Quail Gardens Mini

As a little treat to ourselves, Nely and I each created minibooks using our Quail Botanical Gardens / *Explore Nature* photos!  You can click on the collage that shows each of my minibook pages to see them larger in Flickr.  The design was pretty much the same for each section.  The first photo has paint splatter, and Thickers/alpha sticker text for a title.  Then there is a piece of Hambly with two 4x6 pages back to back, with the next page decorated with sewn paper strips and an embellishment.  There also is an occasional 5x7 photo page with back to back photos thrown in.  The last page is an envelope filled with a few extra 4x6 photos, and an instax.  Fitting so many photos into this album was a little tricky, but the whole process was really fun!!!

I'll be back on Friday with a new photo prompt for the weekend.....until then, I hope you enjoy these lovely Fall days!

Love, Carrie

Project Friday

Yesterday I had these photos taken and ready to go, but we lost power till early this morning, and haven't been able to post them until this afternoon.   So now I am happy to finally get to share with you my project from last week's photo prompt.  A new 8 1/2x11 layout.....

The Hambly transparency, fabric, and baker's twine are all from Color Me Miki : )

I did a little layering and sewing, and was excited for a chance to use these leaf pins.....

This shade of mint green is a favorite right now, and I even pulled out my typewriter to write little notes on the tags.....

I hope to be back tonight with a new photo prompt, but may not make it happen till tomorrow (I try not to stress about stuff anymore).  Hooray for the weekend!

Love, Carrie

Project Monday

Sorry for the crickets : )  I was having technical diffuculties....otherwise known as issues with my laptop.  But we are fixed now that I have a new Pumpkin.  Yay!  And so now I am finally able to share with you my layout using the last photo prompt.....

And here are some of the details.....

To create my layout I used prompts from Kara's This & That class, which I am still loving!  I cut out a large gold frame from an Anthro catalogue, and layered a piece of pink vellum over the top, sewed it together, and then layered my photo, more paper, the embellishments and added my title with more layered paper.  Fun.

Have a great week!

Love, Carrie

Project Monday & A Giveaway!

Today I am excited to share with you both my project and Kara's *This and That* class giveaway!!!  First off, here is my layout using last Friday's photo prompt, and two prompts from Kara's upcoming class.....

The stamped background is one of Kara's fun technique prompts using an acrylic Prima stamp, and my title an easy journaling prompt using different colored thickers.....

And then all I did was add some sewing, paint splatter, a rub-on, mount my photo on chipboard, and round the corners.  I am really loving how fun and easy Kara's prompts have made my last two layouts......so, now for the good stuff.  Kara's *This and That* class giveaway!

This & That is a three week online class jam-packed with challenges, journaling prompts, and techniques designed to get you scrapbooking again. Mix and match and use this and that to create thirty plus pages! Choose one journaling prompt and one technique idea from the pool and combining ideas to get excited about creating again.

The class runs from August 15th-September 2nd, where you will receive access to a private blog, 30 journaling prompts, 30 technique prompts and ideas, a tutorial for creating vintage handkerchief albums, a printable embellishment sheet, 2 instructor videos, email access to Kara, Giveaways, and a PDF of the entirety of the class.

How to enter for a chance to win:   Link the *This and That* class info using this link on your twitter, facebook, blog, etc.  Then leave me a comment below with your name and the link to where you shared it!

For additional entries:   Play along with any Bubblegum Life photo prompt!!!  Then leave me a comment with your name and a link to your photo.....and don't forget to add your photo to our Bubblegum Life Flickr Group (if you have a Flickr account) so everyone else can see it too!

This giveaway is open through Friday, August 12th.  A winner will be selected at random and announced over the weekend.  Good luck!!!

Have the best week!

Love, Carrie

Project Monday & This and That

Hello lovely people! This week's project is extra special.  I am excited to say it is brought to you courtesy of Kara Haupt's new online class called "This and That".  And so before I share my layout, here's a little about this fun upcoming class.....

