{{backseat photobomber}}

This picture just cracks me up! It had to be on it's own page and the latest sketch at "Let's Get Sketchy" was perfect for it:

I dug out an oldie but a goodie - Echo Park's "Country Drive" collection, which was at the bottom of my spring papers drawer.

My hubby and I were cracking up at our daughter peeking into our "car selfie" on our recent road trip. We had such a great time - more layouts to follow ;)

-Suzanne

{Sea Sun Sail}

Wahoo for 3 day weekends!  I hope to finish my January-June 016 album and that means part 1 of our Cape May sunset dolphin cruise - featuring a favorite cousins photo. My girl is the little one ;)

I used the fun sketch at Stuck Sketches!

and my new Echo Park Mermaids collection.

Enjoy your Saturday!

-Suzanne

{Furever}

My brother, Alex, gifted my daughter this puppy among other things. She loved it, she loves all dogs, but she was especially attached to it and kept it under her arm throughout all our Christmas travels. Maybe because that dog reminded me of one our dad had when I was younger, named Bear. 

He sent me a text, that seeing her carrying it on my "Christmas Morning" facebook post made his day. I love included texts in my scrapbooks, it provides another documentation, another point of view. Let's face it, it's makes up a lot of my communication!

I used Rochelle Spear's latest sketch and Echo Park's "Bark" for my page:

Hope you had a great holiday, filled with many special memories too!

Dance in the Rain

A very sweet friend of mine is going through a hard time and I wanted to make a bright and cheery card of encouragement for her.  The challenge at Sugar and Spice was having an inspiration challenge:

and gave me the idea to use my favorite quote. Which I am lucky to have on the "Lean on Me" stamp set by Scrappy Mom Stamps.

I used my new patterned papers from my 6x6 Splendid Sunshine pad by Echo Park. I cut the cutie umbrella from the Create a Critter cricut cartridge and added the punched heart. The middle layers are popped up for dimension.

I hope this card brings a smile to her face and lifts her spirits! :)

Tea for Two!!

With the "snowpocolapse" knocking at our north east door yesterday, I printed off some pics in anticipation for some snow day scrapbooking!  It felt so good to make a page "just for fun". I was inpsired by the challenge at ScrapStuffz:

That I just HAD to use these pictures of my beautiful girl playing with her new tea set. Echo Park's "Little Girl" collection was PERFECT for it!

I actually used my favorite Stampin Up embossing folder "Lattice" on 2 of the diecut mats and love how they turned out:

Aren't those tea pots precious? Love the vibrant colors and patterns that Echo Park uses! 

This title was perfect and I layered it on a photo corner. There's that smile!! :)

Thanks for stopping by my blog today; HOPEFULLY stay tuned for more posts.  The snow sure isn't letting up! 12 inches and counting.........

Sweater Weather !

Well, it certainly does feel like it today. October 6th and it feels like August 6th :( But a few weeks ago, it was a chilly September, Saturday morning and my baby girl and I headed out to do some shopping. Being a summer baby, Baby M was mostly in onsies her whole life lol. I couldn't wait to put pants, socks, and this adorable sweater on her. Love this pic!

Ah! She's getting so big!  That lil sweater was handmade by a former parent of one of my first graders. I wanted to include something crocheted for an embellishment on the page; so I ordered a few things from a talented lady online (because lord knows I can't crochet haha!).

Here's my page using Echo Park's Little Girl collection and the latest sketch at Stuck! Sketches.

I am also sharing this page with Whimsical Twist and Frosted Designs, as their challenges are adding texture to your layout.

Have a wonderful Sunday!!

Happy birthday, friend!

We all know how much I love the rose stamp from the Pretty Momma Paper Smooches set.. so when I saw this week's sketch on their Sparks challenge blog I was so excited!!

I added 3 roses to my card, but otherwise stuck close to the sketch. All papers are from the Echo Park "A Perfect Summer" 6x6 pad.

I think those roses are SO fun with the patterned paper piecing. The red one is popped up for dimension:

The white embosssed sentiment is from the must-have Sentiment Sampler. I added the comma and explanation point with white gel pen. I also added a solid white line to the green and blue layers to mimic the pink woodgrain.

