Sending You Sunshine & a Scrapbook Page

Taking a break from Christmas for a clean and simple coffee card and sharing a scrapbook page.  I love this sentiment. It is perfect for all occasion cards that you have no reason to send.  Happy Mail!

coffee first die set, Spellbinders FSJ, Inside and Out, Stamp with Jill

Now that the card is complete I think maybe I should have used red for the Starbucks red holiday cup.  Maybe on the next one!  The Coffee First Dies give you any color cup you want!  

coffee first die set, Spellbinders FSJ, Inside and Out, Stamp with Jill

Now for the scrap page.  I make scrapbook pages all the time and share them on my  Instagram Stories.   But… I often forget to share them here.  (oops!).  

Cottage Bouquet scrapbook, Spellbinders FSJ, Stamp with Jill

We had family pictures take at the end of August right before my boys left for College.  Love this shot of my girl and Gus!  I used the Cottage Bouquet stamp set and Die for the Flowers!

The flowers are colored with various shades of pinks, yellows and blue copic markers.  I did not keep track of the copic colors I was just grabbing and coloring.  

Here is a Holiday page I made last year.  and a Birthday page here.

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It Was A Sweet 16 Birthday

When you have been stamping and making cards for 13+ years, my kids have come to expect a special handmade birthday card on their special day.  Most of the time I am a few days late….and my daughter always reminds me not to be 9 months late. (yeah that did happen once!)

Here is the card I made my Daughter for her Sweet 16.  She loves all shades of pink, gold and the pool shades of blue- Cool pool and Pool Play!  So that is what I chose for her card.

handmade birthday card

No stamps for the front, it is all die cutting for this handmade birthday card!  The birthday die cuts for the Happy (hostess gift) and the designer frames for the gold birthday!  LOVE the mirror gold paper!  sooooo shiny!  

handmade birthday card

I added the rectangle die cuts with the piercing for some added detail.  I love a clean crisp white card!  Of course she loved it!  I stamped a cute sentiment (from the FSJ set Celebrate Everything) on the inside but wrote all over the inside of this fun handmade birthday card before I realized I forgot to take a picture!

In addition to the colors she loves all things tropical.  Leaves, pineapples, toucans, sloths!  I decided to get her scrap page done right away!  We had birthday and gold balloons in her favorite colors!

birthday scrap page

This is the Playful Prints designer paper pack.  So many fun designs in there for both cards and scrapbook pages.

There are 2 products on the card that are not listed below.  The Tiny dot embossing folder is a Bloom Benefit and you can earn that for free with a $75 order.  The Birthday Words Die set is a Hostess Exclusive and you can earn that for free with a qualifying order as well.  Free stamping supplies are the best supplies! I also forgot the pool play card stock.

Here is what I used on the Scrapbook page.  The Birthday Words die set is not listed

Another beautiful page!

This page utilizes the Spring Prints dsp and the Sunday adventure Prints dip.  FUN !

I just need to add the picture and the title 

Stamps: None
Paper: Sunday Adventure, Spring Filled Prints, Oatmeal cookie
Ink: None
Accessories: Fire and ice hearts, party Burst Dots, Gingham ribbon

Hello Spring, Summer, Beautiful or Gus!

Yup this page can be used for almost anything!  

Stamps: none
Paper: Designers choice prints, Sunday Adventure Prints, Oatmeal cookie, Black, Pool Play, Pineapple smoothie, lemongrass
Ink: none
Accessories: Summer Branch die, Blooming details die, Huge Hello Die, square punch, Journey Serifs die, Brushed silver organza, Spring Kisses, fashion gold, Sparkle drops, boho trim

Getting Scrappy with Fun Stampers Journey

Yup- you guessed it YAY goes great on scrapbook pages too!  This was the last day before the Christmas break and it was ugly sweater day for my kids.  

Sydney doesn’t really have anything ugly! LOL

The fact that I even got this picture was a Christmas miracle in itself!!!

Stamps: YAy bundle
Paper: Christmas Prints, Kiwi Slice, Cranberry Bliss,
Ink: Kiwi Slice

Accessories: Buttons, circle punches, Wooden stars(retired from my mystery box), Rainbow drops, Bloom stars (bloom benefit), Cool Parade Journey washi tape

Scrapbooking with Fun Stampers

I have not been scrapbooking as much as I would like.  Carson’s Senior year is keeping me super Busy and scrapping that is way behind too!  Here is a page from the Holidays

Here is the Original design:  

When I added pictures I needed a 2-page spread- so here is how I added: 

I have got some pretty amazing Senior pictures of Carson so I’ll have to design something soon!  I also have a ton of cute pictures of Thomas! and Zoe and Jake too!

Stamps: Poinsettia Burst Bundle, Holiday Wishes
Paper: Christmas Prints, Kiwi Slice, Black Licorice, Whip cream
Ink: Kiwi Slice, Pigment ink
Accessories: White embossing powder, Sweet Romance wash tape, Journey Bloom benefit star

Gettin’ Scrappy with FSJ!

I’m always a few months behind but here is our Thanksgiving selfie on an awesome Fall/Thanksgiving scrapbook layout!

My family is so stinking cute!

Here is the layout without my picture.  Perfect for any fall or Thanksgiving photo!

Stamps: Harvest, Annual celebration
Paper: FallFest Prints, Buttercream, Dark Roast
Ink: Dark Roast
Accessories: Journey natural twine, Circle punch, color burst pencils.

Remembering Lexy

Oh how I loved her and how she love stared me back!  Missing her this past week as Jake celebrated his 12th birthday with out her!  No worries we spoiled him rotten!

Stamps: Ink Splat ATS, You are ATS
Paper: Black, Buttercream, Fall Fest Prints
Ink: Black
Accessories: Sweet Romance Washi tape, Bloom Stars, Rich sorbet PanPastels, Journey Serifs Die, heart sparkle drops

Welcome Thomas!

This is Thomas!  We rescued him last month and he is just the sweetest puppy ever!  He is a poodle/bichon mix and just a total love bug! You will be seeing more scrap pages of him especially since I am smitten!  oh and Zoe and Jake have accepted him into the pack!

Stamps: Welcome ATS, Text Happy, The paw prints and the doggie are not Fun Stampers Journey
Paper: Oatmeal Cookie, Designer choice Prints, Fall Fest Prints, Rock Candy, Cool Pool
Ink: Black
Accessories: Dark Roast Silk for the splatters, Twinkle Trim, Black and White buttons, Bloom Stars, Journey Serifs

Carried away Scrap page

The Carried Away Designer paper makes some really awesome projects!!!

I still need to add the title that say “Qualified”. This is the weightlifting meet where my daughter qualified for you nationals in June in Atlanta GA.  So exciting!

Stamps: Lift Me up
Paper: Carried Away DSP, Mint macaron, Watermelon wonder and Peekaboo peach
Ink: Smoky slate
Accessories: Up & Away Thinlits, Sending Love embellishments, circle punch