Thursday Trending: Bold Colors

I really think clothes and scrapbooking go together for me sometimes.  I am loving brights...royal blue, purple and well as jewel tones.  Bold colors, a statement necklace.  I love to see how colors are being combined these days.

I am attracted to the same types of colors on scrapbooking pages.  Even traditional colors need a bold pop of something. Like an outfit built of neutrals paired with leopard shoes.

I need the pop lately.  It was easy to find it on this page...

 

Yellow gives me that pop...especially that big Meet Me in the Sunshine border.  It totally brought me to summer days in Chicago, hanging with great friends. 

 

 

I love this little globe and all the cut stickers from the newest Amy Tan collection.

 

My story...goes with the whole theme!

 

Life is too short to not be bold!!

 

Tuesday Topic: Share Your Stuff

I easily forget to capture the small,  everyday moments surrounding me.  Yet, I work hard to surround myself with little treasures...expressions of who I am and what I like. 

I like to putter.  I push a home decor item to one side, walk away, check it out, and push it back another centimeter.  Over and over.

I move vignettes and decorations frequently.  I love to create little stories around my home.  Nothing like coming down the stairs on a Sunday morning...rocking the pjs ready to get that coffee and looking around....loving the home we have created.

So I scrapped my stuff...grabbed random photos I have taken on Instagram and put them on a layout.

 

I used the new Amy Tan line here...love the color story of this collection!  I grouped some embellies vertically and horizontally.  I love the touches of green.  This layout shares some of my favorite vintage finds!

 

I decided to journal in two places.  I wrote down all the places I love to shop for home decor.

 

The story of why I love home decor.  Much like scrapbooking, it is an extension of you.  Your stuff deserves to be scrapped...I plan to do this more often!

Behind the Page: Write on the Lines

Many scrappers are afraid of journaling...they don't like their handwriting or don't consider themselves strong writers.  Honestly, it doesn't have to be about those things.  It can be just about the stories that need to be told.  Expressing yourself in words along with glue and photos can be powerful.

One barrier involves journaling placement.  I am an avid journaler on my layouts, but I sometimes struggle with the placement.  Then...there are times when the lines are simply there, begging to be written on.

Take this collection by Amy Tan.  The chevron...it is a perfect place to tell a story.

 

I love those boy/girl signs and knew they needed to be featured.  I went with a horizontal line and added the scrolled mirror and saying.  Since the design was so simple, I didn't know where to put the journaling. 

 

The journaling was key though...it needed to be there.  This layout is about where Steve and I might retire someday.  It is a conversation we have had a couple of times lately. 

 

Those zig zags called out to me so I went with it.  It might look a bit messy, but I like it anyway.

 

I encourage my kiddos to sometimes color outside the lines.  Other times, staying within them works too. 

 

 

Love, Actually

If you are here for the Scrap That! blog hop, see the post below this one:  here.  Thanks for visiting my blog!

I am sitting here, enjoying the pace of the long weekend.  Steve and I watched Ella at her recital last night...proud parents.  We were so proud of Nathan too as he was awesome during the show.  We all took our first dip in the pool today and the summer has pure fun written all over it.  Simple times with the family.

I have scrapped a few pages about Steve and me lately.  Thanks to Easter, we took some time to snap photos of just the two of us.  I am so thankful he is in my life.  His devotion to me the past few months means so much.  He stood by my side as I took on some challenges.  And I felt safe because of him. 

He is my home.

I used the Amy Tan line to create this...so lovely!  The motifs are fun to use!  I am really into the one small photo these days!  The map paper and key all helped me create my theme for this layout!

I can't wait for summer to begin.  Just the four of us, enjoying life and living in the blessed world we have created for ourselves.

Monday's Musing: Be My Guest

I am always so excited and quite humbled when I am asked to be a guest designer.  I received an email a few months back inquiring if I would guest design for a challenge site called Colorful Creations.  The site is cool...different, inspiring sketches, a wonderful community!  I quickly said "of course" and was sent an awesom sketch.

Here is my interpretation!  I turned the sketch and wow, did this come together quickly!  I love the little groupings it helped me to produce!  Please stop over to Colorful Creations, say hi and play along with the challenge!!

Again, I am honored to have been asked!  Nice to be guested!

Happy Monday!