Bittersweet Fun

Once a month I get together at Archivers with some of my favorite crafty girls for a day of cutting up, laughter, eating, shopping, and a little scrapbooking  too.  Sadly, this chapter will be coming to an end as Archivers will be closing for good in February.  We thought yesterday would be our last time together at the store but we decided to sign up for one last crop next month and I'm already looking forward to it.   I did manage to get two layouts done yesterday that I'm really pleased with.

The first layout was for the January Pajama Party over at iclassygirl.com . I used my Zing to cut out this cute chipboard Santa Claus to match the real one in my layout.  I am so glad that I saved just a bit more to buy this particular cutter over the Cameo because it does so much more!

Supplies used:  Paper and embellishments- MME Lost & Found Christmas; Santa Die Cut- Make the Cut software gallery; American Crafts Thickers


The layout below was created in combination for two other challenges.  I'm really going to try very hard to do more creating at home this year and one of the things that is going to help is if I try to do something in small increments of time each day.  iclassygirl's from desk to done series is just the way I plan to do this.  She shows you how to spend 5 minutes each day doing a simple task like selecting your pictures first, and then the next day selecting papers, next day embellishments, next day may be trimming, and so on, and by the final 5th or 6th day you've created a beautiful layout.  This is perfect for those of use who are holding it down with kids, work outside the home, and all the other things that keep us busy and away from the hobby that we love.

I've also entered this layout in the January Misty Blue challenge over at Scraps of Color which happens to be my favorite scrapbook site!  The requirements for this challenge were to use the color blue, washi tape, a stamped image, two glimmer mists, and a title.  At first I was overwhelmed by all the requirements, particularly since I had never used glimmer mist before, but thanks to scrapper extraordinaire Tena E over at Scraps of Color who loaned me some beautiful glimmer mist, and to Classygirl herself, Tiare who showed me how to apply it, I worked it out and completed my page.  Love you ladies!  :)

Supplies used: Paper - Jillibean Soup Happy Campers Stew; Burlap & Flower - Hobby Lobby; Embellishments - Making Memories clip, Kaiser Craft brad; Washi Adhesive Sheet- We R Memory Keepers;  floral chain stamp, glimmer mist