hello love

I love this photo. I love this selfie. I took it one day back in December as we were on our way to some event or something, to be honest I don't even remember. I remember putting on my Edelman jersey (NE Patriots and one of my favorite players) because I was happy that he was finally back at practice after being injured earlier in the season. Even though he wasn't cleared to play yet, I was, like most Patriot fans, excited that he was back at practice. I couldn't wait to scrapbook the photo and even changed things around in the 2015 albums to fit it in. Love the way it turned out. Loved lifting this layout from Marcy Penner's Cirque gallery. 

Hope you have a fabulous Tuesday!! Thanks for stopping by!

deb

february...a lifted layout

Happy May!!! I've been ignoring the blog for a few months but I've issued myself a personal challenge of blogging Monday through Friday during the month of May!! Hoping it takes and continues into June and throughout the rest of 2016. And really, how is it May already?!? Didn't we just celebrate Christmas???

I've got some projects that I am planning to share over this week that I lifted from other scrapbookers as I work my way through some of the older kits in my stash. With school and other life commitments, staying current with my Studio Calico kits really isn't an option. I supposed I could use the current one and work backwards through them, but that's just not how my brain works.

I've got a few layouts left to share from the Cirque kit then I'll be moving onto Lisse St. (which was a favorite of mine and I haven't completely loved a kit like I loved Lisse St. in a long time...I might have gotten 3 of these kits that's how much I loved it)!

In 2014 and 2015 I was using the collect app on my phone to document the month and this is the monthly layout for February 2015. I lifted this layout from Lisa Truesdell's gallery.  I made a few adjustments in terms of color scheme and stretching the layout to 12x12, but it's a pretty straight forward lift. Love lifting layouts when I'm trying to work through my backlog of kits at a pretty quick pace. I'm thinking of pulling out of of my old sketchbook classes for a few layouts in the very near future. Those are some of my favorite classes!!

Happy Monday and Happy May!! Did I mention that I can't get over the fact that it's May already?!?

Thanks for stopping by!!

deb

love

Happy Tuesday!!! I'm back today to share another layout I put together. I lifted this layout (as I have the past few that I've shared) but this time, I lifted Marcy Penner. I wish I could link up the original layout, but I actually lifted her layout from a class over at Studio Calico, ironically called "Lifted." Seriously loving the Cirque kit and wish I had picked up the more pattern paper option (more of the main kit pattern paper) when I originally got this kit! But oh well that I didn't. I am almost through the kit and it got me thinking about a challenge I want to issue myself about the upcoming March kit (that will be released later today...noon for current subscribers and 3pm for non-subscribers). I'll get into that another time!! For now, I'll just share this...

Have a fabulous Tuesday!! Thanks for stopping by!

deb

a birthday selfie

I've been rethinking what and how I want to post on the blog in 2016 (yes, even as we head into the third month of 2016) and how I can be more consistent with blogging. I'm also going to be doing a little construction and changing things around. Bear with me through the changes and while I figure out a bit of a schedule for myself.

With that said, I did want to pop in today to share another layout I lifted from Stephanie Bryan. You can see her original layout in this post (the same as I shared last week). LOVED her gallery for the Cirque kit over at Studio Calico, and since I'm WAY behind on using my kits I figured why not do some lifting to get through them!! I am off from school this week (ten week terms with a week off between terms at Southern New Hampshire University) and I am hoping to get through a few kits this week and do some "for me" reading (which means I am going to bust through Divergent!).

The layout doesn't have a title, which I am not quite sure how I feel about yet. It's been moved into the stack of layouts that I have to put into albums so right now it's an out of sight out of mind kind of thing for me right now. The photo I used on this layout is the selfie my husband and I took on his birthday before we left to see Trans-Siberian Orchestra. It was such a GREAT show!! He's loved them for a long time and when I noticed they were performing on is birthday, I decided to get us tickets. They were really great seats, but to be honest, I don't think there would be a bad seat for this show. They really play to the audience! He loved it and I loved it, too. I think I am going to see if they'll be back this year and try to get tickets again!! Such a great way to spend his birthday and be a bit festive too being that it was right before Christmas!

