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Hi there! Awhile back I had some cards up on the Pebbles Blog, and I thought I'd share them here today! The theme was to make "Fall" cards, but if you know me, you know that I LOVE bright colors, so I decided to a little twist on the fall theme with some non-tradional fall colored cards. These feature my favorite Pebbles products - the photo hang tags, which I know I've raved about already, so I'll just say...I love them!
Have a great day!
Happy Monday! This is our last week in our current home - at this time next week will be loading the trucks to head to our new home in our new state!! It's so bittersweet...but at this point I don't have much time to think about anything other than packing...and packing...and more packing! Last week my kids and I made a cute and easy little Thanksgiving project that I thought I'd share!
I'm not very good at "tutorials," and it was crazy dark and gloomy when we actually made them, so I have no in-progress pictures, but I think they are pretty self explanatory! First we painted the toilet paper rolls with Crayola kids paint, then added the googly eyes, the beak, and the waddle. To make the feathers, I simply stretched out the circle shape in my Silhouette software. I didn't measure or anything - just guessed and cut. I tend to wing it like that on kid's projects - okay, really, I tend to wing it like that on every project. Luckily they were perfectly sized. I used a bunch of my older Pebbles patterned paper (Tricks and Treats, Family Ties, Basics, and Walnut Grove - if you are going from left to right on the first turkey.) in fall colors. Finally, we stapled the feathers onto the back. It was a quick, easy, and relatively clean project!
Here are few close ups of my kiddos, all proud with their creations!
Have a great day, and thanks for stopping by!
Good morning! Today my monthly "Pinspired with Gossamer Blue" challenge is up over on the GB blog! This month I chose a great collage that I've loved for a long time as my inspiration! Here is my layout, which includes one of my now favorite photos - taken when I was 39 weeks pregnant, just a day or two before Oliver's birth! I love how my kids are just oblivious in the background! ;)
My creative process with all over the place with this layout. First I inked the random squares, then I outlined them, then I added this and that and this again. It doesn't really look at all like what I had originally envisioned, but I'm happy with the final result! I also used my super helpful Perfect Layers tool to mat my photo in black, which gives it a "double mat" look, since I had already used the boarder option on my printer to give the photo a whilte border. I love how easy it is to just create a perfect mat!!
If you'd like to play along over at Gossamer Blue, check out the original post where you can find all the information and my original inspiration! Have a great weekend!
Our family has some big news! We are moving...to a new home, and a new state! As many of you know, we currently live in the 'burbs of Chicago, but we have decided (now that our family is as big as a basketball team...) that maybe it's time for us to head back home to Wisconsin. I'm very excited, but also extremely sad to leave my job and my friends behind. We have purchased an 89 year old home just outside of Madison, WI. It's kind of like my dream house, with a few realistic downfalls! ;) (One car garage....ugh.) It is going to be a great change for our family, and while I will likely keep most of the move/house details on my personal blog (email me for username/password) I was thinking that maybe I'd share some of the house progress here, because, while it's not scrapbooking, it may fall under the category of "other creative things"! ;) So here it is...our new house!
First up on our extremely long list of things to do? Cut down those trees!!
Good Saturday morning!! Today I have another Gossamer Blue layout to share. This month's kits and add-ons included a LOT of my current favorite color - aqua (or seafoam or teal or whatever...clearly I'm not well-versed on correct color names!). I collected a bunch of these elements together and created a fun mono-chromatic layout!
This might be my new favorite photo of the three kids. It's perfectly THEM. I love that this layout includes (if I counted correctly) products from six different manufacturers, but they all go together perfectly well!
I realized after I took the photos of my layout that I had forgotten to add a date to the photo frame. Oops. ;)
Have a great weekend!! :)
Good morning and Happy November! I can't believe this year is coming to a close so quickly!! The last six months have flown by, it feels!! Today I have my Gossamer Blue "Main Kit only" layout to share with you! When I first opened this kit, it didn't scream "Emily" to me - I was a bit worried that I would have trouble working with it - was I ever wrong! I made three layouts so far, and they are honestly some of my favorites! This first one is super simple...but sometimes I think it's nice to have a layout where the picture and the journaling are truly the main focus of the layout.
A couple funny things about this layout...
First, I had a heck of a time getting that heart the right color. And when I finally had it the pink that I wanted (I used Studio Calico mist), I realized I had a big old thumbprint on it, ARGH. So...I just had to add another one to make it look "distressed," ha!
The second "funny" happened when I showed my husband my completed layout, and he said, "Uh-oh. I think Mirielle drew on your layout!" Yeah...those "pencil lines" that are drawn on the paper... ;) I tried to tell him that the paper comes that way, which he was very perplexed by!! I guess he's not hip to the newest scrapbooking trends!!
Have a great Sunday! :)
