glitz design: magic is something that you make and a cut file

i'm sharing a fun way to use some of the chalkboard papers at glitz design today! 

i love this photo of my two laying on the floor talking together.  their relationship is truly magical to me.  i thought these words went perfect with the photo so i decided to use my silhouette to cut the title "magic is something that you make", as well as some stars from the chalkboard paper. 

i trimmed my chalkboard paper down to 6x12 so i could back it with a piece of white card stock.  i love how the white makes the title and stars pop.  i layered my photo onto several monochromatic papers from the glitz design paper pads and i finished off the layout the "color me happy" peek a boo to add a little pop onto the page, as well as some star garland (i basically just sewed together the cut out stars from the chalkboard paper and adhered them to my page).

the font i used for the silhouette cut is called oil can and it is my absolute favorite!!  i've saved the title and star cut file and it's available for download here.

find a magical photo and create away!!  i hope you enjoy it!  let me know if you end up using it!  i'd love to see what you create!

happy wednesday!

xoxo

my space....

i'm so excited to be sharing a little peek at my craft space on the studio calico blog today.  pop on over to check out where i spend most of my "free" time!!  :)

project life: week 24

i think i was wrong with my week number this past weekend.  i "think" we are on week 25 currently, so last week would be 24.  it really doesn't matter much.....i only keep up with the dates.  regardless, we are almost half way through this year.  wow!!!

here's a look at week "24"....

the most exciting thing for us this past week was my two and half year old son deciding he was ready to be "potty trained".  he's been amazing with the whole process and i think we are on the road to be diaper-free FOREVER!!  yippee!  other than that, it was just a typical summer vacation week for us.  playing outside, ice cream, fires, cousins....

here is a better look at each side...

and that's it.

as always, let me know if you have any questions about anything and i'll try to answer them for ya!

happy tuesday (which also happens to be my 36th birthday.  happy birthday to me!!)

xoxo

my new favorite.....the pier

the pier is maybe my favorite collection.  ever.  i don't know if it's the colors, or maybe the way the papers make me feel.  kind of like a breezy summer night.  regardless, i love every bit of it.

and i couldn't be more grateful to crate paper for sending me the pier collection as the winner of their creative weekly challenge for may!  

i've had a little time to play around and here are some of my most recent projects.....all using the pier.

happy honeymoon...

my husband and i got married and honeymooned in st. john, virgin islands.  this picture was taken of cruz bay as soon as we got into st. john.  how lovely is that???  truly paradise!!

i wanted to keep the main focus on my photo, as i added it to the center of my page and then trimmed the picture with fun little pops of embellishments.

i typed my journaling up using my typewriter and decided to add it to some twine, which i wrapped around my paper layers under my photo.  it's a fun little way to add some texture and interest to the page without overdoing it, i think.

cool....

my main goal for this page was to get those plastic alpha from the pier collection on this page.  sometimes i don't even add titles or thickers, so knowing that i wanted to include these letters made it a little challenging for me at first.  i finally decided i loved the way they looked over the paper layers.

and once again, i just had to finish off the page with some fun embellishments from the pier collection and studio calico, as well as some tags from chic tags.  

what about you?  have you gotten your hands on the pier yet?  it's pretty awesome!  grab it while you can!

happy monday!

xoxo

project life: week 23

i'm sharing my week 24 of project life on the chic tags blog today.  it's full of summer fun!  stop on over if you get a chance!! 

happy saturday!

xoxo

glitz design: i love you like crazy...

i'm up on the glitz blog today with a layout honoring my hubby and the best dad in the world!! stop by if you get a chance!!

project life: week 22

we are settling into summer here and i'm trying to get into a good routine with my project life album.  i felt like i had it down to a science during the school year, but now with lazy days and pool time, i'm having a hard time getting back into a good rhythm.  i'm also finding that i am picking up my camera less and less since we are out and about so much!  i need to remember to document our "everyday" moments more.

anyhoo....onto week 23.  this is the last week of may.  another busy week with lots of friends, neighbors, outings and lazy days. 

here is a closer look at each side...

(sorry about the glare on the page protectors....  my batch of page protectors were quite wrinkly and it makes it hard to photograph.)

i'm linking up to the mom creative this week.  stop on over for more awesome inspiration!!

and that's a wrap.  another week in the books.

my album is pretty full so i think i will start a new book next week.  

xoxo