Stephanie Howell

Scrappy Sunday- All You Need is Love

Good Morning, sweet friends!

Hope today dawned full of sunshine and possibilites.

And that Springing Forward didn't kick your hiney too hard. :)

As for me? I'm always sleep deprived, so today is no different.

But I'm thanking the good Lord for that extra hour of sunshine in the evening.

I need that here in snowy RI.

I have a new layout to share today...I threw this one together yesterday...all in ONE chunk of time!

I discovered that I could scrapbook with the babies. By using washi tape. All I had to do was hand them piece

after piece

after piece

while I was working on my page...and they just stuck it all over themselves. And laughed REALLY hard. It was awesome.

And luckily I'm a fast scrapbooker!

I've been wanting to make a washi heart for a layout ever since I made them with the bigs in February.

So I made one using my favorite tapes. Easy,right? Cover a piece of cardstock with your favorite tapes and then cut a heart from the paper.

A note: I trimmed the gold AC glitter tape into chevrons/arrows because I wanted some white to peek through.

I grabbed the triangle tag from Chic Tags and wanted to add it to the layout somehow...and discovered I could just adhere it as the bottom of the heart.

I mounted the entire heart on a doily (natch).

Supply List:

yellow anchor tape- glitz design

bokeh (dot) tape- glitz design

yellow floral,black and white dot fabric tapes-basicGrey

gold glitter tape- american crafts

teal stripe tape- freckled fawn

pink woodgrain tape-not sure, think it's an older american crafts tape

with love tape- you can find it on Etsy

glitter alphabet- Reminisce for Michaels

"awesome" badge- Dear Lizzy

heart paperclip- Target dollar spot

star sequin,doily- Michaels

"you melt my ♥" triangle tag- Chic Tags

"happiness captured" fabric tag-basicGrey

chipboard floral accents-basicGrey

enamel dots-MME

small chipboard hearts- dear lizzy

pen- american crafts precision pen

My final step was (of course) one of the embellishment clusters that I have to always put on my layouts.

I added a cute badge, some chipboard pieces, a clip, a fabric tag, and a sequin.

A glitter title (added some tiny chipboard hearts in place of the o's)+journaling+my ever-present enamel dots= DONE.

Aren't those heart clips SO cute? i got them a while back in the dollar spot at Target.

I have to say that this page makes me happy.

One of those "grin the whole time you're making it" pages.
The best.

And the babies agreed! Ha!

Happy Sunday, y'all!

xoxo

TGIF

Happy Friday y'all! I hope you all had a wonderful week and that you are staying warm (in my neck of the woods we have snow!).

I wanted to share this layout that I have up on Lizzy's Paper Party Blog!

Head over to the blog for supplies and a breakdown of how I put this layout together.

Have a beautiful and blessed weeekend!

xoxo

S

safe.

I have a new way of scrapbooking.
I used to "speed scrapbook". No more than 30 minutes on a page.

And I still do...but now I scrapbook in chunks. I literally add a couple of things to a page each day. It takes me about a week to do a layout, but it's all good.

I'm still making something and that makes me happy.

Here's a page I completed today. We took these photos quite a while ago (on Ocean Drive) and I've been waiting for the inspiration to scrapbook them!

SUPPLIES patterned paper- crate paper//chipboard accents-crate paper (flowers),dear lizzy (arrows//star sequins-michael//stamp-dear lizzy//doilies-freckled fawn//journaling card-dear lizzy//glitter tape-american crafts//anchor embellishment-glitz design//remember sticker-dear lizzy//alphabet stickers-studio calico//american crafts precision pen//versamark ink//stampin' up scallop border punch

I love these Studio Calico thickers and I've been waiting to use them on a page. They were one of my favorite alphabets at CHA!

They go nicely with the Dear Lizzy flag stickers and arrows.

I'm also loving anchors right now. Maybe living close to a Navy base is rubbing off on me? :) :)

Also, I don't think I'll know what to do if Crate Paper ever stops making their chipboard accent stickers. I use them on everything I make!

