A family layout

Here is one of my most favorite pages—and I'm sharing it today over at the Flamingo Scraps blog. The vast majority of these products can be purchased at the Flamingo Scraps store, so hop on over there for more details about the products I used and a link to the store.

You may be wondering why my darling husband is in uniform in this picture. He had to work on Christmas Eve, but managed to still swing by the family celebration long enough for a quick bite of food and to pose for our annual family picture in front of his cousin's totally crazy large tree.




I absolutely love the Basic Grey Curio line. LOVE! I cringed when I cut into the paper. It's the kind of paper that I would frame just for the colors and patterns in it. I can always buy more, though, right?!

One of the best things about this page is how great the snowflakes, flourishes and flowers all look together. I wanted to convey the "holiday feel" with the snowflakes and windy-like flourishes, but couldn't resist using the Curio pre-made flowers with a mix of handmade flowers using the Curio papers and brads. Skeptical at first at my thought process on this, I am so happy with the end result.

I also wanted to note that I used Sketch #39 at Sketchabilities. You can see the sketch here if you'd like to use it as well.

Thanks for stopping by to see my page!!

Gift tags idea

Hello! Yesterday was the Round Up post at Flamingo Scraps. I purchased these 7 Gypsies Rubbings from the Flamingo Scraps store and just had to make something delicate with them.

I ended up making tiny little gift tags that come with tiny little envelopes. I liked the idea that you could make these, wrap 'em up and give them as a stocking stuffer for someone else to use as gift tags.


I think I'll be making a few more of these (just sayin'...). I have some stockings to fill!!

Do you have any cute little gift ideas to share? Some stocking stuffer homemade goodness? Link it up in the comments section so I can visit your blog and see your idea!

Have a great weekend!

Great Sass and Paislee

Hello! It's Friday, and that means it's time for the Round Up post for the Flamingo Scraps blog. This is the end of my October GDT spot with Flamingo Scraps (insert frowny face here—I've loved my month with the FS gals!).

For the Round Up post, all of the GDT members get together and share what they've been working on using their Flamingo Scraps product. You have to check out all of the projects—great ideas over there today!

I was especially excited to finally get to work with some Sassafras Lass Indie Girl. I have admired and loved this line ever since it started popping up on other blogs. It's so fresh, bright and fun.


Remember this flower? I made these flowers for my post two Tuesdays ago at Flamingo Scraps. I was saving the flowers for when I was ready to make my layout, and it worked out perfectly. You can see that post HERE.


I also chose to work with the Pink Paislee Old School Collection. I've been all over the new school-related lines that were revealed the past few months, and the PP one did not disappoint.



Thanks for reading my Round Up post today. I have thoroughly enjoyed my month with the gals at Flamingo Scraps and thank them from the bottom of my heart for having me. I HIGHLY recommend shopping with them. Great product. Excellent variety. Exceptional service. And most importantly appreciative, fun and nice ladies to deal with. I don't know about you, but I love knowing my sale matters to the seller. You're more than just a dollar to Susan, Suzanne and Amanda.

OK... off my soapbox. :) Enjoy your Friday!! Got anything scrappy planned? I'd love to hear about it!

more love for the digi page

It's another Sketchy Thursdays reveal day. I recently downloaded some new papers from Sassy Designs and have been wanting to use them. Great colors and varieties in digi papers over there—check it out!

For this page I used the Falling Digital Paper Pack. I also used some items purchased from Two Peas in a Bucket.


I hope to see you playing along with Sketchy Thursdays this week. We have a WONDERFUL prize from Flamingo Scraps.

And a HUGE thank you to Susan and Suzanne for coming through in a pinch for me as a sponsor. Those ladies are the best!!! Check out the sketch and the amazing American Crafts prize they have for you all.

Have a great day, and thanks for stopping by my blog.

My busy Tuesdays continue

I'm definitely loving October! For today's Tuesday posts at Flamingo Scraps and Scrapbook Circle, I'm sharing tips for embellishments and also a gift set made with Pink Paislee.

You can check out the gift set at Scrapbook Circle. Here's just a peek at the goodness over there:



And at the Flamingo Scraps blog you can see my tips for covering chipboard and making layered embellishments. Again, a peek at those:


Thanks for stopping in today! I hope you take a second to swing by those posts. :)

Another big Tuesday for me!

Hello! It's a jam-packed Tuesday for me—in bloggyland and in life.

Today is... (gulp) my birthday, as well as that I'm going with my son's Pre-K class for their Fall field trip this morning, working from home after the field trip (and we're on deadline), running to La Bella Mela with my holiday goodies after work, swinging by to get Nate at the end of Pre-K, then meeting up with the in-laws for a little birthday dinner and ice cream.

