My Happy Place at Paper Issues

Hi Everyone...it's time for a new Issue over at Paper Issues today...."My Happy Place!"  Of course this is a title near and dear to me since it's the name of my blog so I just had to be a part of it!  We got to play with some goodies from our sponsor Chic Tags for this issue...I mixed up some papers and embellies from the School House and Happy Place collections.  Take a peek:

My happy place is my new craft room!  I took some pictures of the newly redone room to show some of my favorite things!  It's not 100% done yet...I have fabric for curtains and some goodies for the walls still, but it's a fun place to hang out!

My most favorite thing in my craft room is the desk...it is 5'square and seats 4!  Of course I still find a way to take up all that space!  The love this right here tag is from Chic Tags School House collection...the puffy stickers are from Evalicious.

Since we still needed room for overnight guests...we got a new sleeper sofa for the room as well.  You can see who uses it most!

More tags, from both collections... one of my favorite things about Chic Tags papers is the manufacturer strip along the bottom of the paper.  They all have one side that you can use as tags!!  The "love this" tag is from one of those strips. 

So what is your Happy Place?  Make sure to link up your projects featuring your favorite places to the current issue!  You could win a fab prize pack from Chic Tags!  Thanks for stopping by today!

Scrapbook & Cards Today Winter Issue

The SCT Winter Issue is here!!!  Make sure to check it out....I might have a little something on page 69!!!  (Not that I have it memorized)  http://www.scrapbookandcards.com/current-issue

30gratefuldays Mini Album

Hi Everyone...well I did it!  I completed my #30gratefuldays mini album for Paper Issues!  If you're not familiar, Paper Issues asked their Instagram followers to post pictures each day of November of something they were grateful for and tag it #30gratefuldays.  The response was huge!  I decided to put my pictures in a little 4x6 mini.

 

To make this an easy project, I made myself follow some guidelines.  First, I could only use one collection...Jillibean Soup's Cold Avocado Soup.. along with just a few coordinating embellishments such as washi, twine, doilies, sequins and clips.  Second, I printed 30 project life sketches I got from the Citrus Twist blog... I had to use them in order.  This prevented me from agonizing over every little detail and it really made it such an easy project to complete!  I may try this again for something like a December Daily.  Here are all the inside pages. (click on the picture for a closer view)

I love how it turned out!  That's it for today...I'll be back soon with some layouts for Paper Issues!  Thanks for stopping by.

Paper Issues and Doodlebug

Hi Everyone...
I have a cute card up on the Paper Issues Blog today to celebrate our "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas" Issue.  I got to play with some great Doodlebug Home for the Holidays goodies...take a peek:

I think that DoodlePops are my all time favorite embellishment.  They are just so stinkin' cute!!!  The house, the trees...too cute.  I'm also loving the Pixies!!!  Be sure to check out our latest Issue and link up your Christmas projects for a chance to win a $20 gift card to the Paper Issues Store!  Thanks for stopping by today!!!!

A Cute Little Card

Hi Everyone...Over the weekend I was at a crop held by Right at Home Scrapbooking.  My main goal for the crop was to get my Christmas cards cut out.  Happy to report I was able to do that!  When I was looking at my "scraps" I had about 100 bracket shaped labels.  I couldn't just throw them out, so I decided to create a little something using my scraps!  This is what I came up with:

I am not a big stamper, but I have to say that the Lawn Fawn stamps are just too cute!  I also love the fact that they also have coordinating dies.  The papers are from Lawn Fawn's Peace Love Joy collection.  I figured I'd make a few of these to have on hand...that way I'd have a card if needed!  That's it for today...I wish all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving!  I'll be back Saturday with my #30gratefuldays mini album!  Thanks for stopping by.

Holiday Tree

Hi Everyone...I'm teaching a fun Pinterest-inspired class at Right at Home Scrapbooking this weekend...take a peek:

 

We'll be playing with some of the Simple Stories December Documented collection and some Martha Stewart paints to create this adorable tree!  The class is Saturday, November 30th at 12:30pm. If you're local and would like to join me...call Right at Home to reserve your spot!  I'll be back tomorrow with a cute card using some Lawn Fawn Peace Love Joy papers and stamps!

More Lawn Fawn

Hi Everyone...I'm back today with the second layout from my Lawn Fawn Fall Layout Class I'm teaching this weekend at the Right at Home Scrapbooking November Crop.  Take a peek....

 

One of my all time favorite pics...all of the nieces and nephews and their significant others...a rare photo op!  I used the Stitched Journaling Card Dies to create my background.   Now no one faint...but I actually stamped. (It's a running joke that I'm a completely inept stamper)  but the little critters from the Into the Woods stamp set were just too cute to pass up. 

 

 

The speech bubble dies and stamps are from the A Birdie Told Me set.

 

Off to crop today...can't wait to hang with the girls and gab!! We might even get some projects done!  Thanks for stopping by!