The One with April 2014 American Crafts Layouts

Sorry I skipped a month! Between teaching my STITCHED class at Studio Calico, teaching a class to 80 wonderful German scrappers, my parents coming to visit for 10 days, guest designing for Shimelle and Bella Blvd, so on and so forth, I just had to let something go to survive. But, things are calming down again, and I'm so happy to have my two monthly American Crafts layouts completed for the month...

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The One with Jane in her Neon Pink Spring Dress

This little girl looked so sweet in her neon pink spring dress. And she even let me put a headband in her hair for the first time in almost a year! So, lots of picture taking commenced. Oh darling Jane...

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The One with the 2Peas Anything Goes Layout & Video

I have a layout and accompanying "how to" video up at twopeasinabucket.com today! The theme is "anything goes!" meaning I got to do whatever I wanted, no moodboard, no direction, just whatever floated my boat! ADORABLE by Paige Evans Description: I've been meaning to use the metal bow die from the Styleboard by Maggie Holmes/Crate paper for eons now and finally got a chance to play with it!...

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The One with Studio Calico CAMELOT Layouts!

The CAMELOT kits are now available at Studio Calico! The colors and products were so easy to combine and work with this month, I even tried some new things like "mixed media" :) GOOD TIMES by Paige Evans Description: I got the opportunity once again to design a couple of exclusive cut files for Studio Calico for the month of May and used the FRAMES background on this layout! So I used...

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The One with the L♡VE Y♡U M♡M Frame Tutorial

Whipped up a little somethin' somethin' for my mother dearest and did a step-by-step photo tutorial so anyone can make one! Gather your supplies: patterned paper, wooden frame, white cardstock, adhesive, scissors, embellishments (stickpins, flower brads) - not pictured: sewing machine, white paint, foam brush, pencil Trace the inside of the frame onto the backside of white cardstock then trim...

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The One with Studio Calico CAMELOT Sneaks!

The Studio Calico CAMELOT scrapbook kits are almost available! The last few days of waiting are always killer. The colors of the kits this month are droolworthy, swoonworthy, to-die-for-worthy :) I ventured away from my usual style for a couple layouts, but stayed true to the "color, repetition, layers" for the other three for a total of FIVE layouts! And so, here are some sneaks to entice...

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The One with My Bro & Sis

I'm so glad there's such things as blogs and instagram and facebook so I can keep up with my brother & sister-in-law and my sister & brother-in-law because they're always up to something fun! Allie and Tate are living it up in China. Every weekend they're off climbing some mountain, visiting some temple, smelling some bloomin' flowers. They're young and childless and their pictures scream...

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The One with the 2Peas Milestones-Themed Layout

I have a milestones-themed Garden Girl layout up at Two Peas in a Bucket today! 18 MONTHS by Paige Evans Description: The Capture collection by BasicGrey? Amazing. Seriously, they've been knocking every line out of the park lately. Oh to be on their design team :) But anyway, the colors are a bit bolder version of the 2Peas April moodboard but that's where I drew my...

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The One with Guest Designing for Bella Blvd!

I love happy emails :) Such as the one I got from Laura Vegas asking if I'd like to be the April Guest Designer for Bella Blvd - yes please, sign me up! I received a ginormous box of supplies in the mail and couldn't wait to delve in. Here are the three layouts I made for my guest spot: MY GUY by Paige Evans Description: For this layout I used the Max collection - it has foxes in it! Perfect...

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The One with Easter 2014

Our Easter festivities started yesterday evening with a ward party at the Outdoor Recreation park on post. I didn't know there was going to be an Easter egg hunt so we improvised and Jane put the eggs she found in my purse. She loooooved finding eggs and squealed with delight every time she found one. Adorbs. Chris helped Fox find eggs and added them to the loot. This morning we gave the kids...

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