Friday Freebie: 5 Favorites

In creating my layout for Round 5 of the Mad March competition, I made a template based on the inspiration piece from Pinterest. The template is 12x12 and features 14 layers including photo & paper masks and journaling. It's free for personal use only. Click here to download the 5 Favorites template Enjoy! Have you missed one of my previous digital freebies? Click HERE to find them. And, don't forget to subscribe to my feeds so you won't...

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Mad March Competition - Round 5

This was one of those layouts that went a lot of directions before it was complete. I'm really happy with the end result. Not sure I would have come to this conclusion without the Round 5 challenge. The requirements: Use an action on your photo - Totally Rad's Bitchin' B&W Use an inspiration piece from Pinterest to start your page - this gallery wall Do your journaling in list format - check Blend a number into the background paper - blended...

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How To: Built-in Shelving

After being asked on my post about the Half Bath Shelving how I made the built-in shelves, I thought a "how to" post might be a good idea. The method I used in the bathroom and in Dylan's room, is very straight forward and simple. Keep in mind, in both cases I ran my shelves from wall to wall and this tutorial follows that design. Supplies wood shelving - I used 10" deep Eastern White Pine 1x2 wood - these are for the supports. I used Eastern...

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Toilet Tube Chicks

Yesterday morning, Dylan & I needed an activity so I searched Pinterest for an Easter project and came across Toilet Tube Easter Chicks at Happy Hooligans blog. Perfect. An easy project and I had everything we needed on hand. Supplies Toilet paper tubes Acrylic paint and brushes Glue Googly eyes Orange felt (not shown) Tissue paper We started by painting our tubes. Dylan was really into this at first. Then painting the tray of his highchair...

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Mad March Competition - Round 4

This challenge is definitely getting tougher with each round! My jaw dropped when I saw the list of requirements for Round 4 on Friday afternoon. It took some time, but I pulled it off. The requirements: Warp three shadows - top left circle, photo and large right circle Use 4 circles Subject: All About Me Scrap from one kit, and use every single paper in the kit - Right Now by Karla Dudley. Used all 15 papers (5 along top, 4 along bottom, 4 on...

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Half Bath Shelving

During one of my many Pinterest browsing moments, I saw this image: Source: Rate My Space - Master Bath Renovation I knew immediately I wanted to do something similar in our half bath on the first floor. The layout is nearly identical and we could really use the storage space of built in shelving. Somehow our once remotely tidy bathroom has taken on a new, cluttered life now that we are in the age of potty training. Many years ago, Trent...

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Mad March Competition - Round 3

For Round 3 in the Mad March Competition, I created this page: It had to meet the following requirements: Use three photos from three different occasions Use three patterned papers Place one photo at the very edge of the layout Use only three colors Use this font on your page: Ostrich Sans Use an arrow embellishment Use a brush Subject: Recap Use a sketch (layout design, but NOT a template) The photos were from 3 different snow experiences in...

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Celery Experiment

We had a lot of celery in the house thanks to a recipe so I decided to try the old food coloring & celery experiment with Dylan. I wasn't too sure how he would handle the waiting part. Then my friend, Stacey, gave me the best idea - set it up before nap time. This is exactly what we did and after nap, the results were ready. I prepped the cups with food coloring and water first. I just squirted in a few drops of each color and stirred them....

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Mad March Competition - Round 2

I made it through Round 1 of the Mad March Digital Scrapbooking Competition at Design House Digital! The challenge for Round 2 was to use each of the following items in a layout:  Mist, Alpha, Doodle, Neutral, Eyelet, Stitching and Stripes (get it? "madness"). I decided to create a page about taking Dylan to the theater to see The Lorax. For the doodle, I used my tablet to sketch "truffula" trees in Photoshop based on the sketches in the...

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facebook birthday wishes

Another page inspired by a challenge. This time for the DHD March journaling challenge to use free-style type journaling. I admit I was totally stumped when I first read it. After seeing Elan's Happy Birthday to me layout, I decided that's exactly what I wanted to do. It is fun seeing all the birthday wishes on Facebook each year. With this page, I have a record of all those digital messages from my birthday last November. Supplies: Karen Funk's...

