Off We Go!

It's a rainy day today here in the midwest, so I thought I'd take a break and daydream about our trip to Hawaii a few months back.  We had a fantastic vacation with my sister and her husband.  Here we are waiting at the airport for our long trip to California. 

This layout was created using the Signature Series collection from Reminisce.  You know I just love their papers and embellishments; they're easy to use, look great and they have tons of themes!

He's been Glimmer Misted!

My husband and I will be celebrating our 22nd wedding anniversary in a couple weekends so while I had some free time today I thought I'd see what I could come up with for a card.  Given that I hadn't put two seconds of thought into it prior to sitting down, I think he'll like this card.  Plus, I don't think I've ever given him a card with Glimmer Mist on it yet! 

On a side note - can I just say I LOVE WASHI TAPE!  If you haven't bought yourself a roll yet, I highly recommend it.  If you are like me and have a love hate relationship with ribbon, I think you'll find that Washi Tape is your new best friend.  Can you say bye bye ribbon???

Oooh baby!

When the Homespun Easter collection from Moxxie arrived in the mail I immediately had a vision in my mind of the layout I wanted to do.  Well, it didn't come out exactly as I planned, but it's pretty close, and I love this collection.  It's very "folksy" (is that a word?) and a little "country" at the same time, so when I saw the new Tim Holtz Kraft Core Seasonal paper I knew I had a perfect match!  The flowers I created using twine and a button (just put a 3-D Zot on the back of the button and go back and forth with the twine creating loops (as you come back across the Zot, stick the twine down)).  It was super easy and I just love the look.  

Enjoy!

Winter won't you please go away!

I've always lived in the midwest so I know snow and cold.  Cold so cold that your nostrils freeze together and snow up to the rooftop of our house.  So while I'm normally excited about winter, this year it just seems like it will never leave.  So rather than fight it, I decided to celebrate it with some fun winter photos.  This layout was created using Moxxie's new Winterland collection.  It features four, double-sided papers along with coordinating stickers and punch outs.  The colors are deep and the patterns are fun!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

If you're lucky enough to be Irish, then you're lucky enough!  I just love that saying and it applies to so many things.  A while back my sister adapted that saying for a layout of her brother-in-law who had just become a new grandpa (If you're lucky enough to be a Grandpa, then you're lucky enough).  It was perfect, but I digress!

St. Patrick's Day is always a festive time for our family.  We traditionally have a party with our closest friends and family and this year is no exception.  I always enjoy making the invitations because, as you'll see, it's not just about the green this year.  Reminisce incorporated black and hot pink into their collection while Moxxie incorporated gold and orange.  Here's what I came up with:

Did I mention I made the cards using scraps from past year's collections?  Well, I did, but I scrapped some of the past year's parties using some newer collections.  Here are a couple layouts using Reminisce's new Shamrock collection:

Here's a better look at the entire Shamrock collection from Reminisce:

Slainte!

Winter Frost Collection by We R Memory Keepers

We are hitting the ground running in 2013 with a bunch of new collections.  Today's featured collection is Winter Frost by We R Memory Keepers.  This collection features five double-sided papers, a glitter paper, a die-cut paper and several coordinating embellishments.  It is a traditional winter-themed collection of snowflakes and snowmen, but with a twist of greens and grays thrown in.  It's absolutely gorgeous and is available now:

Margaritas anyone?

This is one of my favorite collections from American Crafts!  Margarita is a bright, bold, stunning collection featuring a myriad of cute papers and coordinating embellishments.  Here's a couple quick layout ideas, but you can see the entire collection here.  Enjoy!