Inspired by The Great Gatsby

This week our Glitz Design challenge was to find inspiration from "The Great Gatsby". My girls and I love trying out vintage hairstyles, so I started by searching Pinterest for style inspiration. After imitating the flapper hairstyle and look we shot a few photos. The feathers, lace and bling from the era's style were a great jumping off point for my project. I finished off the layout by adding a quote from F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" to the photo of my daughter. 

"Rare Smile" layout supplies:

Glitz Design "Brightside" paper: Butterflies

Glitz Design "Carpe Diem" papers: Diamonds, Squirrels

Glitz Design "Brightside" 6x6 paper pad

Glitz Design "Carpe Diem" 6x6 paper pad

Glitz Design "Carpe Diem" Titles & Accents sticker sheet

Glitz Design "Brightside" washi tape - pink glitter

other: card stock (Bazzill Basics), feather (Michael's), tulle (Hobby Lobby), date stamp (Smash), scallop & butterfly punches (Martha Stewart Crafts), sequins, tag die (Stampin' Up), Sizzix Big Shot

he said she said, she said, she said

just thought i'd share a layout i made the other day for a design team call at my lss. i've had the title idea in my head for a year, and it still didn't turn out exactly like i'd hoped... so i feel a mini album coming on at some point with the same theme. love those maya roap chipboard potty people!

and a quick card for the road (since we're hitting the road to go camping as soon as the girls get home from school). i love browsing through the galleries over at splitcoast stampers for card inspiration. there's tons there, and you can look ideas up by stamp manufacturer, stamp set, card theme, etc. how cool is that. it's fabulous if you're looking for quick ideas for that last minute birthday or thank you card. :)

happy national scrapbook day!!!

celebrate the little things

as you read this, i am off on a great relaxing weekend with a bunch of fabulous ladies from my church at a women's retreat. but i wanted to be sure to celebrate some fabulous scrappy goodness with all of my bloggie friends!



i love these little holidays that we can sneak onto the calendar to celebrate the little joys of life. pretty darn fabulous if you ask me! so in honor of national scrapbook day i put together some goodies for giving away. i've got 5 goodie packs up for grabs, including some stampin up stamp sets, glitz packs, mini albums and some all around scrappy fun! so since i'm in the middle of trying to pack for my weekend, i can't really come up with anything super creative... so how about you post your favorite thing about scrapbooking & how it's blessed your life. how's that? i'll be drawing names on tueday. :)


also check out the scrap review for some fun national scrapbook day projects & sketches! the pictures are little sneak peaks of the my take on one of the sketches. check out tsr for the full layout! :)

happy celebrating!

because who doesn't like a quickie

a quickie card, that is

had my monthly stamp club card class last night. these were the projects we made. three quick and easy cards. gotta love anything you can whip up in just a couple of minutes and still have the great satisfaction of making it yourself!

all supplies by stampin up (except stickles used on the birthday card)

my cool new shirt from hoity toity i picked up yesterday. it wasn't exactly the shot i was hoping for, but keeping with the quickie theme, i didn't have a lot of time to take the pic yesterday.

a few cards & a page

a few cards & a page

did a little craftin' today while the girls were at school. i have a stampin up card club night tonight. so i needed to design a few quick cards for that. yah, i'm that much of a procrastinator! but that's pretty much how i roll.



i think i'm finished with this page. it seems like it's missing something (besides the journaling), but i can't seem to put my finger on it for now... so i think i'll keep it how it is. and maybe when i add the journaling it'll "feel" finished. but now i'm just rambing on about nothing! i just downloaded some pictures of emma playing with her baby doll outside in the wind. so i'm thinking once i'm done with my class, i'll work on getting one of those up for the picture of the day.



layout supplies:
patterned paper: basic grey (brown), making memories (polka dot); frame & journaling circle: pink paisley; alphabet stickers: american crafts; rub-on: october afternoon; chipboard heart: sassafrass; felt bird: maya road; flower: prima; other: sewing machine

happy friday everyone!

kids in photoshop, quick gift tags & funny feet

kids in photoshop, quick tags & funny feet

i took a few pictures of some quick (and easy to mass produce christmas tags) this afternoon as we're waiting for snow to actually accumulate so we can go sledding. so far no accumulation, but we did do something else cool. torrey was hanging with me, so we did some kids in photoshop lessons. we worked on brightening pictures, sharpening them and saving them for uploading and for print. we worked with levels, filters and blending modes. she knocked my socks off! so all of these photos were edited by torrey the amazing 8 year old!

all tag supplies are by stampin up.

and what makes a snowy day more fun that sweet santa's elf socks? i just think these are way too fun. hope your super saturday is as enjoyable as ours has been so far.

christmas cards

i've been working on designing christmas cards... trying to decide what to make. the last couple of years i've printed little digitally designed booklets filled with lots of photos throughout the year. since i've sent out about 100 cards each year, the digital option has worked well. (i'll try to post a pic of my card from last year here in the next couple of days.)

i also try to make a cluster of handmade cards to give with gifts and such. these are a few that i made last night... simple, and easy to mass produce.

all ot the supplies for these cards are by stampin up.

happy stampy sunday

i made a few projects this weekend. i do a stampin up class once a month at my house... so these were this month's projects. i am totally digging using orange on projects right now... it just seems to pull me in. maybe it's the bright orange mock croc purse emma picked out for me that is influencing me... who knows! lol!