Let me repeat...

I love October Afternoon's Cherry Hill line. I love October Afternoon's Cherry Hill line.

I finally finished this layout that has been in the works for more than a week. It needed the "final" touch, and I finally found it at 3 AM this morning. It feels so, so good to be done.
Close-up:
Supplies: Cardstock- The Paper Studio (Kraft) and Bazzill (Off-White), Patterned Paper, Number Stickers, Dic Cut, Journaling Block, and Label Sticker- October Afternoon, Border Punch- Fiskars, Dimensional Adhesive- EK Success, Ink- StazOn by Tsukineko, Pens- Signo Uniball and ZIG, Buttons- Etsy Shop.

Isn't this line gorgeous?! I can't wait to create more with it. After a busy morning of garage sale prep, I'm off to Milwaukee to visit my boyfriend and go to a Brewers game. I'm sure I'll be back with pictures. :)

Love.

Brit

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

I went shopping.

And I did very, very well. (Ehem- or very, very poorly if you were to ask my mom... ha. Don't worry, I'm finding a job!) The good news is, I think I'm pretty set for a while, well, until I saw the new Basic Grey Collections. Have you seen these? Oh boy, I'm in trouble. (Click to Enlarge)

June Bug:
Lemonade (My Favorite!):

How yummy are those? I think I need them.

Oh, and another exciting thing- Two Peas now has October Afternoon Cherry Hill line in! I ordered it as soon as I saw it... and I might've picked up an extra 8 by 8 pad to share with a lucky blog reader in a week or so. ;) How can you resist this?

And this?

Oh, and look what else I picked up yesterday? Happy.

Oh yes, that's Apron Lace by Fiskars and Scallop Dot by Martha Stewart (25% off all Martha Stewart at Michael's!). I had to use them right away, so here's what I did:

1. For a sketch at clean&simple:

Here's my take:

Close-up- yes, I definitely bought more foam adhesive squares yesterday, too:

Supplies: Cardstock- Bazzill (Grey and White Swiss Dot), American Crafts (Yellow), The Paper Studio (White), and Archiver's (Purple), Ribbon- Offray, Stamps- Hero Arts, Rub-on- Pebbles, Inc., Border Punch- Fiskars, White Pen- Sakura, Ink- Tsukineko, Diamond Glaze- Judikins, and Colored Pencils- Crayola.

2. For the KJ's Color Chef Challenge #7- light green, dark green, and white:

Here's my take:

Lots of dimension on this one, too. :)

Supplies: Cardstock- The Paper Studio (White), Archiver's (Greens), Patterned Paper- Bo Bunny, Border Punch- Martha Stewart Crafts, Ribbon- Offray, Rub-on- Pebbles, Inc.

Oh, and I can't wait for this finale tonight. I want Kris to win, but I love them both. Aren't they absolutely adorable?
Thanks for stopping by! Who do you want to win American Idol?

Love.

Brit

What up yo?

That's a regular greeting amongst my group of friends, and I like it.

Today is a strange day- I actually have some time to sit and think. I like that. I thought I'd pop on to share a few things with you today.

1. I absolutely am in love with this patterned paper from Scenic Route. It's one of their older collections, but I've been eyeing it up for so long. It felt great to finally use it. The card is super simple and utilizes some chipboard I had lying around. I'm not to crazy about the circle I put on with the glitter heart on it, but I couldn't figure out what else to do. Oh well, I had fun making it. The card that I made the other day for my boyfriend:

Supplies: cardstock- Bazzill, patterned paper- Scenic Route, Ink- Tsukineko (VersaMagic in Dark Sky), chipboard- Basic Grey (star), Heidi Swapp ("3"), K & Company ("love"), Making Memories (circle), stickles (on "3")- Ranger, other- glitter and glue (heart)

2. I'm so pumped about this, that I keep marking it "unread" in my google reader so I can see it every day. Let me chart out this awesomeness for you:
October Afternoon (LOVE) + Their new Cherry Hill Line (LOVE) + 8 by 8 paper pad (OMG LOVE) =
As soon as I find this in a store, online, on the moon, whereever, I'm going to buy it. <3

3. This call Check it out. I think this would be a fun thing to do. Plus, that means writing articles on new products. I would love doing that.

4. Jingle's having a giveaway. I really don't need any more scrapbooking things to fit into this little room that I live in, but maybe you'd like to check it out. Good luck!

That's all for now, but maybe I'll have a little time to scrapbook one of these days. Wouldn't that be great?

Love.

Brit

Oh Happy Day!

So I logged on to my computer this morning to discover that I took third in the Hero Arts Wrap-Around Card Challenge! I know I took third, but I feel like I too first- I've never won anything like this before! I'm a little excited... lol.

I love the scrapbooking community. People are so friendly and giving, it's unbelieveable. In fact, in the last two weeks, I've recieved not one but TWO packages in the mail from wonderful scrapbookers. The first one is from Paris and it's a Parisian Studio kit, and MAN is it loaded with wonderful things! I love the paper, chipboard... everything! Paris is so nice to give me one of her July kits. Thank you!


Also, Sabrina sent me some wonderful goodies for winning COCOA a while back. I can't wait to use everything! (And look at those mints in the bottom right corner... how cute are they?) Take a peak:


Also, I've finished two layouts in the last couple days. I wanted to get more done, but the creativity hasn't been flowing that easily lately. I have got to finish scrapping senior year before going off to college or I know I never will...

First, my COCOA layout with one of my favorite pictures ever. Me and my best friend, Jeb, get a little crazy together:


Supplies: pp- DCWV, cs- The Paper Studio (black and white), brads and overlay- unknown, embossing powder- Ranger, diamond glaze- JudiKins, chipboard letters- Basic Grey, border punch- Fiskars, black pen- ZIG, chipboard flourish- American Crafts

Second, here's my Outside-In Challenge using a guy color scheme for a girly layout. Okay, I think it's a little bit of a stretch, but still like how it turned out. I used a lot of my Parisian Studios kit. Everything in there is so awesome...


Supplies: cs- bazzill, pp- October Afternoon (I'm totally in love!!!), journaling spot- October Afternoon, foam letters- Thickers by American Crafts, ribbon- The Paper Studio, thread- DMC, buttons- American Crafts

Two more things:

I "met" my roommate this week. She seems really awesome the couple times we've talked. I'm getting really excited for college...

I've started this awesome applique for my comforter. It's going to be sweet!

I lied- third thing- I love Project Runway!

Love.

Brit