Hope you are having a great Monday!! I'll be back tomorrow with another layout to share. Until then, thanks for stopping by!

deb

Love, True Love

I was having a bit of trouble figuring out exactly how I wanted to scrap the selfie we took outside of Fenway park as we waited (with thousands of others for the sold out game against the Yankees) so I decided to scrap-lift a layout I loved from a person that I'm a big fan of...Stephanie Bryan. I loved the "Love, True Love" layout she put together, which you can see in this post, and decided that would be a perfect fit for this photo. My husband is not a fan of crowds AT ALL, but he has humored me several times by going to very crowded places, this game included. Since it was Derek Jeter's last season, I am so glad we went. And it's a bit ironic that the home team was playing the Yankees...just as it was when we went to the Twins game in Minnesota during the summer of 2013! We are always trying to schedule a local sporting event on these trips if we can. It's fun and, honestly I know people who live in Boston who can't say that they've seen the Yankees play the Red Sox in Fenway. It's pretty cool that we can say that!!

I hope you are having a fabulous Friday and have a great weekend!! Thanks for stopping by!
deb

Fenway

Ahhhh...Fenway Park in Boston. It's pretty iconic to say the least!! When my husband and I started planning out our trip to Boston back in 2014, we got tickets to a Yankees - Red Sox game before we even had plane tickets or a hotel to stay in. When you find out that one of baseball's biggest and longest rivalries is happening when you're in town, it's just want you do!!! We got great seats behind first base int he grandstand (so we'd be under cover if it rained) and it happened to be Derek Jeter's last season with the Yankees...so it was a win win for all involved!! I'll never forget all the boo's the crowd shouted when they introduced the Yankees, that is until they got to Jeter and he was given a lot of clapping and screams instead. I guess the respect for how he played the game regardless of the team he represented outweighed the rivalry for that short time.

We got to Fenway pretty early with quite a bit of time to kill before we'd be let into the Park, so we just hung out on Yawkee Way, walked around the Red Sox shop a bit, then stopped in one of the bars for a beer. We (along with thousands of others) eventually got pushed back as they prepped the gates for opening, and needless to say it was SUPER crowded. It was a sold out game so crowded is an understatement!!!

I wasn't sure how I'd use this silver foil paper, but once I had my page design (pulled it from an older layout I did because when I struggle with how to arrange a layout I look to past layouts that I love) and this one just came together. I am not one who minds the gold and silver contrast on a layout either, obviously!! Love how this one turned out and it's suck a great memory to add to the scrapbook of this trip!!

Thanks for stopping by!!
deb

a change in plans

I got 2 sheets of this Studio Calico paper during their last call sale earlier this month because I loved the B side. It's the plano pattern in an orange/yellow color. I didn't think for one second that I'd use the A side when I ordered it!! Change of plans when my box arrived. I fell in love with those words and decided to add a photo with a few layers to the side. I didn't add any journaling really, just the date on a label. Instead, I let the words on the paper do all the talking. The photo is one I wasn't planning to scrapbook because it's a bit washed out. It was a selfie my husband and I took on Christmas day this past year while at his parent's house. For some reason, we always sit in the same spot in front of their big window every year. In 2014, we took a similar selfie with our niece and nephew and got a similar washed out look. I guess it's sort of tradition now. Just a few simple layers of Shimelle's Christmas Magic line and embellishments to make a quick and simple page. Here's hoping I use the second piece of this paper with the B side!!

Thanks for stopping by!
deb

35 @ 35

Happy Tuesday!! Last week I was honored to host the challenge over at Studio Calico. The challenge was to use an older kit. Seeing as how I've got a back log of kits piling up along with kits I just can't bear to break apart yet, I figured it was a good challenge for me too. Here's what I created using the Sandlot kit (an old favorite of mine).

