a chance to win some Summertime!

Want to win one of Scrapbook Circle's fabulous Echo Park Sweet Summertime add-ons? We're giving one away!

Just visit the Scrapbook Circle Facebook page and let us know something you love about summer, and you will be entered to win!

I've worked with this kit a bit already and I LOVE it!!! See the card I made HERE.

cupcake for a cutie

My little niece turned 2 in May, and when we were all together for Ashley's graduation this weekend, I brought a gift for her and also this little card.

Ella is the only girl in all of the grand kids. My brother, Jeff, has 3 boys. I have Nate. And Greg has Ella. The little jewel amongst the toughies. I loved making this girlie card.


I made this card using The Girl's Paperie sticker book that comes in the June kit from Scrapbook Circle. I LLLOOOOVVVEEEE this kit! And I love THIS sticker book. The Feltie is from Sassafras Lass and was just too cute not to use.

Thanks for stopping in today! I'm going to get to work on making some new pages, and I hope to be able to share with you soon!

a very wise card

Hi there! Today is my sister's graduation party, and this is the card I made for her. Nearly all of the supplies are from the My Paper Tree House June kit.

When I saw this owl in the kit I knew exactly what I was going to do with it. I immediately put him aside, got him a cute little grad cap, and saved him for her graduation card.


Have a great Saturday, peeps! If you're interested in getting your own little owl, click on over to My Paper Tree House. There may still be a few kits left... and one might have your name on it!

the very proud big sister!

Today my little sister is graduating from high school. Today she is embarking on the next chapter of her life. Today I am going to give her a huge hug and probably cry my eyes out.

I love my sissy! We are 14 years apart (as I know I've said here before), and I have been looking forward to her getting older and catching up to me. Cuz of course I'm perpetually 29 and she will eventually be the same age as me. :) Right?!

My mom and I co-made a GRAD mini album for her. I did my part and then shipped it off to my mom to add her touches. I can't show the whole thing because there are lots of pictures of her friends in it, and I did not get their permission to show them on the blog, so I am just sharing with you a page with Ashley on it. She won't mind. She's been here before and loves when I make her "famous."


This is my favorite page in the whole album. I love the colors and I love that picture of my sissy.

Hope everyone has a great weekend! I'm excited to come back from the party this weekend... I'm sure to have a ton of pictures to scrap!

gotta keep cool ... so cool!

Hi there, and happy Friday! I have to share with you another page using the My Paper Tree House June kit. And another picture from the Slip N Slide day this past Memorial Day weekend. My son just had so much fun posing for me while he played in the water. Gotta love that boy!


I love using the corrugated alphas in reverse type like this.


More of the ripped apart Primas. So sorry Prima lovers. The petals were of no use to me at this time. LOL!


I have to tell you that I wish I had about 3 more sheets of the paper with the lemons on it. As soon as I saw it, I knew I had to ration it! :)

Hopefully you can still grab some of your very own by getting your hands on one of the My Paper Tree House June kits.

sketchy thursdays splatter

The latest Sketchy Thursdays sketch is ready for you to play along with us. And Heidi has made this one fun! She put splatter and distressing into the sketch, so I took her literally. I rarely paint on my sketches, but this was so fun to make.


The pictures are from the day before Nate turned four. Brad and I both had off from work and spoiled him with a day off of school. We went to see the new Shrek movie, and before we left for the day, I had Nate pose for his birthday pictures.


This page is made with the June kit from My Paper Tree House. It is full of Jillibean Soup goodness. If you are a Jillibean Soup fan, then this is the kit for you!

Scoot on over to Sketchy Thursdays and see what we have for you this week. Heidi has done it again with another awesome sketch, and I believe you may want to win some iCopic markers, perhaps?! Just a thought.... :)

slip, slide and more paper tree house

Of all the pages I made with June kit from My Paper Tree House, this one is my favorite!! I love the pictures, I love the layout, and I love the colors in this kit. The whole thing just makes me grin from ear to ear. And I hope this kit will do the same for you!


These pictures were taken this past Memorial Day weekend. It was really hot here (well, hot for Rochester), and we haven't opened our pool yet, so we had to find another way to keep cool. Nate was given a Slip N Slide last year and we finally cracked the box open.

He had so much fun with this, it was too funny! He would walk down the yellow slide and then just kind of fall into the bottom pool area. Ha ha!!


For all of the Prima lovers out there... avert your eyes. I'm about to give my tip for this page.

Yes... sometimes all you need is the center of the flowers. I made these flowers by tearing the petals off of the Prima flowers that are in the kit and layering them with a 1 inch scallop cut of the lemon paper. So sorry... but ripping apart the Primas had a wonderful effect. :)


Thanks for stopping by here today! Lots to show you from the My Paper Tree House June kit, so stop on back tomorrow!

a tree house and some poetry

I'm so excited to share with you today! The brand new DT for the brand new My Paper Tree House has been gettin' antsy waiting to share our brand new creations with you (see the theme—brand new?!). The first kit for My Paper Tree House is officially released and ready for you to stop on by.

Make sure to check out what the rest of the DT made with the kit, and I will also be back over the course of the week and sharing work with you. (Pssst: The card I made and shared here last week was also made with My Paper Tree House's June kit. I sneaked it in there under the radar!)


I am also the GDT for Challenge #17 at Scrap That Poetry. The poem is The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. This picture that I took of my son on his birthday was perfect for this poem.

Yep, I'm the mom that PUT her son in a tree on purpose rather than scream at him to get outta the tree. I'm sure my neighbors (who were outside at the time) thought I was nuts.

I'm not nuts... I'm a scrapbooker! I need a bumper sticker made!


Well, I hope to see you over at Scrap That Poetry. And it would be awesome if you checked out My Paper Tree House. Nana has some great things cookin' over there, and I am so lucky to be a part of this first Design Team!! Such inspiration over there!!

shoes and blooms

I have been itching to share this one with you, as I have been in on the big secret that Julie was keeping over at These Are A Few of My Favorite Things. And wow, do you have to check it out over there!! It is the one year anniversary celebration for the challenge AAANNNNDDDD.... we've been pubbed by Scrap Street Magazine! Check out the issue here.

There are going to be 27 winners for this challenge. 27!!! And... I'm sponsoring one of the prizes! One lucky winner will receive $10 worth of Button Blooms or Mixed Media Blooms from my shop. Yippee!!


So what's the challenge, you ask? We want to see Your Favorite Shoes! Oh my... SHOES!! I love shoes! I really wish I had a larger budget to spend on shoes, but I get by and make sure the ones I do purchase are great ones!


The shoes in this picture are my girly-girl shoes. I Photoshopped the picture a bit so it's hard to tell that they are a wonderful champagne color. I muted the colors in the photo and put a wash on it so that it would go with the Victorian look I was going for.


These flowers can often be found for sale in my Etsy shop, but they usually go fast, so if you see them there and want them, I'd scoop them up fast. They are made with a combination of vintage french language papers and sewing pattern paper. So lush and pretty!! The perfect feminine touch!

I hope to see you playing along with These Are a Few of My Favorite Things. As I said, there will be 27 winners, so your odds are pretty good at winning something. And you have until June 14 to complete and post your entry for the challenge, so no excuses! Let's see those favorite shoes!!!


Supplies: Webster's Pages (pp), Studio Calico, My Mind's Eye and Dear Lizzy (rub-ons), Design by Diana Etsy shop (flowers), jewelery, vintage lace, Prima (pearls)