Lots of loveliness going on here!

Hi all! I am so excited to share with you a couple of projects that I made using My Paper Tree House's LOVELY July kit! There is lots of girlie inspiration in this kit, so I was REALLY motivated to scrap some photos of my daughter.

This first one is about what a sensitive soul she truly is. Her feelings are easily hurt and she tends to feel things very deeply, just like her mama. ;-)




Today is actually my (not so) little girl's 12th birthday. I am constantly amazed at what a little lady she is growing up to be. She is kind, polite, generous and I am so proud of my little lady.

I used pop dots under the lady bugs to add more dimension on the page. I love what it adds to the page.
Stay tuned for an upcoming tutorial using the very same fabulous kit later this month!
♥

Palmetto Summer reveal!

Yesterday was reveal day at Citrus Tree Studio for 2 fabulous kits! The first is called"Port Townsend" and is full of Pink Paislee "365 Degrees" goodness.
The second is called "Palmetto Summer" and is the kit that I had the pleasure of working with this month. It too is jam packed with Pink Paislee's "Queen Bee" line and is absolutely drool worthy!
I also got to use a canvas by Canvas Home Basics, our Spotlight Product, with this months kit. These canvases are more of a neutral tone than your typical canvas and have a very organic texture to them.


Here is the project I made with the 8x8 canvas. To begin with, I primed the canvas and painted it with 3 different colors. After that I tore pieces of the patterned paper, inked them, then adhered them to the canvas with gel medium. I added glue to the metal butterfly and the chipboard frame then sprinkled them with glass glitter. Once everything was dry I used some charcoal pencils and oil pastels to add more texture and depth to the canvas. Lastly, I layered some flowers added my photo to the frame and voila'!


This layout is about my not so little, little ones. No, they don't always get along but they really do have each others backs a majority of the time. The journaling reads: "Even though you fight once in awhile, you get along quite well most of the time. I love it when I catch the two of you being kind and helping each other out. It warms my heart and gives me hope for the future."



The color on this top photo is a bit off. For the life of me I couldn't get it right! ugh Anyways, this one was to celebrate my favorite season of the year with some photographs of some of my favorite flowers.



I still have stuff left over from this kit and plan on using up every last bit of it! Thanks for coming by and taking a looksy. :-)

My Utah trip

Hi there! I have been meaning to post this for a bit, but Blogger has been seriously SLOW on uploading photos! grrrrr Anyways, I finally got a few uploaded and wanted to share a bit about my trip.
My mom, sisters, their daughters, me & my kids all packed into one car and drove 13 hours to Utah to visit family. It had been at least 20 years since me and my sisters had been back to Utah, so it was a long over due visit. My mother was raised in Utah for a large portion of her life, and most of her family still lives there. Some of our other relatives from Southern California also made the trip, so we had a bit of a family reunion!
This is a pic of (from l to r) my Aunt Jeanne, Uncle Jimmy and my mom.
This pic pretty much encapsulates much of the visit. We had such a good time and were laughing about something almost constantly!

My son and his cousin Burke hanging out at the skate park.

Peyton (on the right) and her cousins Bailey and Stella.

The beautiful waterfalls at Sundance.


More waterfalls...

Mt. Timpanogas as seen from Sundance.

Bridal Veil Falls


My sisters, their daughters, me and my kids.

Just me and the littles.
Group shot at Bridal Veil bridge.

LOVED downtown Park City!

The kids finishing up on the Alpine Slide at Park City Resort. You have to ride the ski lift to get to the top and slide allllllll the way down!
The girls coming down from the Alpine Coaster, it seemed to be the favorite!

Tanner looking like he is attempting to hitch a ride on the Salt Flats. :-)

I had to see if the Salt Lake REALLY tasted like salt. FYI- it does!!!! lol

The Great Salt Lakes at dusk. ♥

And there you have it, those are some highlights from the trip! I had such a great time and can't wait to go back. I can tell you it won't be another 20 years!!!!

My Paper Treehouse kit debut

Today is a very exciting day indeed! It is the official launch day for My Paper Treehouse!I am thrilled to be a part of this exciting new venture and am looking forward to all of the inspiration, challenges and tutorials that are ahead! Come check out our blog to see what I mean.

I have to tell you that when I first opened up this kit I ooooed and ahhhhed over it. There is so much lovely goodness jam packed into this kit it is absolutely unbelievable!

There is tons of Jilly Bean Soup in this kit, as well as some Prima & Websters Pages. To see list of eveything in the kit & to check out of the the yummy add-on's click here. $5 from the purchase of every kit will go to Save the Children foundation, so you will bet getting scrapping goodies while doing something good. Get your while there are still some left. I am still having a wonderful time creating with this kit, and would like to share a couple of the layouts that I have made so far with you!

The picture I used on this layout is of me when I was a little girl. When I look at this photo I am reminded of the little girl I used to be. Even though I was small I had a very strong sense of self and had an intuitive knowledge of who I was. This layout is a personal reminder for me to always remember and hang onto the internal confidence I possessed even then.

I really wanted to emphasize the handmade touch to this layout, so I added stitching to the borders and stitched on the lovely lace that is included with the kit.


For this one I used some old photos of my son from almost 9 years ago. These photos were taken at his pre-school of him clutching his "bankie". He absolutely loved his blanket and would not sleep without it. We actually purchased a second blankie so that we could snatch the original to wash it! lol


I love the Jilly Bean Soup journaling spots and corrugated cardboard alphas! I sprayed the alphas with a bit of Tattered Angels "Glimmer Mist" then inked the edges before layering them onto the layout.


I used bits and pieces of the papers and embellishments that are included with this kit and still have TONS of product left over to create with! Stay tuned for more creations by me and the rest of the design team through over at MPTH this out the month as we share faith, inspiration, challenges and possibly a little RAK or two! ;-)

xoxo,

Kit debut and a winner!

Citrus Tree Studio's March kit, "Spring Celebration" is now up for sale. It is full of soft, fresh, spring like colors with lots of goodies included. I love the Thickers and the adorable chipoboard frames! Below are a few projects I created using the kit.
This man was in the park playing his guitar with all of his worldly in his cart. He made such beautiful, yet sad music. I included a piece of sheet of vintage music to emphasize the musical theme.
I wanted to add some subtle texture, soI brought out the sewing machine on this one. It is also a great way to attach the ball trim. :0)
A close up of some of the stitching and layering.
This was my favorite project that I created with this kit! This terms "product spotlight" is the 7 Gypsies Artist's Printer Tray. The sentiment inside are words that I firmly believe in and want to live by. I thought it might be a good idea to place this in a main area of our home as a daily reminder.
Aren't these colors so great?!?

A little family monogram. yay

Before I announce the winner of the handmade giveaway I would like to thank all of you who visited my blog over this past weekend for all of your kind words. I hope that you had a great time participating in the blog crawl and found some inspiration on your travels. If you would like to see more of these types of giveaways, leave a comment and let me know what you might be interested in seeing in the future.
And now, onto the winner....
Remember this?

I used random integer to chose the winner.

Comment #48 :
Blogger djp said...

love these blooms!!! so ready for spring and these brighten my day!

Congrats djp! Email me your addy so I can get your Spring lovely's shipped of to ya!


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