My New Favorite Things

Hello! It's a rainy day here in Wisconsin, and I'm enjoying just relaxing, cozying up under some blankets, and scrapping. Here are my new favorite things:

1. This layout. I made it using mostly American Crafts products- I wanted to feature their cardstock on a layout like this layout did but in a different way. I looove my American Crafts cardstock, so I knew I wanted to do something really cool. Remember this comforter that I made? I used it for inspiration for this layout. Here's the final result:

Close-up of my favorite details :)

Close-up of the texture- love it!

Supplies: Cardstock- American Crafts (Black, Grape, Blossom, Lipgloss, Cherry, Apricot, Lemon, Leaf, Emerald, and Aqua), Letter Stickers- American Crafts Thickers, Border Stamp- Hero Arts, Letter Rub-Ons- American Crafts, Thread- DMC, Ink- Colorbox Chalk and Stazon by Tsukineko, Embossing Powder and Ink- Ranger, Other- Buttons and Pen.

2. Everything that came in my Two Peas order yesterday. It's all even more than I thought it would be. Seriously, Cherry Hill is more gorgeous in real life than I imagined. Early Bird is absolutely fantastic as well. Now, I just need to get over my fear of "ruining" the paper. Ha. Here are some pictures of my order- LOVES.

I love Cherry Hill by October Afternoon. (Plus the letter stickers from Ducks in a Row.) [Do you see the second Cherry Hill pad? Hmmmm I smell a giveaway soon!]

I also love Cosmo Cricket's Early Bird. It's gorgeous in real life.

Here are some other random things- Sassafras, a Panda Stamp, some Jenni Bowlin, Lime Rickey (I can't wait to do something with that crazy- patterned paper. Oh boy!), and Doodlebug. Yum!

3. Flowers. This is my recent goal- I want to get a job as a florist this summer. If I learn now, that skill would be so useful later in life.

4. Amy Butler's Website. It's inspiring- check out these patterns. Fabulous!

5. Playing with stitching and knitting. Here's an indespensible website that someone shared with me the other day- it's wonderful for embroidery. I've also started knitting again. I want to knit a sweater or something. Like this owl one that I've talked about before. Ohhhh.

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I'm glad you liked the tutorial yesterday. Now I'm coming up with ideas to do next. :) Have a happy, cozy day!

Love.

Brit

The best pages come out of thin air.

I was sitting waiting for the bus two weeks ago and started thinking about all the ways I've changed over the past year. I made a list on my iPod and didn't know what to do with it. Well, until last night when I saw my prints that Shutterfly just sent me. I saw one of my self-portraits and new it would be perfect for this:

It's clear- my first clear layout. :)

Close-up:

Supplies: Patterned Paper- Making Memories, Clear Background- KI Memories, Graph Paper- Art Supply Store (actually, this one- it's fabulous.), Number Stickers- Making memories, Flowers- Prima, Embroidery Thread- DMC, Ric Rac- Bazzill, Corner Rounder- The Paper Studio, Other- Buttons and pen.

This was loosely inspired by Wendy Rago's (the owner of Bad Girls Kits) "Best" layout that I found a while ago... it inspired me to buy the scalloped background, even though it took me 8 months to use it. :)

Thank you for looking! I'll be back tomorrow with more I think. I got quite a bit of scrapbooking done last night, but the other two pages are waiting for that "one more thing".

2. Hop on over here to 2S4Y to see about their big celebration event coming in two weeks. I'm excited, and you should be, too.

3.I leave you with my favorite thing about being home. I took this one this morning where my two cuddly kitties were sitting next to eachother looking at the absolutely gorgeous tree outside my window. (Oh yeah, and the birds in it...) Love it.

Love.

Brit

P.S.- Yesterday I applied for a position at Archiver's. I don't have high hopes (I'm a college student who won't be here four months from now), but I would LOVE to have this job, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. :)