So Very Thankful

Happy Friday to you!  Today I am thankful to be celebrating my husband's birthday today with breakfast at Liberty Market followed by the new Hunger Games movie. Should be a fun morning. I'm also thankful that I get to teach an art masterpiece lesson in my daughter's 3rd grade class this afternoon. Good times!

This week on the Glitz design team we were challenged to create a project with a thankful  theme. I'm always love reflecting on things I'm thankful for.

For this page, I printed off a few recent photos that represent a few things I'm thankful for. With the help of my Silhouette, I cut the title and triangles from white cardstock and then filled in behind the cutouts with patterned paper.

I had fun inking, stamping and stitching on this layout!

The focus of my photos is food + family. Yep! Two of my most favorite things.

Wishing you a wonderful weekend filled with great memory making with your family and friends.

Pike's Place Market

A couple of weeks ago Ward and I spent a long weekend exploring Seattle. One of my favorite places was Pike's Place Market. I loved looking at all of the beautiful produce and flowers. And the fish. And the food. And the people!

 I took a bunch of photos and decided to gather a few of my favorites for a layout inspired by our Glitz challenge to use triangles on a layout.

While we were on our flight to Seattle, I sketched out a bunch of triangle layout ideas knowing that once I returned home I'd be doing this challenge. Here's a look at my sketches.

I ended up going with my first idea, but will maybe give some of the other sketches a try sometime.

My Silhouette was put to good use on this page. I drew a triangle in the Silhouette program and then copied and pasted it to create this triangle background.

It was really fun adding bits and pieces to each of the little triangle sections. I'm thinking that the triangle pattern was so great to work with that I want to try another similar layout soon where I play around with a different shape.

Layout Supplies

Glitz Designs "Finnley" Patterned Paper: Floral

Glitz Designs "Finnley" 6 X 6 Paper Pad

Glitz Designs "Finnley" Giant Rhinestones

Glitz Designs "Finnley" Alpha and Words Stickers

Glitz Designs "Finnley" Titles and Accents Stickers

Glitz Designs "Finnley" Triangle Washi Tape

Glitz Designs Triangle Roller Doodle

Glitz Designs Plus Roller Doodle

Glitz Designs "Hello December" Plus Washi Tape

Glitz Designs "Wild & Free" Heart Washi Tape

Yoyo Class >>> Glitz Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to this month's Glitz Designs blog hop.

Today I'd love to share a layout with you that I created with the Color Me Happy line. Seriously still loving this line's bright and happy colors!

One of my favorite things to use on layouts are 6 X 6 paper pads. I don't seem to mind cutting up those little papers and using a lot of different patterns on my page. Cutting into 12 X 12 paper is harder because I feel like I should save it to be a background on a page. Do you ever feel like that?

Want to join in the fun with the Glitz Designs blog hop? Just comment here and on each of the DT blogs for an entry for winning a cool Glitz Product Prize Pack.

Jaime Warren
Karine Cazenave
Karola Witczak
Lea Lawson
Leica Forrest
You are here >>> Lisa Andrews 
Magda Mizera
Marie Ramirez
Mou Saha
Noel Culbertson
Stephanie Bryan
Glitz Design Blog

Hope you enjoy the blog hop!

Layout Supplies

Glitz Designs "Color Me Happy" 6 X 6 Paper Pad
Glitz Designs "Color Me Happy" Giant Rhinestones
Glitz Designs "Color Me Happy" Journaling Stickers
Glitz Designs "Sunshine in My Soul" Alpha Sticker Sheet

I Love Stickers!

I have always loved using stickers. I even had sticker book collections which were carefully stored in puffy binders as a kid. Wishing I still had all of those puffy, glittery and scratch and sniff stickers now.

This week on the Glitz Designs blog we were challenged to create something using any of their cardstock stickers. Perfect challenge for someone who loves stickers!

Here I layered a large sticker (it's the full size of the card) on top of a smaller sticker (with the tabbed edge) to create a bright, cheerful and quick background for this card.

When was the last time you used stickers? Do you love them too?

Stop by the Glitz blog this week for lots of sticker inspiration.

Celebrating the 4th of July

We are excited to celebrate the 4th of July this year. It really is one of my favorite holidays. We usually participate in my parents' neighborhood parade followed by a picnic. Nothing quite like a grilled burger at 9:30 in the morning. (We have to do the picnic early since it's so hot out!)

