12 on twelve

Good Morning! Today I have something new to share with you....well, new for me. I got the idea reading Elizabeth Kartchner's (Dear Lizzy) blog. It's called 12 on twelve. Basically, on the 12th day of every month you bust out the camera and document your day. Then share 12 pictures on your blog that best represent your day! Well....I didn't read about it until late morning....so I don't have first thing in the morning pictures....but I spent the rest of the day documenting!

As you can tell....well....I LOVE me some coffee! Hot or iced....doesn't matter to me!

I had a really hard time picking exactly which pictures to include....I had some other really GREAT shots...but I wanted to represent the whole day.... If you are playing along please leave me a link so I can check you out! Thanks for stopping by friends! <3 Katie

Thursday Sketch Entry!

Hello there bloggers! I wanted to show this layout I made for Sketch #202 over at Creative Scrappers!

I used the April kit from Tallyscrapper! It's sooo much fun to play with!

And....there was a new announcement at Tallyscrapper this week! Beginning May 1, 2012 we will hold a monthly contest with the winner receiving a BRAND NEW TALLY KIT! A $25.oo value! So hop on over and check us out! You can check out the message board for more details. May will be a fun time for us! We are also going to be holding a BIG OLD CROP for National Scrapbooking Day!

That's all for me today! Leave me some love peeps! It's always appreciated! <3 Katie

Tallyscrapper.com is having a crop!

Clear your Calendar! We are having a crop! Just in time for NSD! There will be games, challenges and prizes galore! Check out the message board to learn more about it in the coming weeks!

Hope to see you there! <3 Katie

April

Hello there friends! Today I have a layout for you made from the FABulous April Kit over at Tallyscrapper.com!

I entered this for a challenge themed for The Hunger Games! I had to use one of the themes popular in the capital....I chose fashion! DD Hannah is all about posing and dressing up! Anyway....this kit is AWESOME! Full of YUMMY goodness!

Thanks for stopping by! <3 Katie

Project Life

Hello friends! First, let me thank those of you who left some love for my new blog banner....much appreciated! OK....I have a new spread from Project Life for you today.

I just love this particular card I added! I stamped the camera, layered some of the new SMASH*tape on a chipboard square and glued it on!

And here is the second half of the spread....

I used scraps leftover from the FABULOUS March kit from Tallyscrapper.com! Unfortunatly, they are all sold out....BUT the new April kit just went live and you still have time to get your hands on it!

Packed full of Webster's pages yumminess and a steal at only $26.99! OH....and before I forget............

Just a few of these SCRUMPTIOUS Smashing kits left! $20.00 and they're going fast!

Bloggity Banner and a tutorial!

Well Hello there friends! I hope this April finds you all well! I have been wanting to do a new blog banner for awhile now, and, well, here it is! I am in LOVE with making my own letters right now. I got the idea from a friend of mine over at Tallyscrapper, Tallysmacker. She makes these fabulous letters that she hand draws and I was in <3! Well....I am not so artistic, so I have to trace them.

Next, I trace over my pencil lines with a permenant marker. I like Sharpies because: #1-they bleed and I love that unfinished look #2-they hold up well to what I use to color in my letters.

Next, because I REALLY love that messy look, I go over my letters a second time and make sure to NOT follow the lines exactly.

Next, I erase my pencil lines, because, well....DUH! Who wants those?

Now comes the fun stuffs! I am in LOVE <3 with watercolors right now. Nothing fancy, just plain old Crayola watercolors. I picked a color that complimented my papers (Orange), and I painted the letters all the way through and out of the lines a bit.

Next I take a skinnier brush and pick another color to go around the edges. Again, I like the messy look so I'm not too precise.

I then take a large brush and some water and run it over the letters to blend and soften the edges. It ends up looking kinda like this:

I cut these out (after they dry of course). I like to leave a little bit of paper outside of the lines....I don't know why, It's just how I roll.

THEN? The magic happens.....I glue it down!

I am sure you were waiting for something more but....hey....that's all folks! <3 Katie

Stuffs

Well, I haven't shared this yet...but I have been working on Project Life. I am really loving it so far! I may not be doing it right though....I tend to embellish the HELL out of my pages! I think it's supposed to be more simple than that....
Anyway, here are a few of my pages I have been working on!

I hope you enjoyed looking! If you have been doing Project Life please leave a link so I can check yours out too!