Be inspired...

by me!!!

Krista of Sahlin Studio picked a moi to be her feature in her newest set of templates! It's so totally awesome...I almost feel famous :)

Here is the template set:




These were my original layouts:










And this one I came up with for the release:



I hope you have been inspired!

xoxo,
Courtney

Sharing the love...

I'm not normally a hybrid girl but this past week I felt inspired! I actually love hybrid...but my house and time does not convey the same feeling...hehe. One day...I will atleast have a house big enough so that I have room to be crafty outside of this PC.

On to sharing the love....Valorie Wibbens at TLP came out with a fabulous collab with Creations by TinaMarie called 'Stinkin Cute'. And boy is it just that! Not only did I make a couple layouts using it...I created two hyrbid projects with it. I can not take all the credit...as the templates for these projects were created by Val herself. I just added to them :)

Here is the first project. A cootie catcher (fortune teller). The template was created by Val herself and is available at TLP here. Chloe gave this one to her friend as part of her birthday gift.



Click here to see all of the credits of this project. (As more than the 'Stinkin Cute' kit were used)

The second project is a miniBook. Val created this miniBook and it is available at TLP here. I modified it a bit (mainly the front page and the journaling page) so that it was more of a friendship book for my friend in Germany, Tiffany. Now Tiff if you are reading this...sorry...lol...I guess it's not a surprise anymore. But I doubt you are reading this so I thought it was okay to post!

Click here to see the credits of this project.

So I hope I shared some love today. To see some more amazing hybrid projects created with 'Stinkin Cute' go to the Hybrid Pad at TLP. Leigh (leightheo) has some AMAZING ideas!!


xoxo,
Courtney

Chloe's Heritage Project

Phew...it's done!

Chloe completed her heritage project last night...just in time to share it with her class today.

Let me start off by saying this all would not have happened without my Dad. He has a golden memory and LOVES to share things about his past...our heritage!

The project consisted of decorating a box and filling it with 5 things about your heritage. Chloe chose to decorate the outside of the box with the flags of where her ancestors are from (what she is made up of I guess you could say). On the inside we printed out several photos of her family members, furry family members, family traditions, and photos of her. And we used the kit "The Story of Me" by Valorie Wibbens and Lauren Grier and put a map of the world marked with the locations her ancestors are from in the bottom of the box. That was the easy part. The hard part was thinking of 5 things to put in it.

After searching....we came up with:

1. kraslice egg (hand decorated hollow egg)
2. matryoshka doll (hand decorated dolls that fit inside each other)
3. czech republic flag
4. italian spice (real original, right?)
5. fletchki recipe (a family favorite)

We tagged each item, created a little pamphlet with information on each item, and it all came together very nicely. Here is a preview of the scrapping stuff we used:

Click here for credits

And here are photos of Chloe working on the project:

But really...this was fun to put together...however, the most rewarding part was the time my Dad and Chloe had together during the interview questions. I hope she enjoyed it as much as he did...and I think she really did. He was so happy to have time to share his past, his memories with her. One time after one of their interview sessions he called me just to tell me how nice of a time he had with her, talking to her.

Thanks Dad!

xoxo,
Courtney

2011 Goal #1: Be more active on my blog!

Happy New Year! One of my goals for 2011 is to be more active on my creative blog (and to start a family blog...but that's a whole other task). I think it is so neat to see other fellow creative gals create and use their blog to the fullest. And the coolest part (the part I am very very excited about) is that at the end of the year I can print my blog so that one day I can look back at it. I just think that in itself will be worth it.

So from today on...I vow to try my best to keep this blog up to date with my latest scrapbooking pages, projects, photos, and more! And if I don't...please pester me :)

Looking forward to a rewarding year pursuing the things I love!

xoxo,
Courtney






(p.s. - items from this post were created using "New Years Eve" by Sahlin Studio and Valorie Wibbens, "Make a Wish" by Sahlin Studio and Valorie Wibbens, and "The Story of Me" by Valorie Wibbens and Lauren Grier.)