Who says being Negative is always a bad thing?!? :)

Hi everyone!!!

Our latest challenge at LESSology is live and this time we want to see some fabric on your project! :)

 I was inspired by Jennifer Edwardson and an altered embroidery hoop she made for the Bella Blvd. blog :) 

I started with a 14 inch embroidery hoop I found at an antique store a few months ago :) 

I misted the hoop and set it aside to dry :)

Then I grabbed some vintage fabric a friend had given me awhile ago :)

I took the fabric and then took some 'negative' hearts (from Bella Blvd. papers)  that I had saved from a layout I made a month ago ... and laid them on the fabric ....

Then I misted the 'negative' hearts right onto the fabric :)

And here is my end result :)

I used Bella Blvd.'s feathers, their "Kiss Me" collection papers, crocheted hearts and designer tape :)

I made some of my rolled flowers for this project :) 

Hope you all can join us for this fun challenge :) 

And our sponsor for our challenge is our fellow DT member Lynnda! She is giving our winner these YUMMY Lawn Fawn goodies :)

Thanks so much for stopping by! I appreciate it! :)

I adore her smile, I cherish her hugs, I admire her heart, but most of all...I love that she is my daughter! :)

Hi everyone!

This week our latest challenge is live at Scrap Africa and this time we want you to use chipboard on your project! :)

Design Worx sponsored our design team for this challenge and I used two of their chipboard pieces on my layout! :) 

Along with the Design Worx chipboard, I used some Studio Calico wood veneers and older Prima goodies :)

I also wanted to share some layouts I made for some recent challenges :)



The first one is for the latest challenge at About a Girl :)  This time they wanted to see some sunbursts on your page :)

I had never made a sunburst before, but I followed the tutorial on About a Girl's site and was able to make one -- Go ME!  :)


I used some Bella Blvd. goodies on my layout :)

After I added the sunbursts, I added Bella Blvd.'s designer tapes ... and then I stitched on top of the designer tapes :)

This is Brookie on her first birthday :)  We thought she was giving us some cute faces ... but then we realized she actually had an upset tummy and was a little sick on her first birthday :(

The next challenge I did was Laurel's challenge at Inspired By :) 

Here is her inspo for this challenge :)

The colors reminded me of Fancy Pants "It's the Little Things" collection :) So that's what I used on my layout :)

And the next one I made was for Elle's Studio challenge :)

Their challenge was to put your journaling in a pocket :)  I used Elle's Studio's Serendipity Collection .... and before you say it ... I know, I know, I used the wrong "You're" on the small journal pennant :( I didn't realize it till I was taking photos of this :(  

And here's my journaling that I have in my 'pocket' :)

And then here is a FUN challenge :) Mandy and her family are on Holiday right now, and their daughter Paige has been doing a stag jump at every place they visit ... welllllll Lizzy and I noticed on one of Mandy's posts, they she didn't share a stag jump from Paige, and Lizzy and I are like, WHAT?!?!?!?!?!? Where's our jump photo!?!?!?!? Well Mandy fixed that right up and her next blog post she gave me and Lizzy a photo to scrap!!! Sooooo Lizzy has all ready done her layout -- and I felt the pressure to get mine done! LOL!!  So here is mine :)

(And I have to add my disclosure ... Mandy and Lizzy are sooooooo above my scrappy level! So my work isn't even close to theirs! LOL!)

I used some older stash on here - Pink Paislee, Prima, and some other papers I don't even know who makes them! LOL :)

And my title -- "Might as well Jump" -- a little Rock-N-Roll trivia ... what song did I pull my title from??!!??!!?? :) 

Thanks so much for stopping by! I appreciate it! :)

So Dapper :)

Hi everyone :)

I wanted to share some layouts I made for some challenges :) 

The first one is for Chic Tags :)  Their challenge was to use arrows ... I used some Pink Paislee Portfolio collection along with some Chic Tags :) 

This is Adam when he was three :)  How stinkin' adorable is he?!?!!? :) 

The next one is for Let's Get Sketchy :)  I had my Pink Paislee still out after finishing the first one, so I continued using some on this layout :)  I used up some older goodies on here including the 'enchanting,' captivating.' and 'portfolio' collections :)

This was a trip to San Diego back in 2006 -- Adam, my BFF Dani, her daughter Amanda and our friend's son Christian hanging out at the San Diego Zoo :) 

 Here is Let's Get Sketchy's sketch by the fabulous Ashley :) 

And the next challenge I played along with was Lily Bee's sketch with a theme of Moms & Mommihood!! :)

I used some Lily Bee stickers and papers from the 'Handmade' collection :)

These photos were taken on Adam's 7th birthday when I happened to have the day off work to chaperone a trip to the zoo with his school :) I saved the little name tag that he wore on the field trip and used it on my page :) 

And here is Lily Bee's sketch :)

And the last challenge I played along with is Color Me Scrappy :)  Here is their color scheme :)

And their twist was to use mist or paint :)


Here is my layout :)

I used up some Echo Park 'For the Record 2' collection on this one :)

Thanks so much for stopping by! I appreciate it! :)