My Fellas & How She Rolls

Have you checked out the newest challenge yet? This is my take on it!

I not only used the color scheme as my inspiration, but also the layout of the colorboard. I loosely interpreted it into a "sketch" for my page.

The Seaside Cottage kit (2 left!) isn't just for girls! Add a pop of dark black edges to your papers, tear some of the sides, add some distressing, make sure to use strong lines, and shabby chic + dudes can work for you!

This week, while I was playing with the kit, I decided to scraplift this beautiful layout from message board member, Ronda.
Here's my take on it (using the Seaside Cottage kit, plus some letter stickers and pearls/rhinestones from my stash):
The background is made with a piece of red cardstock and the pretty distress crackle paint in the kit. I love this look!

Valentine's Decor

First off- aren't our new signatures that Jana made so super cute?! Gosh I love 'em!

I've been trying to make a few "pretties" for our house for V-Day coming up.

I used my Silhouette machine to cut out these hearts in different sizes, and then embellished them. I added them to strips of tulle & ribbon to make a pretty decoration for our bedroom door.

I also added a few Dollar Tree glittery snowflake ornaments from Christmas time.
(All made from the Object of my Affection kit!)

I also bought one of those cute little mailboxes from the Target Dollar Spot and embellished it. I know, it's been done a million times- it still doesn't mean that they aren't cute! ;)

I layered a Pink Paislee press-on rub-on on top of one of the little round journaling spots in the kit. I love how you can see the design on the journaling spot come through the sheer design of the rub on.

One final thing: I wanted to share with y'all my ribbon & trim storage!

It's not anything spectacular AT ALL, but it works for me.

I mounted a tiny curtain rod onto tiny brackets onto the wall, added clips, and then keep all my ribbon sorted by color in baggies, attached to each clip.

One thing you need to note: I keep my scrap stash pretty cleaned out. I like to sort through & purge sometimes as frequently as once a month. I try to only keep around the stuff that I really, really like. Hence- not a ton of ribbon.

I keep rolls of other stuff on the rod too. Also, random little crafts that my kids make may or may not get clipped up there. That's just how we roll. ;)

(By the way, my kids told me that little paper doll is a mommy. Wanna guess why? LOL)


Random scraps of ribbon go in this big jar. Also known as me being too lazy to mess with them.
Make sure to check out the Seaside Cottage slide show below! Noel only has a couple of these kits left!

MY FIRST POST!!!!

wow!
first lemme say how much i *love* the kit and lets not forget the add-on too!!!

the colors are absolutely perfect for this time of year b/c seriously, who isn't lovin' fall right now?















for this lo, i used the ki memories alpine line which i absolutely love :)


of course i can't wait to get in my messy scrap room and get creating with more of that schtuff :)