Catching Up...

Hello my dear blog readers,

This little blog has been much neglected in the past year. Rest assured, I am still scrapping, but my time this year has been super-limited, so I have not been posting on here at all.

In August, I accepted a new job teaching Kindergarten in-person in my school district. I absolutely love it but it eats up most of my time in the evenings and weekends. Between planning, creating anchor charts, and loads of laminating, my time gets eaten up and I usually only have a few hours to scrap a week! 

So I have been using my time to create. You can find my pages over on the Disney Scrappers Ning site or on my instagram: godschild9494. 

But I am making it my goal to at least try to come here once a month and share my scrappy happenings with you all. 

I am currently in the middle of stashbusting an older Hip Kit Club kit with lots of Pinkfresh Studios' "My Favorite Story". I am working on layout number 11 and I will still have stuff left over to make at least 1 more page. It's crazy!

Here's the main kit and embellishment kit. I added in about 4 papers from my stash but this is mainly what I've been using:

So I'll share the layouts I have created so far. 

Weekend Getaway

This layout was inspired by a layout I saw on Pinterest using the "My Favorite Story" collection. I loved the different colored circles and it was a great way to use the circle chipboard pieces that came in the kit. I used my 1 inch circle punch to punch out the pieces and lined them all up. I also love how the white letters pop on the rainbow paper. 

Love You More

I scraplifted this beautiful layout from Niki Rowland, who is one of the design team members for Hip Kit Club. I loved her layout and thought it would be perfect for this sweet pic of my grandma and I. The stripes in the background were created with white acryllic paint and my stash of Lindy's powders that I painted the same width as the striped paper that I cut out the heart die cut from. I then layered on lots of elements from the kit to create this fun and dimensional layout. 

Ark Encounter

I created this layout by scraplifting the very talented Missy Whidden. I have grown to love her layouts and she has introduced me to the world of mixed media. I love the fun and colorful touches that painting on my layouts brings. I fussy cut the rainbow paper from the "My Favorite Story" collection and rearranged the rainbows on this blue paper I painted to create my rainbows. The puffy clouds create a great place to put my photos and also to add a subtle title. These photos are from the Ark Encounter in Kentucky. It is a wonderful place to visit and they built Noah's Ark to the specifications in the Bible. It is filled with all sorts of information about Noah, the flood, and how God's promises are always true.:)

90 Years Young

This sweet layout celebrates my grandma's 90th birthday. I quickly ran out of the flowers in the kit but I turned to my stash of flower stamps and Distress Oxide inks to create these beautiful flowers. I also splattered some ink and tore the right side of the page to bring more of the black striped paper over to that side.

Sweet Friendship

I created this layout about this sweet friend and coworker had several years ago. She and I went through a lot together in the 2 years we taught and we grew close.  

Walt and Me

This was actually the first page I created with this kit. I just loved all the blue elements paired with this photo of my mom and I with a statue of Walt and Mickey in Disney's California Adventure. So I chose many different papers from the kit. 

Sunny & Bright

These pictures are of my sweet friend and I having breakfast at my favorite place on a difficult day. I just loved the bright sunny colors in this collection to go with these photos.

Bubble Fun

This quick and fun layout showcases some photos of me blowing bubbles for my nephew. He loved it and I just had to document the fun we were having. I used a border punch on the striped paper to make bubble layers and it made for a bright, fun layout.

Lucky in Love

This kit also included a few pieces from the Pink Paislee "Lucky Us" collection so I couldn't help but scrap this photo of my boyfriend and I early in our dating days. I dug into my stash and added the giant LOVE letters and a few other pieces from the "Lucky Us" collection to complete the layout. 

One layout I made is still drying because I just finished it today and I am currently working on the other one. I'll be back to share them later!

Hope you are all staying safe out there and happy scrapping!

Janeen