Haven’t scrapbooked in awhile? Feeling uninspired with your current supplies and same old photos? Want to try scrap booking or art journaling but don’t where to start?

This & That is a three week online class jam-packed with challenges, journaling prompts, and techniques designed to get you scrapbooking again. Mix and match and use this and that to create thirty plus pages! Choose one journaling prompt and one technique idea from the pool and combining ideas to get excited about creating again.

Price: $35 USD
Dates: August 15th-September 2nd

Included:

Access to private blog
30 journaling prompts
30 technique prompts and ideas
Tutorial for creating vintage handkerchief albums
Printable embellishment sheet
2 instructor videos
Email access to Kara
Giveaways!
PDF of the entirety of the class

Doesn't it look like so much fun?!?  This lovely class goes on sale August 5th, and here will be the link to purchase:

http://www.classesbykara.com/thisandthat_/

And now for my project using two of the awesome prompts from this class.....

The paper in the background are the written photoshop actions I used for editing my photo prompt photos, and all the pretty kites and colorful rick rack are Martha Stewart.....I love my title which was a journaling prompt.....And I am thrilled with how easily this layout came together!  Piece of cake!!!  Now I can't wait for more : )

Have the best week <3

Love, Carrie

P.S. I will be sharing one more layout from Kara's class as well as a giveaway, so stay tuned for more!

Project Monday

Hello, lovely people : )  Today I finally made time to snap a couple photos of my 2011 album so you could take a peek.....

As you can see I really like using the different size page protectors to share my projects as well as any additional photos from that day.....

Originally I was also going to add in some of the text from my blog posts that coordinates with the photos, but I started at the beginning of the year without keeping it up.  And I am totally OK with that.  The main thing is that I personally have found this specific project probably the most rewarding project I do for myself.  There is something about having photos from my posts over at Blume & Grow, along with my Bubblegum Life photo prompts and projects all printed up and seeing them together that really feels great!  I can honestly say that it has made a major difference in the enjoyment of my photo, project and blog activity.....I love that I have this fun to look forward to every week <3

Love, Carrie

P.S. This Friday and coming Tuesday I have an extra special photo prompt and Project Monday to share so stay tuned.....

Project Monday

Hi everyone!  Happy Tuesday to you!!!  For this week's project I'm sharing a layout I finally got around to creating using my colorful fair photos (from week before last).....

This layout ended up being very simple, but I think fun to look at.....just how I feel about that day  : )  I really wanted the photos to stand out, and since there were so many, each one is layered with a raffle ticket to give it a little bit of uniformity and add some quirky character.....

The raffle tickets and glittered thickers are from the lovely Color Me Miki shop, and I think are perfect for summer scrapbooking!

As far as last week's photos, I have decided to print up the collage I made to add to my 2011 album, so that's why there's no project with them today <3

I hope you're having a great summer.....see ya tomorrow!

Love, Carrie

Project Monday

Well, I did it.  I finished the layout with my peony photos, and now it is cheerfully hanging in my living room.....you ready to be overwhelmed with pink and yellow?!?

I was lucky enough this month to have the Pink Ninjas ask me to design for them again this month, so I used their *isn't she lovely ~ oner upper* kit to create my layout.  And I just havvveeee to say (cuz I don't know if I've ever mentioned it before ; ), that their kits are the BEST to create with!  The best variety of fun goodies!!!

Here are some of the details of my layout.....

I used yellow and peach glimmer mist on the vintage flowers, as well as on some of the strips of paper.

Used lots of paper layering and sewing.....

And layered and layered some more : )

I Hope you have a lovely week!  See you on Wednesday for an inspirational photo post!!!

Love, Carrie

Project Monday

Happy Monday and happy Memorial Day to you Americans!!!  For my project this week I made a minibook using the Pink Ninjas May Kit, *Scarlet Begonias*.....which I personally think has a very Anthro feel.....SO fun!  There are quite a few photos in this post, so sit back, relax, and hopefully you'll enjoy a little inspiration from me to you : )

Have a wonderful week!

Love, Carrie