So Much Fun with Friends

I was excited to upload pictures from my camera and find photos from a photoshoot my girls and their friends had done. I printed off a few of my favorites and had to use them on a layout.

The photos were so playful and fun and I decided to carry that playful feel through the page by hand cutting some letters for the title of the page.

To finish off the page, I added little word stickers around the page to create a frame. Simple and fun!

Layout Supplies: Scrapbook Circle's March Here's the Story Kit /// Tell Me Add-on

Awesome!

My son loves basketball. He's decided that this is the sport he wants to play all of the time. He's played baseball, lots of soccer, basketball and flag football since he was little. I thought it was important to let his try out a lot of things and have fun learning along the way. He just finished up a season of on a competitive YMCA league and now we are looking into club team options. I have a feeling there are many basketball games in my future!

It was fun putting this page together celebrating the most recent season. I'm sharing more details on this page over on the Scrapbook Circle blog today. I hope you'll stop by and take a look!

Plus Sign Digital Cuts

I've been having so much fun using my Silhouette to cut layout backgrounds this month. The layout I want to share today was inspired by the Scrapbook Circle Here's the Story Digital Cuts that came with the kit.

I loved the random plus sign square and enlarged it to fill a 12 X 12 page to use at the background on my layout.

At first I thought that I'd fill in each of the plus signs with different papers from behind, but it just felt like too many patterns spread randomly around the page. Instead I ended up taking all of the patterned papers that I was going to use behind the plus signs and clustered them around the photos. There were still a lot of fun patterns on the page, but it felt better all in one place rather than spread across the page.

For Valentine's Day this year, were got together with one of our close friend couples and the guys cooked the girls a fancy dinner in the quiet comfort of our backyard. It was perfect. I hardly took any pictures, but I had a couple and definitely wanted to record this memory. For the journaling, I used the sticker tabs and layered a few on the page as a journaling spot. I'm happy to have this story documented!

Layout supplies /// Here's the Story Kit ///  Tell Me Add-on /// On My Way Add-on

You + Me >>> Happy Days

A few nights ago I was half awake during the night and a sketch for a layout came to me. It seemed a little strange since that pretty much never happens. The next morning it was still in my head, so I took that as a sign that I should scrapbook using that idea. The sketch included a couple of photos along the right side of the page with most of the left side filled with journaling and an embellishment cluster. I'm pretty happy with how the page actually turned out!

I decided to print off a couple of favorite photos of Ward and I take last fall and use them on the page along with thought about us in the journaling. I mixed in little stickers as part of the journaling just for fun and layered a cluster of sheer embellishments off to the side. 

 The Scrapbook Circle March is kit titled Here's the Story and it's inspiring me to focus on telling all sorts of stories that I want to record and remember.

Layout supplies /// Here's the Story Kit /// On My Way Add-on ///  Tell Me Add-on

Stitch Fix - February 2015

A couple of weeks ago I had a fun delivery from Stitch Fix. Stitch Fix is a fun service that ships you clothes that you can try on and then ship back what you don't want to keep. It's a great way to freshen up my wardrobe without needing to go out and shop in a store.

What to see what came in my box...

Shaina Stitched Detail Jean

It seems like I wear the same couple pairs of jeans over and over again and when I saw these dark denim I was excited to try them on. The stitched detailing down the side of each leg won me over and I decided to keep these.

Annalisse Anorak Jacket

I made a request for a lightweight jacket that would be nice for travel and layering and I was really happy with what they sent.  The neutral army green color looked like it would be perfect for coordinating with almost anything. It was love at first touch! This jacket is just so soft. I'm not sure how much wear I'll get out of this jacket because Audrey has already borrowed it three times in the past week. I guess it's even cool enough for teenagers!

Striped Knit Tee

This shirt was fine, but I didn't think it was anything special, so it was shipped back. 

Navy/White Polka Dress

The fit on this was just wrong on me. It was super baggy on the top and wasn't flattered at all. Back it went.

Navy Long Cardigan

I'd requested a black cardigan and my stylist said that she could find one for me, so she sent this navy cardigan instead. I do appreciate that they are reading my requests and doing their best to fulfill them. The cut on this just didn't feel flattering which it too bad because the fabric was super soft and comfortable. This went back too.

I think picking up two new pieces that can be staples in my wardrobe was a success! Both the jeans and the jacket were winners. Thanks, Stitch Fix!

If you want to take a look at some of my past Stitch Fix boxes, you can check them out HERE.

The Stitch Fix links are affiliate and if you choose to sign up for the service via my link I will receive a small credit on my next box. I'm truly just sharing here because it's something that I love!

Fast and Fun Scrapbooking @ Craftsy

Today my third Crafty class went live! I had such a great time flying to Denver in December to do the filming for this class. (You can read about my trip to Craftsy HERE.)

One thing I hear from people about not scrapbooking is that they just don't have time. Have you ever heard that or felt that way? That's why I developed this Fast and Fun Scrapbooking Class for Craftsy!

I share lots of great tips and tricks for streamlining the scrapbooking process and we also make a lot of layouts in the class. It's all about keeping the process simple while working in special and creative touches along the way.

You can check out a preview video for the class HERE.

You can checkout the class HERE. This link will give a $15 discount on the class. Sweet!

One of my favorite things about Craftsy classes is that they are video based and I can stop, rewind and watch on my own schedule. I've signed up for a few classes (card making, cupcake decorating and a food photography class) and I'm enjoying taking my time working through the classes.

I hope you'll take a minute and stop by and see what my class is all about. Enjoy the day!

Scrapbook Circle Free Kit Weekend!

Scrapbook Circle is offering a sweet deal this weekend! Start a new subscription with the February Today is Beautiful Kit and choose any past kit to ship along for free. Yes! I really love free stuff.

So if you've been wanting to try out Scrapbook Circle kits (or you've been missing them and need them again!) this is the perfect weekend to pick up two kits for the price of one. Plus, I must say that the March kit is going to be fabulously stuffed with new goodies ordered at CHA plus some cool exclusives. 

Just for fun, I decided to put the six layouts plus eight tags that I created with the Today is Beautiful February Kit into a collage so you can get a feel for the kit. You can see that there are definitely some love elements in the kit, but it is certainly not just for Valentine's Day. 

Stop by the Scrapbook Circle site to check out the February Today is Beautiful Kit and take advantage of a cool weekend deal.  How you have a lovely weekend!