Under the Sea

I am not very good at scrapbooking events such as birthday parties, so now I am very much in need of catching up!! I do not scrap chronologically rather I prefer to scrap whatever I feel like at the moment, however, my albums are chronological, so if I ever want to get them organized, I need to go back and fill in the gaps:-)

For my daughter's third birthday party, we had an under the sea theme. It was LOTS of fun! I blew up a million blue balloons to be the "ocean" and my girls decorated all sorts of sea creatures to hang from the ceiling. I love birthday parties!

Supplies: Bazzill cardstock, Bo Bunny patterned paper, Prima Marketing stars, "under the" - doodlebug design, "sea" - making memories, and the 3 is from AC Thickers.

Sweet Friends

Lately I have making my own sketches but for this one I used a sketch from Creative Scrappers.

One thing I LOVE to do is to make my own epoxy stickers. So for the initials "m" and "t" I first stamped them in brown (chocolate from ctmh) and then I stamped versa mark overtop of that and sprinkled it with clear embossing powder, then set it with my embossing heater. I did this two more times to really give it a glossy and thick effect.

Embossing powder doesn't only have to be for stamped images either. I used them on white stickers too. The "sweet" stickers were white so I sponged them with brown ink and then versa mark and embossing powder. The trick is to use tweezers to hold them while using your embossing heater. And voila, cute homemade epoxy stickers!

All product is from Close to my Heart.

December and January Ju Ju Bee's Scrapbook Corner Kits

The first two pictures are from the amazing January kit from JuJu Bee's Scrapbook Corner and the last two pictures show you December's. I am SO excited to work with these kits! Julia had some health issues that resulted in her having surgery so things are slightly behind schedule but OH SO worth the wait. I mean, YUM to both of these kits!!! Go and grab yourself one here.

little fairy

My sweet girl playing fairy with her new wings:-) All product is from Close to my Heart - except for the "little" stickers which are making memories. I absolutely LOVE the new catalogue from Close to my Heart...pure YUM!

I prepared this tutorial for JuJu Bees Scrapbook Corner so I thought I would share it here too, although I know most of my readers know this already:-)

Rock n' Roll Stamping Technique:

Step 1: Ink your stamp

Step 2: Using a darker ink, roll the outer edges of your stamp in the ink.

Step 3: Stamp on paper

Step 4: Your two toned image is ready for your project!

Easy!

Mini Album - My Girls

Usually I make mini albums to give away to others so I thought that it was time to make one for me:-)

All product is from Glitz Design.

Love U

Here is a fun layout I did awhile ago and forgot to post:-) The holidays have been busy with family and friends...hope you all had a wonderful time catching up with loved ones!

Happy New Year!!! In the new year I am hoping to be more organized (yup, I say that one every year) and scrap more... :-)

All product is from Glitz Designs.

Festival of Trees

Another layout from A Million Memories December kit. I managed to finish this one off in between making cinnamon buns and cooking a lasagna for supper! We went to the Festival of Trees at the beginning of the month and they had some gorgeous trees! My girls hugged each other as they admired each one...so sweet!

Have a Merry Christmas Everyone!!