New Layout - Family Portrait

I finished up a new layout using a new Anita Designs kit that was PERFECT for this fantastic heritage family photo that I found. This photo is my mom, her brother and my grandmother. I love every single thing about this photograph! I wanted to keep it simple in order to best showcase this portrait!  There is nothing quite as cool as seeing your mom as a little girl! She was (and is) so beautiful!

New Layout: Snowboarding

Here is my newest layout using Valorie Wibbens' BYOC goodies and I'm loving the color scheme for BYOC at The Lilypad this month! So fun and refreshing!

This layout tells the story of Meighan's first experience with snowboarding. She had such a great time and was so proud of how well she did!

Announcement & Two New Layouts

I am so excited to announce that I'm on the Creative Team for The Digital Press which is a fantastic new digital scrapbooking site! I am so excited to be a part of their team and feel honored to have been selected!

Here is the announcement - so much talent on this team! I am wow'd to be a part of it! I am anrobe in digital circles so that is me - the 3rd name on the Core Creative Team list!

And, so I've been scrapping this week with new goodies from The Digital Press and I can't recommend the designs there more highly! The team is fantastic and their digital store is full of amazing products!

The first layout is one of the layouts I've been meaning to create about our making perogies at Christmas last year and the Gilded Grab Bag by Anita Designs and Karla Dudley was PERFECT for what I wanted to create. This grab bag is an amazing deal - it has a full kit, a layered template album, tons of word art and elements to make your perfect page! I am so thrilled with how this one turned out - even better than I'd hoped!

The second layout is one I've had on my list for awhile - an afternoon that Meighan and her best friend, Lilah, spent together at a local bounce place. I wanted to be sure to document this great day (and Meighan's good friend) in our scrapbook! I used a number of things for this layout - Stenciled Vol 1 by Dawn by Design, Soda Pop Paint by Dawn by Design, Stitches from Lanky Alpha by Dawn by Design, Time Spent Together kit by Digital Scrapbook Ingredients & Wishing Well Creations by Laura Passage.

That is it for now but I'll be back soon with more layouts to share!

New Layout: Caroling for Cans

Here is my newest layout using an older Simple Scrapper membership template from December 2013 and the new collab kit from The Digital Press Co. which was a steal on Cyber Monday (and is still a great price here)!

This one is all about how Meighan and Lilah joined other Girl Scouts to participate in Caroling for Cans! They had so much fun!

New Layout: Thanksgiving 2013

When we lived in Missouri, we typically didn't spend the Thanksgiving holiday with family or friends. We spent the day together, typically in pajamas, enjoying the holiday among ourselves. We sometimes stayed in pajamas all day and watched movies all day until we ate a big meal. After 4 years, we just got out of the habit of spending the holidays with family.

But, since moving back to Virginia, we are able to spend the holiday with family! The first year we stayed home since my mom and Dave were on a cruise and we didn't have any where else to be. But, last year in 2013, Dad and Nina invited us to their house and it's begun to be a bit of a tradition now (since we'll be there again this year). This layout outlines how we spent the Thanksgiving holiday and what a great time we had. I feel so lucky to have Dad, Nina and Elizabeth in my life. It's a two pager so I'll include the full spread as well as each individual page here!

Credits:

Pockets No. 8 by Valorie Wibbens

Memory Pockets Monthly - Gather (November 2013)

Cut It Out - Gather by Valorie Wibbens

Nutmeg by Valorie Wibbens

Arboretum by Sara Gleason

Layout Share: Writing Clues

I've been wanting to create a page about Alex writing clues on a worksheet this summer. Each clue tells so much about who he is and what he thinks about things! It is hilarious and gives me a sneak peek into his little world! This template comes from December 2014's Simple Scrapper membership materials.

Credits:

Sprinkles v.29 by Valorie Wibbens 

Handmade by Valorie Wibbens

(both from the November 2014 BYOC)

Template and story starter from Simple Scrapper membership materials

Layout: Christmas Magic

I'm suddenly feeling very inspired to scrapbook but haven't been feeling well enough to spend much time actually creating layouts. However, I was so inspired by this month's Simple Scrapper membership materials that I sat down tonight and created this layout that tells about the magic of last year's Christmas with my family. Just seeing all of these photos together reminded me how lucky I am to have these people in my life ... I am so fortunate to have 4 amazing parents, 1 very cool sister, 1 wonderful husband and 3 beautiful children.

Credits: Christmas Tradition, Downtown Christmas, Pocket Stuffers no. 4, 

Woodlets no. 2, and Stuffed Pockets - all by Valorie Wibbens at The LilyPadTemplate from Simple Scrapbooks Membership Materials (September 2012)Story Starter from Simple Scrapbook Membership Materials (Decmeber 2014)

New Layout: Hello 4th Grade

I pulled together this page tonight about Meighan and Alex starting 4th grade. I used a template from the template challenge over at The Lilypad which is fantastic! And I used the September 2014 Storyteller kit by Just Jaimee (also over at The Lilypad). I'm really happy with how it turned out. I still can't quite believe that I have NINE year olds who are in 4th grade. It seems like yesterday that they were born! And this means we're half way through their youth ... in 9 more years they will be 18! Time truly does fly!

New Layout - Run Club

Meighan has really loved being a part of her school's girls' run club this fall. She was also in the club in the spring of last school year. But, this year, she seems to be enjoying running more and more! She's so athletic and I think she's seeing that the results of running are helping her be able to be an even better soccer player. One of the mom's who runs with the girls sent me some photos from a recent club run and I had to use them to document how much fun Meighan is having as part of the club! She'll be running in her SECOND 5K on November 8th and she is so excited! I'm very proud of our girl! Here's the layout which uses Valorie Wibbens' new Sweater Weather kit which is fantastic!

Layout: The Best Present

When I was a little girl, my Dad made me the most amazing gift! He built a huge dollhouse with his own two hands for me - it was decorated with carpet, furniture, and curtains. There was a cool hinge on the roof that allowed me to reach the upstairs bedrooms to play. It was simply amazing! And it still, 30+ years later is my all time favorite gift ever! I remember not quite believing that my Dad loved me so much that he spent so much of his free time to make me something so beautiful and magical! It was definitely a big hit and I would smile each time I looked at it, remembering how my Dad made it for me. I think it's time to document that memory in my scrapbooks ... and one of the Story Starters from the November Simple Scrapper materials gave me the inspiration to get it all down on paper! And so here it is ...

Credits:

Template and Story Starter from the November 2014 Simple Scrapper materials

Sprinkles V11 by Valorie Wibbens

Heirloom by Paislee Press

One for the Album by One Little Bird

Generations by One Little Bird and Paislee Press

The Era Of by One Little Bird

The Love List by One Little Bird

Who I Am by One Little Bird