Guess What!!!!!!!!

I was featured on the Echo Park Blog!!!! I was doing my normal blog reading while the kids happily play together. When lo and behold this layout of mine was spotted in my reading! Here is the actual post and the layout for you to view. Thank you Echo Park for making my day! :) I love your paper.
I also used the same sketch from Sketch Support but turned it on its side this time around. Gotta love the versatility of sketches.

Using a Sketch

I have just started getting more into scrapbooking with sketches these days. It really gets my creative juices flowing when I think I just may have lost the mojo for a while, or maybe it has more to do with the fact that the only time I scrapbook is after 9:30 at night. But I usually hit a huge creative rush when I use a sketch and am able to even complete more then one layout in a night! One of my favorite sites to use sketches from is Sketch Support.

Oh and I'm really into navy blue these days on my layouts. Not sure why but its a fun alternative to black or grey.

Another addition of What I Know For Sure.

The smaller the Crocs the cuter they are!!! (Olivia's first pair :)

When you ask a four year old boy to take his picture, you NEVER know what you are gonna get.

I am now not the only purse fanatic in the family....welcome to the club Kayla. ( She brought this Disney Dooney home from her Disney Internship)

This little lady has one amazing voice! She had her first voice recital this weekend and did an awesome job!

Kayla is a smarty-pants
I never thought this would be something I know for sure but as they say you learn something new every day! This hypoallergenic Formula has made my little baby so much happier. After breastfeeding for 8 months and not knowing what it was that she was allergic to we decided it was time to give it a try and in 24 hours she was super happy and sleeping through the night again!

Have a happy day and don't forget to find out what you know for sure!

Inspired By-take 5

I've been scrapbooking late at night these days after all three kiddos are in bed. Doug and I usually watch a movie or a sports game while I scrapbook. I love it!

I was inspired by Olivia's new warm-up that I purchased for her at the Disney Outlet.

More specifically this one....
Using an add-on sketch from my new favorite sketch site Sketch Support I made my very own Minnie and Mickey Cupcakes. I love them!!! I cant wait to think of more characters that I can turn into a paper version of my favorite sweet treat!

Happy Birthday Gracie!

Miss Grace turned 9 on Monday so here are 9 cool facts about my wonderful little lady intertwined with 9 Scrapbook pages that feature her cute little self!


1-She is a fantastic big sister who helps out whenever Mommy asks.

2-She surprised Doug and I the other day by cleaning our room for us while we were out on a date. What a thoughtful little girl!
3-Shes funny.....very funny!

4-She writes her own music and its very good! (Watch out Taylor Swift)

5-Within the last 6 months she has really gained a lot of independence and forming her own sense of style. ( I think I created a monster in the Handbag department...she loves them!)
6-She Scrapbooks....and her pages are great! I should showcase some of her work on here sometime

7-Her nickname at school is "Sunshine" because she is always happy

8-She is a very talented dancer.

9- When her little brother was in the hospital she took money out of her own piggy bank to bring him a present. What a sweetie.

What I Know for Sure

Kids think hotels are the greatest thing EVER!


If you are four taking the neighbor girl on a "date" to your table in the backyard while eating candy-canes is very cool


Falling asleep on daddy is very comfy



Grace has some mad photography skills!!!!



If you wear this outfit people will look at you crazy....yes even in Chicago.

Inspired by- take 4

Everyday inspiration.....flowers sent by Doug. (Thanks Honey) I love how the flowers have an explosion of color going in all directions.



So instead of the obvious explosion of flowers on a page I made a ticket explosion....

Hope your enjoying my inspiration series as much as I am enjoying creating it!

Inspired-take 3

After a long couple of weeks with very sick kiddos I am ready to share what I have been inspired by this time around. As a Disney fanatic I am constantly inspired by Disney products, places and music. In fact, I could probably do an entire Inspired By-Disney series. None the less I was inspired by the cover of Movie we have in our home.

And here is the layout....I made a door just like the picture. I used my trusty white pen on some black cardstock. Gotta love that white pen.

And inside my door...a special little "Monster"

As a bonus for this edition of inspired by I created another layout. I was inspired by the same movie but this time by the dialog in the movie. "23-19" is a line from the movie that we repeat around this house a lot. So what better then to title the layout "23-19"

A special addition of what I know for sure......

When kids are sick stuffed animals are good but Mommy is best!

If you are tired enough you will sleep sitting up.

He's still so stinkin' cute even when he's as sick as can be!

(Q was in the hospital for a couple days with Pneumonia but is now home getting better. We are happy to have him home and getting better. :)

What I know for sure....this week

Writing your grocery list out in a fun color at least makes it feel more fun then it really is.

You can stack laundry on 6 month old babies and they wont notice
Folded laundry does not put itself away.

Seeing this mock interstate sign makes me miss "the happiest place on earth"

Inspired-take 2

Today's everyday object of inspiration....laundry piles.

Everybody has laundry and I'm gonna go out on a limb here and assume that most have piles of it at some point in their daily routine. I look it it a lot! After all this time I finally realized it could inspire a layout. In the laundry pile shown above there is layers and layers of clothing some colors stick out and some just blend in to the backround. While the colors that pop may draw our eye, without the drab the bright wouldnt stand out. So I decide to make a layout with a ton of layers and a few clors that really pop while letting the others just melt into the backround.

Some things that blend in are the turquise mist, the lighter flowers and the plain white paper.

I really wanted to turquoise flowers to be the equivalent of the hot pink blanket in the pile of laundry.


Here it is.....they layout inspired by laundry....now you all have an excuse to leave laundry all around the house until the inspiration hits you....or atleast thats what you can tell others. :)

Inspire

I have been asked repeatedly through the years what inspires me. I never really knew how to answer that question until recently. Mainly because I wasn't totally sure where it came from. I took the easy way out and said my kids. Now I can tell you it is more then the standard kids answer. I have figured out that if I look at an object long enough (or in most cases, frequent views in short time spans) I can see the beauty in boring day to day items. I take a look at it from a different perspective and then it hits me! Boring items are inspiring too!


Now Oprah might have a fancy word for this kind of thing, "ah-ha moment", but I think for me it just might be the lack of sleep in combination with the desperate need for time to be creative. None the less I have to give Oprah thanks for giving it a schnazzy name.

So here is my first in the serious of inspired by daily life layouts.....

The daily life object:
The back of the Chex box- I know some of you out there might be thinking....What? I don't see anything cool about this. Then you need to borrow yourself a 6 month old baby who is teething and wake up every 20 min. This lack of sleep will give you just the crazy different view of the box you need.

Look closer.....
Do you see it yet?

The circle of Chex has now become a circle of paper!


And voila! The layout inspired by a box of Chex!!!!