Live- Enjoy the Journey- Universal Studios

I had fun creating this layout. There corrugated cardboard tested my "just so" style of scrapbooking, and using all those buttons just about killed me (I'm a hoarder).
I love how it came out though. It is, of course, a scraplift. Here is the original by Jen Jockish.
I really wish I could let you think I came up with all these fantastic layout ideas on my own. (darn my conscience)

Everything I used on this layout came from The Playground. She is selling these fabulous rolls of the corrugated cardboard, as well as some 12x12 sheets of it. The paper line is the bran-spankin' new Cosmo Cricket Joyride. I had her special order me a collection kit. I saw that she got 1 or 2 extra and put them out for sale. It is a great, great line.

Smile

We had a great scrapping retreat in Chamberlain this weekend. Lots of fun. I wish I would have remembered to take my camera, there were some great moments I would have liked to get a picture of. The Scrappin' Ladies retreats are always tons of fun. If you are local you really should check them out.

This is a layout from this weekend. The paper is the new My Mind's Eye line, Quite Contrary. Great paper, love the patterns. My Mind's Eye is one of my favorite paper lines. I love the weight of it and the texture.

There are lots of ticket embellishments in the new line. So cute!

This layout is a scraplift of this one by Julie Bonner.
I loved the layout so much, I considered using the same papers and copying it exactly!!

Almost everything I did this weekend was a scraplift, I seem to have gotten myself into a rut.

More to come...

Where Dreams Come True

Another Disney layout! Hooray! I am 1/4000th closer to being done with my Disney photos! ;)
This layout looks alot like my previous layout. I did that on purpose, not to be the 2nd page of a two page layout, but just to slide into my album next to it. I seldom do two page layouts, but I would like my album to flow nicely.

This is Scooter's Vacation again, along with B-sides of some 3 Bugs papers that I picked up at The Playground. There is my star punch again! I also used the little star punch outs all over the left side of the page. (Those were fun getting into my Xyron) I am loving the banner stickers from Jenni Bowlin, I am noticing them on layouts all over the place lately. I used my Smooch Spritz again, added some stitching and "one done".

I originally had some starburst stickers around this picture. It didn't look quite right. I like the stitched ones much better. So simple, large impact.

I used a white gel pen to jazz up these Cricut cut letters a little bit. The little round stickers are Jenni Bowlin also. They come on the same sheet as the banners.

Magic Memories

Another day....another scraplift.
I seem to have misplaced all my original ideas ;)

Here is the original by the incredibly talented Lisa Day.

Sorry about the picture, it is foggy here. I know, I can't blame the crooked on foggy, but it's cold too and I was outside....with no shoes...

Scooter's Vacation again. Great line! This paper is going a long way. I only bought 4 sheets of it, I did 2 layouts and I have 2 sheets left!

The Smooch Spritz is still cooperating with me. I love this stuff. I need a little control when I am misting or spritzing something and the Smooch gives it to me.

Did you see my star punch again? It's my favorite (obviously). I lined it with some of the stripe paper so that it would stand out.

The stitching got away from me on the ears. I wish you could see the circle for the head that I covered up....perfectly round (hehe).

Thank you Lisa for the brilliant layout idea!




I am supposed to be packing my stuff for a retreat weekend coming up, but whenever I start packing I get the urge to scrap. Unfortunately I never really get anything packed until the last minute. I am going to try today, maybe I will come up with a layout that isn't a scraplift?!

Thanks for looking!

Paradise Found

For this layout I used some of the new Scooter's Vacation line from Imaginisce. The Playground is carrying this super cute line. The blue on the layout is from My Mind's Eye. It is a B-side from the Stomp line.

This layout is a major scraplift. Here is the original . I just couldn't help myself.

These gorgeous pictures were taken by my friend Katy on our vacation last year in Cozumel.

On a separate note, can you believe how gorgeous it is outside? I have never been so ready for spring!

