{Happy Birthday}

So I had a little dilemma this week. My daughter just had her first birthday and I had a bunch of really cute photos except for one thing...the cake! I tried to make my own banana icing and it turned out all runny and so gross looking, lol. I decided in the end to use the photos anyways and just move on. It's not perfect, but kind of a funny memory. I'm wondering, how many people edit what they scrap? Do you scrap even the not so cute stuff? I'm really glad I did because it's true to real life, but I almost didn't!!  Here is my PL spread. No making fun of my cake;)

My daughter's face is priceless in these shots:)

I decided to play along with how gross the cake looked by being a little funny with my title...yum??

I love this stamp I got with one of my PL kits from Scraptastic. It was perfect for these shots of her eating cake:)

I LOVED this month's PL kit from Studio Calico! Those cards are so dreamy:)

I made my own cards using the stamp set in the Studio Calico set and those gorgeous sequins.

I love cutting cards with my craft blade to make them seem 3D. That's what I did with this pink stripe card from my Scraptastic PL kit so the label would lay over the other journaling card. 

This card is one of my favorites from the Studio Calico PL Kit! 

With this tag that came in the kit instead of using the holes for sewing I used them for brads.

Thanks for stopping by! 

{oh so sweet}

Oh Glitter Girl...She is so inspiring! If you haven't watched her latest video then you must! I had this beautiful patterned paper from Crate Paper's the pier and just couldn't figure out how to use it. It was so bold and colorful, I admit I was a little scared of it! In her video Glitter Girl showed how to use the 1/3rd approach with a bold pattern to calm it down. I'm so glad she did! I finally got to use it and I love it! I decided to use more of the pattern than she did, but it works for me.

I also got to pull out some of my frames! Any chance I get to use some of that stash up I will take it:)

Then of course I needed a few butterflies for my little girl and a little gold never hurts;)

{Merci}

I really love how easily this card came together! I used my card kit from Studio Calico. I have to admit I was a little nervous when I saw these butterflies! I mean they are cute, but I just wasn't sure if they looked too young. In the end they have wound up being one of my favorite things in the kit! 

I love stitching on a card! It adds that special touch and only takes a minute. While I had my machine out I decided to go ahead and stitch across the butterflies. 

At first I just had this little label with the "Thank You" banner, but soon realized it need something more. That's when I grabbed that wide washi tape and it fit perfect behind the label! A little wood veneer arrow tied it all in.

Products Used:

studiocalico marks and co card kit

{You and Me}

I just recently got an iphone, I know crazy right?! But I love that thing! I took these pictures at the park yesterday with it. I don't normally carry a camera so having the iphone has given me a great camera right in my pocket! I used the app called "Snapseed" to do a quick edit of these while the kids played and then uploaded them to facebook right from the park. It may not amaze you iphone veterans out there, but my mind was blown! :)

I got right home and printed these two pictures together using HP photo creations. It's free and I LOVE it! I then pulled out my Studio Calico Marks and Co kits and got to work. The star paper is from Fancy Pants and I thought it would make a great border for this WONDERFUL  Amy Tan mist looking paper. I then used the cork hearts and banners from the Salinger add on and it all came together! 

A little Freckled Fawn gold arrow added just the right amount of sparkle for me:)

I also elevated the banners using pop dots. I wanted them to float off of the page! 

I was inspired by garden girl Shannon Tidewell! She used pop dots so wonderfully in her video "The Season" that I had to pull mine out:)

Products Used:

Studio Calico salinger add on

Studio Calico marks-co-card-kit

{This is One}

My little girl turned One recently! I can't believe how times flies! I bought the Cakewalk collection from October Afternoon a while ago and hung on to it just for this day. I LOVE the paper and little characters in this collection. The colors were also perfect to go with this picture of her in her little dress. I don't often buy whole collections but I did this time. It made putting together this LO really fast and easy. Everything went perfect together. 

I've decided to start an album this year with LO's from all of our birthdays. I want each page to be titled "This is one", two, three, etc. I even plan on doing a LO on me! Which I have never done, but I want the kids to see me in the albums too. I'm starting this year with, "This is 30!" :)

I really love the little cards October Afternoon does! They are easy to tuck in anywhere.

{Hello Friend}

This card turned out so sweet! I almost want to keep it for myself, but I won't:) The stamp kit from my Studio Calico Valley High card kit is one of my favorites! I like how I can build any flower I want and add any sentiment into the "hello" speech bubble. 

I finally used one of these mini clothespins from The Pier and I plan on using them all now, I love how it looks!

This wrap around of twine was actually a happy accident! I got a little of the brown ink under the flower and decided to try and cover it up. I love how it looks:)

Products Used:

 Studio Calico Valley High card kit

crate-paper the pier clothespins

crate-paper sunscreen the pier paper

{Hello There}

I used gesso on this card to give it texture. I think I used too much because it started to crack, but then I kind of fell in love with that! I used watercolors for the background to give it an ombre look. I love how colorful it all turned out and I hope it brightens the day of it's recipient. 

{Sibling Love}

I love watching scrapbook videos!  I watched this Scrap Your Stash video by Garden Girl Paige Evans and was inspired to create something similar! I knew I had a huge stash of brads....I mean it's a little crazy how many I have. When I got back into scrapbooking after being MIA for 9 years all of a sudden brads had beautiful pictures and words on them. So naturally I decided to buy every brad I ever saw. Of course brads are circles so when I saw her video I knew I had to use them up! The resulting LO is probably one of my absolute favorites I've done! 

I used my Silhouette to cut the circles in my patterned paper. 

It didn't take as long as I thought it might to put all my brads in. I kept the rest of the LO simple so after all that work it was fast to finish. 

Products Used:

crate-paper sunscreen 12x12 the pier paper

silhouette portrait

simple-stories i heart summer 6x6 paper pad

october-afternoon travel girl designer brads

simple-stories i heart summer decorative brads

I also had a collection of older brads from My minds Eye and Bo Bunny

crate-paper the pier pinwheels flags

{Be Carefree}

This paper was calling for a beautiful scenic photo! The whimsical feel of it was perfect. I used a lot of products from the Urban Traveler collection from Simple Stories for this one. I thought the colors went well with this paper. 

{Summer Fun}

I just love summer! Baseball and being outside seems to just make me wonderfully happy. It's also a fun time to scrapbook! All the bright colors that come out in the summer lines are a joy to work with. I mixed in some Simple Stories and Elle's Studio (two of my favorite companys!!) to do this PL page. I also used my Scraptastic PL kit, a guilty pleasure each month:) 

I don't worry about using a certain style of page protector. I had mostly portrait photos so I decided to use this all portrait style protector. 

This indeed was a "Special Day" so that tag was perfect! I never leave a tag without some twine too.

{Hello You}

 Here's a card using my July Card Kit from Studio Calico, Valley High. I love their kits! They make it so easy to create beautiful cards. Plus their stamps and embellishments are great for your everyday scrapping!