Life is Wonder Full - Bella Blvd

This layout was made using the Bella Blvd We're Expecting and Baby Boy lines and appears on page 16 of the Bella catalog!

I decided to trim up the feather a little bit to fit better on my layout.  Don't be afraid to take scissors to them it makes a mess, but it is worth it!

Life is Sweeter with You - Bella Blvd

Just a quick hello and a layout of my daughter and her dear friend using the amazing PlayDate by Bella Blvd.

I have not heard from my Simple Stories winner yet, Ange last chance to send me an e-mail!

Love you to the Moon and Back - Pebbles

I absolutely adore this page!  I did a photo shoot of Rocky at 3 months and printed these out before I played with any settings just to see.  I layed them down on my table while I was working on another project and this was the piece they ended up on.  I loved it so much that I decided to keep things simple except for some titlework.

I used the Front Porch collection from Pebbles which was one of my favorite ever!

Here's the final picture I went with in all of its edited glory thanks to my sister!

Celebrating You - Simple Stories

I had to try this brush script trend!  It actually was a lot of fun, but since I am a very structured person I found it a little hard to use on my page.  Guess I'll have to keep trying.

I used Simple Stories Say Cheese for this page and my Cameo.  I cut out a background of balloons and then used a few colored balloons to make my page pop.

Simple Stories Winner announced

I'm so sorry, with the weekend we had I totally forgot about picking a winner for my giveaway!  First of all, thank you all that visit my blog each day.  A HUGE thank you for those that leave comments, they mean so much to me - both that you like my work, but that you also stop by to say hi!

Todays winner is...

AngeFebruary 12, 2014 at 11:47 AM

Cute! It's a great design!!

Please send me an e-mail to wantenucci at gmail dot com (or see the contact info above) with your mailing info and I will get your goodies out to you.

Thanks again for your support!

Week 26 & 27 - Simple Stories

I used the Homespun collection from Simple Stories to document these next weeks.  I am in love with the new clear stickers!!!

So I have passed the halfway mark and documented over half of our little one's life.  I never thought that I would enjoy PL as much as I do.  I am so glad I started, but glad that I made it work for me (one page per week).  I am so surprised at how FULL our weeks are, I thought we didn't do anything but school, lol!

Notice something else fun?  Yep, that is me with a fish!  I actually enjoy fishing.  Hubby and I go out back while the kids rest and just enjoy life, who would have ever thought.  No I don't touch the fish (and hubby uses gloves), but I fish!

Week 24 & 25 - Pebbles & Bella Blvd

I used some of the great Pebbles PL cards for these weeks - Lakeside.  Even though these pictures weren't Lakeside they were perfect for beach side!

I love using the Bella Blvd stickers to embellish my PL pages, they have all the right sayings and chipboard pieces.

2014 Love List

I finally took our Christmas picture!  Yep, it is February so I totally missed doing our Christmas card this year, but I am loving scrapping these photos with all the great Valentine's products that are out.

I scrapped this picture using the Studio Calico kit Sugar Rush.  I never thought I would use this striped paper, but it was the perfect color for this picture.

My first ever cover!

I thought I'd take the day to share something very special, my very first cover!  I was thrilled when I got an e-mail from PaperCrafts & Scrapbooking a few months ago letting me know my Easter page was going to be on the cover.  While I really miss the touchable Creating Keepsakes with an abundance of layouts, the online Paper Crafts and Scrapbooking is done very nicely.

Here is a link to preview the magazine (you can also see another page I created on page 4).  You can purchase a subscription (or one issue) here.

For those that did purchase the magazine I have layouts on pages 30, 36, 51.

Foxy Ladies - Bella Blvd

Red, pink, white non-Valentine layout, hmmm...  how about some girl time then?  Pedicures in the sand buckets in the tub!  This is Tracy's best friend who moved away just a few months ago, every month the girls have a sleepover and dream up many interesting activities to keep themselves entertained.  This is just one of the activities from our January sleepover!

This was on the Bella Blvd blog on Monday, stop by and see some of the close-ups and my thoughts on why I designed my page in this way.

Blessed Everyday - Simple Stories

One last Daily Grind layout to share - the camera is part of the sn@p pages and it worked perfectly to highlight this picture of my boys!

