Whatcha Up to?

Surely you want to know what I've been up to! So check it out! I'm on the creative team for Inspiration Lane! I love it there! The creative inspiration and work of the others really helps me stay inspired. I've been scrapping now for a year and a half so it is easy to get bored and I've gone through that phase but this great team of designers and CT members have really helped me get out of the rut!

I have to start off by showing this fantastic kit by Amy Stoffel. It's called "The Moon is your Cradle, a kit for Christopher". Wow, what a special name if I do say so myself. I was in love with this kit from day 1 because it represents her son named Christopher and I immediately related to her and to this kit.

So I actually have done two layouts with this kit so far and will be doing many, many more. It's a HUGE kit with absolutely tons to work with. I chose to show off this layout. It was a very hard layout for me to work on and brought lots of tears as I created it. The photo is my son the day before he died. I was 5 months pregnant when my water ruptured and in this photo, you can see how squished Christopher was in my tummy with no fluid left in the amniotic sac. Out of all the pregnancy worries I had, this was never on the list. Having my son changed who I am and who I will be so I reflect in the sadness of his loss with hope and love like never before.

So I had to show you this layout, LOL... this is my niece Hannah who will be 2 years old in July. She's my youngest sister's daughter. She's a complete HOOT and keeps her Nana and Paw Pa on their toes every day when they baby sit her. She LOVES "dippy" sauce, aka dipping sauce that you get with chicken nuggets. Obviously she will eat it out of the cup and does NOT like to share. Funny thing though, I chose a kit called "Peas N Carrots" by Miss Huni Buni. I chose to work with this kit because she was my April designer and I wanted to scrap outside my element. I LOVE how it turned out and can't wait to use this kit more! If you happen to have those great "babies eating/making a mess" photos, THIS is the kit to use and it's only $3.00.

SO yeah, my last two to share are TWILIGHT themed. Catch the theme? I love it and made Flergs new Twilight kit my newest blog theme. I have the movie and watch it often. I've also read all the books and went back a 2nd time and listened to the audiobook versions as well. It's so much fun to scrap Twilight photos, silly yes, but lots of fun. My first one is using a kit called Lucky Star by Jen Yurko. I don't have many "boy" pics to scrap so this one worked out great.

I saved one of the best for last. I adore this layout. It turned out so much better than I thought it would. I found this picture on the web and it represented such a similar picture of what I see in my head when I read the ending of New Moon. I wanted to use this kit by Amy Stoffel called Simple Memories because I so rarely scrap in black and white. It came together so well and what a great addition to use the red splatter glitter from the color pop series. Stop by and check out this kit.

Like my new layouts? Leave me a comment so I'll know. I have a good friend and prom mommy who just had her new baby girl, Lena, so I am off to scrap some gorgeous newborn pics. We are getting a huge thunderstorm right now so it's a perfect time to stay curled up on the couch.

Hugs!