New cards with Imagine That Digistamps!

Hello!  I've been so busy!  Where did this month go?  I have two cards to share with you since I've been so busy I had to squish them into the same post!

This first card is perfect. . .I've been so behind, I may need this for a birthday I might have missed!  Isn't it too fun?

I made it with the A Little Behind set from Imagine That Digistamps! (Perfect for me right now!)

A Little Behind 

I also made this darling birthday card!  I colored it with a man in mind.  Who doesn't love dogs?  This Shar-Pei is just too cute for words!

Both the sentiment and the image are from the Shar-Pei Party set!

Shar-Pei Party 

What have you been up to?  Any exciting crating endeavors?  Let me know!

Have a Crafty Day!

Chihuahua stamps from Imgaine That Digi Stamps!

Hello!  Happy New Year to you all!  I'm back with another card! First of all, anyone who knows me, knows I have three dogs.

It is hard to get them all to sit still, so excuse the quality of the photo.  That is Emma, Vato, and Gracie.  Vato is my Chihuahua!  Contrary to most Chihuahuas, Vato is the sweetest thing ever!  He loves everyone!

Naturally, when I saw Imagine That! had come out with Chihuahua digis, I had to use them!

And tacos?  I LOVE Mexican food!  Too perfect!

Check out the iChihuahua set!

Expect to see me use this set again!  I LOVE it!!! 

Thanks for looking!  Have a crafty day!

Winter Birthday!

Hello!  I hope you had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends!  I work in retail, so I was completely swamped!  I'm so glad that season is finished!  Whew!  However, I did have a lovely Christmas!  

Now, on to the fun stuff!  I finally had some time to craft!

I used the adorable Dog Sledding set from Imagine That! Digistamp!

It is a fun set!  Now, I just need to learn how to color patterns with my Copics, so I can add fun little designs to their sweaters!

What have you created recently?  Do you have any big plans for crafting in the new year?  I would love to hear about them!  Leave me a comment!

Thank you for looking.  Have a Crafty day!

Imagine That! Digistamp inspiration!

This is the perfect day to post this card!  I created this card for a friend's birthday that just happens to be today!  (Happy Birthday, Julie!)  I used Dachshund Party to create this adorable card.  I printed it and colored it with my Copics.  I tried to make the dog look like Julie's dog, Izzy!  I used Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks to create my background.  I added a little washi tape and the sentiment and I was good to go!  Doesn't it just scream celebration???

Swing by Imagine That! to pick up this adorable set!

Have a Crafty Day!

Project Life Week 17

Last Saturday was supposed to be my catch-up with Project Life!  Haha!  What is the saying. . .something about when man makes plans, God laughs?  That's how I felt.  It was a such a big mess at work, I don't want to go into the details.  Ultimately, I got called in a few hours on Saturday.  Not a huge deal, however, I wanted to use those hours to catch up on Project Life.  Oh well.   I did get one week finished before I got called in.  

Yes, and that week was . . . .wait for it. . . . .WEEK 17!!!!!!!!!!!  (Trumpets fanfare!)  Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I am woefully behind and just finished Week 17 when we are WAAAY past that.  Oh well.  It really doesn't bother me too much because I'm proud of each week I finish!

Would you like to see?  Naturally!  I think all of you who come to see my blog do so from scrapbooking sites or because you follow me (thank you my three followers!).  Here is week 17!

Left side

Title card!  I was inspired by Jen on instagram (who, by the way, has the two cutest boys you ever saw!).  She posted a picture of her Title card (which can be seen on her blog!)  I decided to use it as a springboard!

Again, I used up some more of my Studio Calico Project Life kits.  I just can't get over how they manage to pull the pages together!!  I LOVE them!!!!  (Their current kit, Marks & Co is still available!)

If you don't already know, I work at a chocolate shop called Sublime Chocolate where I am Production Manager and Assistant Chocolatier!  Yes, that means I made chocolate!  Great job!  The chocolates in the upper left photo of this page were ones I created.  My boss gave us a time to experiment with making whatever we wanted.  I made a blackberry piece that was very well liked!!

Right Side

I will admit my journaling on this spread was sparse at best.  I had so many photos I wanted to include that journaling came second.  Is it sad- a little, but I did discover 'writing' on photos.  Before I print them, I add a caption or short description.  That helps the viewer to see and understand more of the photos.  It also helps me to remember more of what happened those weeks!

