Beautiful Spring

Good morning. I have something a little different for me today. My scrapbook layouts are almost always about my little boy, so I don't often use pink. 

But every once in awhile, I get a picture or two of Cory with a little girl. In this case, it was with his cousin Piper and her brother on Easter Sunday. Yay for pink!

I love the combo of pink and yellow together. I really need to look for more excuses to use it. 

I made this layout with the May Creative kit My Creative Scrapbook. You can see all the monthly kits on their website. 

Thanks so much for stopping by. I'll be back later this week with a mini-album. 

Fun With Puns: Just Chicken In

Spring has me in a happy, silly mood and this card reflects that. 

The sentiment reads: Just Chicken In.  The patterned paper and alphas are Jillibean Soup. I love the Bite Size Bits that are part of each collection. They're perfect for cards and this cute chicken spoke to me.  I added a bit of muslin behind the image for a country feel.  The ribbon is May Arts and the twine is Trendy Twine. 

This was published in the February 2013 issue of CARDS magazine. 

Thanks to everyone who commented on my owl canvas.  The winner of the Little Yellow Bicycle prize package, chosen by random draw, is #17. 

The lucky one is Cindy deRosier.

Cindy, let me know where to send your goodies!  Have a great week, everyone.  

My Creative Sketches: Bring Your Own Sunshine

To enter the Little Yellow Bicycle giveaway, please see this post.

I'm not sure if I have ever made a scrapbook page that was predominantly yellow before, but this photo of my little boy offering up some daffodils called for yellow. Yes, it did. 

I love the happy colors in the Park Bench collection from Fancy Pants Designs. It was just the burst of sunshine I needed. The little decorative bags that are part of the new Fancy Pants collections are so cute. The starry bag here was a perfect pop of color and provide a great spot for hidden journaling. 

My layout design is based on the new April sketch at My Creative Scrapbook. 

I followed the sketch pretty closely, but omitted the banner and the vertical strips.  To balance the page, I added small elements to the top and bottom of the right side.  

Here's a side-by-side view of the sketch and layout:

A great prize is up for grabs if you play along with the sketch challenge. You can find all the details here.

Giveaway: There's still time to enter the drawing for the Little Yellow Bicycle prize here on my blog. The prize is from the super cute new Fern and Forest collection.  Details in the post below. Be sure to comment in that post to enter. The winner will be announced on Tuesday.  

Spring Home Decor: Decorated Pail

Oh, I can't believe it's nearly Easter already.  It was pretty sneaky moving Easter up to March this year! But here it is, this very weekend. 

I made this happy pail that can be used as a little Spring decor, table centerpiece or as a gift.  It was super easy to make. I starte with a plain painted bucket from a craft store.     

I used embellishments from Fancy Pants Designs to add a Spring touch to this bucket, using the Park Bench and Trend Setter collections. I decorated the pail with felt flowers, paper tape.  The ribbon is May Arts.  

Inside the bucket are some plastic eggs stuffed with candy, then sealed with paper tape so little hands can't get to them!  I also tucked some little treats inside two glassine envelopes and closed them with cute little paper clips. 

To give the basket some height, I added a gumdrop tube with a Happy Spring sign on top. 

Thanks so much for stopping by. Linking this to Blooming Homestead.

PaperHaus Spring Hop and Giveaway!

Hello everyone and welcome.  I'm so excited today to be part of the unveiling of the Spring issue of PaperHaus Magazine.  

The contributors got together and are hosting a week-long blog hop.  Yes, it's a big hop, but there are prizes at every stop!  The hop runs through March 7. 

Here's the pretty magazine cover and the link to read the Spring Issue. 

I made a card to celebrate! I used the Family Ties collection from Pebbles Inc.  Stickers and buttons are October Afternoon, the stars are Studio Calico and the ribbon is May Arts.

I also like it as a tag.  I made the sailboat from circle and square punches. 

On this stop of the hop, the prize is a Spring flower giveaway plus 5 yards of green and white bakers twine.  The flowers are Prima and Bo Bunny. 

To enter the giveaway, please follow my blog and leave a comment.  You have until midnight March 7 to enter.  I'll pick a winner by random draw and post it on my blog Friday, March 8. 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  If you are following the hop, you should have arrived here from Bente's blog.  The next stop on the hop is Jennifer Grace.  If you get lost along the way, you can find the full hop line-up here on the Paperhaus blog.  You can also find magazine updates on the Paperhaus Facebook page.