a little eye candy

For my birthday my dear sister in law gave me a gift card to my favorite scrapbook store. So on Sunday I made a little visit to our not so local store (it is about an hour away) and I thought I would share a few photos of what came home with me. TRIMS! They had so many beautiful ones to choose from, I could have bought them all! The red velvet, and the pink and white small roses are Maya Road. I honestly cannot tell you who the rest are made by. They had already been trimmed and hung out for sale. I do think the pink and cream scalloped lace are Fancy Pants. Anyway, love them all! I have so many ideas spinning in my head and I can't wait to use them!

These Maya Road roses are just too pretty!!

I also picked up the new Echo Park Everybody Loves Christmas paper... just really fun bright colors, thought this would make a really cute mini album!

Here are a few other miscellaneous papers I picked up and a few embellishments.

How cute is this little chipboard slider by LYB? Think I will be working this into a page. Alright, I better get working -- lol!

Halloween countdown

Halloween is just around the corner and my kids can hardly wait! This week will be filled with a preschool Halloween parade and party, last minute costume adjustments, and preparing lots of spooky food for our Halloween block party. So with all this black, orange and spidery inspiration around, I thought I would squeeze in a Halloween layout for ebay. I have shared a few photos below, but you can see the rest on ebay here. I really tried to make this have a elegant feel which is not super easy with Halloween -- lol! There are a few fun little embellishments like a spider and a sequenced witch's hat, which I just love! I have really been making very three dimensional layouts lately so this would be great in a shadow box or you could put it in an easel and placed on a shelf!

I have also listed a beautiful mini album in honor of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. I know it seems a bit soon, but really is only weeks away. This season of giving thanks always gets me thinking of everything that I am grateful for, and for me, like most of you, it is my family! I just love this title, "Count your Blessings" and thought it would great with a few fabulous family photos! Here is a little sneak peek of the front and you can see the whole album on ebay.

Hope everyone has a great week!

Fall weather has arrived

We have had some nice Fall temperatures for about a week now and I am LOVING it! Fall is really my favorite season... sweaters, pumpkins, crisp cool air, wonderful color all around. With all this great inspiration in front of me, I have been quite busy with all my Fall scrapping. I never had a chance to post my "Blessings" album (just sold it on ebay) -- I loved using all the new Teresa Collins paper on it! I have listed two layouts this week on ebay. The first is a Autumn/family layout -- I used MME paper, beautiful acrylic berries, a vintage doily and a pretty little locket charm. I have posted a few photos below, but you can see more pictures on ebay here.

Would be beautiful displayed in an easel!

The other layout is a Christmas memories page.... I know Christmas is a bit off, but I could not resist using all these materials! I love the musical notes paper (Teresa Collins, Noel line), the glittery goodness and all the rich deep colors -- this page has so many goodies on it!! You can see even more photos of this layout on ebay here.

I really loved making both of the layouts. They would be perfect framed or could be placed in an easel and displayed. If I can find the time, I will be making them for my family (fingers crossed-lol). Today I am starting a new book for ebay (another Fall inspired book) and I am hoping to have it listed early next week. If you like my auctions, please keep an eye on them as I will have many holiday things coming!

Hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful fall day!

TWAG facebook giveaway

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One lucky person will win all these goodies below!

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the link

as promised... click here to see the ebay listing of the layout below!

happiness

I finished another layout today (yay)! I will be listing this later tonight, so I will post the ebay link then. Anyway, I really love the way this came out -- the colors are so nice, very Fall like. The damask paper is MME and I could use this over and over -- love this sheet of paper! I really loaded this up with lots of goodies :-) Enjoy, and I will share the link in a bit!

Almost forgot... I wanted to post this days ago when I listed it on ebay. It is up on Thursday night and if you would like you can see the entire book here. Enjoy!

CHA goodness!

The ups man came today and brought me some new CHA summer products (big smile)!! I can hardly wait to use these two new lines from Teresa Collins (Giving Thanks and Noel). Love the rich colors and patterns and I love all the chipboard elements she offers. They can really be used with so many other lines not just her own, last through many projects, and are just beautiful. Anyway, I am so tempted to start something today with all this new stuff!! However, I am working on a new Halloween book (trying to get it done by tomorrow). Once that is complete and listed on ebay I can start using all my new products :0) Happy scrapping!!