flowers

My grandma makes these flowers for me. I just tell her what colors I want, then she makes all different styles and sizes. Aren't they adorable?

Santa Monica Mini-Album

I have always wanted to go to Santa Monica, ever since I heard the Savage Garden song about it. Since we moved to San Diego, I kept hinting about it to my husband, bu the never made plans for us to go. So one Friday moring, I made plans for us to go that evening and spend the weekend there. It was the best mini-trip we have ever taken as a family.

Supplies:

My Minds Eye (patterned paper & die cuts); Karen Foster (album); K & Company (die cuts); Making Memories (paint); Maya Road (acrylic journaling tags); other (ribbons)

Wedding Card

I found this card idea on Two Peas a while back, and loved it. I finally got around to making my own version of it.

Supplies:

Making Memories (patterned paper, pin, & white flower); Bazzil (cardstocks); Prima (green flower)

We'll Miss You Card

I love this paper line from K & Company. The colors are so fun and the packaging it comes in can be used on cards & layouts too!!!

Supplies:

K & Company (patterned paper & die cuts); Prima (cardstock); Making Memories (letter stickers); American Crafts (ribbon); other (jewel)

Splash

This was one of my favorite photos of Gabby from our trip to Santa Monica. I copied the layout from a Doodlebug ad, then just put in my own colors.

Supplies:

American Crafts (patterned papers & ribbons); Fancy Pants (felt & pin); Making Memories (brad); DCWV (brad); My minds Eye (button)

Shower Monsters

Gabby loves those little bath capsules you soak in water to grow sponge animals and shapes. She thinks they are the best entertainment you could possible have in the bath, and I love that they only cost a dollar for a dozen. Her favorite ones are the aliens, which we now refer to as our "shower monsters".

Supplies:

American Crafts (patterned paper); Jelly Bean (journaling tags); Paper Reflections (cardstock); Slice (big kids cartridge)

Birds of a Feather

It's great when your best friends have kids who become your kid's best friends. Gabby and I both loved spending time with Jason (and we enjoyed Jennifer's company too). I took this picture when the kids were watching a veggitales movie.

Supplies:

K & Company (patterned papers); Stampin' Up (chipboard); Prima (pebbles); Maya Road (acrylic journaling block); Making Memories (letter stickers); Bazzill (cardstock)

Mini-Album for Karen

I made this little album for Tim's Aunt Karen. It's filled with little pictures of her & her grandkids of all the fun times they had together last summer.

Supplies:

Making Memories (paper, flowers, stickers, buttons, ribbons); Maya Road (chipboard album); K & Company (letter stickers)

Girls Night

These are my girlfriends/scrappin' buddies. We get together as a group atleast once a month. we say were scrapbooking, but really we just eat junk food, watch movies, and have girl talk. On this layout I wanted to combine photos from two different girl's nigths. By printing some photos in black & white, you can easily put photos from different days or events on the same page without having the colors in the photos clash.

Supplies:

prima (paper); ki memories (chipboard letters); making memories (journaling block); american crafts (ribbon); sassafras lasss (flower)

easter card

After trying out several card designs, I finally picked a card design that I am happy with. I used 2nd generation stamping to achieve the perfect colors (that's where you stamp your image on scrap paper before stamping on you card, which makes your colors softer). The picture we sent with our cards is from a trip my husband & I took to Santa Monica a few weeks ago.

Supplies:

die cuts with a view (cardstock & patterned paper); american crafts (ribbon); close to my heart (stamps & ink)

Sonic: Sweet Love

I love sonic! It might possibly be the only place I miss from Tennessee. But now after almost three years without a local sonic, it has arrived in San Diego!!! We went opening day, and sat in line for two hours! And it was worth every minute! Naturally I had to immediately go home and make a layout about it! Did I mention I love sonic?

Supplies:

doodlebug (patterned paper); bazzill (cardstock); jillibean (journaling block); colorbok (stickers); slice (letters)

idea book

The New Summer Catalog from Close To My Heart

Must Be Love

Let me just tell you all right now, that I'm not a cook. In fact I have a slightly irrational fear of ovens and avoid using them at all cost (I actually have a toaster oven and a george foreman, just to ensure I don't have to use my oven often). But people at my church always love it when I make "my cupcakes". People seem to think that I like to bake & have perfected the cupcake. Well the truth is I use pillsbury funfetti cake mix that you buy in a box, and I simply follow the directions on the box. Then I frost it with the funfetti frosting. (Of course, I make sure my husband is home to put it in and take it out of the oven.) So this is a layout of my cupcakes that people love so much.

Supplies:

pebbles inc. (patterned paper, journaling block, & title block); my minds eye (buttons); other (kraft paper, buttons, & thread)

little girl card

My husband's little niece, Kenzie, was baptized recently and I made this little card for him to send her. I wanted it to be white, but also girly, so this was the perfect paper to use.

Supplies:

die cuts with a view (paper); slice (flowers); other (brad)