we're back.

Well, we got back from a great weekend at the lake this weekend. It really was a fantastic time to relax. Here is my favorite picture from the trip:


Plus, when I got back I learned that this card had gotten the top 20 in KWerner's color challenge! Such an honor, and I certainly appreciate all of the congratulations for you all! I also had some time to make another scrapbook page:
I'm off to watch design star! :)

summer fun scrapbooking.

What do you get when you have new Basic Grey and new pictures fresh of the printer at Wolfe Camera? Yep, a scrapbook page. I was pretty inspired by Kwerner's page here.

I used all of my Basic Grey June Bug paper, which was the paper I wasn't sure if I liked in my video here. It was some of the first paper I used. Just something about having beach pictures worked for this page.
This really isn't my normal style. It's super centered for me. I usually work in thirds and set things off center, but I'm still pretty happy with it.
Chase and I are headed to the lake for a few days, but I'll be back Sunday! I hope you all have a great rest of the week and weekend!

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge 12

Well, I'm officially in love with my latest PTI stamp set. In Bloom is just gorgeous. It's even better in person, and it stamps perfectly. I also broke down and finally purchased the vintage cream ink... why did I wait to so long! I decided to take my new goods and participate in Dawn's color challenge. Here are the colors (pretty hard):
Click here to see the other participates. And here is what I came up with:

Is it me, or is it just easier when you have new stuff? Here's what I used:

Stamps: In Bloom
Paper: Naturals Ivory, Hibiscus Burst, Certainly Celery, Burgundy
Ink: Vintage Cream, Hibiscus Burst
Buttons: Hibiscus Burst
I went to Wolfe Camera today, so I'm expecting there will be some scrapbooking featured on the ol' blog-o later this week!

a 12x12 page and weekend photography

***EDITED TO ADD**** Elise over at Mamacow Creations asked what was inside my grandmother's shed/garage/barn. Well, my grandfather, who passed away seven years ago, used this place to weld. The floor was dirt and it is partially exposed (see pictures below). Probably the coolest thing we found was the old wardrobe trunk thing that was still full of old clothes. And then we found a ton (and I mean a ton) of tools and metal scraps. Oh and lots of wasps. My mom and grandmother suffered stings.

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I decided I would make a 12x12 Chicago page for my new scrapbook. I know I have a whole scrapbook on Chicago, but I thought it would be fun to have it documented in this form as well, plus this paper and transparency worked perfectly.

It was hard to photography this, but basically I journaled on the transparency and built the page on the patterned paper. I also used paint on this project to create the navy circle. There were circles through out the pattern paper and it was a great way to create a focal point.

Here's the page with the transparency:
Here's the page beneath it:
Here's what I used:

Paper and Transparency: Ticket to Ride, Snapshot (Little Yellow Bicycle)
Subway Thickers
7 Gypsies Claim Check
Delta Ceramcoat Navy Blue

Yesterday Chase and I went to help my family clean out my grandmother's garage/shed/barn (I'm not exactly sure what it is). Throughout the day I found some opportunities to take some great pictures.
And I thought this tree (yes, it's a tree) was beautiful, and I was devastated to hear that it had to go. Apparently it will get so heavy that it will cause damage to the structure. The cray thing was the tree came off in one huge piece. It was like natures own curtain! I'm getting ready to watch Design Star tonight! I'm pretty excited. If your watching... I'd love to hear who your early favorites are!

Green!

I got this great new set from My Cute Stamps, and I really could not wait to break out this tree. I love it. It took me five minutes to make this because I knew exactly my plan.
It's so simple, but that tree is just so fun that you don't need anything else. Here's what I used:


Stamps: Go Green (My Cute Stamps)
Ink: VersaMagic Black
Paper: Kraft
Copic Markers and Twine

I'm off to bed so I can hit up some yard sales tomorrow morning at 7!

Kwerner Color Inspiration #56

Thanks everyone who took time to watch my first video! It was really nice to get some encouragement, and I might do some more in the future!

Tonight, I took some time to participate in Kwerner's color challenge. I was originally worried about so many colors, but when I pulled out the colors I loved them together. Now, that doesn't mean this card was fast, because it 100% was not. It took me forever, but I'm really pleased with the end result. Here's the colors (click on the image to see the other participates):
And here's what I came up with! It's a lot cuter in person because you don't get the glare off the sticker, but you get the idea!Stamps: Garden Galore (Inkadinkado)
Stickers: American Crafts
Paper: PTI White, Saffron, Celery, Ballet Blue, Red, Pumpkin
Ink: White
Ribbon: Celery
Well, I'm off to read. I finally finished A Glass Castle, and wow I'm still thinking about that book. It's amazing to learn about how different people live in this country. You can read about it here.

my first video... maybe you shouldn't watch.

So, tonight has been kind of crazy. My husband Chase suffers with migraines, and it is horrible for both of us. It obviously hurts him, but sometimes I think it has to hurt me just as bad to watch him be in such incredible pain. So, after tracking down some serious medicine he was finally able to sleep, but after the drama my creativity just wasn't there, so I decided to teach myself how to make a video. Now if Chase was up this video would be awesome, because he's good at that kind of stuff, but I'm a newbie.

Here's the warning. One, you should never watch yourself in a video. I could list a thousand things wrong. I can tell I'm kind of nervous because of the way I'm talking, and seriously is my accent always like that? You can totally tell I'm from Nashville. Oh and I'm so glad I'm getting a hair cut on Thursday... seriously.

This video is pretty simple, just some new products I purchased today that you will be seeing here on the ol' blogo. Oh and for all of you girls that do these on a regular basis... props to you. They are much more time consuming than I ever imagined.