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An extra day!

Happy February 29th!  I hope you are enjoying your extra day today.  Starting this month, (well technically next month still), we decided the Design Team would share our scrappy spaces.  Mine leaves much to be desired, as it is still a work in progress.  We have been working at reorganizing and decorating our basement, where I have my scrap stuff, so eventually it'll get there.  In the mean time, I've been pinning craft spaces on Pinterest, and planning out my newly macked-out space.  Here's what I have now:

Oh the madness that is my messy space!  Notice the monitor with a sweet sleeping baby and a big ole cup of coffee.  Those are two things that I NEVER scrap without. :)  I guess you could say I'm a pretty messy scrapper, aren't I?  I very rarely clean up between pages, unless I'm working with a new kit, then I try to at least clean up before I trash the space again.  

Now that you've seen my unruly area, here are some of my faves that I'm dreaming of.  First up, this gorgeous space from Becky Oehlers:

It was posted over at the Scrapbook Trends Create blog, and I totally gasped when I saw it.  I just love everything about it.  If you'd like to read more about it and see it in detail, go here.

Some of my favorite spaces that I've pinned on Pinterest are these:

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A girl can dream, right?

Amy

Tuesday...

Hi everyone, Nancy here today to share with you a layout of two of my children I made using this month's Oh Penlope kit from The Sampler.

I love the gorgeous Hambly rub ons in the kit.  They go on so easily....They are so smooth you can even use your fingernail to apply them (which I did as i couldn't locate my rub on tool).  The patterned papers have such great design I couldn't wait to mix them all up.

Be sure to check out the sketch and card challenges on The Sampler blog for your chance to win a great prize.

Hugs.

 

Nancy

Happy Friday!

I hope you have had a fabulous week!

This past Valentine's Day marked #15 for my husband and I.

We tossed aroud a bunch of ideas and in the end we both needed to get away, so we headed to San Diego for the weekend.

We ate at some yummy places, shopped and just relaxed.

It was fabulous. 

I used the February Sampler Kit to record our adventure:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The butterflies in the kit are an antique brass color so I coated them in embossing ink and embossed them silver. 

I used the fabulous Kerri Bradford's Valentine's kit to cut the heart cards, clothespins and title on my Silhouette. 

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

 

i'm baaaaaaa-aaaack !

hey everyone!  shaunna here :)  i've been on a little unintentional hiatus for the last week or so... last week was a complete mess, from one end to the other - my birthday, V-day, computer issues... and i iced that cake with my fabulous procrastination skills so it just came out wonderfully!  NOT.  i learned three new things last week:

1. don't wait until 3:00AM on the morning of Valentine's Day to decide to make 3D boxes with your Silhouette (or other die cutting machine) to deliver your Valentine's cookies in.  especially not when you have to get up at 9:30 or earlier to get ready to have a surprise lunch with your son.
2. don't wait until the week (and day) of your birthday to decide on your birthday outfit and coordinating accessories.  especially not when you are going to make the accessories yourself - i ran myself down to the wire last Friday night making a custom fascinator and charm necklace, which were nowhere on the schedule until 2:00PM Friday afternoon.  the fascinator was cute, the necklace, not so much :(
3. apparently EA does not like Macs.  but i'm not going into detail about my nerdy computer-stuff life here... you can read this post on my blog if you want to hear me rambling about the hassle i've gone through just trying to be able to play The Sims 3 on my MacBook.  and i'm still struggling with it, as of yesterday... you know things are bad when the Windows Blue-Screen-of-Death shows up on your Mac...

but enough of my rambling!  i am here today to share the post with you that i intended for last week, and i will be back again on another day before February is over to finish off the February kit in style!

since i unofficially made February "sketch month", i dug through my own sketches and pulled one out that i really thought would be great with this kit.  i am pleased to share it with you, and hope it will inspire you to create more goodies with "Oh Penelope", or any other The Sampler Kits or stash supplies!

my initial idea for this sketch involved mustaches.  but that didn't end up working out like i thought... i still think mustaches would be really cute in place of the stars, but that's going to require digging out the Silhouette and using the Echo Park mustache die cut, and i'm always too lazy to just get it out and do it.  plus, i watch "How I Met Your Mother" and "Once Upon a Time" on my laptop while i scrap, so i would have to interrupt that to run my Silhouette.  again, on the laziness/procrastination.  i'm bad, i know.  you are welcome to use this sketch to create cards (or layouts, or other projects), especially if you use The Sampler's February kit, "Oh, Penelope".  just float me some karma and link back to my BLOG if you do. ;)

here are a few samples i came up with using this sketch and this month's kit, "Oh, Penelope":

the second card is really my favorite... i wish i could have gotten a picture of it standing up because the transparency with the clouds looks really sweet but our weather has either been cloudy or extremely windy so outdoor pictures have been iffy.  it looks best in direct sunlight, where the shadows of the clouds fall through the transparency onto whatever is behind it!  definitely something imma keep in mind for future crafting ;)