A few years back I started documenting fun things that happened the year before, on my birthday. Meaning, this photo was taken on my first day at 36 and I reflected upon 35 things I did, saw, and/or ate while I was 35. I was feeling a bit lazy this year too in that I didn't write out the whole list on the layout, but instead printed off the note I had made of the list on my iPhone, attached that to a shipping tag, then tucked it into a glassine bag that's behind the watercolor date card. I like to think of it as work smart not hard! HA!!! It's so fun to look back on these layouts that I'm thinking my hubby should get involved this year!! Most of the time, I record the events on my phone (as in this case) or in a note book. So much tends to happen that I want to make sure I get it all down when it's happening...that way I don't forget anything later when I'm putting the layout together. Need to put my 36 @ 36 layout together soon too, at least that's my goal before to do before I turn 38 this summer!!

Hope you're having a great day today!! Thanks for stopping by!
deb

#fallcoffeecupchallenge

Happy Wednesday!! I wanted to pop in to share a project I finished up just last week. I shared it on my instagram (@sideshowdeb if you're interested). I put it together for a challenge that Wilna had over on her blog!!

I love Starbucks (and Dunkin Donuts)...that's NO secret. So I was super excited when I saw their fall cups on Instagram. Much to my dismay, I would never get one when I ordered at the famed coffee shop!! Then, one day when my husband went to get some afternoon pick-me-ups (what we call them when we grab coffee in the afternoon...usually after work), I told him he better come back with a fall cup or he's in deep doo-doo!! It's a good thing we know several of the barista's at our local Starbucks by name (and they know us too), because when he told the barista I had said that, she not only made sure my coffee came in the fall cup, but she double cupped it so I'd have a clean one to use (yes...they know I repurpose them at times as I've asked for an extra when waiting for my drink)!! I kept the clean one on display in my office for a while until I saw the challenge. Perfect way to use that cup (and I'm planning a red cup one too...red cup season is the most wonderful time of the year afterall)!!!

Having said all of that, I live in FL, so fall for me is virtually nonexistent!! There are no changing and falling leaves, no crisp air, and no sweater weather (not until possibly December if not January that is). Heck, just yesterday we hit 90* which broke the record that was set in 1929! 125 days in 2015 of 90 or higher. Ugh...I'm ready for those cooler temps for sure!! But the one thing there is in the fall now matter where I live...football. I have been a long time fan of the NE Patriots...so that's what I decided to make my album about. I take pics of my shirts and my cat (aptly named Gronk), so I featured those photos in this little, chunky, coffee cup album!! I decided to use some of Shimelle's True Stories line for the pages, since the colors went with my theme. Lots of leaves, frames, diecuts and doilies too! I had so much fun putting this together (and I used my glue gun for it...made it SO much easier to move along quickly on this). Here's some photos I took of the little book. FYI...I used a venti cup, because really, for me there is no other size for coffee!!

Hope y'all are having a great week so far!! Thanks for stopping by!
deb

the pickle tree

Have you ever seen a pickle ornament? They're big in German tradition, and since my husband and I are both German by blood (he was actually born there and my grandfather was born there) we obviously have a pickle ornament on our tree every year. If he'd let me, I'd get another, but he thinks one is enough. I may try to sneak another on the tree this year though! We don't follow the tradition of the pickle mainly because we don't have any kids. You're supposed to hide the pickle ornament in the tree somewhere and the first person to find it wins a special present. We just hang it up near the top close to a few other ornaments that are traditional ornaments on our tree every year.

In the German pavilion in Epcot, the ornament shop has an entire tree dedicated to the pickle ornament. I'm not sure exactly when it became a tradition for us to take a selfie with the tree, but lately on every visit to Epcot (which always includes a trip into Germany) we take a selfie with the pickle ornament tree!!!