Shine

My Mind's Eye Challenge #8

The Challenge: Use this sketch designed by Anam Stubbington and pink OR red (or both). You can change it, use it as-is, flip it, whatever you'd like as long as we can still recognize the sketch.

Here is my entry into the layout challenge.
I am pleased with how it turned out. I used all My Mind's Eye papers. Close to My Heart and Cat's Eye inks, a Maya Road chipboard heart, a Martha Stewart punch, some Stickles and some Shimmerz.

Thanks for stopping by, wish me luck!

Valentines

Marissa and I made these valentines last night. I started with the macaroni and cheese one, then she copied my pattern and made the other 3. The mac and cheese uses 3 bugs papers the others are older American Crafts. You can find the cute little valentines to print out on http://www.peptogirl.com.

The lighting was so off in my house I had to take them outside on my patio table. I couldn't get a big chunk of ice to break off :)

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Valentines Day!

Whispering Canyon Cafe

I know it is nothing spectacular, but it is done. I am so far behind on my Disney scrapbooking I should probably just give up, and wait for the next trip. I am an admitted Disney fanatic and I want these layouts to be perfect, so instead of fretting over them not being perfect I just don't work on them! I need to get over it! I think this layout is a step in the right direction.

Papers and embellishments are Cosmo Cricket Nutmeg, rub ons are MMBI.
Check out the journaling at the bottom. Loving my new wide format printer. I actually printed on the layout after it was finished and all glued down! I hardly ever journal, so maybe this will be a new thing for me too! (doubt it)

Journaling says:

...to Whispering Canyon Cafe we go. Well, over Bay Lake and thru the woods anyway. This was the first time that we had been to the Wilderness Lodge. It is beautiful.

The kids loved the cafe. Our waitress was wonderfully rude. She threw our napkins at us, hollered at us, called us names, it was great. She also scolded JT for drinking some of Canyon's shake. He started pushing his shake over by JT when she walked by, then finally just told her that JT was drinking it. She yelled across the restaurant, "See this guy over here? He keeps drinking his kids shake!" Canyon loved every second. Then she brought JT out a giant jar of coke and told him since he was so thirsty he could drink that. Between all of us, we almost finished the coke. When the waitress noticed she announced to the rest of the diners that he finished his coke and if anyone sees him running toward a bathroom to get out of his way! Whispering Canyon Cafe is sure to be a regular stop for the Iszlers when we are in Disney World.

Always Blowing Kisses

I must have totally lucked out with that first layout scanning and stitching, I couldn't get this one to do it either. I keep getting a line on his face. Oh well, I guess my dream of not having to take pictures of layouts is over. There is no way I am buying a 12x12 scanner, I can't imagine where I would put it. I just got a wide format printer for Christmas and the thing is ginormous! I swear, it's almost as big as my 5 year old.

Have you noticed that most of my recent layouts are using pictures from this same photoshoot? Sorry about that. I paid a small fortune for this set of pictures, then I went ahead and bought the CD also, so I NEED to use them. When I went into the studio I complained that last time I didn't get hardly any poses, so they took as many as the photosession would allow. I don't remember exactly how many that was, but I believe it was like 54 or something. I had to reach a certain (large) dollar amount to get the CD really cheap, so I basically got 2 5x7s of every pose, and what I didn't get is on the CD. Lots of pics to scrap! In this pic he was blowing a kiss. I know, its hard to tell because the photographer missed the kiss and his hand is way at the bottom, but that is what he was doing.

This layout is a scraplift of an Elizabeth Kartchner layout from Creating Keepsakes, September 2008 called This Little Piggy. I lifted the diamond idea and the placement of them from her. The Cosmo Cricket Earth Love is an awesome paper. Cosmo is one of my very favorite lines. Cathy at The Playground special ordered this collection pack for me. If you find something you love give her a call, alot of times she can get it.

