JULY! Already...???

I cannot believe it is already mid-July.  The summer is going by too quickly!  I have a long post to write for our happenings in June, but first, I will post a link to this months BOSSY SCRAPPER!  (Or see what is happening on the FB page) Brought to you this month by yours truly.

The LIST:
1) Monochromatic
2) Single photo
3) Song Lyrics
4) Misting
5) Bling (enamel dots, brads, etc.)
6) Hand Journaling
7) Sewing
8) More than four pattern papers

And the Layout, of the little and adorable Aurora many moons ago ;):

I hope you are able to play along!

Check out June's Bossy Scrapper winner, and other inspirational LO's as well while on the Bossy site!

April Bossy Scrapper is LIVE

The April Bossy Scrapper is LIVE!  This month it is brought to us by the lovely Jamie Striplin.  She put together a great list; I am most looking forward to the stitching requirement, as Amy Tangerine has the cutest templates out with her "yes please" line!

The list:
1. Cluster of photos
2. Something with grid pattern
3. Stitching
4. Banner or flag
5. ink drops/Misting
6. Bling (brad, sequin, rhinestone, enamel dot, etc...)
7. Kraft element
8. Date stamp or calendar

Check out the take on the Bossy Scrapper Blog, or on the Facebook page! 

And here is my take on the list...I scrapped our trip to New York City last March for our 10th anniversary.  Keeping to tradition, I somehow only took about eight photos (eight more than on our honeymoon, tho!).  Loren and I spent a long weekend being tourists - taking the double decker bus, sitting in Times Square at 2am, and sitting front and center for the Broadway production of WICKED!

took the photo with my banged up phone - sorry for the crazy color.

 

FEBRUARY BOSSY SCRAPPER!

The February BOSSY SCRAPPER is posted, brought to us by Kim Holmes this month!  You can view it on Facebook, or check out the new Bossy Scrapper Blog! 

Elements for this bossy are:
1. Only two photos
Got it.
2. Ink or mist 
Inked the edges
3. Tag
I totally forgot. I'll have to add it!
4. Camera
This 'fussy cut' camera brought to this layout by Aimee Westcott. Gracias, my friend.
5. Fussy cutting - something must be cut out of paper 
I was tricky and doubled up....this 'fussy cut' camera brought to this layout by Aimee Westcott. Gracias, my friend
6. Hand written journaling
Got it.
7. White cardstock
Got it.
8. A popped up element
What ISN'T popped? I think I pop everything. :D  Seriously, tho, I popped the main photo of Aurora and me.
9. Alpha stickers
Got it. 

Due to a weekend scrapping retreat, I finished mine 'early'!  It is nice having it completed before the night it is due (reminds me of college...lol!).  

This is a sweet little 8.5" x 11" LO of Aurora and me.  I love how simple it is, even thought it has 9 8 required elements!

Thanks for stopping by and have a FANTASTIC FRIDAY!

Completed January Bossy!

Here is my completed Bossy Scrapper for January:

 Required elements are:
1. metal element:
7 Gypsies brads (I put a little acrylic paint on them to tone the shiny down a bit)
2. distressing:
I distressed the horizontal yellow strip and the outside page edge
3. chevron:
on the pp paper
4. matted photo: 
it is matted!
5. the color yellow: 
My Mind's Eye
6. popped embellishment:
You can't tell in the photo, but the photo is popped, as well as the hexagon shapes
7. four patterned papers: 
My Mind's Eye (Frame is Studio Calico)
8. stitching: 
I stitched a circle under the photo; probably should have hand stitched with floss, as the machine thread is reeaaaalllllyyy light


And here is a photo of Aurora being super duper good and not touching the LO while looking at it:

Jump on over to our Facebook page and play along!!!  It is good inspiration to use elements you maybe wouldn't have thought of (or put together) and get your creative mojo flowing!

BOSSY SCRAPPER: JANUARY

Happy Friday!

Here is the Bossy Scrapper list of items for January:

1. metal element
2. distressing
3. chevron
4. matted photo
5. the color yellow
6. popped embellishment
7. four patterned papers
8. stitching

It is a little delayed due to CHA goodness, however,  better late than never, right?

 HAVE FUN!!!  I'll be working on mine this weekend. yea!

And because a blog post is boring without a photo, here is one of Aurora Playing with her new Jingle (maybe Belle?) and waiting for a phone call.  LOL.

Scrapbooking retreat

Beware: this is going to be a long post with lots of scrapbooking photos.  

I spent the last four days unwinding with some fellow scrapbookers.  It was terrific!  I ate too much, sat too long, went to bed too late, all to finish 19 layouts, getting me to 50 weeks of Aurora's 52 week album.  My goal is to have one full size layout of for each week of her first year, and then fill in the gaps of busier weeks with a project life style insert.  So, getting to 50 weeks is pretty exciting!  I figure that if I only ever finish the 52 I'll be good.  AND, she is only 16 months, so I'm not even that behind!

Here are the favorites from the layouts I finished:

1) My friend Kim Holmes had  Elizabeth Karchner's Scrapbook Trend's Signature Series magazine at the crop, and was generous enough to share! I directly scraplifted from one of her layouts. :D Love it!

2) Another scraplift from Elizabeth Karchner's and Scrapbook Trend's Signature Series.  This ombre {many questions came up with what ombre is...basically it is a gradient of color.  The fashion world is using it for hair and nails right now} style is beautiful.  I didn't realize there were 'mist-able' thickers, so I just used some that were fabric and felt, figuring the mist would do just fine with it, and it did great!  I love how it turned out.

3) This layout was inspired by the beautiful designs of my friend Aimee Westcott.  Her style is so detailed with plenty of white space.

4) This layout is a direct lift from Aimee Westcott - which diverges from her traditional style. :D  The 'envelope' was the packaging from a sweet gift of scrap goodies from Marilyn McDonald. Sorry, the photo turned out terrible!

5) This layout was done from a 'grab bag'.  The challenge is for all participants to put three papers and three embellishments into a paper bag. We then all take three of each out (blindly).  There has been a bit of a learning curve, as the first time we played I pulled out a googly eye.  Yes, a googly eye.  I put some washi over it and called it good, but I still bring it up every time.  Most people now put good elements into the bag.  Even with current product, it is challenging as everyone has a different style, and pulling out a leopard print paper or a transparency frame is hard! Right, Andrea???

6) This crazy layout was a random thought I had, and it took forever.  After getting it home I think it needs some little element additions, but otherwise, it is fun.  It was also a bossy scrapper that required the following elements: four punches (clouds), sequins (fudged a bit with the shaped Martha glitter), something round (clouds), three photos (photos!), four patterned papers (clouds x2, matting x1, tiny tags on frames x2) washi tape (pink chevron), the color grey (ribbon on first photo mat) and an address tag Andrea provided (journaling spots). PHEW! 

7) One of my favorites of the weekend is this last layout I'll post.  This had some elements I lifted from Elizabeth Kartchner {I really need my own mason jar stamp!}.  However, I really like the hand stitched chevron.  Chevron is the new black, right?