Friday Favorites

I thought I would start sharing some favorite products of mine on Fridays.  These will mostly be scrapbook related but I will throw in some non-scrappy stuff at times as well. Here they are:

Black 3D Foam Squares by 3L/Scrapbook Adhesive - Link to Two Peas & Link to SSS

With the upcoming Pop off the Page 2 class at Studio Calico, I have been thinking a lot about my supplies for that class and a MUST is pop/dimensional dots/adhesive. I have tried quite a few pop dots and I really like these the best - in black...  I actually bought the black because Two Peas was out of the white and ended up loving them. When you look at your layout or card lying flat the white pop dots show up but the black are a lot less noticeable. Also, whether you prefer black or white, these, to me anyways, have the perfect amount of dimension. A lot of the pop dots are really thick, and these are thinner - put still add dimension and depth. They come in a multi-pack of small and large squares or just the larger squares. I personally use the larger squares more but both are useful. If you like to buy them locally and are in the US, I have seen the black and white at Hobby Lobby and Archiver's and the white at JoAnn's. 

Fancy Pants Trendsetter 6x6 Pad - Link to Two Peas & Link to SSS

I actually love this whole line but if I had to pick one item, it would be the 6x6 pad. I just love the colors in the line and the cute basic patterns.

Websters Pages Allison Kreft COMPOSITION AND COLOR Rubber Stamp Set Snap And Click-Link to BMS

I just got this stamp set and absolutely love it. It is actually rubber, not clear but they are individual rubber cling stamps and they work with acrylic blocks or the Fiskars Stamp Press (which I also love). (Note this set is not currently at Two Peas or Simon Says Stamp and is unavailable at Scrapbook.com so I included a link where I bought it - Blue Moon Scrapbooking).

Prima Chalk Fluid Edger Ink Pads - Link to Two Peas & Link to Scrapbook.com

I absolutely love all of these inks. The price is great and so are the colors. Scrapbook.com even has a 40 piece set on sale right now. These are great inks for clear stamps and even work well with ones that are not the best quality. My favorite colors are Blue Jay and Teal Damask.

Ranger Inkssentials water-based Stamp Cleaner - Link to SSS

This is my favorite item to clean stamps. I occasionally use baby wipes but this will really get your stamps clean. I usually buy it at Hobby Lobby when it is on sale, and I have also seen it at Archivers (if you are looking locally and live in the US).

Happy Friday!
Megan

Dear Lizzy - 5th & Frolic

These are a couple of layouts I made awhile back using a lot of Dear Lizzy 5th & Frolic, as well as the Studio Calico December Scrapbook Kit, 34th Street - which had a lot of Dear Lizzy in it. I was not really sure about this line at first...I kind of liked it but was not sure if I could see myself using it. Well, once I started playing with the little bit of it that I had, I loved it! (I actually felt the same way about her Lucky Charm line...) And I went and bought more of it. By the way, you can now find a lot of items from the line at JoAnn's - I just saw some at mine the other day...

This first layout is a layout of my niece, Ruth June, a few days after she was born - so precious!

You can go to my page on Two Peas in a Bucket to see the products I used that are in their shop- HERE is the link. Most of the other items came from Studio Calico's 34th Street kit.

This layout is of my son, Eli and me - love this picture of us!

Again, you can go to my page on Two Peas in a Bucket to see the products I used that are in their shop- HERE is the link. Most of the other items came from Studio Calico's 34th Street kit.

Thanks for stopping by!
Megan

Project Life - Week 5 2013

A few weeks ago, I *attempted* to share my PL spreads every day - I made it 3 days. Based on my blogging history, I consider that a success!  Joking aside - I am back to sharing my PL spreads with Week 5. This is the first week that I had no insert or extra pages.  I used a lot of older My Mind's Eye mixed in with their newer collections this week.

PL Week 5 Spread

(Please excuse the glare on the lower left photo...)

Side 1

(again, the glare...)

Side 2

ETA: HERE is a link of my project at Two Peas in a Bucket.  The other items I used that are not listed include some older 6x6 pads from My Mind's Eye (love that their old collections work well with their new ones!), Echo Park's A Boy's Life stickers, some Basic Grey Hello/Hey (sold at JoAnn's) and labels from Studio Calico (digital file cut with my cameo).

I am linking up at The Mom Creative.

Thanks for stopping by!

