No, I didn't forget about you

May is CRAZY!!!!  

          Always is, always flies by.

 I didn't even get my project 12 done.  GAH!  I will have to post my April and May together since I haven't even printed my pics for April yet.  I am "patiently" waiting for either Archivers to get a collage option on their printer again OR Photoshop for my birthday.  That's what I am hoping for, really.  It'd be sooo much easier to print photo's that way since I don't have a reliable, quality printer at home.

Anyway, on to the main topic of this post... my pages from my Studio Calico Spencer Kit.  Another great kit!!  I liberally added in extra product on a couple pages, but the others were pretty straight from the kit.

Page 1

I did this one for one of the 2peas NSD challenges.  To use a pinned page as inspiration.  I used a page that I loved by Angie Gutshall (click here to see the page).  I liked how she cut out the circles and sewed around them.  I also got some inspiration for the title letters from Nancy Damiano's Infinity page on 2peas.  Love how the embossing powder on the chipboard worked out!!!  This is one of the pages where I added a lot of extra product.  Mostly from Amy Tangerine Sketchbook line, with a few stickers from an old winter Echo Park line.

Page 2

This page was pinned by 2peas!!  I submitted it for one of the NSD challenges,too.  I was so excited!  I love when my family looks and ooh's and ahh's over a page, but it's really something when other scrapbookers and professional scrapbookers take notice of what you've done.  Made my day.

I again added in a lot of Echo Park product to the kit. I have had these pics on my desk for a long time (does it seem like I say that about almost every page?  I have a lot of pics just sitting around) and I thought the turq circle paper went great with it.

Page 3

When  I was digging through my Echo Park for the other layouts, I noticed that diamond border sticker was almost a perfect match for stamp included in the kit.  So, of course, I had to use it on a page!  This one was just a bunch of random pieces I had left and a few embellishments.  Two things that happened while working on this one:  1 - my sewing machine would not cooperate.  So, instead of sewing thru the little trianlges, I used a thin pen and drew a line.  and 2 - right after I dropped my ink on the page, I dropped another page on top of it and ended up smearing some of the drops.  I was MAD, thought I'd ruined the whole thing.  But, I took a deep breath, and let it go.  I even ended up adding a few circles to the drops almost bringing more attention to them.

Page 4 

When I saw the orange paper in the kit, I knew I wanted to use it on a layout with these pics of my husband when he was little.  He was so cute!!  I loved the arrow paper in the kit and saw how Maggie Holmes had cut it up to use a bunch of the arrows.  I thought something like that would work on this page, too.  

Page 5

 I had some really old rub-ons from Cosmo Cricket that I added to this page.  And again the orange pattern paper went great with these pics.  Her trucker glasses were the best!!









There are five more from last month!  I have one from each kit that I am planning to do when I can get some time, plus my project 12 pages, plus pages for this month's kits.  I'll get it.  I'm all good.  No more stressing here.

Thanks for looking :)

April Gossamer Blue pages

Yes, I know it's May.  Yes, I am behind.  Yes, I am okay with that.

I recently went on a scrapbook weekend getaway.  I was so excited!!  I carefully put together several "kits" and of course took my Gossamer Blue and Studio Calico kits with me.  I think I ended up with something like 25 page kits.  

Really?  Really.   I thought I was going to get through 25 kits??  Of course I didn't, I got 10 done.  Which is still really good for me, but now I have all these kits just calling my name while life flies by at 100 mph.  I keep thinking about them as I'm driving all over this city.  If I didn't have to be in the car for 2+ hours everyday, I could at least get one page done.  :)

Anyway, this post is to show off the pages that did get done.  I apologize now for no close up shots, but even this post is being done in stolen moments.

page 1  -  I added in some gold glitter paper and vellum w/ gold dots to help tie in the gold thickers (which I adore!!).  I also raided my stash and found these cute chick stickers to add.  Let's hear it for hoarding!!

page 3 - I was determined to use the fabric frames as much as I could.  I love them!!  I added in some washi I had in my stash and my watercolors.

page 4 - I'd seen this large banner several times and thought it was time for me to give it a try.  This time I used the frame as a place for my title, backing it with the Crate script paper (loved it!) and leaving a few choice words uncovered.  Really so happy for my momma, she's overcome so much.

page 2 - My friend Amy brought her silhouette (I want one soooo bad!!!) and I used it to cut out a mask of snow flakes.  Sprayed a couple times with my white Mr. Huey's and loved the result!  I added a few snowflake stickers (again from my crazy stash) to the centers to make them pop a bit more.  

page 5 - My son was not too happy that I did this page, but I love it.  I had seen a challenge to use pink on a boy page, and seeing as he had to wear his sisters pink boots, it was a perfect match.  I added in some strips of pattern paper to mix the navy, teal and turquoise.  The small die-cut frame and pointer are wood veneer from Basic Grey's Hipster line that I inked to match.  Love this one.  

page 6 - And last, but not least.  This page started out completely different, but I couldn't make what I had originally pulled work.  I started going back thru the kit and finally just saw this.  It just clicked.  Then once I got home and was showing everything to Jon, he kindly pointed out that I had spelled 'breathe' wrong.  I had forgotten the 'e'.  Let me just tell you how happy I was about that.  So, into surgery my page went and I fixed it good enough.  I did manage to rip the paper several times trying to peel up the letters, but it's all good.  And, that wasn't the only spelling mistake I made that weekend.  I think lack of sleep does not have the best affect on your scrapping abilities.  :)

So, there are my pages from the Gossamer Blue kit.  I do have one more that I am still thinking about and I WILL be incorporating a ruffle somewhere on that page, since I forgot to do it on all of these.

And, here are the other four I did that weekend.  Fun, fun, fun!!!!

This one was based on a challenge by Jana Werner on Two Peas.  Loved her big banner and totally wanted to do something like it.  I've had this paper and these embellies for awhile!

New Basic Grey, it feels incomplete still since I didn't write any journaling.  I might have to go back in and add some.  I was trying for a calm-white-spacey look.

Bow Ties from Basic Grey.  I saw that buggy paper and knew it would be perfect with these pics.  I kinda went nuts with the layering and  embellishments.  

This was another one that sleep deprivation ruined, at least temporarily. I forgot the word 'to' in the title.  I was ticked and my friend Amy fixed it for me.  That was the first time I witnessed page surgery.  :)  I used some old Girls Paperie and some wood veneer from Basic Grey again.

If you made it this far, thank you so much for looking.  I know this one was long.  I will post again as soon as I get thru my Studio Calico kit.  I've got about 6 pages planned for that one, too.

ttfn :)