2015 Top Ten Blog Hop

It's the end of another year and time for another Top Ten Blog Hop! Not only am I doing a giveaway, but many other designers are as well!  The biggest prize for the entire hop is an $80 gift card to your favorite online scrap shop of your choosing! To be entered, you must leave a comment on each blog by 11:59pm January 3rd, 2016.  So I hope you'll join us for lots of inspiration from this past year!  I'm honored to be part of a hop with such talent! Here is the blog list if you are following along!  

Christine Meyer http://scrappingwithchristine.blogspot.com

Mendi Yoshikawa http://snippets-of-mendi.blogspot.com/

Cathy Harper http://alteredplayground.blogspot.com

Nicole Nowosad http://justnicks.blogspot.com

Chantalle McDaniel http://copasetique.blogspot.com/

Becki Adams http://beckiadams.blogspot.com/

Wendy Antenucci http://antenucci.blogspot.com/

Jen Matott http://arttalk-sigmagirl.blogspot.com/

Katrina Hunt http://paperscissorsandglue.blogspot.com/

Michele Kovack http://chelemom.blogspot.com/

Kelly Holbrook http://kellyrholbrook.blogspot.com/

Rhonda Van Ginkel http://snapwhiz.blogspot.com/

Jennie McGarvey http://jenniemcgarvey.typepad.com/

Suzanna Lee http://lifestrivialities.typepad.com/

Monique Liedtke http://moniquesscrapbook.blogspot.com/

Jennifer Haggerty http://livethemoment-jen.blogspot.com/ *you are here

Marcia Dehn Nix http://onescrapatatime-bymumsie.blogspot.com/

Rebecca Keppel http://www.myclutteredcorner.com/

Kelly Jean Guzlas http://www.kelsterjean.com/

Melissa Elsner http://www.theprofoundbrunette.com/

Shannon Morgan http://designsofapaddymack.typepad.com/

Juliana Michaels http://www.17turtles.com/

Audrey Yeager http://audreysreflection.blogspot.com/

10.  My Scraps and More: Capture This Moment:  Layout created with Basic Grey's Typeset (which is fabulous) I was inspired to scrap a favorite, yet sad moment by a fellow MSAM member!  

9.  My Scraps and More: Darling:    Cute photo of my daughter at the age of 4 after getting her hair done for my sister's wedding. I love this photo....Hailey looks like me in this picture. Plus, I love Maggie Holmes' Shine collection!! 

8.  Paper Camellia-Wish:  layout created with the  October Main kit using Dear Lizzy's Documentary and My Mind's Eye.  I just love how this layout turned out as well as the photo of my cute niece.

7. Clear Scraps: 2 Cool 4 School:  One of my favorite Simple Stories' collections is So Rad...a great boy collection! And I love the Clear Scraps acrylic borders!  Not to mention, my nephew is adorable!

6. My Scraps and More: Remember:   This is another great collection released this year...Dear Lizzy's Documentary. I created this for a daily challenge at My Scraps and More.

5.  My Scraps and More: Handsome:  Cocoa Vanilla's Made of Awesome is another great boy line!  I used this for a layout for MSAM and a cute star cut file from The Cut Shoppe!  

4. My Scraps and More:  The Best Day Ever:  I chose this layout because of the fun chevron print of this pattern from the Simple Stories Life Documented line. I cut out a portion of the print and used it as my background.  And Simple Stories' rocks.  

3.  My Scraps and More:  Hello Winter:  This collection has great colors and I love how it turned out with the 17Turtles cut file at the bottom!

2.  Paper Camellia: Love:  I picked this layout because of the photo (so cute!!) and the paper (Crate Paper's Kiss Kiss).  I just love the banner and little embellishments. I used the PC February Main Kit for this page.

1.  Paper Camellia: Currently:  Another one of my favorite Simple Stories collections is I Am; beautiful colors and I love that you are encouraged to scrap about yourself.  I created this page with the PC March Main Kit.  

I'm doing a prize pack giveaway in addition to the gift certificate!  

To enter:

1.  follow my blog 

2.  tell me your favorite memory from 2015! 

Winners will be announced on January 4th!  Thanks for stopping by!  Next up is Marcia's blog!  Happy hopping and wishing you a Happy New Year!  

My Scraps and More: Meet Me Under the Stars

Hello!  Yesterday I had a layout up on the My Scraps and More blog using Cocoa Vanilla's Hello Lovely collection.  I am a big fan of this great Australian company! The quality of paper is awesome!   I'm looking forward to their new collections coming later this fall! 

I love this photo my sister in law took of my daughter last month at the beach on Lake Michigan.  It's not perfect but it captures the fun moment Hailey was in with sparklers and just being a kid. Using silver foil paper, I used a fun cut file for my title from Just Nick Studio.  

Showing some of the vellum hearts that are one of the embellishments from Hello Lovely.  

I love the many prints and colors in this collection....I am a big fan of layering! I also added washi tape from my stash as well as used a stamp from Technique Tuesday. 

Using my Teresa Collins Fiskars punch, I created a banner across the top of my page. I added in brads from my stash to give some dimension.  

I had a journaling spot from an old scrapbook kit and thought it matched perfectly!  

I used one of the new flair badges from Evalicious' Photo Shoot collection. 

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you'll do some shopping at My Scraps and More! Use code 

HOTAUGUST20 for 20% off all regular priced items (except Cocoa Vanilla). 

Have a great night!

My Scraps and More: You Are Mine

Hi there...hope your Tuesday is going well. Unfortunately I spent the day in bed with a stomach bug and bad headache.  I think I'm on the upswing though...at least I'm out of bed and dressed!
Today I'm sharing a layout I created for My Scraps and More using Cocoa Vanilla's Lovely collection. I am a big fan of Cocoa Vanilla and their products!  

I used a wooden veneer title from Evalicious as well as puffy stickers and flair! 

The collection includes this adorable metal arrow Charms!   

An arrow photo clip from Evalicious!

Thank you for stopping by!  Check out the My Scraps and More shop for this and much more! Have a great night!

My Scraps and More: Handsome

This past weekend on the My Scraps and More blog, I had a layout up using the new Cocoa Vanilla line Made of Awesome!  I'm so happy Audrey brought this new company into the shop! I love the papers and embellishments!   And I always appreciate a good boy line!  

I used one of the journaling cards to jot down some info about my photo and then added one of the cute flair buttons and enamel dots that coordinate with the collection. From my stash, I used some washi tape from Bella Blvd and a wooden veneer star from Studio Calico.  

For my background, I used the "Counting Stars" cut file from The Cut Shoppe an added in different patterns to the centers.  

Showing some of the coordinating stickers as well as more enamel dots!

My title is made from October Afternoon Alpha Stickers...they are so versatile and I use the on many projects!  

Thanks for stopping by! I know Audrey just restocked the shop with this collection plus a few more!  The first round went pretty fast!  Have a great day!