Good Morning from Snowbird!!!...

....Utah, that is.



I am on vacation with Ryan, my Dad, and most of my sisters and brother. We have been having so much fun! Here is a pic of me and my Dad making funny faces...we went on a walk around the Lodge, and were so pumped up from all the beautiful snow, we couldn't control ourselves:



It was snowing when we arrived late yesterday....PERFECT! Today I worked out in their beautiful gym with a gorgeous view of the mountains, went on a couple refreshing walks/hikes, ate yummy food, and relaxed in the hot tub twice!...Once on our balcony hot tub...almost falling asleep (still getting use to the high altitude),...and then this evening, I had the urge after dark, to dip in the public hot tub outside....my Dad went with me...we walked down the hall to the entrance leading us outside, and stopped at the door...it was slushing (raining/snowing)! We grabbed a couple towels and ran for it!...Man, that hot tub felt GOOD! I couldn't get a picture since we were in the slush! Definitely an amazing memory I will never forget :)

Now I will leave you with my latest Pink Pineapple Design Team layout:







I used the new Fancy Pants (LOVE IT!), and Making Memories (dye cut eyelet paper). It was a lot of fun using all the different elements: paint, felt, sewing, paper, flowers, chipboard, stickers, ink :)

My friend Jane...

...is one of the most inspiring people I know. She has a way of looking at all scrapbooking / art in a positive way, and gives off the best energy....so, when my good friend, Gloria (design team leader for Pink Pineapple Scrapbooks), asked me to do a layout with this Pink Paislee Transparency, I have to admit I was stumped at first....until, I found a picture I had taken of Jane....suddenly, the wheels started turning, and I came up with a style that is still me, but has a touch of the "vintage" feel, that is SO Jane....Here it is:

I had fun making the little rosettes....I cut out different circle sizes, distressed the edges, crumpled and sanded them, inked the edges with brown, added some lace ribbon in between the layers for some texture, and attached it all together with a brad that was also sanded. For the swirl, I used chipboard, and painted it white, and then off white...I did the same with the thin chipboard frame that is on top of the photo. Adding the buttons were fun....I dropped them down onto the paper, swirled them around, and wherever they landed, I glued them down :) Kind of fun and silly techniques...a fairly simple layout that still took some time, and has sweet memories!

A layout just for me...

...This is the first layout I have done without having an "assignment" in a long time. It is very simple to look at, but actually has some detail to it...I used another photo from our visit to the Spit, with the kids skipping stones...they look so happy and content to me...it makes me smile :)

When I put this layout together, I loved all the colors in this Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday "Monday" paper (thought it went well with the photo), added the Crate Paper Lillian Collection "Tickled Pink", and cut and layered the Hambly, over it...added the Cosmo Cricket chipboard bracket & butterflies (stickeled the butterflies and added Robin's Nest)...found these Michaels Acrylic Alphabets (which I am loving)...at this point the layout was not quite right, so I added the layered lace...it still needed something, so then I took a black sharpie, and traced all the way around the photo, and each of the letters on the background paper...finally DONE!...the tracing was a lot of work, but it was fun to piece together.

Have a creative day!!!

A Card & Journaling Pages...

...from the Color Me Miki "Garden" Kit:

This is one of my favorite kits so far...I almost never journal, and it totally inspired me. I talked about the spring season, what I did that day, and just said "hello spring"...I might even bind all three pages together, and make a mini with photos on the back sides...I think this is just the beginning...