DT reveal

Here is my reveal for August! I just loved this line of paper and used every single scrap. I think Echo park will definitely top my list for the next time I need to restock.

While the girls are away

mommy gets to play! Here's what I did last night:

This one is called: la dolce vita (the good life). I just love the look of exhausted happiness on Jenna's face.

Did some photoshop work on this photo before having it printed. I think it turned out well. I wanted to get a few people out of the background so the picture is all about Jenna's joy.

We'll see what I can do tonight...

Product of the month

at the Scrapping Turtle is smooch. A fun vibrant ink based pigment which has lost of depth and glitter. It absolutely sparkles! I used rubon butterflies and coloured in the white areas with smooch. I then mixed water with the smooch and used it for a watercolour affect on the chipboard pieces. Here is the layout I completed:I couldn't scan it because of the butterflies popping off the page and the picture is definitely not the best because of the glare on the right.

August sneak peek

I received the wonderfully beautiful and fabulously fun Sweet Summertime line by Echo Park. It has such a fun bright summer feel I just couldn't resist scrapping this picture of Jenna:I wanted to keep the layout clean so used some of the journalling cards and a chipboard frame to create a hidden journalling pocket. Here's a picture of it:

Scrapping has been keeping me sane

Although I cannot post my August sneak yet, I am absolutely in love with how it turned out. I will definitely share as soon as I can.

For the time being, here are a few new layouts I have been busy on:

So stressful!

The waiting that is. I have some important testing tomorrow which is making me quite anxious. Hopefully all will go well and I will have some good news to share soon. I've come to realize that it is going to be too hard to continue working for NRCS while this transition happens - its so hard to see a place I loved to work go through this change. Hopefully I will be able to move on to new and exciting things soon and not have to deal with the added stress remaining at my current position will cause. Everything seems to be happening fast so I have faith we will know soon.

Here's my July reveal

I received some uber cool goodies in my kit this month from the Scrapping Turtle. The paper is the Family Collection by Carollee's Creation. Add some cardstock stickers, buttons, ribbon and bling - perfect fit! Here's what I came up with: