Bunnies and Carrots

Julie Marie has a great kit out called Easter Bunnies and Carrots! I love the colors that she used...no pastels, which seems to be rampant. These photos are of my sweetie posing with her very first Easter bunny. Her Granddad and Mimi gave it to her when she was 8 months old - and she still loves it!

Side 2 of Month 1 and a new one....

Here is what I came up with to face my layout from the weekend (See Month One down below). I was totally inspired by daisydil (Pam, a fellow CT member for Julie Marie). You can see her original work of art here. I love how she mixed in the Tranquility papers - I would have copied that, too, except I had to match the other side! All of my stuff is from Julie Marie, Cottage Rose (except the swirl, I have no idea where that is from).This next one is a photo I took of my daughter today - She was looking especially cute to me (some days, I swear, she wakes up cuter than the day before). So, we ran outside to take some photos - I love this big cheesey grin for some reason! These layouts are made using Julie Marie's Just Peachy. The date strips on the second one are from Valarie Ostrom. I have also made this into a QP for my friend's book. My journalling says, "You light up my life in so many ways. The little things you say and do. And more and more every day, I am grateful."

My First Quick Page!

A good friend of mine is pregnant with her 2nd child, so 2 fellow digi-scrappers and I are giving her a digital album for one of her gifts. I did my first QP last night for her! Thanks to Kristy (Scrapglass) for her instructions on how to cut that hole in my page - I think I gave her a good laugh at my expense last night!I used a new kit by Julie Marie (of course! Lately, that is all I have scrapped!) called Cottage Rose. I really like the spring colors in this kit. I will make a 2nd side for her album using the same kit - so check back to see it!

My Love

I really, really dig this kit (Girl's Night Out by Julie Marie and Danielle Corbitt - see the below post!). I decided to do another one. This time I mixed it with Julie Marie's new kit Bunnies and Carrots....no, I didn't use the cute bunnies or carrots that she designed (I am working on something using those!), but rather the great pop of blue!My journalling reads: Grace, every time I see your smile, hear your laughter and feel your arms around me, my love for you grows by leaps and bounds.

I created this in response to a Speed Scrap hosted by one of my closest friends and fellow digi-scrapper (pretty amazing one, at that) Jenn. She introduced me to a cool new site, Scrappity-Doo-Dah!

Credits: Girl's Night Out (collab by Julie Marie and Danielle Corbitt), Bunnies and Carrots (Julie Marie) and the little bling in the center of the flowers on the right hand side is from Shimmer and Sparkle by T. Hernandez.

Sweet as Sugar

Grace inherited my love for sweets. Almost everyday, she asks for candy or cokes or anything with sugar in it. She has woken up in the middle of the night begging for cookies (and, no, I don't give her one). She one time woke up from sleeping on the couch when she heard me open a piece of candy with a particularly loud wrapper. I tell her all the time that she is as sweet as the sugar she eats.
I made this using Julie Marie's newest collab with Danielle Corbitt called Girls Night Out. I love this kit - there are so many pieces in this kit, go check it out!

Princess Hair

I decided to get Grace's hair professionally fixed for my brother's wedding. She had the best time going to the beauty salon and getting what she calls, "Princess Hair." She was so thrilled with the entire experience. Of course, I am not surprised...as the saying goes, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree!
I used Julie Marie's kit called Midnight Romance - perfect kit for all the wedding pages I will be doing in the near future!! You should check it out - the papers and elements are beautiful!

Catching Up!

It seems that 2009 is a year of trying to stay caught up....who cares about getting ahead right now. I just don't want to stay behind! I can't seem to get my act together. Things have been changing in our lives. The older Grace gets, the busier she seems to be. My baby brother is getting married next weekend, so a lot of time and energy are going to helping plan showers, rehearsal dinners and wedding things. Plus, to top all of that off, I have decided to go back to work. Of a sort. I am not ready to leave Grace all the time by going back to a regular job. So, I am now watching 2 great kids every day. So far, I love it and I am thankful for the job. But, I do miss my alone time when Grace is in preschool and I was able to get a lot of digi-scrapping done!

I was able to do this 2 page layout this weekend! I used Julie Marie's new kit called Spring is Coming. I hope you go check out her blog - the other members of her CT have really made some great layouts using this kit!

Here is mine: