An Amazing Year

 Hello! Merry Christmas! The December 'Fresh' Take 10 Kit is so fun and the perfect kit to kick start your 2016 album. I was so excited about the background stamp as soon as I saw it! So here's my card using a variety of 'Fresh' products...

I used a few of my new Christmas goodies too. :) I love my new Ranger craft mat. I just scribbled a blue and turquoise distress markers on the mat and sprayed with water. I dabbed my stamp in the ink and then all over my moist watercolor paper for the first layer of my background. After it was dry I make another sharper layer with a little less water. That gave me some darker dots and also some lighter ones where the new water took color off the previous layer. I love how it turned out!

Then I layered on a bunch of goodies from the kits to create a cute 2016 themed card. I used my new Tiny Attacher to anchor the label. My white ink didn't turn out very crisp on the '16 so I traced the edges with my new white gel pen. And I used a puddle of blue gelato on the 'have an amazing year' stamp. I can't wait to put this card in my 2016 album!

This is one of my last posts for Take 10 Kits and I just want to say thank you! It has been an amazing year on the creative team. I've loved sharing all my projects with you and being inspired by all of you. I'm excited to see what you all create in 2016! Happy scrapping!

Stay Cozy!

Hi! I have one more page to share with you using the November 'Today' Take 10 kits plus a few of my favorite things from the December 'Fresh' kits. 

I was able to use most of the back sides on this page. I love it when I can use both sides of the cards! It makes my kit go further makes those few pages more cohesive. I've been mixing most of my cards with the Project 52 core kit this year (2011) too. I love having an eclectic, mix and match album but there needs to be at least a thread that ties it all together!

I love how this pocket turned out! I knew I had to pair the picture of my rosy cheeked girl with the red cheeked emoji. Sometimes you just have the perfect picture! She was rosy cheeked and happy about it. This girl just doesn't feel the cold because she loves playing in the snow so much. 

Since most of you are getting your December kits any day now, I wanted to share a couple of my favorite pieces. I love the washi! The 'I love you' sentiment and something I'll use often. I usually stick to documenting the good moments because honestly I don't want to remember all the complaining and discipline that goes hand in hand with little kids. That's just life and when I look back I don't want to read about how tired and worn out I was. I want to remember fondly my sweet little girl and all the cute stuff she did! And I don't take pictures of grouchy faces! I know I'll have a perfect spot for the 'life... live it!' flair. 

I hope your happy mail arrives today and you have a few moments alone this holiday season to scrap your memories or prepare pages for 2016. Merry Christmas!

Happy Snow!

 Good morning! I have another happy snow page to share with you today. Once again I used the November 'Today' Take 10 Pocket Kit and Glam Bag. I'm really loving these kits! The colors and designs are just the perfect compliment to these pictures. My snow pictures turned out a little dark since my daughter scooped snow with daddy after work in the dark. So the colorful cards with crisp white backgrounds are great! 

I know I said this but I just love the versatility of the cut-aparts! On this card I used one of the strips to create a washi tape look.

I've had this cute mitten embellie for ages and never found the right spot for it. So I'm glad to finally use it to add a pop to this card. It's so cute! :)

I hope you're enjoying snow - or white sand if you're in a warmer part of the world - this time of year! I know I'm hoping for another storm so we can have a white Christmas.

Snow!

Hello! The page I'm sharing with you today is about one of the first snow's I remember experiencing with my daughter. It's so fun to watch her see new things! 

I love how the cards in each Take 10 kit are 2 sided.. sometimes the same and some a little different. This month a few of the very colorful cards were just grey tones on the backside. I used a bunch of them on the page I shared last week. And I try really hard to use both sides of my cards if at all possible. So this week I have a much more mellow looking page. But I really like how it turned out! 

 I added a couple cards from my stash (the BH Project 52 core kit) to finish it out. And the November Glam Bag embellishments added the perfect pops of color! I love the cut aparts to add just a little something special to a card.