Glitz Design-Color Me Happy

Happy Tuesday! Today I am sharing some layouts I made with mostly the Glitz Design-Color Me Happy line. I really was not all that familiar with Glitz Design until their releases this year, and I really like pieces of all of them but Color Me Happy is my favorite overall line. I will say I do love almost all of their washi tapes - My favorite is THIS ONE from the Love You Madly collection. (Side note - It goes great with Dear Lizzy's new line Lucky Charm..)

I made this layout yesterday...I actually have not scrapped much 12x12 lately. I just have not been "feeling" it so I have been working on Project Life and cards instead...Well yesterday, Studio Calico announced the Pop off the Page 2 class with Jen Jockish. I took the first class and loved it so I signed up right away for this class....and well, just thinking about the class from last time made we want to make a layout.  If you have not signed up for this class, you really should - especially if you love the layered look. Here is my layout about how much Eli loves McDonald's chicken nuggets right now...

ETA: HERE is a link to this layout on Two Peas. It shows most of the supplies I used. Some supplies are not or are no longer carried at Two Peas, but I found them at Simon Says Stamps. They include: Studio Calico Mister Huey in Powder Blue, Hero Arts Shadow Ink in Red Royal, Prima Chalk Edger in Tin Can, Dear Lizzy Date Stamp, Fiskars Compact Stamp Press and MME Winter Wonderland Enamel Dots.

This layout I made awhile ago when I first received my order of the Color Me Happy collection. I have so many pictures of my boys in red shirts and this line is perfect for those pictures...This one is about how we call Max - Max Man a lot of the time....

You can see my supplies for this layout HERE.

Thanks for stopping by!
Megan

Project Life 2013 - Week 4

I am back for day three of sharing my project life spreads.  You can find Monday's post HERE and Tuesday's post HERE. I am sharing Week 4 today. This week, I mainly used Lily Bee Design Persnickety 6x6 pad and letter stickers and Echo Park Photo Freedom Volume 1 One Day Paper and Element Stickers. I have found that I really like to pick out a different 6x6 paper pad each week to use and then some other sticker sheets and embellishments to go with it. I really like how this mixes up the look of my project life as I think part of the reason I did not keep up last year is because I was bored with using the same supplies the whole time. It definitely takes me longer now, but I enjoy it more and really look forward to it. The 6x6 paper pads also work well because of the smaller scale of the papers, and since I do not use that many 4x6 photos, they are great bases for the 4x6 pockets. Als,o the cost is great for all the different patterns you get!

Well, here are my pages for Week 4 - I also had another insert this week:

Week 4 - without insert

Close Up - Left Side

Close Up- Right Side

Close Up - Left Side with insert

Close Up - Right Side with insert

Thanks for stopping by!

Megan

Project Life 2013 - Week 3

Today, I am sharing my Project Life spread for Week 3.  We visited my brother's family on the weekend to see their new baby and for all of us to spend some time together. Because of that, I had quite a few pictures this week so I completed two spreads.  I used the Dear Lizzy 5th and Frolic 6 x 6 Pad, sticker sheet and die cuts  for most of this week, as well as some of the Dear Lizzy Neapolitan line.  I really love how her lines mix well together. Dear Lizzy's newest line - Lucky Charm - has been one of my favorites lately but I haven't used it for PL yet...hopefully soon! Here are my pages:

Page 1 & 2

Close Up - Page 1

Close Up - Page 2

Page 3 & 4

Close Up - Page 3

Close Up - Page 4

I am linking up at The Mom Creative...lots of great PL inspiration there!

Thanks for stopping by!

Megan

Project Life 2013- Week 2

Today, I am sharing my Week 2 of this year's Project Life. I have actually completed through Week 8 and going to *attempt* to share a bunch of my pages this week. All the photos of the spreads are taken..so we will see if I can actually get a blog post written to go with them...

For Week 2, I again used the PL Kit from Studio Calico for January. The other "main item" I used was Pebbles Seen & Noted 6x6 Paper Pad. A lot of the papers from that line were in the Studio Calico main and card kits for January, so it complimented the items in the PL Kit as well. If you have questions about any of the other items I used, feel free to ask in the comments below or email me. I had an insert again this week...and to think, my goal for 2013 was to complete one side of the page protector a week... :) Here is my spread for this week:

Week 2 - Without Insert

Close Up - Page 1

Close Up - Page 2

Side 1 of Insert 

(I include a very lovely picture of me that Eli took...)

Side 2 of Insert

(The picture of Eli in Max's clothes still makes me laugh!)

Thanks for stopping by and hopefully, I will be back soon to share more! Happy Monday!
Megan