This week Glitz challenged the design team to create a patriotic themed layouts and I was happy to put some of my photos from last year onto a page.

Even though Glitz doesn't have patriotic specific products, I thought this page came together pretty well and wasn't overwhelmingly all stars and stripes.

This year we will be in Orlando on the 4th, so we won't be doing any of our usual activities.  We will probably miss the neighborhood parade and nighttime fireworks ar my aunt's house, but I'm thinking we will try to manage at a theme park or the beach.

I hope you'll stop by the Glitz Designs blog this week for Patriotic page inspiration!

Layout Supplies

Glitz Designs "Uncharted Waters" Patterned Paper: Scallop, Damask

Glitz Designs "Uncharted Waters" 6 X 6 Paper Pad

Glitz Designs "Color Me Happy" 6 X 6 Paper Pad

Glitz Designs "Uncharted Waters" Whatnots

You Anchor Me

This week on the Glitz Designs blog we were challenged to incorporate some chalkboard elements into our layouts. This was a fun challenge!

I love the bright and cheerful colors in the Glitz Color Me Happy line, but sadly I have used up every last sheet of my 12 X 12 paper from this line. No problem though, because here I just pieced together what paper I had left along with some of the 8 X 8 paper for the background. 

At first the background seemed a bit too busy, but after I layered it with neutral black and white chalkboard elements plus a B & W photo, it seemed to come together. 

One of my favorite things to do on chalkboard elements is white with my white sharpie pen. Here I just did a little writing at the top of the page. 

I'm loving this photo of my husband and me that I took earlier this month. We need to take more photos together. I just can't wait until me braces come off! Then I'm sure I'll be more excited for up close photos.

Layout Supplies

Glitz Designs "Color Me Happy" Patterned Papers: Stripe, Hearts

Glitz Designs "Color Me Happy" 8 X 8 Paper Pad

Glitz Designs "Color Me Happy" Whatnots

Glitz Designs "Color Me Happy" Paper Layers

Glitz Designs "Color Me Happy" Chevron Roller Stamp

Glitz Designs "Color Me Happy" Woodgrain Tape

Glitz Designs "Color Me Happy" Rainbow Chevron Tape

Glitz Designs "Love You Madly" Heart Tape

Three Generations

I was excited to break in the new Glitz Designs collection, Sunshine in My Soul, for the layout I want to share today. I'm just loving the yellow and grey color palette!

This week on the Glitz blog, we are sharing pages about the men in our lives.

We get together with family for most holidays and everyone is always pretty cooperative about taking photos on Mother's Day and Father's Day.

Thankfully, I had this great photo of Max, Ward and Ward's dad from Father's Day last year. We feel pretty lucky that we live near family and get to be together to celebrate most holidays.

I love using mist on my pages to add some pops of color. On this page I also used mist to draw my journaling lines. I just unscrewed the top of the mist bottle and dragged the end of the plastic dispenser tube along the paper. It was a quick and easy way to add a little journaling space.

One of my favorite things about the new Glitz collection is their new alpha/words sticker sheet.

It has such a cool variety of fonts + words. It made creating this title with mixed fonts really easy. Plus the little word stickers were perfect for adding some text along the side of my layout.

We are looking forward to celebrating another Father's Day together this Sunday. How is it already time for Father's Day? Seems like it was just Father's Day a few weeks ago. Time continues to speed by!

Glitz Blog Hop >>> Paper Pads

Hello and welcome to the May Glitz blog hop! Today we are sharing layouts featuring the awesome Glitz 6 X 6 and 8 X 8 paper pads.

I love these small papers and use them on almost all of my pages. Today I want to share a layout where the entire background of the layout is created by layering 6 X 6 papers and then topped with an 8 X 8 paper.

Putting four of the smaller papers together is the perfect way to create a custom background. This is an especially useful tip when you don't have a full 12 X 12 paper to use.

Be sure to stop by all of these blogs for a lot of Glitz inspiration:

Jaime Warren - http://jaimewarren.typepad.com/
Karine Cazenave - http://karinecazenave.typepad.com/
Karola Witczak - http://www.karolakraftuje.blogspot.com/
Lea Lawson - http://leascupcakesandsunshine.blogspot.com/

You are here >>>> Lisa Andrews - http://lisaandrews.blogspot.com/


Magda Mizera - http://www.magdamizera.blogspot.com/
Mou Saha - http://collagecollagecollage.blogspot.com/
Noel Culbertson - http://paperpassionpixels.blogspot.com/
Stephanie Bryan - http://www.stephaniemakes.blogspot.com/
Glitz Design Blog - http://glitzitnow.com/blog/

Leave a comment here because one lucky winner will be chosen from the comments pulled from all of the blogs on this blog hop. The winner will receive a cool prize package from Glitz!