There you are!  Project Life Week 17.  I still love the project!  I love recording everything!  Even though I just have three dogs and my hubby, I still have my own stories to tell.  So for those of you who think you are too boring for Project Life- Guess again!

Blogapalooza with Chic Tags!



Hello & welcome to our April #SMBiGblog hop! Each month we feature one of our favorite companies, and host a blog hop of inspiration, showing off the products and our designers, as well as a guest from the company. THIS month, we were lucky enough to have the entire Chic Tags team join us for a BLOGAPALOOZA-- over 20 projects to inspire you to get those Road Trip goodies out & start creating! Travel along with us, starting at the Chic Tags blog, here. Along the way, there are plenty of prizes and freebies-- Die cuts, printables and chances to win some of your favorite Road Trip paper goods, and one GRAND prize winner of the Road Trip, Everyday Life II & Birthday Wishes collection!!!! Good luck, and happy hopping! If you would like to purchase some of these adorable products, head on over to the Chic Tags website!

I was blown away by the generousity of Chic Tags!  We got tons of goodies to play with, so I was excited to find a project that would feature as many of these great products as I could!  I decided the slightly muted colors of the Road Trip collection would go perfectly with photos from my childhood.  I went to my mom's house where I searched through years of photos to find some I wanted to feature in a mini album.  I decided on photos from a road trip we took to Colorado in 1985 when I was six. 

First of all, I must give a shout out to my Mom:

Look at her journaling!  She would label every photo she had printed (even the bad ones) with location, people and date!  I remember her sitting at her desk some afternoons working on this project for hours!  It was time consuming, but I'm glad she did it!  It certainly helped me to fill in the gaps in my memory when creating this mini album!  Thanks, Mom!!

I was inspired by one of Caz's sneaks of her project on instagram.  She created an album by simply stitching her paper down the middle.  Well, my sewing machine is new (to me- it is actually pretty old), and I couldn't remember how to thread it.  I decided to just hand stitch my pages together. 



 Once the album was assembled, it was time to record the memories I had.  I will let the photos speak for themselves:

(You can thank my dog, Emma, for the photo bomb!)

Thank you for looking!  I loved working with all the beautiful Chic Tag goodies!  Remember, to keep hopping through the blogs because there are prizes you can win!  Continue with the hop by going to Jen's blog where she has some prizes just for you!

Enjoy the many projects and may the scraping-force be with you as you sign up for those prizes!!

Social [Media] Butterflies Blog Hop

Good morning!  I just barely finished my project in time for this hop!  However, it did make me scrap fast which, if you really know me, know that is a nearly impossible thing! ;)

This month's theme was Love.  However, we were encouraged to highlight other 'loves' in our lives.  Initially, I was planning to do a layout about my job of making chocolate.  Well, that kinda fell through as I didn't get the photos I wanted for the layout.  So, considering I was down to the wire, I decided to just do a layout about my youngest dog, Emma. 

Emma and her mom, Gracie, came into our (mine and my husband's) life last summer.  We had our little chahuahua, Vato, and a cat, Katie.  We let Katie out one day, and she never came back.  Vato and I moped for weeks.  Hubby and I decided Vato needed a friend.  We search online for a dog about Vato's size and age.  We found Gracie at the ASPCA nearby.  When I went to look at her, I discovered she was pair-bonded with Emma who was her daughter.  I never found out why the two had to stick together, but I knew I had to take them home.  We let Vato meet them, and once I saw they were a pretty good match, I adopted them!  Our house has been crazy ever since!!  I love my girls, and Vato LOVES having some dogs to play with.

This month, we want to share with you our LOVE for Elle's Studio, using her You & Me collection and showing how it inspired us. If you've never bought any products from Elle's Studio before, make sure you check out the shop here, where tags, stamps & new papers are total must haves! Elle is also joining us for the hop this month, and we could not be more excited to have her join us!

(My Elle's Studio products never arrived, so I used what love products I had on hand including Daniela Dobson's adorable heart cut file.  Visit her blog to see all her freebies!)

Also, I apologize for the photos- I took them with my phone since I just finished this layout about 30 minutes ago!

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you for stopping by my blog!  To continue on, please hop over to the talented Jenny's blog here!  If you are lost and need to start over, go here!

 

We have an awesome prize pack from Elle's Studio You & Me collection to giveaway for hopping along with us today! You get an entry for every blog you comment on along the way! Winner will be announced Monday March 4th.

 

Have a wonderful day and do more of what you LOVE!