wednesday . . .

I put on my old royal blue one-piece and climbed into a tub of bubbles with this one . . .

why??  Fear of water, no real rhyme or reason to it - but that's kids - right?? Out of the blue - what works, just doesn't anymore.  He LOVED the tub, I mean L-O-V-E-D it, but now he will claw at me like I'm about to drop him into a pit of lava.  I've tried everything, I mean everything, but in the end sitting with mommy in the bubbles was exactly what he wanted :)

Mommyhood is consuming these days, full of good & bad & everything in between - at the end of the day I am exhausted but amidst the tiredness I feel lucky & blessed and can't imagine not having these two in my life . . . 

Don't you just want to squeeze their cheeks :)


I have lots of scrapping to share - so much in fact I will not overload you with all of it in one post.  Today - Jillibean Soup - LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!!!!!





Little crazy with the stitching - but I love sewing . . . on paper that is :)  Oh & that brown JB button - did you know I have a slight addiction to buttons - love 'em.  I have 15 mason jars full & an entire drawer full - I may need an intervention :)










Just love how these punched leaves turned out with a bit of pen definition & of course some splatters of mist in the background :)








Now this one tugs at my heartstrings a bit - love this photo . . .








A close-up of the journaling & the quote that inspired the whole layout . . .





Here is the sketch I created based on the layout - feel free to join in this month's challenge - we'd love to have you!!!  Check out all the details HERE.





And yes - a few cards . . . they are always a challenge for me but I am really starting to enjoy creating them :)





Hope everyone is well out there & thanks so much for continuing to read my blog even though I've been such a slacker in the blogging department :)  
ttyl - julie :)

monday . . .

Seriously - bad blogger award over here - I mean nearly a month since my last post???  What have I been up to . . . well mostly taking care of these 2 :)





Oh and a bit of household reorganizing, a redesign of my scraproom (just beginning this process but super excited!!), a photography class, a web design class, and losing a bit more of this baby weight (only 12 pounds left to go - total weight loss to date, 71 pounds, yes I gained 83 pounds with this pregnancy - let's not talk about it - hah!!).  Anyways - I haven't been doing as much scrapping as I would like but I know everything will fall into place soon enough.  So excited for the chilly weather & the holidays heading this way!!!  Anyone else experiencing any chilly fall weather????


Although I have lots of past projects that I still need to share here - I thought today I'd focus on a fabulous opportunity I was given by My Little Shoebox to be there guest blogger this past Friday.  I used their adorable Playtime collection & came up with this . . .





I thought the Playtime cardstock stickers were super cute & used them to embellish both circle elements on the page.  In this close-up you can see both the sun & cloud stickers.  To add some texture, I decided to emboss the clouds using my Cuttlebug & Swiss Dots embossing folder.  By adhering the sticker to some cardstock beforehand it ran through the Cuttlebug super easy!!





Although I love pre-made embellishments, it is always fun (and economical) to create your own.  In the close-up below I took one of the elements from the Playtime Daydream paper and cut it into a ribbon pennant shape.  Then I simply added a toothpick adhered with some glue dots behind & voila - instant embellishment!!





Oh & of course, a sketch to get your creative juices flowing :)







My Little Shoebox will be running a challenge with this sketch - head HERE to find out all the details so you can play along!!!


Be back soon with more (promise not to wait a month) - hope everyone is doing well out there!!!


ttyl - julie :)