Whew! I'm tired just typing all of this!

And bloggyland is just as busy. I am blogging over at Scrapbook Circle today with this layout from the October Kit. We've all been so excited about the Pink Paislee in the kit that poor little October Afternoon Schoolhouse seems to be playing second fiddle.

Not today! Here's my page using that line. I just love the colors and patterns.


Scoot on over to the Scrapbook Circle blog if you want to read the quick story about the 9-9-1 in the title! :)


It is also my second blog post day for Flamingo Scraps as they celebrate their second anniversary with so many great prizes and specials. I hope you've been reading over there... you don't want to miss this month!! Plenty of prizes, great ideas and discounts at the store.


Today over there, I shared my altered Prima jar and felt/chipboard button flowers. I would love it if you stopped over there to see the rest of my project. CLICK HERE! And thanks so much!!

Thanks for reading all of this—I've been excited to share these with you!

a Tuesday full of wonder

Hello! Today is a super busy Tuesday for my little blog. Tuesdays in October are my days to post over on the Flamingo Scraps blog, so today I'm sharing ideas for using the Maya Road - Mini Chipboard Set - LAUNDRY DAY chipboard pieces.

I made a tag and a card, and I would love it if you could check out the post over there today. Big thanks in advance!!! :)

(I even share a cool tip/trick on using the clothespins on cards.)

I am also blogging on Scrapbook Circle's site, as I do every Tuesday. I share with you how to alter the Artisan Borders from Pink Paislee that are in the October kit.

To me, these little borders were completely different than how I imagined they would be based on what I had seen online. They take color very easily, are more rubbery (is that a word?) than I imagined, and are re-positionable so you can move them around the page (or card) until you're happy with it. Very, very nice product to work with!!


So that's my Tuesday. I hope you like what I have for you today! :) Have a good one!

PS: Did you see? More clouds!!! They are on every single thing I posted today! What is up with that!? LOL! I can't seem to get away from using them. ;)

lots going on here!

This is going to be a busy October!

First, I have for you a page and sketch posted to My Paper Tree House today. I've been providing a little sketch inspiration each month to help you boost your creativity and to help you use your MPTH kit. But, you don't need to have a MPTH kit to use the sketch.

Head on over there, see the sketch, use it, and link back up in the comments section there so we can see what you created. We'd love to see your work!


This page is from when I took my son to a local farm for a fall festival they have every year. For some reason, before we left, he swore he wasn't going to touch a goat. What?! He loves to pet the animals! He was determined not to pet the goats. HA! See that picture below... what's he doing?! PETTING A GOAT! Silly boy!


This weekend is also the Inspired to Scrap Fall Crop. I posted 2 challenges over there and I would love for you to sign up and join me. We're having fun! Low-pressure, reasonable challenges, plenty of time to get the challenges done, prizes and games... it's great!


This is image is a sneak from the Lift Challenge I posted on I2S. It's SUPER, I swear!

October is my month over at Flamingo Scraps, too! On Tuesday I'll have my first blog post over there, and today is the kick off of their anniversary specials. Great, great prices on Prima, Pink Paislee, Webster's Pages, etc. Don't miss out! (See the lettering in my layout above? It's from Prima and I bought it at Flamingo Scraps!!!)

OK, have a great weekend everyone! I have 3 new kits sitting on my desk calling my name, so off I go to work on them. I'll be sharing great things from 2 different kits from Scrapbook Circle next week. As well as my projects for Flamingo Scraps. Lots to do!!

thank you so much to these wonderful sponsors!

Today is the Benefit for Mike Lee, a local young man with a rare brain condition. I came to hear about this cause through Robin at La Bella Mela.

I really wanted to help out with the benefit, so I gathered up what ended up being quite a huge basket of scrapbooking goodies. I want to thank the wonderful people at the following places for their contribution to the scrapbooking basket that is available for auction at the event:

Flamingo Scraps
Scrapbook Circle
Your Memories Here
{embellish*ology}

Thank you again! And if you are near Rochester, the event is today from 2-10 at the Hilton Fireman's Exempt Club.

happy news!

I'm one of the newest Guest Design Team members for Flamingo Scraps!!

I met Suzanne and Susan on Scrapbook.com in 2009 (and then their partner in crime, Amanda earlier this year) and just love these ladies! And of course... love their scrappy store!