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Mad March Competition - Round 1

Design House Digital is hosting a digital scrapping competition. Round 1 required using a blog hop kit, a template, at least 3 colors, framing a photo and interviewing someone. I interviewed Dylan on Tuesday evening before bed. Here's my entry: Supplies: Tiffany Tillman's Summer No. 24 template; Audrey Neal's Flight Path kit; DHD Spring Menagerie Collaboration kit; Karla Dudley's Today brushes; Rhonna Farrer's Celebration kit; Century Gothic font....

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Wordless Wednesday: Fountain

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Homemade Puffy Paint

We are currently in a phase where anything mixable and where Dylan can 'help' makes for a good project. Homemade puffy paint fit the bill. It was very easy to make. He loved helping me measure & dump each ingredient. We used the recipe shared on sandy toes and popsicles blog: Supplies 1 tablespoon of self rising flour 1 tablespoon of salt food coloring water Add the first 3 ingredients into each spot in a small muffin pan. Then add enough...

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Durham Bulls Fan Fest 2012

The Durham Bulls baseball team hosted their annual spring Fan Fest at the beginning of the month. Trent happened to have the day off work so we headed to the ballpark. We were fortunate that some friends of ours made it out too. It was an overcast rainy day, but the boys had a great time running around the stadium and playing catch on the field. We were also grateful for a moment with Wool E Bull for a group photo. Supplies: Sara Schmutz's No 1...

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Little Order to the Pantry

Last year, I found a great blog post on creating your own lined canvas bins using old diaper boxes. I bookmarked it for future reference. Fast forward to this week and I was frustrated with a pile of chip/snack bags in our pantry that fall everywhere with the slightest bump. I had a small cardboard box that was just the right size so I set off to repurpose it and have it looking cute. Completed Canvas Bin I used canvas and spray adhesive to cover...

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Blue Lagoon

I confess, I've been day dreaming of the beach lately. That led me to start 'pulling' photos in my digital files to scrapbook from our trip to the beach last fall. This is the house we were fortunate to spend a week at with friends: Supplies: Gennifer Bursett's Gidget papers; Karen Funk's Claire alphas; Come Unto Me fo...

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Lens Pouch

Since getting a new lens at Christmas, I've been looking for ways to take it along from time to time. My camera only fits in my small bag with the kit lens (new one is too long) and I don't always want to carry my large camera bag as I typically have a diaper bag in tow as well. I found the idea for the Strappy Camera Lens Pouch on Pinterest.The tutorial was written by another mom who also wanted to take along the extra lens while toting the diaper...

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Stamped Shamrocks

A St. Patrick's Day inspired craft I've seen numerous times in the past is stamping shamrocks using a green pepper. I confess, the thrifty side of me hated wasting using an entire pepper for this so I cut off about 1/3 and then stashed the rest back in the fridge for dinner. The initial reaction when I handed Dylan the project supplies was confusion. I can't blame him. Why in the world would mama hand him paint and a vegetable? So, I showed him...

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We Were Here

Dylan & I spent a week in Virginia at the end of January, beginning of February. A look at our week in a glance: Supplies: Kate Teague's Just the Photos 3 - the Squares template; Robyn Meierotto's Oceanside papers, In Stitches - Bright Basics, and Let's Go mini kit; Sara Schmutz's Happy Camper brushes and Star Spangled freebie (recolored tape); Just the Way You Are and Impact Label fonts; Google m...

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90th Birthday

Trent, Dylan & I traveled to southwest Virginia for the day in late January to celebrate my paternal grandfather's 90th birthday. Of course, not everyone was there, but it was fantastic getting as many of our extended family together as possible. A glance at our fun: Supplies: DHD February Blueprint Challenge template; Karen Funk's One Year Older & In This Life kits; Shannon Hegarty's Lighhearted papers; Century Gothic font....

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My Memories Suite v3 Giveaway Winner

The winner of the My Memories Suite v3 software is ... Comment 7 was posted by Kim @ Everything Etsy: Congra...

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Shamrock Handprint Plaque

It's true, we have a handprint or footprint plaque for almost every holiday now. I love pulling them out to decorate with and Dylan gets so excited seeing them! Our Shamrock plaque we made last year the day before St. Patrick's day. I started with a square wooden plaque that I painted white. After the paint dried, I very lightly sketched outline of the shamrock leaves in pencil. Then, with Trent's help, we slowly painted Dylan's hands and made...

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