tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43298768835441700132024-02-08T00:06:20.759-06:00Living a Crafting LifeAngiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163558386595878384noreply@blogger.comBlogger146125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329876883544170013.post-2781200089906336502015-12-30T22:31:00.002-06:002015-12-30T22:45:10.193-06:00WE'RE OUTTA HERE!
Not completely -- it's just that this blog is continuing in a new place with a new name!
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Grab your coffee and let's craft!Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163558386595878384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329876883544170013.post-24554928299722017172015-04-14T08:00:00.000-05:002015-12-30T22:35:32.895-06:00My April Scrapping Kit - My Minds EyeI previously posted that I'm on a mission to use up all my older paper collections and scraps before I purchase any more new goodies. A "scrapping fast" as many other crafters are calling it.
This past weekend I put together another kit for April, combining three My Minds Eye collections: Stella Rose, Indie Chic, and So Sophie. At the time I purchased them, I must have Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163558386595878384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329876883544170013.post-42359674522320482602015-04-08T18:08:00.002-05:002015-04-08T18:12:19.461-05:00Scrapbook Process: The Sweetest Thing from My Minds Eye
This week I am on a roll, finishing pages for my "heritage" album. This album is not just old photos of my family, but also contains newer family portraits, so they are all together.
For the Make it Monday challenge this week at The Memory Nest, I used their sketch to finish another page for this album:
Here is my interpretation of the sketch: (sorry for the lighting glare!Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163558386595878384noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329876883544170013.post-81659362080584083202015-04-07T13:18:00.001-05:002015-04-07T13:21:16.607-05:00Scrapbook Album Alternative to WeR Memory KeepersHow to you shelve your scrapbook albums? Do you make sure they are all the same and labeled by year? Do you have categorized albums? Do you just buy whatever album you can find on sale?
In the past, I was a super fan of the brown leather-like albums from Hobby Lobby where I organized my layouts by year. They were sturdy with large rings and I could use a 40% off coupon when I needed Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163558386595878384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329876883544170013.post-61067393471689801662015-03-26T12:59:00.000-05:002015-03-26T12:59:09.568-05:00Mojo is Back! After a long break from crafting and blogging, it's good to be back with some new layouts, cards and challenge posts!
These last few months have been busy with homeschool and homeschool co-op with my youngest, plus spending time with my oldest, taking him to his new job and teaching him to drive in the process. I also signed up as a Stampin' Up consultant, which has been such a fun time! Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163558386595878384noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329876883544170013.post-15131149261270355392014-08-20T10:37:00.001-05:002014-08-20T10:37:30.436-05:00Back from Summer -- and a Scrapbook Share!We have had a busy summer, as I am sure you have too! We started our homeschooling on August 5th, so we are slowly getting back into the regular routine.
For most of July I scrapped my heart out, working on my oldest son's birthday album with the RSVP collection from Basic Grey. Some old pages that were done in the past on 8-1/2" x 11" were completely redone (since I had photo Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163558386595878384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329876883544170013.post-79616986638843752372014-07-11T08:00:00.000-05:002014-07-11T08:00:01.670-05:00Friday Flashback: Lego Pages from 2012
Welcome to this week's Flashback Friday! For Flashback Friday, I highlight past projects that although finished, I haven't blogged about, but I think are worth cataloging.
This week I am showing off a couple pages finished in 2012, using Lego theme paper by Creative Imaginations. We went to the big Lego Fest when it was held here in Austin, Texas, and it certainly didn'tAngiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163558386595878384noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329876883544170013.post-89719569546970603992014-07-07T14:24:00.003-05:002014-07-07T14:24:16.838-05:00It Was a Card Making Party Weekend!
Thanks so much for stopping by! If you are looking for the Creative Blog Tour, visit my earlier post HERE. (Then come back here, okay??)
This weekend, I participated in as many challenges as possible in the Operation Write Home Virtual Card Making Party. My Priority Box of cards is almost filled and ready to send on to OWH!
Here are the cards I completed for some of Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163558386595878384noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329876883544170013.post-69770152163821024512014-07-07T07:00:00.000-05:002014-07-07T07:00:10.808-05:00Creative Blog Tour!You know what's awesome? The scrapbooking community! There are so so many wonderful, creative and delightful ladies out there and what's better than to get an introduction from another crafty friend?
