This template is from a blog I found called SquarePeg. I love how the page turned out. I don't usually do intro. pages for my scrapbooks but was forced into it to make the pages I made fit, I do both 1 page and 2 page LOs. I've made 25 other pages but won't post them all. :)

Virtual crop

I am so sad that I missed my crop so I decided to join them virtually, hehe. I saw this challenge and decided to take the plunge and join one. I think this embossing technique is amazing. And I can't believe how E-A-S-Y it was to do, gotta love SBC+! The frame is a CM digifreebie and the word art is from the Cottage Garden kit. I will say that the full resolution version is a lot more impressive than the low-res version I uploaded here. I'm really curious how this will print out in 12x12.

I'm selling all of my supplies

I mean, I might as well! Look at this digicard I made with SBC+. I did everything I'd do with paper but no mess, no cleanup. I even "rubber stamped" the word art and "edge punched" the purple mat. The only thing I didn't do was tie the bow, haha. Fun stuff!! I used the CM Delight kit and I can't remember which kit "thankful" is from.

Mother's Day

Great template from Pixels2Pages, which is sadly going to be taken down this summer. Boo! I'm going to enjoy it while it lasts. Anyway, isn't my little guy so sweet? :)

Wow!

I saw this quoted on a blog I follow and wanted to share:

Here's some interesting information I learned from child psychologist, Dr. Ken Condrell. Dr. Condrell specializes in helping children recover from depression and trauma. He says, “ALL children, no matter if they have stress in their life or not, need to have strong self-esteem. And viewing family photo albums with children emphasizes what is right about a child’s life and shows children that the bad stuff is temporary. Pictures and stories offer proof of how they are loved. Everyone, no matter their age, needs photo albums to build their self-esteem and give them hope.”

A Toddler Lives Here

I saw the idea for this page in a recent Creating Keepsakes magazine. That layout was really neat but I wanted to try this new London's Eye template from Pixels2Pages so I went for it. I wasn't sure where to place the journaling and played with a few different options but finally settled for this.

But, the more I looked at it, the less I liked it. I didn't want the journaling to take over the pictures so I played around by flipping the page the other way, making my own matching elements by cutting pieces of the paper out and used the design of the paper to place the journaling. I'm a lot happier with how take 2 turned out. See how cool digiscrappin' is!!

It's coming together...

My new craft space, that is! Dh put my cabinets together and hung my shelf for me. I'm so excited! We are revamping this entire room and this is my space in it. I had the desk already and all of my supplies crammed in an old tv armoire (you can see a little of it in the pic). It worked but we needed to get the armoire out of there to make room for a guest bed. So, dh found these cabinets at Big Lots that happened to match my desk, yay! I thought I was going to have to paint everything. The cabinets hold everything scrapbook related, the desk has some scrapbooking tools on one side and my sewing machine and supplies on the other side. And the Sterilite drawers under the desk hold all of my stamping supplies. The white shelf holds a variety of embellishments for various crafts. On the desk is everything I need for my current project, my tool turn-about and my wonderful Ott light. And my trimmer and Wishblade are top of one cabinet while the other cabinet displays a few things I've done. The desk has an extention leaf that allows me another 12" of work space and I'm going to make something to cover the Sterilite containers. I still need to organize it a bit more and decorate a little but I'm very happy with the progress so far.