a new circle journal...

well it's finally finished. i'm hosting another circle journal swap over at the shack and it's the first mail day today. i didn't realize when i picked this theme how hard it would be do create my cj! but i finally did. i love the papers...they are from we r memory keepers. very fun! and i was inspired by an idea from friend sarah that i should be using more of my embarrassing large collection/obsession of ribbons and fibers. so i found this funky turquoise fiber i had received in a swap (probably a few years ago!) and it worked perfectly i think!! i had a fun (or frustrating!) time trying to come up with what to do for each month, but i like how they all turned out. i left it unbound for now, since i have no idea how big it will be when it's returned to me!

what i {love} about
stamps: studio g, hero arts, ctmh, autumn leaves, fontwerks, imaginisce, chf, 3 scrappy boys
paper:we r memory keepers, close to cocoa (su); kraft (bazzil)
ink:
jardin moss (palette)
old paper distress ink (tim holtz)
vintage sepia, onyx black (versafine)
cool caribbean, summer sun, riding hood red, pink pirouette, tangerine tango, always artichoke, blue bayou (su)
embellishments: rubons-scrapworks, jenni bowlin, american crafts; ribbon, twine (su, making memories, american crafts); unknown ribbon
fonts: ld woodland, ld distorted drusillus, db journal doodles
other:: weeds and wildflowers designs digital images

here is a link to sherri's circle journal. she's so on top of the game already!!!

playing with digital scrapping...

so my new project for the year is taking one picture a day of everyday life things and journaling a little about them . it all started from the world of becky higgins and the kit of the month from creating keepsakes called project 365. the craft world went a little whacky over the whole thing. i decided that i'm not a huge scrapbooker, but i do love my blog. so i started a new blog for the project. i've always loved playing and creating things (like blog headers, layouts for pages and stuff) so i downloaded the trial version of photoshop elements. i'm sad it will expire in 25 days...hopefully i'll win a lottery or something and be able to purchase it. anyway, so i decided to try and create a few pages of my 365 project. this is what i've come up with. i posted a different version on my 365 blog, but i've tweaked it since and removed some of the journaling. i like this version much better. most of the digital elements come from this amazing site called weeds and wildflowers designs.

neglect...

i feel like i've been neglecting my baby here. i've become addicted to crackbook, i mean facebook and my other new adventure, 365 my way. after i get back from my trip (in 7 days, woo hoo!!) i promise i'm going to get crafting more. i've missed it...

a sneak peak...

i never knew that sneak peaks were so poplular!! especially this time of year with craft and stamp companies getting ready for the "big" trade show!!! so i thought i would post a sneak peak of the circle journal i've been working on. i fell in love with this paper at roberts and had to buy it. i'm so glad i did!!! it's from we r memory keepers.