Thank you to Kelli Panique from Use It Scrapbooking for "tagging" me in this Creative Blog Tour! Be sure to visit her tour blog post and see what's she's up to, and who else sheAngiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163558386595878384noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329876883544170013.post-14133747581349418962014-07-02T07:00:00.000-05:002014-07-02T07:00:08.215-05:00Monthly Wrap-Up: Scrapbook and Card Layout Share with the "Chairs" Color Kit!
This bright and summery kit from The Memory Nest was a delight to work with this month! In order to show you everything, please watch the YouTube video below. I wrap-up the month by showing the layouts completed and highlighted on The Memory Nest blog as a Design Team Member (most layouts have their own process videos on YouTube) in addition to some Graduation cards!
Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163558386595878384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329876883544170013.post-37451567011763778732014-07-01T08:00:00.000-05:002015-12-30T22:39:04.595-06:00Flashback Friday: Killing Kits from The Memory Nest!In the past few months as a Design Team Member for The Memory Nest, I have received some awesome product kits for creating!
To close out the month of June and my time as a Design Team Member, I decided to go through all the past kits, gather all those yummy leftover pieces and put together a new double page layout.
The challenge for myself was to only use what was left of these kits without Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163558386595878384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329876883544170013.post-16225555926842224952014-06-26T08:00:00.000-05:002014-06-30T22:19:58.735-05:00Throwback Thursday - Using Authentique "Renew"
Time for another Throwback Thursday!
This week I used up a 6 x 6" paper pad by Authentique called "Renew" along with it's accompanying 12 x 12" sticker sheet. This collection is probably over a year old, but I remember liking it so well because of the combination of the aqua and yellow:
This post is a little photo heavy, so if you want a quicker version, you can watch it here Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163558386595878384noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329876883544170013.post-32588407777300223602014-06-17T07:00:00.000-05:002014-06-17T14:23:20.209-05:00Scrapbook Process: More with the "Chairs" Color Kit!Today I am sharing more layouts using the versatile "Chairs" Color Kit from The Memory Nest!
This color combination is yummy and I had a blast with it!
There were also papers that I could take from fun (above) to elegant:
The story behind this "Selfie" page will be on my "Kill the Kit" video on YouTube later this month.
Want to try this kit? It's Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163558386595878384noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329876883544170013.post-67373617266662387902014-06-16T07:00:00.000-05:002014-06-21T13:06:03.946-05:00Scrapbook Process: Using the "Chairs" Color Kit!
This month for The Memory Nest, I am using Leslie's "Chairs" color kit, and it was such a fun kit to use! It's palette of color allowed me to do different layout themes -- from the light and cheery to the more elegant.
You can see my kit reveal and process of the first layout here:
My first layout from this kit:
For the background, I used paper from BasicAngiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163558386595878384noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329876883544170013.post-7415041914305396152014-05-29T10:00:00.000-05:002014-05-30T19:19:33.239-05:00May Recap: Recollections Kit was Outstanding!
This month's kit, Reflections by Echo Park, was awesome! I was able to do quite a few layouts and even a couple cards, with lots of papers and embellishments left over for more!
Here are photos of my layouts that I completed this month:
And cards too!
Don't forget that this month, kits are 30% off at The Memory Nest!
AND . . . .
In Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163558386595878384noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329876883544170013.post-91150148370117249972014-05-15T16:45:00.000-05:002014-05-15T16:56:15.473-05:00Throwback Thursday: More Reflections by Echo Park
During this month of May, I am scrapping with the Reflections kit by Echo Park, courtesy of The Memory Nest. This kit has been a fabulous way to start scrapping some of my "heritage" photos! Because the photos I used for my pages are "throwbacks," I decided that I would include these next two layouts from the kit to my Throwback Thursday Series!
For this first layout, I used anAngiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163558386595878384noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329876883544170013.post-73505462901058877442014-05-12T08:00:00.000-05:002014-05-12T08:00:04.471-05:00It's New to Me! Reflections kit from Echo ParkIt's time to showcase another kit from The Memory Nest -- for May it is the Reflections kit by Lori Whitlock and Echo Park.
