My first visit to Legoland!

Was with my dear friend, April, and her two adorable kiddos :) It was a fantastic afternoon...we went on some fun rides, saw the kids giggle and smile a lot, had ice cold coke zero, and April even packed an awesome picnic lunch! Here are a couple pics:

Me at the park entrance (in the yellow and black striped dress):



Beautiful Miss. J talking on the Tele:



Mini Manhattan all made of Legos!



Sweet Mr. T creating with Legos in the play area:



And lovely April with Mr. T...we went on a little boat ride:



Overall, I found Legoland a very relaxing place.....maybe it's all the children running around with smiles on their faces, or the light breeze rustling the leaves of the beautifully groomed gardens, or the refreshing feeling of having you damp skin drying in the sun from all the water rides...whatever it may be, I am glad I was able to spend such a lovely afternoon with my friend...Thanks, April!!!

Hambly Minibook

This is a fun little project I created for the Pink Pineapple Design Team, using an adorable Hambly NotePad:







This project ended up with a very different style than I am use to using...with the messy stamping, the hand journaling, and all the dry brushing with the white paint...but I think it turned out OK...really have great memories with the photos I used, so it makes me happy to look through it :)

One of the cool techniques I used was dry brushing white paint over these American Craft Details. I think it adds a nice touch. I also, ended up adding chipboard in between each page, to keep the pages from warping...

I think there are still a couple different Hambly NotePads at Pink Pineapple Scrapbooks if you want to make your own :)

Cute Little Monsters!!!

...Found their way onto the front of this minibook I made for my sweet & beautiful friend, Ally:







I found all the supplies for this mini from the Borders by my house.....all the bright paper, postcards, stickers, and even the album base.....I just used my sewing machine to sew it all together.....very non-traditional scrapbooking supplies.....it was a nice change.....

Ally is always an inspiration.....just being around her sweet, smiley self, makes me want to create.....not to mention all the beautiful layouts, projects, and sweet finds she shares with us on her blog.....thanks for being you, Ally girl!!! LOVES!

The Next Pink Ninja Challenge....

Is Secrets....here is my take on it:





I had a lot of fun will all the different techniques I used to create this layout:

1. Sewing lots of circles in three colors (pink, blue & white).
2. Candy Apple Red Glimmer Mist was sprayed for texture.
3. Tore a white piece of paper from a bound journal, and used the Newsboy Prima Stamp with black ink to create patterned paper. It was used to matte the photo.
4. Pink Hambly Rub-ons (always love them!).
5. Layered the scraps of the stamped paper behind the Maya Road Birds.
6. Used American Crafts Rub-ons (pink wings) on scraps of the stamped paper, cut them out, and popped them up on the Maya Road Bird's wings.
7. Cut slits on the right and left sides of the photo, and ran black ribbon through, tying a bow.
   

Both the papers I used for the background are from Daisy D's. The black alphas are from Prima, and the pink are from Jillibean Soup.

There are some really awesome layouts over at the Pink Ninja Blog....each girl has a different take on this challenge....you will LOVE it!

Have a creative day!!!