INSPIRATION

Happy Friday!

Last night I finished up another layout.  I was inspired by two things this time.  One was a layout by Jill Sprott.  I love her style!  And this layout is so great.  The journaling all over looks so fun and I had to use it.  Thanks for the inspiration, Jill!  The next thing that inspired me was of course from Paper Issues.  (I swear they are not paying me to give them credit every time I scrap. LOL) This time it was from the PINSPIRE ME CHALLENGE.  Love the mood board.  The fair pictures reminded me that I have a ton of pictures from last summer that I need to scrap.  Thanks PI girls!  Here's what I came up with from all that inspiration.

This was so fun to make.  Time to print out the rest of the fair pictures and find another challenge to use them on!  Have a wonderful holiday weekend!

 

ONCE AGAIN

Well, I did it again.  I haven't posted here in awhile.  For one, I don't think anyone really checks out my blog (LOL) and for another, I haven't scrapped so there was nothing to post.  But once again, Paper Issues to the rescue!  This time I was inspired by a scraplift challenge AND the current link party, "Seas The Day".  We just got back from a 3 day family vacation in Mackinaw City.  I have a ton of pictures so it was perfect timing.  Here's what a created.  The picture is from our first day on one of the docks by the hotel. 

 

This next one is for the Scraplift Challege.  I loved Jennifer Holloway McMurtrey's layout and had to create one of my own.  Not exactly like hers, but there are a lot of things that are inspired from her page! And can I tell you, this picture of my daughter and her horse is my absolute favorite right now. 

 

 Thanks again, Paper Issues for pulling me out of my scrapping lull.  Now on to the next challenge!



SKETCH INSPIRED

Hello!  Happy Hump Day! It's been a few weeks since I scrapped but last night I sat down, went to Paper Issues Sketch challenge and busted out a page! 

I was inspired by the sketch by Nicole Nowosad. It is so much fun!

Instead of using circles I was inspired by Devra's layout.  She used thought bubbles instead of circles and I just LOVE thought bubbles!  (click on her name and you can see her layout)

This is what I came up with.  I added colorful Amy Tan papers to the back of the bubbles, colored the outline of them black to make them pop and each one got a little heart. 

As part of my title I used "HELLO" which is part of the "Life in Pictures" Free Cut File by Jen Chapin.  (Thanks! I love the file)  In person you can see the "hello" but here in the picture, not so much.  But it's there!  If the sketch inspires you head over to the Sketchy Saturday challenge and link you creation for a chance to win a $10 gift card to the Paper Issues store!  You have until June 5th.

Thanks for stopping by!  



PI SKETCH

It's Monday.  Spring Break is over, kids went back to school and I am posting another layout inspired by Paper Issues.  I used the sketch from Sketchy Saturday on their blog. 

Here's the sketch from Jennifer Chapin.  (Thanks Jennifer!)

And this is my take on it.  For some reason I had a hard time using the big circle on my layout.  I moved things around.  A lot.  I think it was the title and trying to fit it in with the circle. But it finally came together.  I love this picture of my daughter and "her" horse.

 If you want to play along with the sketch challenge on the PI Blog, you have until April 17 to link your project.  Thanks for stopping by! Have a good week!

CUT FILE INSPIRATION

So, I've been inspired to create a layout.  And as usual the inspiration comes from Paper Issues.  This time it's from one of their free cut files that Jen Chapin created.  Thanks PI and Jen! Here's the file.

 This is what a did with the file.  I cut it out on my Cameo and backed it with paper from Shimelle.  Love how it looks! Such a fun background.  I love that I had so many stars cut out from the file too. So I added a few of those by outlining them in black and popping them up with pop dots.  It came together pretty quick. Since the background has all the stars I didn't feel I needed to add too much as far as embellishments go.  Had so much fun with this file!

Hope everyone is having a good week! 



PI CROP LAYOUTS

Hi everyone who checks my blog.  I have some recent layouts to share with you!  Paper Issues had a WONDERFUL crop this past weekend on their Facebook group page.  And of course the challenges inspired.  (as always)

Here's what I've created so far...

 

 

And I'm not done.  There are so many great challenges posted.  So, if you are in a slump, you should head over there and check it all out! 

Thanks Paper Issues Team!  Now it's time for more scrapping.



FEELING YELLOW...

...and grey.  And aqua. 

Paper Issues has another great "issue" and I was inspired...again!  Enamored with Enamel.  Love enamel.  Especially the dots!  I used a picture of Tyler and I on his birthday last year.  Love this picture and had fun creating a page around it.  I used a mix of October Afternoon and Bella Blvd. papers.  A few Simple Stories stickers and a handful of enamel dots in different colors! Done. Oh, and I had to splatter some paint on the page too. 

Hope you like it!