Drink Love (Gossamer Blue September 2013 kit)

Life has been a bit crazy lately. So much so, that I had these layouts sitting in my "Drafts" folder until today... That was since October 13th. Yeah... I'm just now catching up :)

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Together is a Wonderful Place to Be (Gossamer Blue September 2013 kit)

Just a cute layout using the September Gossmer Blue Kit. Love my family!

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You Are One in a Million... (Gossamer Blue September 2013 kit)

I really loved this layout. I saw something similar on the TwoPeas board... Or maybe Pinterest. Anyway, I found a similar cut file in the Silhouette Online Store and had fun mixing and matching the papers. I was in the mood to just create, so this is a pretty direct translation. And I still love it.
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Little Dancer (Gossamer Blue September 2013 Kit)

This past June, my oldest got to dance in her first ballet recital. Every other year, the local YMCA dance classes rent out this beautifully large theater downtown and they all perform. Miss I's first year in ballet was just this such year. She got to wear a wonderfully lovely yellow dress and dance to The Beatles' "Here Comes the Sun". Being a huge Beatles fan, I was in love that she now knows all the words to such a beautiful song.

For this layout, I used all of the lovely pieces from Gossamer Blue's September kit. I just loved that arrow stamp, and repeated it a few times. I also added a My Mind's Eye puffy geotag, and a Fancy Pants cork arrow. 
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Elle's Studio Sketch: Remembering the Everyday

I love when one photograph can evoke a memory. I was fortunate enough to be able to spend the summer with my little girls. I realize that one day, they won't be so little, and probably won't want to spend as much time with me. I am going to grab them and hug them for as long as I can.

This layout used the Elle's Studio sketch. I changed a bit of it, making it my own. I really loved the colors in the photograph, and wanted to pick up the tiny bit of pink that was there. Just to pop against all of the turquoise that was also there.

I started with a vanilla piece of cardstock, then added the Carta Bella paper. It needed more, so I started distressing with a pair of scissors but went a little crazy and accidentally cut into the paper. So the distressing is more than I would have like, but I love how it turned out.

I also used the August Elle's Studio kit, along with quite a few pieces of my Elle's stash. A few pieces of random cardstock (Studio Calico HeyDay), a piece of flair (Ormulu), and some enamel dots... And it was complete. Pin It

I Love How Much You Love Her (GB February)

I love when my girls get along. Really, it is the most perfect thing to see. Miss I wants to read SOOOO badly. So, until this summer comes about, she "reads" to Ro. Which is pretty amazing to see. Both of the girls had no clue that I was snapping photos until Miss Ro checked me out. I was being pretty sly for about a second. 

This layout pretty much fell together using February's Gossamer Blue kit. I double matted the photos. They were originally going to be separate, but I really didn't like how that looked, so matted them again in pink. I used one of the title pieces from the Carta Bella paper. Then used the Carta Bella, Crate Paper and some Basic Grey letters I had to complete the title. Lastly, I embellished using a combination of Pink Paislee hearts, My Mind's Eye enamel dots and a Studio Calico heart.

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February's Project 12 with Gossamer Blue

Last month was a little bit of a pain-in-the-butt. Mainly because we all got sick. All of us. At random times, and not always the most convenient at that. And, my printer ran out of ink. So there isn't journaling... yet.

Anyway... I used my February Gossamer Blue kit for this. I did add a few bits of Elle's Studio. They had a fantastic sale in February, and I was feeling a little down... So did a bit of retail therapy. In doing so, I found out they were local (north of Seattle!!). I L-O-V-E supporting local, so definitely will be purchasing again from them directly.

Here are a few of the details... A little Macklemore (again, LOCAL!!!), a beautiful walk, sicky babies, a beautiful and sunny Northwest day, and more!

Like my "Journaling will go here" Photoshopped title?? Me neither, but I'm outta ink, and have a plan. A few more neat photos, including one of irises that were growing on the other side of my fence. Who knew?!?!?! Okay... So I really don't "do" plants. But I did Google, and found out that after they bloom I can transplant some somewhere else. I think.

I took quite a few sweet photos this month, so even added those in a separate holder with six pics. Of course, I forgot the snap the other side. That's how it's going today. Pin It

Could You Be Any Cuter?? (GB February)

I just loved making this layout. Seriously... It just came together wonderfully. I really enjoyed seeing the pinks and greys that were in February's Gossamer Blue box. The Pink Paislee flowered paper, against the Carta Bella So Loved paper was just too perfect. I added a Silhouette sentiment, an October Afternoon tag that had been lying around from the Cakewalk collection and OA sprinkles, and some AC washi tape from Dear Lizzy and Dear Lizzy Christmas.

Lastly, a couple of Basic Grey embellishments to finish it off. Such a sweet little layout of my cutest 8 month old.

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Scraplift with Crate Paper's Fourteen...

I was playing around this weekend with my February Gossamer Blue kit and ran into a challenge... How to use the Sparks paper from Crate Paper's Fourteen line. It's a pretty fantastic chevron-ish paper. Super bold, super pretty, but kind of hard to use.

I knew that I had already pinned a fantastic layout using this paper, so found it and scraplifted away!! Here is the original image from one of Crate Paper's Design Team members, Katie Ehmann. I loved how she used vellum and her Cameo to create a background design.

I decided to use a fun background that I had not used yet, Chevron Stripes from the Silhouette Online Store. I didn't want the entire square, but wanted all of the fun pattern, so squished it into a 4x11" rectangle. The vellum was from a Studio Calico kit awhile back, and had feathers on it, but since the pattern was pretty complicated you cannot even tell.

Rather than all of the patterned papers, I simplified the color scheme to mainly grays, and used pops of red and fuchsia from my GB kit.  I also used just one photo of my biggest, Miss I. She's one of my absolute favorite people in the world. I just love her spunky nature and all of the funny things she says. Pin It

Boy or Girl? No One Knows... Yet!

Over the weekend, I had the pleasure to attend a baby shower for a lovely family. They don't know the gender of the baby yet, which is super exciting! It will be such a wonderful surprise when their baby comes. I guessed a girl, but I really have no clue... I thought both the girls were boys until our gender peek.

Since no one knows the gender, I tried really hard to make both the card and part of her present gender neutral. My lovely friend Karen got a smoking deal on some Carta Bella Alphabet Junction papers that I used for this project. I really wanted it for the adorable hedgehog that was on the paper. I'm a sucker for hedgies.

The card itself is a onesie that I cut from my Silhouette. Instead of the emblem that is from the Silhouette file, I used a CB sticker and created a banner from paper. Then used some Sassafras Lass letters that were from my stash. 

The book is ultra cute too! I used a couple of Silhouette files (Little One, Months) and just the CB paper. I lined the inside and outside with some of the 6x6 papers, because they are easier to glue down, and the inside of the book are pieces of cut down 12x12.

Lastly, I have a couple of cards that I used my December Gossamer Blue kits for. I love using all of my scraps and bits for cards. 

I have just a few more thank you cards from Christmas to go out now. I'm getting caught up. Even those this year's Christmas card is going out as a Valentine. Oh well... Can't have everything :) Pin It