Layouts of 2008

Here are some of the layouts that I did in 2008...from January to March/April. Hopefully I will be scrapbooking again in 2009 and I'll start posting new creations very soon.

I hope you like what you see....click on the photos to see more details :)

I will post the materials used for each layout/project very soon...

It's been SO LONG!!!!!

YOUPPIE....I actually scrapbooked last night!!!! It's been a LONG LONG LONG time since I last sat down and really wanted to do it...but I started cleaning out my scrap space (AGAIN) last night, and I discovered this 2-page layout kit that I had purchased at Dawn's CAT'S KABOOSE
store in Strathroy :) I had done the first page (pictured here), but I hadn't finished the second page (with the tree)...so I sat down last night, and scrapbooked while I watched the Spice Girls Reunion special

I ended up changing the format of this layout, since I was using a vertical photo instead of a horizontal one...so I made a few changes and also added my special touches ~ the LOVE script letters that I drew and cut out by hand :)


WOW...this is the layout I did last night. I had already cut out the background papers, the scallop at the bottom, but I hadn't even done the tree, flowers, etc... So this is what took me about 3 hours to finish ~ the cute little circles (all hand-cut and different sizes), the trunk, the flowers and the letters...which all had to be inked afterwards too!

But it was so much fun!!!! Here is the finished layout :)


*these two layouts were made from a pre-made kit, with Basic Grey Mellow papers (LOVE this line!), buttons, dmc floss, rhinestones (I added the brown Doodlebug ones)


I made these 2 recipe cards for a swap I participated in ~ we exchanged 2 cards each, and after we met up to trade them, we had 16 cards for our new recipe box/swap :) FUN, FUN!!!

Hopefully I'll be posting more layouts soon!!!

*** so sorry about the horrible pics...I cannot seem to find proper lighting in this house :(

Summer Goodies

Yes, I may have said that I didn't scrapbook for 4 months, but that doesn't mean I haven't been stocking up for the colder Fall & Winter months ehehehehhe :) Here are my latest goodies ~ I really, really can't wait to find my mojo and start scrapbooking!!!

With A Twist ~ an Etsy shop that I absolutely adore!!! Tara is the sweetest and offers the most amazingly beautiful ribbons & flowers packages, and also hand-made buttons. She has many other little goodies that just make my heart flutter...definately beautiful, colorful goodies to make my pages pop!!!

Also notice the beautiful crunched up blossoms that she makes out of paper scraps...they are GORGEOUS!!!!

Every Jot & Tittle ~ another favorite Etsy Shop that I love! She makes the most amazing tags/journaling tags ever :)

May Third ~ an Etsy Shop with a lot of different journaling tags...perfect additions for my pages :)

Tattered Tags ~ an Etsy shop...I just adore these painted felt butterflies and I can't wait to use these!!!


Red Velvet Kit Club ~ Elsie's sister Emma and her best friend Rachel have started Red Velvet Kit Club...these were part of their "extras" sale. I love little doodads like this :)

Love, Elsie Lola & Riley collections ~ my friend Jennifer got these for me at Hobby Lobby!!! OMG I was so happy :) LOVING the colors and patterns in this collection.

Jack & Abbie Collection ~ WOW...now this is DEFINATELY my favorite collection of the Love, Elsie lines!!!! Dark fall'ish colors....so perfect for Fall/Autumn pictures!

Elle's Studio and The Livingroom Floor ~ 2 more Etsy shops that I love :) Fun stuff!!!

The Looks ~ these little handmade crochetted blossoms are the cutest!!! The girls will take custom orders and have every color under the sun...so perfect for my new pages! You can get 1 layer blossoms, as well as 2 layers and 4 layers... (the red on the left side has 2 layers)...LOVE THESE!!!

The School Locker ~ I adore buttons, and she has so many in her Etsy shop... I can't resist!

Niklin Designs ~ WOW...this girl has AMAZING die-cuts in her Etsy shop...so many colors and patterns to choose from too!

Lisa's Scrap Shack ~ I love this store...got a lot of my new Fancy Pants goodies (felt shapes, pins, crocheted posies, chipboard buttons, papers, etc...) Urban Lily papers, more AC Thickers, Foof-a-La buttons (OMG I didn't realize how big these bags were!!!) and cute little Queen & Co. brads :)

Your Story Kits ~ this was their last kit...OMG I love this new Scenic Route!!! Gotta love it :)

Scrapbooking @ PhotoMetro ~ a great scrapbooking store in my town :) LOVE this new Mellow collection by Basic Grey and the fall buttons by Daisy D's....the rhinestone twirl is from ScrapbookStar...I love these :)

Scrapbook Star ~ one of my favorite online stores!!! LOVING all this new Scenic Route, Thickers, American Crafts papers and ribbons

Sassacraft kit ~ this site is now done...what a bummer! It was a great one :) Got this kit for 15$ HOLY INCREDIBLE price!!! (6 cardstocks, 6 Doodlebug papers, Doodlebug Frills in black & white, Jewels in Black & white, Queen & Co. black velvet ribbon, and Doodlebug mini rubons and lots of yummy black & white polka dot ribbons)

More goodies from Sassacraft ~ BamPop paper collection, huge black ric-rac, HS chipboard letters and amazing flowers of the month bag :)

Story of My Own kit ~ I love this kit club!!! They have lots, and lots of goodies, papers, stickers and cardstock and the best part is the "October Afternoon" stamps that you get with every kit!!!

RedCherry and Raewadolly ~ two cute Etsy shops that sell these fun "Cram Cream" tapes...I love these..and so does Kennedy & Kylan ehehehehhe :)