Beach

For our fifth anniversary we went back to Galveston to celebrate. The water was crystal clear that weekend due to a hurricane. 

Details: Patterned papers are from the Boardwalk line by Little Yellow Bicycle. Stamps are from the Heidi Grace Beyond the Sea line. Title was cut using the Life is a Beach Cricut cartridge.

Michelle's graduation

My sister graduated in the spring of 2010 with her bachelors in Science.

Details: Gray paper is Cinder by Bazzill. Patterned papers are the A & B sides of Madras from the Silk Road line by SEI. I also made a pocket out of the photo matting to put her party invitation, thank you card, and church bulletin announcement. It made a great place to store mementos that I don't normally scrap.

Moody Gardens aquarium

Moody Gardens Aquarium.

Details: Green paper is Lime Crush by Bazzill. Fish embellishments are by Martha Stewart Crafts.

Sparklers

Fun with Sparklers!

Details: All papers are from the Red White & Blue line by We R Memory Keepers. Blue star is Seeing Stars and scalloped is Fireworks. The rest are scraps from previous pages, but the same paper line.

Changing Colors

Where I grew up, we had tons of maples and oaks and other trees that changed leaf colors in the fall. Where I live now, the dominant trees are live oaks and junipers and they don't change leaf colors. I was so excited that the house we bought had two huge red oak trees. They make beautiful colored leaves in the fall!

This might be my new favorite layout :)

Details: Leaf paper is Fall Leaves from the Night Fall collection by American Crafts. The beautiful rosettes (or delights as the packaging calls them) are by American Crafts in Spice. The Orange pattern strip is also from Night Fall. Yellow paper is Beeswax and orange is Yam, both by Bazzill. Title stickers are by Making Memories. Journaling block is October Afternoon.

Hot Chocolate

A delightful winter treat.

Details: Brown paper is Reindeer from the I Believe collection by My Mind's Eye. Snowflake paper is by Jillibean Soup. Ribbon is by Making Memories. Letters are by Pebbles. Tab and mint are by October Afternoon.

Glass Blowing

Since this year was our first year in our new home and the first year with a full size Christmas tree, we needed a bunch of ornaments. Craig and Lacy treated us to a glass blowing ornament class. We had fun, but it was a pretty steep learning curve. 

Details:Background paper is by Imaginisce.

Bulb Exposure

We did some fun bulb exposure shots last fourth of July. The city had to cancel fireworks due to our extreme drought. We made our own festive fun.

Details: Star paper is Celebration from We R Memory Keepers's Red White & Blue collection. Scalloped paper is Letters home from the same collection. Backyard Party is Summertime Fun from the Red White & Blue collection. The title was cut using the Lyrical Letters Cricut cartridge. Fireworks were cut, using an SVG file I found, on SCAL.

Button Pillow

 I have seen this beautiful button pillows all over Pinterest and decided I would try to make one myself. I bought the buttons from an Etsy seller about 6 months ago and have just been putting off the project. It seemed like it would be so time consuming and tedious. It wasn't though! I finished this in a day. I used SCAL to cut out a "P" on my cricut and then traced it onto my fabric with a water soluble marker. Then I stitched each button on.

Lyric tree

I made a first dance lyric tree for my friend that recently got married. I got the inspiration from Pinterest. I think it turned out amazing! I hope they love it.

I also made them this framed dates piece. It contains several important dates to them. I also was inspired by Pinterest for this.

Wedding stationary

My friend recently got married. For her bridal shower I made her new stationary to reflect her new last name.

Sock Bunny

I'm still here, just haven't been scrapbooking. Trying to knock off several things on my crafty to-do list. 

I made this sock bunny (Pinterest inspiration) for one of the little girls I babysit. She loves bunnies and she loves pink. She promptly named her Ellie. I hope Ellie and Eve have many fun adventures together.

Winter Wonderland

Details: Background paper is Snow from Bella Road's Wintertime line. Journaling block is also Bella Road. Paper strips were scraps I already had, I think that both of the patterned ones are SEI. "Winter Wonderland" is letter stickers by Pebbles. 

hubby's 28th

Details: Blue paper is azure from SEI's poppy line.Patterned papers are the A & B sides of Gift Wrap from SEI's Happy Day line. Stitched rub on is by Hambly Studios. Glitter letters are Making Memories. "It's Your Day" is by Jillibean Soup.

Picking Pecans at the Park

We found a beautiful park that is filled with pecan trees. We happened on it at the perfect time to pick some pecans.

Details: Patterned papers are the A & B sides of At the Patch from Bella Blvd's Finally Fall line. The sticker embellishments are also from the finally fall line.

My 28th

I'm behind on scrapping. Know how you can tell? I'm no longer 28!

Details: Orange paper is Pumpkin by We R Memory Keepers. Technically it is a Halloween paper, but I like it. Patterned papers are the A & B side of Wish Big! by Imaginisce. "28" is Thickers in Vera.

Fresh picked - Winter Garden

I love this layout. I had several pictures (many didn't make the cut) that I wanted to use along with cute garden paper from my friend Noey. I saw this beautiful layout on Pinterest and found a sketch that would work with my photos. Inspiration struck and I made this beauty :)

Details: Blue paper is Caspia from SEI's Oasis line. Leaf paper is Early Bird: Brunch by Cosmo Cricket. Veggie paper is Farmers Market - Berkeley by My Little Shoe Box. Glitter letters are by Making Memories. Gray letters are the Amy Tangerine Thickers by American Crafts. I made the garden markers by tracing a garden marker and cutting them by hand.

Sing along

Our fifth year of going to the Austin Symphony sing along. It was a great time as usual and really got us into the Christmas spirit.

Details: Paper is from October Afternoon's Holiday Style line and is called Silver Bells. Letter stickers and journaling block are also October Afternoon. Red block and green strip are both My Mind's eye.

Turning 30

Ashley turned 30 and I made her a quick birthday card. 

Details: "30" is Vera Vinyl Thickers by American Crafts. Birthday cake looking glass is by Making Memories. Paper is from SEI's Charlemagne collection. Rub on is by American Crafts. Washi tape is by Pink Paislee.

ETA: Not sure why the photo is rotated. It isn't on my computer... Any ideas on how to rotate it in blogger?

Birthday Card

 I made this card for my mother in-law for her birthday. I love using up scraps of things to make cards. Sometimes that is the only way to use up things.

Details: paper is by Scenic Route. Ribbon and rub on are American Crafts. "Mom" is Making Memories glitter letters. The flowers are colorbok I think?