Sketchy Saturday...

Hello, today I am playing along with the December Sketch from Paper Issues! Check out the full blog post to see what all of the Design Team girls did with this sketch!

This month's sketch is based on this awesome layout designed by Kim Watson for Fancy Pants. You can check out more awesome crafty goodness from Kim on her: 

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I used the B-Side collection from Basic for my take!

 These photos are of the 8 week old foster puppies that we had for two days. Jaxson appointed himself puppy keeper and took his duties very seriously!

I used both the die cuts and the title element stickers from the B-Side collection on this layout. 

Plus a faux leather bow from an older Dear Lizzy collection -- bows on all the things!

Thank you for stopping by to take a look today. Don't forget to check out all of the Paper Issues sketches RIGHT HERE!  

Play along with the month's sketch and show us your take in the Paper Issues {Friends & Fans} Facebook group! You could win a Paper Issues gift card!

Spoils of Crop...

 November 6th and 7th was the Paper Issues Fall Crop and entries could be submitted through November 14th for a chance to win a $100 Paper Issues gift card!! 

I played along with a lot of the challenges posted by the Design Team and our sponsors and these are all of the layouts I got completed!

 

Apple Hill | Use Flair | Sponsored by A Flair for Buttons | Using Photo Play Autumn Day

Love | Scrap Lift | Hosted by Becky Monmaney | Using Basic Grey B-Side

Love You | Use 10 Squares | Hosted by Michelle Gallant | Using Pink Paislee Cedar Lane

Love | Big Ass Title | Hosted by Jennifer McMurtrey | Using Crate Paper by Maggie Holmes Shine

Ice House | Pop it Up | Hosted by Sherri Funk | Using Bella Blvd. Campout

Today | Scrap a Pet | Hosted by Kathy Skou | Using Basic Grey B-Side

NYE | Negative Space | Hosted by Leah l'Orange | Using Basic Grey B-Side

Snuggle Up | Swag Bag | Hosted by Mary-Ann Maldonado | Using Paper Issues Swag Bags

Love | No Kids or Pets | Hosted by Aleksandra Gadji | Using Crate Paper by Maggie Holmes Shine

Camping | Use a Handmade Embellishment | Sponsored by Parker on the Porch | Using Bella Blvd. Campout

#Walk | Scrap an iSpy with PI Photo | Hosted by Cassie Box | Using Paper Issues Swag Bags

 Piglet Puppy | Use Orange | Hosted by Dona Howe | Using Paper Issues Swag Bags

  

Thank you so much for stopping by to take a look! The challenges are still posted in the Paper Issues {Friends & Fans} Facebook group and you are free to use them for inspiration at any time!

Let's Build a Snowman...

While Christmas has come and gone this little snowman card seems all too appropriate due to the weather happenings on the East Coast currently (regardless of whether or not I forgot to post it)!

I used the adorable little wood veneer snowmen from Color Cast Designs paired with some older Basic Grey papers for this quick card. I added a strip of kraft cardstock, sewed across it with my sewing machine and finished off with some chalking!

These little guys are so perfect for your winter and snow fun layouts and project life pages! 

 

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Top 14 of 2014: A Year of Layouts...

As we say goodbye to 2014 it's fun to look back and reflect upon the friendships, memories, good times (and bad) and get ready to welcome 2015! Here are 14 of my favorite personal highlights from  2014:

1. Getting our puppy Jaxson,

2. Learning to knit two scarves,

3. Going to Nashville and Memphis with Tracy and Kristen,

4. Spending a weekend in Napa with my sisters,

5. Our family vacation to San Diego,

6. My best friend getting married,

7. Taking Anson's 85 year old Grandmother to her first Giants game,

8. Making the Paper Issues and Color Cast Designs design teams,

9. Watching the Giants win their 3rd World Series in 5 years,

10. Leaving the firm I have worked at for 7.5 years and joining a new firm,

11. Celebrating our 4th anniversary together,

12. Spending 5 days in Palm Springs with Anson, John and Renee,

13. Finally getting a King size bed and new (read: matching!) bedroom furniture and

14. Crate training our dogs to sleep in their own beds at night rather than ours.

I also love looking back on what I created for the year and here are my 14 favorite layouts from 2014:

**Click of the photo to see the full blog post.**

A layout created using the FREE Paper Issues Printables of Anson and I are on 4th Anniversary (the same day the Giant's won the World Series)!

 

 This is the layout that I did for my first official post as a member of the Paper Issues DT using my favorite line of the year, Gramercy Road by Gossamer Blue!

 

 

I used a 4x4 We R Memory Keepers album and Gramercy Road from Gossamer Blue for this album of our 2013 family photos! I love how this came out!

 

 This picture of Olivia and Nikki melts my heart every time I see it! I used True Friends by Fancy Pants for this layout!

I absolutely LOVE this photo of Lily! I used the Studio Calico 24th Street Scrapbook Kit and Kris Kringle add on for this one! 

 

A layout of Anson and I at my happy place, AT&T Stadium; home of the San Francisco Giants! I used Studio Calico's Neverland Scrapbook Kit for this one -- I love the script background paper designed by Maggie Holmes for Crate Paper.

 

Another favorite using the Studio Calico Neverland Kit is this layout of my friend Farah and I in San Francisco after having lunch at the Ferry Building.

This layout of Connor in the hospital after breaking his arm was inspried by a Studio Calico sketch using the Neverland Scrapbook Kit. 

I love this layout of baby Olivia because she looks like a piggy! I hand stitched that heart and I am very proud of it! I used the Front Row Scrapbook Kit from Studio Calico here.

Another layout inspired by a Studio Calico sketch, I used some older K & Co. papers for this cute LO of my nieces.

Walking the furkids; I love when they all line up together like this! I used Fancy Pants' collection, True Friends, for this LO!

 

A double-pager with an accordion album using Shine by We R Memory Keepers for photos of a day trip that we took to Tahoe with our friends from Southern California!

Another layout using Gossamer Blue's Gramercy Road -- I'm telling you, this line was definitely my 2014 jam!

 

A simple layout using library cards from the Studio Calico line, Yearbook . These are our 2012 family photos!