter out of the jewel things.  It actually looks pretty good in person, but for some reason I couldn't get a good photo of it.

Inspiration: Patterned Paper

I have read posts by some scrappers who find their inspiration in the products.  

I've tried that, but sometimes I have a hard time because I don't feel like the products match the pictures I want to scrap.

Finally, I found a piece of patterned paper that inspired me to scrap differently.  Paper first. Picture second. Yeah! :)



Studio Calico's February kit came with THIS patterned paper from their Homefront line:

With my husband in the Army, we move a lot.  We've called so many places "home" and every new home comes with a new floor plan.  Seriously, every time we move a floor plan is one of the first things I try and get my hands on.


Our current house is on post, which is a first, but we're lucky because its nice.  The layout downstairs, however, is a little challenging.  At least for me.  There's one room that is sort of like a "great room."  It was empty for the LONGEST time.  My husband called it the bowling alley because it was long and empty. 

With some persistent flea market shopping, I finally got it set up in a way that I like.  So, I took a picture of my bowling alley turned dining room/reading room and scrapped it on this paper.

Not exactly the way I hoped it would turn out, but I'm pretty happy I got the bowling alley on paper!

Scrap Fail

Okay, I've almost had a total scrap fail.  

I have nearly 4 beautiful Studio Calico kits sitting in my house and haven't barely touched one of them.

Life has simply got in the way. Big life. Serious life.

But then, life laughs at me and reminds me that I should enjoy this little hobby.  

The little things that are happy, like pictures and beautiful patterned paper.


So, I thought I would put up a layout I did a couple months ago on the Studio Calico community gallery for some inspiration.  I got some wonderful feedback.  Seriously, it was like you all knew that was the boost I needed.  (How did you know?)


.... And then This! Layout of the week!?  Seriously!?  I'm so flattered, I almost fell off the couch!  Then, instead of congratulating me, my husband sternly told me to start cutting and pasting. 

  :)  Thank you to all of you lovely and talented scrappers out there!  You made my month!!

I did this layout using Studio Calico's Joyland which is still available.  

The pictures I took as part of Project 365 and involved a self-timer, a big field, my husband and me running back and forth like an idiot.  THANK GOD Nobody was around. :)

New Layouts!

Two other layouts that I did. 

Once I did them, I decided that they didn't have enough dimension.  I'm not sure how to fix that, but there it is... suggestions welcome!

Both of these were done using parts of the Studio Calico Kits.  I was trying some new things out.  Some things worked, some things didn't. :)

DeRailed!

So here's a serious confession - my love of scrap booking has been derailed... by life!


First it was work.  Then it was getting sick for a couple weeks.  Then, it was being behind.  So behind, in fact, that its almost embarrassing.


I have two beautifully assembled SC kits that are still neatly stacked and packaged, sitting there, looking at me. **sigh**


I am determined to get back on track.  Maybe this coming weekend.  Scrapping at night has been difficult because of long work days, but I might be able to enjoy doing one layout per night.  I don't think I will be caught up.  


Plus, I am anticipating the new SC kit in the next couple of weeks.  In order to not feel so overwhelmed, I think I must put some stuff in the ever-growing give-away pile.  If I save it, I drive myself nutso trying to use it all.


Wish me luck! :)

Work-Schmork

So the content this week will be light on layouts. 

Work trip is seriously interfering with creativity.

Hopefully, I'll have the weekend to be scrap happy and play with all the lovely things that I got in my SC kit this month. Horray!

I still have scraps from last month that I want to use, I just loved that kit so much, I could almost marry it! :)

Butterfly Punches!

Another post dealing with my favorite tool (Martha Stewart Bfly Punches) and the Spring...

Another great project from LollyChops, derived from the Ali Edwards Project that I posted yesterday.  Instructions for these beautiful hybrids can be found at the LollyChops link above.

 

The asymmetrical design is very cool as well. Hmmm, maybe I can use this sort of thing in a layout? I may try that tonight!

Scorpios and Scrap Happy

After a long and intense day at work, I got home last night to find:

(1) my sweet husband already grilling dinner

(2) my sweet puppy giving lots of licks 

AND 

(3) my new kit from Studio Calico! 

Doesn't that just sound perfect?

In addition to a blazingly beautiful kit this month...THIS Martha Stewart punch I ordered was also in the box!

So, on my ride into work today, I was thinking about how much I love my MS punches.  I do.  They're so feminine and girly (which is not always me) and they always help me add that dimension and little something to my pages.


I get on my page here to profess my affection and I have a comment from SC designer Sasha Farina!  I die! :)  Her blog is awesome and today she's professing her love for Martha's butterfly punches as well!  So, I'll just agree with Sasha, my fellow Scorpio!


I will leave you with this inspiration... discovered when I was looking for the photo above:

Through a bunch of different blogs, I tracked this beauty back to Ali Edwards who has an amazingly beautiful blog.  Anyway, that link takes you to her step by step directions for this really cool project.

I think I could do this... :)

February Layouts - Studio Calico Kit

 In anticipation of my new kit coming in the mail (maybe tomorrow!), I thought I would post my layouts from the Studio Calico kit from February.  Which I loved.  

Loved.  

Seriously.

I may have a couple more coming, but I'm still working on them.

(I am also practicing some blog security, so forgive the "watermark" on the layouts. )

Inspiration: Eggspiration

How 'bout them apples...errr...eggs!?

Italian Alabaster Eggs from Williams-Sonoma.  Check out the color combos in these trays!

These two crates are beautiful, although they might be a bit too basic to get good pop on a page.  But the assorted colors set of 24 eggs really has some great color combo potential.  

 

I am going to see what I can make with the new SC kit and these colors.  

What do you think?