thursday.

7.23.2009

Well - I missed it - my little man finally went on the toilet & he was at Grammy & Grandpa's :)  I have been trying & trying for weeks to get him to go but no luck - then he goes & does it when I am not around :)  Well - hopefully this wasn't a fluke & he will go at home as well :)  

A few layouts to share - the first is full of My Mind's Eye goodies from their Breaking Free Collection.  I did a bunch of machine-stitching & stamped on a few of the flowers & brads.  I also used some of my new photo tips from Jessica Sprague & used a clipping mask to soften the pic. Really like how this one turned out :)

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The second is full of American Crafts goodies - I overlapped 3 machine-stitched circles in the background & hand-stitched on the buttons - I love this pic of my little man :)

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ttyl - julie

saturday.

7.18.2009

Just a quick post - wanted to share some pics from our vacation :) A fun week but so excited to be heading home tomorrow morning.

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ttyl - julie

friday.

7.17.2009

Still at the beach - do you ever feel like a vacation can go on too long - I think it has happened :)  I really enjoy the beach but we are on our 5th day here & I am ready to go home - plus I miss my puppies & my scrap room :)  I have been (finally) going through the lessons for the Jessica Sprague's "Photo Editing: Frame-Ups and Special Effects" - it is awesome!!!  Here is a pic of my wedding cake

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now check it out TTV style :)

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Here is my sweet son 

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now check him out with a vintage style feel (I actually colored his cheeks a bit on this - so cool).

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Here's my son & hubby

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I added a neat texture & cool text :)

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Here's one more - a wedding pic

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now with 3 textures I made is look so neat!!

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I am having lots of fun with this - can't wait to play more!!

ttyl - julie

wednesday.

7.15.2009

I was picked, I was picked!!!! I entered a contest over at Stop & Scrap and won a chance to design with one of the NEW (not yet released) My Mind's Eye Collections. Ten scrappers were picked, each one of us to work with one collection. We will all be featured on their site & one of us picked to receive a $50 gift certificate to their store. So excited to be able to work with the new My Mind's Eye goodies before they are out - hope I get this one 

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or this one

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or this one :)

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Although, I would be happy with any of the 10 collections!!
I am away at the beach until the end of the week but will be fitting in lots of "scrappy time" next week & will have lots to share :)  

ttyl - julie

saturday.

7.11.2009

Finally, I'm back, I have started over with a new blog :)  The whole process of moving took me away from the blogging world for so long that I decided better to start fresh - why not :)  What is new with me these days???  Not much, just trying to enjoy the busy summer & get a bit of scrapping in here & there.  I recently did a guest DT assignment for the Scrap Room - great kit full of such a fun mix of manufacturers - check it out below:

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Here's what i came up with:

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I have also had some time to play with these new fabulous papers from Nikki Sivils - this layout was featured in the top 10 on Two Peas the other day (a first for me)!!

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Here's another - lots of stitching & a little felt thrown in :)

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And last but not least - one more I did using one of Noel Mignon's awesome kits - I just recently starting purchasing from her site - totally jam-packed kits!!!
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ttyl - julie