tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12059941370198721962024-03-12T18:42:22.341-07:00Happy are WeCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13316877509729026992noreply@blogger.comBlogger535125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205994137019872196.post-89152124200716507162014-09-02T09:40:00.000-07:002014-09-02T09:40:40.232-07:00August at ScraptasticJust sharing what I did with the August Kit this month, better late then never ;)<br />
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For this one I used a cut on my Silhoutte for the background, I love the subtle texture it gives the layout.<br />
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There are a lot of great patterns in this kit and I kinda wanted to mix
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I think this one might be my fave! You know when you have a paper that doesn't really speak to you and then BAM, it does???? That's what happened with this one here. Sometimes you just have to play around with product, mix it with other things and then it all comes together. I love the subtle colors on here. The dirty aqua, orange and grays. I need to go back and coordinate a few more layouts for this party. I think the colors go well together ;)<br />
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This one shows the brighter colored options in the kit and goes with our <a href="http://www.scraptasticclub.com/blogs/scraptastic-club-blog/14993105-august-sketchy-thursday">sketch of the month</a>.<br />
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Here's a look at the <a href="http://www.scraptasticclub.com/collections/current-kits">September kits </a>that just hit the shop! I'm excited to get started on the We will Rock you Kit!<br />
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The Girl Kit looks pretty fun too....it's always a hard choice!<br />
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I am so in love with this months <a href="http://www.scraptasticclub.com/collections/current-kits">Either Way kit at Scraptastic</a>, I really can't believe it's still available.....it's amazing!</div>
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Here's a look at what I've been doing with it....</div>
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Do you see the gold POW paper? I cut these leaves and title on my silhouette. I'm in love!</div>
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I love the combination of soft and bold colors......They combine beautifully or work wonderfully alone for completely different looks.</div>
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Super fun, right?! Now go and grab yours before they're gone ;)</div>
Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13316877509729026992noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205994137019872196.post-49393436155976572532014-07-07T05:00:00.000-07:002014-07-07T12:21:44.052-07:00Chic Tags & Twinery Blog Hop<div style="text-align: center;">
Welcome to the Chic Tags and Twinery Blog HOp!</div>
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You should have arrived here from <span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text_exposed_show"><a href="http://stampinwithstacey.blogspot.com/">Stacey Schafer's blog</a></span></span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show">Thanks for stopping by.....be sure to head over to<span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span class="text_exposed_show"><a href="http://akeptlife.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">Jeanne Jachna blog</span> </a>for your next stop on the hop!</span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show">HEre's the hop in it's entirety if you get sidetracked ;)</span></div>
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I've got one of my new faves up on the<a href="http://blog.chictags.com/2014/03/day-2-with-chic-tags-and-maya-road.html"> Chic Tags blog</a> this week. We got to play around with some Maya Road product and do a little blog hop with them. All week we have designers sharing their work combining both companies. They have made for some stunning projects! Be sure to check out the whole week. </div>
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As for me, here are mine......</div>
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I love the combination of naturals and soft teals in this layout, and that little burlap bow! Pretty sure I need to get me some more of that! Thank you Maya Road ;)</div>
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The starts are from a sheet of MR kraft stickers. I used a Chic Tags rubon to add a </div>
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The ampersand and "you" are also from MR. The remaining product is Chic Tags. </div>
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The "love this life" is a <a href="http://store.chictags.com/cutfiles.html">freebie cut file you can grab here </a></div>
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For my second project I made a cake banner to celebrate an upcoming anniversary. I always do them for my kids birthdays, they are fun and super cute! I loved these little banner tags combined with layers of other tags and a few Maya Road products....the heart paper clip, the chipboard word and heart. As well as the kraft stickers. Topped it off with more of that awesome burlap </div>
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Here's my version....be sure to check out the sketch and the rest of the examples on their<a href="http://blog.chictags.com/2014/03/sunday-sketch-it-out.html"> blog</a>. You could win a prize pack of Chic Tag goodies!<br />
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<br />Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13316877509729026992noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205994137019872196.post-52489845963443834612014-02-25T20:10:00.000-08:002014-02-25T20:10:13.367-08:00Scraptastic Sneaks<div style="text-align: center;">
The March sneaks for Scraptastic are up on the blog today! Go <a href="http://www.scraptasticclub.com/blogs/scraptastic-club-blog/12479293-march-2014-sneak-peeks">here and check them out!</a></div>
