What an honor!!!

Imagine my surprise when I opened my email & saw that lovely Melissa bestowed upon me the Liebster award!

Thank you Melissa.

You made my entire week!

You can see all of this sweet gal's work here:

Peace, Love, Joy & Paper

Melissa is quite talented & everything she creates is just beautiful!

Liebster is German and means 'dearest' or 'beloved' but it can also mean 'favorite'.

 The idea of the Liebster award is to bring attention to blogs with less than 200 followers. So, in the spirit of good fun I am passing this award on to five other bloggers.

 Please stop by and visit them!

The Rules are:
1. Show your thanks to the blogger who gave you the award by linking back to them.
2. Reveal your five picks for the award and let them know.
3. Post the award on your blog.
4. Bask in the love from the most supportive people on the blogshare-other bloggers.
5. Finally and the best rule of all . . . . have fun and spread the love!

Here are the 5 blogs that I would like to share with you :

Katie @ Kiss & Tell Scrapbooking

Shelley Ann @ Basement Crafts

Krista @ Confessions of a Twenty Something Artist

Arlene @ I just Wanna Say

Patricia @ Je t'aime

So go check them out. They all inspire me. I bet they will inspire you too!

Enjoy!!

Quirky layout

Here is another layout I did for the challenge over on C.S.I. Color, Stories & Inspiration

I used journaling on tags & 2nd person point of view as my testimony. I used tags, doily's & circular elements for my evidence.

This is a layout of my daughter Sophia. She is quite a character around here! She always has one of us laughing or just simply shaking our heads in awe. LOL

Supplies used:

- Basic Grey out of print pattern paper

-Prima flowers

-7 gypsies pocket (for journaling tag)

-Basic Grey glazed brads

- Lily Bee Designs ABC stickers

-Cricut accent essentials cartridge (Hearts)

-Making Memories sheer frame

-AC Thickers (Elf)

-White doily from dollar store

-Maya Road kraft doily's 

-White paint homemade mist spray

I used http://pixlr.com/o-matic/ on photo. Using layers Harry & Scan. Which also gave it a slight purple/pink hue to go along with the color scheme.

I also used the doily's as masks & sprayed the white mist over them. (had to do this twice, I made a boo boo on first sheet of card stock. You live & learn LOL)

I carried out the circular elements not only in the obvious buttons & brads. I chose the frame & thickers with dots on them.

Thanks so much for looking & Enjoy your weekend!

Fa La La layout

Here's another Christmas layout for ya. I'm trying to get at least some of this past Christmas done. Then I think I'll have a Christmas in July. I have many past Christmas photos that need to get in a album. For now I'll just keep it current. This layout is of my kids in their traditional Christmas jammies. Every Christmas eve the kids get to open their gift of jammies. It's a fun tradition that they really enjoy.

Supplies used:
-Mambi title
-GCD Stuidios pattern papers (Home for the holiday collection)

Thanks for looking....Enjoy!

~Jenn

Inspiration Push # 9 + Revenge of the Tree layout

So for this weeks inspiration push I'm thinking trees. I know lot's of us still have Christmas layouts to do. So use an embellishment of a tree. But don't just stop at Christmas. You can also use a tree to make a family tree. I also especially like silhouettes of trees on heritage layouts. 

As for the quote I've been getting a lot of enjoyment lately watching my children laugh with one another so..."A child's smile is like a ray of sunshine on a cloudy day" 

Stash: A tree embellishment 

Quote: "A child's smile is like a ray of sunshine on a cloudy day" 

So here's my layout using a tree embellishment. This day we had quite a laugh! 

The journaling reads:

So I get the tree decorated finally & I’m feeling quite accomplished. Then I hear, Ahhhhhh! Boom! I run to the living room to find the tree smack dab on top of Sophia! I start to scream first from panic & fear, then from frustration. Didn’t need to worry if Fi was ok because I could tell from the hysterical laughter coming from under the tree. LOL Turns out she was in front of it petting Bugsy (our bunny) & it just toppled over from the weight of the ornaments being placed mainly on the front branches. So we get the tree picked up & Tony secures the darn thing to the wall. I decide to check on my ornaments when ZAP! One of the lights broke & I unknowingly grabbed it. My entire body stiffened up! OUCH! I think this tree wasn’t all that happy about being chopped down & exacted it’s REVENGE. The tree is possessed for sure! All ornaments were thankfully intact. Except for apparently the bulb that broke & then tried to electrocute me.This was the year “FiFi got run over by the Christmas tree, while petting Bugsy the Bunny Christmas night” Tony sang this song for the few days following & we all got quite a laugh!

{Oh, And yes....I asked my daughter to pose for these pictures. I was too busy screaming to get my camera at the time}


I used some of my products from my Birds of a Feather December monthly kit club.

Supplies used:

-3 Bugs in a Rug deck the halls pattern paper & die cut shapes

-Fancy Pants St. Nick pattern paper & glitter cuts

-Jolee's christmas lights strand

-AC Thickers (Sunrise)

-Lily Bee Designs ABC stickers

-Making Memories brads

-Twine 

Thanks so much for looking. Be inspired & use up your stash!

~Jenn

Believe layout + a tip

This is a layout I did for the challenge over on CSI Color, Stories, Inspiration.

I used Advice for my testimony & flowers, architectural elements, swirls & something stone like for the evidence.

This is a layout of my daughter Alyssa. She loves to paint. She has painted since she was a little girl. She is quite talented. I hope she always remembers how talented she is.

The journaling reads:

Believe that all things are possible.

Believe that you can do it.

Believe in your talent.

Believe in yourself….even if others don’t.

Supplies used:

-Bazzill cardstock

-AC cardstock

-Echo Park country drive (pink paper)

-Provo Craft basic checks (yellow paper)

-Attic Treasures bags & tags

-TH adornments (bird)

-Cosmo Cricket tiny text

-Prima flowers

-Melissa Frances embellishments (key hole)

-Prima shabby chic treasures (corner moldings)

-Vintage lily of the valley floral pick

-Zva Creations bling swirls

-Jolees (easel & paint supplies)

-TH vintage photo distress ink

My background paper has tiny specks in it & reminded me of a granite countertop. That is how I interpreted the stone like evidence.

Now here's a tip on one of the many ways I distress the edges of my paper.

1. Take a makeup applicator or Q-tip dipped in water & run along edge. ( I used an imaginisce jewel setter stick)

2. Next run run fingernail along wet edge & rough up edges. Bending paper the way you like as you go.

3. Ink edges with distress ink using a distress ink applicator.

For the purple paper I wet the paper, inked first & then ran my fingernail along edge. I did this because I wanted the purple to show without being fully distressed. It gives it a little more oomph & it's not so blended in this way. I wanted that layer to pop a little more than the others.

Thanks for looking. I hope everyone is having a great weekend!

~Jenn