Color Week Three - Green

Green is also lower on my list of favorite colors...pretty much right above orange.  Well, except for teal/blue green/whatever you want to call those green colors.  Those I really love.  But this adorable picture of my niece and nephew begged for a beautiful soft sage green.  And I'm really happy with how it turned out:

I have to say that this color class is really inspiring me to branch out in my use of different colors.  I find myself looking at photos I've taken and thinking of all the ways I could use color to enhance them.  Plus, all of the different techniques and ideas that Nic Howard uses has helped me use a lot of my stash in different ways.  This layout used a lot of really old stuff (yes, those are ancient MM mailbox letters in the title!).  I don't even remember where I got the flowers or the brads or the ribbons, and the chipboard shapes I've had forever.  I colored those with a Copic marker (also colored one piece of the ribbon!) and then heat embossed them with clear embossing powder.  I would have sworn I didn't own a single set of Thickers, but plain chipboard ones appeared out of nowhere!  So I colored them with ink and heat embossed those, too.  This layout was really fun to make and came together really quickly.

So you may be wondering where I am with the Organize Your Stuff Challenge.  Or maybe not.  But in any case, I AM still organizing.  It's just that I don't have a large number of things in the categories we've been organizing lately.  I have, like, four punches, which is this week's category.  I do still want to catalogue my stickles and glitter, but that won't take me long since I have a tiny supply of those, too.  Next week is tools and adhesives, and I already have those pretty well organized.  Might rearrange a little...but I'm going to be having fun doing a BLUE layout!!  Yay...my favorite color!!

Color Week Two - Orange

First of all, let me say I do NOT like orange.  I own not a single stitch of orange clothing.  I told my daughter she could not go to the University of Illinois because I refuse to wear orange.  LOL!  But this week at my Big Picture Class, the color was...orange.  I had to go buy some orange paper because...seriously...I had like three pieces from a paper stack from the mid-90's.  But, miraculously, I had a cute picture of DD at the beach in an orange and white striped top.  And the layout created itself.  And, I really love it!  It helps that Nic Howard gives us awesome sketches and step by step instructions to work with.  Love her style and her techniques!  So, without further ado, here is my orange layout:

Don't you just love that pleated paper look on the right side?!  The papers are Basic Grey Life of the Party, base cardstock is Bazzill, the stamp is from Autumn Leaves, flowers are Prima and the rub ons are ancient MME that I found in my stash and matched perfectly!  And, of course, I used my beloved Silhouette for the title and the sun die cut.  Oh, and the lacy border and the pleated border!  I think I would die if that thing quit working!  I used one of the rub ons in the center of the sun...felt very clever on that one!  Haha!

Speaking of the beach...I'm off to Mexico tomorrow to build a house!  It's a quick trip, so hopefully I'll be back next week with my GREEN layout!

Keeping busy with my Big Picture class!

I am LOVING my first Big Picture class!  I was lucky enough to win a seat in Nic Howard's "Colour!  Or is it Color?" class, and it is awesome! (thank you SO much for the class, Erin Bassett!).  The first week was RED, and, as some of you know, I have been doing red layouts for months, trying to get DD's football album done for her graduation.  So I was a little over red.  But, of course, I have graduation pictures to scrap...featuring lots of red.  So here is what I came up with, using a funny photo of DD and DS:

Hahahaha!  I just love my kids!  This week is ORANGE...my most "unfavorite" color.  So I had to go out and buy some paper with orange in it.  I am actually really excited about the layout I'm doing, because I somehow had recently printed a cute pic of DD in an orange and white striped top.  And all of a sudden I was inspired.  Isn't it funny how that happens?

Organize your stuff challenge - Week 15 - Inks, ink pads and embossing

Hmmm...I'm a little behind on posting pics of my organizing.  However, I am NOT behind on the actual organizing!  YAY!  I have realized that I have a teeny tiny stash compared to a lot of scrappers, so the time it takes me to organize it is relatively short.  Which is good, because I am crazy busy.  Work is challenging right now, and there always seems to be something to do in the evenings.  So I work on my scrapping in increments of minutes instead of hours!  So my stamps are all organized and catalogued now, and yesterday I finished catalogueing my ink pads and embossing powders.  Here is a picture of my little drawer of ink (see, I told you my stash was small) and a picture of how I catalogued it.

It's not as neat and pretty as I'd like, but it does the job.  I have decided that I need to corral my OCD tendencies in order to make my life easier!  LOL!  So now I can see what colors I have and where I need to "fill in".

This is a short week for me, as we leave Thursday morning for a short mission trip to build a house in Mexico!  The whole family is going, as are some good friends, so I'm really looking foward to the trip!