Happy (inter)National Scrapbooking Day!

Happy day-after (inter)National Scrapbooking Day!

I was able to complete 2 (holy cow!) of the Studio Calico challenges, the second one actual completes 2 of the challenges in one. Here's a look at my finished projects 

wander

I used the sketch to start. Even though I loved the sketch idea, I really struggled with putting the embellishment at the bottom and journalling on the side. I knew I wanted to use that wander circle from the Lisse Street kit and that piece of leftover tab to start. I pushed the paper around for a bit, tried to find a journalling card to put on the side but nothing really worked for me. Then I put that tag on the side. And boom goes the dynamite. Perfect. From there I went to that wander circle. I punched a couple other circles and placed them. I also busted out my old scalloped 3 in 1 punch and added a few other bits. I was just going with the flow once I got the basic placement of my main pieces. A few wooden plus signs, puffy stickers and word stickers finished it up. I also typed my journalling in a column at the bottom. Here's a closer look at the details:

 You are You

For this layout I used the mood board to guide my color scheme. I stamped out my quote. I won't lie this was harder then you think. I won't admit that I stamped it out 3 times. I'm a little OCD like that. The first time the spacing wasn't even enough to fill out the left side of the page. The second time I forgot a word, tried to fit it in, but then the spacing looked weird. But since I'm really not admitting any of this really took place I'll just move on. I watercolored the letters in colors to match the mood board. And splattered it up a bit along the way. Sometimes its just so fun to be messy! I love the mint and hot pink, with the bold navy. *swoon* I layered up my photo on a few pieces of paper from the odyssey kit and the lisse street kit and a bit of tissue paper. A few  puffy hearts in that lovely visual triangle and I called it done. I really wanted the quote and water color to be the main focus. I love this picture of me and my middle boy. It really speaks to his personality and our relationship. He's so silly. I love being silly with him. He always needs his shades on outside because he hates the sun in his eyes. He's gangster like that. Everytime I see this picture I laugh, my heart feels happy and I think. Yup, he's my kid. This is us. 

And that about raps it up. Thanks for stopping by today!

Welcome!

There seems like no better way to start this blog off then to write my first post about #myselfiescrapbook. I just joined in so have spent the past week catching up. I haven't put any pages together as of yet but I would love to share a few images with you! I love the idea of a scrapbook about me not only for myself to look back on, but my kids, especially my daughter. How cool will it be for her, when she's 27 to look at what her mom was like when SHE was 27! What she looked like, what she liked to do, who she was OUTSIDE of being a mom. I would love to see what my mom was like when she was my age!

it feels a whole lot

different to get behind the camera,
 not just a cell phone for a change. yikes!

 first week of prompts, my feet - almost always in

leggings and always painted

 favorite shirt, without a doubt my easy peasy black 

and white striped v-neck.

 get in front of the camera! 

 your hands. my hands do many things, being a mama of three 

they are usually holding a child or two or at least a hand...or a snotty kleenex (glamorous I know!)

but the one thing that my hands do just for me is create

 what you carry. Nothing to out of the ordinary, 

wallet, cell, sunnies, keys, lip balm, receipts, a tiny lotion

from a hotel in Malaysia. an emergency diaper, wipes and for

some crazy reason, a kinder surprise toy

 favorite hairstyle. Well as hairstyles go theres not a ton I do with mine. 

But I do love having my bangs in a twist or a braid.

a comparison sequence. I chose to do the different 

make-up I wear at different times. So first off of course is 

nothing (yikes) second is my "around the house" look

just simple, mascara. done. third is mascara and eyeliner, 

that would be my uptown errand look. And last is my city look

which is the whole face baby. 

I'm super stoked to get this little album started. looking back at the photos I think I have a thing for black and white stripes....Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you'll come back and check out what else I'm going to be sharing. I'm so excited about this new venture!