It's Oct 1st...

...and you know what that means :)

Lets' take a drive down Arbor Drive shall we?

This kit was so well put together. It all blends beautifully without being too "matchy-matchy". Know what I mean?

Cut these flowers from the fun Fancy Pants paper and added a little bling from a friend, a little sewing, a little vintage book and a little "hello" from my typewriter.

Both my boys LOVE to be outside and anything to do with nature. He actually kissed the toad after this picture was taken :) I miss using pink on layouts and it was fun to throw a bit on this one. The flair from American crafts..oh my. LOVE the woodgrain!

I've had this "L" for awhile and wanted to alter it a bit before hanging in my craft space. A great way to showcase the American Crafts deer paper I LOVE and that Lily Bee tulle flower. I actually took the sequins off the flower to use them on a layout and put buttons from the kit in it's place using stickles...it glued the buttons together and i really like how the glitter seeped thru!

And I knew when I saw the kit these jumping photos would go *perfect* with a layout about the "chicks" and our weekend getaway! Those jumping shots are TOO FUN!!

Here's where I used those sequins. Just randomly placed on the layout. Stuck down with stickles :) I think I really like that stuff :)

And apparently I like to use these :) :)

A card for a friend with a new home:

The felt in this kit was great--so many different ways it could be used and I adore those little houses! And buttons. A girl (or project!) can never have too many ;)

And then a card for my husband (which means I get to keep it!) for our anniversary coming up. 10 years! Yep, we're still quite the "pair" ;) Cheesy? Yes. But fun! Love that pear paper.

And did I mention the buttons? :)

This kit is full of embellishments..and you KNOW I love the embellishments! :) I was able to create 2 layouts, 3 cards and an altered item and could seriously STILL make more! Heidi packs so much into each kit. Be sure and check out the gallery. I love when the first of the month rolls around to see what the other talented dt members did with the same kit! If you get a kit please share your stuff. Link me up! I would love to see it.

Lily Bee Love Part 2

ok. Let's try this again, shall we? (If you click on the pics I THINK they will pop up bigger.)

LOVE Lily Bee :)


This is the mini album I created for Lily Bee's contest "Just Be Me". The only requirement was to use that theme along with their papers, which was a breeze because they are super cute! The great thing about using double sided papers on a small project is it only takes a few sheets and you get double the designs. The paper I used on the front was my FAVORITE! Loved using the vintage typewriter on it.

This paper was a die cut frame (love those!) that I distressed the edges, inked a bit and then stitched around. I LOVE to sew on paper! My sewing machine has seen more paper action than fabric :) I used some more patterned paper for the flower and an edge punch for under the word "me". The flower is punched from a local flea market find--a $1, VERY old McGuffy's Reader,in poor condition, but PERFECT for scrapping with! I love using vintage finds...especially old books & paper. The mini's cover itself was painted and then sprayed with some ink...just ask my cuticles :)

Some more pretty patterned paper punched with a border punch and painted on. Love that orange (my favorite color!) and yellow paper.

Used another die cut frame and stitched like a mad woman on this one! Seriously, I was a bit dizzy from going around in circles, but love how it turned out. And this paper was perfect for my daisy picture---used the packaging that some Jenni Bowlin buttons came on to frame it. I painted the chipboard and then distressed all over with ink, decided it wasn't finished and broke out the cropodile to punch holes where there wasn't any before.

Who doesn't love a page with a Starbucks picture on it? ;) I painted the back, inked it, and cut out a faint image from some Lily Bee paper and the traced around it with a pen. The design was very cool and a bit "Starbuck-ish" if you ask me:) Used some of that vintage paper for a little ruffle on the side.

And now a look at my attempt of a granny square. Yikes! It's more like a wonky rectangle, but I like texture in mini albums and on my scrap pages...and since trying to learn to crochet is a part of me being me right now...I thought....why not just throw it in?! I typed and sewed the paper down.

Ahh...polaroid. Is it weird to take a picture of a camera? I have bit of a collection growing, but I should save that for another post :) The background of this picture is actually Lily Bee paper! I tried to make the picture look like an actual polaroid using cardstock. A bit of punched Lily Bee is sneaking in from behind.

And this...I love this random moment Rory caught of me and the boys this past weekend. They are my life. The reason I am a momma. I am so grateful to God for trusting me with these sweet souls! I cut a bit off a die cut frame and punched some hearts (3 hearts: 2 boys, 1 momma) then sewed down the middle.

And the back cover--painted with a Lily Bee paper heart and covered chip girl added! And like the tag says...I really am a Lucky Girl.

If you made it this far--WOW--you deserve an award. And although I don't have one to give you I DO have a treat...go here

This is the blog of my amazingly talented, sweet friend Rebekah. She is a fabric/paper/computer extraordinaire and her blog is full of goodness. You will not be disappointed. She is schooling me on all things blog/Mac related. A very talented friend indeed. :) --Thanks Rebekah!

And thank YOU for looking-

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Lily Bee Love

This mini is for the Lily Bee contest. There are SO MANY talented, creative people out there that have whipped up some sweet mini albums! These papers were GORGEOUS and a treat to work with! It really motivated me to scrap a bit about me, which is something I rarely do. 

 As you can see I am very new to the blog world so my pics are posted in reverse order! So the book goes backwards--Sorry! And the lighting is BAD in my scrap room at night...Hope you enjoyed looking anyway!

 Now go get some Lily Bee papers and start scrapping!