I pulled out some of the green papers from Shimelle's Christmas Magic collection, and used the tree pattern paper too for the bottom strip, to put this layout together. I kept it pretty simple with the design as well. I also pulled out the green thicker's from the older Garden Party collection (I think that was the name of that collection). I always buy thicker's in sets of two so I have plenty of letters to use, but that means that I have plenty of letters to use for quite a while!!! These went with the green theme of the layout really well.

This layout (and the one from yesterday) are really starting to get me into the holiday spirit. I can't believe it's less than two months away now. How time flies that's for sure!! I feel like we just did this. The years are going faster and faster!! Thanks for stopping by!
deb

For the love of blogging

Hello and happy Monday to my much neglected blog!!! I am hoping to change that. Wouldn't you know that the last several months I've had a much easier schedule than I do now, but I have been meaning to get back to blogging for some time now. Might as well just jump in!!! I would love to say that I am planning to keep a regular schedule but as evidenced from my previous plans for that, I'm not so good at keeping to a regular blog schedule. For now, I'm just going to give it my best effort!!!

I wanted to stop in today to share a new layout that I made last week. I am super busy with working full-time and being a half-time graduate student, but I still find it necessary to fit in some craft time each week. Even if it means I have to stay up late to finish a paper when I have to work the next day. When the crafty mood strikes, I'm not going to turn it away!!! Some might wonder if my priorities are in line with that way of thinking, but if it keeps me sane to take a crafty break from school, that's what I do!!

I had decided a few months ago that at the end of the year, I would likely discontinue my membership with a kit club I've belonged to for several years. The company has made changes that, as a business, I understand they must make to survive, but as a customer I just didn't agree with. I didn't agree with the changes and the way those changes were communicated. Besides that, the kits haven't really felt like me for a few months. When there's a kit I love and can't live with out one month, and then there are several months that I just don't connect with for one reason or another, for me, it's time to move on. That meant that I decided to stock up on some new collections that I might not have added to my stash had things worked out differently. One of those collections was Shimelle's Christmas Magic. I think I picked up almost the entire collection. I'm still wanting to get the die's that go with this collection because, HELLO, paper chains are such a think I remember from my childhood...and really I just think it would drive my husband nuts to decorate the house with them!!

The circle pattern paper from the collection was just begging to be punched out!! I used the woodgrain pattern from the collection as a base for the layout. The holly leaves is actually the branding strip from that patter, but I loved it so much that after I trimmed it off, I just decided to use it right away. The photo is from our trip to Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party last December. My husband and I live about 40 minutes from Disney in the central Florida area, so this 'party' has become a bit of a tradition for us every year. This year, we're going early in November when my parents are in town visiting. It's really a great time and totally gets you into the holiday spirit!! Plus, nobody does Christmas like Disney!!! The photo taken by the Disney Photopass photographer came out so great that we decided to use it for our Christmas card last year!! I put that into our December Daily album. I'm hopeful we get a good one again this year to use. We always go see Santa after the second parade and then go to the flag area for this pic with the frozen castle.

I'm looking forward to creating more with this collection and if all goes as planned, I'll be back tomorrow with another layout to share using it!!! Until then, thanks for stopping by!
deb

Sketchbook 2015 - Sketch #6

I am back today to share the layout I made for sketch #6 as part of Studio Calico's Sketchbook 2015 class. I had a bit of trouble with this one as it's not typically a design I would use. It's a bit too blocky for me. But I loved Stephanie Bryan's layout, so I tweaked it a bit to fit the photos I had from Epcot's Flower & Garden Festival. I wanted to get the Pulled Pork Slider, Maple Bacon Cupcake, and Maple Bacon Stout I had from The Smokehouse onto a page!! I also really wanted to use some of Shimelle's new True Stories line, so I went for it on this layout. Overall, I am pretty happy with how it turned out, even if making it pushed me outside of my comfort zone.

