Greetings from a girl on vacation :)

This post is way overdue!  I've been on vacation for about week and I can't believe this is my first post!  The thing about vacations is you end up waiting waaaay too long to take them that when you finally do, they go by so fast!! Too fast!  Oh well, no complaints here . .  I have had a fantastic vacation so far (due in large part to having some of the best friends a girl could ask for).  I could spend the next few minutes recapping the entire weekend, but there's no way I could do the fun and memories justice!  All I can say is that every time we go to San Diego we leave feeling super exhausted- but in a great way!  We fill up every moment with an adventure . . . there's always something to do, always a place to visit.  And at the end of the trip I can never believe we did everything we did! haha.  I guess the rest of the story can be told by the pictures below :)  

I also have a few new cards to share today.  I was so excited to break out my Green Stack from DCWV! These patterns are so bold and the characters are so cute I didn't know where to begin.  I wanted to use all the paper at once I felt so overwhelmed lol.  Once I finish the mini book I'm currently working on (with the Sweet Stack), I'll be using this paper again to fill up another minin book :)  yay!- I'm excited :)  Happy Happy HAPPY Thursday everyone!!!

  

My Sister My Best Friend Layout

I finally pryed myself away from my book http://www.randomhouse.com/bantamdell/kinsella/books/display.pperl?isbn=9780385342025 (loving it!!) this afternoon and thought I would do some cleaning and check emails, but I was easily distracted by a tennis match on TV . . . how I ever get anything done is so amazing to me!!  Oh well, 4 day weekends are fantastic . . . more time to get things done (or in my case, more time to think about what I should do and then procrastinate until last minute :P Hey, just being honest here!

Anyways, just wanted to drop by and share a layout I did of me and my best friend (my sister . . . awwww, cheesy I know ;-).  Is it just me, or does this page have a major 70’s feel?  Ironically enough, I had actually planned a strictly black and white page in my head before starting.  The yellow-orangeish printing job my printer made suddenly changed the plans.  That’s okay though . . . I like it this way much better :) Black and white is just too serious for our quirky pics.

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend!!

Here’s what I did:

 ~ Used 12X12” green cardstock as my background

~ Tore out a few pages from an old magazine and cut out circles of different sizes using a fiskars circle template and xacto knife.

~ Distressed the magazine circles using Ranger inks in peeled paint, fired brick, dusty concord, spiced marmalade and broken china (love these colors!)  I love the effect this makes- you get vibrant color, and it tones down the text at the same time!

~ Glued circles randomly all over the page.

~ Cut 5X12” strips of orange cardtock and glued to bottom and right side to serve as text and picture bases.

~ Cut 4X12” strip of red cardstock and applied dimensionals to the backing to prop the sticker up.

~ Glued down pictures (these were printed on regular white cardstock).

~ I used alpha fetti stickers by Making Memories to write out MY magazine title :) . . . “my sister my best friend” (These stickers are SOOO fantastic for callaging . . . it’s so much faster than searching for letters in a magazine!)

Fluffy and Green

(The Green Stack from DCWV)

Obsessed with pattern paper? never.  But do you ever get the feeling that something was created with you in mind?  I know DCWV does not personally know me, but I still have say "THANK YOU!"  This cute patterned pad is made from 70% recycled paper- woo hoo! and has the cutest characters and fun designs! Yes I love love love :)  Check out the pattern of wood grain- sweet :D  My brain is on overload with all the card, book, and page possibilities!!

(Homespun Lion Brand Yarn Color 395 Meadow)

The picture above is the clue of a very ambitious project I have in mind.  I need to finish it in December- gee, I wonder why?  I'm hoping that starting in September will give me enough of a head start.  I expect school to take up almost every spare minute I have for the next 10 weeks, so I should probably get cracking! 

Hope you all had a fantastic Friday and enjoy your weekend! 

  

  

Linking it up . . .

I thougth I would try something new tonight (hee ... when am I NOT saying that?).  I'm linking you up with some of my current interests and hoping maybe some of them will spark your interest too.  There's some food, a project idea, and an art show thrown in for good measure.  Click away and I'll catch you Friday :)  

~ Doesn't this http://www.redefiningtheline.com/home/index.php art show look awesome?  It's definitely going on my to-do list for my upcoming vacation.

~ Can't wait to test out this technique: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo4GQjBR0s8&feature=channel_page. Didn't I tell you Jennifer is amazing?!

 

~ Yummy! Can't wait to make some of Martha's cupcakes :)  http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/strawberry-cupcakes

 

~ Um yeah . . . and maybe some of this too http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/pasta-salad-with-goat-cheese-and-arugula

 

~ REALLY want to see this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsD0NpFSADM movie before it leaves theaters!!

 

~ Going to start reading this http://www.randomhouse.com/bantamdell/kinsella/books/display.pperl?isbn=9780385342025 book over this sweet 4 day weekend :)