Thanks for stopping by today!! Have a great rest of the week ;)

You & Me Together

On my last post, I shared a pic of my hubby and I at a wedding at the beginning of this month. I used that same photo on a layout using the sketch at Artful Delight:

And side note, have you checked out Artful Delight's new online store? It's pretty neat! Love how you can scroll through all that's offered in the kits.

Here's my layout (sorry for the gloomy photo.. it's supposed to rain ALL week!)

I used ALL Echo Park papers and embellishments, including that great postage stamp frame - which is popped up:

Thanks for stopping by! I'm brushing off the cobwebs and posting 3 Project Life spreads, too :) Take a look!

Just a Note

Happy Saturday! I have just a quick card to say "just a note" using this week's sketch at Paper Smooches:

I used 3 different Paper Smooches stamps on this one... Geographic, Woofers and Tweeters and Sentiment Sampler.

Isn't he cute? I can't get enough of that "Jax" (my puggle) stamp. The blue polka dot and bones patterned papers are from Echo Park.

Thanks for stopping by today! I'm on my way out the door.. dinner out with the hubby and a trip to Hobby Lobby! What more can a girl ask for? ;)

Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year!!! I've spent the first day of the 2013 year working on my cover page for Project Life :) I used THIS page protector layout from Echo Park. Here is!

This 4x6 card is from Simple Stories Sn@p! and it's a FREE download. How cool is that? I printed it out and added the wooden veneer people, from Studio Calico.

I love it! This is a photo of my hubby and I taken on Christmas Day. I want to keep my album mostly flat; so I added a digital journaling element using www.picmonkey.com. The heart banner is from Bo Bunny "Love Letters" and attached with my new Tiny Attacher by Tim Holtz :)

I created the "2013" title using Echo Park patterned paper scraps cut down to 3x4. I die cut the numbers in black and white to create an offset shadow. I ran the white layer through my Cuttlebug using the Seeing Spots folder for a little something extra.

Couldn't leave out "our baby" Jax on the first page. I used another Bo Bunny flag, stamped with a pawprint from Paper Smooches and attached with a tiny staple.

I also used my "Alphadot" Paper Smooches stamps to create my "Project Life" card. The "life" is die cut using Ali Edwards' font and layered on this awesome days of the week paper from Echo Park's "Today's Story". A little washi gives another pop of color, too.

There you have it! Page one. Done. :) Thanks for stopping by today! Stay tuned for week one's page and other layouts, too. 2013 is going to be a creative year!

Are you starting Project Life too? Leave a link so I can check it out.. thanks!!

PS -- I'm sharing this layout at Paper Smooches "Anything Goes" Sparks challenge AND Paper Issues' "Right Here, Right Now" issue.

Happy Early New Year :P

Happy Wednesday! I made a quick and easy New Years card using the sketch at Artful Delight:

I made a 4x4 card using my new Echo Park Winter Wishes 6x6 pad and Paper Smooches Alphadot set:

I'm also sharing this card at Paper Playtime. Now back to addressing Christmas cards ;) Have a good week!

Love Park

When we traveled to Philadelphia for our anniversary the beginning of November - I knew I wanted to get a photo of us in front of the "Love" sign at Love Park. (I just didn't know that the photos would cost me $20 .. lol!) But it was so worth it..

I used the December sketch at Artful Delight, along with Echo Park's "Enjoy the Ride" mini theme. I embellished with faux stitching, Paper Smooches "Alpha Dots", brads, and this fun washi tape (gifted to me by my friend April.. thanks April!)

I'm also sharing this layout at Frosted Designs for their 12 Days of Christmas... the 8th day was to use 8 products:

1. cardstocks

2. patterned papers

3. washi tape

4. brads

5. journaling card

6. border punch

7. stickers

8. white/black gel pen

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a great Sunday :)

Joyride :)

HA! Probably not the "joyride" you were envisioning? That's my cousin's little guy, Gabe, and my hubby mowing the grass together. Melt my heart why don't ya.

 I used my new Echo Park "Hello Summer" collection. Hello.. this line is a must have for cute and easy summer pages.

My friend, Theresa's sketch was the starting point for this layout. I really love how it turned out.

I popped up the embellishments from the sticker sheet and did some white stitching around the yellow patterned paper.

I  need to restock my American Crafts stitched fabric thicker stash. They are so fun on any page!

I cut my smaller 2 pics in 3" squares and matted on white cardstock to make my own polaroids - inspired by the ScrapFit challenge. Thanks for stopping by today! Happy summer! ;)