Exciting News + National Scrapbooking Day

Hello!!  Happy NSD!!  I'm popping with some exciting news this evening.  I don't usually share a whole lot about my personal life here, but I'm excited to share...and come September, you'll notice a new subject in my scrapbooking projects:

We are so excited that Baby Girl Benjamin will be making her appearance in just a few short months!

And with that news, I share a layout that I made for the Elle's Studio NSD challenges.  The challenge: scrap a big moment...so I scrapped the picture we took the day we found out that BB (Baby Benjamin) is a girl!  I used the older Cienna collection for this layout...and it was the perfect collection to use.

I'll be back to share more of my NSD challenges later in the week...happy weekend!

Clique Kits' NSD Celebration!

Good morning, all!  Happy (inter)National Scrapbook Day!  It's definitely one of my favorite days of the year - a whole day (usually weekend) dedicated to my favorite hobby?  Yes please!

Clique Kits has a really fun event going on for the NSD festivities.  You can find all the Scrap Your Heart Out challenges at their Facebook event here.  There are going to be a lot of great prompts to try your hand at and a lot of fabulous prizes up for grabs!

I just posted my challenge - a recipe challenge.  My recipe is pretty simple: Sparkle, Shine and Flowers:

For my 'sparkle' I used shimmer mist and sequins.  For my 'shine' I used metallic gold accents.  And for my 'flowers' I used a floral die cut.  I'm still digging the Clique Kits Spring Card Kit, which you can still pick up in the store.  There is a big sale today - 30% off everything with code NSD30.  Check it out!!

Cardstock: Bazzill; Mist: Heidi Swapp; Sequins: SpiegelMom Scraps; Die cuts, Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye; Wood Veneer: Studio Calico; Date Stamp: Shimelle

NSD with Bella Blvd

Hey, everyone!  Are you recovering from all the NSD festivities?  I still have a lot of challenges that I hope to participate in over the next week.  I did want to pop in and share an NSD layout that I had on the Bella Blvd blog on Saturday.  We were tasked to do an "all about me" page and answer five questions about ourselves.  Here is my layout:

I LOVE the rainbow color scheme...when you make a rainbow layout, it's always going to turn out looking good.  Always.  It's science.  :o)

Thanks for popping in!!

Cardstock: Bazzill; Everything else: Bella Blvd

**Update: I am linking this to Paper Issue's current issue - my layout features a selfie!  :o) **

SpiegelMom Scraps + Southern Girls Blog Hop

Happy NSD all!  We are totally excited that you’ve joined us this weekend for this extra special blog hop.  SpiegelMom Scraps and the Southern Girls Challenge Blog owners and Design Teams have united and are aspiring to inspire YOU!  This hop has such wide variety of paper crafting styles and media being used that it’s sure to knock your socks off.   So, it’s time to grab your favorite beverage (depending on the time of day where you live), a yummy treat and get ready to click & scroll your way to some fabulous inspiration! 

Yesterday I shared my first SpeigelMom Scraps layout of the weekend for the sketch challenge.  Today, I have two more layouts to share with you.  The first one is a layout that I made using one of Jody’s card sketches.  Here is the sketch: 

Here is my layout:

Items from the SMS store:

Fairytale Sequin Mix

Normandy Lace Doilies

Medium Shipping Tags

Studio Calico Wood Veneer Chevrons

Studio Calico Printshop Wood Veneer Circles

Large Shipping Tags

My second layout was made for the treasure hunt challenge that was posted on Facebook yesterday.  We were supposed to use a product that we had never removed from the packaging, something gold, something cork and an office supply.

Here is my take: 

Items from the SMS store:
Black & White Skinny Chevron Washi
Cork Chevrons
Green Chevron Ribbon
Studio Calico Hearts & Arrows Wood Veneer
Chic Tags Moments Wood Veneer

And proof that my Teresa Collins brads had not been previously used (ha!):

I hope you join us for the Facebook challenges…you still have all day to play and enter to win some seriously awesome prizes!

Here’s the whole blog hop line up:

SpiegelMom Scraps!

Dawn Turley

Julie Blakeman

Karen Oliver

Kat Benjamin (That’s me!!)

Lauren Colless

Louise Forsyth

Lyne Blodgett

Neha Aggarwal

Sarah Nancarrow

Wendy Nicola Jackson

Brenda Morgan

Shell Becker

Alicia Borowski

Laura Rumble

Jennifer Dykstra

Rachelle Olaridge

Jennifer Shamblin

Tracy Jackson

Thanks for stopping in!!! Enjoy the hop!!

Layout 1: Cardstock: Bazzill; Wood Veneers: Studio Calico; Tags, Sequins, Doilies: SpiegelMom Scraps; Mist: Heidi Swapp

Layout 2: Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: Studio Calico; Brads: Teresa Collins; Wood Veneer: Studio Calico, Chic Tags; Mist: Heidi Swapp; Die Cut: Bella Blvd; Washi, Paperclip, Cork Chevrons, Doilies: SpiegelMom Scraps

NSD with SpiegelMom Scraps (+ a sketch!)

Good morning, everyone!  HAPPY (INTER)NATIONAL SCRAPBOOK DAY!  Only the best day ever!  Haha!

SpeigelMom Scraps is kicking it off this morning with a new challenge - we are going to have 4 total today and you can play along for a chance to win an AWESOME prize!

The first challenge is a sketch challenge using a sketch designed by yours truly:

Here's my take on it:

I've been hoarding these Basic Grey papers for a while now and decided I should put them to use!! Here are the supplies I used from the SMS shop:

-Sunny Rose Sequin Mix

-Cork Die Cut Hearts

-Normandy Lace Paper Doilies

I hope you can stop by and play along with us!!!

Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper, Alphas: Basic Grey; Journaling Cards: Becky Higgins; Die Cuts, Chipboard, Mist: Heidi Swapp; Cork Hearts, Doilies, Sequins: SpiegelMom Scraps