Hope you're all enjoying your Sunday!! Thanks for stopping by!!
deb

Sketchbook 2015 - Sketch #5

I am still really enjoying making layouts for the Sketchbook 2015 class over at Studio Calico. It's ended now, but I am still working my way through the sketches. I've got a layout to share today and another tomorrow, then next weekend I'll be back with my layouts for the final two sketches. I do have plans for more layouts based on these sketches, they're just that good!!

Here's the layout I put together for sketch #5.

I pretty much lifted Kelly's layout for our Veteran's Day 2014 photos. I did mess up on the date and put 2015, but I just wrote the 4 right over the 5. Then I noticed I spelled a word slightly wrong and while it was easy to change the letter, there wasn't too much space to do so, so it's a bit garbled there at the end. But oh well, there are worse things in life then a little garbled journaling. In the stack of layouts it went and it's waiting to go into an album! Not worrying about it and moving on to the next layout!!

I'm proud of my husband's service to our country. He is a veteran of the US Army. It was pretty darn cool that Starbucks offered free tall coffees to veterans, active duty service members, and their spouses. We took advantage. And to say it made us love starbucks a little more would be an understatement!

Have a wonderful Saturday!! Thanks for stopping by!
deb

Five on Friday: Scrapping on the Road

As I mentioned yesterday, I am out of town in NY (going to CT today) and I am scrapbooking while on the road. I decided to use the Amy Tan class album that we put together for a mini book for this trip!! I pre-built all the pages inside. I followed the class PDF that we were given and added in a few more. I'll share the album once I get home and I'll try my best to take in-progress pics to share as well!! It's my first time scrapping on the road so I wanted to share what I packed!!! Keep in mind I searched tons of blogs to find out what can and can't be carried on and I did my best to really limit my supplies while still feeling comfortable with having enough. Besides the album that I shared yesterday here's five things I brought along with me on this trip...

I used an old zip loc bag I got from and Amy Tan class to hold the supplies I was going to pack into my carry on suit case. I do have two small pouches in my purse with adhesive, roller stamps (date and phrase), ink, a stamp block, and some pens. I didn't take a picture of those since they're basic supplies. I plan to take a trip to the local hobby lobby later today by my parent's house to pick up some scissors and a paper trimmer. I'll just leave those in my room at the house or ship them back to my house before I leave next week. Either option is good. I also thought about bringing my mini stapler, crop-a-dile, and fuse tools, but I wasn't 100% sure they would make it through security, so I opted to not have those confiscated and left them home. I don't figure I will need them. And if I do, I can just make a note on the post-its I also packed and take care of those needs when I get back home next week. No biggie to me!!

This is a closer look to what I packed without taking the majority of it out of the bag. I brought along the pdf file from the class, just as a reference, and it made a nice smooth top to the inside of the bag...made it nice and flat! So...five things I've got in there besides the pdf...stamps, embellishments (die cuts, word stickers, wood veneer tags, puffy stickers, and enamel shapes), thicker word stickers, paper scraps (I think I only have one maybe two full sheets of 12x12 in there), and washi tape (strips from Amy Tan's latest line and full rolls).

It was a little hard to keep my supplies limited, but I already had the base of the album pages completed, so there wasn't a whole lot that I needed. I just packed this stuff so I could have a little fun while scrapping on my trip. I did pare it down a little too as I packed.

Hope y'all are having a wonderful Friday!! Here's to a great and relaxing weekend ahead!! I'll be back tomorrow with another layout share. Until then, thanks for stopping by!
deb

Good Things

Back on May 14th, I had the opportunity to take a class was Amy Tan at Whim So Doodle in St. Petersburg, FL. It's a bit of a hike for me to get there from Orlando, but every so often I make the trip. It's nice to see product in person verses online. It's also nice that they bring in some great people from the industry to teach classes.

