wednesday . . .

HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes - I am still here - totally healthy & finally getting back a bit of my energy - bring on the second trimester (in one week, that is)!!!!! Things are good, we are doing lots of summer traveling & vacations but this should settle down mid-month thank goodness. It has been lots of fun but I am ready to be grounded at home again :) I have spent the past week scrapping it up between Magpie Club, My Creative Scrapbook and my Guest Design spot for Jillibean Soup (check this one out HERE next Tuesday!!!). It felt SO GOOD to be scrapping again :) Tara, from Magpie Club, already put her July kit up for sale & sent out her newsletter so I am able to share my layout & sketch for her - yeah!!!! I must say, I LOVED this kit - it is travel-themed but as you will see from my layout, it is totally versatile & can be used for other themes as well :) I think my favorite thing in the kit is the mix of patterned paper - love it!!!

Here is my sketch for July . . .

And my layout (isn't my little man so grown-up???) . . .

A quick close-up on the journaling . . .

And one more close-up on the title work - LOVE the mix of alphas & die-cuts & stickers in this kit!!!!!

Okay - I'll be back tomorrow to share about some of those new & new-to-me kit clubs I've found recently - I mentioned it last week but have been so busy scrapping I didn't get a chance to post so check back tomorrow!!!

ttyl - julie :)