I look forward to Shimelle’s Starting Points each week and LOVE playing along. Now, I don’t always get them in during the time frame but they are always there to refer to in the future as well. This week, Shimelle started with a strip, border and a bit of layering.
After seeing some recent scrapbook layouts by Michelle Hernandez using the darling Echo Park This and That Charming collection, I knew I had to get my hands on this paper. I was in love at first site. I loved the colors and the patterns both. Granted, parts of the collection
Today’s layout is brought to you by the recent addition to Sloane Farms…. We have been fostering our puppy Jake’s mom for the past week and we had been expecting her puppies in the first week of April. Much to our surprise, my husband went out to feed her Monday
“Venti Nonfat Cafe Misto with Sugar Free Hazelnut and 3 Sweet “N Low… Yep, that’s just the way I like my cup from Starbucks. Over the course of the past ten years my love for Starbucks has come full circle. The elusive red cut at Christmas is the mark of
This past weekend I posted a list of the ten reasons that I feel lucky. I knew right away that I wanted to do a layout to document what I was feeling lucky about now in my life versus in the past or future. And then, when I saw the
This weekend, after getting 10 yards of three new colors of twine, I knew I had to find a solution on how to store them so that I wasn’t always pulling from the sample skeins I got much less trying to untangle them all the time. I grabbed some of
Have you ever gotten a new set of supplies and couldn’t wait to get scrappy? Last week, I ordered the Dear Lizzy Neapolitan 6×6 paper pad from Paper Issues and when it came in, I couldn’t wait to use it to create a layout. Don’t you just love how they
Have you noticed the huge trend right now towards chevrons? They are everywhere from papers, embellishments, fabrics, clothes, shoes and more! I was inspired to create this layout of one of our dogs using this great trend and some scraps from my scrap bag. Ready for the step by step
Earlier this week, Shimelle introduced another Starting Point and I was determined to play along and on time. First thing to do was decide my papers. I chose to work with the Authentique Uncommon collection. I used the measurements that Shimelle gives on her blog to cut my pieces down.
I was actually quite busy the past two weekends and didn’t get a load of scrapbooking in like I had in the previous weeks. I did however manage to sneak in this layout for one of Shimelle’s Starting Point’s this past weekend. Granted it’s out of the challenge window but
Did you stop and take 12 photos yesterday for the 12th? I joined into this project last month and I am so happy that I did. I was going through the day yesterday and being selective about what I took photos about for the most part because I wanted a
Since I have been going February Photo A Day and now March Photo A Day, I really wanted to compile a layout of what my current morning ritual seems to be as it has really been becoming quite the norm 5 days a week. I started this layout with the