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Don't forget, there is more than one to choose from ;) </div>
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While you're pondering all that greatness...how about a few layouts from this months </div>
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kit <a href="http://www.scraptasticclub.com/collections/current-kits/products/february-2014-mr-big-stuff-kit">Mr. Big Stuff </a></div>
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There are just a few left. Can you see those flame wood veneer??? They are SOOO fun!</div>
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I tucked that awesome flame behind this picture here, to just peek out a little ;)</div>
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Here's how I used the other flame. I didn't realize how much I would love them!</div>
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<br />Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13316877509729026992noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205994137019872196.post-92136831730514893972014-02-24T09:00:00.001-08:002014-02-24T09:00:05.781-08:00Going Green at Chic Tags<div style="text-align: center;">
I've got a fun layout up at <a href="http://blog.chictags.com/2014/02/challenge-sunday-its-green-challenge.html">Chic Tags for their March Challenge....Green</a>! I pulled several green tags from an old collection and scattered them across the page. I few black details and bam! It was a pretty quick and easy, these tags make putting a page together a breeze! This picture is of my son on his first school dance last year. They are so cute!</div>
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Seeing that I'm trying to be a better blogger around these parts, I figured I'll at least keep sharing my work until I decide on more ;)</div>
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I had a post up over at <a href="http://blog.chictags.com/">Chic Tags</a> last week mixing a few of their lines. Have you checked out Chic Tags? Most of the time a company is just a company until you know the heart and soul behind it. Well, the owner Veronica and her husband are truly some of the most incredible hardworking people I know. They've worked so hard to build their little business and I so admire their persistence and never quit attitude. They are worth it. And their product is top notch. I really love working for them! At summer CHA they introduced their first full paper lines. Now, besides tags, they have entire collections; paper, tags, rubons, alphas, veneer, flair, stickers, etc. Be sure to <a href="http://store.chictags.com/">check out their shop.</a></div>
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<a href="http://store.chictags.com/happyplace.html">Happy Place Collection</a></div>
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<br />Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13316877509729026992noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205994137019872196.post-13552053705344700432014-01-21T19:54:00.002-08:002014-01-21T19:54:58.540-08:00I'm the Worst!<div style="text-align: center;">
I really really stink at blogging don't I?!</div>
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I have a love hate relationship with it and I'm not sure what to do about it. I love the good ol' days when I told stories and recorded my families adventures. As they've gotten older, they've asked that I not say so much about them. So my blog has turned into a strictly scrapping blog. While I love scrapbooking and love to share my work, I feel like I'm missing the heart and sole of why I blogged in the first place. </div>
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I would like to get back to a little better story telling and recording of my life but I'm not exactly sure if there is anyone left who cares about that part. Maybe those of you reading this thing are just here for the art ;)</div>
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What are your thoughts?? I'd love to know.</div>
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aaaaaand......in the meantime!!!</div>
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How about some pages ;)</div>
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<a href="http://www.scraptasticclub.com/collections/current-kits">January's kit at Scraptastic</a>.....it's pretty awesome if I do say so myself. I thoroughly enjoyed it!</div>
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All the pretty girls: I adore this OA floral and definitely had to showcase it! The veneer snowflakes in this kit are amazing and looked so pretty tucked under the alphas.</div>
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Do you want to build a Snowman?: Pretty sure I don't have to say where I got this title from ;) I cut a circle backdrop on my cameo for this as well as the title. Lots of little layers and stickers.</div>
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Snow Cave: There are so many amazing papers in this kit. I decided to collect the blues and use a few of them for a more monochromatic look. Love how the orange alpha pops off the page for a bit of fun.</div>
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Winter Fun: this woodgrain was my fave by far! I cut the tree on my cameo and used it as the centerpiece. A couple of layers, some subtle colors and a fun border. It makes me happy!</div>
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Wowsies! This is an AMAZING collection....really generous...I follow...I'm commenting:):)!!!!!!!!!!<br />
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Scraptastic wants to give one lucky reader the entire <a href="http://www.scraptasticclub.com/collections/current-kits">Home for the Holidays Kit Collection</a>! That means the main kit with exclusive wood veneer and tags, the add on kit AND the coordinating exclusive stamp set. That's huge!</div>
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Well, you are in luck! I am giving away the whole kit AND a bonus stamp set from the Just Breathe Collection. These kits are filled with exclusive cards, diecuts and wood veneer. You cant get this stuff anywhere else. And whats awesome, is you can buy extras of some of the exclusives in the shop.</div>
