{ Lovin My Life }

just playing around.....

 
I decided to start on some baby pages... since I have six kids I'm what you call a little behind on their books . This is my Mckenzie when she was 1 month . I used American Crafts baby paper, brads,flowers, flair and thickers. I just love thickers. I also used Elle studio Baby Month Circle Tags - pink and Baby Note Tags - pink .

June Designs For Elle's Studio

Elle's Studio Designer Spotlight !

ALL AMERICAN GIRLS !

when i started working on this layout i decide to use some of Elle's Studios beautiful digital designs. my daughter carley and i love them. the designs are so pretty and easy to print i just kept printing and printing, lol!  with this page i used Digital Download: USA,  and then i used Print & Create: Patriotic Bags. i printed the bag out first then cut it out and used it as a template and cut the red striped paper so it was scalloped too. i then used the circles form the Digital Download USA and punched out the circles with a scalloped circle punch. i used the A Sweet Summer - Tiny Tags to add the date on another of the USA designs. a little stitching to add color to the white paper and i'm done.

UPSIDE DOWN GOGGLES !

I love these pictures of Mckenzie. We went to my sister-in-laws pool a lot that year and Mckenzie loved those goggles, she just couldn't get them on correctly . I smile every time i see these photos. In this layout I wanted to keep the the circles going  I cut a piece of scalloped paper and put it behind the patterned paper . i punched out the circles from the patterned paper and attached them to the scalloped paper. I stitched in the center of the blue circles to bring out the star burst in the paper. I used  A Sweet Summer Scallop Circle Tags cut them in half and used summer rub ons and summer epoxy stickers on them.  these little tags are so versatile I just love them !

Elle's Studio May Designs .......

i love the way this page came together. my friend cindy would laugh when i said i didn't even have a picture picked out when i started designing the page. i thought the Sweet Summer Scallop Circle Tags would make a great border so i decided to cut them in half and use the Sweet Summer Mini Papers in the center. i love the way the stitching adds something to it , i love to stitch on my pages can you tell :D i also used the Date and Place Strips - pastels . i love the beautiful colors Elle used they are some of my favorite colors. 

 

this layout started because of the sweet memories tag i love the beautiful writing on it. the colors inspired the colors of my layout.  the tag can be found in A Sweet Summer - Tiny Tags set.  then i took the Sweet Summer Scallop Circle Tags cut it in fours and used them as photo corners. i love these little tags they are so versatile !  the paper is crate paper, the border punch is fiskars, i used twill ribbon and basic grey buttons . buttons make everything happy !

   
  

the watermelon tag came to be because of those great Sweet Summer Scallop Circle Tags... what can i say i love them ! i was out doing dishes and i just thought watermelon, lol ! some of my ideas come at the strangest times. i cut the  Sweet Summer Scallop Circle Tags in half and used a circle punch to cut out a cut little circle form the october afternoon paper " strawberry jam " glued it to the tag and used helmar 450 quick dry adhesive to glue the beads down. i really should of wore my other glasses those beads are tiny :D   i then stamped sweet memories using the "A Sweet Summer Stamp". the dot paper is also october afternoon fireflies . i had some left over so i used a small circle punch and punched out tiny circle and gled them on the left side. i also used the vintages tags ... love them too !  Vintage Picnic Flash Cards have the watermelon one in it. thanks for stoping by to see come back soon ! 

 

 

Happy May !

I love the month of May it's strawberry time!  I'm really looking forward to picking strawberries this year.a couple of years ago my good friend Abby and I went to Belvedere Farm we had the best time . our love of strawberries got the better of us  we both came home with two flats of berries... i spent $61.00. They looked so perfect and yummy I couldn't help myself. We spent the day and most of the night, till 10 pm making jam  I believe the total was 108 jars, right Abby . We ran out of sugar and jars twice and visited walmart more than I care to remember. The jam was worth all the trouble, just yummy it was . This year I'm ready to go back lord be with me and make more yummy jam . I have my heart set on canning a lot this year so stay tuned to see how much I get done . Hope you have a wonderful May !   

Elle's Studio April Designs

 

 
 
  Hello everyone it's design time again ! The new galleries are open at Elle's Studio, you have to stop on over and check out all the beautiful work these ladies have created.  I have had a thing lately for flowers , I can't help myself. I have a new PINK Slice omg I love it ! I have a blue one but i love pink so I'm either going to sell my blue one or give it a friend :D  omg have you tried the hands free kit .... oh my goodness it was love at first sight  ! okay I'm trying to focus, okay i'm better now .

   speaking of things that make me truely happy ...... Elle just came out with new products. woot woot ! they are beautiful.I know we will be using them in our May designs. So mant wonderful things to choose from :D okay on to the products i used on my 2 layouts and card.

  "Carefree Summer Days" I had a hard time thinking of a title for this one , you ever had that problem ? any who... I used Vintage Calendar Tags and Photograph Note Tiny Tags.

   "Darling Friends" I love these pictures, my daughter Taylor took them , didn't she do a good job?  I wanted to do a page using these little frames and I thought the photos would work great !  I used Vintage Sweetheart Flashcards , Vintage Picnic Flashcards, and Chic Note Tags .

 " XOXO Card " i usedVintage Sweetheart Flashcards , andThe County Fair Journaling Tags.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, enjoy you family ! loves :D

Little Black Dress

 
 

Last night we got together with friends to scrapbook. I finally got something done ! I decided to bring some homecoming pictures of Taylor and this new line of paper I got from Glitz Design called "Distressed"....I love it ! usually when we get together we end up talking and laughing. But this time i was determined to get something done. Thanks for the food fun and general craziness I had a great time as always and can't wait till we meet again. Thanks girls :D 

Photos by Taylor

 

these pictures were taken by my daughter taylor. she loves to take my camera and walk around outside. she takes pictures of flowers, the sky and of course her sisters . i think she did a great job :)
  

April Blog Challenge For Elle's Studio !

 For this is card i used bazil scalloped card stock, Heidi Swapp bling and prima swirls. I used the following Elle's Studio products : two XOXO Journaling Strips cut in half ,  The Original Candy Shop Journaling Tags i cut out the center of the tag with an xacto knife, and Cut Outs: XOXO Tiny Valentines. i love the way it came out :)

i used bazill zigzag paper,bazill just the edges strips.... love these ! i also used little yellow bicycle baby boy safari paper for the stars, Heidi Swapp green bling :) and DCWV paper . i love the stamp i used so cute it is from Elle's Studio ;)  i also used XOXO Label Cut Outs.

    

Elle's Studio Birthday Cake Card & Birthday Present Card.

 
 
 
As many of you know cards are not my strong suit, any of my friends will tell you , lol. But i had a blast making these cards. I used Elle's Studio Birthday Cut Outs, Granny's Doily Journaling Tags, XOXO Journaling Strips.