My week in the life album!!!!

in case you've been living under a ROCK (or at least aren't involved in online scrapbooking boards :-) you would know that Ali Edwards has started the phenomena of the week in the life album. I was hesitant to start, but it came together beautifully and FAST. I assembled the whole thing in one afternoon/evening!! I got Ideas from Ali's blog and also from the All Sam's Idea blog

Today's Couture Cardstock layout

i really like this one :-) the challenge was to use at least 2 circles, which you can see, i nailed :-D I also used a sketch from Scrapperie, designed by Amy Teets which you can see here
And i also used a Paper posies kit and did this week's challenge here and of course, the Personal scrapper crop challenge to use diecuts in a unique way. (i used the edge of a die cut paper as a background element in the upper right

Today's Couture Cardstock layout

Was to use the word "Spring" on a layout. And i knew exactly what pictures i'd use! Last month we had a LOT of fab spring weather. El Nino has been good to use this year. so i created this one. I also used this for a challenge at Serendipity scrapbooks for using the pinwheels, and Apron Strings
for using 5 specific items and even Personal Scrapper Also for using the word "Spring" So I gotta tell ya, i'm feeling quite like the queen of multitasking today, and am afraid i might spend more time uploading to all these places than i did scrapping the layout... but ces la vie! :-) :-) Anyway, here's the layout, and another one i made today that i really like :-)

Today's Couture Cardstock layout

WAHOO! yesterday I WON!!!! :-)

So i'm posting today's real quick inbetween feeding one baby and dressing another... today's challenge- use buttons. This is not a problem for me.

Couture Cardstock giveaway!

here's my layout i made for today's challenge- to use pastel colors. Hoping my burst of red is ok :-)

Anyway, here's the blog address where they are doing a daily giveaway, and a BIG one at the end of the month!!
http://www.couturecardstock.com/blog/

My scrappy space!!!

Wanna see?!? its still a bit of a mess but i finished moving it a few weeks ago from one corner of my bedroom into my closet, it was a HUGE improvement for my bedroom. I have slightly more space but mostly it just looks a lot nicer!! You can click on the pictures for a closer view.

A tutorial for a cool layout using cruddy pictures.

I just made a layout that turned out really cute and thought i'd post a tutorial.

1. First of all, i saw this sketch at Lucy Chesna's sketch site, and had a picture in my mind of exactly where i wanted to go with it.

http://mysketchworld.blogspot.com/2010/02/sketch-thon-february-18th-sketch.html


So first, i sought out a link posted by my BFF Teresa, and managed to actually FIND it. Its directions for making your own bracket paper

http://sundayldesigns.com/scrapbooking-bracket-shapes/

BRILLIANT!

2. Ok, so next, i took some light brown cardstock, folded and cut out the bracket shape. I estimated too big adn was left with a cool bracket outline shape i'll use on a different layout.

3. Then i cut a few pics up and overlapped all over the bracket shape.

4. i cut around the edges along the wrong side and then figured i'd mat it on dark brown cardstock to make it stand out a bit. Then i added pop dots between the mat and the picture covered bracket shape.

5. I chose a pretty vintagey Prima paper for the background. I spritzed with red glimmer mist, to accent my friend Heather's shirt, in the pics, and pull it all together.

6. I let it dry- mostly- and then adhered the shape along with the flowers and stickers for embellishment.

I think it turned out super cute! This would be a great way of using cruddy pictures. The ones I took at the baby shower were really dark, and just plain boring!

here's the finished result