:: cotton candy cousins ::

Hi all! Today is my first post over on the Paper Issues blog!  So. Exciting.  It's also the last day to link up with current issue, Mix Tape.  I'm linking up this layout, just in the nick of time.

There are many ways to interpret this issue. I chose to go with a "mix" of collections, and use a song and use some washi "tape"!  This layout is about B, and her cousin L. eating cotton candy (the real story, told with hidden journaling, is all about them sneaking more by going off and hiding in the closet, eating handfuls at a time)! 

Link up by midnight tonight!  Link back to Paper Issues to be eligible for an awesome prize by Hazel & Ruby!

Guess what?  I have a code to share with you!  It gives you (yes you) a 20% discount at the Paper Issues Store! Woot!

See you again soon!

..:: project life : week 14 ::..

Week 14 left

Lots of black, white, and red this week!  It was a rough week -- including Bea home sick and my coffee maker breaking!  Some more tragic things too.  It's all in there.  The card that says "status" is where I wrote 10 awesome things to remember, so that I could try to forget the not so awesome!  It was actually a status message of mine on Facebook, so I added it here as well.

Week 14 right

The "hello sunshine" is stapled to a piece of clear acetate, and so is the partial card.

Week 14 spread

And there it is. Week 14.  No inserts, lots of content though.  I love this project!

Thanks for stopping by!  See you again, soon!

:: darling boy ::

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of babysitting my grandson, B.  He is so flipping cute!

For this layout I used a bunch of Amy Tangerine 6x6 papers and the stamps that are in the Plus One collection. I also used a few random embellishments from some past Swag Bags at Paper Issues.

See that awesome cut file in the background?  I purchased this at a (newish) etsy store that my friend Ashley Horton has called The Cut Shoppe.  Ashley also has a blog of the same name where she frequently has challenges and sketches to go alone with her cut files! I think I'm going to try to play along with the August sketch & challenge.  Don't worry, I'll share!


Thanks for stopping by!