Have you noticed that all of these layouts using the Daily Grind collection followed a similar design?  I was totally on a diagonal kick here!  And so I thought I would share the sketch I made to fit this basic design, enjoy!

I have some amazing Simple Stories products up for grab - are you interested?  The giveaway will be open all this week and I will pick a winner Sunday.  All you have to do is like my FB page and/or follow me here on my blog - then leave a comment and you are entered.  You can enter everyday if you want too!

People we Love - Simple Stories

Another Daily Grind layout for you!

I have some amazing Simple Stories products up for grab - are you interested?  The giveaway will be open all this week and I will pick a winner Sunday.  All you have to do is like my FB page and/or follow me here on my blog - then leave a comment and you are entered.  You can enter everyday if you want too!

Today, Tomorrow, and Everyday - Simple Stories

Have you tried the Simple Stories Daily Grind collection yet?  I am in love with those bits and pieces, they just make the layout!  I am also in love with Subway root beer - it is what I look forward to everyday, totally hooked (for now).

I have some amazing Simple Stories products up for grab - are you interested?  The giveaway will be open all this week and I will pick a winner Sunday.  All you have to do is like my FB page and/or follow me here on my blog - then leave a comment and you are entered.  You can enter everyday if you want too!

I'm at Simple Stories Today!

Here are a few sneaks of what you will find over at the Simple Stories blog today...

Hope to see you there!  Join me Monday for even more layouts and a giveaway!

Family Love - Simple Stories

I am so excited to have my first blog post up on the Simple Stories blog tomorrow!  To get this party started a little early I thought I would show one of the pages I made for CHA (Can you believe my stuff made it to CHA?  So thrilled for the experience and grateful to Simple Stories for the opportunity!) using the Homespun collection.

I absolutely loved the colors of this collection and those doilies are wonderful too!

Make sure you check out the Simple Stories blog tomorrow and join me next week for even more of my projects I created for CHA and a giveaway!

Valentine's Cards - Pebbles

It is almost Valentine's Day and I am ahead of the game this year!  I have made some cards to share with you using the fun Yours Truly collection from Pebbles.  I love this line and have made many different layouts using this collection (check out the June 2014 Scrapbook Trends issue for one of these and my Love Bug layout on the Pebbles blog).

I started with the cardmaking pad and then cut the Hello bubble out, slid the envelope behind it and popped up the hello!  Love the dimentsion it added.

The basic heart stickers looked great coming out of the envelope with a little bit of faux stitching.  

I again started with the cardmaking pad

this time I added some stickers and some glitter glue to give my card some love!

Today I am on the Pebbles blog with some cards in addition to the ones shown here, stop by and let me know what you think of them!

Let's Party - Bella Blvd

I decided to do something totally different for me, something totally new for What's New Wednesday at Bella Blvd.  I started my layout by pulling my pictures into my Silhouette program and designing a layout on the computer.  I used some great cut files from one of my fellow Bella Blvd DT members, Nicole Nowosad created for Scrapbook & Cards Today to create my background and some elements that I used to embellish my page.  

I am eagerly awaiting all of Bella's new collections, so while I waited I decided to grab my bag of scraps from this past release and play.  I used different pieces of my favorites to back the balloons and the sun to add some color to my birthday layout.  I absolutely love the paper pieces which gave me a place to put my sub-title.  The border pieces are always fun and they added the perfect birthday touch to my layout.  

I now have a birthday layout designed for future use and can quickly document the many birthdays that happen in our house!

Supply List:

High Five Alpha Stickers:  Black-White

Playdate:  Little Birdie, Park Play

Snapshots:  Borders, Paper Pieces, Daily Details

Christmas Countdown:  Daily Details

Cut files:  Nicole Nowosad for Scrapbook & Cards Today (Let's Party pack and Summer Set) https://app.box.com/s/3fy6nv9e902rkjl2jly0/1/980947705

Happiness Found - Elle's Studio

I played along with Elle's Studio's Sketchy Thursday this week since I had some new goodies just waiting.  This was a picture from when Vinny was in the hospital in December; such a scary few days and yet such a wonderful picture to document the bond that father and son have.

Only You

Remember This?  I shared this layout a few weeks ago and just wasn't very pleased with it.  My scrappy friend Suzanna offered some suggestions and that started the wheels churing...

and this is the new layout

So what do you think?  I am much happier with this!