Double layouts!!

Gettin' it done in 2013!!!

My new scrapbook method: don't do a layout without doing a duplicate layout with a different packet. This time I didn't use a workshop guide. I used the stickease from one pack and on the back of the sticker sheet there is a layout suggestion and it has the layout name and the book to find it. So this is Hocus Pocus from the Magic book.

Also a sneak peek at February stamp on the month... Can you spot it???

February Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! We will be featuring February's SOTM, which

is Friendship, a set of eight stamps. If you have come here from Shannon's Blog,

you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work

your way all around. If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating

consultants here: Complete List of Blog Hoppers

This month we have 68 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one!

Here we go!

Another card using cranberry and black. Used chipboard hearts, bitty sparkles and black waxy flax to embellish.

Now "Hop" on over to Latish's Blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their

Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the February SOTM is

only available until February 28th! Contact your CTMH Consultant or visit myCTMH website to

see how you can get this stamp set at a discount or even free!

Here is the stamp set:

Random Stamping

This is a fun technique you can use to create your own background and texture paper. Use a collection of your stamps in various coordinating colors and stamp them in a patter. I'm not sure why this technique is called random stamping because there's nothing random about it! There is a pattern that is somewhat followed. I used this paticular sheet with a background and texture paper from the Daydream paper packet to complete Amanda's portraits from her sixth month.

Springtime Shower

This layout was a kit that I created at a scrap-gathering. It was a lot of fun. The paper is totally out of my comfort zone which was a lot of fun to do something so "girly." I had wanted to scrap the photos from Sabrina's shower but it wasn't a hot item on my priority list. So I was glad to have some of the work done for me so I could just plug in my photos and extra touches. I think it turned out quite nice!!

I met a scrapper today

more pages from the big first birthday party

Today I was at this thing for breastfeeding and I casually brought up that I am into scrapbooking. I was talking about how it's pretty much the "getaway" time I take from being with my little one. She was there because she's a doula and basically attending for the breastfeeding information but it turns out she is a scrapbooking consultant! Yeah! That's always neat to find someone who shares the same hobby or passion!

Anyway...here's some photos of a layout I finished today... I know they're kind of bad photos but my normal camera is in the car and it's too cold to go get it!

Sword in the Stone Ceremony

Once upon a time....
These pages for the current Disney Challenge on Two Peas. I like working on my normal stuff and taking a "break" to complete the challenges as if they are assignments... keeps me into my Disney stuff!

Write It or Type It?

So the question is this:

Do you tend to do more hand or computer journaling?

I really don't like my handwriting so I do a lot of computer journaling. However, if it's something quick and simple, I'll write it out. I love looking at handwriting from my mom, grandma, and other family members. I love it how I can just glance at something and know immediately who wrote it. I can even copy their style of writing, but I feel like my writing is always different. I do like to write though because I want people to someday look at it and feel the way I do when I see something hand-written by my grandma who is no longer with us.

Creative Roll

I'm on this creative roll with a page I'm working on and even though I don't want to stop, it is so late and I can't even keep concentrating the way I should. I have this vision of 12x12 pages all in the same paper theme for my son's 1st birthday party photos. So far I've completed two layouts - Baby's First Cake, and Opening Gifts. This next one I'm working on started out to be a frustrating project because of my photo options but it's turning out to be one of my all-time favorite creations. I can't wait to get it done and posted. The subject of this layout is Back Yard Paradise and showcases photos of the food and activites we had at the party. I'm loving the paper .... Laid Back by Close to My Heart ... and how it goes so well with the Hawaiian theme of my son's party. Can't wait to share the finished project!!

Little All-Star

My son's first and so far only trip to see the Giants play at the end of last season. What a great day for an outing with the baby but a bad day for the Giants as we lost that day to the Dodgers. Oh well...and things have yet to change in that department....

Best Friends

This was a fun page. It's a Close to my Heart kit and it was a little outside my box to follow the instructions in the kit but it was fun and I really like the way it came out.

65th Birthday Invitation

Ah-ha! I made an invitation! This is for my dad's surprise 65th birthday dinner. Let's hope he hasn't discovered this blog... he knows we're going to dinner, but not that others are invited!! I'm so happy with the way this came out... Adventures in card-making and eyelets aren't so bad afterall!

4th of July 2007

Today is the first day I felt well enough to complete something. This was my Close To My Heart kit I made the night before the 4th of July and I made some modifications to it but not many
I paticularly like the words to the Star Spangled Banner that I added. We didn't really get that many photos on the 4th of July so that's the reason for the big photos. We hope next year isn't as hot and is more relaxing!

12 Months of Joe

We took Joseph in for his pictures every month the first year - yes I'm one of *those* moms. Anyhow.... even though I left my camera in Riverbank, I am so addicted to blogging, I borrowed a digital camera so I could blog! Joe and I are sick (I had a fever this morning) so there aren't any creative juices or energy for scrapbooking .... I tried... but I was able to photograph this album. The title page is still in the works - I'll update it if it ever gets done!

First Home

This is an incomplete spread, but I wanted to post it because it was something I started at the crop over the weekend. I'm planning to put some journaling on the right page in the blank square. This layout is kind of meaningful to me because it's about the house where we were living when our son was born. We moved two months after he was born, but my husband and I owned the house for two years. It was our first place together.... aww...

Grease Monkey

This is one of those layouts that came together because of a funny moment captured on camera. My husband had the baby out in the wagon (before he could walk) and gave him a wrench so they could work on the race car "together." Sure enough, my son starts beating the car with a wrench. Love it!
Also I love this layout and how cute it came out. I bought this paper back at an Expo, but used Madeline's stamps at the crop over the weekend. LOVE the dark stamped monkeys on the brown paper especially!

Monkey Love

As a mom of a boy, I'm always looking for an excuse to use pink in my paper crafts. This was a fun layout to do. I had bought this one sheet of Valentine's Day themed paper and had to find a way to use it. Again, thanks to Madeline for letting me use her stamps on these pages. I'm super happy with the way it came out!

Grandma C's Baby Album

I finally finished my mom's album today after my order of photos came in. I known she's going to be thrilled to get it. Looks like her house in Tahoe should be just fine! But she says her car is still loaded until the fire is 100% out - not taking any chances!

Swimming Layout

We don't get to do a lot of swimming in this area because of the weather, but we did a YMCA class in March 2007 and went to a pool party a month later at the same pool. So these photos are from two different swimming days. I had started this layout several weeks ago but put it aside to try and organize my scrapbooking supplies. I finished it up tonight. My favorite thing is probably the use of the photo corners on the first page. A lot of the paper and chipboard is from Scenic Route Paper Co.