We've Got Issues....Gleam Catchers Addition...

You don't write...you don't call...

Ok, ok, ok...I know it's been awhile! But, you know...holidays, a wedding, a honeymoon, Little League, Volleyball, Basketball...LIFE! I've been a little busy but I'm back!

There is a brand spankin' new Issue starting over at Paper Issues today and it's a good one! Check out the Paper Issues {Friends & Fans} Facebook page for all the details on how YOU could be a winner for playing along!

I used the Starshine line from Shimelle for American Crafts for this layout of Anson comforting Jaxson during a thunder and lightening storm. This kid is NOT a fan of thunder at all! No thank you, please!

 I loved this celestial background paper and I wanted to use it for a layout where I would be able to see a lot of the paper. I did minimal layering with some patterned paper strips and chipboard from Shimelle's collections and then I added a few silver puffy star stickers from Twine & Ink to finish off the layout.

Simple and fun! Most importantly, another moment documented!

Thank you for stopping by to take a look! Make sure that you check out the new lines coming into the shop weekly and use the code BECKY for 20% off your entire order!

Top 15 Layouts of 2015...

Hello & Happy New Year! Today the Paper Issues Creative Team along with some of our Friends & Fans are sharing their Top 15 projects from 2015 over on the Paper Issues blog! 

Picking my top 15 was hard...but I was able to narrow it down! Click the links below to go back and revisit the original post with all the details!

 

1. Hello, Jelly Bean

2. Know When to Fold 'em

3. Beautiful Days of Fall

4. Carve it Up

5. Summer Vibes

6. Yosemite Travel Album

 

7. Be You

8. Awesome

9. Short & Sweet

10. Monkeying Around

11. Love

12. Daddy's Girl

13. EEK!

14. Wedding Album

15. Oh Deer! 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by! Be sure to check out the hundreds of layouts and projects from the other ladies playing along with the Paper Issues blog hop HERE!

Dear Lizzy's Documentary Collection...

I have had so much fun with the Documentary Collection from Dear Lizzy for American Crafts.

Today I am sharing three projects that I have done recently with this collection.

The first layout was a just for fun layout inspired by various layouts I have pinned! 

The second layout was inspired by Mary-Ann Maldonado's ScrapLift Sunday Layout which you can see in the November challenge album in the Paper Issues {Friends & Fans} Facebook group.

 

My third project is a birthday card inspired by Corri Garza's November card sketch!

 

Thank you for stopping by to take a look. You can get 20% off the Documentary collection and anything else from the Paper Issues shop using the code BECKY!

Hello, Jeally Bean...

I loved this ScrapLift Sunday layout inspiration from Sherri Funk and I HAD to lift it!

 

I used the Documentary collection from Dear Lizzy for American Crafts. I absolutely loved the patterned papers and the wood veneer stickers from this line!

I also used the cardstock stickers, die cuts from the ephemera pack and the gold foil washi tape! This line was LOADED with great embellishments!

You can play along with all of the November challenges from Paper Issues RIGHT HERE!

Printable Perfection...

 Happy Halloween ladies!! Today we are taking a little break from all of the goblins and ghouls for a look at this month's FREE Printable from Paper Issues over on the Paper Issues blog!

If you haven't already snapped up this Printable be sure to head over to the shop and download it for free and don't forget to also download some of are FREE cut files as well!

I reached back into our FREE printable vault for our lists printable because I had a very specific layout in mind for this month's printable feature! I used the PaperPOPs designed by Parker on the Porch exclusively for Paper Issues for this layout about my current favorites!

Be sure to stop by the Paper Issues blog for all the details and to take a look at what the rest of the design team did!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Make sure you head on over to the Paper Issues Shop and pick up all of the FREE cut files and printables and if you find yourself browsing the new collections hitting the shop weekly, be sure to use the code BECKY for 20% off your entire layout.

This Happened...

So...I convinced Anson that he needed to have a mohawk and because he loves me and indulges my crazy and, sometimes, erratic behavior -- he actually did it! So of course I had to scrap that!

I used October Afternoon Summertime collection for the selfie that I then made him take of his mohawk -- LOL! Because, if there's no scrapbook layout, it never happened!

I used this layout for one of the August Paper Issues challenges! OMG -- August seems like it was so long ago! 

Have you checked out the awesome challenges each month over in the Paper Issues {Friends & Fans} Facebook group? There is still time to enter the September challenges which are due October 11th and the October challenges are just getting started and will run through November 9th! For each challenge that you participate in you are entered in a drawing for one of two $10 Paper Issues gift cards!

I freaking love enamel dots!

Thank you for stopping by to take a peak today!

When you're happy & you know it...

I tend to be a dynamic scrapbooker in that I am equally comfortable putting together a double-page layout, a single-page layout or pocket pages and I include variations of all three styles into my everyday scrapbooking. While I don't do Project Life, I do tend to scrapbook a lot of our family vacations in mini albums using Pocket Pages (check out some examples here)! 

Yesterday I shared a double-page LO on the Paper Issues blog featuring these same exact photos and this same exact paper line! I wanted to demonstrate that you can use similar photos and product for so many different styles depending on your preferences!  

I have done baby books for my sister for each of my nieces and generally if I really love the photos I will also include a page in my personal album - that's why I have two pages to show you with this collection and these photos!

The papers and embellishments from the Serendipity line were too perfect for these photos by Ford Family Photography. The puffy stickers and rose gold foam words were some of my favorite elements from this line! 

Head over to the Paper Issues shop to get your hand's on Dear Lizzy's Serendipity for American Crafts and use the code, "Becky," for 20% off your entire order + free shipping on orders over $60 (after discounts are applied).

XOXOXOXO...

I am up on the Paper Issues blog today with a 2-page LO that I did for my niece's baby book. That's right, a 2-pager! 

For this layout I used Serendipity by Dear Lizzy for American Crafts. I absolutely la la la LOVE this line. It is one of my favorite lines of all times from Dear Lizzy (right after 5th & Frolic)! 

This line is absolutely perfect for these professional photos by Ford Family Photography of my niece taken in the Spring time.

The gold foam words from this line are perfection! 

And I don't know about you ladies, but I could not be more happy about the return of the puffy sticker to the world of scrapbooking! The Serendipity puffy stickers are no exception.

The pleather bows and the fabric XOXO and hearts are my absolute favorite embellishments from this line and I  always get so many miles out of the American Crafts ephemera packs! 

You can pick up some of Dear Lizzy's most recent bright & fun line for 20% off in the Paper Issues shop using the code, "Becky," + free shipping on orders over $60 (after all discount applied).