Happiness is When...

...We are with our Cousins.

Last month we we able to spend time with my sister's family while they were visiting Arizona from North Carolina. They are my kids' only cousins, so we love to get together with them.

While we were altogether we did a fun photo shoot with a photographer, Andrea. She captured this fun photo of the cousins and I knew I wanted to use it on a layout.
I used the Scrapbook Circle September kit for this layout. Product from Crate, Sassafras, Cosmo Cricket and Elle's Studio are on this page.Really loving the doilies paper from Crate. Here I cut out some of the doilies and spread them around the paper.

Hope to have more creative time with this kit soon!

Elle's Studio August Inspiration

All of the new inspiration for August is up at Elle's Studio.

Here's a little peek at a couple of things I have up.The woodgrain tag on this layout is one of Elle's printables. The great thing about this is that you can print it out at any size you want. If you look at the full layout, you will see that I used 2 different sizes of the woodgrain tag. Once you buy the download, you also get to print it as many times as you want. You never run out of tags!

*Out for Publication*

I know I've mentioned these number tags before. They really are worth a second mention. I think I need to buy a few packs of these.

Our Family

I had a little bit of creative time last week and made time to play with the September Scrapbook Circle kit. This could be one of my favorite kits ever! Of course, I love all of the kits, but there is just something about this kit that makes me happy.

I've had a 7 Gypsies painter's tray sitting about for a while just waiting for the right project to come along. Here's a look at what I came up with.The design is pretty simple because I really wanted to keep the focus on the photos. I loved the photos Andrea took of our family last month and I was excited to use them on this project. In addition to the Sept. kit, I also used some of these alphas. Really loving mini alphas right now!Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful week.

It's Great to Be 8!

My son got to go to a birthday party yesterday, so I put a quick card together for him to take to the party. I did a fast search through my stash and found this bright and playful paper from Sassafras. It's a bit busy for a layout, but I thought it was perfect for a card.Here's a behind the scenes look at our little photo shoot. We were headed out the door to the party, but I had to take a few quick shots of the card. My son was giving his entertaining approval while I snapped the photos. Funny kid!They must have had fun at the party because when I showed up at 6:00 p.m. (party ending time) they still hadn't done cake or presents. Guess they were too busy eating candy from the pinata.

I love birthday parties and I'm really grateful that my kids have some amazing friends to celebrate with year after year.

Supplies: Paper & Sticker: Sassafras, Alphas: Cosmo Cricket, Number 8: American Crafts

Guest Post and More

Today I'm guest blogging over at the Lil' Luna blog. My friend, Kristyn, runs the site and she is always sharing great crafty ideas. I hope you will stop by and check out my Halloween project. Here's a little look at it...
On another note, I was browsing around blogs today and came across info on e-meals.com. I've been in a cooking (actually a non-cooking!) rut for a while and I'm looking for some new ideas and I'm thinking this site could be a good option. Anyone ever used this site or a similar meal idea site they like?

Welcome Home

We went to a house warming party last night and I made a quick card for our friends just before the party.I just attached the card to a little gift.The paper is all from the upcoming Sept. Scrapbook Circle kit. I'm so excited about this kit! Loving the color combo.

Scrapbook Trends Magazine

Just had to stop in and share that I have two projects in the the September issue of Scrapbook Trends!

The first project is a layout I made about cutting my daughter's bangs. I love the Jenni Bowlin ledge paper - perfect for adding lots of journaling.


The second project is a teacher card.I had made it for my daughter to give to her teacher at the end of last school year, but then the magazine requested it. Maybe we can give it to her current teacher.

Also, in case you are interested, I've added some add-ons (Glimmer Mists and Tiny Alpha Stickers) to the Scrapbook Circle Shop.