So there you have it. A super simple page to make that only takes A WEEK! Hahahahah!

Happy Tuesday,y'all.

xoxo

S

2 Peas in a Pod- MME

I just got back a box full of My Mind's Eye layouts from CHA.

As I was sorting through them, this one brought a big grin to my face.

And I realized I never shared it here!

One day Sadie and I were bored, so we started playing around with my iPhone.

When I saw the results I cracked up. Guess I know where she gets her facial expressions. HA!

This layout uses papers and embellishments from the Collectable-Notable line.

It's the happiest collection of colors and patterns and I adore it.

I backed each strip with patterned paper and then put washi tape on the left and right borders of the photo mat (the arrow strips are tape).

A scattering of chipboard flowers, enamel dots, and stick pins complete the easy and quick layout.

For those of you wondering how I did the photobooth strips, I used the Incredibooth App (which I LOVE).

Happy Monday y'all!

oxox

cate the great

I have another layout up on the Paper Party blog today.

To see tips on how to put this together quickly as well as a list of products i used... head on over that way.

In other news...I got my first Stitch Fix box last week and I am loving the idea behind this service.

Working on a Stitch Fix post for tomorrow. See you then...Jimmy is having shoulder surgery and 2 of my 4 have strep, so wish me luck. :)

xo

S

Martha Stewart Valentines

This post is brought to you by Martha Stewart Crafts. The home of fun and easy craft project ideas to keep you inspired and full of creativity.Click here for more details.

Hey y'all, happy Tuesday! Today I wanted to share some cute and simple valentines that Martha Stewart Crafts sent us.

There is a simple reason that I say yes when the folks at EK Success/Martha Stewart Crafts ask if then can send me crafts.

They are always cute and they are always easy. No fuss, no stress, no crazy cleanup, no 29834023840 hours of planning to do something with my girls.

These valentines were no exception. How adorable are they?

Sadie and I worked on these for our "special time" yesterday.

Yes, she is wearing a leotard. That's how we roll around here. :)

And Sadie's review? Two thumbs up. She had a BALL.

Each valentine is a cute/miniature/vintagey Bingo card. The wood stamps and sticker sheets fit the boxes perfectly.

Oh my heart...she wanted to make the first one for her daddy. :)

We were also sent a couple of sheets of darling cupcake and Valentine's themed stickers...just right for securing the envelopes closed.

But the absolute best part was seeing the look on her face when she gave the card to daddy.

She was SO proud that she did it all by  herself.

So overall-

The pros about the Wood Stamp Set...perfect for little hands. Crisp images and the sentiments and images are just precious.Great storage too..

cons-i wish they would have come with mini ink pads (in valentine's colors) for little hands to match the size of the stamps.

The pros about the Valentine's Day Card and Envelope Set- sweet and vintage vibed graphics, cute size and color. easy for little ones

cons-No cons for this one.

And one more thing- there's a fun VDay contest going on right now!

Whatever you craft for Valentine’s Day, be sure to enter it in the Martha Stewart Crafts “Craft Your Heart Out” Sweepstakes for your chance to WIN a DIAMOND HEART NECKLACE! Visit HERE for more details and to enter.

 

Have a great day, sweet friends!

xoxo

Registration is OPEN for The Ties That Bind!!!

CAN YOU TELL HOW EXCITED I AM BY THE FACT THAT I AM YELLING?????

Registration is now OPEN for my very first BPC class...The Ties That Bind- 3 Ways to Scrapbook Your Most Important Relationships.

Y'all. I worked so hard on this class and poured my heart and soul into it. I created five layouts that i LOVE and I am really proud of the content.

I first came up with this class idea and started to develop the content with BPC... when I was pregnant with Cate and Lucy. Yes, that was years ago.

I am so glad I finally went ahead and completed the class these past few months.

There was a LOT of second guessing and overthinking and I am so grateful to Jimmy for keeping our sweet girls occupied while I worked to make this class just right.

I really,truly hope that lots of you will join me in this class.

If you sign up, please let me know in the comments!

I couldn't have done this without all of YOU and your support.

