Layouts and paper confetti fun!

Hey gang! March has been a great month for scrapping so far! Already have a total of 19 layouts done! Huge thanks to Calvinball and Shimelle's Clear the Desk Class for motivating me to get layouts done.

Clear the Desk may be done but I have combined all 4 kits and been able to get a ton of fun layouts completed. And whats awesome is it's such a great class to redo and start with completely new kits. Great way to use up the old stash!

Here are some of my layouts from just this week.

Such a great feeling being able to make dents into the two main album's I would like to complete this year. 

Gotta go continue playing in paper confetti! 

Until next time!! 

In a blink of an eye...

Before you have your first child, people often make the comment that time seems to just fly by once they are born. Often you roll you eyes and go yeah right. And then you have you have your first kid and qhicklq realize the truth to that statement. In a blink of an eye it seems time has just flown by. Yesterday was Sebastians second birthday. It's hard to believe that not only has 2 years have passed but that there was an even a time before him. It's like the space time continuum alters significantly after a kid is born.

We made it a birthday weekend and as you can see sebastian had a ton of fun! 

I finished my third kit for the Clear the Desk challenge And managed to get 6 layouts out of it! This month I also joined Calvin all which has been fun. It has really been challenging me to get layouts done! 

Here is the kit I made. 

And the layouts I created from it .

That's it for now! Hope everyone has a fantastic week! 

Until next time! And

Another kit down!

Hello everyone! Can't believe it is March already. And even more surprising, Sebastian is going to be in 2 in just two days! 😱😱 Where has the time gone??? This time last year we were arriving in Disney World to begin his epic first birthday celebration! So much fun!

For the second kit in Shimelle's Clear the Desk class, we were to take papers and embellishments from two different collections and put them together. Here is what I came up with.

I took pieces from Crate Paper Little You (boy) and Shimelle Little By Little. I liked the soft colors of the Little You papers that of course are perfect for baby photos but wanted to add in some pops of color to really make things stand out a little more. Little by Little had those perfect colors while still maintaining that look of a baby album. 

And here are the three layouts I created using these pieces. 

The photo of Sebastian under the UV lights was such a difficult photo to scrap but I really like how the papers worked with it. Its a very dark photo using all blue and purple as the colors but somehow the papers were able to brighten it a bit so you are able to tell what the photo is. 

Michael is in charge of the journaling for the last layout because I felt it was important to have his thoughts and feelings included for such an important moment of our lives. 

That's is for now. Today I will be finishing painting the playroom which has been fun but a lot of work. 

Here is what it looks like. And I have a ton of fun stuff to add to the walls plus going to reorganize how his toys are set up. Sebastian is going to love it! 

Until next time!!

First kit completed!

Hey gang! As I had mentioned the other day, I signed up for Shimelle's newest class, Clear the Desk . And boy am I glad that I did! For my first kit I managed to make 7 layouts from it! Here is the kit I had put together .

For papers I pulled out some Simple Stories, Echo Park, Pebbles, Scraptastic and Pink Paislee. I did end up adding a couple more sheets of papers not pictured since I was in need of my baclgrpbac papers. For embellishments I picked some supplies from Simple Stories, October Afternoon, My Minds Eye, Jolee Boutique and my supplies of hearts, stars and arrows. Again I ended up switching out some embellishments to better work with my photos.
And here are my 7 layouts I created with my kit!

I love that by following along on how to put this kit together, I was able to come up with a kit that worked with so many different photos. Without the extra push I never would of thought about putting these all together!  Such a fun class and can't wait to see what's next! 

Until next time! 

Happy Dance!

Hello gang! The weather has been beautiful here and Sebastian and I have been enjoying some time outside. Today it was nice enough to fill up the water tabel for some splashing fun... That is until it started raining a cold rain.

It resulted it me being "mean mom" and dragging him inside literally kicking and screaming .

Anywho I have had some opportunity to get into my scrappy area and have some fun! 

Here is Sebastian enjoying The Incredible'' Dance Party! At the time Sebastian still wasnt walking yet so he couldn't quite get his dance on but he absolutely loves music and was bouncing away! 

For this layout I used my May Fairy Tale Kit for the papers. Embellishments are some October Afternoon pieces as well as some assorted things from my stash. I love my Mickey heads that I recently found on eBay and will definitely be ordering some more! I was a little worried with how they would stick since they were pretty inexpensive but I have had zero problems!

That's it for now but I do have some more exciting layouts to share! I am currently enrolled in Shimelle's new class, Clear the Desk, and have already made a couple fun layouts using the kit I created yesterday from the first video. Once I complete that kit I'll be back to share all the layouts I made from it! 

Until next time! 

I'm still here!

Hey gang! It's been a while since I have last posted. But I'm still here and scrapping away. My Scrappy goals for this year is to finish Sebastian's First Birthday trip to Disney World and to keep up with my blog. Fingers crossed both those things happen!
I have joined a couple scrapbook groups on Facebook and so far have been doing very well making a dent in my giant stack of photos. So now it's time to come back here and start posting again!
Back in August I joined Shimelle's Magical Scrapbook Class that focused on scrapping Disney photos. And while I watched the videos and read the printouts for whatever reason I didn't actually make any layouts following the class. Well now I finally am! And it has been such a great class to follow! Here areaa few layouts that i made from the class .

Ok ok so these photos are actually from our October trip (Hi Megan!) But these photos fit perfectly of telling a story. Sebastian had a actually fallen asleep during the movie, Sleepy Hallow. However there was no way I was going to pass up taking a photo with the Headless Horseman. Sebastian seemed to have known when it was our turn though. While still sleeping he managed to pose and smile the entire time. For these layouts I used DCWV Zodiac and DCWV Minty Lace mostly. However I did add a touch of American Crafts Bootiful Night for the half circles and also the pumpkins. 

This is another photo from the class but again from our October trip. While waiting for Sleepy Hallow to start Sebastian took the time to play with props set out up front for the photographer. For this layout I used American Crafts Bootiful Night and also a little bit of Simple Stories Frankie And Friends. Embellishments are also Bootiful Night. 

Hey look a layout from our March trip! Sebastian absolutely loved the teacups and the faster we would spin the more he laughed! For this layout I used Echo Park Magic and Wonder. My background sheet however came from Simple Stories Say Cheese. Embellishments are a mixture of those two collections as well. 

Its such a fun class and I can't wait to keep going with it. 

Until next time! 

Just like Daddy

Hello everyone! Hope all is well! I decided to take a break from Disney for a little bit and work on some of Sebastian's baby pictures. In a perfect world I would be all caught up since he is only a 1.5 so there can't be that many photos. That's a perfect world. In reality, no where near caught up.
For this layout I used the August sketch from Stuck?! Sketch.

I really liked this sketch and had a few photos that would go well with it so I know I will use it again. And here is my layout for it.

For this layout I used mostly Crate Paper Boys Rule as well as some papers and odds and ends from Simple Stories So Rad.  Here are some close ups. 

One of his Sebastian's favorite things when he was an infant was curling up in Michael's arm and watching him play Call of Duty. Often the loud noises and the comfort of being with his daddy would put him to sleep! 

Sebastian still loves to watch his daddy play PlayStation but instead of being curled up ready for a nap tries to grab the controller and "help" Michael. 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope the rest of the week goes awesome for everyone! 

Until next time!