We used paints, paper, and stickers to transform an A5 album into a super cute mini album. I am headed out of town later today to visit family in NY and CT, and I am planning to take this mini book with me and scrapbook on the road. I was planning to take along my Canon Selphy, but I recently found out that my mom got one for Christmas, so I am happy that I don't need to worry about packing that. I've got two smaller pouches and a Studio Calico kit pouch that I am planning to pack with a limited selection of supplies, and I will likely stop at a Hobby Lobby near my parent's house to pick up a few things that I won't bring (think paper trimmer, scissors, etc...since I am carrying on...don't want to chance anything with blades and such). I may bring along a pair of rounded tip scissors since those can be carried on. I am debating on my Fuse tool. I've been told you can carry that on, but I am not sure I want to test TSA!! I figure I can always fuse pages when I get home next week.

Can't wait to be crafty on the road!! I am thinking I'll be taking my traveler's journal as well, but I will have homework (in grad school) so I don't want to stretch myself too thin. It's certainly going to be nice to get out of town (alone as the hubby is staying in FL). I wonder if I will get any funny looks if I break out my crafty supplies on the airplane!! I'll definitely document plane crafting if I do it!! Have a fabulous day!! Thanks for stopping by!!
deb

Around Here: May

I've been collecting my photos using the collect app for several months. I used to do a "currently" list monthly but then after a year of doing that I switched over to the monthly calendar instead. To be honest, I like both and might resurrect the "currently" list in June. Not sure if I will do the same day every month or just keep it random. Those details are still to be worked out and my non-commitment to things may win over!! I like structure don't get me wrong, but I don't want it to feel forced. So for now, I'm going with the no pressure approach.

Here's how my May 2015 turned out!!!

As I mentioned, I used the collect app on my iPhone to put the collage together. I then used the Rhonna app to add the "May." Sometimes I add in the year as well for when I post it to social media, but when I get it printed out for my scrapbook, I always just get the photo without the month. So, again, I'm not overly committed to doing it a particular way each month!!

It ended up being a pretty great month with lots going on!! Thanks for the memories May and no we're on to June!! I can't believe it's already June!!! Thanks for stopping by!!

Sketchbook 2015 - Sketch #4

Keeping right along with my plan to play along with all of the sketches and share them here over the weekend, I'm back today with the layout I put together for Sketch #4. I lifted Kelly's layout again, with the exception of the white grid lines on the right side of the layout. I left those out. I just wasn't feeling it. I also used some of the gold star vellum from my stash instead of the vellum from the Lisse Street SB Main kit. Since this was a layout about where we celebrated St. Patrick's Day, I felt like the gold star vellum worked a bit better. And this way I have that awesome vellum to use for something else!!!

And can I just take a minute to say how great those big green chipboard letters from the kit are!!! I first tried to spray paint that R with some gold glitter spray paint, but it was an epic fail. I ended up wiping it off and going with gold glitter zing instead. Was thinking of going that route in the first place, but really wanted to try the spray paint. Next time I'll be sticking with my gut! I've already got two more letters all zinged up and ready to go for another layout!! See why I said on Friday that I might be picking up another one of these kits before bundling ends!! Love this kit to pieces!!!

We celebrated St. Patrick's Day a few days early at Downtown Disney's Raglan Road. We have learned to celebrate my favorite holiday either the day or two before it or the day or two after it. It's all kind of crazy being out at an Irish pub on the day itself!! Been there, done that!!! So this year we celebrated on the 15th of March. And, as per usual, I had to take the customary pic of my first Guinness!! Love that stuff!!!

Hope you're having a great weekend!! Thanks for stopping by!
deb

Sketchbook 2015 #3

Happy Saturday!!! I am back to share the layout I put together for Sketchbook 2015 Sketch #3 over in the Studio Calico classroom. I think I'm liking this schedule of posting these layouts on the weekends for the next few weeks!! I did another lift for this layout. This time, I lifted Kelly's layout for my March calendar photo. I had these black monthly tabbed stickers that I picked up several months ago from SC and used the first six months on this layout. I added the title right to the bottom of the photo with black thickers to balance out those tab stickers along with some black mist. Not sure how I feel about it all, but I'm calling it done. I think the black tab stickers might be a bit strong, but it's getting stuff out of my stash and onto a layout, so I'm going with it!!

