You're gunna love it, girl!!

seeing malinda's super cute new picture made me realize i still needed to sign off and say farewell and THANK YOU!! we're all moved and slowing getting settled in our new place in prairie city (i know, kind of an oxymoron!), oregon. the good news? it's beautifully located at the base of the strawberry mountains, everyone is super friendly, the stars at night are INCREDIBLE, my husband's finally got a real job (a.k.a. no longer in SCHOOL!), and i get to be at home with my boys. the bad news? there is no scrapbook store (karen, want to set up a paper pals satellite store?!?!), any kind of semi-emergency medical situation requires a life flight out of here, we miss our friends, parks for the little ones are ANTIQUES (as in splinterville u.s.a.), and did i mention there are no scrapbook supplies anywhere in sight?!?! anyway, i digress...i will really miss being on the design team -- that was such an AWESOME opportunity, karen and shawna!!! i will always be so proud, excited, and thankful to have been a part of that. malinda, you are going to have such a blast...i wish i had the chance to meet you in person!

i'll definitely be checking the blog regularly, and i can't wait to see everyone's goodies! if i decide to take the plunge and set up a blog, i'll let you all know...i'm throwing around the idea of a "little house on the prairie" theme for it! ha, ha!! signing off for now...

hugs,
lindsay

two peas...

hey, everybody! well, i did it...i became a member of 2 peas in the bucket and started posting some layouts in the gallery...it was a lot easier than i thought it would be, but even more addictive...it's so much fun to look through all the other work!!! so i have a question: where should i put the design team info? should i put it in my bio or on each layout that was done for design team? what do you think? does anyone else have work there? it'd be fun to swap usernames! have a great sunday!

April: Making Memories, "Animal Crackers"

just a fun little lo commemorating our birth class reunion after the birth of my first son...all those little cherubs are big 3-year olds now!!! we're still very close friends with Angelina, so looking back on these is pretty cool. i popped up the patterned paper block with dimensional tape to try to enhance the cut-outs. also used that same paper as a stencil for some smudgey little stars on the outer edge. hand-cut title letters from the insert that comes with the Making Memories "jack" border & tag stickers... (come on...with a pattern this cute on the "trash" you know they were thinking we'd be using it up, don't you think?!?!) very cute papers for babies (and other creative topics i'm not thinking of at the moment)!!!



this next lo came together faster than either of the other two, and i think i like it best!! using patterned paper (yes, a WHOLE piece, Shawna...look at me go!! ;-) ) as the background paper was kind of new for me...popped up the picture again for some interest and to lift the photo up and away from all the layering action around the edges a bit... letters are also Making Memories...LOVE these for their versatility...thesaurus page highlighting "precious", and other random bits. this is a cool touchy feely page b/c those letters on the background paper are FUZZY!

April: Karen Foster Design, "Time to Play"

simple as the design is, this lo took me FOREVER to figure out...i'm pretty happy with the result! some basic squares helped tone down the potential busy-ness of the patterned paper, the number of photos, and the journaling blocks. in the outdoor spirit of the photos, i added some sticks my boys and i gathered on a recent walk and used buttons for a hint of boyish floral. finished off with the painty smudges and some embroidery floss...very fun...isn't that little tongue poking out so stinkin' cute?!?!

March DT Kit, Part II

a few fun blank note cards... these colors are so fresh and vibrant, they don't need much embellishment!

Leif's cutie finger poking into one of the first little flowers of spring...it may be a bit delayed in coming, but it WILL COME!!! I LOVED the patterns on this sheet of Basic Grey patterned paper...used a straw dipped in paint to add some extra circles here and there, mimicing those found on the paper.

a couple of painted journaling blobs, some strips of paper, a couple of painted chipboard accents...the satin ribbon strips don't show up well in the photo, but they add a bit of shine in person...

ode to the husband-finishing-PhD-stage-of-life!!! the little stapled green tab on the right of the jounaling block helps fold over this piece to reveal more journaling underneath.

these Making Memories letters are great, too, b/c you can use both the positive and negative pieces...before you use up the negatives, you can also use them to stencil with...AND if you get paint on them while you're stenciling, no worries....just paint over it!!

These Basic Grey papers were very fresh and pretty...fun to work with!

March DT Kit, Part I (continued)

hey, everyone!
here are the cards i made with the cute summery Scenic Route paper. i made the little flower by cutting petals from a Paper Pals bag and gluing them on...i always just stare and stare at those bags thinking, "just look at all that paper!!!" lol

"cardstock only" challenge

what a fun challenge! endless possibilities here, and so freeing!






these first small layouts are from a little 6x6 book (the cover says, "reasons i love you") i made for my husband for valentine's day...just off white cardstock, photos w/ painted edges, a little painty blob for a journaling spot, and a hand-cut circle on painted cardstock to write a little number in... a very quick, easy project, and it's easy to add more pages...and i never have to worry about everything matching!









this next idea involved a little more paint and time...

1. dry brushed white textured cardstock with blue paint
2. used a wet brush to even out coverage
3. dry brushed more colors here and there (lime green, yellow, white, teal, etc.)
4. placed sanded-edge picture
5. stamped little circle flower stamps onto paper i'd previously used to "clean" out my brushes after painting projects (see samples above)
6. while all that was drying, cut strips from painted paper and crumpled, folded, rolled, etc. to soften them a bit so they'd look more like ribbon
7. hand-cut little circles and glued them in place, along with the "ribbon"
8. journaled on hand-cut half-circle, adding different color words to highlight Paul Simon lyrics
9. added sewing doodles, notebook punches, date, etc.

have fun!!!!

March DT Kit, Part I

Hey, everybody!!!! Although I'm an avid blog reader, I'm not a blog maker, so this is pretty crazy (and fun)! Thanks again to Shawna and Karen for doing this for us...makes me feel like a rock star, or a scrap star, or whatever....makes me feel happy! Here are my layouts for the first March kit. I had a bunch of great Scenic Route summery papers with lots of bright earthy colors -- LOVED IT!