justem: little bits of this and that

She Reads {Fancy Pants Social Saturday}

I am taking a day off of my alphabetical catch-up to post a Fancy Pants layout, since today is Social Saturday on the Fancy Pants blog.  This is actually a layout I made last month, but never shared (shocking, I know). ;) I am in love with all things "Making Waves."  The colors, the patterns, and the font of those fun die cut alphas! I don't often make non-person layouts anymore...but I really wanted to document the fact that I finally started reading again last year!  

This is a fairly simple and straightforward layout compared to most of the things I create! However, sometimes when you truly just wanted to focus to be the journaling, I think it's okay to keep things simple!  Have a great weekend!!

Looks Like 6 {Fancy Pants Social Media Team}

Wow. Long time no blog! ;) Today I have a fun Fancy Pants layout to share! This was included in yesterday's Social Saturday post up on the Fancy Pants blog! My teammates seriously knocked it out of the park this month. There are some incredible layouts!! Go check them out!!  This layout features the brand new FP collection Summer Sun. It's so fun and fresh!  It was perfect for these photos of my daughter!

I used two of the Brag Cards behind my photos. These are some of my favorite FP brag cards yet! They are super simple and cute with calendars, fun colors and patterns, etc.  LOVE them! I also included lots of the cute embellishments like the flair and button mix!

I hope everyone has been busy enjoying the beautiful spring weather and had a fun National Scrapbook Day yesterday!!  Have a great Sunday!

You {Fancy Pants Social Media Team}

Two posts in two days? It's like a blogging miracle! ;)  Today I have a Fancy Pants layout made as a part of my role on the Fancy Pants Social Media Team. This layout features one of their new spring releases "Flutter." This line is outwardly pretty girly, but it's got some fabulous colors that can easily be used on masculine layouts as well!  This particular layout features some boarders from the Insta-Pack. I also had to add some of my favorite cork stars to the mix!

This layout is a little crazy and outside of the box, but I love it - especially my sweet little guy in the frame!  It just goes to show that often times you can take bits and and pieces of different lines and make them work in situations you might not ordinarily use them for!  Have a great Tuesday!!

Us {Fancy Pants Social Media Team}

Happy Valentine's Day!  And...ACK! How has it been a week since I last posted anything!!  Today I have a layout made with the brand new Fancy Pants collection Office Suite. It's super cute - maybe my favorite of theirs for awhile!  I punched all the die cut letters out of the sheet and used it as a background for my layout.  I liked how it incorporated all the colors in the line without being overwhelming.  I wanted a nice solid black title in a contrasting font, so that it didn't get lost in the all the other letters!

The photo is of my daughter and me after her very first theatrical performance. She played the very important role of "skunk" in Robin Hood! ;)  I love that this line has a little bit of black in it!  It fits perfectly with her fancy black costume!!  

Have a great Valentine's Day! Does anyone have any big plans?  My husband and I are headed out for dinner this evening, hurray! 

Dreamers {Fancy Pants Social Media Team}

Today is Social Saturday on the Fancy Pants blog, and I have two layouts up! The first one, I will share here today! It uses their brand new Flutter collection! I posted a sneak on Instagram, noting that KRAFT is back!  A lot of people commented that they never realized that kraft went out of style, but I do feel like in the past couple years white backgrounds replaced most kraft backgrounds!!  I was a huge lover of kraft a few years ago, but I, too, succumbed to the allure of the clean white page!  I'm not sure how I feel about kraft making a comeback...but I am sure about my feelings (aka: LOVE) for this new line!

Have a great weekend!

The Fox Hat {Fancy Pants}

I was looking back and my blog and realized I STILL have some past layouts that I never shared here!  Today I have a Fancy Pants layout I made last month featuring my son and his fox hat. It's a totally cute story - he hated any and every hat for the longest time until he saw this fox hat in the store. I tried it on him, but it was close to being too small so I put it back on the rack. He started crying and pointing to his head - he wanted it on!  It is rare that I use a themed embellishment on a page that actually matches that theme, but this little fox die cut was perfect for these photos!  

Have a great Tuesday!

Oh hey, Santa {Fancy Pants}

Yesterday was the first Social Saturday of the year on the Fancy Pants blog!  I have been itching to use the adorable Oh, Dear collection for the last couple of months, and I finally had a chance with this hysterical photo of my kids attempting to visit Santa!  I used my die cutting machine to cut out the title. I wanted there to be a stark contrast between the "oh hey" and the "Santa" fonts.  I used my 6x6 paper pad and backed the Santa letters with a mix of papers.  As much as I love the fun, multicolored patterns in this collection, I decided to use only monochromatic papers. I think my favorite part of this layout is my little play on words on the library card.  My daughter was very confused as to why I wrote, "Ho Ho No!" instead of "Ho Ho Ho." She's five. I'm sure the rest of you get it. ;) 

Happy Sunday! I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!  

STL {Fancy Pants}

Hello, hello! Pardon my lack of blogging lately. Mac is still off in Oregon where B.J. the superhero computer genius is working to get everything saved and working. Today I have a layout made for the Fancy Pants Social Media Team! This layout includes many fun products from the True Friend collection, which is fitting since this layout features photos of trip my good friend Cindy and I took to St. Louis!  

I love the look of little photos on a layout. I don't know I why I don't use it more often! (Beware...now I will go and make like six layouts with little photos, ha!) I don't have any close-ups of this one right now...maybe when Mac returns home I will add some. It's all pretty self-explanatory, though. ;)  I hope it was a good Tuesday!

At the Time {Fancy Pants}

Happy Sunday! My weeks are flying by right now, which is not always a good thing! ;)  I have a Fancy Pants Social Media team layout to share today!  This layout has a Christmas feel to it, but it actually has nothing to do with Christmas.  This layout talks about a totally disastrous evening a couple of months ago. I like the idea of not always scrapping the best moments, but sometimes scrapping the not so great ones, too...and of course it always helps to look back at the tough times and laugh!!  I absolutely love this photo of my son as the sun is setting behind him, and I wanted the colors in the layout to reflect the photo, which is why I went with reds and greens. While the title and the little asterisks look stamped, I actually just used a black pen to trace them.  

 

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!  It's supposed to snow tomorrow...and not just a couple of flakes...a full fledged winter storm. Yahoo. That's sarcasm. ;)

Back to School Feast {Fancy Pants Social Media Team}

Happy Monday! I hope you had a wonderful fall weekend! Today (and all week) it's gray and dreary here.  I had some fun outdoor activities planned, but now I worry they will need to be postponed!  Today I have another Fancy Pants layout to share with you.  This one is very different than most of my other layouts - I'm usually a pretty simple scrapper, but this is simple even for me!  I used a bunch of elements from the Burlap & Bouquets line:

 

I love those larger envelopes, but I always have trouble incorporating them into my layouts. I decided to just use the envelop along with the tag and the photo and create a blocked layout.  The big flower was a last minute addition...one I'm glad I went with!!  And that No. 1 badge? My favorite piece in this line!