I’ve been getting the Not 2 Shabby subscription kit for several months now. I LOVE monthly kits. This one is always a fun one. This month’s kit contained 3 stamp sets, 2 paper pads, and 2 sets of ephemera. I also received a free package of coordinating sequins, a lolipop, and a coupon code to use this month.… Read More »
I finally took a road trip this summer! I traveled to Ohio to visit my son. I had not seen his new hometown since he moved there a few months before the pandemic. Then I drove on to Ann Arbor to see my daughter, her fiance, and their new house. Again…they bought this back and 2020 and I… Read More »
I’m so excited to be joining the design team for the Love To Scrap Challenge Blog this month! This is a scrapping challenge blog and it is an anything goes. You can create cards, scrapbook layouts, altered items, 3-D projects…anything that uses leftover stuff! There are 6 challenges a year and each challenge is about 6 weeks long. … Read More »
Yay! It’s time for the June scrapbook challenge at Challenge YOUrself! This is a month long challenge and this month’s theme is a mood board. I loved the colors and the images in this mood board. It reminded me of the colors that I used to decorate our house in the late 80’s and early 90’s. It was… Read More »
This month marks the 100th challenge for the Challenge YOUrself blog. This month’s layout theme is CELEBRATION! You need to use stars somewhere on your layout. We would love to have you join us for the challenge. You just need to create a celebration layout with YOU in the photo and share it on our blog HERE.… Read More »
Happy March! It’s time for the Challenge YOUrself March Scrapbook Layout Challenge. The March theme is to include a picture of YOU with a pet or animal! I pulled out the December Hip Kit Club kit remnants and made a quick layout with the leftover pieces I had from the kit. I am always amazed at how… Read More »
This month’s February Challenge YOUrself theme is a color palette! I didn’t use all 5 colors in this palette. I had the December Hip Kit Club kit that I had not had a chance to play with yet and the colors of the papers were perfect for this color challenge! I used the light pink, minty green, and… Read More »
Yay! A new year means new scrapbook challenges with the Challenge YOUrself Scrapbook challenge!! This month’s challenge is all about teamwork! I pulled out one of my kits from The Scrap Room to play with today. It felt so good to scrap today! My original plan was to do some stamping on my layout, but I found a… Read More »
The final scrapbook challenge from Challenge YOUrself for 2021 is an Anything Goes. I really love this challenge! Making a scrapbook layout that requires using a photo with me in it tends to be a challenge! I finally feel like I’m telling MY story now and not just that of my family. I’m included in the story now… Read More »
It’s time for the November scrapbook layout challenge on the Challenge YOUrself blog! I really enjoyed this challenge. You know that I love to stamp in my scrapbooks!! I had a blast pulling out some pretty florals and creating a fun layout with one of my favorite pictures of me! One of my students snapped a picture… Read More »
Yay! It’s time for another scrapbook challenge on the Challenge YOUrself blog! This month’s challenge is black and white plus one other color. I really enjoy these scrapbook challenges every month. I’m creating a lot of pages and I’m actually in the pictures! I’m also taking more pictures with me in them so that I can have some… Read More »
I was very excited when I was contacted by Photoplay. I won an Instagram contest and I got to select a free Photoplay collection. Of course I picked the fall collection! It’s so pretty this year. Lucky me! It arrived in time for my to create a fall layout for this month’s Challenge YOUrself Scrapbook Challenge. This month’s… Read More »
I love this month’s Challenge YOUrself scrapbook challenge theme! I love that this challenge requires me to use photos of myself. I also love that now this theme is asking me to share something I do to take care of myself. The most important thing that I do is to take a walk every morning before I do… Read More »
The July Challenge for the Scrapbook Challenge YOUrself challenge this month is all about shapes! I chose to use circles. You could use just one shape in your layout or combine many shapes if you want to. Just make sure YOU are in the photo! As you know, I have pretty much scrapbooked all my photos… Read More »
This month’s Challenge YOUrself scrapbook challenge is all about using Washi tape on your layout. As I was creating my layout for this month, I realized that I used the same paper from Carta Bella that I used last month! I really do love this paper and I ended up with 2 sets of the paper and sticker… Read More »