Cel Phone Snap Shots

Last weekend, I had THE.BEST.TIME!! at a scrappy retreat put on by A Pile of Scrap (Thanks again Alissa for such a FAB event!!). I think I got between 6-8 hrs of sleep total all weekend but who cares-I had some GREAT laughs & girl talk with some great friends and even got a bit of scrapping in. ;)

On Friday night, Tracey issued a challenge to me.

She wanted me to use her 'un-christened' stamp of hers on a LO.

Of course, I HAD to take the challenge (the stamp is GORGEOUS albeit a bit on the large side) and used it on the LO below.

As you can see, I am going through a bit of a misting phase (about 2 years after everyone else has started  ;) ) but I think it really suits the paper line I used.

The pic is of Little Man last summer. We were on a very hot bus ride, going to his soccer game and trying to pass the time. He was really hamming it up and then commanded me to photograph him. I am so glad some days that my cel phone has a camera in it (even if the pics aren't always the best quality). It's nice to get these cute moments of his.

Supplies: Bazzill Cardstock, MME Good Day Sunshine papers, die cuts & stickers, Bingo stamp by Stampin' Up, Black Stazon, Maya Mist in orange, Heidi Swapp Circle Mask, My Little Shoebox chipboard alphas, Cosmo Cricket tiny type alphas, black Zig pen.

This next LO is a pic that Little Man took with my phone of his shadow last Summer (**if you look closely at the bottom of the pic, you can see where his finger is partially covering the camera lense :) :) ). I knew right away I would do a LO with it but only recently thought of how I would work it in on a LO. What can I say? I really miss the company of my little buddy while he is at school :( .

Supplies: Papers are Kaiser (polka dot) & ? ? ? (does anyone recognize that gorgeous zigzag? I can't remember the brand for the life of me & I just bought it-YIKES). Cardstock (all colors) is Bazzill, Stickers & colorful alphas are Echo Park, Yellow alphas are Cosmo Cricket, Black alpahs are Basic Grey, Felt monsters are Sassafras.

That's all I have for now but I have some more projects to share tomorrow!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy THURSDAY!

Using my stash

It's always such a happy day when I get to rummage through my stuff and put together a LO just for fun and this is one of those projects.

On this one, I used ALOT of goodies I have been holding on to:

Heidi Swapp Masks, Tattered Angels Mist (in patina), Jellibean Soup papers, alphas AND sprouts & American Crafts flowers from the Dear Lizzy line.

More Jillibean SOup goodness on the above card and mini alpha beads from the Dollar Store.

I love these little finds that I get there!

Thanks a bunch for stopping by, I hope you are having a FAB Friday!

Lucky

Happy St Patricks Day!

Since I am 1/4 Irish and live in a town with the third largest Irish population in the world (with Boston in second and Ireland in first place ;) ) St. Patty's Day has always been a special day to me.

I don't have any LOs that reflect my Irish hertiage & pride (hmmmmm.... maybe I should though)

but this (older vintage) little LO about my 2 favorite boys and a rainbow is the closet I can come to a

St Patrick's day layout.

Thanks for popping in and have a LUCKY day!

Sew Cute!

It's always such a treat for me when my pages and cards are posted at the MLS Blog. There is always tonnes of eye candy there featured from my team-mates and absolutely worth the visit! Make sure to stop by and say HI!

Today, I was happy to see my Sew Cute projects featured. I did 2 layouts and 2 cards so far with this sweet line. I was a bit concerned as to how I was going to work this line around my 'guy' pics but as you can see, with a play on words it is totally workable! The vibrant colors of this line definately make it one of my personal faves!

The above LO is of Little Man hiding amongst the walll of BOAS at the Dollar Store.

Such a little Ham :)

The pic in this LO is of my 2 boys a few years ago.

I have been feeling a bit nostalgic lately since I have realized that my little guy is no longer the cute little toddler he used to be but now the sweet & funny, more serious and more mature little kindergartener.

I am so happy that he is growing & learning (and that his behaviour is improving--FINALLY!!)

but OH how I miss my 'baby' these days.

Last but not least, I have a couple of cards that I put together as well.

 (the inside reads: Thanks 'sew much'!)

Thanks for popping in!

Have a Happy Tuesday!

MLS March Sketch Challenge

Can you believe how fast March is going??

The mountains of snow are all but gone and I can see my hedges and lawn again.

It is so nice to walk and not fear of slipping on ice or snow.

I think this is the pick me up I have been so needing these past days.

Me and my friends over at My Little Shoebox are hosting a sketch challenge this month (designed by the OH SO TALENTED Aphra Bolyer!)

I wasn't able to play along with this one but I plan on doing this rocking sketch and have it in my sketch pile.

You can see the details on the challenge HERE at the My Little Shoebox blog.

I hope you can play along!

HAPPY SPRING!!!

Hip Cards for January

As promised, here are the rest of the projects that I made with my January Hip kit.

We did a card sketch based on a sketch from Pagemaps (cardmaps 2010)

**see card below**

This is an altered package from a tiny little gift box of chocolates (and yes, I am going through a baker's twine phase but it really adds that small little bit of detail that I think these projects need.)

And this last tag also includes the new stamp sentiment from My Little SHoebox. I love the clean fonts that Helen used for her stamps for this newest release.

Thanks for checking in on me, I have been scrapping like crazy but I can't share just yet. :)

Have a happy Thursday!

DT call at MLS!

Jeepers! I can't believe it's that time again!

My Little Shoebox is looking for talented, motivated, responsible designers and you can read the whole post HERE.

GOOD LUCK, Everyone!!!