Who wouldn't love a store that has so much Prima to offer, as well as Pink Paislee and the new Graphic 45 and 7 Gypsies... you know they got my attention! And what's not to love with that cute flamingo in their logo?! *wink!*

I'm thrilled to be joining these other amazing ladies as we share with you all that Flamingo Scraps offers.

Cindy deRosier
Diana Fisher (ME!)
Genie Smith
Janet Zeppa
Jill Sarginson
Jolaine Frias
Tiffany Morgan
Tonya Gibbs

If you're in the mood to shop today (and who isn't), check out their store!! The items move fast! Have a great weekend everyone, and thanks for stopping by today!!

we're hoppin'!

Sketchy Thursdays is doing the Spring Challenge Blog Hop!! Remember that snippet of a page I showed you here? Well, this is what I was referring to. Heidi has turned into quite the sketch maker and this one she made for the hop is by far my favorite!!

I'm hoping that you will be able to join us for the hop! The challenge blogs that are participating are:

Practical Scrappers
Sketchy Thursdays
Scrap that Poetry
The Cuttlebug Spot
Pile it On
365 Cards

There are prizes and challenges on each blog, and you have until April 18th to play along with us. The Sketchy Thursdays challenge blog is giving away 2 prizes from our dear friends at Flamingo Scraps. One prize just for stopping by and telling us you are hopping, and one prize for those that participate in the challenge. Both prizes are fabulous, so make sure you stop by and see!!

There will be one grand prize given by Practical Scrappers, so if you do all of the challenges, make sure to let Practical Scrappers know.


This page was so much fun to make. Not only was Heidi's sketch easy and fun to work with, but these papers from My Mind's Eye are awesome. The pictures are from a recent ride on the carousel, and my son is hamming it up pretty cheesy in that picture on the left. I just love it!!!!

So head on over to Sketchy Thursdays to see Heidi's sketch and play along (all you have to do is leave a comment for a chance at one of the prizes), and start at Practical Scrappers if you'd like to do the whole hop for the chance at the grand prize!

Thanks for stopping by today!!! :)

a revived sketch and some american crafts love

Flamingo Scraps is an online scrapbooking store that has quickly become a friend to both Sketchy Thursdays as well as me. Suzanne, Susan and the rest of the Flamingo Scraps peeps have picked up an oldie-but-a-goodie sketch from Sketchy Thursdays and are running a contest.

Here is my page to go along with that challenge. Head over to this page to see the details! (See that amazing, Prima jeweled flourish on the lefthand side of my page? Yeah... Flamingo Scraps sells them!)


I also found some of my American Crafts goodness to play along with the AC blog. They want you to use two AC products and black & white photos.

This is a page for my son's book. The pictures are from a family vacation we took with my mom, stepdad and sister. We live hours and hours away from each other, so to have the chance to travel to see my grandmother in NC this past May was way overdue! We had 10 days together, and Nate had his first chance to really get to know his aunt Ashley!

Thanks for looking at my blog today! I love when you all stop by!


Supplies: American Crafts (card stock, pp, Flair, Thickers, ribbon, fussy cuts), Prima (bling) and Making Memories (letter stickers)

just a peek at what you can win today!

Love Prima? How about Maya Road and Upsy Daisy? Check out Sketchy Thursdays today to be entered to win a prize pack of Prima, Maya Road and Upsy Daisy product from Flamingo Scraps. You know you wanna!

meet flamingo scraps!

This week's FANTASTIC Sketchy Thursdays sponsor is Flamingo Scraps. Let's get to know the women behind the store.

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We are Suzanne and Susan, and we are FLAMINGO SCRAPS! We’re a couple of fun-loving, scrapbook and paper craft obsessed ladies having a blast with our online scrapbook store.

Our goal is to make your shopping experience at FLAMINGO SCRAPS as unique as its name by carrying the hottest new and coolest classic finds in the scrapbook and paper craft world. FLAMINGO SCRAPS features Prima Marketing, Kaisercraft, Pink Paislee, Maya Road, Upsy Daisy, Webster’s Pages, Lily Bee and more.

FLAMINGO SCRAPS will remain a boutique-style store dedicated to the hard to find and the finest to be found! We promise fair prices, reasonable shipping, and the best customer service anywhere. Come visit our eBay store and become a part of the FLAMINGO SCRAPS family.

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Thanks, ladies! Flamingo Scraps also has a great blog and a Facebook page. Check them out, follow them and fan them!

This week's winner will receive a prize package from Flamingo Scraps. Post your Sketchy Thursdays entry to Mr. Linky in the right sidebar before 11:59 p.m. (EST) tonight or post the link to your entry in the comments section here. Thanks for playing!