I love these month in review photos and pages. I've been doing them for a while now and it's nice to look back on!! Catch ya back here tomorrow!! Until then, thanks for stopping by!
deb

Five On Friday: New Product Love

Since I'm a Studio Calico Scrapbook Kit Subscriber, I don't often buy new product much anymore. I am about 7 months behind on my kits, so I don't need to get overrun with supplies. Lord knows I've got enough in my scrap studio that I could probably get by without bringing in anything new (kits included) for a few years, with the exception of adhesive and new blade for my trimmer of course. But when i had the opportunity to head west to St. Pete, FL for a class with Amy Tan at Whim So Doodle, that meant the likely hood of getting some new product! I went with a list so I wouldn't get stuff I didn't think I'd use and I already have plans for most of the items I got. Some of the items on my list weren't in stock at the store, so I placed a small order at Bluemoonscrapbooking.com to complete the gaps. A lot of this stuff is going to travel with me to NY and CT next week as I make my first attempt to scrapbook on the road. More on that next week!! But here's just a small sample of what I've picked up over the last two weeks or so and what I've fallen in love with recently!!!

1 - Lisse Street Main Scrapbook Kit. I pulled this out just yesterday to make a layout (which I will be sharing this weekend) and I am in LOVE. As in this could easily be my most favorite kit ever in the 4 years I've been a subber! I can't believe it's still available and I might pick up another main kit before bundling ends on the 31st. That's how much I love it!!!

2. New stamps from Kelly Purkey. I have always loved her stamps and shipping is so FAST when ordering from her shop!!! I also picked up the new Love List mini kit.

3. These tooth picks from the new Dear Lizzy line...awesome!! Can't wait to use these as I've got birthdays and anniversaries and fun family trips planned this summer!!! So excited about these!!

4. New papers from American Crafts: Dear Lizzy, Amy Tangerine, and Shimelle lines to be exact. I only picked up a few of each collection but they look like they will all coordinate together nicely! This is just a small sample of my favorites!!

5. The new Fuse tool by WeRMemory Keepers! Such a fantastic tool and so easy to use! I've used it A LOT already!!! No more sewing page protectors!!!

Have a wonderful Friday!!! Thanks for stopping by!!
deb

Sketchbook layout #2

Finally finding my groove and some balance when it comes to life, work, grad school (#2), living a fit/healthy life, and being creative. Lots of things going on and balance has been a huge goal of my especially over the last 2.5 years. Maybe one day I'll get in to all the changes I've made and decisions I have NO regrets about...all in an effort to find BALANCE. But for today, I wanted to share the layout I made for Sketchbook 2015 over at Studio Calico. I don't know about others who are taking this class but I am loving every singly sketch so far. In past Sketchbook classes, I have loved a lot of them, but not all of them. So far with this one, kp has knocked it out of the park. In real time we're up to sketch #7, but I'm just getting around to sharing this one...for sketch #2.

For this layout, I lifted the layout made by Chantal Philippe for the sketch. I loved what she did with her layout and I had the perfect photos from our hike in Lake Louisa State Park on Good Friday. I had them printed to 3x4 by Persnickety Prints, but for this layout, I decided to reprint them with my instax share. Still lover that little printer and I really need to use it more in my crafting!! I did stretch the layout to 12x12 and it left lots of white space. I am in LOVE with that white space. Totally not how I usually roll, but I am really loving the focus on the photos as a result!

Are you playing along with the Sketchbook 2015 class? If so link me up to your layouts!! I'd love to see them!! I'm planning on spreading some love over at the SC boards!! It's always nice to click on that little heart and spread some love for what people are creating!!

Have a wonderful day!! Thanks for stopping by!
deb