Just Bee

So the Core ladies and I got some amazing goody box's this week and Maya Rd was extremely generous with some fabulous rub ons and chip board. I had been eyeing up this honey comb album ever since CHA and was over the moon excited when it arrived at my door step. It was the first thing that I dug into and here is what I created.

I used some of my all time favorite colors, collections and techniques.

Here is a close up of my crimper leaves and torn flower, isn't that torn edge gorgeous. The little bee is one of my faves from My little bit if whimsy.

The first pages are a little bit about remembering to slow down and just bee

The 2nd and 3rd page are about other very important things to bee.

Here is a close up of the Maya Rd Chipboard letters, I covered them in cardstock, sanded them and then just added a few stitches to them,

Here is a close up of some more chipboard. Maya Rd sent up some of there Mists. I have no idea what the name of the one they sent me was, but it is kinda an opaque white sparkle. So for many of the chipboard elements {title BEE and this heart and the little tree}, I used my Copic markers and colored them before spritzing them. That way I can have any color sparkle I want. YUP I love this!!!

Here is the final page. I used the fiskars texture plate to create the embossed honey comb pattern and the torn Chocolate box by Core was the perfect spot use the Maya Rd Rub-ons.

All the pattern papers and embellishments are by Jillibean Soup. Buttons are by My little bit of Whimsy. Photo corners are by Scrapbook adhesives.

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Just Bee

Summer Sweetness

I have the most wonderful new neighbor, and she has the most incredible garden. With us just moving in and all our energy being devoted to building, I don't have any gardens!! I miss my gardens just a bit, but I am glad there is no extra weeding and watering to do right now.  Anyways Barb said she has too many strawberries for just her, so please come and fill up a bucket. The boys and I sat in her garden filling our cheeks and bucket with the most beautiful strawberries ever.

I have been waiting for photos like these!!! I have loved Cosmo crickets Garden Variety since the very first sneak and I have been hoarding it, waiting for just the right pictures. {3 Scrappy Boys has it on sale right now to} I adore the bright colors and playful critters and and and...........the list goes on and on.

Products used Core-dinations Cardstock, Cosmo Cricket Pattern paper and embellishments, mini letters by October Afternoon, Photo corners by Scrapbook adhesives, Bling by MAMBI, Twine by Daisy Bucket.

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Summer Sweetness

Not for the weak in spirit or poor of eyesight

I am one of those people who often finds herself saying " I can do that!" I was one of the kids who watched olympic figure skating and then said "I can do that" My mother would of course take me to the ice rink and giggle in the stands as I attempted to skate on one foot with my other in the air, and the hillarity ensued as I discovered the danger of toe picks. These failures have never really curbed my go to attitude when it comes to trying new things and so it continues into my crafting. After recieving my fabulous creations from My little bit of whimsy, I felt the need to give Fimo crafting a try, I had some of this stuff left over from christmas crafts with my kids. So I set out to create some {what I thought were} simple creatures. Here is the result. I really like them, but oh my goodness a women could go blind doing this. These little guys are no bigger than a nickel and took me about 4 hours to create. I am working with flecks of fimo smaller than a pinhead. I am in awe of Stephenies talent and I bow to her patience and eyesight.

My favorite is the duck maybe cause he was the easiest, so it was the first to get used in this layout with my beautiful neice. I love that I finally get to play with a few of the girly papers that I have picked up along the way. 

Products used Core-dinations Cardstock, Pattern Paper by Cosmo Cricket and October Afternoon, pearls by Queen n Co, and photo corners by Scrapbook adhesives

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Not for the weak in spirit or poor of eyesight

The ants go marching and Motherhood

Happy National Scrappbooking Day Everyone, It has been sunny and wonderful and I have been out playing baseball and even fit in a little time to Scrap. With mothers day approaching I wanted to do a layout sharing how I feel about motherhood along with the usual card for my own mother. I used more of the goodies from my 3 Scrappy boys Kit and made sure there was lots of room for journalling.

        Products used Core-dinations Cardstock, Pattern paper by basic grey, stickers by October Afternoon, thickers by American Crafts and Prima Bling. Photo corners by scrapbook adhesives

Now for the ants, I found this Idea in my new cupcake book . These are super easy cake mix cupcakes with reese pieces ants and coconut grass. It was so fun and easy I felt the need to share.

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The ants go marching and Motherhood

Mile a minute

I love me a little sketch challenge and when I saw this one, on the Imaginisce blog, created by my good friend Aphra, I knew it had to be scrapped. You see, I have a big love of circles, in case you never noticed, I love my circle punches, my butttons and my brads. I reach for them all the time.  So for me this sketch practically screamed scrap me. On top of that I soooooooooooo want to get my hands on an i top tool, which is the prize for this sketch challenge. Oh the circles I could make with one of those. 

Products used Core-dinations Cardstock, Pattern Paper by imaginisce. letters by mambi, making memories, photo corners by scrapbooks adhesive.

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Mile a minute

Some more from the retreat {layouts}

I was really thrilled when my brother and his girlfriend asked if I would take some maternity photos for them, they had their beautiful baby on March 3rd. These are some of my favorites from the shoot and I was really anxious to get it scrapped, I find that sometimes after that adorable little bundle comes along, I forget all about the maturnity stuff.

In this layout I used Core-dinations Cardstock, Pattern paper is by October Afternoon and Scenic Route Embellishments by October afternoon and Jillibean soup

I love to work on Christmas pages all year long, it helps me with my festive withdrawls, I truly love the magic of Christmas and it only gets better as my boys come to understand the meaning. These papers are not traditional holiday papers, in fact the plaid is from the Cosmo Cricket Camping collection, but I do love the way they make the photo pop and don't distract to much from the photo, I think that this is one of my favorite photos from this Christmas. I always get nervous when I scrap my favorites, I feel like it has to be just right, and they are just harder to scrap. Know what I mean?

I made these little details, the cookie really was that big proportionately.

In this layout I used, the Core-dinations Cardstock, and pattern papers by Cosmo Cricket, Sandy lion, photo corner by Scrapbook adhesives and letters by reminisce and Adornit.

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Some more from the retreat {layouts}