Feeling Verklempt...

So I'm feeling a little verklempt. Chiara over at the House of Paper announced today that she'll be closing the website in November. I've called HOP my online scrappy home for 5 years now. I love everyone over there and will miss them and the website.

:(

Here are my layouts for the HOP newsletter today. It's scraplift week.

For this layout, I was inspired by the lovely Heather. I love how she did her scalloped paper ribbon border and just had to try it out!
This layout shows an amazing bond that I've recently developed with these 2 amazing gals. I'm so happy to call them my friends.


And for this one I lifted the amazing Chiara. I love her layers and design.
This layout shows off my inner nerd....oh who am I kidding. It's not so "inner."


Next week will be my last time submitted projects for the HOP newsletter. I will definitely miss my assignments and working with such a fabulous Design Team. Here's hoping we stay in touch!

Cards, Cards, Cards!

It's Card Week over at the House of Paper! Here are some that I made for the HOP newsletter.

For this "hello" card I used the adorable new Fancy Pants "It's the Little Things" collection. I LOVE the papers! To see my instructions on how to make that flower, check out the HOP Blog (click here). In the instructions, I used a border punch for the flower. But as you can see from this flower below, you don't have to.


Here's another card using the new Fancy Pants "It's the Little Things" collection. (Did I tell you how much I love this paper???) And those playing cards are sooo cute! I fussy-cut out all of the flowers and used some popdots for diminsion.


Here's a card using Pink Paislee's Soiree line. Sooo fun & cheery! The flowers were made using a Tim Holtz diecut (a friend let me use her Sizzix Big Shot at a recent scrap retreat!)


Here's another card using Pink Paislee's Soiree line. I really adore this collection! I used a stamp to make the flowers, then cut them out and nested them.


And here's a cute one using The Girls Paperie "Jubilee" collection. The papers are so sweet! I made the butterflies using a Martha Stewart punch.


Thanks for looking!

Echo Park Flowers

Come check out the House of Paper blog! I posted instructions on how to make these adorable flowers using the Echo Park Summer Days collection! I just love how bright and cheery they are! :)

Fun with Photos Friday

Found this really cool website online: Big Huge Labs

I messed around with the PhotoBooth and came up with this:



I used to love going to the photobooth in the mall when I was a kid. Brings back all sorts of memories.

They also have this one to make pop art like this:



I could waste hours playing with photos on this website!!!

Best Foot Forward - 04/07

So I'm a sucker for Goodwill. I can ALWAYS find something awesome! I love this picture. I stuck my feet outta my car window and quick snapped a pic with my phone. (If anyone saw me, they would've thought I was nuts!)

Best Foot Forward - 04/06

So I almost forgot to take my picture again! Sheesh! I meant to take a cute photo at my friend's house of our feet outside in the gazebo drinking our mojitos. Well, at least I remembered at the last minute before I had to leave.

Playing "footsies" with my gal-pals:


I'm going to have to staple a post-it note to my forehead to remind me to take a foot photo everyday!

Best Foot Forward - 04/05

Woke up with really bad weather! VERY wet and windy! So here are my wet feet and umbrella outside of work:


At least it didn't rain all day. But I'm glad I wore my closed-toe shoes or else I would've had soggy toes!