Couldn't help Myself...

I came home from work today and there it was. Sitting on my doorstep was a plain brown shipping box that could only mean one thing - My online order of craft supplies had arrived! It's been a while since I've actually made any significant scrappy purchase so I was super excited to tear into that box. When I did it was pure joy - (YES - paper and stickers make me happy) Among my order were 2 Simple Stories collections - Fall and Christmas. I bought the fall themed pack not only because I love all things related to this time of year but because I thought I would get a lot of use out of the patterned paper. I also ordered the Christmas pack (it's never too early) because my little man will be here just around the Holiday Season and I can't wait to start scrapbooking our new family!

I decided to dive right in and made these two tags. Quick and Simple - but I had to make something...RIGHT?!?!?!?

It's been a while...

Wow! It's been a while since I have posted on my blog! The last few months have been kind of a whirl-wind for me and my husband! WE found out in April that we are expecting! This December we will welcome our first child (a boy) into the world!  We are absolutely thrilled!  SO I thought I would share a project that I made for our little man's nursery. I used my Cricut to die cut the letters and stars and simply glued them to framed poster board. I saw a similar wall hanging on a visit to the Paper Source this summer.  The theme of the room is airplanes and the colors will be navy, light blue, grey and splashed of red.  Thanks for stopping by!

Pitstop Snapshot

You know when you start a layout and the creative juices are flowing? You're on a roll and it feels like nothing can get in your way? Well this was one of those layouts. The patterns and colors came together nicely. I found a bunch of embellishment from different collections that all gelled with the layout. I was able to use brads (which I haven't used on many recent layouts), stick pins, stickers, chipboard, twine, and some hand cut images. I love when Everything comes together so easily!

I really haven't been scrapping layouts lately. I've been creating more cards and crafts, so when I came across this pic in an old stash I knew I had to scrap it! The pic is from a trip I took with my husband, brother, his girl friend, and our parents. We DROVE to Disney world in a mini-van. We saw billboards for South of the Border for hundreds of miles. I definitely didn't want to stop but I was out voted!