It's A Perfect Day! New Song's Up at Scrapping The Music!

The new song for the week is up at Scrapping The Music! It's "Perfect Day" by Hoku. Come on over and show us your layout for a Perfect Day!

Ahhhh The Inspiration of Spring...

"Listen as the day unfolds,

challenge what the future holds, try and keep your head up to the sky." ~Des'ree

Spring has finally arrived in our neighborhood and I am blown away by the beauty of it all. Among my favorite sites are the pink and white flowering trees everywhere. I can see this site out my scraproom window:

I loved spring in the city because of all the action - the streets come alive with people, and there are things happening everywhere. Now that I am in the country (outer ring suburb, but to this city girl it's the country!) Spring is beautiful for different reasons! Opening up the windows and watching the cats delight at the birds and the squirrels is a new thrill!

Michael and I went shopping in the sunshine yesterday and came home with this beautiful birdbath - we set it right outside my scraproom! Can't wait for the birds to arrive!
We also bought these flowers:
It was so much fun digging in the dirt and making flower boxes together! Look - we made three of these!
All the colors outdoors make me want to create something bright and colorful! I'll be back later with the new Scrapping the Music Song of the Week! For now, go checkout the slide show for this week's song - "Breathe In, Breathe Out"...

Meet My New Friend Spirit!

Check out this cool new stamp I got from my friend Angie Delarie! Her name is Spirit and I absolutely love her! Can't wait to start creating with her! Angie is from Australia and she designs her own Acrylic Stamps - how cool is that! Check out her website where you can see all of her unique styles! They totally rock! I will be sure to post my first creation made with Spirit!

Funky Cool Stamps!

Just had to share these stamps I found - so cool: Penny Torrente @ Stampotique. I just love how unique and funky they are!

Hope you are having a creative and inspiring Monday!

"Something to Believe In" At Scrapping The Music

The new song is up at Scrapping The Music! It's the 1990 classic "Something to Believe In" by the band Poison! Here's my layout:


I love the diversity of the design team's layouts for this week. It really reminds me how music inspires everyone in such a personal way. How cool is that! Come on over and play along!

Castle To The Crown - This Week's Song at Scrapping The Music!

The song for this week at Scrapping The Music has a special place in our hearts, because it was created by Jess's husband and his band "Hits and Mrs." The song is called "Castle To The Crown" and it's a great one about political unrest - powerful lyrics and a great beat! Here's my layout for the week:

Stop on by and play along!

National Scrapbook Day Fest at SiStv ROCKED!!! I Can't Believe I Participated in 17 Challenges in Two Days!

Oh my word! I just got up from a four-hour nap! Aargh. I'm sorry this post is so late! It's Thursday already - where did the time go? Ever since National Scrapbook Day weekend all I seem to be able to do is sleep! Did anyone else that's reading this participate in the online challenges at SiStv over the weekend? WOWZA That was a party! They had a new challenge every hour for two straight days. It was so much fun! I am in awe at the amount of planning that must have happened to pull off such an extravaganza. Talk about INSPIRATION! So - I participated in 17 of the challenges - worked like a mad woman but had the time of my life. The thing that was so cool about these challenges was - each one was so different. I really felt like they stretched me creatively. Wow. Can't say enough good about it. Check out my gallery at SiStv to see pics of each of the projects. I can't seem to get them to post here without looking all caddywampus for some reason!

Next post will be about the new song which is up at Scrapping The Music! Well actually, it's not so new anymore since it's already THURSDAY! I feel like Rumpelstiltskin - aside from doing my day job, I slept thru most of the week!

Shine Away This Week at Scrapping The Music!

This week's song at Scrapping The Music is called "Shine" and it's by Anna Nalick. Here's my layout for the week. It's of my stepdaughter Becca (black dress) and her friend Nakole on Senior Prom Day. They looked so beautiful in their dresses!

For this layout I used acrylic paint and a silver sharpie pen on cardstock. Cut out the photos and added a few rhinestones.

Come on over to the Scrapping The Music Website and play along!

Art Journal Playshops With Suzi Blu: Moleskine Journals

I was working on a post about how to get started with an art journal, and then I realized that the best thing to do would be to introduce you to Suziblu - she says it better than I ever could! This is the video that inspired me to start my first art journal - I hope you enjoy it! Thank you Suziblu - you changed my life! Oh, and p.s. don't forget to scroll down to the bottom and pause the music before you play the video!

New Song Is Up at Scrapping The Music!

This week's song is "Little Waltz" by Basia Bulat. I love the song - check it out if you haven't already! Here's my layout for this week. The picture is my Uncle Bob and Aunt Jean. Uncle Bob died a couple of weeks ago now - he was 91. He and Aunt Jean have been on my mind. The thing I will always remember about Bob is the wonderful laugh he had, and his love for Aunt Jean. What I will always remember about Aunt Jean is her incredibly kind spirit - and her love for Uncle Bob.

I hope you will come on over to Scrapping The Music and play along with us!

A Delay at Scrapping The Music and A Discussion About Art Journaling

There's been a slight delay at the Scrapping The Music Challenge Blog - the winner and the new challenge will be posted in the morning, so I will post again tomorrow with my layout for this week's song.



In the meantime, let's talk about art journaling. Do you keep an art journal? I do and I absolutely love it. This is a picture of my journal. I have found that keeping an art journal has done amazing things for my creativity. It has given me a place to be free with my self-expression. In my art journal I keep my calendar, notes, to-do lists, and also experiment with paint and thoughts and techniques and whatever else comes to mind at any given moment. I staple stuff in there, I write messy, I try things that I wouldn't try on a layout in case it didn't turn out right. It's great fun and I've found that it has helped me be more free and experimental in my scrapbooks as well.

Lately, I've gotten a number of requests for advice and tips on art journaling. I'd love to address this topic here. So - I ask you - Do you art journal? Would you like to? What questions do you have? What would you like to see addressed here? I'm all ears! Leave me a comment - I think we could have some fun with this!

Video of the Week: David Jordan - "Sun Goes Down"

I discovered this video on Celine Navarro's Blog (thank you Celine!) and I can't watch it without wanting to dance! Love that! Just had to share! (P.S. Scroll down and pause the jukebox before listening).