In line for the ferry

The weather is getting warmer.  The school year is almost over.  I am itching to get to the beach.  Yes, I dream about it all year long, but it is getting closer and closer and now I am quickly becoming consumed with thoughts of my trip.  I even tried to work in an earlier trip but conflicting schedules kept it from happening, but oh well.  Maybe next time, right?

This page is an anticipation page about last year's trip.  We took two ferries to get to our final destination, which was a blast.  Here is my girl, hanging out to get on her first ferry ride.  The line of cars was crazy long and we were all shocked and amazed how many cars fit on one boat.  Very cool.

For this page I used papers by Color Conspiracy.  If you do not know them, seriously check them out.  The colors and patterns are clean and fresh.  They are trying to get over here to the States, so hopefully soon!

Well, it is time for me to be off to get the kids from school.  A week and a half left.  I am counting down the days.

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me & him, him & me

I don't know about you, but in this whole scrapbooking hobby/habit I have a tendency to focus more and more on my kids and end up forgetting to record my and my hubby.  Maybe because I am usually behind the camera and he is usually running from the camera, but no matter what, I do feel the need to do something for us.

I did a bunch (okay 5 but that seems like a lot on one subject) of pages from our trip we took to California last fall.  But since then, nothing, nada, zip.  So I need to change that.

The Jenny Bowlin kit for May had this awesome silhouette stencil in it with both boys and girls on it. Since I do not have any boys it at first was a little difficult for me to figure out how to use!  But duh, I needed to make a page for me and the hubby.  So here it is...

The pictures are of us at the beach.  Yes, faceless, but I will take what I can get.  And the stencil works perfectly for "us".

I used modeling paste and the stencil to make the silhouette images and them painted them with orange paint.  I love the colors, I know more orange, but they really are so happy.

I wish we could go to the beach sooner, rather than later.  Our trip is weeks away!!  Maybe just some time together would be enough for now.  I should mention that...

Happy Wednesday all!  Thanks for stopping by.

A couple of pages for SRM

There are some great stickers over at SRM right now.  The stitches stickers and the label stickers are some of my FAVORITE!  I used these recently on a couple of pages and I finally get to show them!!

First up, label stickers...

I attached the stickers to plain printer paper and then cut them out to be like tags.  The colors were so CUTE and bright.  I did not want the tags to compete with patterned paper, so I just didn't use any and instead created a custom background using watercolor paints and gesso.

I found these pictures on a memory card from last summer, just a couple of weeks ago.  It is the card from my point and shoot camera and I must have forgotten I had used it on that trip!  I was so excited!

This next page is using the stitches.

I used the stitches as an accent here and there.  They look so sweet so I wanted to keep the overall page looking the same with soft colors and embellishments.

This page is about how my youngest daughter's favorite word is "classic".  She uses it like this...  Someone tells a joke.  It's funny.  And instead of her saying "That's so funny!" she says "That's classic."  I think it is so cute.  Her sisters chuckle every time she says it too.  It is something everyone seems to like.

That's all for now!  Have a great day!  And thanks for stopping by.

From the May kits at Jenni Bowlin

Okay, now that I have dug very deep into the May Jenni Bowlin kits, I must tell you that I love everything about them.  I don't even really like orange and seriously, these kits made me WANT to use orange.  I used a LOT of orange.  But it is just so happy!

Okay, here are two more pages using the most awesomeness kits.

For this page I wanted to have a cascade of labels coming down but when I first laid it out it seemed really boring.  So I used some orange paint and gesso to color in the background some and that really made it perfect.  I also love the feather stamp!  WOW, it is so cool.  I am so glad I got one!!

For this page I had a party with all the papers.  The colors are just amazing!!!  Plus I love these photos of my dear hubby and youngest girl.  He is tickling her in the top one, can you tell?

And I really need some more of this orange polka dot vellum.  It is the best!!

I have one more page coming from the kits using the exclusive stencil, but it must wait a few more days.  There are just a few of these kits left, I hope you snag one!

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great weekend!

What about you? (and a winner)

Are you one of those kind of people that every day is a Life In Good kind of day?  You wake up in the morning and are ready to just smile?  I love this type of attitude.  Honestly, I wish it was mine.  I am self aware enough to know that I have to watch it or I end up complaining.  And that is something I do not like about myself.  But you know what?  My youngest is such a Life Is Good kind of person.  She is happy from the moment she wakes up and although she does have her moments of over tired and moody, they are definitely not the norm.  It makes her even more fun to be around.

These photos of her I took when we were playing around and having a fake prom photo shoot.  The girls all dressed up and we had a lot of fun.  She thought it was hilarious for some reason.  I guess being in her fancy dress in our unfinished basement just tickled her.  

I used American Crafts products for this page.  I loved that this die cut provided the title for me.

And I was so happy that the colors in these papers coordinated so well with her dress!

I just really love this girl.

Now for the winner of the American Crafts NSD Blog Hop!  Congrats to...

Robin B. who said...  Gorgeous layout, I love the contrast of the black & white photos against the colorful embellishments!

Robin, email me at saltyair05 at gmail dot com with your details and I will send off the Mayberry 6x6 paper pad to you!  Yay!!

Well, that is all for now.  I hope you are having a fabulous day!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Using SRM Stickers and teaming up with Fiskars

Pretty fun here...  I was asked to pair up some of my awesome SRM Stickers with some Fiskars punches.  Not a problem at all!  I think these two easily will work together!!  Here is what I came up with.

I thought the bird punch would be before with this picture of my daughter.  She is such a free spirit, I just see her being able to fly!  And of course and the fun border stickers from SRM add to the sweet mood.

These two are teaming up all week long, so make sure you check it out.  Here is the SRM blog and here is Fiskars!

Thanks for stopping by!

A new 213 in 2013 and a winner

Hey everyone!  Today I am excited because I have a new episode up of 213 in 2013 over at Two Peas in a Bucket!  Yay!  Here is the finished page...

It's fun and happy and the photo just cracks me up.  To see more of this, the video and the full supply list, head over to Two Peas!

But I am behind and I owe you a winner from the Garden Girl blog hop last month.  The winner of a $10 Two Peas gift certificate is....

Miriam Prantner

You go girl.  Email me at saltyair05 at gmail dot com and I will get you your shopping fun.

Have a great Monday everyone!  Thanks for stopping by.