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Hey everyone! This month <a href="http://blog.chictags.com/2013/12/glitz-designschic-tags-blog-hop.html">Chic Tags</a> and <a href="http://glitzitnow.com/blog/?p=5134">Glitz Design</a> teamed up for a little blog hop with prizes! Each team got to design with the others products, mixing them together. We played with the Glitz Design Hello December and Chic Tags Good Tidings Collections. </div>
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Today I'm up on <a href="http://www.displayyourheart.com/">Display Your Heart</a> for their <a href="http://www.displayyourheart.com/2013/12/handmade-holiday-gift-guide-home-decor.html">Handmade Holiday Gift Guide</a>. You can enter to win an amazing package from fellow Etsy Shop owners, including a set of <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/HappyAreWe123">my dish towels</a>!</div>
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and more towels.....these might just be my new faves!!!</div>
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Be sure to hop on over to <a href="http://www.displayyourheart.com/">Display your Heart and enter to win</a>!</div>
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And <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/HappyAreWe123">check out my shop</a> for your holiday shopping, I do special orders and tend to have a lot more than is posted.</div>
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before the month is over I thought i'd better share the kit over at scraptastic. it's seriously been one of my faves......don't you love it when you don't see that coming!</div>
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this month i went with the colorblind kit and add on....there are still a few left, <a href="http://www.scraptasticclub.com/collections/current-kits">go get em here</a>!</div>
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here's what i did with it....</div>
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isn't that veneer owl the cutest!!!</div>
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i really loved using the arrow diecut in the add on kit. it was fun to layer different patterns behind it.</div>
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layering the white on white arrows was really fun for me</div>
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this one is based on the <a href="http://www.scraptasticclub.com/blogs/scraptastic-club-blog/10264049-november-sketchy-thursday">Novmeber sketch</a></div>
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cut the lala with my cameo using the ck ali edwards font</div>
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Sheessh....no blogging from me in October!</div>
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I've been so super duper insanely busy....I kinda mighta lost my mind a wee bit.</div>
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But I'm in recovery mode now and thinking about all things that got set aside and now need my attention. Like some scrapbooking news ;)</div>
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<br />November brought on a <a href="http://blog.chictags.com/2013/11/we-are-starting-november-off-with-bang.html">new design team for me........Chic Tags</a>!</div>
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I'm so excited to be working with this amazing company. Who am I kidding, it's not a company, it's a family! Veronica is (as my daughter says) the bomb....from the bomb dot com. </div>
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They started out as a tag maker and have evolved into full product lines with papers, alphas, rubons, stickers, stamps....etc. This last CHA showcased their first lines and they are amazing! Flying off the shelves amazing! <a href="http://store.chictags.com/">Check out the shop here</a>.</div>
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They are also now offering <a href="http://store.chictags.com/kits.html">exclusive monthly kits</a></div>
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Here are a few of my layouts using the Chic Tag products:</div>
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This layout showcases the <a href="http://store.chictags.com/happyplace.html">Happy Place Collection</a> </div>
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On this one I've used a variety of <a href="http://store.chictags.com/happyplace.html">tags & clear acetate tags</a> </div>
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This one uses tags and clear acetate tags from the the <a href="http://store.chictags.com/goodtidings.html">Good Tidings Collection </a></div>
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September has been a busy month! I haven't had near enough time to play with my<a href="http://www.scraptasticclub.com/"> Scraptastic </a>September kit, but here's what I've got so far ;)</div>
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This month I chose the "We are Family" kit and add on.</div>
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I really LOVE the color scheme in here....the blues and oranges are amazing together. I cut the chevron paper and used portions to create my arrows. One large spot of blue and the two together just pop! Super simple but makes a big impact. I layered some of the phrase stickers to balance with my title on the opposite corner. </div>
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Another orange and blue combo here, with an aqua background. I love to border my layouts with strips of paper typically, so I thought it would be fun to balance that with another border on the opposite side. I have my photo cluster coming off the single wide border and kept the other thinner with a variety of strips and layers.</div>
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I used this a variety of this months stamps here.....coloring them with the marker I got in my kit. They make for the best little</div>
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This ombre paper by Maggie Holmes is in the add on and it's to die for....right??!! To make my butterfly I found a clip art butterfly on line and printed it out. Used it as a pattern to trace out on my pink paper. It's the poor mans die cut ;) But it worked great and adds that super sweet girly feel I was looking for. </div>
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There are just a few<a href="http://www.scraptasticclub.com/collections/current-kits"> "We are Family" kits</a> left, along with the stamps so go get em'!!! This month has been one of my faves, hope I get to play with it more ;)</div>
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Don't forget to check out the <a href="http://www.scraptasticclub.com/blogs/scraptastic-club-blog">Scraptastic Blog</a> come tomorrow to see what October has in store for you! It's spooktacular!!!!</div>
<br />Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13316877509729026992noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205994137019872196.post-38484567850702265182013-09-01T10:03:00.000-07:002013-09-01T10:03:00.900-07:00Chic Tags!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Not gonna lie.....I am pretty excited about this!</div>
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<a href="http://blog.chictags.com/2013/09/september-first-means-new-guest-designer.html">Hop on over to their blog</a> and see what I did with there freaking awesome tags....booyah!!!</div>
Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13316877509729026992noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205994137019872196.post-41581827960530384282013-09-01T09:51:00.003-07:002013-09-01T09:51:54.014-07:00More August Layouts & Sept. Kits<div style="text-align: center;">
Just wanted to pop in real quick and share a few more of my August layouts at Scraptastic!</div>
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This layout started out with our sketch and went a little wild from there. But that's what's fun about sketches, they can be a good starting point but where you take it after that is your own business!! You can see what the rest of the team did with it over <a href="http://www.scraptasticclub.com/blogs/scraptastic-club-blog/8676489-augusts-sketchy-thursday">here</a>.</div>
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For this layout I used a Pinterest find as my starting point. You can see that inspiration piece over <a href="http://www.scraptasticclub.com/blogs/scraptastic-club-blog/8513399-pinterest-inspo-monday">here</a>. <br />
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The September kits have also been announced today!!!</div>
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Here is a look at the This Life Noted kit......I am dieing over it....swoooooon!!!</div>
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The rest of the kits can be seen <a href="http://www.scraptasticclub.com/blogs/scraptastic-club-blog/8889541-september-2013-full-reveal">here</a>!</div>
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Scrapstastic is celebrating THREE years!!! </div>
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And we are gonna party with a weekend crop.</div>
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There will be lots of prizes, challenges and fun games.</div>
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Be sure to <a href="http://scraptasticclub.invisionzone.com/">hop on over this weekend</a> and check things out.</div>
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Kits have also been revealed today.<a href="http://www.scraptasticclub.com/collections/current-kits"></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.scraptasticclub.com/collections/all-available">Grab yours before they are gone.</a></div>
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The PL Kit</div>
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The Classy Girls Kit</div>
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I Found a Boy Kit</div>
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This month I chose the Classy Girls kit, here's my first layout.</div>
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I took some mist and dragged the tip along the paper to create this water color effect on my layout. It was simple and fun. </div>
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I love all the random bits in this kit....the sequins, cork, buttons and bows, so fun!</div>
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I tried to be a good mom this last week and plan things with the kids everyday to do, or at least keep them occupied more than usual so I didn't have to listen to "i'm bored" all day long and "can we go do this or this or this" (that cost a gajillion dollars) And it worked. A little planning with friends, a project or two and we had success. Cheap and easy success ;) Right up my alley.</div>
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Once they were happy and ready to veg, it was my turn to play! So I tore through my latest Scraptastic kit and put together a few more layouts. </div>
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It may have taken some time but our little Jack Jack eventually figured out that the pool was not such a bad place. </div>
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This picture of Jack cracks me UP! </div>
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Those chubby little hands clasped together up at his face. </div>
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It used to take him so long (if ever) to warm up to people and situations. </div>
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You wouldn't know that now, the little party animal, adored by all who know him, kind of kid! </div>
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This is my imitation of all those cool looks you get with a sillouette. I've got an old Slice machine that still works great so I cut out some large letters and layered them beneath my photo's. </div>
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Easy, peasy. </div>
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These pics make my little heart burst. Samantha used to make the most adorable poses, so sassy and big. Here she is on her very first day of preschool, striking a pose. Backpack, stuffed animal, and jeans & boots even though it's like 150 degrees outside. She went through quite the long phase of only wearing jeans, even in the dead of summer. I desperately miss those bits of her that she has long since outgrown......or at least modified, but grateful the personality that brought us this is still going strong ;)</div>
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Here's to another fun and busy summer week.</div>
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Welcome to Paper Issues <i>Nature Walk</i>!</div>
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You should have arrived here from<a href="http://paperandglueheaven.blogspot.com/"> Bente's blog</a></div>
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If this is your first stop be sure to head over to <a href="http://www.paperissues.blogspot.com/">Paper Issues</a> and start from the beginning.<br />
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This month we are being sponsored by <a href="http://prettylittlestudio.com/blog/">Pretty Little Studios</a> and I got to play with some of their super cute stuff from their Nature Walk line.</div>
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All these awesome triangles, little critters, and feathers are from Pretty Little Studios. </div>
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The line went perfectly with October Afternoons Woodland Park collection.</div>
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Your next stop on the hop is <a href="http://www.cazhancock.com/">Caz Hancock</a>!</div>
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Thanks for hopping with us today!</div>
Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13316877509729026992noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205994137019872196.post-49508224758448800432013-07-08T09:16:00.000-07:002013-07-08T09:16:04.156-07:00July at Scraptastic<div style="text-align: center;">
The new kits are out!</div>
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I loooooove this months selection at <a href="http://www.scraptasticclub.com/">Scraptastic</a>, check 'em out!</div>
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this is the Rock Lobster kit and the one I chose.</div>
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Out on the town looks pretty cool too dontcha think ;)</div>
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......and the PL kit! Love this!!!! Can't wait to use it.</div>
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So run on over and <a href="http://www.scraptasticclub.com/collections/all-available">grab yourself a kit or two</a>, there are a few left ;)</div>
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Here is my first layout with the Rock Lobster Kit, check out the Scraptastic blog for what inspired me ;)</div>
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<br />Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13316877509729026992noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205994137019872196.post-69003099778427711612013-06-20T09:00:00.000-07:002013-06-20T09:00:01.006-07:00A little bit of Crate to Share<br />
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One of the new collections I bought for myself this year was the Maggie Holmes for Crate one.........I looooove it ;) It's so pretty and funky all at the same time, which I guess is kinda my style. I finally pulled it out a few weeks ago and just played. I had a hard time putting it away. </div>
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I'll be going back to it for sure.</div>
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Sometimes I feel like each layout should be unique and new with different techniques and styles...but honestly, when I keep them at my most basic and natural style I always love them the best. I love this design here and I use it quite often. It allows me to showcase the pattern papers that I love and use lots of layers and pretty little details. You may see it a lot and think i should come up with a new bag of tricks, but hey......if I love it, I might as well keep doing it ;)</div>
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This makes me happy!</div>
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There isn't anything magnificent about this one either, just lots of layers and fun bits. </div>
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Just how I like it ;) That background paper speaks for itself, dontcha think?!?</div>
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I've had these pics of Samantha and her bff for years (obviously) I've just never had the right collection to use with them, until this! I was so excited to get these in the book ;)</div>
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I know for those of you who don't necessarily read my blog for the scrapbooking are probably a little tired of it. I've not been sharing as much personal info lately for many reasons. One of them being that my kids are getting older and I need to respect their privacy and they don't like me talking about them much anymore ;) I will still share things here and there but it's definitely going to be less often.</div>
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This month marked the FIRST Project Life kit over at <a href="http://www.scraptasticclub.com/">Scraptastic Kit Club</a>.</div>
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It is awesome!!!</div>
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It has a great variety of phrase/journal/decorative cards along with simple low profile embellishments like sequins, washi, wood veneer, decorative paper clips, flair, and die cuts. And don't forget the exclusive stamp set.</div>
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I was so excited to play with this kit and make an effort at finishing up last years PL ;)</div>
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(don't judge me, k ;)</div>
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All I'm gonna say about it is.....I'm a new fan of sequins ;)</div>
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Stay tuned for next months kit.....and if you're interested be sure to contact Jessica at <a href="mailto:members@scraptasticclub.com">members@scraptasticclub.com</a> to get yours reserved ;)</div>
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