Layout Supplies
Glitz Designs "Color Me Happy" 6 X 6 Paper Pad
Glitz Designs "Color Me Happy" 8 X 8 Paper Pad
Glitz Designs "Color Me Happy" Whatnots
Glitz Designs "Color Me Happy" Woodgrain Washi Tape
Glitz Designs "Color Me Happy" Rainbow Stripe Washi Tape
Glitz Designs "Color Me Happy" Rainbow Chevron Washi Tape
Glitz Designs "Color Me Happy" Paper Layers
Glitz Designs "Color Me Happy" Rainbow Teeny Alpha

Glitz Design >>> Sequin Week

This week on the Glitz blog, we were asked to create a layout using sequins. Fun, right?

I've never used sequins on a page. I had to go to the craft store and buy sequins for this project. Looks like I'll be using more sequins on projects not only because I like how they look, but because the little package of sequins has so many pieces it will probably last me for years.

I had a lot of fun creating this page. Once the idea came to me for creating strips of paper and rows of sequins, it came together pretty quickly.

I'm so happy that one of the activities that keeps Audrey occupied while we are driving is taking pictures of herself. She usually deletes them, but this time she left them on my phone. How could I resist using them on a page?

I loved the bright and sparkly look the sequins added to the page!

Layout Supplies

Glitz Design "Uncharted Waters" Patterned Paper: Scallop

Glitz Design "Uncharted Waters" 8 X 8 Paper Pad

Glitz Design "Uncharted Waters" Bokeh Tape

Glitz Design "Uncharted Waters" Happiness Tape

Glitz Design "Color Me Happy" Woodgrain Tape

Glitz Design "Uncharted Waters" Paper Layers

Glitz Design Teeny Gold Alpha

Glitz Design "Yours Truly" Stripe Tape

Glitz Design "Cashmere Dame" Polka Tape

Glitz Designs: Woodgrain

This week on the Glitz Designs blog we are sharing ideas for incorporating woodgrain designs into your projects.

With all of the cool Glitz woodgrain options, it wasn't hard to create a page with a lot of woodgrain!

I wouldn't normally layer woodgrain on woodgrain, but it think it really works with this page. I love that the wood tones give a neutral background and then the pops of color can really stand out.

I was excited to incorporate this photo of my husband and I into a page. We snapped it last month while we were in Vegas for the night for a Postal Service concert. We had a very fun (and brief) visit to Vegas. We fit in brunch at the Paris Hotel, an Any Warhol exhibit at the Bellagio, an afternoon treat of frozen hot chocolate at Serendipity 3, time by the pool, dinner at the Cosmopolitan and then the Postal Service concert. It was quite the day!

Layout Supplies

Glitz Designs "Color Me Happy" Patterned Paper: Woodgrain

Glitz Designs "Color Me Happy" 8 X8 Paper Pad

Glitz Designs "Color Me Happy" 6 X 6 Paper Pad

Glitz Designs "Color Me Happy" Paper Layers

Glitz Designs "Color Me Happy" Peek a Boo

Glitz Designs "Color Me Happy" Journaling Stickers

Glitz Designs "Color Me Happy" Giant Rhinestones

Glitz Designs "Color Me Happy" Woodgrain Tape

Glitz Designs: Celebrating Women

With the new Glitz Design Team, our assignments have been changed up a bit and we now get to create something each week based on the blog theme for the week.  This week our theme is all about celebrating women, girls and mothers. You can stop by the Glitz blog to see inspiration all week!

I decided to create a layout with a photo taken with my kids last year on Mother's Day.

The main ingredient for this page was the 6 X 6 Glitz Love You Madly paper pad. I started with a plain white piece of cardstock, added some splatters of mist and then all of the other paper you see is from the mini pad.

Even the "to know you is to love you" text is from one of the 6 X 6 papers. One of the great things about that paper pad is that it has different paper designs than what is offered in their 12 X 12 papers plus they are all double sided!

I handcut all of the hearts, attached them with a little adhesive and then sewed them to the page. I'm loving the 3D effect!

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you have a fantastic week!

