In the Scrappy Mood

Yep, I have been in a Scrappy mood lately, I hope it never leaves me! :)

I am finding that it is way easier to stay on my diet if I stay busy, so with scrapping and getting my walking in it keeps me from munching on all the bad stuff, win, win.  (Besides...I am so close to my ultimate "smaller than I have ever been" weight, my goal is in sight!)

This is a mini book of Mom and I and our Scrapbook Expo adventure for 2014.  We attended two Expos and had a blast at both of them.  Every year we make a mini album of our Expo girl's weekend away.

As you can see in this picture, 2014 was our 9th year attending and our 9th mini book.

And of course I have to also do a few layouts for the scrapbook as well. 

You can't really tell in the above picture but I used some waterfall protectors and attached a bunch of pictures to the front of the page protector.  Here is a better picture of that: 

And then a two page spread with all the details of crops, classes, etc we did while there. 

This next layout reminds me of how behind I am in my scrapbooking, not only has my Daughter-in-Law had the baby (My Grandson Drew) but he is over a year old now!!!! 

New Year, New Goals, New Layouts!

My scrapping got somewhat pushed aside last year so I have started this new year with a bang.  Set a pretty big layout goal this year and I intend to complete it :)

That being said, here are the layouts I have completed so far.  I am trying to use my Cricut more and more and am finding the more I use it the easier it gets and am finding some pretty cool images and fonts I really like.  Also, before I start any layout I am digging thru my stash and trying to use up bits and pieces that I have hoarded for years.

On this layout I decided to try and use one of those project life cards (my mom and I have a ton of them)  I used one on the left side of this layout and just added names and a date to it.

This one is still lacking something, I just can't figure out what so after looking at it for 3 or 4 days just decided to call it done and move on, lol

I think this one is a personal favorite.  I threw all kinds of embellishments on it and I have to say I really like how it turned out.

Used up some really old bling and chipboard pieces on this one.  Also had fun with my cricut cutting the graduation embellishments.

This layouts was sooooo easy I feel like I cheated!  Used a pre-done layout from the Close to my Heart Artbooking cartridge on my Cricut, added a few wood embellishments I colored with my Spectrum Noir pens and that was about it.

I usually have a hard time with two page layouts but this one came together pretty quick.  I used a sketch I found on Cheryl Even's blog.

This last one was fun and easy (I like that)  Used some black paint on the two corners, layered a bunch of project life cards behind my picture and stuck on some letter stickers for my Grandson's names and the date.