Yesterday I ditched the kids, Justin, and his parents (who were visiting for the day), loaded up on snacks, made a little nest of awesomeness at Archivers, and got my scrappy on for about eight hours. It was very nice...I needed it!! I honestly think the last actual layout I made was at the beginning of March (Project Life not included). No...maybe even FEBRUARY. That's insane. I got six projects made. Five good ones. One embarrassingly bad one. Four I can't share. Two I can. And the two I can...can you believe the are layouts I made just for me??? I haven't made a layout that's not for a team in...well, I can't even remember. I used some of my ever growing stash of Studio Calico kits and they both make me quite happy. :) So here they are...my two "no strings attached" layouts!
The first one is a layout that talks about how emotional Miri's second birthday was. It uses the SC Daydream Believer kit. I love this combination of colors and the little sequins!
*published: Scrapbook Trends, October 2012*
The second one uses the current SC kit, City of Lights, and features the only technique I think I've ever used. I don't know who did it first (KP maybe? April?) but it's one of my favorites. (Note the cover of my "published" album over to the right!!) I had almost forgotten about it, but Ginny (LOVE her work - and I just realized we have the same chevron banner on our blogs, too! Thanks Pinterest!!) used it in a totally cute layout last week, and I was inspired to whip out my circle punch and some pop dots! This layout turned out perfectly. I love everything about...especially that cute little baby. How is it possible that this was a year ago?!
*published: Scrapbook Trends, January 2013*
I feel like those eight hours really got me back in the groove. I'm hoping this means many more productive nights in the scraproom and more layouts to share! Hope you had a great weekend!
