Welcome Summer Sign

I'm over on the SRM Blog today with a Welcome Summer Sign.

Head on over to the SRM blog to find all the details on how to make your own Welcome Summer Sign.

Silhouette Birthday Cards

May is a busy month for cards for me. Between birthdays, Mother's Day, graduations, weddings, and end of the year teacher thank-yous, I feel like I'm constantly making cards. I tend to fall back on clean and simple designs. Today I have a couple of Silhouette birthday cards that use both the negative and positive cuts.

I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut "Happy Birthday" from a fun script style font.

I backed the negative cut with birthday paper from We R Memory Keepers Cakes and Candles collection.

Some Glue Dots® Pop-Up Dots help add some dimension to the card and helps make the greeting stand out more.

For my second birthday card I used the positive cut from my Silhouette. I used paper from WRMK Cakes and Candles again, but this time chose patterns that were a bit more colorful and busy.

These Silhouette birthday cards are a great what to send handmade greetings even when you are super busy!

I wrote this post while participating on the Glue Dots® design team.

You can find me over on the SRM Blog today with this wedding card.

Head on over to the SRM Blog for all the details.

Celebrate Birthday Layout

I'm not going to lie...life has gotten the better of me lately, and I've had so little time to scrap it seems. When I do get something done, it seems to be even harder to find time to blog about it. I guess that's just the season I'm in right now, but I've got a few free minutes now, so I'm finally going to share this Celebrate Birthday Layout that I created a month ago.

I've always been one to scrap out of order. I scrap photos as I find the right paper for them. The good part about that, is that I have a pretty great system for keeping my photos (digitally) organized, so I usually know the story and dates behind photos, even if I'm scrapping them years later.

I can even tell you that my sister-in-law took these photos for me, so I could just do the cake and singing and enjoying the birthday boy thing and not have to worry about snapping the perfect photo.

A quick note about the details of this layout: The paper and embellishments used here are all from Jillibean Soup Souper Celebration collection. I's a fun and really versatile birthday collection.

Whatever season of life you're in right now, I hope you're finding time to enjoy and celebrate it!

Using Masking with Bible Journaling

I'm over on the SRM Blog today sharing how using masking with Bible journaling can help you get even more use out of your Bible journaling stamps.

Head on over to the SRM blog to get all of the details.

Foiled Thank You Cards

I'm over on the SRM blog today with some foiled thank you cards.

Head on over to the blog to find all the details and instructions for making your own set.

Happy Birthday Layout

For some reason, I'm never very good at getting birthday memories scrapped quickly. I don't know if it's because I have a hard time finding just the right paper because my kids' parties are usually heavily themed, or if I'm just not good with birthday layouts. I'm a few years behind, but today I have a Happy Birthday Layout.

If you're going to scrap a birthday, you'll need some great birthday themed paper. I grabbed Jillibean Soup Souper Celebration. The colors are perfect, and there are some really fun cake, candle, balloon, and llama (yes llama!) icons as part of this collection.

I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut the "Happy Birthday to You" circle out, and backed it with a fun party polka dot.

This 9th birthday had a Pokemon theme, which can be seen in the Pokeball cake that my husband and I baked for the birthday boy.

Only 2 years later, I have this Happy Birthday Layout done and in the scrapbooks!