The Canyon Show

After all my talk yesterday about how easy it is to stitch a scan and how I was never going to photograph another layout....here is one that I had to photograph. I couldn't get the stitch to work on this one. I think I was just scanning it crooked, but I tried it twice and couldn't get it to work. Maybe it is the pile of papers and junk on top of my scanner :)

This is a layout I have been meaning to do for a while now, I just couldn't figure out the details. I really need to write down all my layout ideas in one place. I have purchased numerous journals and notebooks over the years with this exact intention, but I just never followed thru with it. I know that I am forgetting tons of stuff that I wanted to scrap.

I had a hard time deciding on the paper for this layout, then finally settled on the Sassafrass Monstrosity. I think it worked out perfectly. I used my Gypsy to search for a TV I could cut out with my Cricut. I found one of the Mickey and Friends cartridge. It was nice to be able to use that search feature, I wouldn't have thought to look for a TV on that particular cartridge.

We were supposed to go to Sioux Falls for a basketball tournament this weekend, but it was cancelled. Based on the fact that I shouldn't be home, I intend to scrap all weekend. So keep checking back, hopefully I will get more done.

I blinked

The weather obviously knows that I did a layout yesterday. It is foggy and gloomy outside, definitely not taking pictures of layouts weather. I outsmarted it! I figured out how to use the stitch feature on my scanner.
For those of you who don't know what that is, you can scan pieces of a layout or a photo or even several photos in a panorama and "stitch" them together to make one. For example: I have a 8 1/2 x 11 scanner and this is a 12 x12 layout. I scanned the layout 4 times with a rotation each time, then stitched them together. Amazing! I might never photograph a layout again!

I still had the Bella Blvd Super Stud sitting on my table from the card that I made the other day. I haven't been scrapping much since the holidays (but that hasn't stopped me from buying stuff). So I decided to sit down and do a layout and use up the Bella so I wouldn't have to store it. I used white cardstock sprayed with Smooch and the Super Stud for my papers. I punched the edge of the star papers with the Martha Stewart star punch (I think Cathy has one left), then I edged them in blue so they would stand out on the white cardstock. The letters are Thickers that I hacked up a little bit and the green felt stars are Kaiser. The pictures are professionals, but that top smaller one I printed on my new printer. It looks perfect, couldn't be happier with the printer. (Yes, I have a photo release).

Thanks for stopping by and reading my babble.

You make my heart go....

A little card Canyon and I made this morning. (He sprayed the Smooch and picked out the robots)
For some reason my camera REALLY picked up the detail and shadowing on the textured cardstock!?
We used Bella Blvd Super Stud, some of the Bella camping line and a little bit of MME Stomp.
I am lovin' my new star punch, thanks Cathy!

Cosmo's new line & a contest!!

Hello all my Rapid City friends.

Cosmo just unveiled their new line for CHA in January. Hop over to their blog and take a look!

http://www.cosmocricket.typepad.com/

While you are there enter the contest! Tell them all about The Playground and why its everyones favorite store, then hop over to Cathy's blog and tell her what you like from the Cosmo lines, I'm going to go with EVERYTHING!

Maybe someone can win the whole collection for themselves and a set for the store!!
Wouldn't it be great to see this prize go to someone who works so hard for us?!

You are my Tweethearts

It has been so long since I have done any actual scrapbooking, I wasn't entirely sure that I would remember how. Lately I have been looking at the mess, and the expense and the time scrapbooking takes and wondering if comparing all that to how many layouts I actually get done is worth it. It turns out I just needed to sit down and do it. It is so worth it! Creating something out of pretty papers and adhesive, I love it! Sometimes I get so wrapped up in how I haven't gotten anything done I forget how wonderful the creative process is.



My Tweethearts, using Bo Bunny Love Bandit from The Playground.

Nook Blog Hop

Currently there is a blog hop going on from the My Scrapbook Nook.
Lots of beautiful, beautiful layout ideas from some super talented ladies. And prizes...did I mention prizes?
You can start here Life as Lou, or click the button on my sidebar to get to Leah Killian's blog.