30 Days of Lists for September is almost here!

If you're new to this project, it was started by Kam of Campfire Chic. (Definitely check out her website!) It runs a few times a year and is a daily prompt list making kinda project. Aka, perfect for me. 

For this run, I decided to use my clear acrylic album that I purchased from Jamaica. She's currently sold out of this one but has a 4x5 seaglass album (which I'll be purchasing soon) and a clear 3x4 album that would be perfect for all of your extra pocket pages cards.

This year I'm trying my best to not purchase anything new (save for pocket pages when I need them, and December Daily items.) I went through my stash of cardstock and picked out 31 pieces of paper, trimmed them down and punched holes in them. They're not in any particular order. Keeping it easy over here.

For the front page, I pulled out my embellishments stash and adhered everything with Zots and my trusty purple Elmers glue stick. The green foam alpha stickers are from an old pack of Dear Lizzy Thickers.

So many patterns & colors! I even added a few pieces of transparency. I'll be creating my lists in Photoshop, printing them out and gluing them to each page.

To learn more about this project click here.

To see all of my #30daysoflists posts, click here.

Where my foodies at?

The new Everyday Explorers Co. Food Coma stamp set was truly made for me.

It gets me.

For those of you who don't know, I made the Creative Team (Squeeeee!!!) and I am SO excited to have the opportunity to be part of an amazing group of ladies who inspire me on the daily. Can't wait to see what everyone creates with this new release.

I've been wanting to make a 4x4 I Ate This album forever so I jumped all over the opportunity to use this set. It's a large 6x8 and is FULL of all sorts of awesome stamps. Tacos, anyone?

For the front page, I stamped directly onto some vellum with black StazOn to make sure it stayed put. Worked like a charm. I added some scraps I had left over and an enamel dot and called it a day.

Whenever we go out to eat, I make sure I snag one or two business cards to add to my albums.For this one, I cut down a gold script transparency and then added a card to the front and back so I was able to get all of the restaurant info. 

One of the things I love the most about this set is the ability to layer stamps. In the photo above, I used three different stamps to create one design. Tip: start with the inner stamp and work your way out to help with getting everything centered properly. That was definitely a trial and error on my part.  Also, how cute is the front desk area at The Laughing Monk? Just had to snap a photo.

Another layered stamp. Love it! Plus, I can use the circular stamps for other non-food related projects. Gotta love versatile stamp sets, am I right?

Check out the whole set below or find it over at Everyday Explorers Co. here. 

Happy Crafting!

And Happy Eating :)

Happy Sunday!

It's funny how some weeks just color code themselves. Hooray for that.

Using up more older Studio Calico cards + In A Creative Bubble journaling cards.

A few years ago, I had an older family member move into a nursing home so my Dad and I cleaned out his house. I found a bunch of vintage stuff like old silverware sets, photos and a couple of cloth and burlap chicken feed bags. I took one out and ironed all of the wrinkles smooth. Rick and I went to Michael's to see if I could find a frame to put it in but it's kind of a wonky size so I'll probably have to have it professionally framed.

Layers and layers and layers.

<3

I finally got around to watching the Favourite on HBO. I absolutely love Weisz, Stone & Coleman. Those are my girls.

See that little dot in my tea? It's a bug. Literally landed after two sips.

So that's how my day started.

We're in the process of moving the shop out of storage and into the house so we've got equipment everywhere. EVERYWHERE.

On a fun note, my bestie Amanda and I are heading down to NYC in October to see Luisa Omielan. If you haven't heard of her, check out this Youtube video and this one.

Working from home means lots of maxi dresses + flip flops and jammie pants + sweatshirts.

Hope you all have an awesome week!

Heck yeah, mini golf! 

We had completely forgotten that there was a mini golf (and bumper boats) place less than 15 minutes from the house. In our defense, we're never over in that area. So we thought it would be the perfect things to get the kids out of the house and to have a little fun.

When I got home I quickly AirDropped my photos over to my laptop and created this quick pokcet page layout with the (aptly named) Family Day Collection from Sahin Designs. 

I kept it simple with just one wooden heart embellishment. The tags were all done digitally!

We had such a blast we didn't even pay attention to who won. Pretty sure it was me, obvs. :)

After we finished mini golf, we cooled off with some Slushies and some bumper boat action. The kids got soaked! All in all, a super fun time.

Check out the Family Day Collection below!

Family Day Pocket Cards

Family Day Elements

Family Day Patterned Papers

Last week was a exciting and a little bittersweet. After three months of commuting 5 hours a day (yes, you read that correctly), I am now set up to work from home. In my jammies. I get paid. Life is good.

I made sure to take a photo of my desk and my last train ride home. I'm definitely going to miss my co-workers and all of the food options in Boston. So. Much. Food.

Yellow Document card is from an old Studio Calico kit that I've been hoarding forever. I stuck the red Smart Cookie die cut on with some Zots.

Stand up desks are the best!

The Documented journaling card is from In A Creative Bubble's Recorded Journaling Cards No. 6 set. You can find them here.

I'm a little obsessed with Stranger Things so when the Indiana Jim photo popped up in my Facebook feed, I right clicked and saved. Hopper is my hero.

Using ALL the cards for this spread. In A Creative Bubble, Studio Calico and my older Kelly Purkey kit cards too. <3

Domino's cheese pizza for the win. We're all about eating our feelings around here. And being active members of the #fatkidclub. :)

Hope everyone is having an awesome weekend!

Happy crafting!

I've been meaning to incorporate some photos of my Nana & Grampa into a layout forever. (Actaully, I want to do a whole album.) My Grampa was stationed in Bermuda with the Air Force and my Nana who was originally from England was working over there. They met and the rest was history. They had been married for 50 years before my Grampa passed away in 2000. I chose Sahin Designs' Special Day Colleciton because of the soft muted colors. I thought it would work well with the sepia and black and white photos that I had on hand. 

I'm so happy with how this turned out. I used a mixture of digital + traditional scrapbooking. The background paper, lined paper, stamps and some of the tags are all printed on one sheet. The photographs, leaves and love tag were printed then cut down and glued on.

I added a few embellishments of wood and enamel dots to complete it. Can't wait to showcase some more old photographs!

Check out the whole collection below.

Album Pages

Alphas

Pocket Cards

Elements

Patterned & Solid Papers

It's time for a shop update over at Paper Plus!

I love all of our new products (and might have even hoarded some for myself)

Check out the newest additions.

Assorted Cactus Stickers - Set of 23

Fine Tip Cactus Pens

Fine Tip South American Llama Pens

Gold Planner Charm Paperclips

Gold Planner Charm Paperclips

Skinny Washi Tape - Set of 7

Fine Tip Unicorn Pens

Fine Tip Llama Pens

We'll be adding even more items in the next coming weeks so stay tuned!

If you're ever short on time (or out of photo paper and waiting for Amazon to show up) I highly suggest you take the leap and give digital scrapbooking a try. We took the kids to the Feast of the Blessed Sacrament this past weekend and the Circus Collection from Sahin Designs was perfect for documenting the day. I love all of the bright contrasting colors and patterns.

It's available in the SOSN (Something Old Something New) section over at The Lilypad for 50% off today!

Also, never settle for the cheap photo paper at Walmart! Lesson learned :)

Alpha

Pocket Cards

Elements

Patterned Papers

Happy scrapping!