The vintage, early 20th century, European feel is what makes this kit so appealing. To see what's included in the kit, the add-ons available and a tutorial on the first layout I completed, you can watch the YouTube video:
There were many stickers and chipboard Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163558386595878384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329876883544170013.post-53656947895724649472014-05-08T18:40:00.000-05:002014-05-08T18:48:42.051-05:00Throwback Thursday: Using Paper Loft paper
A couple years ago, I went to a CK Scrapbook Convention here in Texas. At the time, I didn't own a lot of quality paper, so I loaded up on some muted, more masculine colors for layouts of my husband and boys from the Paper Loft booth. Sadly, that paper has been untouched in my stash since that time!
Challenging myself with this Throwback Thursday series, I pulled out all the PaperAngiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163558386595878384noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329876883544170013.post-77623716294599888792014-05-03T15:23:00.000-05:002014-05-03T15:23:14.798-05:00(Inter) National Scrapbooking Day - Help with Themed ScrapbooksWelcome to my second post for National Scrapbooking Day! This time I am sharing one of my videos on YouTube. This video shows how I chronicled my oldest son's school memories scrapbook -- which is really a binder -- while still having cohesiveness throughout. You will see my chapter pages, and how pages done through the years still fit in within the book.
If you follow me on Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163558386595878384noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329876883544170013.post-59893041263566594182014-05-03T11:24:00.000-05:002014-05-03T11:24:29.449-05:00Happy (inter) National Scrapbooking Day!
We scrappers NEED our own holiday, don't we? Not that we need any excuse to scrap!
Today I will share a couple different things in honor of our holiday: a video with ideas on how to make your large album projects easily cohesive, a free sketch and a sneak peak at what I'm using for the month of May in the "New to Me" series at The Memory Nest!
First for today, here is a free sketchAngiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163558386595878384noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329876883544170013.post-5383047334206478722014-04-24T07:00:00.000-05:002014-04-24T07:00:08.441-05:00Throwback Thursdays: Basic Grey
Just like most girls, I like to get the latest and greatest, especially when it comes to scrapbooking supplies. Are you like that too? While that is loads of fun, there is still something to be said about the many treasures that are hiding away in our stash.
This new series, "Throwback Thursdays: Using up the Crafter's Stash" is geared to give you inspiration to use up some of the Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163558386595878384noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329876883544170013.post-33297035018262635552014-04-22T08:00:00.000-05:002014-04-22T08:00:08.501-05:00Scraplifting from CardMaker Magazine!I love my CardMaker magazine, even though it publishes only four times a year. Not many scrapbooking or card magazines are in actual print anymore, so it is a joy to have one I can hold in my hands!
Whenever an issue arrives in the mail, I devour it from front to back, but afterward I challenge myself to make at least six to ten cards using the ideas from the magazine.
Following are someAngiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163558386595878384noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329876883544170013.post-26706991699380941942014-03-06T08:00:00.000-06:002014-03-08T19:14:52.090-06:00Scrapbook Process with the new Weaving Color Kit!It's a pleasure to be selected to be on the product Design Team again for The Memory Nest!
New in The Memory Nest store are color kits! This month, the kit that you will see me use is the "Weaving Color" kit. Inside this package is a lovely selection of warm toned papers in colors that are perfect for a wide array of layouts. There is also a "Feathers" kit in the Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163558386595878384noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329876883544170013.post-89354434365013251972014-01-24T07:00:00.000-06:002014-02-06T17:27:13.399-06:00Scavenger Scrapbooking: Craft or Sewing Room TreasuresWelcome back, Scrappers for Day Five of Scavenger Scrapbooking! Yesterday's challenge was hard for me -- I was stumped with finding something. If you found treasure from the workroom, don't forget to link up your project HERE.
There is an example I can show you of a layout completed a while ago with a found item: old luggage keys. (Remember the days when we could lock our luggage with Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163558386595878384noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4329876883544170013.post-36672892866953036382014-01-23T07:00:00.000-06:002014-02-06T17:26:21.130-06:00Scavenger Scrapbooking: Workroom Wonders
Welcome to Day Four of Scavenger Scrapbooking! Did you complete a search of the bedroom, bathroom or beyond from yesterday? Was it like going to "infinity and beyond?"
I have to say, I didn't think I would have much luck in my own hunt yesterday, but I did come across a couple things that didn't get thrown out in my "cleansing" right after Christmas.
Yes, that is a ponytail Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00163558386595878384noreply@blogger.com0