Glitz Design Team 2013

I'm so happy to announce that I've been asked to stay on the Glitz Design Team for another term!

I really love getting to work with all of the lovely Glitz products and interact with such kind and talented people! I feel so lucky.

The intro post is over on the Glitz blog today if you want to check it out.

Also, I've selected a winner of the Scrapbook Circle Story Time kit from the Glitz blog hop last week and the winner is Patricia! I'll be sending you an email, Patricia.

Thanks to everyone who joined in the blog hop!

Wishing you all a wonderful Thursday.

Love You Madly >>> Glitz Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to our monthly Glitz Design Team blog hop! This week we are featuring the beautiful Glitz Design Love You Madly Collection.

Today I want to share a layout I created with some favorite recent photos of my daughter. I love that she was willing to be photographed!

One of my favorite things about Glitz is that there is such a nice variety of embellishments available with each line. It makes layering and adding little details really easy!

Grey has been one of my favorite colors lately and I'm loving all of the grey in this collection. It's a perfect compliment to the bright blues and pinks.

Want to join in the blog hop and gather inspiration along the way? Here's the order of our blog hop today:

Lea Lawson 
Audrey Yeager
Camilla Ekman
Gerry Van Gent
Janna Werner
Karola Witczak
Laurie Schmidlin


You are here >>> Lisa Andrews


Mou Saha
Nicole Martel
Noel Culbertson
Rommel
Teresa Kline
Glitz Design

Glitz Design is giving away a "Love You Madly" prize package. They will select a winner from the comments on the design team blogs during the blog hop. So leave a comment here for your chance to win!

Also, I am giving away one of the fun Scrapbook Circle Story Time kits that features the Glitz Designs Color Me Happy line. Just comment here to also be entered to win this kit!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the blog hop!

Layout Supplies
Glitz Designs "Love You Madly" Patterned Paper: Herringbone, Floral
Glitz Designs "Love You Madly" Peek a Boos
Glitz Designs "Love You Madly" Whatnots
Glitz Designs "Love You Madly" 6 X 6 Paper Pad
Glitz Designs "Love You Madly" Stripe Washi Tape
Glitz Designs "Love You Madly" Journaling Stickers
Glitz Designs "Love You Madly" Giant Rhinestones
Glitz Designs "Love You Madly" Paper Layers

Shaved Ice & The Beach (Glitz Design)

This week on the Glitz blog we've been challenged to use Glitz stamps on our pages. They have both roller stamps (love these!) and fun rubber stamps too.

On my first layout, I used stamps from these two stamp sets plus the anchor roller stamp.

I have to admit that stamps are not usually the first thing I reach for when I create a layout, but I really loved using these stamps on my pages!

The date stamp from the Uncharted Waters set is one of my favorites. The dates go up to 2019, so I'm set for years of use!

I scattered a few of the anchor stamps on my page along with some mist. The roller stamps are not just for rolling multiple images onto a project, you can use the single image too.

Next up is a layout I made about our first visit to a really delicious shaved ice place we've recently discovered.

This layout features two different roller stamps plus a set of rubber stamps too.

I love all of the numbers plus the "day", "month" and "year" stamps in the Love You Madly stamp set.  Those could be used on almost every layout!

The chevron stamp was a lot of fun to use on this page. I didn't quite trust my stamping skills to roll all of that ink right onto my page, so I rolled it onto another piece of paper, cut it out and then sewed the stamped images to my page.

It was a lot of fun getting out my ink and using these fun stamps!


Happy Layout Supplies
Glitz Design "Color Me Happy" Patterned Paper: Stripe
Glitz Design "Color Me Happy" 6 X 6 Paper Pad
Glitz Design "Color Me Happy" Journaling Stickers
Glitz Design "Color Me Happy" Paper Garland
Glitz Design Cashmere Dame Stampe Set
Glitz Design Uncharted Waters Stamp Set
Glitz Design Anchor Roller Stamp


Shaved Ice Supplies
Glitz Design "Color Me Happy" Patterned Paper: Hearts
Glitz Design "Color Me Happy" 8 X 8 Paper Pad
Glitz Design "Color Me Happy" Rainbow Alpha
Glitz Design "Color Me Happy" Rainbow Chevron Tape
Glitz Design "Color Me Happy" Title Stickers
Glitz Design Camera Roller Stamp
Glitz Design Chevron Roller Stamp
Glitz Designs "Love You Madly" Stamp Set