hello Autumn!!!!

Wow...how on earth did it become fall already???  I had a crazy busy summer - between work and the lake, I was never home!  And if I was, I was in the garden or working on my new photography business!  I miss the hot weather but I am happy to be settling into more of a routine.

Today my "Family" layout is up on the Bella Blvd blog.  I am absolutely smitten with the hello Autumn collection...especially that wood grain paper and all the yummy embellishments!

And here are a few close up shots:

Happy National Scrapbooking Day!

Today we are celebrating National Scrapbook Day over at the Bella Blvd Blog!!!

Each team member was given the challenge to create a layout ...  all about ourselves!  YIKES...was my first thought.  I NEVER scrapbook myself.  It is soooo much easier to scrapbook my children.  But I am so happy I did and really need to make an effort to do it more often.  I think my girls will love looking back and learning a little about their mom!  Here is what I came up with:

Gosh i LOVE the bright, cheery colours and patterns of Bella Blvd products!!!

It was such a great challenge - it gave me the opportunity to sit and reflect on how GOOD my life is!  Feeling so much gratitude!

Enjoy National Scrapbooking Day and be sure to stop by the Bella Blvd blog to check out all the designers layouts and for awesome prizes!!!

Bella Blvd Warehouse Box Sale

Hello and Happy Friday to you!  I wanted to pop in today to share the GREAT news about Bella Blvd's Warehouse Sale:

This is such an amazing deal...check out a sneak peek of some of the box contents:

Such a SUPER deal!!!  Head on over to the Bella Blvd Blog HERE for all of the details and to pick one up!!!!

April Page Maps

Hey y'all!  Popping in today to share a layout I made for the April Page Maps!  Some of the Bella Blvd design team contributed to Becky Fleck's new sketches for this month.  I am always thrilled to work with a great sketch!

Here is the sketch I was working from:

And my layout:

I love this photo of my daughter seeing the ocean for the first time!  Living in the prairies it is such a new experience to meet the ocean :-)

Be sure to check out all the fabulous sketches from Becky and the amazing pages the Bella Blvd design team created HERE.

Websters Pages POT OF GOLD Blog Hop

Welcome to the Webster’s Pages ‘Pot of Gold’ Blog Hop! It’s St. Patrick’s Day so our Design Team got together and decided to have a little fun! If you arrived here from the fabulous Larissa Albernaz's BLOG, you’re on the right track, if not, click HERE to head over to the beginning of the hop!

Everyone knows that on St. Patrick’s Day you’ve got to wear a little shamrock GREEN or you’re going to get pinched…SO, here are the RULES for this hop…every one of us should have added some green to our projects, BUT, no teals, aquas, yellows or any “almost green” shades count! If you catch someone in the hop without our true, St. Patrick’s Day green on, help us catch those sneaky girls and give them a PINCH in the comments of their blog! {…and it just might be me, but I’m not telling! Hehe!}

…AND, guess what!!? There’s a hidden prize at the end of this hop! Find it and you can enter to WIN our pot of gold filled with an assortment of Webster’s Pages TREASURES!!

Here is my layout:

Ok your next stop is the amazing Erin Blegen's BLOG!  Have fun hopping and Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

Sweet Sisters

Well this blog has been a bit quiet lately -- we had a much needed family vacation!  We just had to escape the freezing weather here.  Yes it has been -40 for a long run and so I was happy to escape and enjoy the sunshine in Phoenix and then a quick stop in California to hit up Disneyland!!!  So much fun... i wish we were still there :-)

In all the hustle and bustle to get ready for our holiday, I didn't have time to pre-schedule my blog posts ... so I will have some projects to catch up on!  But for now, I will share my latest layout that was just up on the Bella Blvd blog HERE.  I got to play with a fabulous sketch:

Here is my take on it:

These pictures were taken at my parents place in Phoenix, on their deck.  I am so happy that my girls have each other and shared this holiday together!

I used a mix of the Molly Collection and Lucky Starz Collection from Bella Blvd on this layout.  I was beyond THRILLED to come home to be able to play with these AMAZING new collections from Bella Blvd.  It makes the cold more tolerable when you have so many beautiful scrapbook projects to play with!!!  Check out a few up close details of these goodies:

Supplies:
Molly: Sketch with Style, Paper Pieces, Candid Cards, Treasures & Text; Lucky Starz: Peep Starz, Pickle Juice Starz; Sienna Chipboard Alphas: Punch; High Five Alpha Stickers: Black-White; Crochet Hearts: Punch

Bella Blvd Challenge

Good morning!  Today I have a layout up on the Bella Blvd Blog HERE - there are always such FUN challenges and inspirational ideas at the Bella Blvd blog.  The challenge today is to use only patterned paper and stickers on your projects.  Honestly, when the papers and stickers are as amazing as Bella Blvd products...it really isn't a challenge at all :-)

This girl makes me so happy every day.  There really is nothing sweeter than finding sweet love notes placed in random locations for me to discover!  She leaves "I love you" notes and "You are the best Mom" and often some beautiful artwork of her and I together.  Melts my heart.

For a bit of texture, I cut out some hearts from the patterned paper and then ran it through my cuttlebug.  I also used dimension dots...always loving the dimension dots:-)

I love including artwork or notes on my pages to help tell my story.  I just love her printing...precious!

Supplies:
Daily Chevies & Everyday Bits: Chevy Gulf, Chevy Peep, Chevy Carrot, Chevy Bell Pepper, Chevy Oreo; Snapshots: Daily Details, Captions; High Five Alpha Stickers: Pink-Red

Head on over to the Bella Blvd Blog to check out more design team takes on the challenge!