Flowers and More Flowers

Ahh, finally! I'm on summer break. How sweet it is. I live for these weeks and am so excited that they are finally here. My house has already seen the benefits, LOL. I've been doing some yard work and putting in flowers. We pulled out two large bushes in front of our porch. They were dying. And now it looks much bigger and brighter. I got some flowers added cushions to my bench and am planning what I'm going to plant there. I've already been spending lots of time out there. Love it!

So, onto my Filofax spreads for last week. In my Violet Domino, I made this spread using lots of Echo Park Beautiful Life goodies. I made the PL card by cutting some paper and adding the sticker. This worked really well. I think I'll be doing it more often since I don't always have PL cards that match. And you know how I love to be coordinated!

Yellow Washi- Queen and co.
Green Washi- Bella Blvd.
Cherry Washi- October Afternoon
Thin Washi- Michael's
Paper and Stickers- Echo Park Beautiful Life collection
Pens- Pilot Frixion

I love the softness of this next spread. I used a lot of Echo Park Hello Spring line here. You can't go wrong with purple, orange and pink.

Orange striped washi- American Crafts

Green Washi- Bella Blvd.

Pink Washi- Unknown

Stickers-Echo Park Hello Spring Line

PL Card- American Crafts Dear Lizzy

Pens-Pilot Frixion

Speaking of pens, someone asked me on my last post where I got this particular set of erasable pens. You can find them here. (awesome Erasable Frixion pens that I carry with me everywhere I go)

That's it for today. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great week!

Cards, Cards, Cards

It's been a fun and busy week. Ryan 'graduated' from elementary school yesterday. It's such a bittersweet time.  we are excited that he's going to a great middle school next year, it's so hard to say goodbye to the friends we've made at his elementary school. I lost it when I went into the office to drop something off this morning. 

I thought I'd share some cards that I've made recently. I'm finding that I've been using chipboard pieces a lot lately. I just love the patterns and textures they add. These were all done for the Emma's Paperie blog.

I did this one for the color challenge. I love color challenges because they make me grab for a variety of materials I might not normally put together. As you can see I did some hand cutting, and lots of layering.

This next card is one that I made my mom for Mother's Day. It uses a lot of Crate's Storyboard line. I never get tired of it. I also never get tired of using cream cardstock and doilies!

 Mint, gold, pink and cream together just make me sigh....

This last one was done for an Emma's sketch challenge. There's that pink and gold again! And the doilies and cream, too. Are you seeing a pattern here? I can't help it, I just love it!

So, that's about it. I hope you got some inspiration today. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Ladybugs, Summer Fun, Flowers and Planner Goodies

I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. We've said goodbye to the kids, have written report cards and held conferences. Now, it's time to clean and organize the classroom. But, I am already in 'summer' mode! I was finally able to get out in the yard and do some spring cleaning. I'm going to be putting in my flowers and do some container gardening this week. I love this time of year.

Speaking of love, I have a few spreads to share. And I really love how they turned out. This first one uses some cute ladybug stickers. They are from Darice. They are so fun and go perfectly with my current favorite washi tape - the colorful polka dots. Also, I found some cute bird felt pieces recently and they made the perfect clips for these spreads. 

Supplies:

Stickers- Darice (in a pad from Michael's)

Polka Dot Washi- Doodlebut

Pink Washi- Queen and Co.

Thin Washi- Ebay

Card- Dear Lizzy, American Crafts

This next spread uses stickers from Echo Park's Hello Summer Collection. They are so bright and cheery and were perfect in my Yellow Finsbury.

Yellow Washi- Queen and Company

Red Washi- Webster's Pages

Thin Washi- Ebay

PL Card- We R Memory Keepers (Banner Days)

Clip-Webster's Pages

This last spread uses goodies from the Doodlebug Springtime collection. Their washi is my absolute favorite and the stickers are too cute! there's another one of my bird clips!

Washi-Doodlebug

Stickers-Doodlebug

Felt Bird for Clip- Michael's

Speaking of clips. I just ordered these cuties from the Kawaii Paperie shop on Etsy. Aren't they fun? I've seen a lot of people using them on Instagram and finally got some, too. They are such great quality. I'm using the strawberry this week. 

And finally, I wanted to share these pretties with you. I just ordered them on Amazon and absolutely LOVE them. They are the perfect pens for my planners. They're thin, they erase and best of all they come in lots of perfect colors. My friends at work laugh at me because I carry the set around and love picking which color to use. LOL.

Well, that's all for today. Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!

Mini With Life's Pages Cards

Once again, my poor blog has been neglected.  The craziness of the end of school got to me and I'm finally coming up for air. :)

I wanted to share this final Gossamer Blue May project. I just love how it turned out. I used the Life's Pages cards to create this little mini about a friend's shower bridal. Most of the cards are from Add On 3 and were designed by the talented Peppermint Grandberg. I love everything she makes. :)

I created the album using shipping tags which I embossed in my Cuttlebug. I mixed in the cards and added some large Heidi Swapp die cuts. I love having a mix of page sizes and shapes in my albums.

I designed sections, starting off with an intro.

 This next section documented the table decor.

Then, I had a section for all of the guests. I placed the photos on the tags and added small die cuts, stickers and chipboard.

 Next was the section showing the gift we gave her.

 And finally a few parting words.

She loved how it turned out!

It was so easy to pull this together. The cards and embellishments in the May kits were perfect for the theme. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Earth Day and Rainbows

I'm back with my Filofax spreads from a couple of weeks ago. :) Sorry that I haven't been here in a while. I ended up getting really sick after we got home from our trip. Also, it's the end of the semester, so I'm up to my neck in evaluations and end of the year school stuff...

Anyway, while we were on vacation, I (GASP) didn't decorate my pages or even bring my planners with me! So, these are from the last week of April. I missed Earth Day while we were gone, but loved the stickers that I'd gotten for that week. So I used them anyway.

I have to say I love how this one turned out. I used Doodlebug Design for it. The border stickers are so cute, aren't they? They look like washi, but really are long stickers. 

This next spread uses goodies that I got in my April Gossamer Blue kits. The card, and die cuts are all from Pink Paislee. I haven't used many die cuts on my pages, but they work great - just like stickers. I just glue them down with a glue stick. The cloud/heart washi is from AC Moore and the yellow chevron washi is Bella Blvd.

Well, that's all for today. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!

Gossamer Blue Spreads - May 2014

I'm finally posting something new! My blog has been pretty neglected recently. We were on vacation last week and then I came home and promptly got sick! So, I'm finally feeling human again and can get caught up on some stuff.

Before I share my Gossamer Blue spreads, I'll show you where I was. Sanibel Island, Florida. I am in love with southwest Florida and seriously want to move there! Here's a glimpse why...

Sunset view from our room...

 Sunset on the beach...

 Lots of lounging at the pool..

Sunset on Captiva Beach...

Views from my morning walks...

The view on our walk to the beach...

Cute and yummy, a perfect combination at 'The Island Cow'...

Captiva Beach...

Riding wave runners...

 Sanibel lighthouse...

Seeing these everynight...

So sad to be coming home. Can't wait to get back...

I'm sure you'll be seeing some of these pictures in upcoming projects. Speaking of projects, here are my spreads that I made with the Gossamer Blue May kits. If you love bright colors, you will love these kits!

 This second spread was about the week that we went to Nag's Head. I had lots of pictures and things to say, so I added a journaling page as my insert and a page of 2 by 2 pics of the trip. I love the 2 by 2 size because you can add so many fun bits and pieces!

 

Well, that's it for now. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.