OH!  and a bonus card!  i was working with some stuff for another DT last night, and couldn't resist the "Oh, Penelope" sitting in its neat little pile on the corner of my table... so i grabbed it and whipped out this little cutie, in less than 20 minutes!

working on this really inspired me to get the rest of my stuff finished up!  i am still so happy that The Sampler's kits go so far and have so many tempting supplies in them - i definitely could still make a TON more stuff with what i have left, after four cards and a layout!  you can't beat that with a 39 1/2-foot pole!

if you're still thinking about it, now is the time to head over to Scrapbooking Supplies R Us and scoop up this kit before it's gone!  the stuff in this kit is all AWESOME and would make a great addition to your stash - either as a "collection" or separately.

thanks for stopping by our blog today!  i will be back before February is over with another project to inspire you and get your mojo flowing.  stop back any day for more creative tips, insights and ideas from our fantastic design team as well :)

peace, love and stickers - 

shaunnaRooskie :)

Another page

to share from the great Oh, Penelope kit!  This one is another layout of my sweetest baby boy.  I do have two other kids, but they tend to argue when I try to take their picture, and Davis is the only one that smiles when he sees the camera. 

The cool hexagons that came in the kit were the perfect accent on my page.  I just used some mist to color the canvas hexagons and stitched them onto the page.

Don't forget about the great sketch challenge we have going.  Holly created an amazing sketch for us to work with this month, and you can win some super-fun goodies just for playing along.  Get all the info here.

Happy Wednesday!!

Amy

Technical Difficulties

Hi everyone, Nancy here with a few projects to share from this month's kit, Oh Penelope.   First, I wanted to share the layout I made with Holly's sketch for this month's sketch challenge.  Due to technical difficulties, it didn't get linked up with the other two inspiration layouts earlier.  (be sure and check them out!)  Here is the sketch...

And here is my take....

I also have completed a few cards...

And due to further technical difficulties, my third card.... well, it didn't make it into the photo.  lol

Well, be sure and check out the other inspiration photos and try your hand at the above sketch.  We have now added Mr. Linky to make it easier for you to share your projects.  

Hugs.

 

Nancy

 

 

The Sampler's February Sketch Challenge

Time for a new sketch challenge from The Sampler. First we have to announce the winner of January's Sketch Challenge: Laurie from Cook Scrap Craft! Congrats Laurie, I'll be in touch!

Holly has created an adorable sketch for February, take a look:

And here is a little inspiration from the Design Team:

Amy Coose

Holly

The Design Team used The Sampler's February Kit - Oh Penelope - to create their layouts. To play along all you have to do is post your LO to your blog or gallery then link directly to the post using Mr. Linky. You have until March 19th @ 11:59 pm to play along. The winner will receive a "sampler" of goodies from The Sampler. No purchase is necessary to take part in the challenge.

 

Oh, Penelope kit for my boy!

Even though our sweet Oh, Penelope kit is named after Holly's sweet baby girl, I was able to use it for my sweet boy's first page in his album.  This celebrates his first month with us.  

I'm telling you, I am having so much fun with the Core'dinations Cardstock.  For this layout, I placed a circle of scrap cardstock under the Core'dinations where I wanted my circles and sanded away.  Super easy, but I love the effect.  I was so happy to be able to include eleven pictures, because it was so hard to narrow it down to that many. :) I"ve been seeing a lot of messy sewing lately, and thought I'd try my hand at it.  For this layout, I just left a long tail on my sewing and curled it around the pictures.  I have to say, this was hard for me, as I am a much more 'exact' scrapper, but I do like the end result.

Do you have your kit yet?  If not, run over to Scrapbooking Supplies R Us, and pick yours up.  Also, don't forget to check out the card challenge, and the sketch challenge will be coming soon.

Have a great Wednesday!

Amy

Happy Valentine's Day

Hi everyone, Nancy here today to share a project I made using the Oh, Penelope Kit.   In celebration of this special holiday, I decided to scrap a photo of my husband and I.   I loved the fabric hexagons, which are all the rage in scrapbooking right now, and my friend Heather had the cutest sketch/template that I just had to try.   

The Lily Bee alphabet was perfect for my long title and the wood banner really finished the page.   Finally, I punched some small hears from Victorian (Crate Paper) and popped them for interest.

I hope you are enjoying this day with someone you love.  And be sure to check out the card challenge here on The Sampler blog.

Hugs.

 

Nancy

Sending Love...

February always reminds me of  candy and hearts and all things cute, so I couldn't help but create a love card with this month's kit.

I love my Fiskars squeeze punch and twine is a total addiction, so this went together quite easily.

Wishing you lots of love this week as you celebrate with those you love!

Happy early Valentines!

xoxo

Amy