A Little Submitting...

It's a love-hate relationship I have with submitting for publication. Of course, I love the idea of having my work in people's hands all over the world. But, man... the work that goes into it. I am a slow scrapper to begin with, so by the time I'm done with a project, the last thing I'm thinking about is all the product I've used. I was really good for awhile and wrote everything down on the backs of layouts. Maybe because I've done such little creating for me in the last year or so, I simply have slacked on that part. So, with the new year upon us, I'm vowing to scrap for ME, which will hopefully mean I'll have the time (and motivation) to get some of the other details like supplies taken care of. I've also thought keeping some sort of a log of all my projects, along with my supply list. If anyone out there has an idea to share, PLEASE! I'd love to hear it!

In the meantime, here's a project I finished (and submitted) just today...

October PersonalScrapper kit featuring Jilllibean Soup

I submitted this for the stitching call:). I'm not sure how well you can see it, but I stitched across each of the rows of stars. This was also for the December sketch challenge at Jillibean Soup, and almost all of the layout was using my October PersonalScrapper.com kit. It felt SO GOOD to just scrap something I wanted to scrap! And my munchkins are adorable too! I also added a piece of flair from Bossy Joscie (love that lady!) 

Another great thing about this layout was the picture came directly from my camera! As luck would have it, I forgot to check my battery on my dSLR before we went up to the tree farm. There was some luck for me in that I was able to snap some Instagram shots that I could send directly to my home printer. Using my phone so much isn't gonna help my case for a newer, faster dSLR, that's for sure! 

Summertime and ... Mid-60s??

Well, by looking at the weather around my parts, you wouldn't know it was summertime, but the fact that we all (well, almost all) were able to sleep in the last two days tells me for sure summer is here! So happy to do the things I've been longing to do for what seems like months. Crazy thing is, that list is starting to feel like it might take longer to tackle than the school year itself! Oh well, we can choose what we want to do, and work hard to not be bothered by things we didn't get to. :)

My latest creation is up on the Punky Sprouts blog. I tried to post it when it went up last Thursday, but something was going on with our internet. Then the next several days were somewhat of a blur. You know how that goes... This month we are spotlighting the new denim embellishments. They went beautifully with the Pink Paislee Indigo Bleu I got with our last product swap.

 These pics of J look so funny! He's always had such a great sense of humor, but this was extra silly as he was just figuring out the whole "funny face" thing. You might notice the faces don't look quite natural!

I also love using the Punky Stems, especially when I have a project (and the time) to do some stitching as well.

Lastly, I used the Punky Petals (in denim) and some Punky Seeds to finish it off.

Hope you'll check out the Punky Blog to see the other fabulous creations from the team. Shelly also has a new page up where you can purchase Punky Sprouts product directly. I know many of you out there have been trying to get your hands on some of this yumminess, so here's your chance!

So, now that I've updated my blog, I'm needing to take care of a few other scrappy-related details before moving on to other things this week. Not sure how much time that will take, but hey, at least I have the time! I'm planning on staying out of my classroom for at least a month, and if I can manage it, maybe not go in til August! (We'll see how that all works out!)

Thanks for stopping by!
<3 C