So thank you for all of the encouragement and love. Truly.

I'm hoping that this will be well received and the first of many classes to come.

xoxo

She She and Cake

I have a layout to share today and a a story to go along with it!

First...I did this layout for the MME blog, it's a lift of Tamara Tripodi's awesome page you can see here.

Thanks so much for inspiring me, Tamara!

Here's the layout:

Some details:

The supplies:

Supplies:My Mind's Eye My Girl: Flutterby patterned paper,Fancy Free patterned paper,Genuine patterned paper,Playful patterned paper,washi tape,felt stickers, layered stickers,enamel dots,decorative buttons,chipboard accents;My Mind's Eye Collectable-Unforgettable:'You Are' tiny word stickers,'First' decorative stickers;Collectable-Memorable:enamel dots;Collectable-Notable:'Love This' tiny word stickers;Misc:doilies,Simple Stories letter stickers,Dear Lizzy Thickers,American Crafts precision pen,adhesives

 

The story:

For the story on the design elements, etc...you can see the details on the MME blog.

I wanted to tell the story behind the page. Cate and Lucy are SO funny right now.

They laugh at each other, hug and kiss each other, and beat the you know what out of each other. I wish I was kidding on that last one, but I'm not. I'm talking "2 stooges" here. Face slapping, hair pulling, eye poking. Good times.

Moving on.

They call each other "She She"- Lucy and "Cake"-Cate. And I love it SO MUCH I can hardly stand it.

I don't ever want to forget it.

Funny story. Jimmy told me that the other night they were both in their high chairs (quite some distance apart) and Cate started biting her hand...

Sidenote: They are in that "I am two" phase where if you tell them "No" they get so frustrated that they are beside themselves and don't know what to do. They get so frenzied that sometimes they go "ARRRRR" and bite their own hands. HAHAHAH!

I know how that feels...don't you? I might try it, hehehe.

Back to the story.

So "Cake" starts biting her own hand and "She She" starts screaming "Cake NO, no bite!" "OUCH!" and holding her own hand and crying. Bahahaha. Twin empathy?

They are nuts, y'all. NUTS.

Okay, that's it for today. Hope you enjoyed the long rambly story and the layout. :)

xoxo

S

Cocoa Daisy Projects

I was so excited when Emily asked me to guest design for Cocoa Daisy this month.

I got the main and the Now Showing add-on and I had so much fun that I decided to do a mini when I was done with my layouts.

And I haven't done a mini in forever. I have to say that I want to do more now...i had a BALL!

Thanks for this honor and opportunity, Cocoa Daisy!

Winter CHA layout

I love the star background stamp that comes in the main kit. I used it on a layout for my BPC class too.

A little white embossing powder really makes it pop!

 

Simply Wonderful layout

A pretty simple layout but it makes me very happy. I need about 1928301280128 of these "choose happy" badges.

It's kind of my mantra. :)

This is a little mini album listing all of the things I love about Newport.

I made it by cutting up some of the Echo Park Photo Freedom patterned papers.

I hole punched each journaling card and bound them with jump rings.

The perfect little Instagram album. I printed each Insta at 2.5x2.5.

Super simple and super HAPPY. Oh- I added doilies from my own stash but everything else is from the kits. :)

Thanks so much for stopping by tonight!

Don't forget to enter the washi giveaway!

xo

s

 

 

 

Paper Party+BPC News!

So excited to share the news that I'm part of my friend Liz's new scrapbooking website, Paper Party.

I'll have a series called "Time's Up" where I share scrapbook layouts that are perfect for busy mamas/crafters.

You can see my first post here.

 

In other scrapbooking related news...I finished and turned in all of the content for my first BPC class, The Ties That Bind (Scrapbooking Life's Relationships).

It will be offered in February. I created five new layouts for the class (each come with a step by step and a downloadable PDF sketch).  I really believe this class is great and has wonderful content and I hope lots of you will consider signing up!

Here's a collage of some of the sneaks.

I think that's it for now. Thanks so much for stopping by.😍

xoxo

s