I havent been slacking i swear!!!

We closed on the house last thurs!!! I am super super excited to start this next journey in our lives. Apparently buying was the easy part.....Decorating is my new nemesis and has been encompassing every moment(waking and sleeping) of my life. Wow who knew there was like 5 billion carpet choices. holy cow i told hubs i had no idea how we were ever gonna pick. We have made a tentative decision on that though. Then we move on to what the hell our decorating style is.......My life is lived in color......Duh i scrapbook lol. Today i wore a lime green tank with a yellow and white thing over the top. So i really like color. hubs on the other hand likes the more "normal" dare i say institutional colors like cream and taupe.....BORING. I think that we have pretty much agreed on a more normal scheme: Earthy colors with natural fibers and wood. I checked out some bamboo pieces for the walls. they are so amazing. i think were gonna put them around the fire place and in the kitchen. So i compromised big time on the colors but its cool....my studio will still be teal!!!! Happy happy time :) I prob wont be blogging all that much for the next month or so :( I will try and get on as much as i can....I just dont know how much time i will have for scrapping. Hope you like my inspirational pics....even if they dont make the cut for my home, the colors are scrappy goodness :)

Holy freaking crap I BOUGHT A HOUSE!!!!

So Jeff and I bought a house today!!! Its so awesome....i never thought i would have a house by 25 but my wonderful hard working husband made it happen!!! The house is great, gotta change some stuff of course but the main thing is it belongs to us!!! This is the best feeling of my whole life!!!! Ok on to the scrapbooking lol
I started with a white piece of paper.......painted it with black and white. Letters are heidi swapp black accent is from prima. I like the Gothic kinda feel of the whole thing!!! Its a lot darker then what i usually do..... Ok off to scrap the pic of my new house!!!!!!!!

OLW and scrapjacked I have faith.....

WOW 2 posts in one day :) I couldn't help myself i super liked the way this one turned out!!! I started with the challenge from Scrapjacked. this time they picked bettiescrapbook. I love her style!!! I really liked that her lo had a monochromatic feel with a pop of color. I use a vintage book pages, and a vintage pattern. the tan circle thing at the bottom is the back of a prima deal that i had laying on my desk it was the right color so it made the cut lol!!!! I also combined the OLW challenge that is faith this time. hope you enjoy!!! My nephew is leaving today.......a little sad about it and a little happy to finally have my house to myself again :) im off to clean my studio from last nights adventures so i can mess it up again!!!!

My Dream House

This Lo was for the shopping challenge on SIS. I picked Pink paint, fabric, and the word "funky". I talked to Lucy on sis the other night, and she was telling me to take my time and layer with the watercolors. So, i figured i would give patients a try lol. I made the background with layers of green and blue. I dripped pink and blue on top of that. Patterned paper is by Daisy D, I washed it with Gesso. I love this paper the most!!!! I made the grass by cutting a piece of green basic grey. I thought it lacked depth so i washed it with Gesso, and 2 colors of green on top of that. The letters are old creative imaginations, i put gesso on them too to mute the colors. I sewed on this lo too!!! I really like the sewing.....I knew i would i just needed to conqure my sewing machine fears :) In the end i super love the way it turned out......I have been cranking out stuff this week....I hope i can keep up this creative momentum!

Lots of thoughts of those no longer here......

Its been a year since my Grandma Fran passed away, I thought i would honor my thoughts of her with a lo :) I did the "shopping" challenge on SIS, I picked Sequins, an Envelope, and Number stamps. It was a super fun challenge as always. It tends to stretch my imagination alot.......who thought of using an envelope on a lo???? I like how it came out......I had a ton of thoughts running through my mind to journal, but i didnt feel like crying my eyes out so i went for simple and too the point. One day ill get it all out, just not now i guess. Funny how timing is everything. I tend to scrap what im feeling when i walk in to my studio.......Almost every day i think of scrapping about her, or my Aunt(who also passed), but the amount of emotion kinda overwhelms me :( One day im sure ill just do it and let it go.........ok im not gonna cry while i blog so ill change the subject.......I chose 3 other things from the shopping challenge to scrap with tonight, Ill post that lo tomorrow. Its super cute watercolor messy.....and HAPPY!!!! Hagd bloggin buddies :)

Hello Sunshine

Well I have finally done it.......This is by far my fav lo i have created thus far. Everything just clicks and made me happy. I sewed(i have had a sewing machine since the beginning of the year and its just sat there) I used my fav color combo too!!! This lo was for a challenge from Category Stories, and also a challenge from SIS to use negitive space on a layout. My life is super good, an only getting better....I should embrace it and whine less ;) Now im off to sew, use masking tape, and complete the Shopping challenge!!!!!!

Original art

I made this a while back for a challenge on SIStv. It was so fun. She spun the bottle and whatever it landed on we had to use. Stamps, rub on, glimmermist, something outta the trash!!! Fun stuff. I won a gift cert too :) paper is Prima, Rub on chandelier is hambly, wings from tattered tags. I really like using negative space on layouts. There is a challenge up on sis now to make a layout with neg space......off to try it!!!! Hagd guys!!!! Oh ya i almost forgot.....I was wondering if any of my lovely blog readers know about web site design and stuff. I need help!!! Email me if you or someone you know is a genius :)